Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-17
GAINESVILLE.
The Cotton Factory an Assured Thing-A Far
mer Mysteriously Disappears
for Her Children.
Special to the Gazette.

Dptclhl 10 the CaZeULe.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, Feb. 1G.-All
Gainesville is smiling and jubilant to-
day. The people feel proud of each
other and proud of themselves. With
scarcely more than 10 600 inhabitants our
city, in less than five days, raised bonus
of $50 900 for an industrial enterprise to
cost not less than $500 900 and TO employ
not less than 200 operators There will
be 10 failure on the part of the syndicate
represented by Capt. Burdick TO carry
out their part of the agreement, as it has
been put in writing and the
prompt and generous response
Of our citizens: the unity and
harmony of sentiment in regard to the
Importance of the enterprise, the univer-
salty of the subscription to the fund by
mechanics and workingmen, clerks,
wage-wOTkers and property holders
shows what Gainesville can do when she
tries. Our citizens are enterprising and
philosophical, and gave not only their
means, but their time and labor. The
result of their enterprise is already be-
ginning TO be seen. Everybody talks
about boom, and talk is heard of the
erection of new buildings and the coming
of other enterprises. The cry is heard
'FOn to DECATUR % On 10 Dallas! and
yet a few days and the creamery
and the canning factory viii materialize
Capt Burdick came up from Fort Worth
last night and tins morning committee
of citizens met him when the contract tor
the cotton mill was closed The location
of the mill has not been decided upon,
but as soon as ground can be purchased
work viii be begun and viii be pushed
rapidly
It is learned from gentleman at Ma
rietta, l. T. =, that few days ago man
by the name of Andy Shamrock mysteri-
ously disappeared and his whereabouts
could not-be learned He was blowing
in field, but before leaving he securely
tied the team TO q tree. He is about fff-
ty years Old and has a large family. The
latter believe that the old man became
deranged and is now wandering around
somewhere in the Chickasaw nation
The habeas corpus case sued out by
Mrs. Emma Steel of the Indian Territory
to get custody of three children has been
postponed until next Thursday This
trial is to determine whether Mrs. Steel
shall have the custody of the three small
children, Of which she is the mother, or
whether they shall be remanded to the
custody of the father, John Steel. The
parents have been divorced, ana at the
time of the separation the court gave the
children TO the father.
Sometime during last night a thief en-
tered the drug store ON California street
known as ''Eherle's drug store. +" An
entrance was made through back win
dow Several hundred cigars were
stolen and secreted on the premises of a
citizen on South Denton street This
morning officers arrested a negro who
was suspected and the stolen property
was recovered. There has been consid-
cradle petty thieving of late, and num-
Der of private residences have been en-
tered
Amanda Simmons, colored, who has
been in Jail a few days charged with as
saultIng one Lizzie Wilson, colored, with
a razor has been released on bail.
AT n meeting of farmers in the south
east part Of the county a resolution was
passed opposing macadamiZed roads as
too costly and demanding that the public
roads be improved by convict labor.
The roads are getting in good condition
again and cotton is coming in at the rate
of 100 bales per day. The receipts by !
wagon this season VIII aggregate 25 coo |
bales. About 81 Zoo bales have been |
compressed here already.