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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
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REALTY AND BUILDING.
BUSINESS AND RESlDENCEPROP.
ERTY SOLD YESTERDAY.
Improvement of Porter Heights-Another
Cotton Mill Buildins-A Large Num-
Der of New Residences.

Yesterdays transfers, while few in num-
Der, averaged well in amount. The store
house on Bell1nap and Houston was sold by
I. B. Burbridge to 4 New York man for
$500. The property on Lamar and Thir-
teenth was bought by S. ". Lomax for
Sl2. Co.,
The recent purchase of Porter Heights,
south of the city, by G. II. X. Smith and a
syndicate promises well for the city. The
syndicate proposes to eXpend $50, 900 in i'm
provements and has already made arrange
ments TO expend $4,000 in putting up res
licences. 1t is probable that some arrange
ment will be made to run a street car line
through the property.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

One firm of lumber dealers in Fort Worth
has sold over eighty thousand dollars worth
of lumber in sixty days to go into houses
in Fort Worth. The other dealers have
done nearly as well. d
The New Era mills will begin to grind on
June 10, and expect to run day and night
from that time on. The other mills will all
run full time this year.
Twenty houses are to go up in North
Fort Worth at once, and Col. Hoxie thinks
the Stockyards building association will
soon be building large number of houses.
Monday morning the Fort Worth brew
cry will have its product on the market and
another manufacturing institution will
begin its work of building up Fort Worth.
Work of laying brick on the Polytechnic
college begins Monday morning
The company asking right of way for a
street car line to the cotton mill expects to
have the council pass the necessary ordi,s
nance Tuesday night. NFf
Certified copies from the records are
being made out to. send to Washington
showing the title to the property accepted
by the government as site for the S175, 600
Federal building.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
The Cotton Mill.

Gen. Peers let contract yesterday for
two cottages in the cotton mill addition
under two years lease to the cotton mill
company for their employees, John S. An
drews viii begin work on five more, and
Mr.. A II. Bennett two more in q few days,
also leased to the cotton mills company. In
two weeks the mill will be working large
force, and the Chamber of COM
merce and business men will be-
taken out 10 inspect the plant
and enjoy lemonade with the managers.
Manager Taylor says work on large
addition, in fact a separate brick building,
will soon be under way
They are not Dragging much, but the
good work goes on just the same.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
THE WRONG MAN.
An Array in Which q Negro Bystander Is
is Shot With Buckshot.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, TEX, May 16.-For several davs
John y. Wilson and Louis Smith have been
at outs, and yesterday evening Smith hired
a shotgun and the report soon reached
Wilson that Smith was hunting him.
This evening Wilson and Tom Lee. a
friend, STEPPED into saloon where lee
bought a pint of whisky and asked
Wilson to take drink As he did this
Wilson said | want you to watch that man.
indicating Smith, who was standing a
short distance away. Lee replied, oh
that man amt going to bother YOU and
turned around to Smith, whom he did not
know and had never before seen, and prof
fered him the bottle saying, s'old pardner.
have drink" Smith replied with
an oath, YOU can't take any
advantage Of me that way
and jumped back, drawing up his gun as he
did SO and the next moment fired. He then
tried to shoot the second barrel, but was
prevented It is not clear whether he shot
at Lee or Wilson, but missed both.
The full charge Of buckshot struck
a negro bystander, Henry Gardiner, in the
back OF the right shoulder, the shot rang.
ing downwards Smith was soon appre-
hended and placed in Jail, where he viii be
held to await the result Of Gardeners in
juries, which are regarded as very serious.
and he Is not expected to live more than q
day.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
A Card.
Editor Gazette.

