Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-23
DALLAS.
A Twenty Thousand Dollar Damagskuit EiIeIEs
Sunday Law Convictions.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Special to the Gazette.

| Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX. July % Saturday aft
ernoon in the district court W. T. Watts
filed suit against s. B. Hopkins, charg-
ing him with uttering and publishing
| false, scandaiOus ana slanderousEIstdteA-
ments attacking plaintiff IS integEfy OF
! character. He charges that sase6 state4
ments were given publicity wisT. maliz
cious intent ,contriving to injure @ackeh
and defame plaintiff in his gooH famfF
! and reputation destroy his good nssTtie aud
/ bring him into contempt. That by n8eaGs
Of 'said false and slanderous wdgsls.
plaintiff has been much injured in REs
! good name, and IS exposed to conteIRpts
and to be liable TO be prosecuted for tleftss
and swindling, and has suffered saa@
anxiety of mind and modification Afs1d
shame, - whereupon he asks for $4,000
damages. ~
| Verdicts of not guilty were returned in
the county court to-day as follows: Ben
Wade, theft; Jasper Crutchfeld, aggra-
vated assault aud battery; John Schror-
der, aggravated assault and battery;
George MoseIY, carrying pistol; Albert
Jones, malicious mischief
SUNDAY LAW vIOLATORs.
The following named parties were con-
victed Of committing the wide breach of
violating the Dallas Sunday law: r.
B. Hickman, fined S25; H. Ebart, fined
S25
- Andy Settle was charged with the of
Tense, but the entry made on the docket
was g dismissed on agreement of plaintiff
and defendant -
STATE FAIR NOTES.
One of the attractions Of the coming
foi no +nl,
the amateur championship of Texas, the
walk to be a square heel and toe contest.
The competitors will be attired in full,
athletic costume, and the prize will beg
fine gold watch with the name of ffe
winner inscribed, and championship of
Texas, Texas fair association, October,
1889. - Fifty dollars for expenses, will
also be allowed to winner. There ipust
be at least ten entries. Entrance fee 81.
Open to none but Texans ~
Frank Holland left this evening for SBss
Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and other
points in the interest Of the fair. His
mission will be TO secure reduced rates
from the leading cities of the North and
East and to obtain exhibits and attrac-
tions. He will be absent two months.
MIR. s. S. Adams, Carthage, writes
that he Will prepare Il fine exhibit of
fruits and vegetables for the fair.
J B. Hill of Gilmer viii have on eX-
hibltiOn what he calls ''four unnatural
negroes. - One is woman weighinEa9Est
pounds. Another is the smallegt NEGRO
man in the state, being three fset eight
inches in height aud weighing4sixty-
pounds. The others are twoesister Albi- i
nos of negro parents and said8p be per-,
feet curiosities
Frank H. Latin of Atlantic City, n.
J =. wants to make a natural history ex-
hibit. ss@s
The travelling agents of the fair Esasoft
that people in all parts of the stateT ares
taking a great interest in the fair Il
County exhibit hall will be a revelationl
of the resources of the state.
President Exall writes from New York
that much interest is being manifested
by New Workers in the great Texas expo
sition. Hundreds of the lead
ing citizens of New York, incIud-
ING capitalists, business men and stateszzs
men, will come with Mr.. Depew to hsaF
his address. In fact, Mr.. Depew' ad-
dress viii be an event of national i'm,
portance. ,.SE
The Dallas electrical society is arrarg
ing to make grand electrical exhfsst
This will be the first display of theRFnd
ever made in Texas ,saRd will prove one
of the greatest attBa0fions of the fair. |
The leading manufacturers of electrical
machinery andes paratus in the United |
States wilzeFfbute to this splendid ex-
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