Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-26
DALLAS.
Many Candidates for Judgeship-W OF
the Courts-Millers Meet-LocaI Notes.
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the Courts-Millers Meet-Local Notes.
Special to the Gazette.
AFTER THE NEW JUDGEsHIP.
DALLAS, TEN, Feb. 25.-The passage
of the Dallas county dual court
bill has given the lawyers of
Dallas something to sweat over
There are l75 lawyers here, but uhfortu-
nately, only one can be a judge. Sew
eral candidates are struggling, but the
impression is that either A. S. Lathrop
or Charles Fred Tucker Will pull the per-
simmon Both gentlemen are able law
yers and possess every qualification
necessary to hold such an important po-
sition. During the campaign last year
Mr.. Tucker had the almost unanimous
Endorsement of the bar for district judge,
the desire of the lawyers being TO beat
Judge Burke. Mr.. Tucker was too wise
to monkey with the blIzz-saw and he
declined to run.
COURT MATTERS.
w. H. Prather and others sued out a
writ of injunction to-day restraining
Joseph Laing & Co. from excavating in
or upon or about plaintiff s property
which is located in Walnut Grove addi-
ton to the city.
In the district court to-day the county
attorney nolle pressed charges as follows:
State vs.. William Dial, assault to
murder; State VS. Squire Campbell, theft
of cattle; State vs.. Andy Elan, assault
to murder; State VS. Andy ELAN, as
sault TO murder; State vs.. Squire
Campbell, receiving stolen property;
State VS.. G.. j Horton, theft; State vs..
E d. Easton, accessory to- swindling
Sixteen cases, which have been on the
docket four years.; State VS.. Andy
ELAN and Chris Cox, theft of cattle;
State VS.. Elan & Cox, theft, felony;
State vs.. Andy Elan and James Runni-
cult, assault to murder; State VS.. Andy
Elan and James .Hunnicutt, theft of
steer; State VS.. r. b. Arthur, theft;
State VS.. Wortelsky, obtaining goods
under false pretenses; Andy Elan, theft
of a, horse; Felix Cook, theft of a
horse; State VS.. Horace Hood, theft; 4
A. McDuffee, uttering forged instru-
menfs; A. j. Elan, passing forged in
struments; John Davis, illegal voting.
THE AnLLERs MEET.
The state millers association met in
executive session to-day in the meF-
chants exchange. It is learned that
fer with railway f1fcials with view to
obtaining a modification of freight rates
PERSONAL AND MINOR MATTERS
DR.. j B /. Cranfill, known so well to
the boys of the press as s'Cran - is IN
the city. CranfilI has quit the news
paper business and is now a minister of
the Baptist denomination. He is travel
ing agent for Baylor college. He preach
ed last night at the First Baptist church
on the text: And the Common People
Heard Him Gladly. $ Gran breaches
a good sermon and his brethren of his
old profess ion win wish him godspeed in
his new. work.
The norther died out last night and the
temperature has been fairly comfortable
to-day.
Mr.. william Cameron of Waco is in
the city.
The Catholic bazaar for the benefit of
the ST. ,Patrick's church building fund
was formally opened tonight by an ad-
dress from Hon. W. L. Crawford. The
bazaar will hold for a week.
Real estate deeds filed for record to-
day aggregated S29 800.
The recorders matinee this morning
was well attended Receipts, 1920
Dallas is to have q street sweeping ma
chine
Mayor Conner has appointed Judge R.
d. Coughanour q delegate to represent
the interest of this city in the national
convention to be held in ST. Louis to
adopt and recommend a national bank
rupt law. Judge Coughanour accepted
and viii attend
Judge A. J. Hood of weatherford was
in the city to-day.
a seventeen-ye ar-old colored girl named
Spencer, while jumping from a Missouri,
Kansas and Texas trestle to-day, was
struck by an engine and had her shoulder
smashed up.
A delegation of gentlemen from Gaines
vile were in the city to-day looking at
the cotton mills
Petitions for Federal offices are flooding
the town.