Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-06
DALLAS.
Hon. Barnet Glib, Heartily In favor
OF the Dstp Waltr Convention 70
b5aeId IA Fort sJar.h.
4 oress TitIe Obtained to the Confederate
,asaumons Lola schoo Teacher
on Trial.

| GOVERNOR GIBBS ON DEEP WATER.
Special to the Gazette.
| DALLAS, TEX june 5.-Governor Bar.
nett Gibbs is just back from Arkansas
Pass, and GAYS Ia regArd to THE GA
LsTTE's statement "th.t his silence Ii
omiuous," that he is absolutely oat OF
! ohtics for the present. He is busy now
with the Arausas Pass project and will
hold on to it until the matter pans out.
i He Is ssnguine thst deep water will be
lEd there at an early d.te; il not by the
government, then By individual enter
| prise. lie is heartily in favor Of the deep
| water convention at Fort Worth, and says
| mat the people will neyec have deep
water port until they meet in convention
sn1 force the politicians to abandon
local newspaper and commercial IN
huences, in the interest of that place
where twenty five feet Of water can be
had and mSIutsined for the least money.
He says that deep water means IN annual
saving Of S5,006,000 or $1,000. 600 in
ireights to the producers and new mar
lets. Ha suggests that The GAZETTE
esue dsy for Intss-meetings 81 the
courthouse in esci county, to send dele
gates to Fort Worth. He is for deep
water wherever tie most water
can be had for She l,sst money,
and thinss that the government should
see that here is no wharf monopoly, but
inst Thfff privileges shou De subjected
to g2ysrnmeEt regulations, SO that what
saSsife ssVe IN railroad freights would not
20 IN high rates to & wharf company. He
says that the Missouri Pacific and Arsn-
sas Esss roads will give during the sum-
mer the s.me rates TO Arkansas Pass that
other roads give to Galveston, 30 that
the people csn see the southwest
srn coast for themselves. He thinks
.hat there Is no commercial or politica.
movement SIS important to Texas, and
predicts that the success Of the enter.
prise will mean the diversion ofthe South
American and Mexican trade 10 and
through Texas. The Governor and his
family leave tom 1rrow &c spend the
summer st Arkansas Pass.
THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT LOT.
Some weeks ago THE GAZETTE pub
II he'd eu account OF Msior Joln Henry
Browns >ction IN demoliahing the walls
Of saloon in course Of construction on 6
lot, corner OF Good and Monument
streets, which Was donated twenty years
ago 10 trustees By Colonel Shepeld, now
dead, for the site OF s Confederate mon
ument. The property in question became
involved in litigation, ana f. FL. TillmsD,
the liquor man, claimed title to IL. He
leased the ground to German, who
was building 9 brick saloon on 1t
when Major Brown appeared on
the scene, drove the workmen away,
demolished tae walls and cleared the lot
OF debris. Subsequently Tillman filed
suit, trespass to try title to the lot,
agsinst Major Brown, the only surviving
trustee. This case was tried in the Dis
trfct court and resulted in victory for
the defendant, leaving the monument title
without cloud. Major Brown will now
ask the court to appoint trustees in the
place Of Messrs. Shepard, Good, Har-
wood and Peak, deceased, wnen imme-
date steps will be taken to build the
monument.
COURT NoTEs.
Gambel, slias Moore, VINO WAS arrest.
ed by Deputy United States Marshal
Morton, fled application for writ Of
hsbeas corpus before Judge Aldridge
this morning. He claims that he can
prove that he is not the man wanted.
R. Z Seebing, q school teacher, was on
trial in the County court this morning
charged with uDHerciiuIly whipping o
thirteen yesr cid boy, one Of his pupils
A number OF witnesses we're examined
and the trial elected considerable inter-
est. The punishment was said to have
been inflicted with dogwood Withs and
the state charged that their Imprint was
left in the flesh. The defence introduced
evidence going to show that the boy had
been cruelty whipped by his father before
coming to school the morning the teacher
whipped him-FebruaIy 10.
The following persons were tried in the
County court: The State vs. Thomas T.
Greenwood and Marsh Glenn, two An
derson county lawyers charged with bars
ratry; not guilty. Randolph williams
aggravated assault and battery, and Henry
Seeker, assault and battery, verdtstS of
not guilty.
DALLAS COUNTY SCHOLASTIC PsPULA-
TON.
The complete scholastic census Of the
county, excepting two small districts
which are placed at the number given
last year, places the scholastic population
of the county at 6s26. Last year the Pep
ulation, including the territory annexed
last winter by Dsllas and East Dallas,
which has some 800 children within
scholastic sge, was 6661. This places the
increase, exclusive of the annexed terri
tory st l6s pupils.
PERSONAL,
Prof. j. W. Porter, Of Hamilton Female
College, Lexington, Ky, Is In the city.
He will remain in Texas during the sum-
mer vacation in the interest Of his school.
His headquarters will be at Dallas.
Mojor A. w. Hilliard, Of Pecos City,
is In town to-day.
Mrs. Sickles left this morning for
Woetsn Wells to spend fortnight.
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