Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-24
THEGAnEriL F0KI WORTH IExAs wEDNEsDAY FEBNUANY I'll
PARIS.
The Plucky City is Happy over the
Signing OF The Contract with
the Frisco.
That Rig GINA Fugitive from Baton
Rouge Arrested-s santa Fr
Omciais.


Special TO the Gazette.
PARIS, Tax, Feb. Railroads and
rumors Of railroads are TO be heard in all
parts OF the city The Frisco road is
about settled. They have raised M 10
date over $4,000 and several OF the citl.
zens here are going TO guarantee the
whole amount aud risk the people making
II up, so work will be commenced on the
grading ina short time. ON TO Fort
Smith.
Messrs. Walter Gresham, Davis and
Rogers, Santa Fe officials from Galveston,
are in the city and were driven out
this morning to look for depot
location, but as they asked Ss5, 900
anu rs there has only been about Sls,O
raised for that road, II is not known what
Will be done. A meeting between them
and The citizens will be held some time
to-day, and 1t is thought they may come
to some definite agreement. A mass.
meeting is called for this evening for the
people of Paris TO assemble at the opera
house TO hear the proposition OF the
Texas Construction & Manufacturing
company considered, the object OF which
Will be explained by Col. hurry, with a
view OF erecting large cotton gin here.
MIR. l.. =. Harrison was appointed local
treasurer OF the Marshall, Paris & North
western Railroad company, and will at
once proceed TO work collecting the last
assessment. frank Fitzhugh and Cant.
Sam Wright have been appointed local
directors for this end OF the road. Mr..
j. X. +. Campbell, one OF the aldermen
Of Paris, received his commission,
an appointment of sub.agent of the
Klowas, Comanches and Wichita tribes.
He win leave here Thursday TO report for
duty by the LIST Of March.
Elder Caskey will commence his re-
view of the lecture given by Father
Daviess at the opcra-house at the
Christian church tomorrow night.
An entertainment was given at the
G. 7. church last night by home talent
The house was crowded to the utmost,
and standing room was at n premium.
On to Red river On to Fort Smith.
At last the contract with the Frisco road
is signed and sealed Twenty OF the
business men of Paris shoulder the re-
sponslbility and guarantee $4,000, de-
pot grounds and right-of-way from here
to Red river for the Paris & Great North
ern, there TO connect with the st. Louis
& San Francisco railroad from Fort
Smith, Ark The names of the men who
nluue llliS EuAIhuttc are SlNtu DVlOW
V. W. Hale, 7. Brood, Sam Wright, John
Martin, e. wa Campbell, l.. T. IIar-
rison, w. Il. Daily, f. S. Lynch, o. c..
Conner, s. M. Hamilton, J. w. Rodgers,
T. j. williams, Frank Fitzhugh, T. ID.
Craig, j. w. Fulton, j II. Berry, G. l..
Broad, Joe Lyons, J. T. Craigo, a. j.
Deal A meeting OF the directors was
held at half past four O'Clock this evening
at which the contract was ratified and
telegraphed TO New York.
AS was announced this morning a
meeting was held Mt the opera-house this
evening to confer'in regard to propo-
sition for a S250,000 cotton gin, Joe
\ Bywaters was made chairman for the
evening, but no definite conclusion was
reached TIE chair appointed COM
mittee of five to confer with Col Murry,
who is here, TO get as near the exact cost
OF such gin aud as to its paying quail
ties and report at future meeting.
Frank Morris, constable at Brookston,
arrested George Wagner aiias Peterson,
who is an escaped convict from the
Baton Rouge penitentlary. He was
Jailed here this evening. lie says that
he was only put in for two years fol-
stealing horses and that he worked SIS
months before he got away.