Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-06
SHERMAN.
A Full Account Of The Municipal
Measures Now AgiIatIng Gray.
sons Capital.
win Keep Sunday Dry--sherman's Chances
for Branch--A Farmer FOUND
Dead-under Bond.


Special to the Gazette
SHERMAN, TEX, jan. 5.--Tho city
council held a long session last night and
discussed some very important matters.
IL was ordered that Sherman send
special delegate TO Washington CITY 70 |
look after our interests when the subject
Of locating branch Of the United States
district court is up for consideration. |
This prize is being commended for by |
Gainesville, Denison and Sherman and |
each city win look 10 it that Its special |
advantages for such court are not over
looked when the government selects the
place. Judge Silas Hare was named as
our delegate last night and will perhaps
be able to spare the time from his pro-
tessional duties TO represent us at
the seat OF government. Another meeting
was appointed for tonight to consider the
propriety of sending another delegate in
company with Judge Hare.
A resolution was presented also 20 al
low saloons to run until 3 O'Clock and
then close until O'Clock on Sundays, as
is the custom In Dallas, Fort Worth aud
other Texas cities, but this failed to carry
by tie vote, Councilmen Hall, Me-
Farland, Hunter and Levy voting IN the
affirmative, and Sieve, McConville,
Smith and Gribble In the negative. His
honor, Mayor Buckler, broke the tie by
voting TO sustain the state statute on this
subject
A bill for small amount was allowed
to make up the deficiency in the funds OF
the Ladies' cemetery committee, who or
dered six wagon loads of small cedars
from Red river and had them set out to
beautify the grounds and drives of our
city of the dead. Over two thousand trees
were embraced in this lot, and the sum
might have been increased ten-iold and
then been cheap when compared with the
value OF this Improvement.
The subject of water-works was again
discussed, and IL is clear that the council
is up with the people In their desire
protection of our property, and the
health and comfort OF the citizens.
Mr.. A. i, Haynes, who constructed and
now superintends the works at Galveston
and has lately supervised the repairs at
Fort Worth, has notified our authorities
that he will be here in a few days to make
estimates and preliminary surveys for
Sherman. AS soon as these estimates are
made, a proposition to tax the city for
water-works will be submitted 10 vote,
and there Is little question of carrying IL
by large majority.
The Sam Houston Fire company meet
tonight to select new chief TO take the
place of Jake w. Levy, who signihed his
intention of declining a second term.
The bridge ON the Whitesboro road
near the city limits has been condemned
and the structure ordered TO be taken
down TO make room for crossing at the
present and a new bridge when the
separate fund will justify it., As great
deal Of travel comes over this road the
council propose TO open street from the
Top Of Yarborough's bill to junction
with West Houston street, to allow the
people the use of the new iron bridge on
this street until such time as their own
more convenient one can be built.
At about O'Clock to-day the residence
and boarding-house occupied by q Mr..
Miller, known as the Henry house, on
Walnut street. was noticed to be on fire,
and the fire department was promptly out
for work. The inmates and neighbors
with buckets also began vigorous fight
and suppressed the flames before great
amount of damage was done. The fire
started in q sitting-room while the family
we're at dinner The loss will not exceed
500.
News was sent over from Bells this
morning that Sam Washburn, farmer
: living about four miles from that place,
had been found about an hour after sun
rise with his throat cut and quite dead
some distance from his house, but no
particulars were given. Washbnrn was
about thirty-tive years Of age, was mar
ried, but had not lived with his wife
lately, and had suffered from
mental arrangement in the past.
! He was engaged all day yesterday in
Strengthening hogs, and worked at cutting
up the meat until after dark last night.
Abe Fulton, Jr., one of Sherman's
| most popular travelling men, left this
! morning for three months cruise in
Arkansas.
7 Trainmaster j. J.. Griffin OF the Texas
; Pacific left his Sherman friends this
: morning and took the train east.
Tom Brady and Louis Ilirshneld struck
1 out for the piney wood this morning to
round up little trade after a long sea-
son Of rest and refreshment.
John Webb's examining trial on the
! charge OF cutting, to Kill, julius Schirck,
, five weeks ago, was called in Justice
! IIinckle's court to-day. Defendan,
waived examination, and was held in
$1,000 bond to answer to the grand jury
at the March term of the district court
He made the bond readily and was re.
leased. Schirck was able to appear as q
! witness. Webb entered plea Of guilty
as TO carrying pistol and was fined 1925
; and costs.
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