Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-18
COUNTY ALLIANCE.
An interesting Meeting Of the Order
Held ut Union SchoolnoIse in
Tarrant County.
Report of the Business Agent-A Bountiful
Dinner Providsd-hars Me citing and
AddKessss-The Ladies.

The Tarrant County Alliance met at
the Union school house, in the northern
part of this county, on Friday, tee 18th
instant, and was called TO order by the
president, B. F. DWiggins in the chsir,
promptly at 10 O'Clock a. In. First, the
roll call of officers, who most all answer
ed to their names, after which the COM
mittee on credentials, (who sre always
appointed st the previous meeting in
order to facilitate business, made their
report, when delegates from the follow
Ing Alliances answered to their names,
to wit: Mansfield, Pool, Lone Star, New
Hope, Cross Roads, Center Point, Euerl,
Mission Ridge, Johnson Station, Thonlss
Chapel, Arlington, West Fork, Farmers
Mill, Ederville, Rock Creek,
Prairie Chapel, Msrinds, sMary's Creek,
White Settlement, Tannahill, Mill Creek,
ALE, Birdville, Smithheld, Big Bear
Creek, Lone Elm, Shady Grove, Glasgow,
Grapevine, Hope, Lonesome Dove, An
tioch, Union schoolhouse, and last, but
not least, Fort Worth, making in the ag-
gregste thirty-seven alliances represent
ed-Howerton Grove, Red Wing, Clear
Fork and Fish Creek sending no repre-
sentstion, showing at this date the num-
Der of working alliances in this county to
be forty.one.
Next in order was the reports of the
various committees, both standing AID
special. The most important OF which
was the reporE OF the
county business agent, which was
tolerablY lengthy, covering some twelve
pages. The reading Of this report, which.
very clearly outlined the action Of ting,
county agent from the last quarterly
meeting until the present elicited
considerable discussion ana during the
pendencV Of which the body adjourned
until 80 O'Clock p. N. to try and do
Justice to the abundance of good eat
ables that the kind ladies Of this COM
munity had prepared and brought upon
the ground to feed the hungry and lank
who on this occasion should chance to
stsgger IN that direction. Shortly sitter
adjournment some good old gentleman
across in a beautiful woodland, near the
school building, proclaimed in loud and
audible voice that. dinner WAS now ready,
and for all present who were hungry to
come that Wsy, aud you ought to have
seen Professor Moore, ]. M. Benbrook,
Captain W. @ Veal, Tlge Robinson and
many others hurryi1g in that di-
rection; and the scribe himself
thought 1t not oHt Of place to move in that
direction, not thst he WAS particularly
hungry, but perhaps it might be best for
him to make common reservoir OF hlm-
self for while, simply to keep such men
as those Just mentioned from eating too
much. l must say that Language fails me
to do Justice to the bountiful dinner that
was there furnished, and after ell had
dined sumptuOusly, twelve baskets. would
not have held the remainder. Many fine
fowls which seemed to have been dressed
ard cooked by the most skillful hands,
G.. ), many beautiful frosted cakes were
taken from the table without being cut
At 80 D. IN. the house WAS again called
to order, ard here allow me to state
that while we had no female del
egates, yet great many
lady members were present Snd contrib
uted much to the occasion.
Next in order was to resume consider
alton Of the pending report, and after
some further discussion the same WAS
adopted almost unanimously.
The next important matter brought be-
fore the body was the road petition which
had been circulated in this city and signed
by many good citizens asking Governor
Ross to embrace in his call the objects
as set forth in this petition. After some
interchange of thought the petition was
adopted and referred to Colonel E. New
ton with instructions thst he carry the
same up to Austin and take such action
In the premises as he in his judgment
shall deem b ct.
Various other reports were read and
adopted pertaining to the business OF the
oder, and in conclusion Professor
Moore introduced resolution thanking
the good people of that community, and
particularly the ladies, for their kindness
and hospitality, which was unanimously
adopted; Immediately after which Cap
tain W. G. Veal arose and stated that he
WAS not delegate but that he would ask
permission to support that resolution,
which was readily granted.
A motion then prevailed allowing the
Hon. j. M. Benbrook to give an extra
vote on the resolution, as ne was regarded
as the best eater that the Alliance has
After some further business of minor i'm
portance the body then adjourned to meet
st ALE, on the second Friday in July next.
Before the crowd dispersed mass
meeting was then called TO
before the appointed hour arrived the
house WAS crowded to It's utmost capacity
of both ladies' and gentlemen, and
promptly at D. m. the house was called
to order by President DWlggins, and Col
onel J. W. Thomas CT White Settlemet
was called to the chair, who explained
the object Of the meeting to be for the
purpose OF hearing public addresses from
several gentlemen present, after which
Professor Mattock Of johnson Station was
loudly called for, who responded in one
Of his very eloquent and hsppy efforts for
space of thirty minutes. The scribe
was then called for long and loud,
but he WAS sway back in the
corner taking notes, and seemed
for awhile to hardly understand
who they wanted, but finally came forth;
talked alliance for while and concluded
with his anecdote of Irish John Casey in
the old Fort Worth calabcOse, Next came