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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
The wss,e OF stsam Pav.r

In paper recently read before one Of
the English associations Of engineers
tse writer asserted that according to
the present methods OF dealing with
the motive power Of the steam engine
opiy some 20 per Cent. Was made avail
e5ie, 80 pr cent Of the energy developed
Ia the furnace being throwu away, and II
Ia quite coDn0n to rehl'zs no greater
L niciency thar about PER cent on the
gross or potential energy Of The fuel. 10
large factories that admit of the power
concentrated in one Or two greaE ms.
chimes, condensation cs1 be taken
advantage OF, end with water heaters aud
other appl'suces double the above hgurs
can oe realized; but IN the best engines,
with sll latest improvement and lebora-
lions, not more than 124 per cent. has
ever oeen realized, nor il l. possible to
realize m IRE, and even Ia per cent. can
only b. ob.ained By he 1aest Of wire
drawings and the best OF coal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
Wise County Convention,
Special to the Gazette.

| Special 10 Inc GaIette.
DECATUR, TEX, May 13.-The count,
convention, for the purpose of elsctine
delegates to the Fort Worth stste con.
vention, met pursuant ocsll this evening
ct p. m. The meeting was called to or
der and the object explained by r. e
Csrswell. Upon motion OF C c Lenard
of Aurora, CO.. Morris, the old Demo.
cratic war horse of Rhome, w.s cleo led as
temporary chairman. G.. W. Trench.rd
Of Decatur wss elected secretary.
R N Collins of the Pest and j. W Dale
Of the Budget were elected assistant sec
retaries. 4 committee composed of the
following named gentlemen as q CON.
mittee on credentials, bssis of represent
Alton and permanent organization was
chosen, Fl. Cobb, R. D. Bailey, J. d.
Burcb, j A. Proctor, 3 E. Csrswell.
A committee composed eff the follow
Ing gentlemen WAS appointed on resolu-
tons:
d A. Holman, T. r Allen, c. 8. Bohc.
j. L. Crawford, J. T. johnson.
The committee on credentials reported
seventy-pine delegates entitled 10 seats
upon the foor.
Colonial D. A. Holman, for the commit.
tee on resolutions, reported the follow
ing:
To.the Hon. B. Norris, Chairman. q
Your committee on resolutions ~
lssve to submit the following resolu ions y
Resolved, That loyalty to the Demof
cratic party ID tested by extraordinarily
the principles enuncisted in its piStf Is
and snppert Of Its AOmieees, :fa0dsd
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
or in a hollow tree. IN. ~, :, =,

OF IN q hollow tree, but not In the
nous', where it VIA lose lis force or
ofios come disaster to The houseao,d. I.
Is also said ths, f cks saould not be pss-
,ufeo where the " rssls or thew win
AL sick. Gsrman peasants saw the touch
q Inc DOW will reader plants odnrant.
On the other hsad, In some p.r.s
OF France the rsiubow is ssId 10 Tiara
pisnts on which it rests, to dry M Wees
and 10 ruin the harvest. Ia Boaemis.
also, 1t wi'hers up the herosge ssv the
peasants. Ukraine, you must not put ont
'ou' tongue az the rainbow or Il win drg
up. '
lfHungsry there is a villa or fairy
sitting on The water where the r,ipbow
toucnes 1t, and wlosoever she secs frst
viii die. Esihonians ssy the bow is but
The scythe used by the thunder
10 chase wicked sous. In Austro.
Hupgsry the sick arc not above TO lie
stretched At full leng when the nr.t bow
OF spring appears, for it Is thought they
would die IL permitted to do 30. M.uy
ordinary tasks must not then be per-
formed for fear Of evil consequences.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
Great Bargains st the Missouri Pacific
old hoes sale Tomorrow, Tuesday.
g We the 9irls an Allowance.
rbf,oro Held


