Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-29
DALLAS.
Election for City Officers of Oak Cliff to Take
I Place Next Satur iay-Sol Rich
ardson Free.

srecisl 10 the Gazette.
DALLAS, Ten, Oct. 2S.-Since the
election on the incorporation Of Oak
ClG. was held and Incorporation carried
tSfe has been much discussion as to the
,t$allty of taking so much territory In to
t&e incorporate limits. The area en-
Eaced by the limits is nine square
and many think this too much.
eIast night a large and enthusiastic mass
meeting was held in Oak Cliff and
among other questions this one was dis
cussed and opinions were read from some
of the leading attorneys of the state,
and all agree that the limits are just and
legally correct. The election for city
officers for Oak Cliff will take place next
Saturday, and at last nights meeting
many of the candidates spoke on the
various questions of interest concerning
the new city. All are in favor of Ut
once building more school hou, IS. and it
appears TO be the wish of every resident
of Oak Cliff to make the city great
educational center and 10 have the work
begun Ut once. AS seat of learning
this new city has all the advantages of q
pure and healthful climate. Much IN.
terest is manifest in the coming election
and on Saturday full vote will be cast.
The case of w. j. Strickland for for
gerry has been argued and to-day given
10 the jury, but as yet they have re-
turned no verdict.
1t will be remem bered by the readers
of THE GAZETTE that about eight months
ago au iron box containing Sl4 900, be-
longing TO the express COMPANY, disap-
peRred in transit between the Office and
depot. A negro named Sol Richardson
was arrested for the theft, and has since
been in jail. Late yesterday evening
his case was called, and at the request
of the county attorney the case was dis
missed and Richardson is again free
man.
A man by the name of Scott has been
arrested for passing counterfeit money.
Much of this work has been done since
the fair began.
OAK CLIFF.
For the past week Dallas has been
Hlled with strangers and during this
tine thousands have availed themselves
of the opportunity TO visit the beautiful
cliff city to the west of Dallas. Some
have been filled with wonder, some W tn
surprise, while all have expressed great
admiration at the beauty aud grandeur
of this modern marvel In city building.
Oak Cliff is no longer an experiment, but
a live, wlde-awake city of 1000 people,
and has %ithin its limits alythe essential
improvements found in fties of three
Tines its sizAand age. BSf few mouths
have passed. &,ce the face where the
city now stnud was fits name implies
and in its nativSG iliHss. During these
few months s,reefsbke been graded aud
paved, shade trees We been systemat-
icaliy planted; hoq Sor residence aud
business purposes avlAeen built, street
railroads have N cous quoted; electric
lights have ber erected! water works
have been broy ht into use! hurches aud
schools havE been auaArated aud
brought TO point of perfection; while
scores Of other improvements have
been made to do service for
the pleasure and convenience of
man. But in addition to the
pluck and perseverance of the instiga-
tors of this city, nature has lent her aid
in the way of location. A hillside home
has always had an attraction, and in Oak
Cliff the homes are all Of this descrip-
ton.
The eye 6as reach for miles in any
direction, aud the view is one that would