Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-22
LOCAL NOTES.

Mrs. C. f. Estill left last night for
Lexington, KY, via the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas.
Mr.. II. s. Enbody has gone to his old
home near Maunch Chunk, Pa, via
Richmond, Va.
The elevator in the board Of trade
building yesterday took tumble from
the fourth story to the bottom. No one
was hurt.
A gentleman named Fuller, an archi-
tect, fell in a fit in Browning g. Nicks'
drug store early last evening. He wa
brought around before long.
Justice McClung performed the mar
rage ceremony yesterday afternoon
which JOINS for life MIR. W. S. Keyes of
Louisiana and Miss Cora Lee Bessonette.
Mrs. H. V. Burns, wife of the genial
assistant city secretary, has returned
from Eureka Springs, bringing the little
girls. all are better for their summer
outing.
Deputy Sheriff Charley Smith has lost
package of court papers, citations,
subpenas, jury lists and such. of no
value to any one but himself. He would
be glad TO recover them.
Lou Steagall is the name of Third
ward negro wench who finds herself in
the county jail on charge of stealing over
$50 from the person of confiding in
dividual who yentured into her house.
The condemnation proceedings by the
city council against one TiIly IIassy,
negroes, for property desired for the
opening of Nineteenth street in the
vi unity of the Daggett schoolhouse, was
tried before the commissioners yester-
day.
A white prisoner working with the
calaboose gang on the South Side yester-
day morning made his escape near Polk
stockyards. Last seen of him he was
making tracks for Cleburne. His term
would have expired to-day, but he
couldn't wait.
Messrs. Capps and Cantey yesterday
fled suit IN the district court for Claudine
Rowland who sues the West Fort Worth
Land and Street Railway company for
$40, 900 for the killing of james A. Row
land by one of the defendants cars, an
event which transpired on the public
square on April II 1890.
Col. b. B. Gately, representative of
the Avery establishment at Fort Worth,
returned yesterday from Oklahoma. He
says that country Is completely
at the mercy of charity. The
crops this year have been
total failure owing to the drouth
and all the settlers who cannot get funds
from Eastern friends are pulling out for
a more congeuial country. There will be
much suffering there this winter, as the
S45, 900 donated by congress for the re-
lief of the drouth-stricken section will
not be drop in the bucket.
The gang of prisoners in the Gala
boose doing street work under Officer
Frank Holland went on q strike yesterday
at noon. They refused to eat
said the food was not good
enough for them. The police board
was notified and looked into the
matter. There is little doubt from the
statements of the officers that the pris-
oners have not been sumptuously pro-
visioned, but Chairman OF the Police
Committee Jesse Jones, after looking
into the affair, thought that any short
age might be due to misundstand-
ing by the contractor who furnishes the
meals. Alderman Nicks ordered some
good food for the prisoners, who, having
done justice to the same, returned to
work land earned q good days pay.
There are nine men in the gang, white,
black and mongrel.