In your weekly Of the 14th inst appears
an article under the head of "a Pitched
Battle by your Weatherford correspond
ent under date of May 9. Said correspond
ent does my wife great injustice, and, too,
without the shadow of excuse, and for
which l demand amends He says: ga
gentleman OF this city has just returned
from Boonville, Wise county, and reports
quite sensation in the neighborhood Of
that little village"
Your correspondent did not hear my
name nor the name of my wife in any such
connection, nor any other name of SINH
larity. Please publish this card in your
weekly Of the 2lst inst next and draw on
me through the First national bank at
Weatherford, Tex, for the amount.
I. H. ALEXANDER.
Boonsville, Wise county, Tex, May 49,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

A MISSISSIPPI railroad has been sued
for libel. Ii a mashed finger is worth a
thousand dollars in a damage suit
against railroad, and scrub calf that
was turned out to starve because it
wasn't worth its feed becomes hundred
dollar thoroughbred after colliding
with a speeding engine, the man has
fortune in sight who can prove that a
railroad company has smirched his
character by libeling him.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

The only travelling persons. male or female.
at present authorized to receive and receipt for
subscriptions 10 THE 6 AZETTE are c. T. Hogan,
John =. McDuG, J. II. Barbee, c. F. Bewiey,
W X Marchnan. Mrs. MinOna Ross. Mrs. C. b.
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Ellington. Miss Annie Shapard and Mrs. NJ ].
Roberts. The public are cautioned not to pay
money 10 any other person representing them
selves Us travelling agents OF this paper, as all
authority heretofore issued 10 any other person
than those named is hereby revoked.
DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING COMPANY.
April u. 1870.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
The Park Question.

Chairman Drake of the public grounds
committee said yesterday that the commit
tee had received q number of liberal propo-
sitions from citizens to sell and lease the
city land for a park. His committee
will report in favor of buy
ing 200 acres of land on the Clear Fork
for $4,000 and will also recommend the
purchase OF a plot Of ground in each ward
for sitting park, that is, small tract well
improved and filed with seats where the
tired may rest. The park question will be
considered at Tuesdays council meeting.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
NOTICE.

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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
HIS NECK SAVED,
But He VIII Serve a Life Sentence for a
Co1d-Blooded Murder.

But He VIII Serve a Life Sentence for n
Co1d-Blooded Murder.
Special to the Gazette.
FORT SMITH, ARK, May 16-William
Jackson. the murderer of Ida Dean. who
was to be executed next Friday, has had
the death sentence committed to imprison-
ment for life by Governor Eagle.
When the news was carried to Jackson he
nearly went crazy with joy at the thought
tnat his neck was to be saved from stretch
ing hemp. :,
Jackson's crime was one of the most
fendish in the criminal annals of the state
he having murdered his victim without the
least provocation or excuse, and his guilt
was clearly proven at the trial. The great
majority OF the citizens here would have
been better satisfied to have seen the lavs
take Its course. jackson will be taken ID
the penitentiary next week.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
TO CORRESPONDENTS,

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rejected manuscripts Persons wishing TO pre-
serye their literary productions should retain
copies OF all communications sent this once
for publication
gH-An letters communications for THE
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Tex and not 10 any Individual
All communications intended for publication
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Anonymous communications.
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
OUT OF TROUBLE,

wichita Falls Broker Crosses Over the
River Plotted By His Own Hand. q
Special to the Gazette.
WICHITA FALLS, TEX, May 1s.-At II
O'Clock .o-day attention was attracted to the
house OF j. B. Brown DIETER known ae
Brown the Broker'), by the screams of a
woman and children. Upon multitude of
citizens responding to the cries of distress
they were informed that Mr.. Brown had
shot himself in the left side near the heart
and was on the floor gasping for breath
"nen Inc crowd first reached the house.
IL Is SAID that Mr.. Brown has been very
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
stop man from paying his grocery bill
when it falls due.

GEN. WoLsELEY has, it is said,
changed his mind as to home rule in
Ireland. From a position OF enmity
toward that policy he has, by studying
the subject, come to its support. The
friendship of such men as Gladstone and
Wolseley for home rule goes long way
to Offset the evil effects of Parnell's
downfall
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

WHEN the president reached the
sacred soil of Indiana he was over
come by the reception his compatriot
boosters gave him and could not re-
spond. He will be much more over
come by the reception they will give to
him in November, 1892, when he asks for
the electoral vote OF that state.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
POSTAGE.

