Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-25
WEATHERFORD.
THE TEXAS COMPRESS AND ELE.
vATOR COMPANY.
The Jury in the Anglin Case Out-Stock-
holders Meeting of the Weatherford,
Mineral Wells and Northwestern.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
WEATHERFoRD, PARKER COUNTY, TEX,
June 24-Messrs w. White and c. F. Car
ter of Dallas of the Texas compress and
elevator company We're in the city to-day
having the ground for their compress laid
out. The material for building has been
received and work of building the plat
forms and foundation began to-day. They
will put in the latest improved Taylor by
draulic press. The Texas and Pacific has
already built switch TO their grounds and
the Santa E'e will build right away. Work
of putting in the ninety-inch Moss compress
by Messrs. j. H. Brown s. Co. is progress
ing nicely The foundation is about all in
and the platforms will be built soon.
About ten cars of their machinery have al
ready arrived. Weatherford is now to have
two congresses. She has earned these by
her superiority as cotton market for
Northwest Texas.
Mr.. Joe J. Morton, recently from Ken
lucky, who has been with Mr.. L. w. Chris
tian's dry goods store for awhile, died this
morning at 3 o'clock of congestion. His
mother who arrived in the city just yester-
day, started this evening with the remains
for Auburn, Ky, their home. She was ac-
companied by Mr.. J. r. Thomson Of this
city.
At the regular meeting of Lone Star
lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias, last night,
term of three years by the lodge and 500
set aside for refurnlshing the lodge room.
In the district court the Anglin rape case,
which has been on trial all this week, was
given to the jury at II o'clock this morning,
and at a late hour the jury is still OUT.
Mr.. ]. L. Goforth, prominent farmer of
this county, is now on trial on a charge of
assault to murder.
Mr.. A. j. Roe of Fort Worth spent the
day in the city
The annual meeting of the Stockholders
of the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and
Northwestern railroad company was held
at their general Offices in this city yester-
day evening. The following directors were
elected for the ensuing term: w. S. Stone,
T. r. Stone, H. NJ Stone, Guy Short, A.
W. Chansellor, Henry Warren, A. F. Nc
Kay and S. NJ. Finley. The directors
reelected L. r. Stone president, W. S
Stone vice-president and L. NJ Fouts gen.
eral manager. A +. Mckay was elected
secretary. The road is in fine condition
and doing nice business. The company's
coal mines on the road at Rock creek in this
county are now being active worked, the
coal taken from them being OF the best
quality of any coal vet mined in Texas
The company has about twenty-five to forty
nice dwellings built at the mines for the
miners. Their improvements are all first
class and made to last. The very latest
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and before the end of the year the company
will be taking out over 1000 tons daily.
Through the kindness of Superintendent
Mckay The GAZETTE correspondent had an
opportunity of inspecting the company's
roundhouse and machine shops in this city
They have everything in the way of ma
chinery with which to make a new engine
if necessary, and everything is kept in good
shape and repair. A great many people
are travelling over the road to Mineral Wells
now. The Texas and Pacific and Santa Fe
and their connections throughout the state
are giving reduced rates to Mineral Wells
through the suDmar