Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-07
DALLAS.
The Trinity River Still Nearly Two
Miles Wide-Brick Destroyed.
Delegates Selected TO Attend the Freight Con-
yention-Dr. William KappeI Arrested
on Charge of Theft-Fair Notes
FALLING WATERS .

DALLAS, TEX, July 6.-Last nigAs
10 o. clock the Trinity flood began Sub
side. Fortunately the various Bridges
which cross the river all stood DE flood
well, and only a few repairsswill be
necessary to make them all as Strong as
ever. The greatest damage was 9he de-
structIon of about 9 900, ZOO brick IL the
yards that skirt the river. The riyefsis
still nearly two miles wide, but it will be-
in its banks in two or three days.
RAILROAD DELEGATES.
At the meeting of the Merchants ex-
change last night the following delegates
were selected to represent Dallas in the
freight convention Monday: James Mo-
roney, s. D. Blake, NJ. D. Darlington,
T. N Foote, r. s. Munger, A. p. Ten
ison, L. c. Leeds, S. Loeb, R. Liebe-
man, II. Mosher, a. D. Aldridge, O. P.
BowseT, j S. Armstrong, G. A. Keat-
ing, E. w. Doolittle, o. K. Harry w C.
Howard, Jot Gunter, H. G.. Brady,
S. d. A. Duncan, K. Shields, Frank
Moore, George Q. Cole, Capt. Kicks,
j. q. Hunter, S. J. Howell, w. White,
IT. Irrelevant, J B. Simpson, j. N.
Simpson, J W. Crowdus, f. II. Hinton
(Texas and Pacific, Dan Ripley (Hous-
ton and Texas CentraD - Marston
(Santa Fe), Phillip Sanger, 6. H.
Shoellkop Robert Gibson, j V. Hughes,
H Blankeney. Sam Klein, w Il. Law
renee, j ] . Carter, It. T. McEnnis, f.
G. Bennett, Neal Starko, j. M. Strong,
J. E. Elan.
DIR. KAPPEL ARRESTED.
Dr. William Kappel was arrested this
morning at the office of the Texas state
fair and Dallas exposition on a COM
plant made by John Miller of Fort
Worth charging him with "theft of
over twenty dollars. The doctor
was over here, he said, for the
purpose of organizing a company to
work a coal mine along the line of the
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern railroad.
DALLAS SHOCKED.
The news passed through the city at
4:3O this afternoon that B. c. Evans had
been shot and Killed IN his store in Fort
Worth by one of his clerks. The people
of Dallas are shocked at the sad intellI-
gence.
PIONEERS ASSOCIATION.
The Pioneer association of Dallas
county Will hold its fourteenth annual re-
union at the Oak Cliff pavilion on next
Wednesday and Thursday, July 10 and
Il. Assembling at 10 a. M, after
prayer by the chaplain, Elder John NJ.
Myers, the Hon. George n. Aldridge
will deliver the welcome addl ess, fol-
lowed by poetical saIutatiOn by Mrs.
Mary Mitchell Brown, which will be read
by Miss ANNE KEEPER, to both of which
response will be given by Mr.. William G.
McKasOy, a Dallas-reared boy, and sec
rotary of the association.
FAIR NOTES.
u Of
his county will be represented at the fair
this year and that the work of prepare
ton has already commenced. A large
building has been secured for storing the
various products of the county. In refer
ence to crops in San Saba, MIR Howard
writes that wheat will make twenty to |
twenty-five bushels to the acre, oats,
sixty to seventy-five; corn, forty to |
sixty; aud cotton nearly bale to the |
acre.
The Rio Grande counties are coming up |
nicely. President S. j Thrash of the |
Hood County fair and improvement asso-
citation writes: We want space for our |
county exhibit this fall.
Governor Brown is expected to deliver /
an address on Railroad day.
Gen. w. L. Cabell and F. N. Oliver
are working up the state for the fair.
Every county IudJ HduIS 10 Iudh6
good exhibit should organize an associa-
ton and get the ladies especially inter
ested. With their aid success is always
assured.
The secretary is receiving letters daily
for space The county exhibit
hall this year viii doubtless be full
With such orators as Chauncey Depew,
J cry Rusk, Henry Watterson, EXPIRES
ident Cleveland, Senator Hawley and
Blaine surely all who attend
the fair will be well entertained.
One of the days at the fair will be Fort
Worth day, and the good feeling awak-
ened by Dallas day at the Spring Palace
will be still further augmented. Fort
Worth is expected to arrange her own
for that day and invite her
own orator. On that day Dallas will
spread herself extraordinarily to enter
tain her guests.
Gen. CabeIl, who is on the road, writes
from FL Paso that the leading citizens of
that town are at work, and propose to
get up the finest exhibit in the state. To
quote from the general s letter, :" Every
thing is working right and the prospect
bright all along the line"