Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-19
Special to the Gazette.

II enG ~ aSthe dates for their sprln z
race meeting, and VIII offer the consider
stion OF the horseme2 "a attractive pro
gramme with purses sggregstiDg $500,
to be divided among the tTotters, PAGERS
and runners. The programme is uuususlz
ly well arranged eud is well worth . Pc
rusel.
o. Tuesday, the hgst dag, the 2:40
class trottipg, 2:3t Glass pacing cud
running fve-eigdG mile heat race fer all
ages will furnish good afternoon
sport. The second day provides enter
tainment in the shape of trotsipg
race for three-yesr- GIGS and under owned
in the state previous to January l, 1883;
the 2:20 class trostiIg and two ruDniug
dsshes Of one and one-eighth ana three
quarters of mile respectively, FOR horses
Of all sges, with selling allowances On
Thursday the horses Of the $50 class,
trotting, and the 2:20 class, pacing, wiu
try conclusions, IS will the runners n
two dashes Of one and oDe-sixteenth and
one aud one quarter miles, for eli sges,
selling allowances. The last Gay of the
meeting will consist Of special trot
fer named horsee, the 2:27 class trot-
year olds and a running three-fourth mi e
dash for the two-Year-oids. In the last
two races special allowances CT weighs
will be made in favor of maidens ard
Texas bred horses. Toe members Of the
CLUB confidently anticipate repetition Of
the great success achieved st their late
fall meeting.
Deputy United States Msrshals Cabel
and Morton returned to day from trip
to Montague county, bringing with them
John and Thomas Johnson, brothers, ar
re ted en- the chsree OF passing counter
felt silver dollars. These gentlemen came
to Texas from Missouri about four weeks
ago, ostensibly to visit relatives at Bed
River station, Montague county. One is
about thirty-fve years of sge and the
other twenty, with good appearances.
Tie Marshals decoyed the Johnsons to q
neighbours, where money was exchanged
aud The arrests msde. They secured
$50, the exact nature Of which, however,
has not yet been determined. The ar
rested, now in jiil, declare their inno-
ceDce and expect to prove it.
Henry Jones and Charles Williams,
colored, we're tried to-day in the District
court on the charge Of highway robbery,
having "heid up" Alexander Lobskie and
robbed him of something less than 500.
The Jury was out about ten minutes and
returned q verdict Of guilty, and sending
both to the peeitentiary for ten years
esch sEs asFss NE
Frank Williams, colured stteuu snt
up?n Henry Brecht, the butcher, was left
in charge of the establishment l.st night,
and in the absence Of Mr.. Brecht money
came into the till at lively rate, until
$40 or $50 had accumulated therein,
when the young man emptied the drawer,
ard taking with him revolver van.
moosed the ranch. Upon Mr.. Brecht's
return he discovered what had beer done,
and Officer Beard was detailed to
look after the thief. At late
hour he found him OF the
Santa Fe depot On the inside of g new
Tsuit of clothes, and having purchased q
ticket for Galveston, he was waiting for
the train to pull cut. The arrest was
made, the pistol found on his person and
s psrt of the stolen money. Williams is
in sil.
In response to Mayor Connor's call for
donations of clothing, ETC., for the desti-
tute In this city, large quantity Of Sec
children found their way to the city hall
this morning. The council chamber re-
sembled a second hand clothing establish
Ement, but these things SO generously con-
tributed are of great value. to the needy
people. The mayor superintendent the
assortment and distribution.
The School Board of Dallas held q
meeting to-day and elected the following
teachers for the High School: Mrs. Mary
Foster. Miss LeonoIa Wormser, Miss
Lucie Moore and Miss Phebe Hensly.
Mrs. Mary Green was admitted to the
city hospital to-day, having been found
sick and in destitute circumstances,l living
in q miserable hut on Carry street. She
Is in & delicate condition. Her miserable
husband left her and absconded several
days ego leaving her in this condition.
There are reported eighty cases Of
measles out Of 113 inmates of Buckner's
orphans home. Some of the children
sre quite sick, but only one has died
since the disease became epidemic. DR..
Buckner thinks that the greatest danger
has passed, and has appealed to the
people of Dallas for donations of lemons
or oranges, gelatine, grapes and similar
luxuries that might be acceptable to con-
vslescing children.
School Superintendent Stevens of this
county has received letter from the
state school superintendent in answer to
one from Mr.. Stevens, inquiring con-
corning funds in districts for the erec-
tion Of school buildings: "When
a district levies special tex the one
third donation is not required of the citi-
zens for the purpose of building school
house. The public school fund Is eppor-
toned to the district for the benefit CT the
district at large, and not to any particu-
lar school in the district. II the coIored
people OF the district do not organize
school, the funds to the credit of the dis
trict must be applied to schools that sre
being operated"
The Sheriff has finished the invoice OF
Reinhsrdt & Co.'s stock OF clothing,
etc, which foots up very closely TO $780,
0o0. Attachments run, SOC, 600.
Officers Beard and Ramsey arrested J.
B Healy, a section boss on the Texas and
Pacific Railway and O'Connor, saloon
keeper, on the charge of raising Texas
and Pacific Railroad check from % cents
TO S25. OConnor presented the check
for payment at the Texas and Pacific
Railroad effice when the fraud was de-
tected. O'Connor said he had given
Hesly s25 in cash for 1t. Both men are
in jail. ~
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