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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Rest Record for Car Wheels.

The car wheels manufactured at Hous-
ton and Marshall have made some re-
markable records, and the attention of
railway managers is being called to the
fact. Mr.. NJ. w. Elliott, superintend-
ent of motive power aud machinery of
the Texas and Pacific, is quoted as
having said that these wheels are the
best in the world. The Marshall Star
says that "out of 1900 wheels sold to the
International and Great Northern road
only one broke while being pressed on
the axle. The master mechanic of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, at Parsons,
Kan, was sent q pair of these wheels
about a year since for trial. He has
just sen In his report, giving them 3d.
600 miles travel, while GO 900 miles is q
fine record. No other foundry has ever
turned out such wheels
A GAZETTE reporter was once shown
the record made by q pair of wheels
manufactured in Houston, by the Dick
inson car wheel works, which was 49,
600 miles. An ordinary wheel will not
make over 80, 600 or 60 900 miles. In
the car wheels made at Houston nothing
but Texas iron is used.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
An Advance in Wares.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. l9.-For some
months past the railroad switchmen in
all OF the large cities of the Northwest
outside of Chicago have been ngitating
for an advance of wages on q parity
with those paid in this city. AS a result
Of it, the general grievance committee
of Chicago and N orthwestern, the Chi
oago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific, and the
Illinois Central road were called to this
city and they have been in conference
with the officials. The result is that q
general advance IN wages has been
agreed to in the larger cities. This
amounts to S. per month. In the smaller
towns the advance has not been fixed,
but it will be somewhat less.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Persoual and General.

G. W. Moffat has been appointed GU
peTintendent of the Wichita Valley road.
F. H. Villa ms is assisting City Ticket
Agent Jake Zurn during the holiday
rush.
II. NJ. de Hart, commercial agent of
the Denver in Dallas, was IN the city
yesterday.
II C. Archer, travelling passenger
agent of the Ohio and Mississippi, was
here yesterday.
Fl. D. Milton, superintendent of tele-
graphY on the Cotton Belt, will be here
to-day from Texarkana.
H. b. Miller, travelling passenger
agent of the Little Rock and Memphis
road, was here yesterday.
w. H. Winfield. general passenger
and ticket agent for Cotton Belt lines in
Texas, was in town yesterday.
G. L. Donovan has been appoin ted
travelling auditor of the Denver IN place
of Mr.. G. c. Rivers, assigned to other
duties.
The Juch opera company came over
from Dallas yesterday in a special train
on the Texas and Pacific. The special
consists of eight coaches.
E. j. Hager, an engineer who lost q
leg in a wreck near Decatur some time
ago, has accepted a clerkship in the
Office of Superintendent o. o. Winters
of the Denver.
General Manager Meek has returned to
Denver from the East, and has not re-
signed, as it was predicted he woul do.
A number of intellectual efforts we're
made TO get Mr.. Meek to talk about
Union Pacific affairs, but without sue
cess.
The new Texas and Pacific fast train,
the St. o limited, is doing a fine
business. City Ticket Agent Zurn re-
ports that at 8 p. N. last night he had
sold fifteen tickets to St. Louis and
points beyond for this train, and every
lower berth IN the sleeping car had been
taken. 1t pays TO run fast trains.
Col. Fordyce, receiver of the Cotton
Belt, returns here to-day from Hot
Springs. The reorganization meeting
will be neld in a few days and the road
will then pass into the hands of the new
company. Col. Fordyce, it is UNDER
stood. will be elected president, and
General Manager Doddridge will remain
to manage the entire system.-TGlob
Democrat.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
TIE II. " T. C.

Huntington Lookin At It with a View to
Making it n Southern Pacific Feeder.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Dec. 10 Two
days ago it was telegraphed from Hous-
ton, Tex, that the Houston and Texas
Central railway would be taken from the
hands of the receivers and turned over TO
the stockholders. 1t wgs learned here
to-day that the money behind the
stockholders Is put up by Mr..
G. p. Huntington, who is now looking
at the line. Mr.. Huntington has been
offered a controlling interest of the roei
on low terms, and with a thirty days
option. 1t is pretty definitely settled
that he will take the property and make
il one of the main feeders of the South
ern Pacific. He has owned some stock
in the Houston n Texas Gen.
trail for a number of years,
and of late has shown a
disposition to acquire a major portion OF
it. A prominent railway official inter-
viewed to-day q no doubt that the
road would belong to Huntington before
February. He also said that there
would be no change in the present staff.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
THE WACO EXTENSION.

