Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-21
SHERMAN.
The tirayson Rifles Taking IN Re-
cruits-The' Deputy Sherifis
Return from Denison.
district Court Unusually Duh After the
Postponement Of tho Crook-Harris
Trial.


special TO the Gazette.
SugnNAS, TEX, April 20.--Tne host Of
Witnesses from Lamar county who came
over 10 attend the Crook Harris trial,
left on the east-bound train to-day foi
home
The district court having cleared the
decks for au engagement Of the leading
legal lights OF North Texas IN this I'M
portant case, is left with but little to do
now, ~ other cases had been set with
the view Of spending week In this trial.
The Warmers alliance had meeting Of
delegates to-day 10 the courthouse with
closed doors, and only the initiated could
gain access. This fact made Il impos-
sible 70 get report Of the proceedings,
but 1t is understood that their object was
20 arrange trading relations with Our
merchants for the ensuing twelve months.
A large delegation d the most prominent
farmers we're IN attendance. an open
grange meeting Is 70 come off May | at
Pecan Grove schOOl.house, where some
good speeches win be MADE aud q gener-
Gus spread OF delicate vauds will await
thOs. who attend Everybody Is invited
10 be there and enjoy the occasion with
them.
The Grayson Rifles are taking 10 new
recruits st every meeting now, and the
number OF enlisted men reaches eighty
seven, including the military band at
tachcd 70 the company and under orders
OF the captain, i. A. Ryan.
The special deputy shefiffs that have
been on guard at Denis0n for the past
month returned home to-day. Everything
being now quiet there, their services are
no longer needed.
Ed Bonham, telegraph agent for the
Texas 3 Pacific road at this place, left
Sunday Tor Hot Springs, and Felix Ed
wards has taken his place at the but
terry until his return BonhAm spent sew
eral weeks there last summer for the
relief of iuhammatOry rheumatism aud
being warned By many premonitory
tgingcs that another attack is imminent,
he takes time 20 anticipate II and use the
healing waters az preventive
We are panied TO chronicle the sad
death Of Mrs. VIM. 4. Patty at her home
on South Travis street, at II O'Clock to-
day, after painful and protracted illness,
Jhe many friends Of this estimable wo-
man viii hear this with a feeling Of sad.
ifN'0f AAeh bAAN ~ fPNhE hAAh AbhtlIg hiAh
whose life gave promise OF 80 much use
iuiness and comfort 20 her friends,
should be cut of in the bloom OF Young
wiiehood, but she is gone, and
the tears of hundreds OF sorrowing
friends now mingle with those
Of her bereayed husband and relatives
over her bier, and viii help to water the
flowers on her young grave
Fred Etith tho aiO hg-oid som ~
Jes.eand Emma Stith, died OF congestion
of the lungs Sunday ard was buried yes.
terday In the city cemetery. Rev. J. NJ
Bnkiey oiiiciated at the funeral.
About 9 o'clock tonight the proprietor
Of the Southern hotel heard II grooming in
one Of his upper rooms, and looking In
found Levy Lancaster lying on the bed in
d dying condition, az he thought. on a
table near by was paper marked "mor-
phine, which explained his condition.
Doctors Siinson and Thompson were
called and although his respiration was six
and his pulse twenty,they went TO work to
restore him by the use Of hypodemics
and battery. Two hours later his pulse
increased to q natural beat and his breath
ing to twenty per minute, but his cose is
doubtful.
j. h. Remersberg delivered his sec
ond lecture at the courthouse
70 night His subject was "Thc false
claims of the church." The lecture was
an able one, and was listened TO with
close attention
Mrs Jane Farrls rode to Sherman from
Whitesboro to-day on the freight train,
and while at the depot here she was as
sistng another lady IN getting OFF, when
the engine jerked the cars and threw her
to the floor. The fall broke one bone OF
the arm near the wrist, dislocated the
Joint and forced the bone through the
skin
The Texas express team turned the
wagon over this afternoon and ran of.
James Brown, II. s, STREET. and the
driver, Charles Bucker, were all severely
bruised.
Fred Armbrlght died at O'Clock of
cancer OF the stomach