Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-04

A Lady Makes an Overdose Of Bella
Donna BY Mistake and Is Caused
Great Suffering.
Dissatisfaction over the location OF a
school Buiiding-Fire works for
Galveston.
sneclal 70 the GnLette.

Special 70 the Gazette.
DESIsoN, Tax, Aug. 9.--Mrs George
McChesney took an overdose Of bella
donna last night by mistake, which
caused her great deal of trouble and
suffering. DR.. wilkins was called and
administered restoratiyes, and soon had
her out OF danger.
Mrs. Clark, wife OF Master Mechanic G.
w. Clark, was trying TO stable their line
carriage-horse late last night, when he
became refractory and jumped over a
picket fence, running two Of the pickets
IN his breast. II Is feared he IS ruined.
Ohlcer Wright left last night for
Marysyille, Mo-, with Jas. II Wilson
who is wanted there by Theo. y. Robin
son cashier Of bank In that city. A re-
ward Of $500 is offered for Wilson there.
lie IS the same man that 500 reward was
offered for in Gainesville.
The Gainesville Rifles, TWENTY-FIVE
strong, Capt. j. Cravens in command,
| passed through here to-day en- route to
Galveston. They are line looking set
OF young men and Gainesville has Just
cause TO feel proud of them.
Over 100 Gainesvillians passed through
here to-day for Galveston
! Yesterday, Mr.. James, the proprietor
OF the water and sprinkllng wagons, met
with a painful accident. While standing
| by one OF his wagons the horses started,
causing one of the wheels 10 pass over
his foot MASKING one OF his toes into
| Jelly and bruising the foot very badly.
Mr.. John Jeldy, who lives in Sugar
bottom, came very near having his house
burned up Sunday night. His wife was
using o gasoline stove, when by some
means the blaze was not sufficient to con-
sumo the flow OF gasoline from the tank,
causing the whole apparatus to catch fire
and the flames to roll out Of the windows.
Had 1t not been for the timely assistance
of neighbors the house would have been
consumedi however, 1t got off with
good scorching,
Mrs. Chambers, wife of Conductor Cal
Chambers OF the Missouri Pacific railway,
IS very sick at her home in this city.
j. Levy, Wells-Fargo express messen-
ger, received a telegram notifying him OF
the death of his wife at Galveston last
night. This is sad affair, as Mr.. Levy
lett his wife well on Sunday morning
Her death was great shock to him.
A. Med. Mulling, Pacific Express mes
genger, arrived in the city last night from
New Orleans, where he had been visiting
his mother. He will resume his run be-
tween here and Galveston tomorrow.
Blanche Hanna, son of DR.. I. b. Hanna,
left this morning for Galveston to take in
the interstate drill.
The Pacific Express company have
handled all the fireworks for the big
show at Calves ton. They were trans.
ferred here last night.
Hon. John Hancock passed through .he
city EN- route for his home in Austin.
Ground was broken to-day for the new
building for the Denison Electric Light
and Power company on Morton street.
This company have been using the gin en-.
CINE and house. Their new building will
be one-stOry brick and will be com
pleted by September |.
There Is considerable dissatisfaction
expressed over the location of the colored
school'house for the second ward The
principle objection is to the size of the
plat, The city has already built two
large school-houses for the white children
giving an entire block 320x40O-of
ground in each case, and have selected
another entire block for third. The
colored people have no school-house at
all, and they now propose to build for
them on plat l00Xl20, which will give
them no suitable play ground.
illustrated Sherman as it appeared in
Sundays GAZETTE attracted considerable
attention in this city. 1t was conceded
to be we'll written. While the buildings
shown would be credit to older and
larger cities thou Sherman, there was,
however, one omission, and that was a
cut OF the Atchison, Topeka < Santa Fe
railway depot.
We noticed several charming young
ladies' of Gainesville going to Galveston,
to-day, among whom were Misses Cleaves,
Miss Edith Doak, Miss Mildred Green
and Others whose names we could not
learn. Miss Green is an honorary mem