Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-16

ih9nt ~ the 18th, Abuut ono thonssnd
bushels Of corn was DESTROYED elpbt s,s
horses also persisted s' ''"e
Van Alstyne seems yerv aes,rsbia
pace Tor young men. A widow ther. rs.
Gently employed one, soon after she IL.
CAME ms security for wedding onttlt
and she married him.
A young mau named Penny Thorpto,
Oh walter county accidentally shot MIN
sell while getting into buggy. a whole
load OF duck shot entering ais loft ga
His recovery is doubtful.
One day last week four wagons of Inn
migrants passed through Waxahachie on
route 70 Hill county. One wagon was
lrawn by fye yoke Of oxen ranging from
shree-year-olds TO yearlings.
:, william Dunlap, formerly OF pierson
hotel, FL Paso, with his brother and AZ.
yer, one OF whom is at Fort Worth. are
me legstees Of $4,000 each from the III.
'ate OF an uncle In Kentucky.
w NJ. Shelly, who left Van Alstvne n
year ago and was reported dead, has
turned up alive In Nolanvillo. His wife
from whom he separated having married
again, ahalrs are complicated.
Five Mexican conyicts were recently
put In the penitentiary az Huntsville.
three from Corpus Christi and two from
Laredo Last year only one-seyenth OF
the prisoners were native Texans.
Warren G Hinton of Houston met with
z iatal accident while hunting. In plac.
ing the gun upon his shoulder It was dis
charged, the entire contents lodging In
his side. He only lived few hours.
The pending compromise of the in
debtedness of Marion county has failed
to be made. To carry out the arrange
ment s65,o00 in cash was asked for, and
that sum could not be raised at present.
W 3. Nally wag adiudged insane, and
II was recommended that he be placed IN.
der restraint. He was very violent during
The trial lie is a native OF Mcclellan
county, and has a wife and two children.
Two MeNicans were captured near
Collins riding horses stolen from the
Santg Cruz ranch, not far from Rio
Grande City. They also had in their pos
session four Others supposed to be stolen.
The citizens Of Waco and Corsicana
are now rejoicing in the light The Jenny
Electric Light company has the contract
Tor both these cities, and they were
lighted simultaneously by the tower sys-
TEN,
gentleman in Denison met with q Sc
rious accident by falling against wire
fence, one Of the barhs tearing one Of his
eyes from the socket; although replaced
at once, 1t is feared he will lose the
sight
wild duck came auttering down in
Waco few nights since, creating con-
siderable CONSERVATION. The bird was
attracted by the electric light and struck
the tower, which the crowd thought was
falling.
The accounts of eX-Narshal Stllwell
H. Russell are being reinyestlgated in
order that the government can bring suit
against him and his bondsmen for what
Is alleged TO be due from the eX-marshal
to Uncle Sam
The following unique notice was posted
in Blanco county: "All persons using
the ioot-brdge across the Perdenales
will please pay ton by leaving the money
on the bridget
Denison is now having a series Of
revival services under the auspices of
Messrs, Wolfe and Swayne, tile latter
being a very fine singer, and the former
unsparing in his denunciation OF sin
wherever IL is found.
An attempt was made on the night OF
the 18th to release the prisoners from tht
calaboose in Sherman. An AK had beer
handed into the cell from the outside, bur
was discovered by the officer in charge il
time to Illustrate the attempt.
A man named Melvin was arrested neal
Austin upon the charge Of demonstrating
His wife and he had a difficulty. She
struck him several blows with an az
and then swore out a warrant. She il
considered an accomplish and is nov
hiding
In cave near San Marcos there wa
recently found human skeleton, 1t wa
but short distance beneath the surface
and although apparently complete, OK
hibted the marks OF time and decay. TIL
skull was of unusual thickness, and th
teeth perfect.
Two trains loaded with oranges passes
through Baird last week going east; am
trains loaded with tea from Hong Konl
pass en- route to Boston; five years az
the people of that region had to hau
every necessity Of life by wagon over
hundred and fifty miles.
Miss Fannie Price, living neaf Waxa
hachie, was burned TO death last week
! The family had returned from church
and she went out 10 prepare the Dime
when she accidentally turned cup OF Goa
oil on the hot stove, which at once tool
fire and enveloped her in the flames.
Mrs. Lou Culberson has received
check for $4,000 for the death policy @
her husband which she held in the An
Gent Order Of United Workmen. Sh
has fled a damage suit for $4,000
against the East Line railway for tn
killing OF her husband in September
1885,
The appellate court has Just decided ]
the case Of DR.. Rutherford VS.. the Count
of Harris--a suit to recover for serylc
rendered in performing an autopsy 0
order of Justice OF the peace, that tn
commissioners court OF the county
/, legally bound by the action OF the justice
and obligated to approve and pay Tn
claim.
man calling himself Green stopped a
house near Canton aud ordered oreab
fast for himself and horse. After oein
fed he borrowed a saddle, saying D
would leave the buggy on account OF "
mud and ride to neighbours house. NC
returning as he promised, suspicion wa
aroused and II was subsequently ascer
tanned that the sheriff of Henderso
county had capias for him as horse
thief. The officers are still In pursuit
Frank Berkley, who was sent 20 the II
sane asylum not long since, made ms q
cane. He was seen in Cleburne, but ait'
that. all trace Of him is lost. He is thu
. described and his mothers address given
isFrank Berkley Is about twenty iiye yeal
old. has light or sandy hair, about ny
feet six inches in height. He has sens