Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-23
LOCALETTES.

A horse was Stolen from w. s. john
son at Benbrook on Thursday night.
w.D. NJ. Masaasdentist, can be found
at his office, 5O4Hfain street, day and
night ga
Yesterday waF brisk day, at the county
collectors office. More tran $50 tax re-
ceipts were issued -
Half price, is rsS way Eastwood n
Elliott are selling pthsa dressing cases
everything else insfhe sasae;*ay.
, Dashxo9d Elisst asn the stat, state t on
f fna1 mId@ @pd prices % latter i'll two in
County Commissioner Scott yesterday
let contracts for the construction of
number of small bridges in the county
west of the city.
A heavy shipment of Rps candy just
received at the f@sasTs. B., the great
candy and fruit ensis9{um. j. P. Tay-
lor, 81 Houston street d, 49,.
a party of young men lefsthe citY,1ast
night to indulge in the pursuit OF the
tive opossum. IN plain language >fhey
went 'possum hunting. =.
Capt. S. A. McMurray and his ten rtgR-
gers left yesterday morning for Pap,
Pinto mines, where they will assist thet
sheriff il preserving order.
\ great many school teachers came in
from the country yesterday to draw their
money. They all got it. Tarraut county
pays her teachers in full right along.
The parties who filed suits against
HartsfleId & Roe, on Friday, yesterday
sued out garniShments against the Mer-
chants National Bank and a. J Roe.
The many friends and pupils of Prof.
Elder will be pleased to learn that he viii
remain III the city and resume his classes
which are increasing i'll number every
day.
a pleasant company of the young
friends of Miss Mary Malone gathered at
her father residence yesterday evening
and helped her celebrate the anniversary
of her birth.
Richard Morgan of this city, known By
soubriquet of Big Dick - is said to be
in training for n ring fight with an I'M
known party, at 4 TIME not far distant
and place not yet made public.
The young ladies of the Social Guild
will hold Il reception from to II p. m,
on New Years evening, at the residence
of Miss May Scoble, 6l5. Calhoun street.
Their frieads are igyited to attend.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES next week, but
Swartz, wlfa; ssTl remains on the cor
ncr of Fifth asa Main streets, will make
you the fineI Photographs and life-size
portraits in Texas. Gall and see him.
The members of theffort Worth Fire
Department have received an invitation
to attend the fourth annual ball of the
HillsbOro department, to be given at the
opera house in that town on Monday
evening December 81.
In the district court yesterday Laura
Galloway filed suit against Frank Gallo
way, from whom she was recently di-
vorced, for the purpose of changing
her title to certain property from the
cloud resting upon it by reason of his
claim
The square was crowded yesterday with
wood wagons, hay wagons and produce
wagons TIE inevitable horse trader
was there also to beguile his prancing
steed from the luckless countryman in
exchange for a worthless nag of uncer-
tain age ard 4 bad eye.
The Sunday school of the German st.
John s church will celebrate Christmas
Monday evening, beginning al o CLOCK.
All the Germans i'll the city and the En-
glish speaking friends of the church are;
cordially invited to attend. -. II. :,
The Benevolent Orph{glss:' Home de-
sire to give the orphan $.ffiidren a Christ
mas dinner sand;to this end appeal to our
kind heastsascttizens to assist them. Any
prQrisf6fis or supplies left at Collins s.
,safTnstrong store will be promptly sent
for and very thankfully received.
May Comes, arrested on Friday was to
to have had habeas corpus hearing
before County Judge Harris yesterday,
but as soon as his honor examined the
papers and found that the woman S hUs-
band made the complaint against her,
she was released without Il hearing.
At the Fipst Baptist church this morn
ing the regulaF. annual collection for the
Buckner Orphasaas Home will be taken
up. AttendaBIBsapon the service are re-
quested to be4Efn3Hind the worthy OBJ
ject OF the coKectiOifs and to make their
contributions Is libeTakas possible.
The marriage business seems to be
startling success so far as the county
clerk and the preachers are concerned.
Licenses were issued yesterday to B L.
Wilkinson and Mrs. Mary Pope, Richard
Z. Sexton and Miss Minnie L. Eagle, 5
D. Lassiter and Miss Henrietta Molaby,
Edward J Scott and Miss Justina P.
Roberts.
Prof. George z. Elder has resigned his.
position in the Wesleyan College aEassasaff1
give his entire attention to pRixasa Glasses
and pupils. Arrange teSlsss will be made
to give private lessens'at the homes of
pupils, or at BlxeFAiIsic rooms over Col
Inns & Asshstrong's music store, 300
HaAsS1n street
Yesterday was the natal anniversary
of Deputy Sheriff Ben Elliott, and he
celebrated by distributing generous
sections of q large and influential fruit
cake among his colaborers at the court
house. Just exactly which anniversary
it was, according TO number, did not
transpire, but he is thought to be some |
where in the neighborhood of steen years
or more.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Sunday
school will have theiy.Thristmas enter |
tainment Christmas @Tdesday) hight. A
free concert ad sapper to the entire |
sunday school NStAll others will be ex-
pected TO pay; cl8ren, % cents; adults,
80 cents. This rfohsy is for the purpose
of furnishing thaeS ufeay school room in
the new ehurs@ and it is hoped the
friends will help the children in their
laudable enterprise. b
Barrels filled with bargains in holiday