Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-17
TYLER
The Texas & St feuis Compelled Il
Reduce Hoars and Salaries on
Account Of Hard Times.
YelIowstone Kit Donounces Church Fairs
Home Talk About the Dallas
Trunk Line.

J Correspondence Of the Gazette.
Tyler, Tx, April l5.--On account o
the duh times business has fallen of &
much with the Texas { St. Louis railway
that IL has been compelled either 10 cut
down salaries or reduce the force Of EN-.
ployes. In case OF its shops at this
point, instead Of reducing the force the
men consented to the cutting down OF
hours and corresponding reduction OF
salary, the change going into effect last
Monday. II is not thought the present con-
dition will be maintained long, as the ar
rangement seems TO be unsatisfactory to
many OF the employees
Yellowstone Kit, travelling vendor
Of some kind OF an oil, supposed TO cure
all the ills flesh Is heir to,
gave a lecture last night on the
square, In which he told his experience at
church fair, and how his youth and in
experience was taken advantage oflby pre-
Stunning misses and designing DANES, the
hard.earned dollars lifted from his pocket
and made TO swell the church e1cheauer
by means of divers and sundry schemes,
for which he failed 10 receive anything
Ike quid pro quo. He said there was
untold harm In these affairs, and charged
that many a gambler had been made by
the seductive influence Of the church
grabbing, and the lonely oyster swim
ming in an ocean of watery gruel, called
by courtesy oyster soup, had its influence
In causing men to cheat each other In
business life, for II the church could af-
ford 10 cheat why couldn't they2
The city council is negotiating for the
purchase OF the building at pres
ent used for public school pur-
poses. The property is owned
by the East Texas Insurance company,
and this company proposes to sell the
building for $4,000 II is good build
ing and will answer the purpose for
winch 1t Is used. No better Investment
could be made, as the rental now de-
manded for its use, $1,000 per annum,
which may not be too much for the build.
ing, would in a few years pay for it..
Now and then one can see statements
which, he was not able to give them
their true value, would indicate that the
Dallas Trunk line intended 10 come this
way and connect with the Gulf Short /
Line, and thus 90 into Sabine Pass and
the gulf. But people who are familiar
with Dallas men and measures know too (
well that when IL comes TO building rail- Z
roads Dallas never does anything but talk [
Besides, such connection would only (
tend to make Tyler rival with Dallas. /
and viii any one please till us when bal.
las ever did anything that would throw a
dollar INTO the hands OF rival? Her
profound interest ia the Terrell court
house campaign shows how she works.
The Baptist people are finishing M
their handsome church building, and viii
soon have it ready for use IL is built Of
prick, and when completed will be one OF (
me finest structures In the state.
Although but few candidates have an
lounced themselves, it is currently ru-
nored that several gentlemen are carry
ng lightning rods down their backs with
: view of inducing the lightning to strike
hem. 1t can be confidently said that
here are those who are perfectly willing
10 take anything in the shape of state or
county office that may be thrown them by
| connding public.
The various uses to which lightning
may he put are illustrated by the work OF
Sir Gregory in the telephone office here.
By an ingenious contrivance he causes it
% open door, raise window and ring
bell simultaneously. On knocking at
he door an operator seated in another
art OF the room touches button and
he door opens.