Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-18
L0CAEETTES.

! Work will begin to-day on the Fort
| Worth union stockyards.
| DR.. Lawrence is erecting neat cottage
| residence on East Weatherford street.
Robert Mozart will soon build an ele-
! CANT residence on East Belknap street
| adjoining the house he now lives in.
The Fort Worth tannery company will
probably take some active steps this week
toward getting TO work. The company
is financially strong one.
The city council will meet in regular
session tomorrow night, and there
promises TO be some lively discussion over
claim or several claims
The CotilIion club will give a grand
! german in the new dining hail of the
Mansion on Wednesday night This will
be the first time the hall will be open TO
the public
The match game of base ball between
the stone cutters representing the new
board Of trade and new bank buildings,
resulted in favor of board OF trade by d
score of y to 5.
Worth COmmandery Knights Templar
is drilling hard to make good showing
at the approaching meeting of the grand
commandery. Their drill tonight will
be at I'll Main street.
wealthy citizens of Lynchburg, Va.
are sending heavy sums of money to Fort
Worth to be invested in property here.
4 GAZETTE man knows OF several drafts
that came from them on Saturday
1t is said that the city council and
school board VIII have plans on foot or
the erection of a fine high school building
very soon, and that work on the same
win be under way in June.
There is talk Of a strong lumber firm
coming to Fort Worth from Southeast
Texas early in March. Large mill owners
viii be interested in it. Fort Worth is
the greatest lumber center in Texas.
Hyde Jennings says a cotton factory in
Fort Worth would pay. He says a mill
here would nave an advantage of l cent
per pound in the price Of cotton, and a
further advantage in the way of freights
Notwithstanding yesterday was Sum
day one real estate trade was consum-
mated. A gentleman at one of the ho-
tells said last night that he was going
TO put $50 200 in Fort Worth real estate
this week.
THE GAZETTE is in receipt of an invita-
ton to attend the wedding of Dora,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs William Red
man, and ] F. Virgins, NJ D.. which
takes place at Mason, at 1880 p. M,
February 20.
Lone Star lodge, knights of Pythias,
has invited THE GAZETTE to be present at
the twenty-fifth anniversary exercises of
the order to be held at Haynes opera
house February 10. THE GAZETTE VIII
be represented.
At called meeting of the Thornton
Hose company No. 4. held Saturday
night, E. Mont Rely was elected a dele
gate to the State Firemen IS convention
to be held in Paris, and Col. j. a Thorn
ton was elected alternate.
Fort Worth win soon have an enviable
reputation abroad rs a city OF fine
churches. In addition to the imposing
church structures nov being erected,
there are strong probabilities that during
the present year three other congrega-
tons win erect splendid buildings.
About S:15 last night still alarm was
sent to the fire stations and the depart
ment turned out promptly A defective
fue caused a ire in the kitchen of Ginoe-
chi0's hotel. No damage was done, q
bucket of water extinguishing the flames.
The Henry County Democrat, pub
lished at Clinton, Mo-. brings informa-
ton that Sam NJ Gleazon. a citizen of
Wichita Fails, well known in Fort Worth
ana Miss Emma Walker were married
near that city on February I3. The
happy couple win live at Wichita Falls
The substantial graveled county road
made by Contractor Ockander for Messrs.
Pendleton, johnson, Swayne, Twombly
and others, was driven over by number
OF people yesterday. This road cost $500
per mile, is graded 80 feet wide and
graveled 6 inches deep, 20 feet wide. 1t
will soon DE extended to Birdville.
With work under way on the Fort
Worth aud Albuquerque, the Texas
Spring Palace in course of construction.
twenty-five miles OF electric railway be-
ing put in, 81, o00 200 being spent in
building, Fort Worth will indeed be
prosperous, and the experience of last
week IN real estate viii be but skirnish
in comparison.