Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-14
GOSSIP or GOTHAM.

New York, August lO,--An applicant for
appointment to the police force who wns
rejected because he was quarter OF an
inch below the required height appealed TO
President Roosevelt In verso today Ito
says he has dnbbled In poetry, music and
Inventions aud thinka those should COM
pcnsato for the lacking quarter Inch. IA
thorn'n more reality than romance on the
force at present, undersIaed poeA have no
Hhow.
Under a section OF the consolidation act
u person may be sent 10 jail for fifteen
days for failure to pny a judgment Tor
less than SO obtained by y female for
wages earned. A lawyer impaired this In
formation to "a batch Of chorus Girls, ana
they Immediately went for theatrical
manager who has held out on thVm. IL
he doesn't raise the cash to satisfy their
claims he Will be- sent up Tor $50 days,
man who shot cat for singing un-
der his window at night paid s. for tho
pleasure of removing the nuisance, But
even then the woman who owned the AMI
NAL wasn't Satisfied. She wanted him In
dIoted for murder. Pota are more pre-
cioua aud far more numerous than chill
dron ut both ends Of the big bridge
Thu cornatalk game was n new arrival
I'm Wall street today, A stalk OF green
corn at least twelve feet high was brought
into the stock Exchange at noon. Two
brokers carried THIS product OF tho ifri-
gated prairle between them amid the
shouts OF the other brokers and placed
II against the post around which the
stock of the burlington and quincy COM
pnny ia dealt In The railroad IN one OF
The great corn carriers OF the country
Since the advent OF the machine In tho
printing office, the boys who follow copy
nrn not near no thirsty Ra they used TO
be-. SIM. they don't object TO beer with
their beef and" after the papers no TO
press. and for that reason they sent
mighty petition 10 tine excise commission
trs IN favor OF an ali-night license on
Park Row. IT only found one advocate,
and they still drink oroton with their
lunches.
A b.yenr-old boy asleep on u nye-story
high fire-cscapo rolled off today and feil
10 the pavement. Instead OF landing on
the cruel stones however, the tot dropped
into a aforementioned baby carriage LETT
on the sidewalk and wasn't huri; Heres
suggestion that might be utilized ~
the llfe-sGvlng aharps Of the IRE DEPART
ment.
A wife lust 10 years old today asked FOR
a divorce. But the reason for making
note 81 II IL the fact that the child wifs
states In her application that she wants
a divorce IN order TO marry her first love.
Evidently the mothers hereabouts are not
Keeping a close enough watch on the nurse
girls and tho baby carriage.
The fact that a man was found dead In
Park Row with piece OF steak stuck
fast In his windpipe must not be taken BY
strangers who see that Item while II 10
being pushed along us a reflection on ths
bills OF faro that abound In that street.
Park Row steak IS likely 70 be tough once
In while. 80 IL "pefs."
Bishop Potter has concluded his month'n
labor In the Cathedral Mission In STAN
ton street. lie intends TO prepare a re-
port IN a few days OF his observations
while in charge OF the mission. and titus
will embody any changes and puEge.tlons
he has made and any results accoinplifheu.
The bishop VIII now tike his vacation.
Tho police department has decided 70 70.
Hue no more permita for homecoming
parades through the streets after picrics
when the paradorH are apt to he more
or less under the Influence OF liquor ana
| liable 10 make such disturbance an char
nctrrized the parade Of the Joseph Well
ing association.