Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-25
"THE FAST MAIL" IN HlLLSBORo
THE PEOPLE PLEASED WITH
Truth DEPICTED.
How tho cazette's Success Wa. Rep
resented ny scenic Effects which
Eiicfted Enthusiastic Applause.
vivid Representation.

Hillsboro, Tex, Jan. 2l.-The per-
Torrance given last night at the Levy
opera house by the Fast Mail" com
pany was one Of the best witnessed
here this season. The sconc effects
nre the most realistic produced on the
stage. The passing trains had ali thu
appearance OF reality. The scene was
In and around Dallas. The first scene
was a view OF the Trinity river from
braced the steamer Harvey lying along
eide receiving freight. the engine room
OF the Harvey showing practical furna-
ces; distant moonlight on the Oak GIN
side OF the Trinity; a wonderful ex-
ploslon. wreeking the steamer Harvey
and leaving her high and dry on the
bosom of the mighty Trinity. The third
scene showed n small way station on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
way, the most wonderful scene now
before the American public. The freight
train. bearing the Dallas News special
In long streamers, making rate OF
speed In keeping with the paper (four
miles an hour, came in view. putting
and blowing like n real engine, stopping
In the middle OF the stage. showing "a
corps OF correspondents, deputy sher-
iffs and a surveying corps with pick
and shovel, on their way to Battalle
addition at HillsbOro TO dig up the muir
dered man in the new made grave
found out there few days since, but
which proved on Investigation TO be the
carcass OF a dead mule buried there.
Tho freight News speclaD was side
tracked for the East Mail" carrying
The Fort Worth Gazette 10 its thnus-
ands OF renders throughout the broad
land, running at the rate OF forty miles
an hour and distributing Tho Gazette
as she went And MS the Fast Mail'
came In sight, with strcamer run
ming full length OF the train with the
words Fort Worth Gazette" In large.
bold letters, the audience went wild;
they cheered long and loud. scene
long to be remembered by our theater-
going people, The play was so real
that there is strong talk of return
date being asked for by the citizens OF
Hillsbnro.
The following arc today's hotel ar
rivals here:
Commercial Hotel-T. d. Littecl st.
Louis; W. c. Brannn, Winchester,
Tenn; John Hale, Dallas; l.. u. Gucn-
ther, New Orleans; II. $. Levy, Calves
ton; c. II. Springer, Memphis: S. d
Jett, Kalamazoo; J. @. Everett, Pe,-
iit't - ~ iAHAthfls l0At i4nulAf IL IL
Bybee, Waco; c. L.. n. Brown, New
York; ]. T. Williams Chicago; a. c.
Anderson. Nashville; n. j Hale, Dem
ton; d. y. MillllSln. Cincinnati; Jen
ltgsby. Belton u. VanwlnlSlc, Atlanta;
=. G. Barry, Galveston; j. NJ, Morris,
Chicago.
]. X Iotcl--H. II. Wall, w. d. oliver,
John Hale, j. l.. Rice II, w. Peck. S.
H. Gibson, NJ. j. Horly, Kirk Hall,
Dallas; b. =. Davis. O c. Bowman,
city; Il. Summers, Galveston: c. w. |
Brown, w. l. Getchell, st. Louis: II. Il,
Smith, Houston; A. NJ. Wade. Decatur:
J p Faber, Fort Worth; w. w. Boyd. |
Atlanta; Max Goldsmith, Kansas city; |
Il. j. Littleheld, Denison.
Newsom llouse-L, l.. Horse, Denton; |
J. j. Scott, y. Shannon, w. S. Hogg, n. |
Crump, j. NJ Harley, j. NJ. Morris, II. |
W, Went, Cleburne; l.. j. site, N. Q. |
hlltchells, Italy; w. Il. Shelton, Dallas; |
$. Underwood, w. A. Maner, A. H. |
Dochet, WaXahachie; j. Cartright, j. |
Jones, Fort Worth.