Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-12
DALLAS.
A Certificate OF Death Wanted in the
Case of a German Citizen.
Dallas, Houston and Galveston TO Join the
Southern League-Still Opposing the
Charter-Fair Notes.
EvIDENcEs OF DEATH DESIRED !.


Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Jan. 1.-THE mayor
received letter from the German con-
sulate at Galveston this morning making
inquiry concerning the death of Ger
man by the name of Christian Frederick
Krunge, who is supposed TO have entered
the pearly gates via Dallas. The consul
stated in the letter that a certificate OF
death was wanted because the disposal of
a large estate depended upon it.
THE ARTILLERY BoYs.
The Dallas Rife Company (artillery)
have elected the following officers: Mil
itary-A p. Wozencraft, captain; Don
aid Hinckly, first lieutenant; J p. Ford,
second lieutenant CiYiI-A A WoZen-
craft, president; T. V. Blythe, vice
president; ! ". swami recording sec
Rotary: ) . G.. Shaw, assistant; W. J.
Fife, financial secretary; Frank Wolf
son. treasurer. The armory at Oak Cliff
will be finished in two weeks.
BASE BALI. MATTERS.
Ii is said that Dallas has reached an
agreement with Houston and Galveston
by which all three towns viii join the
Southern league. 1t is understood that
there is still a chance for Fort Worth 10
Join also, but unless she so indicates very
soon some trans Mississippi city will be
taken in 10 make the eighth league.
Charles Lewis, formerly manager of the
Dallas league team, viii manage for Gal
weston It is said that Douglas Crothers
viii boss for Dallas, and that Peoples,
Joyce, Wentz and Hemp, who were with
Dallas III 1883, viii be or have been Sc
cured
THE PROTEST.
Quite n number Of citizens to-day have
expressed themselves upon the provision
OF the propos ed new charter which makes
all city officials, excepting the mayor,
assessor, collector and city judge, eligi-
bic only by the council. The people gen
orally are opposed to this feature, and
unless it is changed a protest viii go TO
Austin that viii bode no good for the
new charter The new charter viii have
a tendency 10 retire about nine aldermen
in April.
COURT MATTERS.
Lewis P. Stanley files suit for divorce
against Eugenia NJ. Stanley The
plaintiff states in his allegation that he
married the defendant on January Il,
1886, and that four months afterward
she gave birth to fully developed child,
OF which he was certainly not the father.
In the district court this morning the
jury returned a verdict in favor of the
defendants in the case of Nolan County
vs.. J . NJ. Archer ct al.
The case of John Butcher and wife VS..
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail-
way, damage for personal injuries sus-
tanned by Mrs. Butcher because of a de-
fective platform, is on trial to-day.
IN the county court to-day, Ben John
son was fined $50 and given thirty days
for aggravated assault and battery. w.
b. White was acquitted OF the charge of
false imprisonment. Henry Sledman
was acquitted of the charge of malicious
mischief, Bob Brady was found not
guilty of a charge of assault and battery,
and ditto J b DonohOe.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Occur de Leon Lodge No. 8 K. of P
at It's meeting last night elected the fol-
lowing officers: W. II. Johnson, P c.;
H. /. Phillips, c. c.; c. B. Gillespie,
V. c.; TT. Mann, P; J. T. Beard,
NJ. F.: J. P. Wright, X. R. and s.; Y.
j. Pettitt, NJ. E.; Frank 7. Madden,
NJ A. 7. W. Heilans I. G.; F. Fau-
buck, @. G.
STILL AT WORK.
The committee appointed to canvass
the town and place the remainder Of the
$50 900 second mortgage fair bonds have
been at work all day. They are gradu-
ally finishing up the work. There have
been q few of the citizens that have
worked hard for the past three days to
put the fair on a good permanent basis,
and of course their efforts viii be
crowned with success. The money viii
be raised, but, as we have remarked be-
fore, constipation of the pocketbook is Il
very common thing in Dallas.
personal AND MINOR MATTERS.
The grand lodge of Red Men of the dis
trict, composed OF the states of Louis
lana, Arkansas and Texas, will meet in
Dallas in May.
Colonial j. w. Brown has returned
from Washington, d. c.
G. ] King and Miss Lula Wilmington
were married last evening.
Michael Hurley and Miss Annie Stevens
were married yesterday by Father DonO-
hue
In his speech last night upon the pro-
posed new city charter, Melvin Wade
said that the time has come when poor
white men and niggers must stand to-
gether. -
Oscar Lynch of Fort Worth was in
Dallas to-day.
The governor 5 message was not gen.
orally read here to-day. Too long; it
ought to have been given III installments.
1t is said that the smallpox case is con-
ValeSceut.
The weather has been faultleSs to-day.
The city 5 retail trade was good.
The Texas Post has moved from Elm
street to the Western Newspaper Union
building
Colonel a. NJ. Carter was in the city
to-day
w. f . Farmer of Mineola, a Union La
Dor politician is in the city.
c. L. Hubbard, recently of Montague,
has located here to practice law.
Real estate deeds filed for record to-
day aggregate $50, 400.
Marriage license was issued to-day to
l.. b. Rodgers and Emma G. Bucking-
ham.
Meyer Bros. attached the drug stock of
James Eagan ut Garland yesterday for
S370.7I.
The recorders business this morning
aggregated $3.50.
WOMEN JOURNALISTS AT WORK.