Receiver Oakum OF the S. A. and A. p.
Can See no Prospect of Its Completion.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX., Dec. l9.-Re-
ceiver Yoakum of the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass railway to-day denied the
report that the Waco extension would be
pushed to completion. There were fifty
miles to cover, and this would cost be-
tween $500, 600 and $500 600. The road
WAS in the hands of the receivers who
were engaged %liquidating its floating in
debtedness and interest on its bonds and
was in no condition to spend $500, 900.
He saw 40 immediate prospect of the
completion of the Waco extension.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
A Twelye-S:ory Romance.

When Col. Tom Kingsley, travelling
passenger agent of the Louisville and
Nashville turns his imagination loose on
a romance, he gets there ahead of all
competitors
Tom aud Col. Jim Wilson of the Chi
cago aud Alton were sitting in the lobby
of the Pickwick the other day swapping
yarns over n couple of fragrant cigars.
Never told you about my strange eX-
perieuce one winter in Dakota were
the words with which Kingsley began his
last story. l was conductor on a train
running between Bismarck aud Yank-
ton. One night we were stopped by q
snow blockade in a deep cut about five
miles from the latter place. 1 climbed
to the top of the sleeping car, intending
to signal a train 1 thought l heard COM
ing behind me. While swinging my
lantern my foot slipped and l shot off
into a big enowdrift on the side of the
road. But l didn't stop there. 1 kept
on through and was falling, it seemed to
me, for nearly al hour. l had dislodged
a good deal of snow, and it kept right
under me like q fe ather bed, and broke
my fall.
l got up and looked around me. The
sun was shining and Is hot as blazes,
and 1 begun to feel as thirsty as a mack
erel. l looked around. Just ahead Of
ne and not over 800 yards away / beheld
a sparkling stream of water. l made q
break for it. knelt down by the edge
of the stream and tried TO drink, but L
couldn't swallow a DROP
"What was the matter with you?'
asked Col. Wilson.
GNrnth;nr yrns fha ,-o.tnr yrifb, VIM.
there was with the water. Jim, 1t was
'peetrifed.'
"Oh. holy smoke; what's 'peetrifed ,
Thomas
"Pee.riaed means turned to rock
went or Tom. ~ got away from that
place pretty quick. 1 began to be afraid
l was going to turn TO stone myself.
Tell you what, it made me feel awful
rocky. never stopped running till l
got over a hill, and ran into a forest of
trees. But the queerest thing was the
trees were 'peetrifed.' l found it out
when l tried to set one anre with q
match. Why, confound it, Col. wilson,
the air underneath the trees was filed
with wild pigeons, a million of them,
just standing up there in the atmosphere
with their wings outstretched. They had
been 'peetrifed' on the fly, as it were.'
Come, come, Kingsley, that won't
do. The whiskers On that story don't
1T. How could those birds be 'peetri-
fed aud stay up in the air? The at
traction of gravitstion wouldn't let
'em - declared Col. Wilson.
Tom scratched his head. Then q
smile of enlightenment broke across his
visage aud he yelled out:
"Attraction of gravitetion wouldn' t
let 'em fall? That shows what YOU
know about science. Why, dod CAST it,
the attraction of gravitatlon-that was
'peetriied ) too.'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Dallas Railroad Notes.

Special to the Gazette
DALLAS, TEX, Dec. 19.-w. c. Wat
son, general passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific railroad, is in Dallas.
Robert Garrett, assistant general pas
ssnger agent, aud F. Fl. Jones, travel
ing passenger agent, of the Queen and
Crescent route, are in the city.
j.. A. Wilson, general agent of the
Wabash route, is in town.
Capt. j. 2. Moore, general livestock
agent of the Texas and Pacific railway,
is here to stay.
Loads handled to-day by the Texas
and Pacific amount to l405, of which 1877
were stock.
John E. Leith travelling freight agent
of the Santa Fe, arrived this morning.
w. A. Finley, travelling passenger
agent of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe railway, went north this evening.
The holiday excursions which start to-
morrow, bid fair to be largely patron
lied. Already the inquiry for tickets is
very large, and the ticket agents are
kept busy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
THE
Texas Railroads Determined to Take
Care Of Texas Enterprises.
The Cut Rates on Packing HOUSE Products.
Information W~antad-The Rest Car
Wheels Made IN Texas.

