Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
LOCALITIES.

4 squad of halfa dozen crap shooters of regu-
lation color gathered in by officers Kits and
Sc be Maddox last evening. They made full
jag for the patrol wagon.
On the evening of September IL an ice cream
festival and grand ball will be given at Como
hall by the Sons of Veterans and Woman's Re-
lief Corps Of the Grand Army Of the Republic.
The entertainments given by these organ iZations
before have been uniformly successful.
The uptown fire apparatus and the hook and
ladder were called to the corner of Main and
First streets about 1880 this orning to settle an
incipient blaze which broke OUT in the bakery on
that corner. The fire amounted to nothing, and
was squelched without the application of hose.
A fire alarm turned in from box % at an early
hour yesterday, morning was caused by the
burning of barrel of oil in the Texas and
Pacific yards, not far from the freight office.
The splitting of the flaming substance created
quite wide blaze, which was soon subdued by
the fire department.
The public building committee of the city
council are looking out for quarters suitable
for tho location OF all the city Offices. They
have several buildings in view, but have Sc
Iected none. The proposition to put all the
offices together meets with general approval as
q step toward public convenience.
Fort Worth citizen yesterday received from
New York a letter containing the circular and
prospectus of an enterprising green goods
dealer there. The business appears to be run
in the old-fashioned regulation style, and as
usual contains bogus clipping from a news
paper describing the method of the manufac-
ture of the goods.
Last night the city fire department met in
pursuance Of the adjournment taken on the pre-
ceding Saturday night. Another letter was
read from President Newton Lassiter, asking
that the body adjourn again in order that he
might be present at the meeting, and in
cordance Herewith an adjournment taken
till next Saturday night when it is hoped every
member will turn out.
The general order bulletin of the railway
mail service, issued under date of September 10,
from the Office of Super ntendent Weaver of the
Eleventh postal division at Fort Worth, records
some dozen suspensions for various periods and
different misdemeanors and two reductions, one
of which is clerk of Glass B. Seventh division,
from SlOt0 to $40 per annum, from August to
81 inclusive, for arranging with another clerk
of the crew to record his arrival at end of run
and attempting to conceal information in con-
nection Herewith.
Yesterday evening about O'Clock switch
engine in the Fort Worth and Denver shops got
loose while nobody aboard and few north
ward over the track. Parties who saw the en-
CINE going through the city estimated
it wss running seventy-fve miles an
hour. it soon distanced another To-
connective sent in pursuit, and up
to late hour last night it was not known what
fate befell the runaway monster. 1t was judged
though that it would reach Alaska before morn
ing if no impeachment prevented. Late last night
it was learned that at the junction of the new
track south of Hodge it off the track and
was badly smashed up.