Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-19
CITY LOCALS.

h day.
Eight prisoners were sent out on IL
county road yesterday.
5 County Clerk King yesterday issued
S marriage license to G. w. Goodin and Mi:
q Georgia Cottens
: The members of the Y. P. S. c. E. CAV
very enjoyable sociable at the R-oadwa
e Presbyterian church last night.
e Before lis departure for Austin. Mavo
Smith signed the contract for the Fourt
ward school building and the Sixth war
: fire hall.
A neat residence is being erected on tn
corner OF Second and Taylor streets. tn
property of F. j. Ellis. The house was ne
Gently destroyed by fire.
The debris is being cleared awav from
the ruins OF the recent fire on Houston
street, between First and Second, though
travel on the sidewalk is not yet resumed.
The members OF the Women's Christian
temperance Union are requested to meet
at the Cumberland Presbyterian church TO
day at p. m. Important matters are tc
be considered.
a called meeting Of the W. C. T. U. and
Y. w. G. 7. U. will be held at the Cumber.
land Presbyterian church, corner Fifth and
Taylor streets, this afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
a full attendance is requested.
Last Thursday night man answering to
the name OF w. W. William was arrested
and jailed. The charge was double one
| Vagrancy and for stealing a bovs' veIoci-
pede from Main street dealer and sell
| ing it.
Clarence E. Sanford and Miss Daisy New
land were married Thursday night at the
residence of L. S. Potts, on South HEMP
hill street. +. Sanford is money order
clerk at the postof1ice and the bride is a
West Virginia lady.
While at Austin Attorney Capps will
wait upon the governor with a view of Sc
| curing a pardon for Wright, who was SEN
fenced by the present term of the district
court to two years in the penitentiary on a
! charge OF passing forged check.
William Barr, chairman of the Fifth
ward Democratic executive committee,
calls meeting of the voters of that ward
for Thursday, the Gath, at fuckers FIRE
hall, p. m, to take steps toward electing
successor to ex-CounciIman Charles Mat
kin.
The Y. NJ. c. A. library will be made a
circulating library. There are now about
Two hundred volumes on hand, and as soon
as these can be increased to six or seven
hundred the change will be made It is in
tended to very largely add to the member
ship.
Mr.. James D. Collett, connected with the
w. e. Belcher land and mortgage company,
yesterday said Eastern capital was being
RAPIDLY replaced on Texas property now,
and those who had withdrawn some months
ago were now writing instructions to be
placed IN line again. Confidence is being
restored.
Capt. Thomas p. Martin, senior warden
OF st. Andrews Episcopal church, yester-
day received letter from Rev. Vardry Me-
Bee OF Pulaski, Tenn, accepting the call
Tor the rectorship of the church in this
city. He announces his intention of arriv-
ing here on April l, and will hold his mi !
taI service on the following Sunday, |
April 3.
The ladies of the Altar society of the |
Catholic church desire to extend their !
heartfelt thanks to all those who so kindly |
took part and by their assistance made |
their concert such a success. To the di-
rectors OF the Railway employees club they
are especially grateful for their kindness in
giving them the use of their club rooms for
thai evening.
a telegram from prominent New York
capitalist to a well-known Fort Worth
banker was shown a GAZETTE reporter yes
terday which read: Governor Hogg's
message in relation to local Indebtedness
and securities in Texas will have a worse
eHect upon the credits, industries and i'm
provements in that country even than the
alien land law"
Leading attorneys and business men are
actively engaged pulling for plum in the
shape of one of the courts of appeal and
are getting all data necessary. Yesterday
5. j. Hunter mailed to Austin, to the com
mittee there, some valuable matter among |
which was the picture of a beautiful
woman, representing Fort Worth Just
what part this is to play in the matter
would not be divulged by Mir. Hunter
One of the most prominent real estate
lrms OF the city has about cOnsummated a
leal which involves tract of 81, ZOO acres
# land. all under Enclosure, in the north
Western part of the state. The considera-
ion will be snug little fortune. The con- :
purchasers are parties recently :
rriyed from Kentucky. Not DESTROYS of :
naking the matter public, the names of ;
artles to the trade are withheld.
For the purpose of learning any new /
eatureS connected with the Fort Worth G
nd Dallas rapid transit company. further 8
han was printed in THE GAZETTE a dav or Z
o since, reporter called on E. e. Per-
ms, one of the directors of the companv b
esterday. The gentleman stated that the
party were now running a line
rom Arlington to Dallas, but that it would
G the middle of April before the work was
Omp-eted. As soon as the profles were
nished, the contract will be let for the F
construction OF the road.
Quite number OF real estate dealers and |
gents were talked to yesterday as to the | a
ltlook and present condition Of business 81
their line, and all are of the same opin b
n and make virtually the same report v
lat the outlook is very encouraging. In b
uiries for inside properties are increasing. 81
lere being quite demand now for small CT
,uses, ranging from $500 to $500. and c
at all dwelling houses are being filed up. in
ID in fact there. are not enough vacant h,
vellings to supply the demand. and that OF
ten days it will be a difficult matter to til
ID an empty dwelling house in the cor in
rate limits. ca
Sheriff Beekham of Motley county passed re
rough the city yesterday from Abilene ne
rh one Of the notorious English co
route to Motley IN
unity, where the prisoner will answer to ca
e charge of horse stealing. English is u
der arrest for two crimes, that of
rider near Abilene and for stealing a
rse in Motley county, 10 which place he
being taken for trial He is said TO be a
sporadic Of the worst sort and, with his Or
other, has proved 4 terror to the citizens
both Motley and Taylor counties for a
nber of years. M