Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20

lain 5 saloon Is situated on the corner OF
| Camp and Lamar streets and this section
of Dallas is on. of the toughest III the
| city. "Blly" Is bartender at the
saloon men toned. Last night business
was slack and "Billy'' took nap while
| on duty. :Bily" now realizes the fact
that he ought TO have remained awake
| for while hs was away in the land OF Mod
| stranger unbeanown TO "Bi!ly' en-
tered the room. tapped the till for SD
| and skipped, failing to leave his present
| address.
STOLE CHURCH FUEL.
Arthur Cleminens, thirteen years Old +,
| lives near the Commerce street Christian
| church. For come time past the junitor
of the church has been missing the fuel
that was bought to heat the church, and
to-day while on watch for the thief Ar
thur was caught IN the act of taking
| away the fuel. The boy was arrested
and a charge OF theft was lodged against
him.
GAMBLING.
The final report of tho grand jury,
which appeared in this mornings GA
ZETrE, has caused much adverse criti-
clsm in this city especially IS i: reflects
upon the CITY police department In an
unjust way by iusinuating that the gam
bling houses of this city were allowed to
run under suffrage of the city officers.
Such Is not the case, however, IA the
city has no jurisdiction whatever over
gaming. Under the law the county Off
cials have exclusive power over gaming,
and it is their sworn duty to uphold the
law, aud this they are not doing. 1t is
true that a number OF gambling houses
are running wide open, and IL lies within
the power of the county attorney alone
to close them. The penalty for display
ing any gambling device is imprisonment
and fine, but since the days of Clint no
attorney has seeu fit TO en- force the law.
The charter of the city of Dallas does not
allow the city officers 10 interfere in
these matters, an they are not expected
10. 1t is fact, however, that over
one-half of the cast3 for theft, agra
waited assault and similar charges are
transferred from the city TO the county
courts, the former having no Jurisdiction
over thrss charges. The police, how
ever make the arrests, go before the
grand jury to secure the Indictments,
and appear As witnesses against the par-
tirs arrested, and the county gets all the
credit. II IS safe to say, that not city
in the United States of its size, is
under better police regulation and is any
more free from m;sdemeauors than is
Dallas. The blame in this matter Gf
b!nme there is) does not rest on the
police department and all who fully I'M
derstand the provisions of the Dallas
city charter understand that it does not.
ARTICLES FOR A FIGHT.
Some time ago word reached this city
that Doc. O'Connell would be matched
against any one OF his weight, to fight
before the Audubon club, of New Or
leans The weight IS 40 pounds. Dick
Flanagan sent word that Charles Herald,
of this city, would meet . 'tonne,l for
purse of $1,000. To-day Flanagan re-
ceived articles of agreement from Lionel
Adams, OF New Orleans, ia behalf of
O'ConneH. Flanagan has signed the
article in behalf OF Herald.
STRUCK AN OBSTACLE.
Two mounted newsboys were racing
down Elm street early this morning,
when one of the horses hit an old negro
woman, knocking her seusrIess. She
vas carried 10 Il house near Ivy and soon
revived. no bones were broken.
COUNTY TREASURER s REPORT
The county treasmrer's report for tho |
third quarter of the year 1899 shows the |
following: Total-Balance brought for |
ward. $l02 ,77S. AZ; received during the !
quarter, SO, COB 20; received ;Y trans |
fer. SCI 100; total receipt, STA 5+2 IL; !
deficiency brought forward, $40 ,GSS 81; |
paid out during quarter, So ~ IS; |
puId our ~ transfer. SCI, 100; total dis
Sl3S, 52l. 81; balance TO |
forward, $t2 ,90l Is; deficiency to for
ward. 81 1851. %; balance on hand, SILL
D20.l9.
ASSIGNMENT.
b. u. Atweli OF Hutchns male al as
;igument To-Day 10 A. W. Carnes
Liabilities SIS. 1915. E.ti.nnts., as4ets
SIS 500. The stock consists OF general +
EE-ARRESTED.
J. Il. keugier who some time ago wGs
charged with e,nbezzlIa, money from
Ilty Engineer Paynnr and was suisse
luently arrested at Galveston, has since
nat time been out on bond. To-day he
vas re- ARRESTED on an Indictment found
" tie grand iury on the Charge OF EN-
Iezzlement. Kergier will probably lie
:bie TO make bond.
LOCAL NOTES.
Acting on the Recommendation OF the
ctlTlnS grand jury j u lgs Burke TO day
appointed Col. o. z. Bowspr, Nj
Walter Caru,h and Mr.. W. j. Keller to
xamine the financial affairs OF the
ounty. The gentlemen are TO report
or duty on next Monday morning.
City Physician Wilson Is going before
he city council and put in claim for
ne city to build city hospital The
demands of the city are for much better
quarters than are now had. and the
OctoT's idea is 10 build building aud
nUip it on the latest improved plans.
Col. O'Brien Moore, the Washing
on correspondent for the St. LOUIS Re-
ublic, has been spending some DAYS in
his city aud Oak Cliff. He departs for his
ONE to-day, accompanied by hi. wife
nd her little sister, Miss Bessie enk ins.
OAK Cliff is a. last going to have
rsi-cinss weeSly paper. Mr.. H. NJ.
DIAMOND and Mr.. j i. Towers are the
lthers of the enterprise, aui the initial
sue will appear in about two weeks.
II will he remembered that the election
aturns of the last election from the Sec
nd ward were number OF days being
ounted. The judges brought In a bill
}. SIG for tbs work doHet The county
to-day cus the claim to
81.
A fight started this evening on Bryan
rect among n lot of SCHOOL boys. Some