Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-17
DALLAS.
Grocery Merchants File Conveyance
in Trust-A Postmaster Short.
Crack Base Ball Promised-oak Cliff Incor-
poration Issue-Interest on NUM-.
eIpal Debt to be Met.

BUSINESS TROUBLE.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tex, Sept. 16.-On yesterday A. G..
Sehu Ter & Co. doing grocery business st 1910
Commerce street, filed a conveyance in trust to
D. A. Meadors of their stock, horses and wagons
to secure payment of debts to the amount of
$500 all to Dallas merchants.
ADMITTED BIS IDENTITY.
Yesterday VIM. V. Sellers OF Lebanon, N. o.,
admitted his identity before Commissioner
Lednum. Sellers was postmaster at Lebanon
and came up short in his accounts; skipped to
Texas and went under the name OF Oscar
ellington. He was located at . farm near Bel
cher and was arrested by Deputies huntington
and Mcknight.
]. ]. McCloskey will leave st. Louis on Octo-
Der 10 with an expert baseball team on his way
to Dallas. He will come via Memphis and
Greenville, Miss, and will play six games in
those cities and then come direct to Dallas.
The Parsons, Kan, club will also be here during
the fair.
CHAMPION BELT.
In the show window at No. sos Main street is q
beautiful belt that has attached card bearing
the following: 1.-The only champion belt ever
exhibited in Texas. The property of John 81.
Clark. champion middle-weight boxer of
America"
At the mass meeting held at Oak Cliff on last
night to discuss the local option issue the al
most unanimous sentiment was for the suppress
sion of tn e liquor traffic in precinct No. 2, and
Local option will carry at a the
inst. The issue of incorporation is
badly mixed. Many while really NOT in favor OF
the measure say they will have to vote for it on
the grounds that they are afraid Dallas will
force them into her limits by an act of the next
legislature unless they incorporate on their own
COUNCIL MEETING.
An adjourned session of the city council was
held this afternoon. and among other things the
following was introduced by Alderman Klein,
chairman OF finance committee:
We, your committee on finance and revenue,
deem it our duty to call your attention to the
ovr1f To- anD 1tra sta1
inst. upon $50, 900. debt created land notes
given to cover) for the purchase OF ESQ acres OF
land. Since the action of the coun-
ton, it has been clearly demon.
strated that the city has no authority nor the
council any & od snea notes as
ask that the mayor be instructed to notify the
secretary not to pay the interest when due and
stances demand. Respectfully submitted.
SAMUEL KLEIN, Chairman.
o. z. HARRY, Secretary.
The land spoken of is that which is known as
the North Park and was purchased by the city
for the purpose Of establishing city park on
grand scale. The resolution brought on much
debate and what disposition will be made with
the resolution is not yet known.
WANTED IN FORT WORTH.
John Strickland will be sent to Fort Worth to-
morrow on the request OF Tarrant county otti-
cials to answer charges against him in the courts
Of that county. Strickland is in Jail here where
charges are also pending against him.
TEXAS PACIFIC WRECK.
The west-bound Texas and Pacific train, due
here at $3.50 tonight, was four hours late.
The cause of the delay was on account of q
freight wreck near Mesquite. Particulars are
meager. As far known there one
killed, bat it is reported that lot of stock
the train was killed.
LOCAL NOTES.
A new uniform division of the Knights of
Pythias is to be organized in this city to be
known as Dallas division. The uniforms are
being purchased and the charter applied for.
The roster now has thirty nine names and more
are teing added.
The ninth national bank OF this city has
opened for business at 725 Main street with the
following officers: J. ]. Carter, president; ].
NJ. Wendelkin, first vice-president; r. B. God
ley, second vice. president; F. j. Wood, Jr.,
cashier; G. B, Jones. assistant cashier. Capt.
tai stock paid In, $500, 600.
Charles Weir, q boy, while meddling around
the Santa Fe switch engine last night lost one
of his hands, and is now at the hospital.
]. 3. Leith, travelling freight agent of the
Frisco line, is in the city.
Mrs. Hugh Fitzgerald, the popular society edi-
tress OF the Times Herald, arrived home to-day
from q seven weeks vacation. Mrs. Fitzgerald
spent four weeks at Waukesha and Lake Minne-
fives in Iowa and Missouri.
rested some time ago In Tarrant county, to-day
gave bond in the sum OF $500.
Richard Burks. the party who was arrested
some time ago for breaking into q bonded ware
house at some point In Tennessee. has been un-
able to give the $1,000 bond required, and Is still
in confinement.