Entered at the Postoffce in Fort Worth. Tex,
as Sccond-Class Matter.
For the benefit OF our patrons who desire 10
send single copies OF THE GAZETTE through
the mail, We give herewith the transient rate Of
postage:
Foreign and Domestic. Per Copy.
Eight and twelve page pa er..............lc cent
sixteen and twenty page paper..........2 cents
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
ON THE COAST.
A Party OF Quill Pushers Viewing the Deep
Blue Waters-Watch for Stories
About Mermaids and Fish.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May is. Some
sixty members of the State editorial associ-
alton went down to the coast to-day. In the
morning hours they were driven about the
city and shown its most attractive features
in charge of Messrs. Barnes, Messmer and
Martin The Commercial Exchange and
Board Of Trade, though formally notified
some days ago Of the intended visit, made
no effort to entertain the editors. They
We're very well treated, however, and
speak in the highest terms of the city and
section.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

The public debt of the United States
is only Sl4.6S per capita. In 1SS0it was
a3S.33. In eleven years we have paid
off $3.50 for every man. woman and
child in the country. But that needn't
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
Weather Bulletin.


0lItVIdI 20 lIlt NTdEtIIt.
GALVESTON. TEX, May 1.-THE atmos-
pheric pressure is greatest over the upper
Lake region and least over the Middle At
.anllc states. The temperature has re-
manned about stationary during the past
twenty-four hours. Rain has fallen over
The Middle Atlantic and New England
states and over the central Rocky noun
tain slopes Partly cloudy weather pre-
walls. Winds are variable
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

a KANSAS mob got after negro the
other day and would have lynched him
if the officers had not protected him. It
is only two or three weeks since a Mas
sachusetts mob hanged anegro. Slowly
but surely the Democracy is gaining
ground
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

T. B. Burbridge and wife to NJ.
p. Mason of Jefferson county,
New York, 226x95 feet Hous-
ton and .Belknap streets 5 $500 90
]. G. Morris and wife to Geo. W.
Armstrong, lots and 5, block l,
Noodles subdivision $500 90
A. NJ. Britton ct al. to S. w. Lo-
max, 132xl62 feet, Lamar and
John Thirteenth rte IT Evan: 10 R;id:.:; 1900 @
Loan and Savings association,
5Oxl00 feet on East Weatherford
street and Hampton 2OO0 90
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisements for publication In the SUNDAY
EDITION OF THE GAZETTE should be handed In
before O'Clock Saturday evening Advertisers
WIZ consult their own interest, as well as our
convenience, by needing mis- suggestion. as we
cannot guarantee the insertion Of advertise
nents received after that hour
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
Wanted In Van Zandt for Robbery.
SDecial tn the Ga1effa

TERRELL, TEX, May 16.-Oficer Joe
Keller, accompanied by the sheriff of Van
Zandt county, went to the southern part of
Hunt county yesterday in search Of
John Holden. They found hum in
Gree9vllle, arrested him and brought
sheriff took Holden in charge and carried
him to Van Zandt county. He is wanted on
q charge Of robbing a man named Prior
near Canton Of 500 cash and a watch. -
a ring belonging to Mrs. Prior, ip.1 ssgiy,
1888.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

despondent for some time, owing :,
dizziness of his business. ~ tas
He leaves a family in very poor c,-,.-
Stances who have the sympathy y. n
good pei ple of Wichita Falls. u Z.
In few moments after the report ~ :.
pistol Brown was dead. u Il.
1t was indeed sad to hear the cries 90.
family when they learned what ~ ~. ia!
shot meant. His remains Will ILL.,. s.,
buried here tomorrow. '! q
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
Texans Abroad.

