Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-11
SHERMAN
Wants The Federal Court, and Wants
II Bad-Report Strenuonsly
Denied.
Released on His Own Cognizance 4
Die-New Railroads 20 be Built
Personal Mention.
Special to tho Gazette.


bound train left Whitesboro on time this
morning, but, having a freight engine TO
pull 1t, lost about half an hours time In
reaching Sherman.
The splendid Sunday issue OF THE GA
zETTE was looked for eagerly and went
off like hot cakes and cider at country
muster. Every copy was gone in an
hour, and many more could have been
disposed of. The universal verdict Is
that the Sunday GAZETTE is the best pa
per that circulates in Texas.
At a special meeting OF the city council
last night 1t was decided to dispatch
Judge Hare on to Washington City
at once to present the claims
OF Sherman as a point for a
branch OF the federal court,
and accordingly that gentleman left on
the IL :45 traiu to-day.
The latest intelligence from the seat OF
government gives us strong hopes OF
securing this important court, and when
the situation II fully explained to the
committee having the bill in charge, there
is but little DOUBT Sherman viii be
selected. Judge Hare knows the import
ance of central location, law Libraries,
court-houses and prisons all ready for
use, and when these advantages are
demonstrated TO the peoples represents
tlves at Washington they will be weighed
for what they are worth.
story got abroad in Denison yester-
day that the prisoner Lee, now in
Jail here on charge of arson,
had almost made his escape tine
night before amid the confusion of fire
alarm, and was scaling the jail yard fence
when arrested, The story is utterly with
out foundation, and in an interview to-day
with NJ o Callahan, the deputy sheriff
and iailer, that gentleman informed us
with some earnestness that no such lax
discipline prevails In this jail as to make
such rumor possible. He says when
\ Mr.. Lee gets out of this jail it will be on
an order of court in due form of law, and
in no other way.
Il, Il. Smith, attorney for j. X. Mayton,
confined in jail here on two several in
dictments charging him with perjury
and forgery, returned from Mckinney
| yesterday with an order from
Judge Maltbie releasing Mayton on his
own recognizance. The prisoner is in
the last stages of consumption, and the
physicians made affidavit that further
Incarceration would hasten death within
the space of a few weeks and perhaps
days if kept in Jail. Judge Maltbie be-
ing assured that he had no friends able
to make bond for him, took the preroga-
tive OF merciful Judge and se1M him
home TO die amid such comforts AZ his
family and friends could provide.
Capt. T. J. Brown and wife went ia
| Denison to-day on a visit to their daugh-
| ter Mrs. b.. Grizzard who has been
quite sick for several days.
II. G.. Stinnett of the Magnolia mills,
who left few days ago on an East Texas
business trip, rushed back home last
evening to wait Tor better weather. He
found It too cold for either business OF
comfort on the road.
Sam Alexander, who has been East
chasing cotton for several days, returned
last night, but went back to work to-day.
sam is good item-snatcher on daily
newspaper, popular ladies' man and Il
good fellow generally, but his strong
point is the cotton business. He can
class little finer than any of the old vet
ersns in this section, and ought to make O
fortune ont of it.
Miss Eva Shirley of Collin county
was in Sherman to-day on
her return TO Carlton college
at Bonham, after a holiday at home
4. Il. Ranney of Mckinney spent the
day among Sherman friends.
j. Il. LOOMS OF st. Louis is warming
by the Blnkly house stoves.
I. b. Coles of st. Louis, r. T. Amber
OF Pittsburg, Pa, William Endcrs and
Il b. Christian OF St. Louis, are among
the many sojourners at our hotels.
j. p. Warner and wife OF Bloomington,
H., arrived in Sherman last night and
will spend several weeks in Texas. Mr..
Warner has large cattle interests in West
Texas, and takes pleasure in Texas win
ters rather than the rigid climate OF mis-
native state.
Denison capitalists have secured
charters from Austin to build
two branch railroads from that
city within the past week. One strikes
our TO the mouth OF the Washita and the
rich lands OF Preston Bend and the other
points northeast to the nearest coal fields
in the Territory. These are important
projects to our neighboring city and will
give untold prosperity whenever they are
completed.