Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-07
SHERMAN.
The Directors Of the Driving Park
Make Arrangements for En-.
pertaining Visitors.
A Grand Masquerade Dress Ball Given
by the German 0itigens-A Pri-
yate Dancing Party.
special.


SHERMAN, TEX, Feb. Con
Wednesday evening the board Of d.
rectors for the Sherman Driving park
held a meeting, at which jesse w.
White was're-electcd superintendent
of the grounds and Frank A. Ryan
secretary and treasurer, on and after
March 18th, when J. II. Oils, the pres.
ent official, will retire. The prospect
for good meeting during the stock
mems convention, March 10, ia most
ilattering at this time. A large mum.
Der OF horses are promised and the
contests will be spirited
and interesting, IL only the
clerk of the weather will favor us
with dry ground and sunshine.
AT a meeting held at the Office Of
the Merchants and Planters bank
yesterday TO arrange for enter
tanning our guests at that
enterpisinE citizens were assigned TO
different committees and they have
gone TO worn earnestly In that behalf
In Texas in true hospi-
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after all our hotels and
boarding-houses.are filled, private res.
licences will be cheerfully offered for
their entertainment.
Some of our most prominent Ger.
man fellOw-citizens gave a grand
mask ball last evening at the spa.
on the north side of the square,
h at Ngy n,n ala
occasion 10 every one present. A
large number Of ladies and gentlemen
dressed in character gave the event a
mysterious fascination. AT the hour
OF midnight all masks were removed
and re, called the parties TO Their friends.
Prof Kohler's quartette with violin,
piano, cl"rionet and drums furnished
the music,
In this connection let us remark that
the little ten-year-Old drummer boy,
Guy Button, who plays the tenor drum
and with back stroke Ike ps time on
the bass and cymbals as the music
requires, is perhaps the greatest musi-
cal prodigy in Texas, He takes to
music as naturally ~ "A duck does to
water, and without knowing the value
OF a note can play on almost any in
strument and keep perfect time.
William Hyde, VIM. kortabine
and Joseph Pogue, who
got up this entertainment, deserve
great praise for the perfect order main
tanned and the sue ess Of the PARTY.
A private dancing party was al
held last night at the residence OF
Jake Fisher in the northwest
part of the city. Quite a crowd at
n a., vi Tail. nH Cd rp-
port a delightful evening.
Capt james Thomas, passenger
agent for the Huntington road In
Texas, is in the city looking after the
people who want to visit the eXpOsi'
ton Other lines are proposing torun
excursion trains, and he expects tn ar.
range similar accommodations over
| the Central road. This route Ia In
first class order and makes the quick
est time from Norih Texas 10 New
an old railroad man who
knows his duty and has
won the confidence of all teameters
by the pluOky fight he made at allen
q few years ago, where he repulsed
the Sam Bass gang with his little gun
| when they undertook to rob the eK.
| press, OF "hich Ae was n'oS99iBei ~
| that lime,
]. l.. Kennedy aud family have
moved from their beautiful home on
South Travis street and will MAKE
their home with Ms Kennedy
parents, Capt. Frank Stinnett anc
| wife.
Ed Levy, Esq has moved to the
Kennedy residence.
The west-bound passenger trait
was about forty-five minutes late Thu
| morning
Mrs. Lille Boswell, Miss Almi
Craeroft and Miss NsTion Wilbine, AZ
tended by Luke Myzelle, Sllas Hare
jr., and Dory Hughes, went to Gaines
VILE this evening to attend the mask
ball at the opera-house.
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