Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-08
DALLAS.
There Are Crowds and Crowds but
This Was Not One Of the Twenty.
Five Thousand Kind.
A Trio Of UBfortunases LaboFing Unucr
strange Observation-Disclosures from
His Injuries.

Special 70 the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tx, July 7.--facts are STUD
born things. The cold logic OF demon
strable truth will knock the underplnning
from nne-spun theories and baseless
assumptions every time, rs Witness On
the morning after the Fourth Of July pic
mic at the Dallas fair grounds local
paper estimated the number OF people In
attendance at "certainly not less than
10000" THE GAzETTE OF even date
placed the number at 5000 70 COCO. oncn
wide divergence OF opinion naturally
excited comment, and with a view 70
learning as nearly as possible now
far wrong the estimates we're the re-
porter Instituted INQUIRIES. AS there
were only two public conyeyances, 9
Missouri Pacific railway and the Main
street horse-car line, the task was com
paratiyely easy. The railroad ran an ex-
cursion train throughout tho entire day,
carving an aggregate OF 23i4 people rs
shown by their ticket sales. The horse
car line had only two ears OH the fair
ground track, but these were crowded
during the afternoon, and the treasurer
estimated that they carried 10 and from
the grounds as many as 500 or possibly
600 people during the day. Perhaps as
many persons went out 10 the fair
grounds In private vehicles, buggies, car
riages, wagons, as rode In the horse-caTs,
or about 800 In all Adding these sums
together IL appears that the actual num-
her Of people who went from Dallas to
the barbecue aggregated very little less
than $500, or 10 actual numbers 3440. In
addition to these there were probably
200 or 500 country people who did not
first come to the city, giving total at
tendance at the fair grounds closely APP
proxsmating 1000 THE GAzETTE's esii-
mate was not far out OF the way when
the fact is taken into consideration that
Il was intended 10 be liberal.
AN uNBoRTuSATE FAMILY.
In the county-court room this after
noon, occupying seat directly in front
OF and facing Judge Bower, was rather
wretched-looking trio consisting of a
woman, apparently but little past middle
age, daughter about seventeen years
old, and son some two or three years
younger The three had been found at
the Union depot Tuesday, weeping and
occasionally screaming as II IN deadly
peril. The mother appeared TO be suffer
ing under q strange hallucinatlon that
someone was trying 10 ruin her daughter,
and she yociferously appealed TO passers-
by TO protect her. The offspring,
alarmed at their mothers condition or
suffering from the same yagary, joined 10
the uprOar and created such confusion
and disorder that an officer took
them TO the county jail and lodged them
for the night as dangerous lunatlcs. This
afternoon they we're brought before Judge
Bower Of the county court for eXamina-
ton as 10 their sanity, but owing TO the
absence Of expert testimony which had
been summoned the case was postponed
until tomorrow morning. Meanwhile,
the Judge ordered that the family should
be given as comfortable quarters as posi-
Sle and treated with uperconsideration
In conversation with the girl, she stated
that they came from Middle Tennessee,
she had brother in Dallas county
whom they were trying to reach and
they We're on their way 90 him when
taken In charge. gentleman present
said he knew the brother referred to,
John Grimes, living In the Northwest
portion of the county, aud the Judge
ordered that he be summoned immedi.
gtely. A good deal Of sympathy for the
uniortunates was manifested by those
present
DIED FROM MS INJURIES.
An inquest was held this morning on
the body OF Willie Wright, the young
man who was struck by an engine while
walking along the track Of the Houston &
Texas Central railroad yesterday morning
and died last evening from the effect OF
the injuries sustained At the inquest
the engineer, s. b. French, stated that
freight train No. was moving slowly
when he discovered an object Just ahead
VIII Oh had the appearance of man walk
ing along the track 10 a STOPPING position.
lie Immediately whistled for the brakes
aud stopped tue train as soon as possible.
Going back short distance he found "A
young man lying near the track badly in
iured, but how badly he could not tell.
Taking him up In his arms he conveyed
him TO the Union depot, whence he was
taken 10 his home IN East Dallas. The
jury returned a verdict In accordance
with the above.
In the county court this morning 5.
Meyer pleaded guilty to te charges OF
violation of the Sunday law and was fined
$50 In each case,
The county clerk received notice this
morning from G, w. James, living few
miles from tae city, not 10 issue license
70 any one 10 marry his daughter, Char
iot,e II. James, as she Is only tltteen
years OF age.
w Malone, alias Frank Jones, was ar.
rested this morning charged with steal.
ing watch valued at $3.50 from Il. w.
McWhirter.
Jett IL the man who Is charged with the
murder OF Ed Martin at the Texas State
far grounds on Saturday night. Some
OF the officers think he has probably put
himself beyond the limits OF the state by
this time.
In the county court this morning Tom
Rhodes was lined $3.50 and sentenced to
one years imprisonment for stealing a
suit OF clothes
An attachment has been run on some
land owned by Thayer & Hewlett, one Of
the firms burned out by yesterday morn.
ing's lire, for 5000 go.