Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-30
LOCALITIES.

Mr.. and Mrs. JEFF Burnett OF East
Weatherford street received Christmas
gift in the shape of bright baby boy
weighing eleven and one half pounds.
Batemau s. Bro. call q meeting of
their creditors on Wednesday, 3lst INST. I,
| at 10 o o'clock at their Office in the Brown
building, corner Main and Front streets.
There will be business meeting of the
HOOKING klub at p. IN. to-day at the
residence of the president. The club
has subscribed S25 to the Al. Hayne
| monument fund.
There was baptismal service again ct
the Christian church on Sunday night
During the past year ITO persons have
| been added to this church, and only
| thirty-three of this number were by let
| ter.
| G. W. Beaver and Miss ]. V. Ascue
yesterday secured license to marry from
County CLERK John P. King, and step
| ping into the adjoining courtroom had
the nuptial knot tied by Judge w. D.
| Harris.
If the person who yesterday wrote
| THE GAZETTE over the signature ga
Friend of Mrs. B." had not ne elected to
give her name as an evidence of good
faith, the communication would be
| published.
| At their regular meeting held last
night the Queen City Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, initiated one candidate in the
second and four in the third rank. This
| lodge shows fine progress made during
the present year just closing.
When will the city's electric light
l Ill Ent
tried 10 solve that problem yesterday,
and was told that January Is is the date
| now fixed. He did not learn what date
| would be fixed after January Is arrives.
At the l. o. o. F. meeting tonight
the committees appointed to arrange for
the Inauguration banquet will make
their final reports. The banquet and
inaugural ceremonies will be ON scale
fully commensurate with the influence
and Importance OF the order.
Two small deeds of trust were flied
with tine county clerk Yesterday. One
was by a. E. Parsley of l04 Main street,
who transferred his stock to George Null
key to secure S546.26. The other was by
Simon Askehnazy of lib Main street
who went into the hands of G. W. Alex
ander to secure S2247.2l.
The members of the Ladies' auxiliary
Of the Young Mems Christian association
are earnestly requested to meet at the
residence of the president, Mrs. j. z.
Smith, this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, to
make arrangements for the New Years
reception to be given at the rooms Of the
association New Years day. The ladies
must not fail to attend.
The beautiful weather which prevailed
n-Ia
streets of the city with shoppers, aud the
marts Of trade showed that the farmers
have things to sell and money wherewith
to purchase. AS the year 80 draws to
a close the people of this vicinity fluid
themselves well provided with this
world s goods, and considerable in sight
for the future world.
At the close OF the year when the
various cities of the state are casting up
their figures to show to the outside world
In dollars and cents the actual amount of
building that has been done within their
limits during the twelve mouths passing
away, the Fort Worth statisticisn feels
the want of properly enforced building
permit ordinance in this city.
Next Saturday the Tarrant county
school teachers association holds Its
monthly meeting in Fort Worth. The
association has come to be valuable
feature in the work OF the teachers and
Is each month better attended. The
meeting of trustees at the courthouse
lest Saturday was a great success. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Professors Car
Isle and Eogg and Judge Cummings.
c. C. Churchill entered suit against
the North Side street railway company
Yesterday for the sum of $40 900 dam.
ages. The plaintiff alleges that during
December he boarded one of the defend
ant company cars at the Pckwick to
ride to Fifteenth street. He paid his
fare, but afterward the conductor told
him to pay again. and when he said that
he bad paid the conductor beat him over
the head and fired HIM from the car.
Manager Phil Greenwall of the opera
house is in receipt of a letter from his
brother Henry at Galveston In which the
latter lauds to the skies the Couried
opera company, which will be In Fort
Worth on January Is and II. Henry
Greenwall says that it is the best opera
company that ever came into the state,
and Is this 10 its first trip in these parts
II should be well patronized IN order that
good attractions may be given q good
impression of the state.
Ed Clark IL the name of a stumpy
colored man who appeared before County
Attorney Gillespie yesterday to complain
of his wife. Clark drives an express
wagon. and his wife has an ambition to
drive around in the vehicle once in q while,
but Clark objects to such action. Yea
terday the woman sent for the man, and