Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-08
POLITICAL.
Col. C.B. KlIgore Tenders His ResIgna-
lion rs state Senator, Owing TO His
Congressional Nomination.
Wilson County Carries tho Dry Ticket,
whne Coryen County Tskes whisky
in Her'n for q Year.
TENDERKp HIs REsIoNArloN.

b. Kilgore, state senator from this dis
trict and president pro tenn of the senate,
has rendered his resignation, owing to his
nomination for congress for the Third
district.
WHISKY DowNRD.
Special to the Gazette.
FLoREsvILLE, TEX, Sept. IA local
option election was held in Wilson coun-
ty to-day. At Floresville the vote stood
1877 for and 1876 against local option. The
other precincts In tho county have not
been heard from, though there is no
doubt that whisky has been downed
again. The election was quiet aud So
Der one.
WHISKY WINS.
special TO the Gazette.
GATEsvILLE, TEX, Sept. THE local
option election IN Coryell county passed
of quietly as far as heard from. Both
sides worked hard and when the polls
closed the Prohibitionists claimed VIC
tory which was not conceded by the antis.
The official returns are now in and show
the county to be wet by IS majority.
soMERvELL COUNTY CONVENTION.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.
GLEN ROSE, TEX, Sept. 1.-The Demo-
cratic county convention to select dele
gates TO the congressional, senatorial and
representative conventions met here to-
day, and selected b. r. Mllans as dele
gate to the congressional convention with
Instructions to vote for Lanham for con-
gress. The convention selected ten dele
gates to the district convention to be held
at Stephenvllle on the 18th, and in.
structed them to vote for j. j. Farr Of
this place for representative. For sena-
tor the delegates go uninstructed
TBxARKANA ELECTION.
Special TO the Gazette.
TExARKANA, ARK, Sept. THE pri-
mary election in Bowie county, Texas,
proved failure, only about three hun
dred votes being polled in the entire
county. The result has not been known,
nor Is 1t desired.
The state and county election in
Arkansas indicates a heavy Republican
poll In this, Miller county. Mitchell, for
district judge, swept over Williams,
Democrat, and the county ticket carries
strong chances for the Republicans. The
official result Is not yet reached.
URGING HIM TO RUN.
Special TO the Gazette.
PALEsTINK, TEx., Sept. 7.-The friends
OF the Hon. A. w. Gregg of this city are
urging him to make the race for the Dem
ocratic nomination for senator from this
place to fill the vacancy which will arise
In the event OF the election of Senator
Kilgore to congress from the Third con-
gressional district AS Kilgore's election
is foregone conclusion, the vacancy will
certainly occur, but Mr.. Gregg has not
yet decided to aspire TO senatorial honors.
Mr.. Gregg Is young lawyer OF excellent
judgment and sterling ability, and bet
ter choice could not be made in the dis
trict.
JoHNsoN's NOMINATION.
Special to the Gazette.
LoNGyIEw, TEX, Sept. lit was with
no desire to ignore the nomination OF Mr..
Cone Johnson of Smith in the Pictorial
convention held here the evening of the
4th inst, that THE GAZETTE has failed to
receive the news. The fact was written,
but the reporter Of that great daily hav-
ing number of pages of news from
Longview written with the one contain
ing that information, 1t was accidentally
dropped, and therefore failed to appear
at the proper time. The nomination of
Mr.. Johnson, from all that can be learned,
is very satisfactory to the majority of the
district.
SPOKE AT PILOT POINT.
Special to the Gazette.
PnoT POINT, TEX, Sept. Col. G.
b. Pickett and Hon. II. G. Mack, candi-
dates (the latter independently for con
gress, addressed the people here this even
Ing. Judge Hare was expected but
failed to put In an appearance.
LOCAL OPTION.
Special TO the Gazette.
DENTON, Tex, Sept T. There win be
an election for local option in this city
on the 10th inst, also in the Pilot Point
precinct and In the Lewisvllle precinct
In this county. The excitementls getting
up towards the fever heat point
\. LEGISLATIVE CANVASS.
special 10 the Gazette.
CLEBURNE. TEX, Sept. Mr.. j. NJ
Watts and S. j. Chapman, candidates for
the Legislature, were In the city yester
! day according to appointment to arrange
for joint canvass OF the county. S. j
Chapman is the nominee Of the county
convention and ] M. Watts the indepen
dent candidate.
DUBLIN PRIMARY.
Correspondence OF the Gazette,
DUBLIN, TEX, Sept. EN- pursuanc,
to call OF j. j. Ray, Democratic cha r
: man of precinct No. 2, meeting wa:
called to order at p. m. on Saturday, tn,
, 4th, the object Of the meeting being til,
election OF delegates to the county con
vention,t to be held at Stephenville on tn,
18th, for the purpose Of electing delegate
TO the representative, state senatorial anC
congressional conventions. I'D. Hen
derson was elected chairman, and c. w
Travis secretary.
2 The following resolution, offered by J
I G. O'Brlen, was UNANIMOUSLY adopted.
!, Whereas, we heartily indorse and ap
! prove the course of our representative /,
. congress, the Hon, w. s. II. Lanham
d therefore, be It
Resolved, that we instruct our dele
o gates TO vote for delegates TO the con
Q gressional convention who will supper
o his nomination for reelection.
Q The following delegates were elected
0 Walter Barbee. James Reed, j a o'Brien
4 B. White, w. G. Martin, G. r, Richards
5 ID. Cosby, j. ID. Henderson, j. j. Dur
: ham, T. @. Murphy and z. ]. BeIknap.
! The following resolution was unanI
B mously adopted;
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