Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-15
TEXAS SPECIALS.
Weekly Resume of the Gazette's Daily
Reports from All Over Texas.
Special to The Gazette.

Between 1900 and 1000 members OF the
organization we're present marching into
the city IN body with flags and banners
streaming. II is thought the purpose oi
the meelng WAS to render aid to the
Soushern Alliance Exchange OF Dailas,
which recently collapsed. The su3pOsl
ton is strengthened from the fact tis.
the banners displayed by the different
neighborhood organizations all bore the
Inscription "The Southern Alliance Ex-
c1ange Shall Stand" Several mem oers
Of the organization were approached OIL
the subject Of their meaning but 81 were
IS mute as clans. The citizens CT this
plsSe were locking for the Alliance men
Rut were completely estonished 81 the
of the crowd 1. was the IT,
{1entiop Of the engineers that the session
fshou be held g. the opers house. but :
TIE bulldog would not accommodate ore
half they acj ,utned 70 the Alliance cotton
yard. The crowd remained Ill the city
till p. n. wnen headed by their brass
band they marched q in order.
BELToN, TEX June ga mass meet
ing ID the Alliance members OF Bell
county convened 10 the opers house st 9
O'Clock this morning ana organic d by
eieciing joel R!y, president, nnd james
A. Holcomb and j. Moron S NTH, se2-
Iutaries. There were SIX hundred neiE-
0ers present. The nseting wsS SUI;
CESS In every respect. A large amount Of
stock WAS subscribed and 3 great deal Of
money WAS paid in. The amount coul1
not be learned. So far as this couaty is
concerned this meeting iGsures the prices
OF the Exchange AND A'lIaRce members
are rejoicing over the results OF the
meeting.
WATERFORD, TEX, June s-The
Parker County Alliance WAS called to
order this morning at 10 O'Clock by Pres
ident ]. G. Mcconnell. This wss done in
| compliance to 6 circular issued by Messrs.
McCune, Tracy and others. After the
meeting 0ss called to order Mr.. r. c
Betty WAS elected to PRESIDE over the
| meeting. The attendance was SO very
! large their hall would lot accommodate
| the audience. Mr.. Bstly secured the use
| Of the Baptist church. The meeting re-
psired 10 the church. TIE GAZETTE cor
respondent le&rned from Messrs. r E
! Davis, 4. c. Betty aud other pr1,nil' Mt
| mem oers CT the Parker Ccuaty A:Itspce,
Ehat this Alliance ia III full syo!G~7hf
with the management of tie Daiia. Ex-
| change, and thss the meeting 10 day
raised over $500 in cash AMI forwarded
+. 20 Dallas, End wired Mr.. MlCI1e thu
re2ult Mr.. Betty stated thai
| he is pe-fectlv satisfied th:t iG two weeks
this cou2tY will respond 10 tle csll Of the
Dsllss Exchange as published in THE GA.
zRTTE recently to lie extent CT $1,000 IL
| nd hp Q M "a ft-1 .
counties win come up with three to fcuE
Thousand dollars.
WACO, TIE :, June The McLennsn
County Farmers Alliance held a secret
meeting to-day 10 the District Court
room It is reported that they raised
their portion Of the $3.50, 1000 TO be used
as fund for the Exchange.
= DELEoN, TEX June 9.-Aiter trying
local option in this county for nesrlY two
yesrs, an election was held on the 7;h
inst. and the saloons were voted back by
s msj oritY Of about ten to one.
Rain is beginning to be needed for corn.
Other crops are as fine IS can tbe. With
rain in ten days large crop Of corn will
| be made.
&yABILENE, TEX, June Harvesting Is
beginning in earnest, as the last few
weeks Of warm dry weather have ripened
the smaller grsins very rapidly. Num-
bers of our farmers have a.
reacy cut their wheat and
oats, and ii is common sight to see
fields with the ripered grain cut AID
| stsckgd, ready for the threshers. ORE
lsndStot.on are doing finely. Our vege-
'ss46te men promise roasting ears in day
or two. Cotton is growing rapidly, and
will il no unforeseen accident happens,
make large yield.
PALESTINE, TEX jane s.-The three
city election precincts had conventions
today and sppoint.u dei,gs;es to the
Democratic county convention to be held
on Saturday the 18Th inst.
Two hundred and fifty members of the
Anderson County Farmers Alliance met
in mass meeting here to-day, the cnief
ooisct being to discuss the question OF
subscribing stock to the State Alliance
Exchange ut Dsllss. Six hundred dol
iar5 were subscribed, 1856 OF which were
paid il spot cash 30 the secretary, the
balance TO be paid in twenty days. The
meeting to-day represented but one
fourth Of the membership OF the alliance
in this county, aud the entire organiz,-
ton IN this county will take not less than
S2500 Of stock in the exchange.
AURORA, TEX, June 10.-A rain
storm began about 2 O'Clock this morning
and WAS over by daylight. The rain WEE
needed for corn, but WAS 81 injury to
smsu grain still standing. Much wheat
was cut last week. The general yield
will be fair; only extra in small fields.
HILLsBoRo, TEX June 11.-ProfeSsor
'J. G b. Buck, the successful candidate
for postmaster Of Hillsboro, hss gone to
Washington, 1t Is understood, In the in
terest of his appointment.
Little Clyde, the three-year-old son Of
Mr. Hsmp Fenchet, iivl2g Ia Hiilsboro,
fell and severed the left temporal artery,
tashs mer,hsge from which WAS very pro-
ME. A physician was summoned wac
promptly arrested the henorrAage, and
the child is doing we'll.
At meeting OF the Hill County ALI.
snce last Saturday the following resolu-
lions were passed: /. That we hereby
most heartily indorse the Farmers Alli-
auce Exchange at Dsllaa, both in the
plan OF its inception and the methods OF
conducting the business. 2 Tia. we d.
pledge our Individual support, morally
snd h2ar cisIly, for success sful coltiuu-
sIce Of the same. Inst We Genouoce
Il, fslsa statements made ry interested