Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-24
LOCALITIES.
That the man who went fishing
Got bite may be denied;
But the pro of is prima facie
de got freckles on his hide.

But the pro of is prima facie
He got freckles on his hide.
| The city council meets tonight.
No election has yet been ordered for the new
| Seventh ward, but it is expected that the sub
| ject will come up at the meeting tonight There
are several gentlemen being spoken of for the
| places.
Henry Sawyer, prosperous sopth Side mer-
| chant, was on Sunday afternoon united in mar
| riage to Miss Bette Mccarthy, a very amiable
| young lady. The ceremony was performed by
| Rev. Mr.. Barcus at the Mulkey memorial
| church.
| Little Miss Annie Burnett had the misfortune
| to be caught in runaway yesterday afternoon.
| The little pony which she drives took fright and
carriage and Miss Annie from one side Of the
| street to the other. Fortunately the animal
was stopped before damage was done.
The record of marriage licenses shows that j.
and Mrs. Clara E. Henry, Link Brisooe and
Mamie wilkins, Jesse Mitchell and Lydia Will
kins,. the latter two couples, colored. secured
| permission to consummAte the marital rites.
! The license market opens brisk this week.
Census Supervisor Nevins is accorded credit
| from the chamber of commerce of Fort Worth
work Of securing the census Of this city. Mr..
| Nevins displayed equal solicitation with the
| chamber OF commerce in the correct gathering
| of the census OF Fort Worth, and if there are
any discrepancies in the returns the fault does
! not rest on him,
R. E. Carswell, of Decatur, candidate for the
state senatorship of this district, is in the city.
He says that he has had encouraging reports
from all parts OF the district and heretofore he
has had no competition, but he understands
that 1. W. Stephens, of Weatherford. is in the
race and will announce in few days.
Ben Ayres, Jim Maddox and Dick Kits
have been enjoying the piscatoTial possibilities
of Village creek, about eight mills from the
city. They brought back with them some re-
markable tales as well as fish.
Some OF the new furniture for the chamber of
commerce rooms at the board of trade building
arrived yesterday. There is more to come.
Soon the offices will be furnished equal to any
in the country.
The Deutscher Verein elected the following
officers yesterday: President. S. Kujarvsky;
vice president, Charles Cromer; treasurer, 4.
Kruse; secretary, Max ludwig; trustee John
Iimmer; ockonom, Max Riechen.
The board of directors of the chamber of COM
merce meets this afternoon to consider an sd-
yvertising proposition submitted by the Knights
of Pythias. in connection with their early trip to
Milwaukee.
Secretary n. c. Blanchard of the Northwest
immigration association says that the counties
interested In the body are busy gathering ex-
hibits to replace those destroyed by the Spring
Palace fire. He has an assistant employed all
the time preparing ami mailing descriptive and
glowing printed matter, calculated to rebound
greatly to the benefit of Northwest Texas.
secretary Blanchard goes to Minnesota to-day
to leave his family there for the summer.
The annual ball given last night at the Rose
dale pavilion by the E. NJ. Daggett hose COM
pany No. was o great success. There was
large attendance, fine music and everything
passed off orderly and creditably. Professor
Ault's orchestra was on the stand and did fine
work. The committee of arrangement were
Messrs. j. II. Tiller, Il. E. Bell and H. In
gam; floor managers, Don B. Adams. Ben Bell,
K. Matkin. NJ. II. Walters. j. Winters and NJ.
G. Mcknight. The weather was fine for
dancing.
officers Towns and sebe Maddox yesterday
afternoon made a raid on a nest of colored crap
shooters in the rear of the Pickwick hotel. The
gamesters were so interested in their changing
fortunes that they did not see the policemen
until they were upon them. There must have
Desn thirty negroes. The officers gathered in
an armful apiece, and count only show ed
four prisoners.
Officer Towns laid official hands upon Lizzie
Adams lcoloredl yesterday afternoon, upon
complaint of Henderson johnson, likewise
colored, charging her with abusive language.
The work Of grading Seventh street over Rob-
inson' g branch is progressing rapidly, and Con-
tractor Campbell says 1t will be concluded by
the end Of this week.
The North Side bridge question will provoke
some excitement in the city council to night, it
is expected, as also will the elevated railway
franchise. The council will have much to
wrest1e with at this session.
The preliminary hearing Of John Yarbrough,
charged with killing Black, will be held on Sat
urday.