Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-02
SHERMAN.
lie Conldn't Get Raise Of salary
and Now Rests Under Charge
Of lncendIarIsm.
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special 70 the Gazette.
SHERMAN, Tx, March IT. \ Eel
ION. who has been employed al the Eagle
mills in this city, struck for raise of
wapes Saturday evening, when the weeks
bills were paid OF but the proprietors re-
fused TO acccde 10 his demands and dis
charged him. He iclt sore over the stu
alton and made threats against the mills
during the evening. After pightiall he
met MIR. CASTOR, one Of tho engineers
OF the mill, and told him he
Intended to leave the city, as he had no
business TO keep him here. Mr. CASTOR
proposed 10 20 To the mill and sleep until
Ills time 10 20 TO work NJ ~ O'Clock, but
FELTON, insisted on his company longer,
and when CASTOR started to leave him
FELTON, went with him a short distance,
and while at n crossing fell and claimed
10 have hurt himself, so that hs COM
panlon remained with him several
minutes, until he found that he was not
really hurt, and the Impression was made
ON Gaslon's mind thai his companion
WIS feignIng, and was not really hurt.
Thereafter CASTOR went 10 the mill to
sleep, but found the doors forced
open and the building full
OF smoke On searching he found that
kerosene had been poured about the
stairway In the lower story and fire set
to IL lie promptly suppressed the fire
and sent for the proprletors 10 notify
them OF what had happened. Messrs.
Link & Brannon aud Elijah Paxson, the
owners Of the property, after full sur
vey Of the situation, came 10 the conclu-
sion that FELTON, WIS the incendiary, and
he was accordingly arrested yesterday on
complaint charging him with the of
Tense. The trial was set for hearing be-
fore Justice Ilinkle on Wednesday, Feb
3, at q o'clock, until which time we must
rely on the above statement as furnished
us by the county attorney.
John Thomas Green, charged by in
dctment with burglary and THEFT OF a
pistol near Gordonsylllc, In this county,
was arrested Saturday and Is in Jail TO
| await II trial at the march term Of the
district court.
William Colley, charged with The bur.
gary of house near Pottsboro, waived
an examination this morning before the
| Justice and was held in Il bond OF $500
for his appearance at the district court.
Nd Cooper, charged with the theft ol
an ovcrcoat over $50 IN value, will have
his examination at . O'Clock Thursday
morning.
A e.. Mcpherson, who was convicted
and sent up for two years at the last term
NJ court, had his case reversed by the
court of appeals on account Of II defective
Indictment, but new complaint has been
| filed and his bond set at $780, In default
OF which lie Is In Jail
Judge Gregg OF the county court was
on the bench to-day TO dispose of the
regular business OF the term a number
Of orders were made In criminal cases IN
| the forenoon, and the afternoon was de-
voted to probate business Among other
work before the court Is another phase
of the Alexander estate, In which one OF
the attorneys, Capt. T. J Brown, has
been engaged for twenty-Onc years
| Deputy Marshall I.um johnson OF
Gainesville brought John Johnston OF the
! Chlcasaw nation before Commissioner
Ricketts, to-day ON charge nl theft OF
horses in the Territory
Simon Ladd, the old uegro who has
been in constant litigation over the title
10 Il small tract OF land two miles wesl
OF the city, aud whose final success W.
reported a few days ago, has taken law
ful possession OF the premises again nnd
now enjoys the comforts OF good house
and other improvements, put thcre by th,
adverse claimant, There X one happy
old darky In this country
lum johnson says he has Nose Quad
the partner OF Lynch, The Denton county
moonshlneri IN Jail at GaineSvillcHnd vii
take him on to Dallas tomorrow.
Col. Abe Fulton, one of our lradin,
cotton merchants who has several brancl
! al, .n
leaves tomorrow Tor Camden, Ark, [,
! investigate the business there. lie vii
also visit several other agencies and, per
haps, go on TO Liverpool before returnin:
home To sherman.
j.. Dwycr, Esq, lirs. book keeper o
the extensive lumber business OF q n
Lyon, left to-day In answer to Telegram
, calling him TO the bedside OF his slcI
| mother In London, England, and don
2 know when he will return.
V H. Montgomery, who with his wifi
was In the wreck OF Il rnnaway-tcam an,
! buggy Saturday evening, was In the cit
to-day and reports Mrs. Montgomer
I rapidly recovering OF her bruises.
Esquire Cummins was here on oillcie
, business to-day.
w, T., Matthews OF Ida, eN representa-
2 tive Ut Gayson county, and Jarrett fir
ney, one OF the state lecturers for IN
I Farmers alliance, Were shaking hands o
! the streets to-day.
AS this was the day OF stray sales
e large crowd was In the city and quite
! number Of live stock changed hands.
l., II Matthews of the Gainesville la
Is here as attorney for the defense [
John Johnston before Judge Ricketts,
DR., Stcever Of this city, who had bee
In attendance on the sick bed OF Jane
: Batsell, Esq, Of whilcrlght Tor thrc
days, returned last night All
reports his condition very crl
ical Indeed. later report irol
! gentleman who lives between that plac
q and Bells, says that Mr, BatSoll is dca,
hui the report II not confirmed MI
4 Balsell Is lhr senior member of lhc me-
i camille ilrm oi Batsoll & Reeves of tia
town, and one OF the best business me
4 aud citizens OF the rounly.
/, Judge Anlhony Bryant nt Whlorlgl
: aud William Bnkloy, ESQ, OF Eanni
county, the trst a brolhcr-ln law aud u
second brother OF Judge c. q Blukly
/. arrived yesterday afternoon TO attend tn
bedside OF the Judge, who Is scriousl
y sick. His condition was reported TO b
more favorable to-day
! D. T., rurnef and j l.. Larkin ~ III