Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-29
LOCALETTES.


has been quite sick lately, but is now on
the road to recovery.
Suits were filed against the Fort Worth
and Denver railway company by Will
lam Brice aud W. C. Weeks, each for
$500 for right of way.
Marriage licenses were granted yester-
day to Vincend C. Campbell and Miss
Laura Gregory, and Peter Lesser and
Mrs. Rosalie Hoffman.
Smith s. Bardon yesterday filed suit in
the district court to recover a balance of
1894 claimed to be due from E. E.
Powell on the construction of the Powell
building.
Parties having claims against the city
will present them in the city secretary's
office before 10 O'Clock on Saturday
morning; otherwise they will go oyer for
thirty days.
Walter a. Tenney s. Co., of Massa-
chusetts, yesterday entered suit in the
district court against J. U. McAllister,
OF Fort Worth, for S2672 80 on promisory
note and $500 for goods.
Yesterday Lucy Taylor entered suit for
divorce from her husband, George.
Abandonment is alleged as the basis.
They were married in March, 1888. They
have child aged six years.
Officers Sebe Maddox and Towns yes
terday afternoon gathered IN a trio of
crapshooters of regulation color,
WHO were caught chucking the speokled
dice in the alley back of Lawson's res
taursnt.
The teachers to be examined for po-
sitions in the county schools will call at
the office of County School Superintend-
ent Pool at the courthouse this morning.
The examinations are to be held on Fri
day and Saturday.
Larry Ring is the name of an individ-
ual whose fine and COSTS before Justice
McClung yesterday amounted to $50.
The charge was vagranoy, which Larry
appeared to have INDUCED in to the ex-
clusion of any other occupation.
On last Saturday an election was held
in Mansfield to decide whether to incor-
porate or not. The election resulted
favorablY, and now another election is
ordered for September 81 to select a
mayor, marshal and five aldermen.
Officer Charley Neelv last night pulled
in a chap named J. Keyes for wife beat
ing, a feat perfos near the Texas
and Pacific freight office near midnight
Watchman Scoggins, but Nicely soon got
him into subsection and the calaboose.
An injunction was served on the Cham
berlin investment company yesterday al
the instance of ]. B. Heron and Mrs.
Dollie Smith, restraining said company
from interfering with what is known as
the Kinder graveyard, situated on block
d, Arlington Heights.
An Englishman named L. Norge was
gathered in by Jim Maddox yesterday.
1t seems he had hired gun from r.
Mabry of this city with which to go
hunting. When out West he pawned
the gun tor money on which to return,
and now says he didn't think there was
anything wrong about it.
The Fort Worth gun club completed
organization yesterday afternoon at a
meeting held at Walker, Heaton s.
Bury's office. H. 6. Bury was elected
president; 7. j. Powell, vice. president;
]. H. Tiller, secretary; Gavin
Walker, treasurer. Eighteen names have
been secured. Regular meeting will be
held on Saturday evening at 1880 O'Clock
at the same place.
The chamber OF commerce yesterday
forwarded to the president of the
United STATES, Ben Harrison, one or
the largest watermelons that his
excellenoy ever got his teeth into.
The article mentioned weighed 101
pounds, measured thirty -nine inches in
circumference, thirty inches in length.
IL was raised in the immediate vicinity
of Fort Worth and was presented 10 the
chamber OF commerce by Mr.. G. Il.
Chase.
The sudden death OF Mrs. Cora Boyd
at l2 'clock yesterday from the effect of
morphine and the surrounding oircum-
stances lead to the belief that it was
case of . suicide. The woman
was consumptive, and at
times suffered terribly, when
she would threaten TO end her life and
misery. She was stopping on West Thir-
tenth street and was without friends or
funds, having recently arrived in Fort
Worth from Dublin, Tex.
The order of business for the ssptem-
Der term of the county court, which
opens on next Monday, is as follows:
Monday, September L. Civil non-iury
docket for orders, criminal docket for
trial; wednesday, September 8, APP
pearance dooket; Saturday, September
6. probate docket: Monday, September
10, civil non-jury docket for setting;
Monday, September %. civil nom jury
docket for trial; Monday. seplsnber
20. civil jury docket for setting; 1ion-