Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-12
DALLAS.
Second Days Meeting of the Dallas
County Pioneer Association.
Ex-Governor Throckmorton Delivers Beauti-
ful Address-An Express Messenger Asks
for $4,000 Damages.
THE PIONEERS.

THE PIONEERS.
/ Special to the Gazette
DALLAS, Tex, July 1.-THE Pioneers
met this morning at the City Park paFil-
ion.
The assembly was called to order by
Maj. John Henry Brown, president of
the association, and the. blessings of
Almighty God were invoked upon the.
gatheFfnE and the country by the chap
lain, John NJ Meyers.
For a space of about forty-five min
utes the assembly then listened TO the
memorial address prepared by Judge Nat
NJ. Burford 1t was delivered with that
pathos and feeling that made it very i'm
pressive as he recalled. the virtues of
those who one by one have gonesthe COM
mon way of all mankind.
A letter was read from Pioneer J. H.
Cox of Lancaster. expressing regrets that
sickness in his family prevented his
presence at the meeting.
Then came stirring address from ex-
Governor j. W. Throckmorton. In
beautiful language he recounted the
scenes of early days, including Indian
fighting and the rough mode of living.
He contrasted those times with the day
of modern invention, comfort and lux
ury, all holding sway in the same land
within one generation. He eulogiZed
the patriotism of early Texans and drew
comparison between them and the rev.
dictionary fighters, showing that they
labored under greater disadvantages and
heavier odds than the patriots of revolu-
ton times. In the fight for suprem-
acy in Texas the ratio was three to eight
and no resources to draw upon.
AT the close Of Governor Throckmor-
ton IS speech there was general hand
shaking and spreading of savory lunches
and the old gray haired patriots set about
to satisfy the longings of the inner man
with their friends aud families gathered
about them.
Ats o'clock they reassembled to the
call of the chairman to close the day with
an appropriate afternoon programme.
COURT NEWS.
In the county court Charles Hutton,
charged with assault and battery in two |
cases, was acquitted.
Earnest VIM, charged with malicious |
mischief, was discharged.
Peter DeLisse, charged with aggra- |
waited assault and battery, was convicted |
and fined S25 and costs.
In the district court 7. Y. Spain fled |
suit against the Gulf, Colorado and Santa |
Fe Railway Company. The plaintiff
represents that in July, 1888, while he
was employed by the Wells Fargo Ex-
press company as messenger and plying
on defendant S road, the train collided
with a COW and was wrecked in either
Johnson, Parker or Hood county He
was considerably shaken up in the
and his spine and back in
iured and the hearing knocked out of his
right ear, to say nothing of countless
cuts and bruises, for all of which he
wants to be remunerated in the sum of
SIS 900.
PERSONAL AND MINOR MATTERS.
Ex-Governor Throckmorton was in the
city to-day.
Hon. George Clark of Waco arrived
this morning
Henry Schneider was arrested to-day
for embezzling funds from German So
ciety.
Mr.. E. s. Thayer, manager of the
Southern Mercury, is the happy father
If little girl, which arrived yesterday.
w. d. Littlefeld of Texarkana, is in
he city.
The Trinity has subsidized so that the
pike can be used.
The board of pharmacy tor this judicial
district is in session for the purpose of
and registering all druggists
Who apply for certificates.
Real estate deeds fled for record to-
lay aggregate SIS 800.
A. 3. Smith and George Eastwood OF
Fort Worth spent the day in Dallas
Real estate deals since july l have
over one million dollars
Alderman F. r. Rawley was elected
ity auditor at the council meeting last
light.