Poor men WAC erl fathers think they
cannot afford to spare their girls month.
| ly stipend. Yes, somehow or other, those
| c:lildren ere clothed, shod and educated
Cl)tnes, Shoes and books cost money,
Why NOT estimate what they do
cost and slow the child the ex-
perience Of buying those needful things
| herselip II she IL convinced that this
Is all she will receive, and she must
make 1t cover ell expenses there viii
oe no foolish outlay. she will Consult
with older and wiser neads until her
feet are sure u the way. A boy, sever
or eight years cid, lived with his
widowed mother, who is school
teacher, and his grandmother, 8 Biole
reader, employed to resd 10 Inmates OF
charitable and government institutions,
oeither OF these occupations being very
remunsrative. The lad receives lis 81.
loWancs FIR spending money (the tre-
meDdous cum Of 10 cents q wseI) from
another grandmother, richer woman.
Oae day he came running into her house,
exclaimiDg: "Oa, grandma, won't you
trust me for my allowance two
weeks aheaG3 Grandma Jones
aas to go and read TO the
Door, sud will have TO walk TO the train
unless Can give her 20 cents. told her
l knew you would trust me please do"
Thai child felt that that money was really
his and he could calculate to do good
with it. He could be trusted to deny his
little wants for TWO weeks, although he was
no goody- good kind OF q lad, bat ssser.
tive end selfish as American boys and
girls are apt to be. Nothing is more tire
some than the continued demsnd Of
children: "Mamms, please give me .
penny" "Mamua, won't You give me
ten cents?" "Moihsr, I would like e.
dollar ,s-day," and 80 on as they graw
up. IT they know that the sum they re-
ceive every Monday morning is all they
csn have for q week such teasing en-.
treaties are done away with.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
WEEK OF FESTlVIrY.
Continued from First Poos.

guests 81 81 10 So a uay. Ths commits
sre seeing TO IL here vii De no exiortion
| T1e board OF public comfort say TO
night that they have accommodations 10
10 000 more people s, from 81. 80 TO So .
day.
RICHMoND's CONTINGENT.
Correspondence of ths Gazette,
RlcHM7ND, TEX May l2-The Pesr
sou Guards of this plsce anu also quite s
NUMBER Of clnzens leave to morrow foI
Ausiin 50 attend the state drill and dsdi
| cation Of the new capitol.
An ex lioitton drill was given BY the
lsdies Of The Fan brigade st Davis opera
| house last evening. II WAS pronounced
oy all the gcandsst entertainment OF the
season. Tie cCmpsny is COMPOSED @,
six blondes snd six brunettes ana the uni.
forms OF the former was red waist and
white skirt and the lstter blue waist aud
white skirt. Miss Leila Gtcce was pro-
nouced the best drilled soldier In tbs
company.
HUNT COUNTY c7NTINGENT.
Special III the Gazette.
GREENvILLs, TEX May IA very
isrge MUNGER of tne citizens Of Green
Vile and OF Hunt county generally lett
to-day for Austin to attend the capitol
dedication. The St. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas had special excursion trsin iesye
At 10 O'CLOCK this morning for Austin, 50
that the trems dnus crowd from here did
not fail Of accommodation.
TKxARKANA's CONTINGENT.
Special to the Gazette.
TExARKsNA, ARK May 13.-The Bowie
G1srcs, twenty fse In number, COM
nsndad by Csptain j. T. R1seboro. lef.
Gu tse Cotton Belt roate to-day for Aus.
Tin. Miss Mary R1seboro, the Sponsor q
the company, and hrge delegs. ion 81
ladies' AND gentlemen, lef: On lne SAME
train.
ABILENE's CONTINGENT.
special to the 4asetts.
ABILENE, Tx, May Is Numbers OF
our people left yesterday fyr the Au.sis
ceremonies and quite numoer will leave
Today.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
Psrt;es Of DIubifnI P,l,tfo.

