Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-16
rnn DALLAs xnws nupenr.
The Crowd Was bigger show Than
the Circus

| city today, one commencing at ESQ
and one Mt p. m. Early this morn
Ing countrymen began TO flock into the
city from forty miles around. Some,
fearing they would miss some of the
show arrived before daylight and
kept busy watching all day lest some
thing might escape their observation.
The streets today exhibited all types
of humanity. There were some who had
never ventured from their farm house
since their location thirty or forty
observe how they opened their eyes in
amazement when dawned on them the
light Of the civilized world. Then
there was the fakir. who roped the
hayseeds In until some OF them will
have to walk home. There was the
| red balloon man, who was always con-
| spicuous on the most crowded thor
oughfares, with his whining whistles
and monotonous drawl OF a voice, The
honey-ooated popcorn and peanuts. 8
cents a bag, man, was also there. as
well as the man with his ice cold lem
onade, two for Ave.
The big parade caused the side
walks to be impossible. and crowded
the windows on either side of the
street with spectators. But every one
that saw the street parade this morn
| ing was delighted with it, There was
mile and half of professional SPLEEN
| dor. whole and complete geological
collection seen In wide open dens, a
| living moving giraffe, eighteen feet
high, largest living hippopotnmus. nu-
merous gaily costumed actors, world
OF music and the unique solid silver
chime OF Russian church bells.
The parade, which is always the true
| index to the show, shows that Ringing
Brothers have unlimited show property
| and goes TO prove the enormous size
/ of the circus bearing their name.
Thirty minutes before the perform
ance this afternoon the sale Of tickets
was ordered discontinued, as not an
available seat was then In the tent.
The performance proved In every re-
spect to he the best of the kind ever
seen In Dallas, Both performances filed
the tent to Its utmost capacity, and
all seemed highly pleased with the
show, which exhibits many new feats
and is both interesting and lnstruc-
tive.
a Gazette reporter today saw
number Of the twenty-three men who
made Democratic speeches In Dallas
county Saturday night,and they all re-
port large and enthusiastic crowds,
that threw up their hats and shouted
for Cleveland and the Democratic par
ty, They say the Popullsts are moth
ing like as strong In the county as
they themselves believe they are, and
that many OF the men who have been
lukwarm in the ancient Democratic
faith, or who actually trained with
the upstart party, will vote the straight
ticket as heretofore, next month,
The candidates for county and pre-
clnct Offices Will meet at 10 a. M.
Wednesday, the 18th, for the purpose
Of arranging for places on the election
tickets and for having the tickets
printed.
The question Of whose name shall
be placed on the ticket for floater will
come up for consideration and settle
ment at the meeting, or be relegated
to the county executive committee.
The friends OF both candidates Q are
using their best efforts to get their
favorites on the tickets
while Barry Miller was making a
flaming Democratic speech on last Sat
urday night at Pleasant Valley to the
biggest crowd that ever assembled at
that place, somebody poisoned his fine
New Foundland dog In his yard.
County Judge Nash viii spend the
the river
Undertaken Smith is In receipt Of an
other letter from Miss Mamie Brown
OF Kokomo, Ind. TO the effect that she
win pay the expenses of plain burial
for Harry Huffman, the nlckel-ln-,he-
slot man, who was found dead In his
bed at the st. George hotel six weeks
ago, and whose body has since been
at Mr. Smiths shop.
Miss Brown in her letter expressed
n desire to have Hoffmans watch
charm and finger ring
At o'clock this afternoon a small
blaze was discovered among some
debris on the vacant lot adjoining the
Tlmes-Herald Office which was the oc-
caslon for considerable uneasiness on
the part Of adjacent property owners.
The fire spread with great rapldity,
ignlting a pile Of lumber near by, and
those Interested were compelled TO
abandon their buckets. hydrant hose.
etc, and call upon the fire boys" to
subdue the angry flames. No damage
was done.
Cotton Is rolling In at the compress
In South Dallas at the rate Of 1000
bales per day, and the long string OF
wagons awaiting their turn to be I'M
loaded, presents quite a buslness-like
appearance.
The price Of the staple remains low.
Prices today range from 4.65 cents to
i.SI IL. with no prospect Of much OF
an advance
Last Saturday Police officer Shelley
arrested Tom Williams as a suspicious
person.
The prisoner. II transpired. was
wanted In Mexia for the theft OF $50
in cash Constable w. +, Henderson
OF Mexia came for him yesterday
Eighty dollars OF the stolen money
was recovered,
The Mcleod hotel today was more
freely patronzed than any hotel in
the city Most every table was full.
The dr1mmcrs In their rounds have
told the people whore 10 find a good
hotel when IN the city, and they have
not forgotten the To-
America Won.
Tuxpan. Oct i5.-Word has reached
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