Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-08
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Grand Jury Charged on Many Sub
iects and Put to Work.
STATE LAW OR CITY ORDINANCE
Question May Again lie Brouvh Up.-In.
jared by Electric Cars.-New
Union pep,


uary term OF the criminal district court
convened this morning. but beyond the
inpaneihg OF the grand fury, tho de-
livery OF Judge cayin's charge ana the
setting OF cases netting was iono. The
docket for the term is very large one
ana Will Keep the court busy to dispose
OF IL within the allotted time. In his
charge Judge Gavin mapped out n good
deal OF work for the grand Jury 10 10
and the composition OF that sody II
such as to impress the conviction gcncr-
ally that hts work VIII be Well done.
Tho grand Jurotp are. W. Y. Becra. fore
man: 1. Lovenberg. l.. s. Mckinncy, L. V.
Elder. Wharton davenport Fenelon Can
non, a. Z. Tothert, John r. Stinons, r. H.
Sweeney. A. II. fuller G. a. Nidder aud
Matt Genglcr. all u them "clhzens OF
credit and rcnown." In chlrstng the
jurors this morning Judge Gavin called
their attention to the law ngalnst the
sale OF goods on Sunday. the keeping
ope' of places Of business ana iimlseucnt
on sunday and the duty OF stutc, county
aud city officers To enforce such laws.
Under an ordinances OF the city, places
o. business In the city may be kept open
until 10 O'Clock Sunday morning und az.
ter O'Clock in the afternoon and oven
iis, and under this charge Of Judge
Gavin the grand Jury mny cause ouch
arrests rs VIII again bring MP the mootod
question as 20 whether The uity may por-
nit, by special ordinance. tho violations
or a STATE mw, though the proaaut ar
rtngoment appears to bc satisfactory all
around.
Judge Gavin also called attention to
the law regulating the practice ~ mrdl-
cine, He said thorc nro complaints tbRt
A. Ia hftigt Az s.st d
Jury IA asked to mako special inquiry into
the matter.
Other matters TO which particular at
trntloh was called Included The sale OF
lottery tickets and scalpers' tickets,
THE UNION DEPOT.
II ia practically settled thai Galveston
Is 20 have now union depot within
very short time aud It may pe located
between Twenty-hrlh and Twenty-seventh
streets. just two blocks west OF The pres.
ent depot. There has been good deal
OF delay and worry over the new depot
project owing to TIM diversity Of views
between the railroad company and the
owners Of some Of the lots needed for The
depot site Tho railroad company win
not pay the price asked and the proncrtv
owner il scous, viii not come down aud
there Tho matter rests
The wharf company owns the site NJ the
present Union depot and needs the grOunl
for Wharfage purpoRes tint Is to Say, od-
d,tlounl railway tracks and freight room,
and the railroad computes must md an
other place for the taking on and putting
on OF in passengers rs The Let OF June
next, unless they are given It little moro
time in which TO complete their depot
buildings after q location has been w.
cured, If the property owners come to
terms the new depot will he located whcro
tho public interest would be bcst sub
served. otherwise II will 20 elsewhere,
UNITED STATES COURT
In the case or tho Southern Rtdlstiillng
aud RectiDing company. limited, w, VIA.
l.. i. Leigh and W Il. King Of Houston,
a petition was HE'D IN the United Stuttn
court this afternoon alleging that tho sRii
defendants were Indebted 10 paluuffs IN
the sum OF about $500, aud praying tor
writ OF aclucsttation, which wns granted
and the goods claimed by plaintiffs wore
seized by tho United States deputy mar
shall to await further order Of tho court
In the case OF the Furmcre' Loan and
Trust company w. Houston nnd Texas
Central RAILWAY, uron motion Of the Lack
nwannn Iron and conl company ahl tho
Morgan, Louisiana and Texas Railway
and Steamship company and tho Southern
Development company and Pacific I'M
provemunt company, lntorVcnors, the Dpc-
cal mastcr was granted uutil the second
Monday IN january, 1896, 10 file his report.
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pre"ilV gch'ruly hluWh unuV ~ si.vttle
c,T Solnsl9h nun uerulIci On thr inlr'y-
tnltu anu '"7'p,uu, s.rV'' illrN E'eN'u"g
afternoon ~ Whlcn TWO or ,nroe pNs9h,
gers WuIe nun aill lne nien p'1E'u'ou
tllal ~ n,!u. ~, ~ y. ~
ppIs' however 'hht WhHe ,he Or, MINUS
or me cars wcI. e49slnerhnly Snnken tlp
onIS one Mts' ", w. iouu 81 avn, RI
sgno,.,o,. ,.,,Iod az ,he rostdccce NJ Airs
Tennis. where Mrs, Todd IL staying thls
afternoon, he wns told that the injured
lady vns eufrorinp considerable pain. but
was receivInr every cure ana attention.
,osr I,nc,
Mrs, J. Bonart hnd her lott loot cut on
by. an electric car thus afternoon NJ lsiio
o'clock. Mrs. Bonart stepped from pe-
hind phsfitg cart anu on tn' fhVk
Mo'orinhh Msmr'H u'a ny ,,, az 4
VIM AN tn,ce. k,oekinr nor down ana
,t,.,,.,o,i,Sf, b,r a raw faet The car Ngns
quickly stopped q SURGEON telcphuned for
and the injured woman removed 10 her
home Conductor Mclean was on the rear |
Of the onr and did not see the accident |
Percy Watkins motorman of the cnr |
waI, arrested this afternoon, ohnrgod with /
reckless running oil the moor Pnr
WHARF COMPANY DIRECTORS.
The annual meeting Of tho stockhoidcrs /
81 ,ha C,alyeston Wharf ro,npany WINS hell 7