C1NClNNATI, OHIO, May l3 De. Nc
Glynp, who was expected to-nighs t.
attend the convention of tie Labor ps.ty,
did rot arrive, but will De here early to
1orrow. Ia ADDITION 10 two national
convep'ions-thats f the Eaion L.bor snd
hat OF the United Labor parties-there
will be Convention Of the National
Greenback party here, beginning Tues
day. the same day SIS the other two. Mr.
a Il. Redstone, nominee for President nv
he Iadustrial party, is also here. All
.hese parties are locking forward to 8
fusion or combination.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
To Preaerv, The SaIhath

NEW YORK, Msy ia meeting was
held to day in tie Seventeenth Street
metho dis, church to discuss the work of
The church 10 preserve the Sabbath. Ex-
Governor Wiiiieumbsek Of Iadisna pre-
sidsd ard made brief address. He ssid
that Christianity tad lifted mankind no
from baTbar SIN. The great evil the
church had to combat WAS rum. Men
WHO made drrnkSrds were enemies CT
civilization. The secret OF the 1t fiueuce
CT Christianity wss the spiri: If Christ.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14

i upon mutusl concession by all that tn
ms oriiy shall rule, having ne regard :
! the rjgais Of the minority.
q That IS Democrats we declsr
our unshsken confidence Il
and adherence to the gres
cafdinsl priBc;ples of the Democrat
party, and pledge our support to its nam
inees, na.ionsl, state snd couaty, VINE,
nominated according to the usage o
established party methods.
8. That We heartily endorse the admin
istration Of President Cleveland, aud
visw with satisfaction the noble efforts OF
our representatives at the national capital
First, to relieve the people Of the cor
rups and oppressive legislation Of the
publican ADMINISTRATION, which is roo-
oidg them Of over $3.50, 600, 600 annually
more than Is required for the necessary
expenses OF government, and addiI g
many millions 10 the price OF home msn-
utacsures to enrich the psmpered lords OF
the loom, the factory and the forg to
the utter impoverishment of the PEOPLE
apd the enslsvemsnt OF the poor to the
monopoly power.
Second, in resisting every encroach-
ment OF federal legislation upon the r..
serysd rights Of the state snd OF the
people and the dangerous species of
pat rnslism By which IL sought TO de-
prive them OF the right to control the
educstion of cur children.
Third, for the faithful Vigilance with
which they guard the public domain from
waste as 8 sacred trusB tor homes Of the
people.
4 That we endorse tie Standardization of
Governor Ross as worthy Of the corf.
oence reposed in him by the Democracy
of Texas, and emitting him TO the plaudits
OF grateful ard sppreciatirg c9nsti,u-
ency.
r G. Csrswell made 2 motion that the
chstr appoint committee of eight TO ST.
iect delegates TO Fort Worth and D.Iiss.
waica Wss Carried, but was recousldsrs1
aiser not fght, whereupoa a r1oticr
was made that the chsir appoint CON
iDl'tes OF ei2ht to select delegates e
Fort Worth as follow:
w. l.. 7 st. N L. DAvis, Andy c ,sser,
Eloert William, G. c. Leonard, j. R
alaltoE and FL. P. Bailey, who retired,
sud after consideration reported the fol
loWipg a. delegates To the Fnrt Worth
convention, May %, 1888: R L CresweIl,
D. Cooo, M ). Gordon, Jno W Hsyes,
5 K Ha'chett, ]. L. SSSIkpag, 81. WnI.
ls M. j. T. Barlow, William Hedgecoks,
I. W. Brow, NJ jor James, B C Raome,
) ID Birch, T. r Brown, DR.. G:ace, ]
R. McCracken.
Tue following named gentlemen were
selected as delegates to the Dallas con.
vsn'ion: I. j McMurrsy, D. a. Holman,
M. w S1oemsker, G. W Trechsrd, J. W
Dale, I. n jacobs, A. G. Mcclure, d.
W. Frazer, Jasper Lynd, J. T Johnston,
=. Moore, G. S Bobo. T. r Anec, r e
Z ,rsweli, I. A. Fuller, Fl. F. Hawkins.
The convention aushoriz ID and In
'iiucted that the delegates or slterns,es
wac attend the conventions, OF either OF
hem, ba auh rizsd to ckst the vote CT
he county.
.Colopei d. A. Holman WAS elected o.
chairman OF The couu'y executive COM
niLtee for the next two years.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
N irry,Eg Men sfGenius.
Pail Nall Gazette,


