Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-16
LOCALITIES.

In the county court on Monday the
but the nou-jury civil docket will be
taken up first thing for setting.
The regular meeting of the Young
Men g Christian association this after
noon from TO ) p. M, at the rooms
corner Fifth and Rusk, will be led by O.
s. baltimore of this city, song services
conducted by Professor Hall.
Chief Adams of the fire department
Gays that he and Assistant Kaiser have
within the past week served some sixty
notices on Nam and Houston streets for
the repair of defective hues. Ia o short
time they will have warrants out against
those who do not comply with the de-
mands of the city ordinances.
The death of O grsar many hogs being
fattened by people along the river
bottom as the result $50 stately
of eating refuse brought from
the city has been noted lately.
One man has lost sixty hogs, another
forty and another thirty, within the past
ten days, and the same cause is given in
ench case. The manner in which the re-
fuse acts fatally is not stated.
Yesterday afternoon there was a
pitched battle at the Union stock yards
between lot of workmen who, having
been paid off for their weeks work. be-
gan to take on Il "jag'' and wipe up the
earth with each other. There were
q few broken arms and legs and broken
skull or SO, but no fatalities. Sheriff
Richardson went out to arrest any of the
participators he could find, but up TO
midnight he had landed no one IN Jail.
The following cases have been settled
in the county court: John Stuart, keep
ing saloon open on election Day acguit-
ted; j. II. Melton, aiding escape of pris-
oner, acquitted; f. 3. McGinnis, agra
waited assault on his wife, So fine;
c. Brown, aggravated assault, So fine;
William Caliings. theft, $40 fine and ten
days; Arthur Niniug, theft, one Gay in
Jail; John Johnson. aggravated assault,
SIS fine; a. c. Wilson, carrying Il pis-
toll. S25.
Manager Greenwall is negotiating with
the famous Boston Symphony Orchestral
club to secure one of its performances in
January. Four great Instrumental
soloists have been secured since their ap-
pearance here of last season, and Miss
Van Dyck, the prima donna of the COM
pany, who has just arrived from Paris,
will be one of the great attractions with
that organization. She has created q
great furore in Paris as the most attract
i've of American vocalist abroad with
most beautiful high soprano voice. The
probability is that date will be fixed for
January.
The fire excitement on Jones street
night was exceedingly intense.
Tie St. Louis hotel caught fire on the
second story and frightful progress had
been made by the fire before the alarm
was given. Owing to the material of
" ich the adjacent buildings are COM
posed, had the fire gained any marked
advantage, fearful oonfiagraton would
have ensued. The decided efforts of the
fire department soon put the raging
elements under control. The Fountain
hotel. just opposite the St. Louis, was
barely saved. In consideration, there
fore, of their meritorious services rem
dered A. Uttz, proprietor of the Fcun-
tain hotel, presented TO the Fort Worth
FIRE department a check of $50 on the
Farmers and Merchants national bank.