Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-29
LOCALITIES.
Jupiter Pluvius reigns.

The rain gives trade another set back
Mr. and Mrs. A. 3. Smith will enter
tain q number of friends on Tuesday
evening.
Is marriage failure? Not a license
has been issued i'll this county during the
last two days.
Work has been commenced on the
building designed for the collar factory
and ba@ging mill. -
Work has been begun again on the Big
bridge, after suspension of several days
on account of high water.
County court did very little business
yesterday. Some orders in probate were
entered, but n3hing of general interest
was done.
G. E. McConaell, railroad ticket
broker, will gives6nEsrates to all points
and sell milea# at 3and2l4 cents, near
Union depot. =
Deputy Sheriff Smith went out yester-
day and attached a. 7. Wooten, who is
wanted before the grand jury at Gle
burne.
The subject of DR.. Mitchell's sermon
Tomorrow morning at the Broadway
Presbyterian church will be "'The Faith
of the Future. -
In the district court yesterday John S
Andrews entered suit against the Santa
Fe road for damages accruing to cattle
shipped from Ballinger by reason of de-
lay and careless handling. He asks for
S26O5.
A number of tramps were jailed by the
officers yesterday morning. Later in the
day they had trial before Justice Nc
Chung and three of them were convicted
and returned to the jail.
Mrs. A. f. Newell gave pleasant
supper party Thursday evening, compli-.
mentary to Miss Emmie Huffmaster Of
Galveston and Miss Hester DeBaun ii
Kentucky, two charming bells now yisi--
ting the city.
The street car company seems to be
having hard time with the switch on
Third street, between Houston and
ThrockmOrtOn They had the street torn
up yesterday and danger signals were
hung out last night.
An old man named J.B. Robertson
and his daughter, Pet, were arrested
yesterday on the charge of incest. Rob-
ertson claims to have come from Arkan-
sas, and has been i'll Fort Worth about
ten months. His daughter is about
eighteen years of age.
Charles Martin filed suit in the county
court yesterday against Messrs. Eddy and
Gross, receivers of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas, for $3.50 to pay the damage
accruing by the burning of 125 acres of
grass. Two or three other small suits
were filed i'll this court yesterday.
Prof. Georgian Elder has resigned his
give his entire afsSrltion to private classes.
and pupils. Arrangements will be madF'
to give private lessbns at the homes Of
pupils, or at fse muSha rooms over Col
Inns & ArmstESng S music store, 3O3 Hous-
ton street. ~
w. R. Sanner last night showed a
GAZETTE reporter large lump of coal
found about twenty-five miles from Fort
Worth, some two miles from the surveyed
lines of the Fort Worth Western. The
vein is from three and a half to five feet
thick and the coal is pronounced superior
to Trinidad coal. In few days ton or
more of the coal will be brought here by
wagon.
The Broadway Presbyterion Sabbath
school gave an excellent entertainment
on Thursday night. The church was
crowded to its utmost capacity by the
parents and friends of the children. The
manner in which the young people ac-
quilted themselves gave evidence of care
full and skillful training. The audience
was deeply interested and evidently de-