fheIe Is an interesiizg srtic IN the
opsc:a'of on M. Leslie .epaen's aston
ishing cerer. 'z,tion a. to the misery
tnat awaits women who marry men Of
genius. Toe truth Is this tne w.m.n
VINO marries genius plsysag.m me Of dou-
9ie orquitts GeCiuses mske.ither sirpu-
larly good husbands or hus bands Of the
most "lsss'rous Bindn Ii elso depends
quite IS much upon the wife whether the
sensitive egotism ard selt-wIll often
found combined with genius" wreck the
nome or merely firm the SHADOW to
background Of domestic blias. Statesmen,
ne Spectator th;aks, are isrser miuded
than literary meD, more se!t- con-
tfolled, an, over and above all, they are
cot so much 81 home. Our contemporary
mentions fe y instances of the msrr1sees
Ut geniu. which tell On either side. Uu-
uappy-Cllerldge. Byron, Shelley, Dick
ems, Carlyle. Happy - Scat, Long
fellow, Southey, Miss Bronze, Jenny
Ltnd. The lists might be in
iefoitely extended. IL wss not the
genus, but the OPIUM, in Coleridge's case
that played h, mischief, srd with Car
lSle's digestion the GulIess clodaopper
would have been IS uncomfortable to his
wife as the phiIos ophes OF C1else..
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
4 BIG BL6ZE.
This Mnia Bulldog of the Disstcn Saw
WORKS Luss $500. 600.

This Maia Buildipg of the Dissren Saw
WORKS Burns a-Loss $500, 600
PHILADELPHIA, Pa May 13.-rhe large
brick building which contained the steel
works and rolling mill of Disstcn's ex-
'eIsive saw works at Tacopy was totally
destroyed by ere, which broke ont fe W
minutes after O'Clock this morning
Altt ough the FIRE department responded
very promptly and the fire apparatus of
she establishment was immediatcly
brought into service, the structure as
IN rains within an hour, ceusfpg
loss CT s30e, 200, on which
there Is insurance Of. $4,000
Everything In the nature Of wood WORK
aoout the structure was as dry as finder
owing TO the large numbered fires kept &C.
ing. Half an hour sitter the fi:e was dis
covered the slate roof fell in carrying the
Walls With It and caSsipg utter ruin. The
hremer, however, succeeded ia condnins
the IRE to one building. The building
was 4o0x100 feet in dimensions, ard $50
persons were employed in it. Ali OF these
Will be thrown cut Of employment, and ss
ali work done in the establishment passes
through this department 1900 other en-.
ployes will be- more or less affected.
Toe mill WAS the most Complete
OF It's kind in this country and
the tmnense amount of machinery used
vas CT the most approved kind. All of
this will have to be rebuilt BY She fl IN
IRON drawings which were fortunately
saved. A representative Of the firm TO.
dav said the loss on the building WAS
tr!h.ng when compared with the damse.
by the loss OF machinery which it will
take several months to replace The
works had been running night and CAV
for some time on account of en- uauspsIjy |
large number OF orders swaiting fulfil |
ment, this having promised to be the
busiest year In the history Of the firm.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
Bell County Convention.
special to the Gazette.

p / " hno GAzetSe.
nhLToN, Tex, May 13.-The Democrat
,Vany convention to sci CT delegates
sOf' Worth to represent this county in
d a., on the 22d, met here yester-
s.s.S MO was presided over by Judge King
ps,sy-tWo delegates from the various
e,cIous Were seated, End the session was
Ar. until late hour in the evening
,sss- eiectlng permanent officers the con-
csruu adopted resolutions endorsing
hn,siaho, Coke and Mills. On the pro-
n s,.laon issue the platform adopted ssys
Ia s,sanlzition Of prohibition parry in
h,s ae And nation is persistent war
Osn'oa the Democrats, demands OF the
he n,, alc party prompt reputation Ct
seciples Of prohibition and q con-.
h,n. OF that and all other
sses CT sumptusry legislation
ata,I.. stx the citizen and
tsc,.ie with individual noerty. The
sj.ssss Of this PLANK was carried on
Zen, " nose who had taken promi-
tt,Ioa pst!s In the leadership Of the prohi-
pe,I.. mpaien in August, and every
nOn.a oseiared himself in favor of its
lsoIra Inc vote upon 1t was unanimous.
eu,n AVA u OF thanks to Senators Black
G.as,,,. voorhees, for their defense of
Ash. Hancock and NcClelland against
,tsas Aspsfsions OF the jsyns Wking
e,ss,A advocate ingalls,. Of Ksasas, Was |
! lsslously adopted.
b. sosowlas delegates were elected
Nas Bell comfy in the Fort
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
An Independent Candidate.

