Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-07
LOCALETTES.

The Ellis hotel is not closed for bust
ness. The repairs under way are not
| interfering with the trade.
| Yesterday John a. Bergin instituted
legal proceedings in the county court to
recover S475 from the Santa Fe railway
company for the killing of mare and
colt.
| One of the fine new cars on the North
Side was destroyed by fire on Tuesday
| night. The blaze occurred near the
| Union stockyards.
Sheriff j. G. Richardson has pur-
| chased fine new riding horse, blood
bay gelding. The animal Is a perfect
| model. The sheriff calculates to be
| ready fos the criminals.
A meeting of the Caledonian society
will be held IN the Knights of Labor hall,
foot of Main street, on Friday evening at
o. CLOCK. All Scotchmen and those of
Scottish descent are cordially invited to
attend.
Over 800 city warrants were issued
yesterday. Mayor (pro tenn Nieks got
out early to sign them all, and Assistant
City Secretary H. V. Burns was kept
busy nearly all day handing them out to
claimants.
Application was made to County Judge
Harris from Mansfield, Tarrant county,
to hold an election on the question of in
corporation as town. The application
was granted, and the election ordered to
take place on August %.
Rev. William Slomans of South Da-
kota, who is travelling in the interest of
foreign missions, will lecture at the First
Baptist church Thursday night at
O'Clock. Mr.. Slomsns is q converted
Jew and is very enthusiastic in his work.
Financial Agent James F. Prosser has
prepared statement of the expenses of
the county convict outfit for the quarter
ending July 81. 1t shows the cost of the
outfit to have been S6Sl3 20; current ex-
penses tor the quarter, S4509. 55; cost OF |
maintaining the system since its estab- |
lishment November l, 1887, $50, 612. So
Some excitement was created yester-
day by rumors to the effect that L. NJ. |
Lamont, printer and proofreader had |
mysteriously disappeared. Lamont Is IN |
Galveston, and has been in correspond
ence with Fort Werth parties continu-
ously. He will be in this city in e few
days.
Hon. J. P. Nicks says he has heard
there is q movement on foot to present a |
banner to the ward in Fort Worth which
gave the greatest percentage of votes to
the Democratic candidate at the recent
election; and Mr.. Nicks desires to call
the attention of the donors TO the fact
that the Second ward is open to receive
any banners that are beng given out on
those terms.
d. c. Feeegls, the aged carpenter
who was so badly cut and beaten by D.
C. Kissinger on Tuesday afternoon on
the corner of Seventeenth and Calhoun
streets, Is yet in pecarious condition.
1t was given out last night that he had
even chances of life and death. The
man who committed the deed takes his
very coolly.
The general order Of the railway mail
service issued August from the office OF
J. 8. Weaver, of the
division, with headquarters at
Fort Worth, contains the following i'm
portant item: Railway postofics service
has been established on the line of the
Fort Worth and Rio Grande railway be-
tween Fort Worth and Dublin, Tex, the
line to be known as the Fort Worth and
Dublin R. P. o. AL closed pouches
forwarded by this line are
therefore discontinued.
Yesterday morning q serious collision
and wreck occurred on the Cotton Belt
and Missouri, Kansas and Texas railways
where they intersect just beyond Hodge.
The accident occurred about O'Clock In !
the morning. A Missouri, Kansas and
Texas freight train north-bound became
lncoupled on the crossing, and while
standing there q Cotton Belt train COM
ng to Fort Worth Numbered into it.
The Cotton Belt locomotive was thrown
III the track and crippled, but no cars of
hat tram were dersiled. Half dozen
Missouri. Kansas and Texas cars were