Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-18
Special to the Gazette .

'NN ''J "a 9 N"J "a sHOI AUiNlES COEt u
taiion With believers In the faith cure
He has been 10 the State for several week.
and ssys he has found many believers
He is visiting the principal cities enc
towns OF Texas in order to work ND
state convention CT faith workers, which
he proposes to be held in Fort Worth OF
Dallas at en- early day. At the state con.
Tention !it is proposed to organize into
chapels, and practice their doc
trine on large ecale. There are
many faith cure followers in Dallas. l,
Is necessarily SO IN town tast contains
SO many people whose IuteIiects could
not beSr up under the pressure of the
thought necessary to induce them to
come In out OF the rain. DR.. Adalbert
left tonight for San Antonio.
ANOTHER COURTHOUSE FIGHT.
The case Of W Allen VS.. L. F. Smith,
which caused frscas between Colonel
Crawford and McWhirIer last Tuesday,
MAS the cause OF another outbreak to-dsv.
It seems that this morning Colonel L. q.
Flzhugh was put on the stand for the
defense. Mr.. N. L. Dye, attorney for the
Plsinu3, Intercepted him as follows:
"Are you not in the habit Of exaggerating
a2d oVerstating every thlng?" The witness
cOlCriDg, replied very tina ply that he was
not. As soon IS court &C jJurned Colonel
Fitslugh went TO Mr.. Dye Snd applied
tough epithst and accompanied hi5 words
With &n effort to attack. Dye ran back
and claimed protection Of the court,
which Judge Aidrldge granted, and hog
lIliiiss ceased for the time being. When
Mr. Dye appeared in the courtroom this
afternoon, previous to the converting Of
court, Colonel Fltzaugh resumed the fight
By attacking Dye with his fists, which the
latter resented by extracting iastallments
of the Colonel's white beard. Finally the
c0mbsbsnts were separated, and order
was restored.
ADIVoRCE SUIT.
The divorce suit of Edward q. Lewis
vs.. Harriet Lewis attracts wide interest.
Lewis seeks divorce from MS wife on
the ground thss she charged him with
adultery; falsely circulated report that
woman by the name OF Mrs. Calvsno
was his mistress, and insinusted
that he and his alleged mis-
tress, Mrs. Cslvauo, had poisoned her
Mrs. LewisD daughter Hattie, who went
to Florida for her heath and died there.
The young lady Sas accompanied by Mr..
Lewis and Mrs. Jslysno. Mr.. Lewis
Eflrms thst Mrs. Gslyano was chaste
woman. She WAS his bookkeerer here.
Re produced deposisions Ct parties in
Massachusetts,, where Mr.. aBd Mrs Lewis
were married, giving Mrs. Calvano
5 Virtucus character. One Of
the Deposition, that Of lady,
sets forth that Mrs. Lewis WIS uareason-
sbIy JEALOUS, and cites as IN instance that
Mrs. Lswis would nat recognize the de-
pons8t. peCauss she CHE deponen') had
ssid lh2"Mr. Lewis was such nice
man"
Colonel Bob Mozart OF Fort Worth
represents Mr.. Lewis aid Mr.. Charles
Fred Tucker of Dillss the defendant
Colonel McCart read some deci-
sions on vita accusing her
husband Of violating the marriage vows,
upon which the court stated that there
was q vast difference between wiz &C.
cusiug her husband Of adultery and
husband charging his wife with that
crims After argument the court took the
case under Sdyisement. Mrs. Lewis is
at present in Massachusetts, while Mr..
Lewis Is at Jacksonville, Fla, prosecut-
ing libel suit seGinst the Jacksonville
Herald News.
he WENT TOO HAR.
A. Leroy, Mckinney avenue grocery
msD, was fi1ed 800 and casts in the
County court to-day fer false and unlsw-
ful imprisonment of little girl, whom he
hsd charged with theft of chewing gum,
SID whom he had searched by pulling
down her ste cbipgs, where he supposed
the gum Nss concealed. Leroy's excuse
for holding the girl Was that q colored
woman bad told him that the girl had
stolen the gum.
A STREET MIDDLE.
The residents of Bryan street., on which
Governor Sterett lives, are kicking about
their pavement. The sitUstion is as fol-
lows: Bryan street needed pavement,
and the properly owners Of thSt thor
oughfare petitioned the council to join
them In putting down nscsdsm pave
ment. Accordingly s macadsT pavement
IVES put down as desired, and everything
pointed to peace on Brysn street. Sterett
wildly exclaimed: 1.-THE paving OF Bryan
street has sdysnced Brysp street property
10 SIS per froat foot" This was during
the drouth, when appearances we're of
The best character, The rains descended
snd the foods came and settled upon that
street, and the dsiry wagon rolled ever
1t from esrly morn until dswy eva, until
That thoreugb;9Ts ia one long qasgmire,
According to the contract the contractors
we're paid upon the completion Of every
ta0 feet, and now t5e contract is flashed |
and awaits the acceptance Of the City
Council. OF course it is no account. !
But the engineer and City Council are
agreed that the work was done according |
to contract. The gist of the contract
was to give Bryan street what it asked
Tor. But s movement is on foot to resist
the collection of special tax 20 reimburse |
the city, and right on this point the fur
will ny.
PERSONAL. 4
W. A. George of Abilene Is In the citY@ 4
William A. Grant of Houston arrived |
this morning.
> B. HAber, q prominent merchant Of |
Waco, is In the city.
z. L. Ball and Fl H Shear of Colorado |
City were in town to-dsy.
Mss Marion Coak and Fannie Meri- |
Te,her OF Colorado City are in the CITY.
Mr. WI Logtn and wife Of the Fort |
are st the Windsor.
George W. Jalonick of Wichita Falls is
in town.
Hon. Bryan T. Barry Of CorslcsnA az
rived last night.