Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28

DuHlJ polH VI Lyons Cldtiou. lHe
party was accompanied by the
BRIDES sister and her escort
Mr.. August Grabeau, and was met
on the train by Rev. o. G. HOtchkiss OF
Caldwell, who performed the ceremony
The party left the train at BRENNAN
The father of the bride, who is Metho-
dist minister, opposed the match and de-
clared the wedding should not take place
in his circuit. The above method was
rcsorted to.
CLEBURNE, TEX. Dec. 20.-Dock Box :,
living seven miles south of town had his
arm caught in his gin and was badly
mangled yesterday. DR.. T. J. Wagley
amputated the arm last night just below
the elbow.
Wells s. Morris, boot and shoe dealers
here, gave mortgage on what property
they had in their house to a Boston firm
to satisfy SIP 200 Indebtedness to-day
the goods to be sold for cash until the
debt is paid.
AUSTIN, TEX, Dec. 2.-Concerning
the coal mine troubles Governor Ross to-
day received the following letter from n .
j. Stands, sheriff of Erath county:
81 believe 1 am able to suppress the
riots that may occur in this county
while L am present or when 1
can get to the scene, but the mines are
twenty-seven miles away and when 1 am
there all is quiet. l am informed how
ever that as soon as 1 leave the mines the
desperadoes commence disturbance
during the night by firing guns all over
the camp and into store houses
hn Of fhn
while the officers are in the office.
They also intimidate the guards and en-
ployes by threats and violence, and the
company fears great damage will be done
when l am away, and l am unable to
keep an armed force there at my own ex-
pense. 1 am informed that there
are about 125 men who are
opposing the mining company
If you can send Company of men there
for a while until things get Strengthened
out to work it would please the company
and may prevent the loss of life and
property
Captain McMurray, with detachment
of rangers, has been ordered by Cover
nor Ross to go to the scene of the trouble.
GALVESTON, Ten, Dec. 20.-Galves-
ton will not celebrate her semi-centen-
NAL. The efforts have fallen through,
and the progressive association which in
augurated the scheme, has abandoned it
This is not for proper lack of enterprise
upon the part of the association or the
citizens, all whom favored it, but is due
to failure to secure an eligible location.
1t was determined to make it permanent
affair and at once proved series of at
fractions as would be creditable to the
city, profitable and instructive not only
to the people of Texas, but from abroad
as well. 1t was to be comprehensive in
its character, embracing the features of
an exposition fair with such outside at
fractions as a state, Interstate
and national drill, racing, rowing
and other sports of a national character.
The means were pledged to carry out the
enterprise. Sixty or eighty acres were
to be secured. The committee appointed
TO secure the location reported three
available sites. An effort was made to
purchase either of three sites, but the
parties owning same refused to sell.
Persistent efforts were made for two days
to induce the owners of other available
land 20 sell. They positively refused.
The project was then abandoned, and
Galveston will have no semi-centennial
or permanent exposition.
The maximum and minimum average
of twelve of the leading cotton firms of
this city of the crop of the season of 1888
'S9, is as follows: Maximum, l sol ,3l9
bales; minimum, l ,34S $50 bales. This
is decrease from the average of the
same firms made month ago, when they
placed the maximum of the yield at
900 200 bales and the minimum at
,450, 200 bales.