Special to the Gazette.
New YORK, May 16-San Antonio. ].
Ballwed, Murray Hill; Texas, W. Seyborn,
Brunswick: Dallas, A. 2. Rosenthal, st.
stephens; Galveston, E. K. Kammerer,
New York; Texas, j. S. Smither, St.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

By MAII-IN ADvANcE-PosrLGE PAID.
Daily and Sunday. one year. SO %
Daily and Sunday, six months - ) 20
Monday, Wednesday and Friday . 8 %
The Sunday GAZETTE, &c TO "a pages), VI g 90
The weekly GAZETTE, Q2 pages. one year / 10
BY carrier in the city and suburbs Is cents a
week or 81 per month.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
Mortally Wounded.

Special TO the Gazette.
COMFORT, TEX, May 15.-Hugo S,l,.,
der was shot and mortally wouriai ~ -.- "
Elbus to-day. Both men are farmers -. ";
ing about six miles from here. Tis sd
of the trouble is not ascertaine9 50
went to kerrville, the county Sea-. Is
to surrender to the sheriff. 81;
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
REQUEST OF THE PUBLIC.

Persons unable to obtain THE GAZETTE at
news agencies, on railway trains and in other
places where usually sold, will confer favor
particulars.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
Cotton REGION Rulletin.

United States signal service cotton region
bulletin for twenty-four hours, ending at 6
.. N. yesterday, showing the maximum
temperature, the minimum temperature and
rainfall by inches and hundrcdfhs.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
SO REWARD.

The Democrat Publishing company will nav
The sum OF $40 for the arrest and conviction of
anybody stealing papers from the residences or
oalces OF subscribers.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
All Quiet at Baird.

Special to the Gazette.
BAIRD, TEX, May 16-The smallpox
scare Is over and our people pursue the
even tenor Of their way.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

WASHINGTON, May Il, a. m.-For East
.rn TeNas-Generally fair weather, sta
tionary temperature, except slightly cooler
II the extreme north variable winds.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
INSTRUCTIONS TO sUBsCR1sERs.

~ - to~'S ~ otbsSh1bEhS.
Give Postohce Address In full, including
County and State.
II address Is to be changed, give old address
as well as new.
THE GAZETTE will be sent only for the time
Tor which remittance is made.
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1000 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-30
ALMOST WITHOUT PARALLEL.
Details of the Recent Massacre at Takow,
China.

Details of the Recent Massacre at Takow,
China.
The London Chronicles correspondent at
Tientsin says: "Oficial reports OF the Takow
massacre contain details almost without par
allel, even in the history Of China Previous
dispatches have given but faint idea Of what
happened. The members of the little Belgian
mission had no opportunity Of escaping. The
slaughter commenced with the killing of native
converts, many Of whom were pu. to death
with fiendish cruelty. Children of tender
years were seized by tho savages, hacked with
knives and roasted at huge fire. A worse fate
still befell the nuns, who were subjected to the
grossest indignities, being brutally outraged
by the fends, who afterward Drained them
with massive clubs. The Belgian priests were
cruelty tortured. but met their fates with
Christian resignation. One OF them had his
heart and tongue torn from his body and
burned by the savages in a murderous frenzy.
The most astounding statement is the one that
after the miscreants had been satiated with
outrage and slaughter they were Toasted and
feted by the leading Chinese mandarin in the
district.
The foreign diplomatic body at Pekin are
simply furious. the whole European colony il
boiling with indignation.
The news from Mongolia is increasingly
serious. The rebel forces are reported to be
growing larger and their forward march has
been continued 80 far uninterruptedly The
imperial troops have not yet got into touch
with the rebels"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-30
THE COLD WAVE ARRIVES.
It Made Ii Had for Those Who Had to BE
Out OF Doors on Sunday.