Special to the Gazette.
CoRsIcANA, TEX, May Is Hon.
Marion Martin, Independent candidate for
Governor, stated to Hon. Rufus Hardy on
Yesterday at Kerens, in the presence OF q
d zen or more, including your reporter,
nat he was an Independent candidate for
Governor; that he mad sccepted the en-
dorsenent of the Prohibition conven ion
81 Waco, and would not accept the nomi-
nstion Of the Democratic party If rendered
him.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
oallshan County Convention.

Special 70 the Gazette.
BAIRD, Tx Msy Is -Callsban county
convention met at II q. m to appoint del
egntes to Fort Worth on May %. J N
a'v )rd was made chsirman and N
Jackson and j. B. NJrtop, secretaries
rhe convention passed the following res
olu ions:
Resolved, that each delegate taking
part In this convention pledges himself &c
support the nominees Of the nationsl
Democratic convention to be held at S.
Lous.
Resolved, that our delegates 10 the
FJrt Worth convention be and are hereby
instructed to use all lsudable and honor
sble means to prevent ihe insertion
either an anti or pro plank ia cur plat
form, viewing ii as we do unwise, impol-
Tic and undemocrasic.
Resolved, that we indoree Hon. W. u.
Ciiett OF Callahan county as 3 suitable
ian to represent the Forty third r pre-
sentative disIics in the Twenty first
legislature, should he desire to serve the
people In that capacity.
Congressman Lsnnsm was heartily In
dorsed for bis course in Congress and
recommended for re- election.
President Cleveland was hesrti y In.
6oIsed as bslng just, wise and commend
able.
The following citizens were appointed
to represent the county in the convention
to be held In Fort Worth May 20, .prox. ::
John Trent, LJklu Hearn, ] ? Missile
j. NJ. Coffnan, l N Jackson, N. Rash
ing, F. 2 Slackieford, e. NJ. Rusn, p d
Norton, o. s. Marshal, d L Doods, Z.
j. Harris, B. R. Webb, W R McDermo,,
G. o Morris, A. A. Bell and j. N. AyJtd.
A future county convention will oe held
to elect delegates to represent the county
III the Dallas convention at later date
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
AiiiRncs n limitations,

special to the Gaz. tie.
NAcosDocHEs, TEX, May 12-The
county Allisnce met hers yesterday and
nlsr going through the routine Of bust.
MSS went into nomination for the differ
I'll couty rffi ;ers with the following re.
suns; representative, A. j. Murnhy
county Judge, John MURPHY OF Linn Fat
es'ric Judge, Gorge T. Ingrsbam; dis
M attorney, j. z. Polly Of Sabine
1aese names will be presented to the
vsnocratic convention BY the Alliance
aMsini,y for ratification, but 1t does not
ioilOH that the convention will see that
way, though all Of the parties are good
usn ior the several positions,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
Navarro County Primaries.
oeAial To the Gagetta

1
CoR.IcANA, TEX, May 1S-The Demo
cratic primaries met in all the precincts
On yesterday to send delegates to the
county convention. The ward primaries
met last ght. Reports have been re-
ceived from about hree-fourths of the
precincts, and all except two or three
send solid Mills ana Cleveland delega.
tions, and recommend action by the state
convention on the prohibition question
The four ward primaries send solid Mills
and Cleveland delegations.
There was quite q stormy time In the
convention OF Precinct No. l, which met
in the courthouse on yesterday. The
follow resolution wss offered;
Resolved, that no person shall be com.
pstent TO participate in the convention
who did not vote for Ross at the last
state election, and will not pledge them
selves to support the Democratic noml-
nees at the coming election, or who be.
longs TO or snaliates with any other polis-
ical party than the Democratic party.
Upon vote taken on this resolution
the Union Labor and third party Prohibi.
tionists voted against its adoption, and
the straight Democrats voted In favor OF
1t. The resolution was voted down,
the straight Democrats re.
fused to affiliate with the meeting, and
after tt had stiourned-sfter having ap.
pointed third party and Union Labor men
10 the county conventioE-they, the
straight Democrats. organised q, Demo-
cratic Convention and appointed. only
Democrats to the convention. A hghs
rll be made In the. county convention |
~ the two factions, the uaion LABOR aad |
'hird party men on ona side aud the DEM
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
CONVENTION WEEK.
aany Religious GaiheriI gs to Take Place
as the ks,onsl Capital


