Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-07
ABILENE.
Wool Receipts for the Season Expected
to Amount to Four and q Half
Million Pounds.
A New Industry n the Shape Of a Tile
Factory Under Construction
Other improvements.
The Jury Dlsagrees in the Case of Prof
White Of Buffalo Gap-The
Trial Postponed.
Special.


ABrLINE, TEX, May "A band of
cattle thieves entered the stock yards
east OF the city last night and drove
away herd OF cattle belonging TO
PIERCE. To-day posse of well-armed
officers started In pursuit and will er-
deavor to make the despeiadoes sur
render. They are supposed to be
moving towards the Indian territory.
Wool Is coming into the city at y
lively rate. Before O'Clock on Mon
day thirty wagons arrived and UNI
loaded their cargoes at the three large
establishments which do the business
OF The city in that line. The receipts
so far are largely in excess of the re-
ceipts up to the same time last year
and some buyers claim that the total
amount that will he handled btfore the
cloae of the season will be about four
million five hundred thousand pounds,
a much larger amount than WAS ham
| died last year. The city for the last two
seasons has been the second wool mar.
ket of the state, as statistics from reli-
able sources plainly show. San Anto-
MO Is the first. There are now four
buyers In addition to the local men
and new houee will be opened on
! Chestnut street, the new and rapidly
growing South Side thoroughfare, in
a few days, and things from this time
on promise TO be exceedingly lively.
The outside buyers are from Boston
and Philadelphia.
A new industry In the shape OF q
tile factory has been started in the city
by j. M. Archer, q native of the British
Islands, but who has been some years
prominent as contractor in West
Texas. The factory is situated a short
distance beyond the western limits oil
the city and near the railroad track, "a
which in the future IL will be connect.
ed by side track The factory will be
run in connection with large brick
making establishment now owned
by Mr., Archer, and which
now gives employment to about
twenty-five men. The factory will be
superistended by Mr.. Thomas Shan
ley, an experienced Chicago contractor
and brick-mRker, and IL the enterprise
is found TO pay tiles will be made fol
shipment to other points in the state
The enterprise was suggested by the
peculiar quality of clay found In thu
vicinity.
} The trial of Prof. w. II. White o
Lnb DullhlO zap HlBn etHOoi 3oi Nfnt
: ing reflections on the character of Q
M. Kinsle of that place, took plac'
Saturday. County Attorney Hardwick,
appeared for the prosecution. III,
: Jury disagreed and the case was de
l ferred until the coming Saturday
9 Both parties are highly respected ant
the affair is deeply regretted ut tn
: lovely little village.
I Severalcar-loads Of pipe have arrived
A in the city in the past few days ant
4 the water-works are building AZ fast a
D possible. An engine Is now on tn
= road. The pipes will be laid through
e all OF the principal streets at once
I and extended in the future
9 meet the demand Of the population.
d The Concho house, long one OF tn
Q best-Rnown and most popular hotel
e of West Texas, has been taken b
a Mrs Bertha Benson, formerly pro
B. prietress of the Furgerson house, rs
: Ter. The hotel has Leen thorough
I fitted up and painted and will have
!. first.class restaurant attached and b
n conducted ON the European plar
,, Mrs. Benson has changed the name
Q the Cleveland house.
d The new hotel building by Co
< William III. Johnson of Illinois, tn
Il well,known capitalist, Is also al
o preaching completion.
q The city will soon have first-clai
g opera-house, an enterprise long neede'