Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-09
SHERMAN.
A Little Boy Twists the Tail Of
Horse and Receives . Severe Kick
Commissioners Court.
The Heei.Fly and the Red-Bird Are out
which Indicate That winter Has
Taken Right.


Special TO the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX, Feb. s--The commits
sionera' court met In regular session this
morning, with w. w. Wheat OF Ferming-
ton, T. a. Sullivan Of Whitesboro, and
III Dennis OF Gordonsvillc present, and
Judge y. z. Gregg presiding. Commits
sioner Tibbs OF Denison was reported to
be still engaged in reviewing the roads Of
his district, and is not expected at this
term. A large number of bills and ac-
counts are filed for approval, and these,
with the reports OF bridge inspectors,
/ will probably consume the time this week
TO the exclusion oil other business. The
subject OF opening new roads, changing
old ones, appointing overseers and allot-
! ting hands will be taken up next week.
The bridge west OF the city one mile, on
the Whitesboro road, has been completed
by the contractors, Mitchell 6 Wells, and
reported all right by the inspector.
Justice IIinkle took UP the case OF w.
T.. Nuckols OF Bells, charged with assault
to murder John Lea, city marshal Of that
town. The facts OF the case not appear
ing to sustain so grave charge as assault
TO murder, Mr.. Randell for the state dis
missed the case and fled complaint for
assault and battery, TO which defendant
pleaded guilty, and was fined 50 and
costs OF court.
Gid Keys, charged with assault and
battery ON the person of w. p. Collier
near Whitemound, was put upon trial be-
fore his honor, and after fun hearing OF
the testimony and argument OF counsel,
was acquitted.
Louis G. Dye, book-keeper for the firm
Of Cullers & Henry, died very unexpect-
eddy this morning at O'Clock of pneu-
mOnia, and his remains were sent east to
Hot Springs for burial on the ll:l5 train.
Mr.. Dye was taken sick Tuesday last, but
was not regarded as in any danger until
Saturday night. On the morning Of Sat
urday he came up town at an early
hour In spite of the remonstrance
OF his wife, and shortly after returning
home became worse, with the end above
stated.
Harry, the little seven-year-old son of
Judge Joseph Bledsoe, was severely
kicked by horse late Saturday evening.
His older brother, BERTHE, was leading
gentle old animal about the lot and Harry
took hold of its tail and began to hurry il
up with sharp switch, when the horse
gave him kick that cut the skin open
about an inch and Il half on the supercili-
airy ridge Of the frontal bone, fracturing
the bone and making an ugly wound. Dr.. |
Il. b. Pettitt was called and used his
well known surgical skill in closing
the wound. He left the little
fellow resting easy, and thinks there is
no danger Of serious results, but rather
that the wound win heal with only a |
slight scar to tell OF the narrow escape
the child had for his life.
Miss Julia Scott, whose father lives on
East Lamar street, is seriously i'll with |
pneumonia.
Bud Wilson and Andy Addington of
Gainesville, John Emmerson of Pilot
Point and j. u. Mathews, ex-representa-
tive OF Grayson county from Ida, were
in the city to-day.
j. ii. Ardinger of Bonham, II. b. San
born and wife OF Houston, G. Il. Bliss Of
Philadelphia, w. X. Mason, Jr,, and j II.
Marquette OF st. Louis are among the
visitors to Sherman to-day.
The past few days of bright sunshine
has brought out the weather prophets,
and we hear all manner of signs and
omens referred to as convincing proof
that winter has broken. Butler Carpen-
ter says the hcel-iy is already chasing
the COWS to the water, and no heel-hy
was ever fool enough to hatch out of his
shell and commence his facetious
business with kicking COW until the last
Arctic blast had gone by for the season.
Dan Dugan, Esq, who is an unmarried
gentleman and wlthal disposed to behold
lie from more poetic standpoint than
Mr.. Carpenter, has consulted birds of the
air for his weather knowledge and says
he has seen the roseate-hued red bird
singing his love songs in the tree-tops,
and no senslble redbrd ever thinks of in
dulging in such romantic conduct while
there yet fingers even the slightest chance
to have his ardor cooled by the borean
blasts of norther. We submit these
representations and will chronicle 9TH
ers as they come.