The statement published in The GA
ZETTE that a cut had been made by GER
tain railroads ia the freight rates on
packing house products from Kansas
city created considerable talk. and many
Inquiries have been made Is 10 the effect
house. A member OF the packing house
company told a reporter yesterday that
the out of IL cents on the 100 pounds
from Kansas City has been met by the
Texas roads, and equally as good rates
have been offered for the products of the
local packery.
Now that everything is settled. for
the present at least, l am willing 10 talk
10 you more freely thar l did the other
day - said he. "He have been offered
rates the will enable us to go into
Kansas and Indian Territory and buy
hogs and ship them into Fort Worth and
make a profit. We have u rate OF 50
cents 10 New Orleans aud an
other OF Sis TO New York city,
and within a few days We will
ship a carload OF dressed beef TO the
Eastern markets. IL will be in the ma
ture of a trial shipment, as we are not
fully prepared TO say what we can do
with our products in New York, but the
prospects are very flattering. The Texas
railroads have treated us square and
have been very liberal in their offer of
rates to common points within the limits
of the state 1t was said Yesterday
that the rate cutting on the part of a
certain line would probably lead to an
investigation when the Southwestern
freight agents hold their next session.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20

Excursion tickets will be on sale De-
cember 20 to %. inclusive, from all
coupon stations on the Houston and
Texas Central railu ay, Gulf. Colorado
n Santa Fe railway and DenEer, Texas
and Fort Worth railway via to .'Sunsst
Route Rosenberg or Hoasson aud New
Orleans, to- 1ginclpal posbySsfn the South
east at n fan ttar thsSstNna trip, tickets
good to return t>GEtfAaays from date of
sale. Through and double daily
trans will be rxxSSSo day during the
excursion, auSfEson d 1Heeber 20 special
trains w~illstsave NortAS s1as and run
through Aasakoet change this route.
For tioksfs or any further Information,
applysSto any ticket agent 6f the above
named railroads or to
T. F. MCCANDLEss,
So. Pao. Co., T. p. Aet., Houston,
Tex. W. c. WATSON,
G.. P. and T. Anew Orleans, La.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
THE TRACKS FIT.
Store Buryiarizsd of S46O Federal Court
Cases.

Store Burylarlzod of s46o Federal Court
Cases.
Special to the Gazette.
WACO, Ten, Dec. 19.-In the Federal
court yesterday the following cases were
disposed of: William Il. Styles ct al.
VS.. Texas and St. Louis Railroad COM
pany ct al, verdict for defendants. Will
son d. Turberville ct al. VS.. G.. r. Free
man and Samps. Christie; motion for
new trial overruled. John S.. Collins ct
al. vs. J. E. b. Stewart ct al; judg-
ment by agreement. J. C. Hollings-
worth vs.. Wells. Fargo & Co.; continued
by consent. Henry Hollingsworth VS..
Wells, Fargo & Co.; continued by con-
sent.
G~arnishments were issued yesterday
against the First national bank and the
Texas savings and loan association to
secure n money that may be in tue
hands of either of these institutions be-
longing to John d. Mayfield, against
whom a judgment was obtained By the
Turk for SIS, 900 in the lottery ticket
case.
Henry T. Ashburn's store, consisting
OF a mixed stock of goods, at Harrison,
eight miles south of Waco, on the Hous-
ton and Texas Central, was burglarizsd
last night between Z and 8 O'Clock and
about $3.50 taken. Officers Cook and
Hall went down from Waco, and In a
few hours had captured Rock Jones,
a negro, whom they believe
to be the burglar. The clerk left
the store about z O'Clock and returned at
s.. The negro left the store in an old
buggy about the time Mr.. Crowder, the
clerk, left. The buggy made a peculiar
track n the trail was easily followed.
After leaving the store the buggy wound
round awhile and stopped back Of the
store, from hich place shoe tracks
were traced to the store and back. The
The tracks were measured Inc they fit
the negro arrested exactly.
Marshal Blaine of Sherman is in the
city looking after the negro arrested here
as q suspect while opening q package of
pistols. Tho arrest will probably lead to
important disclosures
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Thought to be Bruce, the FOrger.
neoial IN the Ga1ette

Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Dec. 19.-In
September last James Bruce, chief clerk
IN the adjutant-general's Office of the
department of Texas, forged a check for
5000 and skipped. The check purported
to be drawn by his chief, Adjt. Gen.
Martin and was cashed by the San An
tonic national bank. Nothing was heard
of Bruce until to-day, when u deputy
United States marshal telsgraphsd
Gen. Martin that he had arrested a man
at Cuero, Dewitt county, who answered
in every particular to Bruce. The prls-
oner will be brought here tomorrow,
but il is not considered likely tina he is
the proper person. The general suppo-
sltion is that Bruce had gone to the
Northwestern states, and as he had SO
little money with him it is considered
improbable that he would return to
TeXas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Holiday Exeurstsns.

In addition to the annual holiday ex-
cursions to the Southeast, the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway will sell holi-
day excursion tickets to Kansas City 4,
Hannibal, st. Louis, Cincinnati and
Ler:sviile, KY, at n fare for the
r%ound-trip. These tickets will be on
sale December 20, 81. % I'd
for return passage faSg181adys from
date OF salesSsSfS
46f and sleeping cars from
Ts49s points to Kansas City, Hannibal
and St. Louis without change. For
tickets call upon J. E. SMITH,
Ticket Agent, Corner Fourth and Hous-
ton Streets;
or, C.. D. LusK,
Ticket Agent, Union Depot, Fort Worth,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20

increase of population, etc., which he
will publish in a new edition OF the
'~Panhandle Guide, - soon to be issued.
Anyone who has anything of value rela-
tive to the growth of those counties will
confer a favor upon Gen. Cameron, US
well as be doing themselves Il good turn,
By communicating il to him. The new
edition of the Guide VIII probably ex-
coed 400 ,0OG copies.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
FATAL ACCIDENT.
4 Young Han Drops a Pistol With Fatal Re-
suits 10 Himself.

bultS ~ III
Special to the Gazette.
FORT SMITH, ARK, Dee. 19.-On
Monday evening last near Sansbois -,
Choctaw nation, Isaac Davis, q young
man who was travelling through the ma =
ton. alighted from his horse at a branch
20 Stake his thirst. As he bent over
the water to drink a pistol that
he carried fell from its scab-
bnrd and, striking q rock, was
discharged, the ball entering the stomach
and ranging up came out between the
shoulders. He mad his way to a house
near by, where he died Tuesday night.
His brother, who resides near Jensen,
arrived home with the remains last
night, n he was buried to-day. Young
Davis had been visiting relatives in the
Cherokee Nation, and was on his way
home.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
The Kush for Excursion Tickets.

This holiday excursion rates offered to
the Southeast annually by the different
railways of Texas always attract a large
travel. The city last night was swarm
ing with farmers and their families from
the surrounding country, buying their
tickets and getting ready to start on the
trst train this morning for their old
home in the East.
AT the Texa and Pacific city ticket Of
flee the crowd was immense, the office be
Ing filed from one end to the other.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
EoIidUUS

On December 90 special cars will run
through from Waco, .Etaska, Hillsboro
and Alvarado MA the Missouri, Kansas
and Te1a to ForSsa96rth and Texas and
Pacific railway tosTRxarkana, to Nash
vile. Atlanta andprineipal points in
the Southeast. One fRre for the round
trip, good fof thirty DAYS to return.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20

Ticket Agent Zurn was assis ted by Frank
Williams aud Fred Place. From the in
dications last night the Texas and Pacific
will carry q big portion of the crowd. BY
looking over the agents clubs it was
found that tickets were sold to nearly
every southeastern state, besides a great
nan to St. Louis, Louisville and Gin
cinnati.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20

a common freight point. The receipts
for freight at this station have doubled
In the last year, in spite Of the discrim-
nation against the town IN the way of
freight rates, and the volume of business
has now assumed such proportions that
the business men think their requests
should meet with consid Grafton.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Colorado's Complaints.
Special to the Gazatte-

