Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-29

Crawford No Longer in the List Of
LOcal.Option Precincts in Nc.
Lehman County.
Fort worth woman Is Awarded Dam
ages Against the Texas a 81. Louis
halfway COMPANY.


Special to tho Gazette.
WACO, Tx, Oct. pa decision just
rendered by County Judge Evans takes
Crawford, which has long been considered
as the stronghold Of prohibition in Nc
Lehman county. out OF the list OF local
option precincts. The case Of Louis
Stsndifer, charged with violation of the
local option, was called w. S. Baker
and ID. II. Hardy, Esq, appeared as
counsel for Standifer, and County At
torney Taylor, assisted by Henry Pickles,
ESQ, for the state. Standifer's counsel
revealed their plan Of action very soon,
After entering an exception TO the indict-
ment they listened TO the reading OF the
petition upon which the election OF Craw-
ford was ordered. II reads az follows:
The state OF Texas, county OF McLennan
To the Hon. g.. b. Gerald, county
Judge of the said county Of McLenpan
and state Of Texas;
According to article 1927 laid down in
the statutes and laws of the United States
Of America, we, the undersigned citizens
OF precinct No Z Of said county OF McLen-
nan, state of Texas, do most respectfully,
etc, ask Of your honor as judge OF said
county and state aforesaid, to order an
election TO be voted upon az the
most convenient time, on local option IN
the aforesaid county and precinct No. Z,
at as earlier a period as your honor can
conveniently do so, not TO conflict with
the last local option election held In the
said precinct and county. BY so doing
you will very much oblige your humble
servants and citizens OF precinct No.
and County Aforesaid.
This was filed on May 2, 1884, and II
was upon this that the election was or
dered, r. sulting in a victory for the local
optioBists. Mr.. Baker for the defense,
made the following points in regard to
the petition;
l.. Because petitioners state In their Pc
ton, ''Preclnct No, ~ as the precinct in
which they wish to prohibit the sale OF
Intoxicating liquors aad medicated Bit
ters, instead OF stating "Justice Precinct
No. T." a, Is required by law
2. Because petitioners pray for au
election on "local option instead of ask
Ing for an election to determine whether
or not the sale OF Intoxicating liquors and
medicated bitters producing intoxcation
shall be prohibited in said justice precinct
No Z.
Judge Evans ruled that their points
were well taken; that the defects in the
petition were fatal and nogated the cleo
ton OF course, they quashed the indict-
ments too, and they were dismissed. All
the parties under the ban OF the law,
along with Standifer will 90 scot free,
and for the time being, Crawford is a
"wep town again. The result was an
eye-opener TO lots of people, and will no
doubt cause considerable excitement at
Crawford. There were some other de-
tha Aafapafl ftnIy h0ya naaA hnf
they did not find it necessary. IL is said
this remarkable petition was prepared by
b. #. Hunt, saloonlst at Crawford, who
has had numerous tussles with the law
on account Of his autilocal option
proClivities, and that he franco
1t to serve the purpose which II did serv,
yesterday, to-witi To break up tempo
rarily at least, the local-option system II
the Crawford precinct. IL Ia presumed
that a new and carefully drawn petition
from Crawford, for another vote on loca
option will come In ERE long There Il
no doubt OF the ability of the local OPP
tionists to carry the day In any election
there, as they are largely in the majority
In the district court to-day a jury CAV,
Mrs. Mary A. Dixon, who Is now resi-
dent of Fort Worth, verdict for $440t
damages against the Texas & ST, Loui
Railroad company, for personal injurle
received by plaintiff at Axteu station, b.
reason of the negligence of trsinmen Of
one of defendants trains. Mrs. Dixo
sued for Sl0,250 The railroad filed
motion for new trial, which has no
been passed on yet by the court.
No action has been taken to-day cor
corning the attack made by Miss Mimi
Henry yesterday on Mr., j. Landman,
man mlliner, who had been talking di,
respectfully about her. Miss Henry Gu
bim in the face with pair of scissors
but the wounds are not painful. Publ
opinion IS all on the girls side, and 1t
not probable the case will get into II
courts.