Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-24
WACO
The Docket Made Up For the Term Of
District COnrt, Opening Mon.
day Next.
The Magnitude of the Mail business Of
the Central city, aud the work Con
nected Herewith.
Special to the Gazette.

special 10 the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, Feb. east. PANTS EMS.
copal Sunday school has about $50 pupils
enrolled; average attendance about
ninety
There seems to be some connection be-
tween the brace and sledge stolen from
Richey's blacksmith shop SUNDAY night
and the burglary committed In Palmer's
feed store about the time. The thieves
who took the brace dropped the bit out
OF II accidentally, as they escaped through
the back-door of the shop. The hammer
was one which weighed about seven
pounds.
The docket has been made up and for
warded preparatory to the converting of
the district court next Monday. There
are 9G old cases to come up; la cases on
the civil non-jury docket OF which rs are
appearance cases; 50 cases on the civil
jury docket. The sheriff has been very
busy during the last three weeks sum
moning Jurors for the twelve weeks Of
court. The following are the names OF
the grand Jurors called upon to serve;
j +. Horsfull, W W. Glasgow, John
\. Harrison, W. 3. Horne, VIM. NJ.
Kellet, ID. Il. Kincammon, s. w. Mabry,
I. L. Mann, A. G.. Bowles, Harrison
Allen, Joe Clements, II. j. Breland, w.
! Gassoway, Parker Mailer, w. II. Christy,
William Umberson.
There are few persons who have an
adequate conception OF the immense
amount OF work done in the postofice IN
this city, in the course of every twenty
four hours; and with view to showing
the righteousness and eXtensiveness OF
the operations the reader is requested TO
/ suppose it is a. m, in comes a mail
| from south of Taylor Then there is a
lull until 5:40 a. M, when a mail, known
as the Narrow-Gauge east, is made up and
closed. II is generally heavy one, as II
contains large quantity OF matter and
mere handlSe for Southern states; in fact
IL embraces everything admissible to be
transported in mail pouches. The next
mail Central west) having been made vi
ad interim, is closed at a. IN. As the
matter contained in this mail Families
over a large area of country it always
| possesses considerable weight and bulk
At G;30 the mail is distributed which
arrived from south Of Taylor at about
| | a. IN. 1t is now that the rustlers have
an opportunity to place themselves out
side of a hastily consumed meal.
mail for Southern Texas is closed at
$50; at which time the city general de
livery is opened, and then commences
the smiles of qualification or frowns oil
disappointment as those In quest of let
ters and papers receive them or not
Some idea of the heavInoss OF the mai
for Southern Texas may be CLEANED from
/ the statement of the fact that frequently
as many as five mail pouches are re
quired to contain 1t. In the interregnum
( between $3.50 and II 80 a. M, the urbane
attaches of the Office at the windows
have an unenviable opportunity tC
strengthen their jaws by responding u
1 interrogatories covering such wide
| field of general information anC
supposable cases, that it Is won
der that they are not some
J times paralyzed. However, they
stand it; they do not grow very fleshy
but their resignation and fortitude are
4 fully developed, step toward the an
gelc. Now at IL 80 a. IN. the Soutl
/ Bosquc, McGregor and Gainesville mai
4 closes The main mail train which
passes through South Bosque about mid
/ night does not exchange pouches there
hence this mail; the hour of the passing
OF the main mail train being unseasona
BILE for practical operations. The neX'
mail sent off, also at II 80 a. m, is The
\ Missouri Pacific south; it takes in every
thing for Southwestern Texas. Attel
the officials generally have partaken o
their fried oysters, roast duck, etc, aut
attended to routine, mail is received
at $40 from McGregor, Gatesvill,
and South Bosque and distributed, whicl
is followed by the dispatching of tn
Missouri Pacific north, bulky mai
4 which takes in all classes Of matter 70
the Northern states, territories, Caliiol
MIA and matter for foreign countries
The city general delivery closes at ?
M, and so do the question-answerer
their mouths with great willingness.
mail for Southern Texas and other part
closes at 5 D. m. At 9p, m, the pouch
Ing is done for all south of Taylor an
after that the last tired employe has a
opportunity to say his prayers and retir
to a bed Of down.