Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-20
LOCALETTES.

Work of repair on First street Is pro-
crossing finely.
Nothing further was learned about the
missing man, G. A. Tingle, yesterday.
the recorder charged up S95 against
| prisoners in his court yesterday morn
| ing.
1t will be at least four months before
the new city electric light plant will be
in working order.
Mr.. S. S. Mayo received to-day dis
patch from Richmond, Va. announcing
the death of his mother on last night.
THE GAZETTE acknowledges receipt of
an invitation to attend grand ball held
at Claude, Tex, on Wednesday,
March 10.
Tonight the vocalists and organists
who will assist in the Sam Jones revival
meetings will meet at the tabernacle to
arrange their work.
Yesterday an injunction was sued out
in Judge Beokham 8 court restraining
the city from removing the street railway
track on Jones street.
Sanitary Officer Craig had five city
prisoners at work yesterday cleaning up
trash on the South Side. The calaboose
was empty during the day.
Sheriff Richardson is endeavoring to
close in on the participants in shooting
bee in the southwestern part of the coun-
ty couple of days ago, in which it ap-
pears no one was hurt.
Beginning next Monday night, Hon.
W. S. Pendleton will enter upon series
of speeches in the different wards of the.
city on the issues figuring in the present
municipal campaign.
A good many people in the city are ar
ranging to entertain visitors from neigh
boring places during the Sam Jones SER
vices. Evidently the tabernacle will not
be any too commodious.
Yesterday Contractor Tomlinson, who
is to erect the South Side fire hall,
signed up his contract, and now will
start to work at once. The building is
to be finished before July IS.
The Michael Strogoff company, which
disbandsd in this city some time ago,
have obtained two new actors of expert
ence, both English, and will start on the
road again by next Monday or Tuesday.
Report says that wheat in some local
tiles is being injured by small green in
sect that develops into a fly. 1t was at
first thought to be the Hessian fly, but
Investigations prove it to be an unknown
species.
Last night Rev. Mr.. Weber, after de-
livering a sesmoL to a large audience,
gave his Instructions on the articles
of faith, like the resurrection and
the ascension, and dwelt particularly on
the Trinity, concerning which he made
beautiful argument.
The mayor yesterday received letter
0f iOOnjPv ahOut old lady DarOoa
Amelia E. Hayes, who resided on
Throckmorton street until a few weeks
ago, since which time she has not been
heard from Fort Worth is becoming d
center for mysterious disappearances.
The Texas State medical association
will meet in Fort Worth on April %.
The local physicians wish to entertain
them royalty. The finance committee,
or their representatives, will call upon
the business men of the city, hoping for
a liberal contribution from each of them.
The ladies of st. Andrews parish meet
Rev. Mr.. Weber at the reotory to-day
at 2:30 p. m. 1t is general meeting of
lady Pensioners and their lady friends
who may desire personal acquaintance
with him. On Friday at 5 p. m. he will
m eet the candidates for confirmation at
the church.
Sewer Contractor Veith yesterday put
a gang of men at work on his contract.
They st arted in at the tunnel near the
cemetery. Soon several gangs will be
at work in different parts of the city,
so as to push the work, as there are
only 500 days in which to lay twenty-one
and one-third miles of sewer pipe.
The Daily Illinois State Journal inter-
viewed Commissioner Edwin Watts and
Secretary G. P. johnson of the Illinois
state livestock commission upon their
return from the big interstate conven-
ton. Speaking of Fort Worth, Mr..
johnson saidi ''The hospitality ten
deFed the delegates by the citizens of
Fort Worth was bountiful, and all car
ried away with them favorable opinions
of this future commercial metropolis of
the Southwest -