Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-20
DALLAS.
-. Goal Lands on the Proposed Line
Of tho Texas Trunk Hallway
Promise Big Results.
go pnss Fights by which Old Scores are
u be sottied TO Dome OFF soon In or
near Dallas.


near DhAha.
.Ose,nl to tho Gazette
n.rtAs, TEX, Dec. l9.--The GSzErrE
Mas specials recently detailed exteu.
- coal discoveries by Mr. II. Arnold
~ tho proposed line of the Texas
S,nak railroad from its present terminus
/ I, Kemp to Athens--threo of the "nnds'i
1,ing in Henderson county, and one OF
lssm reported to be equal in capacity to
y yein or stratum ever, discovered ia
country. 1t WAS also stated that
~ arnold had Interested leading
t.nitshgts Of Dallas In the formation
"A company TO take of his hands leases
/, ,hese new lands, which he had secured
"a term Of ninety.nine years on the
"A ssls of paying the owners of the land a
i,valty Of 10 cents per ton for every ton
'gcoal produced from the mines, aud that
,tiscompany should be formed, mining
al extensive scale would soon begin.
es negotiations for transfer
the richest OF the three
lao in Henderson county was
ompleted last night. John r, Elliot
M n Cnsrles i Bird, two of the wealth.
IA men Ia Dallas, acting for them
I.sl,es and associates, arranged with Mr..
Wraold TO have their representative, j.
.kaleC Carter, a well-known business man
"A member CT the Dallas board OF al.
+ rmen, accompany MIN tomorrow "a
I, anderson county and make a thorough
|| vsr nation of the newly discovered coal
/. "a rtanfa
II aorid statements OF Mr.. Arnold, the
Mase is 10 be formally closed aud Messrs
sMlIott Bird aud associates at once pro-
IT "a to work the coal veins on an extern
Hye scale If this result is real
WI there is no doubt but
n short gap in the Texas Trunk road
Eom Kemp TO Athens will be at once
Used. Dallas, and in fact North Texas
Hrerally, will watch with deep interest
III The coming conclusions OF Mr. Carter.
NWbat promises to be two Of the tough
pugllistic encounters ever had in
\ szas are now on the tapis in Dallas.
q names of the principals are withheld
N#r the present, as IN both
Hes the men assert a de-
#rnluation to settle old scores in the
bed arena by fighting to finish, and
Wvlug no "sparrIng match affairs. In
Msr be able TO have q real prize fight
M'determine who is the better man, the
asclpsls aud their friends propose keep
she police and sheriff forces in igno.
be so as to avoid official interference.
OF the omills" is to be between q
eklaver firm Galveston and mouldr I
On Houston, both recent arrivals In
I. Mas, who are harboring and nursing a
7 Nudge OF long standing and bitter in
NEsity The two met ON Wednesday
Nght last, in company with two or
he mutual friends, at the bar in the
George hotel. The old trouble was
iMsrred to and each asserted his ability
~ "do up the other" The mutual
lends prevented a collision, or loud dis
bance, aud the outcome was that each
Ne placed in the hands Of Dick Flana
$25 forfeit TO meet and sign arti-
!. .As and put no 500 side by December
for fight to occur not later than jan
:. Ey l. There will be no effort for a
ney-making affair. the principals
,tM their friends only desiring
stion Of superiority, and probably not
LIZ tua'+ my oOldSbCA HSkFOuS VIII Oo
!. Into the secret of the battle ground
MM given chance TO witness the
TIE other affair, which has
progressed as far IN its
Engement as the one mentioned
No will be the more scientific and in
stlDg, as both men are possessed of
Ml ~ good ring records ia California and
East, hut have not been heard OF in
as. One of them has b en- in Dallas
RI NsK months past, working diligently at
nd pod trade 10 save up "stake" Of $500,
un ga he has almost accomplished. His
gih 7nds assert that he is the best
ful who ever "put up his
u ds' for "scrap" in Texas. They
81 all along offered to make up the
iux for him, but his answer has always
RAx "No; l don't propose fighting for
81 man's money but my own. II win,
~ f,all mine; II lose, no one is nurt but
BaNeltn The other party is in town
kta rfrom Dallas and equally as anxious
Haix 15ght as his rival The fight, it is as
IS ~, will come of in or near this city
ms Pa thirty days.