Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-25

u the UALttfT NtknH Wy a AaAN"A
from the bull. Signior y very dextrousiy
stepped aside, dealing the animal at the
same time = fearful blow, which had the
eject Of knocking one horn some thirty
feet. First blood claimed for the siguior
snd allowed
second round--The animal wheeled and
furiously dashed al bis antagonist; the
slgniOr clinched the beast and for about
twenty minutes the contestants were
only occasionally discernlble through the
dust snd blood Of the arena. AT last,
each becoming weary, they withdrew.
Decided 8 draw.
Third round-The signlor's blood
thirstiness returning with mis- breath, he
made lunge at the bull, evidently with
the determination 20 conquer or die, "tO
fight II out on that line II II took all sum
meT,n as Il were. This round was holly
contested, blood, thar" and etc, flying
prOmiscuously,b but In some unAccountable
manner the signior found himself on one
side Of fence and the bull on the other,
IN which position they haughtlly bowed 10
each other and retired, one 10 crop the
sncculent "free grass" other TO a
neighboring pool 10 free himself Of the
blood and debris Of the battle. The
judges decided this exciting contest in
favor Of the bull Sabine Pass Times.
GROSS GSGRAurUDE.
During the strike, II. II Burns,
brother-iE-lew Of Master Mechanic CLARK,
was severely injured In a wreck near
Aivarado. Mr.. Burns was firing Pacific
engine No. 20. He has been unable 10
earn livelihood since. II looks a little
like ingratitude on the part Of the com.
paDy when we state that Mr.. Burns and
wife have been refu. ed pass over the
road which be so faithfully served. The
railroad boys, with their proverbial gem
crosby, we're making up a purse yester-
day to assist }r. Burns to 90 North
rDenison News.
AN EXPLANATION.
During the congressional canvass In
this district we have uniformly held our
peace In regard TO our preference among
the aspirants. We could not conscienti-
ously support Mr. Wellborn after his
worse than shabby treatment Of the farm
ers Of this precinct; we thought II an ex-
celleut opportunity to teach that gentle
man that he should have shaped his
course In congress In subseryience to the
expressed wish of ninety-nine OF his con-
stituents, rather than the mandates Of
single machine wire puller But in Mr..
GiDus we saw none OF the ear marks of a
political Moses who was TO lead the OPP
pressed Sixth district into a land Of
promise; his demagogical utterances
found no response IN the heart Of the
thinking laboring man or farmer; his
candidacy amounted to little more than
nothing Affairs were in this state when
Judge Beckham made his initial speech
in this precinct We, with the rest Of
the few who heard him, became an adj
yocate of the claims Of the honest, I'M
obtrusive man who could dare to state
facts without embellishments the man
who slandered no man; the man making
the race on his merits alone, the man
from Tarr9nt,- Euns Commercial Re-
cOrdpr.
THE BOSS SNAKE.
Mr. II. 4 Easten, who has farm two
miles south OF benson, on Iron Ore,
killed the boss snake on his place day
or so ago. Mr.. Easten and Col. Jack
Parker, while passing through the corn
| field, heard singular noise. Both men
1 stopped, and Parker exclaimed to Easten,
''there is rattlesnske near at hand"
In moment or so the snake was dis
covered in q coil near an old stump. IL
was killed with stick.
] ~ was a hlaAibni AulNlNeuAhG hulll
| measured seven feet and was twenty-five
inches around the body, with 1--WE Iattles
and one button. According to natural
history, the snake was sixteen years
of age.-[ Denison News.
FOR STEALING BUTTERMTLK
The most novel case on record came up
before Squire Hawkins here Tuesday. A
German from Sand Flat was tried for
| stealing buttermilk. As there proved to
be nothing in the case, the German was
set free. This is one of the Germans
who was tried here on the 10th for dis
turblng the peace Chico Bee.
A HOT DAY.
We reprint the following from the
| GTeenyille Banner, which compares to q
word with the same day here, only
the thermometer at one time regis.
tered Ito in the shade here; "Last
Friday was undoubtedly the hottest day
known here for many years. The Their.
mometers fairly boiled. They registered
all the way from l05 to 1903 in the shade
in different parts Of the city. A strong
south breeze was blowing, but 1t was like
the breath OF furnace and its effect on
vegetation was whitening. Chairs anC
furniture were absolutely hot, and every
where the heat danced and glowed as Il
the world was on fire. Fortunately tn,
hot wave lasted only a few hours and nc
serious results were reported. IL made
us feel like emigratiug Northward, unit
we looked into the daily papers and saw
dispatch stating II was 100 in the shade
in Montana and over 100 all through
J Dakota, Minnesota and other far North
: states Farmersyille Times.
COOKE, MONTAGUE AND WISE.
DR.. Williams, who has ust returned
from an extended trip through Cooke
! Montague and Wise counties, report,
! that the section OF country through which
he travelled Is almost barren wilderness.
! by reason OF the drought. The doctor
J says that there will be but little crops o.
any character raised there, and that al
ready the famine has reached such de-
gree, that many people are leaving FOL
other places. On the western side d
Montague county, he says, there are So,
600 cattle being held back by the people
J TO keep them from overrunniDg tina
= county - Denton Monitor.
CATTLE IN JACK COUNTY
II Is rumored that the cattle from the
West are drifting In and destroying the
: crops In Jack and the edge of this county
, Word has been sent to some OF our citl
! zens to help hold them back, for which
! purpose squad Of men expect 10 20 to
morrow. The cattlemen do all in thei
= power TO keep "nestersn out OF theil
! way, and now II Is nothing but lust tina