Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-20
LOC1L ETTES.

Work on the new bridge and approaches
is progressing rapidly.
Sportsmen of the city complain of the
scarcity of game in the country.
Work on the foundation for the new
bank building was begun yesterday.
reception and dance, complimentary
to Miss Maud Hunter, will be given at
the Ellis house this evening.
Third street from Houston to Throck-
morton is all torn up for the purpose of
putting i'll swIth on the street car line.
An execution for some $500, issued
against Price Arnold i'll favor of j. T.
Wellington was yesterday levied on a
carload of hay.
The spectacle of two men meeting and
saluting each other with resounding
kiss, created comment in a leading hotel
Yesterday evening.
Work on the new Baptist church is go
ing rapidly forward. This will be when
completed, one of the handsOmest church
edifices i'll the state,
Local matters should nebinterfere with
rehearsal at usual fffhe and place, this
day. st. Andrew 's55ss;;Sunday school
teachers and scholaEs*
The sight of an entire home being
moved along the street from one point of
the city to another has become very
common in Fort Worth.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
to J j. Pitts and Miss Done Taylor, G.
w. Stevens and Miss Sallie Burk, J L :.
McAllister and Miss Mamie c. Martin.
Be sure and visit the Broadway Pres
byterian churclfsE hrfStmas market, next
to the corner M Houston and First
streets. The BEEF ssllection OF. holiday
goods i'll town.
The young folks of the city attended a
dance at the residences of Captain b
B. Baddock on the South Side last night
and enjoyed tripping the light fantastic
to a late hour.
G. w. Hargrove, charged with assault
with intent to murder, had preliminary
hearing before Justice McClung yester-
day, and was admitted to bail in a $500
bond, which he readily gave.
The county court was occupied all day
yesterday with small and uninteresting
cases, but some of the attorneys found
good opportunity for talking, and made
the rafters ring with their eloquence.
Work on the board of trade building is
progressing rapidly. The red sandstone,
of which the first story is being built, is
being put rapidly in place and begins to
show up handsomely. The corner stone
will be laid with appropriate ceremonies
in a few days, probably on Monday, the
24th.
The pupils of the First ward school
will entertain their friends on tomorrow
Friday. The little people will have
exercises from 10: 80 a. IN. to u, and
the fifth and sixth grades from 80
until o clock p. m. The friends and
PATRONS of the school are invited to be
present.
a chief object of admiration on Hous-
ton street yesterdaysBas the show win
dows of LogaSs. BSstns & Smith s shoe
store They ditved in them numerous
patterns of finS wear, decorated with
lovely chrysa5 asIlHSlns The ladies' at
tention is patculaffa objected to this,
that they mashotice TBS display when up
town shopping.
The marriage of J L. McAllister and
Miss Mamie Martin will be solemniZed at
st Andrews church at ) CLOCK this
evening. The young couple will receive
the congratulations of few of their most
intimate friends at the residence of the
bride s father Immediately after the GER
emory, and will take the Z 80 train for a
visit to the groom S old home in Aber-