Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-23
WACO.
ON Hobble to the End of the Earth and
XIII the Man You Marry"
gnncto1 IN tho C,ozotte

ON Hobble to the End of the Earth and
XIII the Man You Marry"
Special to the Gazette.
WACO, Ten, Dec. 22.- Contractor
George Oglesby left for the Rusk prison
this evening with seven convicts, SEN
fenced at the late term of the district
court to various terms of Imprisonment.
One of the lot was old Jerry Reagan,
sentenced to two years for killing his
wife's paramour, Pinkney Davis. The
old man cannot walk and had to be car
ried to the train. His wife came to see
him off, and told him she intended TO get
a divorce and marry another man before
he got back. "If you do" the old man
answered, "I'll hobble to the end of the
earth but what I'll find you and kill the
man you marry"
George W. Smith, the eX-treasurer of
the Waco Water company, sentenced to
two years for forgery and embezzlement,
was not carried away. His lawyer got
back from Austin this morning, where he
went to petition Gov. Ireland for Smiths
pardon. The governor said he would
take the matter under immediate advise
ment and return an answer by tomorrow.
The appeals for pardon come from such
respectable sources that IL Is believed
clemency win be exercised.
bPfesil9Bt Wilson; negro who
gro, through the heart Sunday
night, about six miles from the city, came
in and surrendered to the sheriff tonight.
The negroes were gaming at Scraps -
Wilson had won and Hunter refused to
pay up. Words followed, pistols were
drawn and Hunter was killed.
frhp ppn J.v !
masquerade ball and supper at the
McClelland opera-house tonight. Sew
eral hundred tickets were sold, and the
ball viii prove an immense success,
realizing u handsome sum for the fire
men.
The creditors of McBeth & Fordyce
hardware merchants Of Gatesville, lately
closed out by attachment, held secret
meeting here to day, and it is understood
basis OF liquidation satisfactory to all
concerned was arrived at.
An Atlanta, Ga, man, resident in Waco
for several years, but thinking of return
ing there to 90 into business, cot two let
ters to-day from Atlanta business men, to
whom he had written for advice. One
said: "Come to this favored CITY," The
other said; "Keep away from this h--ll
hole" The latter writer runs a saloon.
The bottom has about dropped out of
the cotton business here until the holt
days ere over The roads are too heavy
with mud, from late rains, for wagons to
bring cotton, and receipts are merely
nominal. Both congresses are idle for
the time beng.
\ special train will be run from Waco
to Iiillshoro ON Christmas day, carrying
the Waco amateur IninstrpIs oud a crowd
OF waco ladies and gentlemen. The
troupe will begin TO play in the Hillsboro
opera-house Christmas night At O'Clock.
Judge George Clark left for Austin to-
night as legal counsel for the Texas
Benevolent assocatlon, to look after the
suit Of the state for occupation taxes
against that institution.
Mud and slush cover the streets, but
the holiday cniOyments oro on. The first
christmas tree of the season shed its
iruit at the Presbyterian church tonight.
me veteran manager, Ford OF the
"MiNado" opera troupe, is in town.