Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-19
LOUISVILLE LETTER.
What An Eyewitness Has to ss,a,..
Great Firs-Two Snow Storm,

Whht an eyewitness Has 10 sax a,e.
Great Firs-Two Snow storms.
Correspondence of the Gazette
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. lI-At7n
last evening occurred one Of the no.,
destructive fires that has occur.ed N
Louisville for years-destructlye bo,h i
property and human life. Reoluso,
Bros. & Co., L. l.. Warren & Co.. Gran,
man & Shuttleworlh aud William Can.
wall, on Main street near Fifth. MI,
burned out, sustaining an aggregate M
OF 100000. They all were large who'll.
sale dealers. But the loss OF property,
not comparable to the loss OF human IL
An explosion OF gas int cIstern attn
corner OF Main and Fifth blew outae
earth and granite stones with whlch&
streets are paved, upsetting and wreckag
two fire engines which were beIrasus
piled with water from the III
tern. Engineer James Conneil WIS
killed outright. Capt. CHARLES 0bs Eu
dangerously and probably moralh
wounded, and Denny Hamilton, engineer
of engine No. and his fireman, San
Scsnlon, we're seriously injured. Ths
cause of the explosion is not dsHniteh
known, some thinking 1t the result d
sewer gas and others coal gas Sub
occurrences are not comparatively ul
common. In July, 1874, memorials
explosion occurred near the city hall, a
Jefferson street near Sixth, which blT
up the stone tagging for probably shgi'
dfed feet or more. The flame entefd
the Sixth street sewer, aud a sheet Of fr
rushed from the mouth OF the sewer iGp
the river, 800 yards away, for ten minuie
or more. Why cannot examinations y
made at frequent intervals for such u.
plosions, and thus prevent such iAa
results?
We watched with much interest u
election throughout Texas. With gEtt
cation we see that IN most instances y
regular Democratic ticket was eltctA
But, somehow, Fort Worth seems "
rated of late in her POLITICS, DHkhF
ternism seems TO make Of her slrcfs
hold, Just what will be the result oil VI
political pulling in Texas is matter =
interest to many. Will common sens
and tried principles continue to colRA
the state? or will communism and "
cialism finally prevails II is very strslr
that men OF common sense elaa
ins to be Democrats, Hal
see that these movements ~
snares to entrsp unwarrY Democrats sls
have their strength result in benellw
the Republican party The same asIs
sion seems to exist here among laoonus
men that has given Texas so much sn'
lety OF late, mean the thought ihat Ay
must oppose the Democratic parry u "
der to rid themselves of some strange "
preston. Can any man OF inteliseu~
fall to see that cunning Republicans Y,
manipulating labor organizations ~
Farmers alliances in such way Is Y
ally them with the Republican paw
As far as can ascertain, II is tne P
vailing opinion in this city and ~ w
state, that to the labor question me ~
falling OF OF the Democratic maloty.
due. These are indeed perilous u@s
politically. Never in the history Of !.
nation has there been such threaes,s,s,
elements undermining the vital plll.lP..
OF true liberty and national pFospesln
now. Chicago elects to the state lek y,
ture communist, New YORK goea
towards putting socialist at we nsa s,..
her municipal government. VIVA. ",
all this mean WHAT will the oaly ~,
oe5 For my part, am almost aif"'
guess, ~.
We have already had two snow lva., n
winter aud two or three consiae. -aIs
freezes, but the weather to-day y y-
1ne. Wheat sowing is under heaa. XXI,
this portion OF Kentucky. The dry lh ~ n n
delayed farmers IN this respect . s't