Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-27
LOCALITIES.
The ice dealers did heavy business yes

terday.
Large congregations were present at all
the churches yesterday, some OF the build
ings being crowded.
Fully 1900 people We're out Yesterday
looking at North Fort Worth, Riverside
and Arlington Heights.
The insurance adjusters have settled the
losses on DR.. Fields houses and he has be-
gun the work of rebuilding.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Patterson, living on
West Front street, were made very happy
yesterday by the arrival Of bright baby
boy.
A number of physicians from North
Texas passed through Fort Worth yester
day on their way TO the medical convention
at Waco.
L. B. Imboden will probably be taken to
Rusk some time next week. The time
spent in jail since his conviction will go on
his five years sentence.
A party Of thirty young ladies and gen
tlemen had a picnic yesterday on Silver
lake, fifteen miles south of Fort Worth.
They returned early yesterday evening.
People who do business on Main street
from Second to Fourth are hoping the gut
tiers will be flushed by Sanitary Policemen
Craig and Bowdry, as was done last sum
mer. 1t Is needed.
Assistant City Attorney jackson was dis
turbed yesterday over the loss of a contract
between lobe Hager and o. q. Winter
which he had drawn up. He thinks he lost
it at the city hall.
Peyton Maddox, Charles Nicely and Lee
Walker Went out on Village creek yester-
day on hunting expedition. They shot
number of birds and caught some fish.
They report crops looking fine.
The meetings of the Womau'S Institute at
the Cumberland Presbyterian church We're
well attended. \ number OF ladies We're
present in the afternoon to hear Mrs. Beau
champs address on social purity.
The reports from the sick room of Mr. 7.
B. Wood We're not so favorable last night.
About 10 o'clock he had chill, and it is
feared that blood poisoning has set in. Dur
ing the day he seemed to be improving.
y report was current last night that
boy named Johnson had been drowned in
lake Como yesterday. 1t was a mistake. A
child had wandered away from its parents
and people being told the child was lost
said it was drowned.
In his annual report to the city council
Tuesday night Chief Adams will recon-
mend that a fire hall be built in the Sixth
ward at once, and that an additional num-
Der of fire hydrants be placed in the thickly
settled portions of the city.
lie uHuudl ulecJtll8 Ol TIE IOfJ worth
fire department will take place tonight at
the hall OF No, 3 on lower Houston street.
As is usual the greatest interest ceuters in
the race for chief. There are now three
candidates, Don B. Adams, r. Matkin and
Ben Bell.
Latest advices from Mr. c.. Y Smith,
who is now in theEast, state that Texas is in
the highest favor in the Eastern money mar
kets. everybody seeming to realize that the
favored spot for investments. Mr.. Smith
believes from his observations that there
will be a great influx of capital into Texas
this year.
Men, women and children were out yes
terday in all directions to enjoy the
beauties OF nature and take rational
recreation. If Fort Worth had park
it would be crowded. The people
are hungry for spot of green where they
may spend a few hours 4 park is desired
by every one. The park question will
probably be brought to the attention of the
city council on Tuesday night.
Secretary Biden of the Chamber of Com
nerce received a communication from the
Galveston merchants exchange yesterday
notifying him that delegates would be sent
TO the Worlds fair convention to be held in
Fort Worth beginning May y. Nearly all
the large cities of Texas have now notified
the Chamber OF Commerce here of their
hearty cooperation in the movement to
have Texas make fine display at Chicago.
Between 500 and GOO people assembled at
the opera house yesterday afternoon TO take
part in the worship of the United Spiritual
lists. G. V. Cordingley of st. Louis con-
Quoted the services. There was good mu-
sic. Mr.. Cordingley repeated number of
what are called inspirational poems. A
number of persons were told that messages
from the spirit world had been received for
them, which We're delivered to them in per-
son.