1t Made 1t Had for Those Who Had to Be
Out OF Doors on Sunday.
The second installment Of the winters snow
came along Saturday night, accompanied by
large, able-bodied cold wave and today the
overcoat market Is decidedly bullish. The fore
taste Of winter given yesterday was no gentle
hint, but positive declaration that the season is
on. The ground was well whitened when the
gray light Of Sunday morning broke over the
city, and. as the day progressed. the cold
became more and more intense, until by noon
the thermometers grew ashamed OF themselves
and t-ied to shrink out of sight.
The streets were almost deserted and the
churches were slimly attended. People who
did not have to 60 out chung closely to their
fresidcs and spent their spare moments look
ing up their heavy wraps. shaking the camphor
balls from the wool, and Gale ulating the chances
of q continuation Of the cold weather. The
car drivers and conductors suffered severely
and the policemen exhibited a strong tendency
to seek protected corners and doorways on the
lceward side of the street. The lodgment OF
snow in the grooves Of the new rails on the
avenue caused great deal of delay and trouble.
and gave q warning of the difficulties that will
be encountered when the snow comes thick and
the sleet covers the asphalt between the tracks.
The storm was very severe on tho river and
delayed the traffic considerably. The steamer
Norfolk was anchored in the river about seventy
miles below the city until yesterday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-30
LAND BILL" ALLEN DEAD.
The Great Bensfsctor Passed Away Dcssituss
In His Old Age.


The great public benefactor known in his
tory Land Bill Allen ended his DAYS in the
Franklin county (ohio) InhrmRry yesterday
morning at o'clock, after suffering one week
from paralysis.
Mr.. Allen born in Window, Conn, May
q. 1910. In early years his father moved o.
Rhode Island ana he Was given an education.
He also learned the tailor trade. Land Bill"
Allen also entered the journalistic arena run
ming the Rhode Isldnd.T. He married Zena
Weaver and sold his paper, and went TO Colunn.
bus in 1929. He edited the Ohio lStdf. .Jo,gnal
and the Cincinnati Gdzofe for a number %
years. Having the Homestead" idea-that Of
giving leo acres OF land 20 every man who
would guarantee TO settle on IL in the west-hs
spent 100000 Introducing his plans In ls6s
the great bull wac passed In Congress but Alleu
never took any lands. He moved 60 Sharon
township, Franklin county. and began farm
ing. Shortly afterward his wife died Sick
ness came on the old benefactor, and little by
little his property passed out of his possession
being sold for taxes. leaving him at last penni-
less and helpless IN his advanced years. A few
weeks ago he was admitted to the Franklin
county infrmary, where every attention wac
given him, and subscriptions were raised ali
over the country to assist him. Ere the assist.
ance of his friends could be appreciated death
relieved the old man of his troubles. His body
Is IN charge OF the superintendent of the in
Urinary, who will hold Il until Wednesday Civ.
ing the friends opportunity TO bury him.
monument fund is already proposed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-30
Raising RaInboW Trout.

Favorable reports continue to reach the
United States fish commission as to the result
Of planting yearling rainbow trout in streams
Of Missouri and Arkansas In q letter recently
received by the United States commissioner Of
fisheries, Mr. G. s. Dickinson, secretary OF the
Rogers Electric Springs Fish Farm Company,
Rogers, Ark, states that in February last 800
rainbow trout we're received ct Rogers by Prof.
Scroggs Of the Silver Springs Milling Company
from the United States fish commission and
were deposited in the Spring stream. They
now average fourteen inches In length. This
species Of trout ia indigenous to the Pacific
slope. but several years ago it was transplanted
In the waters Of the central and eastern states,
in many of which it has found congenial en-
vironment, and bids fair to become the most
desirable variety Of the salmonide for pond
and stream culture. 1t ID hardy. gamy and
handsome, while it possesses all the qualities OF
an excellent food fish At the troutbreeding
stations Of the 6sh.commission at wytheville,
Va, and Neosho, NO., the propagation Of the
rainbow trout receives considerable attention,
and its popularity is strikingly demonstrated
by tho increasing and urgent requests for this
species that are constantly being received at
the office Of the commission.