Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-20

A Little tioiden-Haired Girl The Bone
Of Contention Between q Separ.
aied Husband and Wife.
Jackson Denies That He Is Dynamitsr-
Veterans on Their Way 20 the Annual
MeetIng-The ou mni.

Special 70 the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, April io.-Distrlct Judge
~. M. Hal heard an interesting case TO-
day, wherein little golden-haired girl
about seven years old is the bone Of
contention, her father and mother each
claiming her. The child's name is Hattie
Pierce Her fathers name is A. O.
Pierce, Of Bosque county. His wife was
a Mrs Trent, widow, when be married
her. lie left her on bis Homestead in
Bosque She left there and went 20
IYler, Smith county, resumed her FIRST
name OF Trent and opened boarding
house
a scene ensued IN Tyler few DAYS
ago, when Plerce~tried 70 take the little
girl away with him, but was arrested
he men hled o petition for d.
yorce from his wife, asking that the
child, pending the decision in the
suit for divorce, be placed IN the custody
OF his sister, Mrs M. a. Roegess. la this
city. Sheriff harsh Of Smith county
came here yesterday with the child 10
place her n Mrs Borgess. hands. The
mother came on the same train and this
morning, having secured counsel, APP
peared before Judge IL III and prayed for
custody OF the child, or that It be given
into charge of some one other than
pierce's sister. Judge Hall decided that
the little girl shall remain I'm custody of
Sheriff Marsh Of Smith county until the
divorce suit is decided. The child seems
very anxious to remain with Its mother.
The sale Of the Waco cot.
ton-seed oil mills, news of
which was wired to THE GAZETTE yester-
day, Is confirmed, although the deeds
have not been delivered vet. 1t
however, that the purchaser is
the American Cotton OH company of
Cincinnati. 1t Is iutimated, too, that
The real purchaser IL the famous Standard
VI company, so well known throughout
the world because OF the control 1t has
obtained OF the petroleum product OF this
country Parties who claim TO be in q
position to know say that the Standard
vi company has inaugurated a quiet but
movement to acquire con-
troi OF the cotton-seed product OF the
South.
Lawrence Barrett had royal greeting
mere tonight in the rendition Of Gran
cesca da Rimini," the opera-house being
SO crowded that people were turned
away There were visitors present from
Temple, Bolton, Gatesville,6 Corsicana,
Calvert and many adjacent towns many
Of whom secured seats by telegraph to-
day.
Tobe Jackson, the bad man from Geor-
sia, brought in yesterday, takes his in. |
generation placdly while awaiting the
arrival OF officers from Atlanta. Jackson
says his troubles are due to prohibitions
sts Of Gainesville, Ga, which he denom- |
mates as a "dry town" He saws he |
knows Sam Jones we'll, but never
1ynamited Sam or anybody else.
Jake Seago, colored gamin, aud the
asst OF the gang of boy-burglars who has
escaped arrest, was captured and Jailed |
his morning, after lodging the police |
and constables more than two weeks.
Capt. S. 2. Ross Gather OF Gen. l.. S.
Ross and other Texas veterans left for
Dallas this afternoon to attend the an
lual meeting of the Texas Veterans as
In the state district court to-day John
Shlnn, charged, in conjunction with his
BROTHER, Dan Shinn, with the murder of
Washington Smith, in 1883, was put on
rial.
G. X, Bell of Hamilton, J. A. Barker
,f Houston, Joe Abbott of Hillsboro, and
John ID. Rankin of La Grange, lawyers |
III, are in town attending court