Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
Dallas. FeXas

260o with taxable valuab!es amounting t
s7oo. 600
WACO, TEX March 1s.-Tne award O
$3.50 given by the County, court 10 tn
Waco Bridge Company was deposited
with the County Clerk to-day. The aware
Tor lard condemned FIR The purposes c
tue free bridge. CONSTRUCTION Of n,
C untY bridge begins at once.
! ANsoN, TEX March l5-Our count,
has aroused to the full realization Of thu
importance OF going 10 work in the i'm
migration movement. We. to-day, or
ganzed, or rather, reoTgsDiz d, tlectiDl
| president, secretary, treasurer, etc, RpG
appointing committees to get up sts,is
tics, etc The necessary sum for admit
ling Us into tie state organisation was
very readily raised ard forwarded. E,cE
county precinct was requested 20 organ
re and cooperate with the county csm
mittee.
| MORGAN, TEX. March lite artesien wei
contractors, Messrs. Strend 4 Co., struck 8 ven
of pure coal water this morning at a depth 6.
| BIS feet. Their contract with Inc city calls fo-
1ow of eighteen gallows per minute At
o'ol cs this afternoon they had flow Of from
| fifteen TO teventeen gallons, ant will probably
i HDtsh their contract in an other hour. There
arr now two w ils la the town one on Captain
! Whites pl ce with capacity Of about eight 90
gallons per uipuse.
ovERToN, TEX, March Is-Haaard Gill IN
| IN ana prom merit citizen of Smith county
| died ye terda5 evening ano was bu led al thi;
place this mornlDE He was eighty. seven
years old, M i've OF Franklin C unity, Tenn, 8.
see He had been married sixty thrt g yeBTf
H. has over $50 living lineal cescendan 8. Hi.
wife, aged eighty three. was present Ut the
fune al, apparently in good health.
CISCO. Tex, March 1s -Peter Hart,
county Judge o; Saackleford county. fell
down the stairway Of the courthouse at
Albany, last evening about 4 O'Clock, sus-
tanning Injuries from which he died dur
log the night. He and other gentlemen
had returned from fishing, and he WAS
going up stairs to his room, when he lost
his balance and fell over the bGDisters to
the lower floor, sdlsisnce Of ABOUT twenty
feet, frsc uriug his skull snd breaking
three ribs. He was conscious for four
hours and then expired. Judge Hart w.s
man of great loci popularity, and Was
well known through West Texas.
DALLAS. TEX, Msrch 20.-The grand
Jury has returned the follow
ing true bills: Floyd Ellison, theft OF
hog from Mrs. j C Hsndccck; George
q, Martin, embezzleuent from the MIS-
souri, Poetic in two caseF, and from
T ks ami Pdc!hc In six csaes; Annie
Robinson, theft of over $50 from Sable
wish; ". A. Baker, theft Of q horse
from q. Hunt; Richard Porter, as
sault 10 rape Molie Evans; Tote
GiVsns, burglary Of john Kl=l5r'5 house;
Bud Groums theft Of $50 pounds oi Cot
ton from David Green Ieaac B2al, thefG
ni horse from j S. Atwood; George
Ellisor, theft of hogs from Mrs. J. C
Harcocs; Harry Holland, burglary Ct
John Kugler's house; Charles Wright,
theft Of gold watch ana chain from G. ".
Morrow
THE WHOLE FAMILY NARRIHD.
It lisa rare occurrence i0r 8 whole fam
lily To get msrried at the same tine, but an
incident Of this kipd occurred to day, or
sc least licenses were issued. To-day the
county clerk igsued ,iicense to an
OLD widower, named L G. Schoolf4ld of
this county, 10 marry Mrs. Mamie Mitch
ell. The old man was attended By two
young men and young girl Of eighteen.
After the lies nse was issued, young
man stepped up TO the elelk, saying:
"Wel, while you're st i, you mcught
IS we'll write me license"
"What NAM 2" asked the clerk.
"My name Is J. T. Schoolfsld and /
want 10 merry Nora Wilkinson
After the Clerk WAS sstisd fed Abous the
legality Ct Issuing the license he Issued 1t,
wnen the other young man came 10 the
front. Said ne:
"Don't shut up the book, Mister I
want one myself"
dwell, sl5, your manner" said the clerk.
"F. T. R!ce," ssid the young farmer,
Rand this IL the girl, sir, Miss Hattie
Schoolheld. The old man there vi tell
you it is sll right"
The two latter Schooldelds,are the chill
drsn OF the former. They were al mar
lied TO- day by Justice Brssweu.
TIE LOSS IN DETAIL.
CLFBURSE, Tex, March 20-A terrible
srd destructive IRE visited our city lsss
night. II wss fret discovered bresk lag
out of the English kitchen restaurant &C.
CAPPED by Mr.. Ashe situated ca the NORTH
of Henderson street. M. Aehe snd fam
tilY osreiy escaped from the burning build
log in their night clothes. The fire
spread rapidly both Ia an easterly ana
westerly direction destroying with al
taeir contents the following buildipgs:j
One building on the corner oi Angler
aud Henderson streets, belonging to Mrs
". F. Blair, and occupied by Dalton &
Waylsnd as a produce and grain store,
0le building west of the Blair building
owned by Mr.. Hutchinson, and occupied
by j j. Atieridge as meat market.
One store owned and occupied by M.
Ashe as 8 restaurant.
One storenouse belonging TO English &
Poole, and occupied by MIR. JACK Smith
as a furniture store
The fre also dsmsged buildings sud
stock Oh south side Of Henderson street,
IS follows: One store owned b.
NJ. e D.yes and occupied by the
Wells, Fargo 6 Co.'s Express Company,