Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-18

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The old SAFby fire engine was out on
the square yesterday afternoon with
steam up and squirting away with old
time vigOr.
| Marriage licenses issued yesterday:
Elgin r. Ellington and Miss Mary
Mosely, $. c. Perryman and Mrs. Han
nah Oliver.
At the comfy collectors office yester-
day payments were more numerous and
for larger total amount than fogsaaisls
previous day this year. ..eas&9Ft'
Get your supper ta7Bisthtfs at 2O3 Hous-
ton street, you jgfsf patronize worthy
cause aIlSs7sss:flk6 the hearts of those hard
w1QElSias5T ladies happy.
Rehearsal this afternoon ut usual time
and place for the ''Santa Claus can
tata. St. Andrews Sunday school
| teachers and scholars be there.
In the district court this morning argu-
ment Of counsel will be heard in the case
of Tarrant County vs. McLemore, suit
for the recovery of theiold jail property.
The ladies ofssbe Cumberland Presby-
terirn Church wtssPen their Bazaar to-
night al 2o3 HoHs84 street instead OF N
the building dslFMsd by the Catholic
fair.
An alarm of fire was caused yesterday
morning by a burning mattress in house
on Taylor street The fire was extin-
gushed without damage to anything but
the mattress.
The ladies of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain church dasn Il 3Bazaar this even
ing, December TSs inlsthe building next
to Wells drug sto& Oysters served i'll
all styles. Admts free; all cordially
invited. III,
Two hundred and thYe6 Houston street,
second door bel5% thescorner of First and
Houston streets, fhe place to get your
oysters tonight $50 as ordered by
rian Church.
The docket was arranged yesterday for
the next sitting Of the district court.
The non-jury cases VIII occupy the first
two weeks. then will come the civil jury
cases for ten weeks, foIloBed by three
weeks of criminal cases.
4 horse belonging to I Dahlman man
aged TO slip his bride rain yesterday and
tore down Front street at d terrific rate.
J l.. Leonard, hackman, at great risk
to limb and life, stopped the horse before
it had done any serious damage.
Three additional attachments were run
yesterday on the Bridgeman s Co. stock,
by the Monks & Roberts Furniture COM
pany for SHOP so, the Beck, Bransford
& Ekdahl Furniture company for S95S
and the j L. Dewey Furniture company
for S304.
Cameron & Tatum inYiee the public to
visit their great SSnilE on Thursday be-
tween I and 9p. 4&, People of the city
and county both d. invited. All who
can should comsA&f erSss % clock when the
mill Will be ligHted by iffeandescent cleo
tric lights.
McCabe AHoung,s = Operate Minstrels
which appea Aat the opera house Tonight,
come endorsedsAysthe press where they
have appeared;& being ftrst-class and
refined inSeF&EsA respect. Secure your
seats at Dashv oodsS Elliott s drug store,
80 Houstes#treet.
Yesterday morning While Mrs. Henry
FurInan was at breakfast a thief entered
her room in Mr.. Howard TuIly's resi-
dence, distracted SIS 5rom her pocket
book and vamOosed, leaving no trace of
his identity. \ lot of jewelry lay near
the purse exposed to view, but was not
molested.
In the district court yesterday c. L.
Frost brought suit against the Fort Worth
and Denver City Railway company for
$40 900 damages. \ year ago the COM
pany sued Frost to recover title to land,
which they alleged he bought for the
company and had decided to himself. He
now brings action for libel ana asks dam
ages.
Reports were current yesterday that 4
contractor doing business i'll this and a
neighboring city had drawn all the money
due him on several pieces of work and
skipped without settling with his men. A
close search failed to reveal the particu-
lars, and up to 4 late hour last night no
warrant had been sworn out for the ar
rest of the alleged fugitive.
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank
completed their organization yesterday,
making their capital stock $500 600 and
increased the number of directors to
nine, adding NJ. G.. Hurley and j J .
Roche to those already named. They
will commence laying stone for their new
building to-day and viii open for bust
ness in their own building about April |.
a newspaper IL usullif Ilit lllCipA 10 the
business of the town. Did you ever pick
up paper published at some strange
town and see n large advertisement with
out thinking to yourself or saying to your
neighbor: ''That man is doing an i'm
mense business or forming a resolution
to visit him the first opportunity? There
is nothing like it, and when you put an
advertisement in the paper don t imagine
You have donated so much to keep the
editor out of the poor house.
A.E. Craver, general state agent, has
lust completed an organization at this
place of a local board of the American
Building and Lean Association of Mime
apolis, MINI hand the following we'll
known persons Eave been chosen for off,
GERS and board dSdirectesks T. H Roe,
president: H. S EasweIf. vice president;
John c. Harrison SssFalsurer; W. S Es-
sex, secretary and storney, and Thomas
Bratton. This ass9s ton has an author
lied capital of Ss9.Oee, 600, which makes
it one Of the stge6g hnilding and loan
associations fi@the Country, and has
some oEs4sx.fhe best men in the
country at its head. Mr.. Craver has
acted wisely by interesting some of our
best business men in the organization =