Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-03
GAINESVILLE.
A Sad Case In One Week Three Lit.
tie Ones Taken From Loving
Parents.
Special to the Gazette.

| Special to the Gazette.
GAISEsvIIIR, TEX, Jan. 2.--Eightcen
hundred and eighty-fve, fraught with
many scenes OF pleasure and mingled With
many of sadness and sorrow, has Just
passed and the new year, 1856, has been
ushered in. During the past year nature
has shed her richest blessings upon our
people in all theavarled departments of
life. The farming interest has been
blessed with the products Of the field;
our business men have had their share Of
the benefits TO be derived from the COM
mercial relations. What may be in store
for our people the coming year II is i'm
possible to tell, but the outlook is favor
able for one of plenty and
prosperity. THE GAZETTE force here
extends TO the many subscribers
of the paper in this city the happy greet
iDgs OF the new year, and hopes that
peace may al every heart, happiness be
the atmosphere OF every home, and plenty
| spread her rich store In every household.
Frank Scott, negro boy seventeen
years of age. has been arrested aud placed
in jail by officer Bozzell, charged with
the theft OF coat from Glenn Bucklng-
han of the Avenue hotel. The boy sold
the coat at secondhand store In this
city and then liz out for Denison. Buck
iDgham found the coat, identified II as his
and had the negro arrested In Denison.
Other cases OF theft are charged against
| him.
The lads and lassies of Cooke county
continue to get married. Licenses have
been issued TO the following persons by
County Clerk Thompson this week: j..
| M. Farmer and Miss Laura 0dom, G., l..
Rolls and Miss Nola Haggard, M. ID. Mil
/ Iar nj NJ.
Cune and Miss Florence Bailey, w. p.
Sims and Miss A. B. Medley, G, w.
| Hedges and Miss Callie ID. Worley, b. j..
Gallaspe and Miss Lucy Jones, William
Roalk and Miss l.cuetta Tlmmons, VIM.
w. Porter and Miss Laura j. Woolesey,
j. ID. Saunders and Miss Rosa t.. Wheat
| ley, j. N. Bordwine and Miss M. Il. Pitts,
Il. b. Huddlestan and Miss Noble Lose
maun, W. b. Hays and Miss S. l.. Cole.
At meeting of the Cook County
Building and Loan association, the af-
fairs OF that institution were reported to
be in satisfactory condition. Out Of
| S20,0 600 which was due from the stock
holders all but $1,000 has been paid in.
! A meeting of citizens Is called at the
courthouse next Tuesday night to con-
slider the railroad question.
Mr.. j. l.. dickson returned from the
Fort this morning, where he went TO hear
Emma Abbott.
Misses Mamie Jones and Bonnie Hill,
who have been visiting friends and rela-
tives here during the holidays, returned
to school Mt Dallas on this afternoons
train.
Mr.. Lightfoot, prominent attorney Of
Paris, is In the city.
Capt. Il. L. Bunch Of the Wichita Her
aid is shaking hands with old friends in
this city.
Rev. Mr.. Sartwelle of Fort Worth will
occupy the pulpit of st. Paul's church to-
morrow.
Mr.. Samuel l.. Leazer, wife and three
children came to this city from North
| Carolina about four weeks ago to make
this place their home. Shortly after their
arrival their eldest child, girl of ten
years, was taken down with the measles.
The other two children soon caught the
disease from their older sister, and,
though represented as mild type and
easily controlled, father and mother are
now in deep mourning, the three children
having died within q week. Monday last
the little ten-year-old daughter died.
Wednesday evening another of the
children died, and this morning the last,
a little girl, two years old, died. The
father aud mother have the sympathies of
| this entire community in their sad be-
reavement,
AT a meeting OF the Knights of Pythias,
| Trinity lodge No. 7, at Castle hail. last
night, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing term: II. s. Holman,
C. c.; p Delfeld, vice c.; II, s. Rose,
prelate; j l.. Simpson, NJ. Of e.; Theo.
Shauseil, NJ. of f.; j. T. Walker, keeper
of record and seal; j. II. Caldwell, NJ of
A.; Il. X. Evans, representative; I. c..
Edwards, alternate; j. IL. Belcher, j. IL.
Wilson and John Il. Walker, trustees.
Mrs. Charles Bentons troupe,
"Only Woman's Heart" has had
the best patronage this week ever
given troupe In the history of this city.
They have played here for i've successive
nights to crowded houses, and every seat
is taken for the three performances yet to
be given.
The colored people Of this city gave a
grand ball and banquet tonight. 1t was
attended by delegations from Sherman,
Denison, Paris and intervening points.
THE GAZETTE force here wishes the
paper a happy year, aud trusts that Its al
ready 'largest circulation OF any daily
paper published in the state" will be
doubled the coming year.