Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-13
The Commissioners Think h New
Court House Necessary.
TO COST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
BIDS Advertised for-Deed of Trust
Fiicd-f'rce Ferry Auiinted,
Notes and Personals.

the neiEhborhood OF half million dol
lars, Will be carried out. At the NEE ,ing
OF the commissioners court today tue
matter OF building the new court house,
which had been postponed IRON thu last
meeting. came up for discussion, but was
not discussed. a document was read set
ung lorth that wnereas imperative pc
cesslty exists Tor the early osucuon OF u
new court house in the county and cay
| OF Galveston for the reason that lie prca-
ent huilulhs Is Mhuiy unsafe, insecure
and Inadequate IN It's conditions, therefore
be , !, :, ..,..., .a,,,..,
and deurocd by the comniiss ouors court
ot Galveston county, on the llth day of
November. A. u. 1886. 'lhat a new cOurs
house DO erected In the sald ely and
county, the cost OF which, ipoiu lug builu-
Ing and site, shall not exceed sow; and
be 1t further ordored, adJudytd and de-
creed by tho said coinnlssionefa court
thai for tho purpose Of raging for the
said court house public builling and i'm
proNement bonds Of tho county OF CAL
weston be issued In tho dtnominHtlon OF
1890 each to the amount q SsUU00. pay
able on or before forty years from Gaze,
bearing interest at the rate OF pr cent
Per annum from date. principal and IN
tefeet payable At the Office OF The county
treasurer OF Galveston county, Texas, In
tho city and county Of Galveston. taid
Interest being payable annual ana bs
II further ordered ad1udTed and creed
that for tho purpose OF providing for Tho
payment OF tho principal and n gre!t "
the said bonds and sinking tund thoro-
for that q suitable tax be levied, not to
exceed 10 cents on the 500, at Tie next
regular meeting Of this court, the sana
being the second MONDAY In February.
Tho resolution WAS Immediately adopted
by the votcs OF Bailey. Reyder and West
erlnse, Nidor voting nay,
In furtheruncp OF tho resolution udoptcd
tie clerk Of tho court was authorized TO
advertlFe for bids. plans, spc'ideations
md details for the conntrueuon Of tile
h.nls at M ia lD.
built OF granite, with all modUru Improve
mcnts ana convenences and strictl, fire.
proof throughout size OF building not to
exceed 2d1NiB feet.
There was some talk this afternoon OF
applying TO the courts for an Injunction
10 restrain tho commissioner court from
iHsuing bonds and from proceeding further
IN the matter of erecting a new court
honro, and II 10 highly probable this eoursO
will I've taken.
FlTzsINiMoNs' AGGREGATION.
The FitTsimmons AGGREGATION including
tho mlldlewclght champion, Martin Jul
ian, his manager; Ernest Rocler, his
wrestler, Jack stelznor ana Joe Rancher.
Mrs. Fitzslmmons and Mrs. Julian reach
cd the city this morning. having an en-
gngement TO MI at Harmony HAN this
evening, The progfamme arranged for to-
brhneheu OF athletic sport, hail .uunChing.
was giyeh out liza, Billy mcCarihy, the
australian pugilist,, would nttvmpt to
stand four rounds before Luuky Bob IN
the expectation Of receiving 500, and that
Professor Bcrnau, local heavyweight,
would have friendly wrestling match
with Ernest Roeber and that Bernau
would receive 50 u no succeeded N stay
ing with Rosber fifteen minutes.
tbs afternoon that the sheriff would MT
permit the bout between Fltzsmmons nnl
heChfthS, and that anything m the m
lure of Nf1HTIluR W0tllu he Htrintiv
hibited and for time this local sports
wer0 much in the dumpa. The Hherin.
hing contrary to law had been advar-
Used or would be attempted, but 10 II
should be the law would, OF course, be
Al a conference this evninE u was do
cidcd not to try to pull on the contest
between Mccarthy and FitzsimmOns Tor
The four rounds. After the exhibition to-
night tho house was cleared and after
wards the doora thrown open for a FREQ
exhibition, In which there was some spar
ring for points between local sports. CON
ketzler, his spnrfing partner.
Itoeber failed 10 DO up Bcrnnu In liftcen
minutes and ho was awarded the 81.
DEED or TRUST.
Saturday evening a deed Of trust was
filed conveying tho stock OF goods, FIX
tures, etc.. OF Joseph w. Field to william
II. Bl0lsdell, as trustee. Tue stock con-
sists OF jeweiry. watches. diamonds. furni-
ture, fixtures. etc. The conveyance is in
tended MS q trust. and TO create Il lien
upon the property, the trustee being au-
thorlzed TO collect claims and accounts
and ~ sell properly ana effects as speed
NY nh possible for cash, either At private
or public sglle, to pay on the firin's lndebt-
.aness ~ the following order;
q. n. Meyer, SlDJ1, AdOuc ~ laobit, 5000:
Kaufman, Meyers Co., Sou. Thomas
doEsan Bro, $40; Galveston News,
$50; William 4. Johnston. 1861. Calves
badic, Elband & Co, si7; Il. i. Cohen. ,i5;
]. Stoifel & Co., $50; a. Il. Boworfnd, Si2.D;
W. u. korr n Co, $50, Gorham Manulac-
penheimer, 800. pierpont Misunderstanding
company. $3.50,
1t is claimed that the assets are con-
sld.r1ply IN excess OF tho liabilities and |
Strengthened out and resume business |
FREE FERRY WANTED.
The people living on Bolivar peninsula, |
Just across the bsv from the city. ara |
ngitatinE the matter OF n free ferry be.
tween Bolivar Point and the city wharves. |
The farmers over there claim that they
are paving ono-fourth the. value OF their
products TO have them ferried over TO |
thls market. and that thew are receiving |
e, 70 benefit whatever from the free county |
rived from II. The matter was under dlR-
cussion In the county commissioner court |
today. when judge LockhArt said the
charges and wharfage paid by the pconlo
OF Bolivar amounts to something enorm-
Gus. and he believed they are entitled 10
a ferry. a communication was read from
Ed Drewitt saying he would submit d |
',ropositio to establish II ferry for a
srbsldy or for a guaranteed income. but
Judge Lookhart said his Idea was 10 es-
ublish q free ferry, AZ no tolls arc charged
on the county bridge aeroBs West bay
The matter was referred to the road and
bridge committee.
ADJUSTMENTS.
There was only u fair audience ut the
Grand opera house tonight TO witness
Thomas Keene's production OF Louis
XI." parity, perhaps. on account Of
counter attraction at Harmony hall and
partly. perhars. because OF tie nIyatcg
IN prices Of admission. Tho performance
however was very much enjoyed BY those
who witnessed II. Tomorrow afternoon
Mr.. Keene viii present "Richlicu" al a
ma tinee. and will close hiA enlargement
with Richard III tomorrow night He
WI be fuccacdsd Wednesday Eight by
Spider and Fly."
CRIMINAL COURT
The criminal court was engaged today
N the dlspooltion OF misdemeanor cases,
mainly failure 10 pay occupation taxes.
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