Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-11
THE GALVES10d Ov,,vl,5E7.
coNsrDEnABLn OPPOSITION 10 A
CONVENTION.
sports Pay Dollar 90 See Dog
Fight = winners Issue chei-
Iengc-Badiy Benten = Com
lnE spnrrinE Match.

Galveston, Texas. August e.-'romorrow
evening the Galveston county democratic
executive committee will hold meeting
IN Justloe Frierys office for the purpose
Of deciding upon the advlsability OF hold
Ing county democratic convention FOR
the purpose OF nominating "A straight
democratic ticket. the meeting Is eN-
pected to be decidedly interesting, as at
loast one ward has decided IN opposition
10 a convention. The candidates. cspecl-
ally those OF the democrats persuasion,
are decidedly ayerBo to "A CONVENTION, as
that means failure 10 their chances and
they and their friends arc doing every
thing IA their power to defeat the holding
Of convention for the purpose OF maxi
Ing county nominations. There are n fpw
candidates, however who favor the hold
ing OF a convention and they and their
friends Will favor the scheme ana be-
tween them the nRht VIII be.
MARINE INrELLIGENcE.
Tho arrivals today We're the steamships
Nuecos, from New York. with general
morohandihe tho Memerow QBfltiSh),
from renerlffo,' IN ballast which on her
arrival off the bar received ofdcfa 10
sail for New Orleans. and AZ once de-
parted tho Fulweli british from sun
deflnnd. Ia ballast, came In ana bcrthod
At pier "a. where she VIII receive II cargo
OF cotton.
Charlotte were towod in from the OUTSIDE
today and borthcd at pier 70, whore they
WILL discharge their cargoos Of coal.
Branfoit master, In ballast from West
nartiepool. August Z, for Galveston, ar
rived at bermuda September g. with her
Tho schooner Mary Sprasue, Poland
master. sailed from BOSTON September
2 FOR Philadelphia. whore she Will load
nSs port Is rapidly filling UP with
foreign steamships, There arc now four
teen IN port awaiting cargo, and more
expected dailyi while the total sock of
cotton on hand Saturday night was
"A s5y bales OF this amount l2,522 bales
arc on shipbotrd not cleared, and dis
i0j bales; 10 France. $685. bales; 10 other
foreign points. 1865 balos, and coast wise,
Gl21 bales. INT tonnage, foreign, In port
at conservative estimate Is equal 70
A DOC FIGHT.
This morning dog nght between two
butt terriers for 500 a side came on at a
point down the inland and was attended
by quite a number OF the sporting fra
ternty. who md pleasure IN such exit
billions, The dogg pitted ag-nst each
Mahor respectively, The latterH dog Is
known as the Gas House pog," and
each weighed thirty-three pounds whom
forty minutes aid was won BY the Bowe
dog. The sports kicked because they were
charged 81 admission TO sec the nght,
j
memorable and the dollar had 10 be paid
to SEQ tho contest, The hackers OF the
Rowe dos now announce that they wiz
pit their dog against any lry-three
pound dog Ia the state for purse Of
1900. They also say they nave q thlrty-
nine pound dog which they will ply
against any other dog In tho state OF
similar weight for $500
OFF FoR wLALLtsviLLE.
The suit brought In the name OF the
State 20 Gust the international and Great
Northern from possession OF the Calves
ton. Houston and Henderson railway Will
be called In tho district court OF Cham
beers county tomorrow. Tonight at 1880
O'Clock County Attorney Bradford Ham
cock Mir. Il. j, LAhatt ana Mr., W, n.
Colonel Robert @ street, representing
the International and Great Northern,
left for Nnlligvllle, going via Houston
and the Southern Pacific to Liberty, taxi
| Vile Mr., Jesse A, whitaker aooempa-
MED tho party as stenogrsphor
PuGILtsrC.
! Next Thursday night Jack Everhart,
who defeated Stanton Abbott will have
a slA-round 80 with Tom Monaghan
ot Galveston, In tho fremont opera
house. At the Same time Page, Ever
hsrts manager and trainer. win ut-
tempt so stop Malouoy, booked 20 hght
Ahcrn, In four rounds. BeHldcs these
bouts there VIII he other attractions Of
puglllsue and athelotc character. which
| VII DO interesting to the short haired fra
| ternity.
BASE BALL
The Rosebuda OF Houston and the Fly
awayh OF this city met on the diamond
this afternoon at the Beach park before
crowd Of between 400 and 900 people and
put up rafting good game OF ball.
Each club made a home run ana piayed
me game through with spirit aud hut lew
| orrOfN' The score was close ono hut
was won by the Tlyawayf. the score
sthndlnE AZ the end or the ninth Inning
Flyaways 8. Rosehuds 7.
BADLY BEATEN.
In a fracns today, which occurred ON
broadway between Thrty-seventh and
rhlr'y-eighth streets. Tom Riley was So
hadly beaten by Hy Bprton that he hpd
to be conveyed 10 the seaiy hospital for
| repairs Burton was. arrested and sent
and battery