Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-17
GAINESVILLE.
A wagon.Yard Proprietor Slain, But
How or BY Whom is a
Mystery.
Enthusiasm and Cash Combined 20 Get o
Road to Henr,etta-stiIi Hoping
for the santa Re.


Specialize the Gazette.
GAIEEsvILLK, TEX, Feb. 1G.--Clauc
Sharp, proprietor Of the Star wagon-yard
was shot and instantly killed here to-day
about 1880 O'Clock. Just how II oc
cured cannot be ascertalned. A jury OF
inquest have been IN session all day, bul
have adjourned until tomorrow. Que
Cobb, resident Of the Indian Territory
has been arrested and jailed to await
further Developments. He was found 10
The room where the shooting occurred
Immediately after. lie was under the III.
iiuenoe OF liquor and pistol, forty.five
caliber, was found In corner behind
him. There are various rumors about
Sharp's having committed suicide, acci-
dental shooting, etc, but nothing definite
can be learned until the jury Of inquest,
who nave been In session since the occur
renee, have rendered verdict. Deceased
leaves q wife and three grown children,
one Of whom keeps livery stable in Dem
ton, Tex TAe affair produced great cx-
element aud there Il a mystery about IL
that proyokeN much comment.
The Gainesville Gun club had another
natch shoot yesterday afternoon The
attendance was large and the sport fine
, nv ANA -'bh NRNli1 va th' hhAFN h'NNNhNF
were 90 follows
First match Seven blackblrds twenty
four yards rise, use Of both barrels
Brown, c.; Chambers, 3.
Second match-Same conditions. Dus-
ton, G.; Phillips, o,
Third match--Samc conditions. Cham
bers frst money Brown and Parkcson
Tic for cond.
Another interesting shoot Is promised
Ia q few days.
Deputy United States Marshal johnson
came back from Sherman last night, and
reported that George Tucker, city mar.
shall OF Burlington, and Charley Cook,
deputy sheriff OF Montague county, whom
he had arrested and taken before Com
missioner Ricketts, on charge of stealing
cattle In the Indian Territory were dis
charged on preliminary examination.
Both the parties are gentlemen OF good
character In Montague county, and II IL
stated that the complaint against them
was prompted through malice and for the
purpose OF eXtorting money from them.
On receipt OF a telegram from Marshal
Cabell last night, Deputy Marshal John
son arrested jim Jones, an Indian police
man from the Territory. Jones was
taken to Dallas this morning. Johnson
could not inform US OF the charges against
the accused.
1t IL stated that officials OF the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe have given our clti-
zens positive assurance that they will
soon visit ourcity and make a proposition
10 our people. II is thought, however,
that it will be several weeks yet before
anything definite is known about the
northern extension.
Judge Lindsay of this city has received
a telegram from citizens OF Henrietta,
stating that they had raised 100000 for
the Gainesville, Henrietta & Southern
railway, and that u committee would
reach this place tonight via st. 10, Mon
tague county, TO confer with our people
Accordingly President Tyler OF the Mer-
chants Exchange called mass-meetlng
at the courthouse tonight to hear the
Henrietta committee. The route OF the
proposed road Is from Gainesville to
Henrietta via Montague and ST.
10. A telephone message from
st. 10 states that the committee
had reached that place, and thata rouslng
meeting had Just been held, St. 10 signi-
flying her willingness to subscribe the
amount required OF her. A committee
from st, 10 was added TO the original
NphlulAlot, Nuu uulu uIIlNcu HcIc I0iS
afternoon late.
Irving Jury, Bob Wood, aud Curry
Williams came In on last nights train on
their way home in the Indian Territory
from Fort Smith, where they have been
tor some time past in attendance upon
the federal court as witnesses In the
Williams Murray shooting ARRAY, which !
occurred near Burlington some time last
summer.
Three commissioners, Messrs. Weaver,
Blackburn and Carney, who were APP |
pointed few days ago to assess damages |
for opening Schopmeyor street, made the !
assessment Sl75, It Is understood that
the gentleman owning the property |
through which IL Ia sought to extend the
street will appeal, being dissatisfied with
the assessment,
Mrs. d, w Roberts OF Terrell came in
last night to attend her daughter, Miss
Hattie, who has been quite sick. Miss
Roberts was much improved when her
mother arrived.
Messrs. II. b. Canal and j. NJ Farley
OF Detroit, Mich, came In on last nights
train. The latter Is relative OF the late
Maj h. Il. Farley.
MIR. w. A. Wallace Of this city is In re-
coipt OF . telegram from Ohio announc.
Ing the sad intelligence OF the death OF
his mother and grandmother