Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-19
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
ENGLISH STOWAWAYS ARE NUMEROUS


Galveston. Texas, October IL -opposi-
tiOn 10 ,ho bui.ing OF IA new count nvuse.
such as tue commissioners court has ue-
ternined and Tor wnieh b.aB Lac b. en-
solicited, has taken the foru ca q PEEL
ton which has Jeen numerousiy san d
by taxpayers To-Day The pet,uJn reds
as fonOws.
I'VE, the undersigned citizens and tax
payers Of Galveston county, do Le.eDy tx
press our opinion TO the board vi commits
! sloners OF our county, that IL Is not nsces-
| sLry to build new court house ct tn .
time, the present one being sufficient and
| safe,
Therefore, the building OF a new court
house would be only a waste OF money
| al u reckless Increase Of the hur1en OF
! taxpayers. Now, with all regard due 20
the court OF commissioners, We DO NEST
| earnestly protest against the new court
hotse scheme or plan ontailing additional
and Useless taxes"
| The opposition r. quite pronounced but
thus far It does not appear 10 have made
any In preston upon the commissioners.
! Concerning the proposed now building
| Commissioner Bailey said today that the
| IDEA Of tho commissioners was Ia yet
about q block OF ground, as he thought
a building OF that size should have lots
Of rcom. Il was proposed to make tho
building hrst-class in every respect with
| elevators, speaking tubes and all modern
/ conNenicnces. Offices would be- provided
for all the county officials, Including tn,
treasurer, the two Justices OF the peace
and the conatables. II was also int n led
that each officer should have n private
room. II was proposed to erect the build
| Ing from gray granite. which Mr.. Rarey
said was not emily the best. hi, the cheap
est nrst-clnss material obtninabe lie
said that they PROPOSED TO make the
building one that would last practically
| forever, and he thought that Galveston
county would ret better court house
for $4,000 than Dallas county did for
more than $4,000
THE EDITORS ARRIVED.
Tho Oklahoma editors to the number
Of 100 or more arrived tonight and VIII
remain here until Sunday evening The
committee Of reception. headed by c. u.
OuHley OF tho tribune, went up 10 Alvin
on tho evening train TO meet the editorial
eNcursionists and escort them to the city.
On their arrival here they were comfort
ably dlspCted at the different hotels and
allowed to court natures sweet restgrpr,
halmy sleep, until tomorrow morning in
order that they may rise rested and re-
freshcd and ready for the entertainments
which are TO follow. At 10 q. m, they will
be taken aboard ono OF the boats Of the
lighter company and given a sail on the
bay and trip 10 the jetties, EAcping them
out until dinner time. In the az eruoon
Trey Will be escorted to tho beach and
mo eourtesies OF the bathing navll'ors
Will DO freely extended Ia thrm. The surf
bathing season proper endsd two weaiSs
ago, but tn" weather is mild enough and
the water warm enough to make SURF /
bathing ns dclghtful' now as At any time I
during tho summer. provided the tniher'4 {
blood Is not too thin an he IS not too |
susceptible to n little chllllncse I'm tho Mt |
mosphere. Saturday forenoon the visitors |
are expected TO dispose themselves about |
the city according 10 their bent ard In !
clinntion and TO 2lsit varioua noints o. |
interest and Satur 'ny afternoon they WIN /
be GIVEN an electric ride over the rlty, |
concluding with an ovstrr roast nnd a |
watermelon feast AT woollan'e ave 'rbc
melons for this occasion come from Opio. |
hofna Territory, the home OF tho yisitora |
FIVE sTowAwAYs,
on board the steamship flanagan which |
arrived yesterday Afternoon frorl Liver. |
pool, were Ave stowaways. who got abotrl /
the ship at Liverpool The mon were |
not discovered untll the ship had beer. out |
te" days when they came out from tine |
coal bunhers, Todsy Captain Walker NAH .
TIT ne ca ary fine to tho government ami |
they were released.
Nearly every hip that arrives from Icu- |
rtpeRn ports has from one to ten atoy
awnys on board, and they are no little
uouble TO the ship masters. When tho
vessels arrive In port tho stownwavs nro
thhor turned over to the police for sac
Keeping until the vessel Is ready TO starr
out again and the vessel must moi onIv
lake them cut OF tho country. but pay
for their keep while here. or else the shio-
master pays fine 10 the government FOR
tran porting the stowawnys and thev are
released, probably to become fun nedFed
citizens in due course OF time. The latter
plan IL much the cheaper method or deal
ing with the stowawuys as a rule, and II
is the rule generally adopted. OF course
the stowaways come under the head OF
forelgn paupers.
LOCAL AND Personal NOTES.
Ed Eisenbash and family have returned
from Europe, after being absent thrso
months,
J. o. Sheldon, deputy FISH and oyster
commissioner, left this morning for East
bay on an inspection tour.
Ike Homer. who about three months
lgo fell from n wagon, was again on the
street today for the first time
A scat tournament, IN which all the {
state Scat societies win participate, will
lake place In the city between Christmas
and New Year. 9
Mrs. j. b, Kaiser OF New Orleans, who
las been the guest Of her mother, MIA
sam Levine, for the past three months,
'eturned yesterday TO hor homa
The case against Van Lew, alias Van /,
Taylor charged with assault with intent
o murder w. Caraway, was heard in The i
ecoiders court this morning and Taylor !
vas bound over to await the action Of tho !
rand jury in bond OF $50,
Henry Carleton, IS years Of age. while \
Il woik on steamship last evening, WIS d
truck on the leg with several sacks of oil Y
AXE suspended In cling. His leg was ]
'roken and no was taken TO the Sealy
Iospital In the patrol wagon.
On Sunday the German Lutheran church
,ill celebrate mission. In which ROY. Y
J. Rapp OF Moulton. Tn. N. Anderson OF u
Veser and q. Fritschel OF the West End b
Mission VIII take part. Mr.. John Foth /
nd daughter viii render some vocal Aoloa I
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