Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-04
CENTER.
Work OF the District Court-Crnps Suffering
for Rain-shelDy county Notes,
! CorrespondenCe of tho Gazatta

work OF the District COurt-Crnps Suffering
Tor Rain-ShelDy County Notes.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
CENTER, Tex, May 31.-Our district
court has just adjourned, after being In
session the full term, three weeks. The
grand jury returned forty bills of indict
ment, most of which were for petty of.
lenses. Only one felony was disposed OF
at this term. Jack Hall, freedman,
charged with the murder of Willis Nc.
Adams, another negro, who was assas
slnated at night in neighbours house
several years ago, was sentenced to life
Imprisonment. Many misdemeanor cases
were tried, and verdicts of acuuttal were
returned in only two. Every civil case
tried In which there was contest has
been appealed save one. The civil docket
Is immense, and is growing rapidly. This
Is due mainly to the burning of our
records four years ago tonight and t1e
notlce INTO which our county has been
brought by the means of Bremond's rail.
road, which presses thirty miles of Shell.
by's soil
Five weeks ago tomorrow a good rain
Tell In this county the last time, The oat
crop Is almost destroyed In toto; the corn
crop is injured fully SSi per cent, while
cotton is doing well. Rain, plentiful and
ut once, however, is needed to save this
country from absolute distress. A large
per cent. OF our people are in debt, MANY
OF them are compelled to hypothecate the
fruits OF the present years labor to Sc
cure advancements from the merchants.
ana u they fail to make anything with
Whlch TO discharge this Indebtedness
their ability to secure similar advance.
ment next season will be greatly lessened
,Nothing daunted, however, by the
gloomy prospects, Shelbyville, the old
county seat, Is preparing grand barbe-
cue Tor the delectatlon OF the people To.
morrow, and the whole county is invited
TO be present. The candidates will he
sure to "get thar, Eli" with both feet
ana glib tongue. There ara
some forty Of this gsAues in the
county to date-all regular Chesterhelds
me county OF course will heartily in
uorse the candidacy Of its popular citi-
zen Tor Acknowledgment the Hon. n
IL johnston, and we tgust to see him
nominated. He was born here. has lived
mere always, has served mis- people often
ana his taithfulness to hose trusts has
only been equaled by his devotion 10 inc
principles of the Democracy.
Col. James IL. Jones, our present rem.
resentatiyo Ia congress, is likely to nnd
IN Horace Chiffon of Tyler a successful
rival Tor congressional honors next fail
unless tine tendency OF the public mind
changes in the meantime. Onr neonia
aoh't admire Senator Maxey, but prefer
him to either Ireland or Terrell.
Trains are now running daily each u ,v
from Houston to Shreveport, distancs
OF 24O miles. We have two postofIjces
along the line OF the road in Shelby, and
have daily hack line running from tne
nearest 70 this place, distance of eleven
mics which enables us to get the Shreve.
tr anu houston papers the same day
20 secure the favorable consideration ~
inc Longview Sabine Valley railroad
which promises to build its line no ths
Pass IN the near future.