Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-15
DALLAS.
Municipal Campaign Opsned-List oil
Off1ces ana ndidates-scene In
the County Court Room.
a Jeveltf and Pavnbroker Arrested-Fire
and Burglar Patrol Organized.
Editor sterett's Challenge.
THE CITY CAMPAIGN.

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pie are becoming warmly interested, bur
that the candidates are forcing the matter
into general notice by their unususl ur-
banity, their pleasing countenances, the
hearty grip OF the hand, land the presenta-
ton Of their cards and the distrl-
button of cigars. The office Of
assessor and collector has beer
divided into two offices, making the
list OF Offices to be filed as follows
Assessor, collector, marshal, superintend
ent Of waterworks, engineer and six
aldermen.
City assessor-For this Office there is g
aspire to the place: Captain Ben Melton
David M. Spence.
| SCollector-This promises to be one OF
the hardest contested battles of the cam
bpalgn. The three candidates are so well
known and SO popular that it would &c
hard matter to forecast the winner
The sspirSnts are, Assessor and
Collector Ford House, City Secretary W.
E. Parry aud ex-Assessor and Collector
j. c. Bogel.
Marshal-This will be a clean-cut,
tocth-and-toenail race between the
present incumbent, J. C. Arnold and
Colonel W. F Morton.
Superintendent of WRterworks-Dav
Tichspor. the present incumbent, as yet
ls9as mo opposition. He will have, though,
as Dsllss loves office too well to ever let
sns3ofiice go begging for lack Of candi-
dates.
Engineer-Only two have ANNOUNCED
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Freeman land R. W. Haven. En-
gineer Thatcher, 1t is understood
is waiting for the report Of the committee
investigating the charges against him. II
the report, which will be made Wednes-
day night, results in his vlndfcation, he
will be candidate for re election. .ssaG
There is very little interest taken Ii the
aldermsnic Offices 1t is understood that
the six members whose terms expire next
April will all be candidates for
reelection. It is not probable that tHey
Vill be opposed. No one is anxlous, it
seems, to get Into place where NJ will
be compelled to share any responsibility
for those "Sloughs Of Despond''-the
streets of Dallas.
DEATH OF MRS. AHERN.
Mrs. Peter Ahern, wife Of Officer Ahern
OF the police force, died at her home on
Hsrwood street last night of apoplexy
Her funera', which took place this after
noon, was attended by the police depart.
ment in dress uniform.
A sBNsATIoN IN COURT.
This morning during the trial of the
case of William Allen vs. L. F. Smith,
trespass to try title, in the District urt,
Colonel ". L. Crawford, defense, asked
Mr.. McWhorter, witness for plaintiff, if
he knew of the whereabouts of 8 certain
document. McWhorter answered that he
supposed the document was in Colonel
Crawford's possession, and that
it was supposed to have heen
stolen This imputstion aroused
the Colonel's Kentucky blood,
and he forthwith assaulted the witness
with his fists, and finally belabored him
over the head with chair, inficting sn
ugly wound. At this time the VINO e
courtroom was in an uproar and his hon
or's gavel was Intellectual in restoring
order. When the deputy sheriffs fnsily
succeeded in restoring quiet, the Judge
fined the two participants S25 each.
A JRWELXR ARRRSTkD.
Emory Hail, jeWeler and pswnbroker
on the corner of Elm and Sycamore, was
arrested to-day on the charge Of know
lDglY conceGling diamond ring, the
l,property of Mrs. M. Sues, valued st $50
isfhe ring was stolen Sunday by 8 negro
boy named Albert Johnson and sold to
Hall for trifi.ng sum. When the darkey
was arrested he confessed to having
stolen the ring, and told where he had
| disposed of it. When an officer called
on Hall the ring WAS returned minus ths
setting. The darkey avowed thar the
setting was in the ring waen Ball re-
ceived it.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PATROL.
o. Il. Mercer, formerly OF the Calves
ton police department, is here orgsnizsEg
fire and burglar patrol. The Oh of
1t is to make incendiaries and burglary
an impossibility. Private citizens who
live out Of the range OF police protection
are to support the system by the payment
of small sum each month. Dallas is
the champion burglar turg in the south
west, and the town is to be congratulated
at having struck upon q system that will
give her relief from the numerous house
breakers and crooks that infests her Dor
ders.
DIVORCES.
N. S. Simonds fled his petition to-day
praying for divorce from his wife. The
petition cites that they were married on
August 8, 1884, and lived together until
February 8, 1888, when she proved IN
faithful TO him.
Mrs. Lou Smith was granted divorce
from Marion Smith In the District court
to day. They were married on the 10th
of January, 1884, and lived together for
three weeks, when he, without cause,
abandoned her.
MINOR MATTERS.
a norther, attended by q drizzIing rain,
strucEsfhe town about O'Clock this after
noon. One fair day week is good av-
'erage for Dallas now.
j. Fisher, charged with slandering his
wife, plesded guilty and was fined 500
and costs in the County court this morn
ing.
G. b. Aylworth, CT st. Louis, is here
looking for his son, George D. Aylworth,
who disappeared from St. Louis two
weeks ago. The young msn ia % years
of age.
0ficer Turnell, while assisting in the
removal Of an arch on the site of the new
city hall this morning, had the misfortune
to have the structure fall ON his leg His