Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-24
snssiaI % the Gazette.

CREST hard hips 20 re all merchants AND
mechanics. A large number Of the latter
have been out II empl Jyment the greater
part Of the winter, and the result is there
is much suffering aud restitution among
them. TODAY 1t has been raining con
tlnuously. The cisteros throughout the
city are full to the hr'm, and the streets
are flowing grest streams of water. Toe
mud is deeper than ever, and vehicles
have to go slow tn avoid setting in me
mudhol, s. TIE usual signs OF emo f1shins
allowed 10 this l,k-," "detp water at
lsst," tc are WIN on every street.
FOR GOOD COUNTY z ADS.
The fam 70 u me c1Unty sc moving
for good couaty 70 ads. The Besr Cree k
Alliance has passed the following resolu-
lions:
Whereas, the public highways Of Dallas
comfy are in Go iDpa-sshle condition,
snd nave been SO the last W. months,
With No prospect OF their becoming bette
for the next month;
Resolved, l. That this Alliance make
reQusss Of sli subordinate Alliances
thtuugi0ut the cOunty 10 send the'r die
yates tosrruc5ed 10 the mkt County ALI
auce - act IN this mat eF, ana tnht the
CJuny Alliance app Iiat . committee To
wait on the Commissioners cJurE 20 see
II Suytning can be done.
. chas wa sTe 10 favor OF the consti
tuition berg 80 amendr d as 10 sll0w arV
county that wishes tu lev a tax Of 80
cents on the 500 in order that the roads
N be graded aud uikrd
s. That il II be pr.c' c,ble or possible,
that D 1ll9S county issue bonds enough
to pike the roads this cImIpg season IN
order that We can market our next crop
1. That Ell citizens f Dsll6s couaty,
whether members OF the alliance or not,
be requested TO cooperate with the ALI
&Bce people IN this matter.
Il Is hardly probable that tha msl ority
Of the farmers will favor the additional
tax One suggests that the roads be
sheltered with sheds In this connec
ton he says: I think the sh. DIS can be
built over the pu7lic roads as cheap as
plank roads can be laid. Posts tw n.y.
four feet apart will do, as The sheetir
cover ng vii q be heavy aDd can Or put
on very fast, and there will be nothing
bat ratters and striog9rs TO nail to TIE
roads will have to bs leveh d 10 lay plank
roads and the sleepers laid in trenches
and thu sides of the road ditched, all of
which would cost money. Sheds would
last FIVE times IS long So the plan- roads.
A CRANKY TRAMP.
Tim O'Liry, tramu, arrived 10 town
this morning f-Om Hot Springs. H.
clai MS TO have w1ked from that place 10
Dsllss on the railroad track, sud Is going
to z PSsn in the same msnuer. he says
ne hiss walked as far Gs fifteen miles on
the rails without losing his balance e.
only gets e Jas r,il upon the approach Of
8 train or to- get tuod or rest. He pas-d
his hat svouOd this morning aud got 30
cSnts. Having bought some bread ana
cb"eso, which ne put into q hsversack, he
mOunteG the steel rail of the Texas aud
Psc 4 aud disappeared over the Trinity
bridge.
THE PAPER MILL AGAIN.
A meeting was hslI 2J tue Merchants
Exchange this morning for the purpos'
Of infu sing new life into ire psper mil
pr CT. The committee VINO have been
SOhcling subscriptions for the past
month reoorted th4t Sl3 900 of the $780,
600 rsqaiI ed hiss been subscribed. Fne
following COMMITTEES wss appointed to
continue the struggle for the Remaining
$1,000: q c, Burlew, WI Hall. John
s. Alderhofi, Thomss Scurry, L. Hodge,
9, ". Guild, Frank Field, z. A. Wilmaus,
q Hamilton, Luther Rses and C. E, Gill
bert.
COURT NOTES.
The case Of Safe vs.. Alex Scoggins,
cofoied. charged with the murder OF
GAoe INDY about ten months ago, which
WAS sat for trial to-day, was continued.
Ia the County court Adam Schwaub
Vac fued 500 aud costs for selling liquor
on election day.
Niles Jackson, for assault and battery
On his wife, WAS fued S25 and costs.
Mack G lm)re for the theft OF wStch,
was seat up for 'hirty days.
AORTUARY.
Mrs. ". L. Mcdonald died at her resi-
dence, 2T Pearl street, to-day. She bad
beer In feeble health for some time. She
was the daughter Of Colonel John NJ
Stemuons of the Dallas bar, one of the
earlV settlers Of Dallas. She will be
buried tomorrow.
MINOR MATTERS.
Tho news Of he selection OF s.. Louis
as the place for holding the nstlonal
Democratic convention, 10 received with
satisfaction in Dallas.
Rudolph Taber, ten-yesr-old boy, had
his arm broken IO-dSy by his horse slip
,i1g and falling.
Mar, hal Arnold received letter to -dsy
from Kansas City iDqulring about Jonn
McKeIly, who was burned TO death in 8
boarding no lse fire in January. 1t is
thought that the deceased WAS heir to .
large fortune in Nav jersey.
Toe wholesale poisoning OF dogs con-
ttnues. Tue prisoners have undertaken
lob that will require years to complete.
PERSONAL.
Colonel Mcleod o: the st. George ho-
tel, Dallas, and the Pickwlck, Fort
Worth, Is qui e Ill.
Gus o'Ksefe, manager Of Lum Slaugh'
ter's ranch, is IN town. He reports IA
voraple conditions 10 the west.
Colonel J. K AshbY Of the Fort, came
oyer this morning.
NH Peterman of Toronto, Canada, is
visiting his brother, Alderman Sam Peter
man.