Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-26
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

n ;rsCial 70 kne 0aLSbES'
DALLAS, TEX, June 25.-Much interest
"a been manifested To-Day in the Repuo-
4 f,,1 convention, 1. was thought this
norDigg that BIajae w1pld cer.sinly be
NJ nominee, aGd the announcement that
G.rr.s1a had knocked the pecsimmon
-, hardly believed at ncss. Tie Repub-
icsus are much disapqolr ted becsuse
4 pJne declined 81 the last moment, and
~ 90 FOL accept tha result with much
/ .1,5u.issm. TIE Democrats think with
.rs accord tbs! the ticket is weak and
.ssy TO beat.
COURT NOTES.
Co5b & Avery ,o-tsv fed a petition
+ in the District Couis tor writ Of iujunc-
Inn. which was gran ed, restraining Geo.
D97le and mis- wife from obstrUcting
+ bg hallway Of buildings III and 723, on
no north side Of Z N street. Plaintiffs
] ~ ia possession # the building by Tir-
M cg 9 lesse from defendants, the va
i 'r8isy Of which was tested and found
.rue 10 District court recently. The de-
prdsIts are DESTROYS OF caICslling the
,s,se snG plaintiffs insist that its provis.
ms aad agreements mus. be carried cut
n the full uDexpired terms. Il the Pc
jfon for TIE writ Of Injunction the
1.fntifs allege that Defendants moved
heir l0UsholG engc.s into the hallway,
g1,.l they converted iuto g piSCe OF
dwelling, thereby intending TO harrass
rsla-ids and csuse them 70 abandon the
building.
TIE following maTrisge licenses were
ssusl to-day; 3 F. Snow and Rene
p.ut; Charles l.. LeEtlermsa and Hat
lie Rose; T A NIX snd Rosa Nstini; L,
T S al and De!i8 Qailkin; W. 2. SLIer and
Ms. Net.ie Paterson.
ABORT wURTHITE CELEBRATES.
Nj. Oscar LYrcn Of Fort Worth is in
he city to-day. Mr.. Lynch gave { few
friends select entertainment,
bs occasion belLg his thirty third
HHhdAy anniversary. The STAR
Rss enjoyed by sill present Nj.
U1Ca VIII remain in Dallas f0r seversI
DAYS, where he has large contracts in con
empla.ioa. DsllGs builders 90 to Fort
Worm for first class iron work.
FATAL SNAKE BITE.
News rescl Cd the city this morning Of
the desth Of Colonel JOnn W. Penn, which
occurred at his home, Cedar Hill, in this
cCllty, SstultaY morning. His death
was tie result CT being bitten by rattle
sa.ke Fiday afternoon while he wa5
s,c0Dlng TO pick up q rake which was
Wing upon 4 pile q weeds. The fangs Of
t5s snake ware Guried IN the back
Of the left LsGd and /! IS sid
tbs The old gentleman declared
a. lie moment that ne would not survive
IT, He called 10 his son, who was 10 the
ned st the tine, and VAS conveyed home,
where I'll the WelI-knOWr remedies were
trisd without feet. At midnight he be-
cane TsyiDg maniac, and Il required
four men 20 hold MIN. The deceased was
z OLD resident, End was higlly esteemed
BE- ST. who knew him.
RAILROAD WRECK.
II morning at IL O'Clock wreck &C.
curred on the Texas Trunk Railway about
tlree miles from town, a. Hickory creek.
Tie Colcred porter, named Barton, was
csught under The baggage Csr and crushed
to death. The passenger coach rolled of
into the creek sLd all tie pssseLg gers
numbering between twenty i've 1nd
thirty, were more or less injured. Sir.
M5rTisop, wis Shd mother, who live N
DSllse, we're seriously injured. The
cause of the accident is ssld to be the
Iplgading of the track, which IS IN Sad
co0dition. TIE dead, wounded and
MANNED were pulled to town by the old
engine which, strange to say did not
jump the track.
MINOR MATTERS.
G.,G1 Oliver, the little son OF Mr.. srd
Mrs. ) G. r ber:s, died OF acute brcn-
ChitiS this afternoon u their residence on
GeTmanis street.
The fourteenth annual CON meRcement
OttEe Ursuline academy in East Dallas,
will occur on the afternoon OF the 28.h
inst, at Ursuline Hall, corner CT Bryan
lnd Master streets. Misses L. Fsrrsr, c.
Hgg-l, K. Ho1gaton, L Mcqueen Snd X.
K. S.eeEau wiz De graduates.
The question Of erecting convention
sGt sImery hall in DSllas Is receiving
Attention from the lesciUg citizens OF the
Gig, and 1t is oTOOAble sOCll feasible plan
fer accomplishing the work Will be
brought before the public sO0a.
I4tha course q tie sumner Gn cxteu-
siVe addition VIII be made to gne UrsulIne
Academy building in East Dallas. The
building VIII b. provided with Al sudito-
rum to accommodate school exercises
for the public, music Tooms a2d other
Necessary apartments.
Mr.. ". T SJmeTE Of D-l.ss sld Miss
Ella NJ. Ho6more e Archibald, Onio,
were msrIied last nigh. by R.v. AZ.
Smith, pastor OF the First Presbyterian
Church.
Dallas has q fuu-fedged Republican
club but they meet and transact their
ogsiless in secrecy. The doors are
Closed sgsinss reporters.
Csptsin RJber: Gibson will erect S
hsndsome tve-storg brick adjoining the
new six-story Norm Texas NAtionsl Bsnk
structure.
FOUND WITH A CRUSHED SKULL.