ac the kshonsl Capital
WASHINGTON. May Is Rev. DR.. G. C.
Lorrimer to day preached at Calvary
Bsp' ist church the annual sermon before
the WCman's Baptist Home Mission So
ciety OF the UGited States. DuIiog the
coming week i've national societies Of the
Baptist church will hold their annual
conventions in this city. They are the
Womeo's Baptist Home Mission Society,
sae Wonen's Foreign Mission Society,
the Baptist Educational Convention, the
Ansrican Baptist Home Mission Society,
scd the American Baptist Publication
Society. The Baptis,s will be followed
y conventions O! the Knights of the
Gjiden Esgle Ard by the American Bar
ASSOC IoD, which will hold sessions be-
ginning Nay %. o. Ms "a a conven-
ton OF Hebrew ministers VIII be held
here.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
Hunt County Primaries s.

-F9VIAI 70 INC Gazette,
oREENvILLE, Tx, May 13.-Four
1sslngs Of the Democracy Of as many
,Ua'g precincts (including the city OF
s!seRville and Center Point voting pre-
sncu we're held yesterday. Delegates
wei, .ste selected by the several meetings to
Sss' them the county convention,
tsseu is called for the 18Th. All of the
t primary meetings recommended the
:, 'l L. Is. Perkirs of this city to be enc
an. ae Delegates from his Congressional
rsuicI 10 the st. Louis convention. The
,,.. ssr Point primary passed resolution
~, "uc'irgi It's delegates to oppose an
S.np prohibition PLANK in the state plat
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
Jones County Sentiment.
sps.Isl to the Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette.
ANsoN, TEX, May Is While Jones
county is the banner prohibition county
Of the state, our people sccep:ed the re-
suls Of the August election with good
gr,ce, and view the attempt to put a
"nesrt Of oak" plank in the state platform
IS movement calculsted to cost the
Democratic party maRy thousands of
woes. Tae prevailing sentiment is that
the issue should not be revived, and our
delegates to the Fort Worth convention
yill be instructed to that effect.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
p.s,.. Oouaty Convention.

sDeclsl to the Gazette
prcos, TEX, M.y1 2-The Democrats
.ip.eves county met in convention TO-
". M. Walth.m was elected dele
wa N the FIrs Worth convention, R. d
E,ns IN the convention OF the Eleventh
u..rg,essionsl district sud John d Smith
.S.i,m,n of the comfy * cu,ive COM
. ",,,se for the ensuing two years.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
10 COOK OsunH.

O3respopdence OF the Gazette.
WIZARD, TEX, Msy IL Yesterday
evening sbout o'clock cloud came
over from the northwest with consider
able wind SID sumo hail, and the most
rain that has fallen In three years at one
time. The little streams were flied 10
ourtlwiug The prospect for crops was
never better st this season of ths year.
People ere we'll no with their farm work.
Grass is fine Wheat, oats and niilet
promise 81 ABUNDANT yield.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14
Bs,trop Oeuoty Convention.

Special 70 the Gazette.
BAsTRoP, Tx, Msy l3.-The county
Dspccrstic convention met yesterday at
The courthouse TO elect delegates to the
Fort Worth convention. Eigh. delegates
aud eight alternstes were selected from
the different precincts. Resolutions were
passed endorsing Clevsland's administra-
ton, and also en- 7orsing the acts # our
Congressman, Hon. Joseph D. Ssyres,
snd that ne be rendered the thanks of the
convention for his energetic lsbors in
securing the passage of the Texas in
demnity claims.