Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-11
DALLAS.
Annual Session of the Dallas County
Pioneers Association.
A Grocery Merchant Files ohattle Mortgage
Gamblers and Lottery, Ticket Sellers
Flned-Loeal Notes.
DALLAS COUNTY PIONEERS i.

DALLAS, TEX, July 10.-The Dalla:
County Pioneers association met to-day
in annual session at. Oak Cliff. The GER
emonies consisted of an address of well
come by Hon G. N Aldridge, poem
by Mrs. Mary Mitchell Brown and a re-
Spouse to both by Mr.. William Mckinney
The programme was as follows:
L. Assembled at 10 a. M. Prayer by
Chaplain Myers.
2. Reports of officers and committees
8. Memorials of the dead during the
past year by Brethren Nat M. Burford
q. e. Coombes and sGeorge G.. Cole, ma
tive of this county. The dead during
the year, so far as reported to the presi-
dent, have been Col. George Wilson r.,
Crawford Trees (the first man married in
the organized county Of Dallas), Col.
James G.. Stevens, John Merrifeld /,
Melton Mortified, the venerable Hiram
Bennett, Miss. Subrina Sheppard, Harri-
son c. Marsh and wife, John Dickson, ,
Mrs. Martha Swor (nee Martha VIM,
Henry Lively, Joel Lively, Phillip VIM
| and DR.. Il. f. Moffatt. There are doubt
| less number not reported.
CONRT NOTES.
In county court Thurber, Whyland s.
| Co. of New York entered suit against j
r. Caldwell s. go. to recover on an AZ
ceptance for 1888.
In connection with above suit the
| plaintiffs therein garnisheed the Mer-
chants exchange.
A. Phillips sues J. G. Gebhart for the
possession of a horse of the value of 500. :,
Gamblers were convicted IN county
court to-day as follows: w. H. Kirk,
$40; Jim Cornwell, $40; John Norton,
five cases, $40 in each case; j. Friyling,
$40; Billy Malloy $40; Ben Hillman,
same two cases, SO each; Mark Jack
son same three cases, $40 each; William
Thompson, same, $40; TulIy Williams,
same. $40; Aaron Calm, same three
cases, SO each; same Mcconnell, same
four cases, S16each. n.
Twenty charges for selling lottery tick
cts were made to stick against several
parties and fine of $40 in addition to the
costs assessed in each case.
In the district court c.. F. CrutckeFl
began proceedings against W. A. Mays
and wife for tresp2ss to try tft4e to a lot
in block No 20, Murphy s. Bolanz official
map.
Dick Johnson, charged with the muir
der Of Brady, will have habeas corpus
hearing before Judge Burke on next Fri
day
M F. Crandall, doing business at the
corner of Commerce and Pearl streets,
yesterday filed chattel mortgage ap-
pointing S. D. Price trustee over his
stock of groceries, fixtures, store furni-
ture, wagon, and uneXpired lease on tho
building. The trustee is Instructed to
liquidate Indebtedness falling IN the fol-
lowing order: s. d. Price, $50; City
National bank, $500, Wallace & Wag-
gener, S3109 20; A. Jackson & Bro.
S93; Armstrong. & Co., S285.2f; NJ.
D. Darlington, S22e. 40; Hughes Bros.
$40.
PERSONAL AND MINOR MATTERS.
s. d. Blake went to Fort Worth yes
terday. ~
c. A. Heating left yesterday for Chi
cago.
Mrs. W. G. sterett and children left
Yesterday to spend the summer in Ken
lucky.
Luther Reeves and family left tonight |
for a few weeks sojourn at Niagara
Falls.
Dick Beard and Wood Ramsey, two
members of the city police force. re- |
turned this morning from New Orleans,
where they went to witness the Sullivan
Kllrain mill They came on the train |
With Kilrain as far as Marshall, and they |
state that he is badly used up and had to
be proped up instead of lying down last |
night.
John Strickland, who broke out of the |
Dallas county jail some months ago, has
been arrested in Pueblo, and will be car
ried to Tarrant county to answer Charge
of forgery.
The coiored Odd Fellows of this city
held an annual celebration at Shady View
park last night.
FAIR NOTES.
Mr. John Allen Gano of Taylor, Will
hanson county, writes that he will en-
deavor TO stir up his county on the ques-
ton of exhibiting at the fair.
Col. f. n. Oliver reports that on the
night OF the 9Th an organization was eff
fected in Longview for the purpose of
getting up an exhibit for Gregg county
The board is composed of j L. Poe, r.
g. Brown, f. Marschalk, W. c. Hollo-
way, w. S. Mayfield, J c Turner, j . NJ.
Moberly ana I. NJ. Campbell. These
gentlemen affirm that Gregg county viii
have premium-ra exhibit.
William F. Beck of the Weatherford
writes that he proposes to
start fair department in his paper. and
that he viii endeavor to get up an ex-
libit that will even surpass the great DIS
play OF last year.
NJ. NJ. Limpleton of Wichita Falls
says that Wichita county. the great
wheat county of Texas, viii certainly
show her products at the fair
Agent oliver writes that Rusk county
will want large space. The papers at
henderson are doing great work, and
he people all over the county are beng
lroused.
Mr.. 6. Greer says that San Augustine
will be in the front rank in the race for
he banner.
Gen. Cabell says that Ell Paso county
s excited about the fair. TIE smelters
md mines will exhibit largely. and the