Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-11
pANHANnLE WuEAr

~, YAM, i'I PREPARATION Tor the sab
oath' Preaching tonight Mt 1880
PANHANDLE WHEAT
General h. NJ Clarke who has re-
genQy returned from q trim through the
Panhandle is very enthusiastic over the
prospects Of the wheat crop He SAYS
that from TpXliuc down. the condition
of the crop is the finest known. Tho
recent rain was general over the entire
i,ohhaudlc aud with another rain in
May, the farmers win harvest nu aver
age of eighteen bushels per acre
Tho general dcsrc8 90 call attention 20
the Tact that IN 1891 % very largo guam.
ltl of wheat was lost ON uccouut OF
lack of adequate thrcshiug facilities The
crop ui lS32 was lest than that OF the
previous year. and the number of thrcsh.
cr has not been greatly Increased. 10
is estimated that the yield of wheat iu
the Panhandle viii not fan short of T..
ODOOO bushels and General Clarke is
of opinion that there win not be- sufficient
threshug outfits Boo the Panhandle Go
take care of all the wheat. s0 that somo
farmers viii be compelled 20 stack their
wheat I'm order tp save d. If this h.
done properly &c ill~greatly improve the
Whent us the sweating process cnusp8
the berry 90 become brighter aud To mill
bpttrr 10 viii not cost the farmer as
much per hushc 10 have his wheat
thrcshpd from q stack us 10 would 90
have IL thrcshed from the Held iiy Nh
means let our farmers give proper at
| tention 20 this most important mnttrr
and make arrangements 10 stack their
| wheat, unless they can make absolute
contract to have il thrcshcd In season.
POLICE COMMITTEE VS.. PREACH.
Err
On Thursday Alderman Montgomery,
chairman of the police committee de-.
string that the charges. " ANY, against
the police force should be properly me
vcsiigated sent 60 Rev A. H. Baton the
following letter
Fort Worth, Tex, March o. 1903
"Roy. A, b. Batcn,
Dear Sir-Thcrc win De meeting
of the police committee lt yity marshall
| office, tomorrow, 10Th inst. ut n
o'clock. %. u., for the purpose of hear
iug amy evidence you maY have. touch
Ing the charges made 10y you regarding
th' police committee. police force. al
! dcrurn aud city officials generally IL
| yOug witnesses are not convenient give
| Che names Ut the Same tu bearer and
! lac VIII summon them for Won. n this
! hour IS not suitable please indicate what
| hour viii hr convenient aud your couvp-
uisuCe ~h0ll bee ours Worry respectfully,
"JNO Y. MONTGOMERY,
Chairman"
To this letter he received this reply:
Fort Worth. ToN., March ~ 1903
Mr. Juo. r. Montgomery
Dear Sir Thanks for your favor Of
today. Replying would say, made
some statements IN my sermon last Sum
| day nieht, 90 which ! suppose You re-
fer, which ! said could be- proven by
affidavit ] have been asked 10 make
this statement good This request will
be- granted Proof will be produced next
Sunday ni.ht upon the same platform
from which the statements were made,
Nothing less than this would be just
Hope you viii be present Respcciuhy
"a r. BATEN."
Chairman Montgomery said that one
specific ulusion was 10 the removal uf
one of the policemen because De had
! done his duty In prosecuting % complaint
against woman named Armstrong Tor
! keeping a disOrderly house. II deny
| that the officer was removed for prose-
"ln order 10 be cxnctly correct ne TO
| dates, will state that the Armstrong
case was filed Aug ., 1892. and thr pO-
! lice force was reduced nt a meeting Of
/ the council on the night of Sept. 80.
/ want IL distinctly borne Ia mind that the
! cN-Oiucpr iu question was not retired alone
/ but wns cut OIL GO the same time that
nh the other officers were let out ] also
/ want 50 remembered that when this man
| was lnt out, that his partner. who was
engaged m the Armstrong ease with
| him, and knew as much. IL NOT more
| about it than hc did, was retained on
| the force.
II see by an interview "a an evening
| paper this eX-oficer Says he repeatedly
| asked why lac was dismissed aud never
| could get uny satisfaction. 4 cun say
| he never asked the committee anything
| about the matter at nny time.
ION March s / met him on the street
and then for the first time he said he
| believed his notion in the Armstrong
| ease was the cuuRe Of his dismissal lie
/ could have made his interview a little
| fuller ~ he had stated that during the
! pcndency of the ease Ia question, he aud
/ LIS brother officer came 20 me 10 talk
| N over. aud | told them both 10 30 on
/ and DO their duty but from the turn nf-
| fairs have taken, | don't for one mo-
| ment think he referred 20 me when be
| said prominent citizens advised him
/ 20 press the case. Nevertheless, / told
| Linn 10 DO bis duty.
CARVED HIS WIBE.
Al Arlington yesterday morning a
| negro named John thimbiey alias BUS
| teri mnde deadly assault on biz vile
| ana fut the woman 80 that at this lmo
/ sbe Is probably dead for the plysicicn
/ WHO saw her said Il was not possible for
/ hpr 10 recover from the wounds.
/ The two were married. about three
/ years ago but two on three months since
i Inc brutality Of the man drove me Wnmn1
i from him and though Dr. has repeatedly
4 ufeel her return % BIN She has rel iHHii
| ',r8fnpfed bg her fears of bodily hnfnL
/ Yesterday Buster went 20 ine teut where
| IA wife was aud began ne. work u