Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-24
WACO BUDGET.
a DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST WILL
LIAM CAMERON.
Discharged The HlllsbOro Burglars Captured.
IN Important Cattle SaIe-yaco Gets
the Offices Olher News

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damage suit To recover $0lOO waa hled
today IN the district court against WI
liam Cameron.
The complainant is w. j. Cameron of
Fort Worth who Feb q last was EN-
plOycd in the Touring mill of the defend
ant at Fort Worth as a truckman en-
gagged Ia trucking sacks Of -four from the
mill TO the railroad cars. At the date
mentioned he was placing sacks Of Hour
from pile In the mill on his truck. and
alleges that several sacks In an adJUin-
ing pile fell upon him. breaking his
shoulder and ankle, and Gripping alyl
otherwise disabling him. The plaintiff
alleges that the accident was due solely
to the negligent aud careless manner IN
which the sacks had been piled up. lie
estimates his damages at $1,000. with
500 for medical attendance and 500 for
medicines, ia all $500.
THEY WE'RE DISCHARGED.
The case of the state against j. ID.
Browning nj Allie Lewis charged, To-
gethur with Adrian Bowen, with having
robbed j. Frank Williams Of several
diamonds, came up before Justice Gala
CHER this morning. pursuant to adjourn
ment
No testimony was offered by the pros
eCut.ou and the complaint was dismissed
us to both defendants. Bowen waived
examination when arrested aud gave bail
to appear before the next ierm of the
criminal court.
BURGLARS AND BOOTY.
The thieves who tihed the clothing
store of Moore. Hcurne X Co., at HIS
borO last Friday night, were captured
last night by Assistant Marshal Clay,
Officers Curry, Copeland, Bluck Tubbs,
Wgddcll and Tucker
The burglars, now lunguishing IN the
calabuosc are Richard Allen, alias Ed
Rice, Frank Johnson, alias Pair Frank
aud Henry Jones. From information re-
clothing together with a clue Ia the
shape OF time check issued by the
Missouri, Kansas aud Texas Railway
company 10 Henry Jones, who had been
employed as q section foreman, found
I'm the store after the burglary. the
officers were enabled 10 locate the thieves.
They were captured last night after
hard work by the officers aud, all lodged
in the jail. They told where q large
amount of clothing had been disposed of
and with search warrants the officers
found aud secured the property. This
morning the marshall office looked like
n small clothing store. The goods have
been identified 10y the firm The prison
crs, MI Of whom urc cOlorcd, will be
kept Ia jail here until taken TO Hillsboro
for trial, the iail at the latter town hay-
ing been destroyed by fire. The total
value Of the property recovered Is $3.50.
IMPORTANT CATTLE SALE.
Mr.. Fred A. Forsha of the Texas Live
stock Commission company of Chicago,
Yesterday morning completed the pur-
chase OF 500 bead of cattle from Mr. 4.
Wheeler
The bunch is stated 10 be the finest
ever led IN Central Texas They are
credited by well informed cattlpmcu with
Id ia L. r..
FOrsha LEFT for the north yesterday and
II is expected the cattle will bee shipped
Ia few days. Among cattle deulcrs,
considerable interest is taken in the sale.
Cattle buyers from all over the country
have bcen i'm Waco 60 examine Mr..
Whrcer's mcal.fed steers and the price
paid for them Indicates the excellent
standard they had attained.
WACO GETS THE OFFICES.
An order has been made by Justice
Mccormick IN Tho United States circuit
cour, at New Orleans, granting Alfred
AbcCl receiver of the Waco aud North
western Railway company. permission
To remove any and all of the general of
fees Of the company from Houston 10
Wnco.
The land Office was removed some time
ago and under the order Waco viii be
come the headquarters Of all the offices
OF the road.
Mr. Abccl stated this morning TINT MI
the general offices of the company will
bc removed to Waco NJ once Aiessrs.
Chas. A. Richardson and Thomas Du-
gelhy VIII leave for Houston tomorrow
for the purpose of checking ont the Of
icers of the company there. They will
rtirn 10 the city with al the books. pa
peers aud records of the Offices. The new
appointments of the receiver will be an
oil Ia. n .NnVH e..
leaves this afternoon on business trip
| to Fort Worth.
REPRESENTATIVE ROGERS.
Representative Robert II, Rogers came
| 10 the city 10 spend Sunday at lone.
lie will return TO Austin tonight after
attending the meeting at the city hall
THIS afternoon IN the Interest of secur-
ing the new courts for Waco. The Ca
Zettc representative this morning opened
the question, How do you like lcgisla.
tive life, Mr.. Rogers
He answered, There are many pleas.
ant features about it, and great many
| that are not.
How are the measures of local con.
Germ turingE'
The bin To grant permission TO dam
| the Brazos river has met with no oppo.
sluon aud Is moving along smoothly
The bill grating u new judicial district
for Mclcnnan, however. Is meeting with
very stubborn and unreasonable opposi.
ton from the FAILS county Irprcsentu-
tive lie seems 10 have an idea that the
measure proposes Ia some way or other
TO prrnetratc an outrage on that county
l think that with hard work wen SUI
Ccod In passing il.
The vote for senator will be taken IN.
morrow, and there will bp. in INV opin-
ion, no name but that of senator Mills
presented, except perhaps by the Third
party pgoplo, who will probably vote for
either Nugeut " 'Crucy."
Mr.. Rogers is OPPOSED TOT Senotor
Mills, but viii vote for him owing To
the fact that 40 other name is likely To
be seriously mentioned nm nnnnaitinn