Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-18
DALLAS.
Everything in Apple-Pie Order for the
Opening of the Texas State Fair.
Business Houses In Holiday Attire Oak Clif
Politici-MIssourisns and New Eng
landers Expected.

DALLAS, TEX, Oct. H.-Dallas has
certainly donned her holiday attire in
anticipation of to-morrow's gala day
Bunting decorates the fronts OF the tall
est and lowest buildings. Flags of all
descriptions are floating to the wind from
thousands of places. Windows are fes-
TONED with appropriate decorations
and everyone appears to be trying to
Guido his neighbor in Liking up To-
morrow morning the greatest Texas
state fair aud Dallas exposition will be
thrown OPEN TO the world. This great
trades display will be one OF the prinri-
pal features. The governor Of Missouri
will be here TO open the fair. During
the day the great Texas derby will be
run, and some of the best horses on ths
| continent have been entered. The busi-
ness houses will close from 9 O'Clock a.
m until p. m. aud everyone will give
himself up TO the pleasures aud enjoy
meuts of the hour. II will undoubtedly
he the greatest event of the kind ever
held in the Southwest. The great ira les
display will form about 10 o'clock in the
morning, aud will be the grandest par
ade ever had IN Texas The morning
trains on all the roads will reach Dallas
III time TO enable visitors who come in on
them to see this great feature.
| MASS MEETING.
A very lively mass meeting was held
| last night by the citizens of Oak Cliff,
the object being to SETTLE on candidates
| for mayor and aldermen at the coming
city election on October 80. The meet
ing was one of contentious from the
first, and the result is that two sets OF
candidates are in the field.
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
On Saturday morning party OF thirty
| New Euglanders will arrive in Dallas.
and will probably remain three or four
DAYS. A number of ladies are in~the
party. 1t is expected that the entire
party will visit other cities IN Texas be-
fore they leave the state.
FIVE YEARS.
| Mack Massey, colored, was yesterday
| convicted on the charge of murder. and
sentenced TO serve a five years term in
the penitentiary. The murder was COM
! mitted in 1883, and the victim was Nose
Burton.
LOCAL NOTES.
viii Cummings is press foreman at
WorIey's printing house. A nut on the
large shaft that runs all the presses
caught in Cummings sleeve. and but for
his quick action and unusual strength he
would have been sent whirling over with
the shaft. As it was, he cleared himself
from the shaft, completely tearing the
sleeve from the arm.
The bourd of trade held an2ther meet
ing this morning and appointed recep-
ton committee to take charge OF the
h, t-tait q "a 2
from various states during the fair.
RAILROADS.
Col H. G. Thompson, general pas
senger agent of the Gulf. Colorado aud
Santa Fee, lie spending the day at Dallas.
John E. Leith, travelling freight agent
for the Santa Fe, arrived in Dallas to-
day.
w. P. Allen, assistant engineer of the
Texas and Pacific, is in town.
Judge james A. Buker, general attor-
ney of the Texas AMI Pacific railroad, Is
In town.
p. A. Smith, resident engineer OF the
Ell Paso route has returned to Dallas.
c. II. Boardman, Southern passen ger
agent of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad, goes to Fort Worth to-
night.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail-
road have put on two special train;
for the fair. One leaves Paris at a.
In. and returning, leaves Dallas at
D. m. The other leaves Cleburne at GA!
a. IN. and returning, leaves Dailns u
GAO p. M.
Cotton receipts of the Texas and Pa.
ciHo railroad since the opening OF the
season, on September l, amounts t.
l43. 900 bales.
The Rumbier of the Dallas News, wht
sets gently on the side of nothing ant
writes up interviews that originate from
no one, quotes that ''he has not beer
consulted regarding the G. F. A. ex.
cursion mentioned In the Fort Worth
GAZETTE. Such Is the case. You
correspondent has it from the fountain
head that the excursion will take place
and under the charge of the parties
mentioned, regardless of the uncalled
| contradiction of Mr.. Knownothing.