Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-31
DALLAS.
An Early Morning Blaze Destroy S
About $40, 1000 Worth of Property.
City Tax Rolls BanQustted by Eiks-Arrested
For Believing Nan Of His Timspiece.
Died In the Hospital.
PICI:RD HIS POCKET.

fiSl.fzD i1o fOthhAs
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX. Dec. 30.--Frank Rysn
was without timepleoe, and the lack
OF one appeared TO worry him TO such
an extent that he decided to possess
one at any cost. 1t is supposed he
was too poor to buy one SO be decided
TO steal one. This he proceeded to do
last night ut Frank Sweeney's saloon.
Phil McDermott was asleep in room
at the back of the saloon and in his
pocket he had fine watch. Frank
Ryan took the watch, aud thought no
one saw him. He was detected in the
act. An officer was at once notified and
Ryan was at once landed in the Gala
poose. This morning he was transferred
to the county jail to answer the charge
of theft.
ANOTHER ERE.
The period of mysterious fires APP
pears to have struck Dallas in great
shape. Shortly after 4 O'Clock this
morning the fire department was called
out by still alarm. Fire had gained
considerable head way In the shoe store Of
s. LOTHIAN at 1880 Elm street, and the
stock was q total loss. LOTHIAN g family
lived in the rear OF the store and can
give no definite cause as to the origin OF
the fire. Next 10 the shoe store was a
barber shop owned by Thomas & Killings
worth. Their loss was complete aud is
fixed ut $500 with no insurance. These
men had on yesterday finished paying
for their fixtures which they bought on
the installment plan. The next, was the
dry goods store OF Nj. Wasserman, and
this was also burned. The building was
ope-story brick, and was the property
Of Mrs. Burton. The partitions between
the rooms were wood, and the fire read
ily communicated from one to the other.
Mrs. Burton was fully covered by insur-
ance, and the Insurance company
will repair the house at once.
lattman's stock and goods were valued
at $4,000, with $500 Insurance. Wasser-
man g goods were valued at $4,000, with
$4,000 insurance. The following insur-
aroe companies were the losers: Empire
State of New York, $500; Security of
New Haven, $500; German Of st. Paul,
$500; Queen OF Liverpool, $1,000; total,
$4,000.
LOCAL NOTES.
Dennis Fellmau, @ lonely pilgrim, WAS
admitted &c the city hospital on yester-
day, very sick man. He died before
The city tax rolls are complete and
show the taxable valuation of Dallas TO
be S32 09S $50. the total tax for the
coming gear is 81. 80 per 500. The city
tax to be collected is SIG, 965. Al, Of
which S243 ,056. 95 Is available for gen.
eraI purposes; the balance goes to the
sinking fund to pay the bonds given IN
slu of the Dallas and Wichita and Texas
and Pacific railroads and for the East
Dallas bonds. The school tax is one
quarter of per cent.
Tonight the Dallas lodge OF Elks will
banquet Mr.. Thomas w. Keene at their
hall on Main street after the close of the
performance at the opera house, IN
which Mr.. Keene plays Richard III.
Henry Thomas, who on yesterday had
an examination before United States
Commissioner Leduum, charged with
robbing the Santo posto flee, was bound
over in the sum of $1,000, and in default
Of bondsmen was sent back TO jail.
w. b. Harder was also examined be-
fore the same officer. charged with re-
sistiug an officer and was released.
Officers Pegues and Alexander have
arrested Dick Bell, negro, as one of
the parties who knocked down the saloon
keeper with brass knucks and then shot
at him. Dick was recognized by the
party assaulted and was transferred to
the county Jail on the charge of assault
10 kill. The other party that was with
Bell at the time Is still at large.
During the progress of the Elm street
fire this morning a man named McGinnis
accepted Il = opportunity to obtain new
hat. He Old this without the consent of
the owner however, and now McGinnis
rests in jail.