Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-10
LOC4LETTES.

Theodore matinee to-day at the opera
| house.
The city council will meet again to-
night to act on the proposed special char
| ter.
Grand matinee performance of Theo-
dora at the opera house to-day at 2:30
| p. IN.
Mr. and Mrs. Ell. White are happy
over their the arrival of a beautiful little
girl at their home.
The handsome front to the Sommer-
vile building, on Houston and Fourth
streets, is being put in.
The work of grading and graveling the
two miles of straight road east from Syl-
vania is well under way.
There is some talk of establishing a
canning factory in Fort Worth, and the
matter will probably materialize in few
days.
The magnificent play of Theodore at
the matinee at the opera house, at the
usual hour to-day, with Miss Phosa Me-
Allister as Theodore.
Any member of the Musical Onion who
wishes a copy of s'The Beggar Student, >
can get it by applying to the secretary S.
NJ . Furman at his Office.
County Attorney Ayres has determined
to step the practice of stealing coal, in
dulged i'll by boys, by prosecuting the
people who buy the stolen fuel.
Cards are out for the mar iage of Mr..
w Cannon and Miss Minnie Mcdaniel,
the ceremony to take place Tonight at 8
'clock al the Fourth Street Methodist
church.
John F Swayne stated last night that
the company had determined to buld a
street railway to East Fort Worth. IL
their plans are fully carried out the road
win be three miles long.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church meets at the
pastors residence, us Cherry street, this
afternoon at CLOCK. 1t is hoped that
large number will attend.
The Fort Worth Gaslight Company was
very prompt in complying with the or
der of the council in putting i'll gaslight
at the corner of Rusk and Fifth streets,
and by tonight the work will be COM
pIeted.
The match billiard game between
Henry Miller of New Orleans and Charles
Graham of Fort Worth was decided last
night The game was very close and
exciting, Miller winning by a score of
200 to 1876.
From a Tennessee paper it is learned
that the man Schneider, who lived in Fort
Worth for awhile, and who died in Wash
ington city, has left a will in which
he bequeathes to his friend Thomas
Royal of this city $3.50 and a like sum to
B. F. DeBow, who at one time lived in
this city.
The pool tournament for the champion
ship of Texas was closed last night. In
the thirteenth game Jones beat Brown
by a score of II to 10: The last game,
the fourteenth, was played between Kim
ball and Jones. Kimball won the game
and the championship cue, a very hand
some piece of work.
Every one who reads q newspaper be-
comes familiar with the firm names ap-
pearing in it. ana naturally they go
themselves and send others to the places
they have heard of. Merchants who ad-
vertise make friends through the columns
of a newspaper, as their names become
familiar as household words.
Every line in a newspaper costs some
body something. If it be for the benefit
of an individual or a firm, it should be
paid for. If the grocer was asked to do
nate groceries to persons abundantly able
to pay for them he would refuse. The
proprietors of a newspapers must pay for
the free advertising if the beneficiary does
not.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the LlanO Live Stock Company
of Fort Worth, the following directors
were elected: w. G.. Young, E. r. Am
bier Ohm E. Swayne, Martin LAWN, D
O.. Galbraith, 7. J. Lycan and DaHel
Robertson The directors elected W. C.
Young, president; d. G. Galbraith,
manager, and J. 7. Loftin, secretary
and treasurer.