Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-15

Dull0lQB next Weeh.
here saturday evening $1,000 was raised,
which will be expended for temple 70
he erected on the lot adjoining Thomas y
wilson g new brick. The temple will be
thirty feet wide and 100 feet long ana
two stories high. These two elegant
buildings will greatly improve the APP
pearance of Leonard. The artesiah wen
for the waterworks company Is prosres-
sing finely. and is now about lou ieet
deep. They hope soon to reacn the toonI-
AIN head of pure water ana give Us
good flow.
SHERMAN. Aug. I3.-The firemen and
members of the city council met last
night and will proceed to purchase ne"
hook and ladder outfit
ABILENE, Aug. 13.-County TAX AS
SCISSOR John B. Nell turned III MS report
to-day and the following are the totals:
Resident roll, 81 ,43l ,642; non-r resident
81 ,4I9 ,222; railway and telegraph Soo,-
53S; surrendered, 3S7 1893; total suPpie-
mental, Sl7 ,720; grand total, 9f ,Zoo'
SIG: showing an increase OF Szoo'Oo over
1889 rolls. While there were assessed IN
1889 only 900 polls, this year comes LOT
ward with the handsome number OF 1850,
poured IN during the last year. Our to-
tai rate of taxation is only elghty-seFen
and one-half cents on the SIuU.
BAIRD, Aug. 13.-The Callahan
county fair association have recelVeu
their charter, and work was begun on
the grounds yesterday. The aate lor
holding the fair this year mas oeeu
changed to September 20, 70 anu ~ III
y A "a
WACO Aug. l3-The first electric cars
will be placed on North Fifth street, anu
will be in operation, it Is thought, III
few days.
PARIS, Aug. I3.-The commissioners
court are considering q proposition sup
mitted to them to join the city IN boring
an artesian well, and it is probable that
thew will ioin in. The depth to go Will
not exceed 1900 feet. The city has ap-
propriated $1,000 and the county asked 10
do the same. The new building OF the
City national bank Is approaching COM
DIetiou and will be one OF the hanu-
soonest in the state. The board or trade
have commenced their annual rail- Worh
on different public roads. This WORK mas
proved very beneficial to the city traue'
The board of trade have several factory
and mill propositions pending before
them.
TROY, Aug. 4.-McGlassou u co.
have opened bank here. They antlcl-
pate making national bank OF 1t TINS
| fall. 1t will be quite convenience LOT
the people.
CLARENDON, Aug. IA miniature
| Spring Palace is being built near the de-
not IN Clarendon to show Donley's pro-
| ducts. Clarendon is experiencing an
| uuprecedented building boom. Notable
| among the residences is that OF ii. w.
TAYLOR, vice president of The Bank OF
| Clarendon. A wholesale and retail sad
| die and harness house is to be coon ad-
ded to Clarendon 8 list of business en-
terprises. This house, the Young Han
Co. s grocery and general merchandise
and the new steam printing outfit are al
added within one month, and they speas
volumes for Clarendon.
DALLAS, Aug. 14.-Considerable auX'
iety is being manifested by the people o.
Elm street to know how long it will TAXI
tn build the promised cable road alonI
that thoroughfare. The company enjoy
ing the franchise has been over thre
months in preparing for the work by lay
ing pipes and mains lower. In tn
meantime, the street is torn up and vel
nigh impossible. Unless better progress
is made Dallas will not have cable rail
way until after the next presidential
election, if then. The company, how
ever. has q valuable franchise, coverin
a period of thirty-tive years. 1t Is Sa
Francisco private corporation and sail
under the name of the Pacific cable rail
way construction company.
CoMANCHE, Aug. 13.-After thre
DAYS hard work spent IN examin
ing the plans submitted by differen
architects for a new courthouse, tn
, commissioners to-day adopted the pla
submitted by Mr.. Watson Of the firm
Lahore s. Watson of Austin. A goo
deal of interest was manifested by ii
friends of the different contestants, an
Mr.. w. and his friends are quite jub
liant over their success. The building
to cost $50 600. Bids for the contra'
will be advertised for at once.
COLORADO, Aug. l2.-Mitchell count
is to have a fair this fall. A Commute
8 who have had the project in charge hay
: raised about $4,000 in stock subscription
and are still at work. The stockholde
have met, elected a president, seer
tary and directors, and committees we
appointed-to purchase fifty acres or lan'
=, arrange for buildings, etc. Other con
mittees will visit the farmers of Ii
u and adjoining counties, and use eve
= endeavor to make this fair thorough
representative of this section of the Yves
There is a great deal of fne livestock nc
being bred in the country tributary
J; Colorado, and the stock show Will be ma
special feature of the exposition. Liber
IL premiums will be offered in every lin
}, Our new bank, the Citizens national,
pushing work on their building and e
r pect to be ready for business by the got
IS This Is the third bank in Colorado, the
y aggregate capital being $50 900.
g John A. Sieicher, member of
Frank Leslie party who visited us
IT July, this week proved his abiding fai
it in Colorado property by investing in
acres of land north of town. This la
is what is known as "shiunery, and
~ a sandy soil peculiarly adapted to gs
,' dening and grape and fruit culture. n
l, Sleicher expects to divide portion
~ the land into town lots, and on
AS balance will colonize some German gs
p deuers from Pennsylvania. Two ott
members of the Frank Leslie party hs
y, invested in lands near Colorado, a
I ether purchases will follow.