Special to the Gazette.
COLORADO, Tex, Dec. ia repre-
sentative OF the chamber Of commerce
went to Dallas to-day to confer with the
officials Of the Texas Pacific in regard to
putting on another passenger train be-
tween Fort Worth and this place, and
also to sndeavor to nave Colorado made
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20

Gen Cameron, immigration agent OF
the Denver, is anxious for . report from
the Panhandle counties regarding the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20

The TezasSl Pacisl gkilway will run
through cars d Rh 20 and 81, via
anu sunday Jbsosmber 26and 21.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Co-operataS

We want foaymore MI with $3.50 each
TO complete thee Bat p&6a. so that We can
build the first hoe1i64nd give it away
within the next II days. Call at
Riverside headqusfs eH s61O Main street,
or send US our same I'd we will come
and see you.
CAMERON, BLANCHARD MD OTHERS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Wanted.

Vented.
Some one to build and oooupy
One drug store,
One grocery store,
One bakery,
One meat market,
One barber shop,
Two boarding houses, sx&e
One hardware storssu6e
One dry
Thistn al in the Cotton Mills
add4GJOh! The Cotton Mill company
guarantees the rent of the cottages for
two years at highly remunerative prices.
For particulars, call on Fosdick & FUR
man, 500 Houston street.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Pin This in Your Hat

Pin This in Your Hat
And you will then know that thes
largest auction sale Of city l0tayaSraG580R
in the Southwest a6e1l4s3f eW oppor-
tunisEsiaaAfSSGseMshts, takes place at
Aransas Harbor, Texas, January I and s.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
smallpox Scare at D~enison.
I IN fhe Ga1atte

Special to the Gazette.
DENIsoN, TEX. Dec. ia section
man named Michard Finley from Hol-
land, en- route to the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas hospital at Ssdalia, was
brought in here to-day. A report was
circulated that he had the smallpox and
quite an excitement was raised over the
affair.". Several physicians were called
in and examined the man. The symp-
toms were a great deal like smallpox,
but tho case was not sufficiently de-
vsloped to tell. He was sent at once to
a house in Red river bottom, about three
miles north Of the city, where develop
ments will be awaited.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Cheap Lots at Aransas Har5or.

City lots can be bought in Aransa
Harbor, Texas, to-day cheaper thAnsths
average price paid in yiNHk665SEad5HHsS6sTn
the interior saeantaI8sxg d thousand
pop9lasselksasand yet no city was ever
stzseeH IN the United States with greater
resources of all tie essential requisites to
make 8 great city han Arkansas Harbor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20

Fer $50 ths Dolly easesss .,u b. sen. sir
1a00ihi We5-
press changes prcp0idto cypress q5ics nsaresi the
subscriber. 49,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-20
Vicfc1. GOAL Co..

s. s. Potts, manRger.ssssz.:s
gsaefsk66sa sSs zoo:
aa~atsA4AaHufe TIE best grades of coal.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-22
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
The Annual Review of the District At
tUrney's Office.

The Annual Review of the District At
turney's Office.
The District Attorney submitted his an
nual report to the Board of Supervisors
yesterday. A few of the leading items con-
tanned therein are as follows:
Number Of cases OF assault 10 murder handled
during the year, "a; assault with deadly
weapon So; bgamy 3, bribery Z, burglary 293,
child-stealing 2, crime against nature 4 embeZ-
Element 80, forgery Sc, gaming %, grand lar
ceny 100. Incest 4, kidnapIng 2, libel II, man.
slaughter 3, murder 40, perjury 46, rape o, rob-
berry rs.
The most important Of these cases were
disposed of as follows:
Discharged on their own recognizance 90, sen.
fenced on other charges 49, insane Ii, fugitiveS
from justice 30, convicted as charged 2S3, con-
vcted Of lesser offenses Al, convicted of misde-
meanor 49, acquitted l39, dismissed for want OF
evidence Sc, sentenced on other charges 30,
cases OF different cha acter still pending 491.