Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-04
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Building For the Manufacture Of
Fertilizer Nearing Completion.
AN ARM AND A LEG CUT OFF
Workman Fatally iarnd ny srsrhin~,y.
SINAI Dama ny fnc I.oc4i
Nstss aid Persunais.

Galveston. Texas. january s.-rae NOR
prornizing industrial enterprise with
which Galveston begir.s the new year ID
fertilizer factory, the bulaings for
which are already Under way near ia
stock pens In the western portion q the
s"s. me Texas Feru.lzer Manufacturing
company has been Incorporated with }.
u, Sa,oway, a. benrends and john
sMsehss, ar. Galloway being general
R;ailah,r anu Mr.. swecney supei.nseii,lent
OF zoe conipanys wsrK. Tns capita. 10
segiii wi.n W.; be sis,.yv. to be alued 10
erntu by the demand
B.he, phosphates aud all ether ferti.i2era
necessary 10 meet Tue requirements u ,as
hl,uhs Aoi-s viii be mt,nufaclureo. and
extensive arrangements viii be made Tor
lne ana-Ns9 OF soil IN order tnlt mo
tsrmer may. be II rrisEed with exactly
ine llnd OF fertilizer that his and meats.
inrther than this. he viii be fuinisbet
WIN rcnpntent Information as TO thu
s,tt methods Of feri.ising for different
efufH, ana ia this way many OF the mis-
takes heretofore made In the use OF for
tilizer VIII be 6bviatcd and the best results
polsible attained.
hrst engage the attention OF the company
date.
IRRIGATION.
Mr., f,ucien Minor. who has just returned
from visit to WIukler and Ward coun-
ties. speaks with some degree Of enthus-
itsm concerring the irrigation system
employed In the pecos valley. and says
his firm has arranged for an experiment a
Irrigation plant IN the counties namsd
lie says OF the pecna valley: 1.-THE sol
is as white as snow. IL strongly impreg-
mated with alka.i and does not look as
though II would produce anything New
orthcleys the produce. with the aid or
irrigation, certainly the finest vegetables
IN Nlg word | "a hgnna af fnhhara
there sixteen inches In diameter aud nino
inches thick. exclusive Of surplus leaves.
POUNDS Afna grass Masnaas ssSeS
nine tons pcr acre. frnr to SIX crops boz
ms gathered during the year. Sorghum
sS BrHdgs Of tbo oenny lao
thorgh the. prospect " al nrst bush I'M
Inviting. Hogs are a.so being raised eS.
ors / ever saw raised UPON the range"
FIRES AT BEACH PARK.
There We're two nrcs at Beach park
this morning. The first occurred at !
O'Clock aud was In the ticket office. To-
Gated en- tho northwest corner OF the
grounds, No damage resulted.
An hour and a quarter later. Gre was
discovered In the cottage used by this
ball players as Il dressing room and before
the department reached the scene soma
damage WAS done. Tho cause OF the tres
This morning al $40 o'c,ock there was
a chimney IRE nj the residence OF Mrs.
Hart on Bath avenue and posiofnee
street No damage.
ARM AND LEG CUT OFF.
Victor Mcknight. working at the grain
elevator, was tangled up In the machinery
OF the steam shovel and had his right
arm cut of near the shoulder. Ills right
leg was also cut on between tho ankle
and the knee. He was taken TO the
spaiy hospital. whore his WOUNDS were
attended to. At late hour tonight no
was still alive. but was reported sinking
and his recovery is considered doubtful
SUICIDE OF MRS. KRALsE.
Mrn. Pauline Krause. who suicidod Tues
day nj Waco. was well known in this
oity She was n sister CT Mrs. Augusta
peny. Mrs. c. Cussel ana Herman HEN
coke Or thls city Hsr eih har. osrsSyseesai
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Miss Helen Jacobs il visiting friends
In Houston.
The pubuo schools reoponed today and
tho holiday recos Ia over.
Mr. aud Mrs. Joe II. Enrich OF Houston
are spending q few days In Galveston
II. Itlelneuke ia in Waco to attend the
funeral Of his sister, Mrs. r. NJ, kfahse.
County Commissioners Bailey and Ryder i
were out today Inspecting roaas and
bridges,
Foriy-four raqo horses arrived IN tho I
city this morning aud were qnartered at
the rating stables,
Mr. md Mrs. c. X. Lee returned from
their bridal trip this morning and are at
home at the corner of Eighteenth and
Winnie.
The preliminary examination of Harry
Moore, charged with rape OF h-year-Old
Alice Kerr. viii occur tomorrow morning
III Recorder Johnson's court.
Tho unusually largo Receivers court
docket this morning indicated ths manner
IN which a good,y number. OF Gnlyeston-
ians celebrated New Years Day.