Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-14
WACO.
A Discharged Section Boss and a Mel
anchoIy Matron Monkey With
Morphine.
The Railronder Ends His Woes, the woman
Reoovers-styiish wedding-A Street
Fight-Ciubbsd Him.
Special TO tho Gazette.


ny THE MORPHINE ROUTE.
WACO, FIX, Jan. l3.---Two attempts
to suicide by the morphine route, one
successful and the other failure, are
reported here to-day. James Finnegan,
late section-boss on the Texas 4 ST.
LoulSrailroad, took morphine in Carty's
restaurant last night and died before
morning. He drank OFF the draught, said
20 lot Of men sitting In the room,
"good-bye boys, ] am going across
the creek" and he went. Two doctors
grappled with the morphine, but to no
purpose. Finnegan had been drinking.
and lost bis place on the road He was
about thirty years old, and IL he has
family the facts are not known. 1t is said
he was a member of Corsicana assembly,
Knights OF Labor. He was buried this
afternoon.
Mrs. Houston Crump, young and
good-looking white woman whose hus.
band is employed at dairy in the north
ern suburbs OF the city, swallowed six
grains of morphine early this morning
and lay down TO die. Her husband, who
did not know what she had done, sug-
gested 1t was getting time for breakfast,
when she answered, 81 have cooked my last
breakfast" He saw the morphine bottle
and sent for the doctors. 1t was q close
call, but Mrs. Crump is alive and will get
we'll. She had no domestic troubles and
her attempt on her life is credited TO the
effect of recent illness.
WEDDING BELLS AND SOCIETY NOTES.
Mr.. Sol Hirschberg, manager or super
intendent of the house of Sanger Bros,
and Miss Julia, daughter of Mr.. p. Beer
of this city, were married at 8 O'Clock
this evening in the Temple Rodef Sholem,
Rev. DR.. A. Suhler officiating. Sanger
Bros. closed at p. m. to allow their sew
enty-odd employees TO attend the we'd
ding. The crowd was immense. A
reception occurred afterward at the
residence of the BRIDES parents. The
presents were numerous, and kilograms
OF congratu)ation came from all over
the country. The bridal tour commenced
at s O'Clock tonight, when the happy
couple left for New Orleans.
Miss Kate Cabell, daughter of United
States Marshal Cabell OF Dallas, is in the
city, the guest OF City Attorney and Mrs
L. A. Blair who rendered an elegant aud
largely attended reception to their fair
visitor last evening, the society element
of the city turning out in full force.
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
Sandiord Johnson, manager of the Me
Clelland opera-house and driving park,
and Mr.. Franklin, manager OF the Pad
gett's park skating rink,lhad a sensational
encounter this morning on the streets
The melee grew out OF a card
respecting the renting OF the rink by
Johnson Tor the statorial exhibition OF
the "lemale baseball club and military
~ .Inbngnn
fiectcd on aim and pummeled Franklin
severely. Franklin is said to have been
taken by surprise, and it is thought the
affair is not ended yet.
Ezekiel Williams, the colored hack
driver charged with robbing Mrs. Hill
yesterday, had his examining trial this
afternoon. The testimony tended very
strongly to establish his guilt, aud he was
bound over to await the action of the
grand Jury.
Mrs w NJ. Hutchinson and her iege
lord had an alteration at their home this
morning and the lady pummeled her hus-
band terribly with billet OF wood. She
was arrested, and he, like II dutiful hus-
band, paid her fine of 50 and costs.
The Press, weekly newspaper owned,
edited and published by colored man,
made its appearance to-day 1t is the or
gan OF the colored Baptlsts of Texas, and
all the work on it is done by negroes.
Rev. l.. G. Jordan is the editor.
subcommittee have been canyassing
the city to-day for the university fund,
and it is believed the plan now adopted
will result in raising the needed money
more speedily.
The water-works committee OF the CITY
council has decided to report Against any
present extension of the water-works
system.