Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-11
LOCALITIES.

The hooking klub will meet Friday evening at
| 3o'clock at Mrs. Peaks residence
Red Cross Lodge. No. (. Knights of PythiaS,
| meets tonight and expects to work three ranks
| F. II. Weaver yesterday filed suit Tor divorce
! from his wife IrI:le Weaver on the ground OF
| abandonment.
| u. A. Witne-spoon was yesterday fined SEQ in
| the county court for toat!ng pistol, charge
| to which he pleaded guilty.
Marriage licenses were granted yesterday to
| J. a Henderson and Miss Fannie Byas, and
| Thomas Cannon and Piera Evatt.
The special committee appointed 10 rearrange
| the wards of the city will hold preliminary
! meeting in the mayor's Office at 80 this even
| ing.
The case OF Eugene Roche against the Gulf,
| Colorado and Santa Fe railway company for
| $1,000 damages for burned grass was begun in the
county court yesterday.
the most part OF yesterday passing on CLAIMS
against tbs county, and allowed amounts aggre-
eating in the neighborhood OF $1,000.
Yesterday suit was file by T. p. Daniels in the
district court against Mrs. Sallie Hoffman for
$l2Oi. claimed as commission on 0.OUO sale OF
land. The land comprises forty acres and is To-
Gated south of the city.
''Buckskin joe is the title OF chap who
was before county court jury yesterday
charge of vagralcy-. he plead aot guilty, and
argued his own case. He acquitted himself
well and the jury did the same thing.
In the county court yesterday the suit OF G..
II. Woodl4ff against the Fort Worth ice COM
pany for S?u0 damages for wrongful garnishment
of a sum of money in bank was brought to
end W til 4 verdict Of Sl5i for the plaintiff.
Wallace Scott yesterday plead not guilty to n
charge OF carrying pistol, but the jury OF
a different opinion, and they assessed mis- fire at
So This is the Vernon, Kan. negro who gave
Officers Rushing and p. p. Maddox such a hard
fight saturday night. He will work out his tine
Oh the county roads.
The Odd Fellows of For. Worth have laid
themselves OFT to for Fort Worth the
state encampnent of the order for 1892. With
this in view they will push work their
castle, which, when completed. will be the
finest in the South. magnificent place for the
grand lodge TO meet in.
Gid +. Johnson yesterday filed sui. in the
Tarrant County district cour. against the West
ern Union telegraph company for so, U0O DAM
ages for failure 10 deliver message within q
Illinois, announcing the death of plaintiff S
mother, ana though sent on November l. 1890,
at o clock. was not delivered until November
), as plaintiff alleges.
The following officers have been elected TO
serve for the following year by Worth Com
mandery Knights Tenplars: Thomas d. Miller.
eminent commander: Richard Lord. general
issiIno; S. b. Gets, captain general; Jake +.
Iurn, senior warden; G. Harris, junior war
den: j. VI. Logan, treasurer; j. J. Melton,
corder; e. NJ. Sutherland prelate: n. +. Gram
mar, sword bearer; DR.. II. e. Stephens, senti-
mel; j.. j. Massie, warder.
When the last circus was in town the principal
of school building No. gave the pupils few
minutes recess in which to go out to see the
parade. While the building was deserted. with
the doors all locked. some thirster after knowl-
edge entered by way of the windows and stole a
large number of book. No clew had ever been
Carlisle found them in Houston street second
haLd store. The dealer could not remember
who sold him the books. and the articles cannot
be recove red nor the thief located