Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-21
TEXAS SPECIALS
Weekly Resume 8. the Gazette's Daily
Report from All Over the
State.
THIS is suPERLATIvELY RICH

stSSDALLAs, TEX. Dec. 1S.-The sensa-
newly married couple had last night at
| A. j. Grissom IS, about seven miles from
the city. The story goes that W. G..
Tomlin and Miss Ellen Franklin were
married last night, and after the house
hold had retired, a host of folk living in
the neighborhood gathered around the
house with tin pans, horns, whistles, and
other instruments, and gave the newly
welded pair an old time chivarari.
| 1t seems !. that q young
man in the crowd, Albert
! wilson, was rejected lover of the bride +,
and after the crowd had dispersed he re-
turned to the residence, effected an en-
trance into the bridal chamber and made
a dramatic scene by jerking the bride out
| of bed ana making himself generally dis
agreeable. Tomlin, it appears, was
scared to death land failed at the first
rattle of the box to protect the bride he
had but a few hours before sworn to
| shield. The inmates of the house
were soon aroused, however, and
Wilson was duly fired from
the house. After the election, however,
bullet from six-shooter came through
| tIic diiu Tile DTlu6 III Inc
| side, making slight flesh wound. Two
young men came in this morning and re-
| ported the affair, and q deputy sheriff
was sent out to the scene of disturbance
and brought Wilson back with him. Will
son is in Jail on charge of assault with
| intent to kill.
| HENRIETTA, TEX. g, Dec. 1S.-An ex-
cellent rain last Friday has been fol-
| lowed by mild temperature and an
| abundance of sunshine. The wheat crop
of the county looks unusually fine, and
cotton is in excellent condition The
cotton is about all gathered. An I'M
usual amount has been marketed here
during the past two weeks. The farmers
of Clay county, as the say. lg goes, are
in fine shape. Very few OF them are in
debt at all, and the majority of them
| have surplus of grain and stock to carry
them beyond the expenses of another
year. Every train brings in the home
seeker, and generally in crowds. They
come from every quarter, but prin-
cipaliy from Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota
Tennessee and Eastern Texas. More
people have bought land here within the
past two months than during the rest of
the year.
Henrietta, too, has been filing up and
taking to herself the symptoms of a boom
lately. There is not now Il vacant house
in town, and the demand is becoming
clamorous for more houses, both for
business and residence.
Mr.. w. A. SQuires is preparing to
burn an immense brick kiln to supply
brick for three additional business houses
already arranged for.
COLORADO, TEX. Dec. l7.-Mitchell
county first bale of cotton was brought
TO town to-day and created quite a SEN
sation on the streets. 1t was raised by
4. NJ. X. Sowell, weighed $50 pounds
and was grown on two acres of land. 1t
was classed as middling. Our citizens
raised purse of 500 and bought the
bale of Mr.. SOwell aud will keep it on
exhibition. Next year Mitchell county
will show some agricultural exhibits that
will equal any grown in the west.
COLEMAN, Ten, Dec. 1.-THE first
bale of cotton ever raised in Tom Green
county was raised and brought to Cole
man.to-day to be ginned by He9sg. Bugg,
who lives on North Concho, ab6&t Thirty-
three miles from San Angelo. EfoEman
is the cotton and flour market8 of West
Texas. ~ Is
FLoREsvILLE, TEX, Dee$ 1a-Ifhe
county of Wilson, of WIFI F'loresIlfik iss'
the county seat, voted on sSturda y Nth e.
18th instant, on the Question e8;locaEopsSS
ton. The vote was Very closeS &al.s6ver
the county, but it is believed that local
option won by a small majority, not over
100, if that many. In this precinct the
majority for local option was only six.
1t was thought that the ants would have
a majority here.
=, o%.1l
considerable business is being transacted
The most important case last week was
that of Jim Harper, colored, charged
with raping little negro girl about one
and a half years old. The child died
which made the case very aggravated.
The jury gave Harper ninety-nine years
in the penitentiary. At his first trial the
jury gave him the same penalty, but the
judge was not satisfied with the verdict,
and gave him new trial.
BoNHAM, TEX. Dec. Is The mystery
surrounding the suicide of Mrs. Weille at
Terrell last Saturday caused great deal
of interest and excitement at this place,
owing TO the fact that the young lady was
married here, about the only fact
that has any bearing on the case what
ever. a GAZETTE reporter this evening
searched every available source for some
information that might serve to unravel
the mystery, but as the couple spent only
a few hours at Bonham they left no
clew that would serve for
such purpose. The county clerk 5
Office was visited and the reporter found
that on December l R. S. Weille took
out license to marry Mary A. Harris,
but the clerk, after satisfying himself as
to the ages of the couple, noticed them
no further and saw nothing I'M
usual about the man making the appli- |
cation.
Rev. 7. S. Potts, pastor of the First
Baptist church, who performed the cere-
moIy, was interyied, with the
following result: "The couple, |
understand, first endeavored to
secure the Presbyterian minister
to marry them. Failing, they then
called on me, and as they were both such
mature, unsnspicious looking persons
complied with their request, not doubt |
ing that everything was all right. did |
think, perhaps, it was n runaway match, |
but as the license was properly secured, |
and both appeared to be fully of age, | |
did not hesitate to make them man and |
wife. The man appeared excited, but !
the lady was perfectly composed. |