Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-12
OUR LIGHT DO SHINE
waco Emulating the Example Set by
the Young Giant OF the
South.
urave Officers of McLennan WIN
COME with Their shields or on
Their Shields.
...,,s,,o the Gazette.
.p''lll : rn ~. rNlyrrsl1Y MArrrn.

W..D. TEX, Dec. LII me terms on
t,ch Waco secures the consolidated
s.sssrsitv means that $4,000 must be
~ ,sed N cash within six weeks-s2 .OOO
.,nsl bonus and 5000 for the twenty
- of land. Buildings worth at least
AZ anO will be erected for the schools.
4 some circles there Is disposition TO
.,nifv the effort that will be required TO
-s;se ne money, put leading citizens who
- men of means, declare that Il can and
'hsl he done. The Day this afternoon
mites a strong appeal that the people
ro,ae IN literally and TO stimu-
i,le thcm cites Fort Worth's enterprise in
rsisiaa fully 100000 for various pur.
soses during the last nine years. The
s,dcle saws Fort Worth would raise
MAJ money from sunrise TO sunset, and
ares that the prestige OF Waco is az
stake.
LOCAL CRIMINAL NOTES.
Old Jerry Reagan, who slew Pinkney
Dayis. his wifes paramour, was brought
I'M district court this morning and
acaded guilty to mansloughter. The
ieyv gave him two years in the .penitenti-
,g, Had he said "not guilty" they
woulu probably have acquitted him, for
A is too old aud decrepit to do the
A iate any service in the penitentary.
a lllthey could do was to sign before
Il easing che Jury box, a petition for his
Il ,ardon, which the district Judge and
\ gato's attorney will also sign.
i Tom Varnell was at Ilillsboro again to-
ay for the resumption of his habeas
4 corpus hearing. When he left he said he
4 didn't think it would be necessary to re-
serve his apartments in the Jail for him, las
4 Twas hardly probable he would return.
4 Yanell was off in his calculations. how.
A Scr as news comes from Hillsboro this
evening that Judge Hall refused him bail
\ md ordered him remanded to jail. lie
\ Eill probably be returned here tonight.
4 yamell's cell is occupied to-day by
Il William Jackson Rowell, who was drlv-
y ng street car yesterday, minus the
y lowell part of his name. He will be sent
N oSan Marcos to answer to charge OF
& .iealing horse and jail breaking.
b GENERAL LOCAL REPERTOIRE.
4 The DR.. Haley whose arrest at Hot
springs is detailed in THE GAZETTE this
nornlng, figured in Waco for about q
month last summer, claiming to be a
B prtualist and doctor. Those of his
r faith here did not take kindly to him, and
n X left in disgust.
q There are now thirteen publications,
y daily, weekly and monthly, in Waco-a
ire-thought magazine, u spritualist mag.
n Hne,a prohibition weekly, q religious
weekly, owned and operated by colored
an, aud "holiness," or sanctiacation
u organ. II is rumored authoritatively,
\ bat the Texas Baptist Herald will be the
III next 10 enter the field, as il will be re.
NJ moved from Austin.
N Sanger Bros beautiful dry-goods store
h anne very near being the scene of n con-
4 agation last evening. The articles in
pne OF the large show-windows caught
!, b ne from gas-iet, but hand grenade
II ppied in time stopped the blaze.
IN The Prohibitionlsts have received the
b y Aest returns from Bell county and give
\ &apthe fight, but say such close contest
EAa Democratic county like Bell is a re-
\ sake to the theory that IL is anti-Demo-
{ ~ latic TO vote the Prohibition ticket.
The ladies' OF sc, Pau's guild closed
A heir series of entertainments al the Nc.
4 LELAND opera-house to-day. They
/ cheyed brilliant financial success.
B u Total receipts of cotton since Septem.
MI erl, $4,000 bales.
4 n Sonny Mosely is well remembered
M ihlS and other Central Texas counties
III here he operated for unconstitutional
4 u quite young mau--as a bold and
Va lcessful horse-thief. Finally "Sonny'
1 as captured and last spring district
N pur jury here gave him seven years IN
u penlientary. He was sent to prison,
1d in accordance with prison policy
1 1t to work outside the walls. Three
4. esks ago he escaped, in company witt
d sen others, and has been at larg,
n bee Sheriff Harris suspected "Sonny'
#OHld wander back to this sec
an, as he has brother
a k Mosely, living about eigh
r. ls east of Waco. Last night the sheriff
\ what he believed To- be 4 pointer anC
N dwight this MORNING a posse of 81,
\ elal deputies, commanded by Depnt,
M niE Ford ,Ileft for polk Mosely,s house
N iOre getting there they found a negr,
Y an who works for POLK Moscly Den1t,
! Nd told the negro, IL know TINT Sonnt
M Sely and his gano ore hid near here
ND you know where thew are / vii
A eyou 500 If Won win ten us wher,
I " afe.r The negro nj once said IN,