Fort Worth Standard. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1876 Page: 3 of 4
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*111E STANDARD.
A3 A OU5C EAIEN fS.
BROWN'S
uoutice the name of (J. 11. DAY,
-0-
AV ho legale &. Retail! Dealers
Belling.
EST HEE
What
winter air, and then crawl back again.
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New crop Louisiana
cs &
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I'GAH.
Quocnsware,
fb low*
r
East
* Wood
I
AXD
. .6.15. p, q.
t;B Bill
..8 40. p. a.
MOLASSES
..8.06. a 3.
f
A ftcaei’al assortment of
.40
cis
Rev. Jahn G. Fack’er, an eminent O.
AND RIO
ir&USE
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. .@12}£@14cU
Choice ZWow
firm.
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9
APOTHECARY
&.
<2?
•ts
i
S.d their advediseuciit fur
Ct*
as
. A\ 1)
IRE’S
.none in mrkt
•sitory,
Square,
EXAS.
i’d to be vet v
The shop is
tClS
liner, Hi.
DRIED ENGLISH
5
J 'runes, IJlct ck berries
COUDE?,
T
AND CHOICE
track to
For sale al
do
RD, JACKi-
IN.
rr
NEW RAISINS,
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ie ors.
’76.
’76.
F.ir
Ord-, r
Ticking
and Candy Toys,
Hut'.
I’at-
^moked
*! »
yon ‘ hem - p>rp« r
>
Cite
.V
inch..
EXTRA MESS
■EDGE. Agent,
new -pr: g
Queens ware dirt che.p
at I Cktb. & Co’r.
IIUS
White Fish,
*
Tro at, Codfish. & Herring,
I
I
roi. D ork
J. U. MuKtlSO-*.
I COOK’S
~00 Kegs Assorted
Rcto'ed, That in his death the Order han
COMPANY
ALL
GRADES
deeply sympathize with
. TEX
TOBACCOS AND CIGARS,
& co.
R E R s
WOOD EX AMD ■
WILLOWARE
Professional Card.
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9
Ill all about fourteen car
CO’S
6 Ut
t ork ]
to sell cheaper than eyer.
d Stable
AT,
ibiic Squar*.
vantage togiveme- a call.
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J os .H. Brown,
|»le price#-
bool.
HAF<s
id
P TI K F*»
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FUlUnSHXNrG ©OG OS.
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I’uwarr >i
75J
*"* A-4. *
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country,
with an
•y-three
Plate ?
Cups and Saucers . .
Tua; bicos. . . . .
ct a
eta
Cocoanuts, and
ail kiud< of’
i ■-
FORT.
all Night
■s for Cleburne
and
>lemen:s dune
Hacbinea rt-p-
The “Dallas Herald” i< still frantic,
will become of that mat ’
U here is tl.e panther and prairie chicken
m an of the D. B • is t e eq jelched •
ba’
a
TIIOS. E. CROSS, Master.
S. U. Parker, Sec’y.
as elected
9, P. of li.
To the Formers ol Tarrant, Pinker
and Wise Counties.
in town, the pi ices rung ng 20
Whole-ale.
.... 2 for 25 ct*
.... 3 for 25 «ia
.. . 60£$100
eta
c:s
Imperial Champagne
MAN.
ass. Ag’t.
all, Texas.
P . and left in
ck and wL te
Lt >n left e»r,
Dec. 1st, .5
ey, J. P ;
2 hands high.
Left in care o
. re .
Alm’l'i
. 4 00
. 3 25
!
» sell to be *U
I at Price* U»
If
ws»» Rcaj r
hre-htrs,
»wero
tors
Goll.....
silver.....
@’.3
(J 9
Countz'y Doalors
Will find it to their Ad-
tock of Car
.. from the
.f
| Call and see I. Cere fl: Co. .er
‘Lonesome) goods.
I
loads, which I can a5crd
. 6 50 I
. 5 50
}■ Com.
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.18
.16
.15
.15
Ofcvcra variety.
NEW
New York ....
G veatoon
fit. '.OUI8........
N«-w Orleans
1
-His
Q *2’>
oi.<5
(<i 7.5
. 8 50
. 3 CO
. 8 50 I
. Z CO
Hardware.
Anvils—Peter Wri-.Lts, per lb....
Axo«—Collins each
w
MIDDLETON BROS.
Proprietors of the Dallas
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II
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Furnitu fe
Ldxnps, etc.,
J-’VD- i
PbyMcidDS Pre *c rip lions curefudy compouudeJ, ut ail hoars of ibe duy ■ - rd ! •
I
Geo. I. .Dodd Cd
O
AMISS
I£Elj,
- - Texas
[ant st’Glc,
f!
* i
Vv illowhre,
e
Japnnned vva^c,
wdl ~ > J w 'ud
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Weekly
..4W««c
..ISJ^cts
. ..lu ct*
I AM MO IP
F S
♦. 1
I
ii
td
>tain re I abln
i’ages of th.*
'electing their
chase ticks «
e all other*.
I to rates of
ly furnished,
s or (krn tgr,
dressed to
. Q'.‘. <320 cts
68
Q2G
.75 C-?l "0
. 5<>a#i 20
.7 11 5
. 5 1 25 |
furuisti bia iamily with
liens, Hnd th-y be published
Standard.’*
Signed :
. 7X^9
r.l I^cts
. 7}77310 cts
Dried apples 1b
Breadslofls and Grain.
8S' Th for fl
4 lb for SI
2K ft. for |1
<325 cl*
U 12i^C.*
&75
22 cents
Al 50
75
75(gl vv
15
25 cts eaeb
35 cts eueb
10 cents
75(31 25
6 5v
7 ‘25
■■'■■■ I
25
50(^1 '.u
? J 00
6-@70
95(39 cts
£i'<335cts
33(34vcta
tf5(375cts
4- t i 5 )
S’ (3fi5
fe.ll 5v f
I
I
7 (Ml
‘2° Ct*
The following pr ces are gathered from ie»-
eral of our leading retail houses:
Il con—
Clears des
111 VaL'.kSt..
........e» so
8 00
.3% to 4 00
4 50
8 50
SAUR KRAUT,
KZAHiEDUT,
PA 1?S FO?C
i TK?E PRICE
surrounding ct unties, a
Feder;.’ Court* at
Ha
Terr
' Cor-V
i tug, th»v
- i .UtV, CAS.
Financial & Commercial
(COLUMN;
Selling.
112
7
Main st, one
DALLAS
i*., Mid Sett in
k eueru, ene
i old, tn-tik i
ci car, brsr J-
vulder. 1 »
s'.d neck 7
Slid -WailuW —
’Lt hip.
IMP’NY
cud before purcli -..-ir.tr »’T o'.her kind o '
c!.it.e. I sha!l keep all kiadsot
dies at oil ceti’a p. r dvz< n.
LIONEL S. LEVI
MICHIGAN APPLES,
I i
T ln
Whereupon the Master t
lowi-g co umitlt e to draft suitable ruroiutious,
B. C.
who
it g prcun.‘.<c uiid recblu—
DTRFMKS
<//• Streit, ier
karlee,
Floor-
Extra 'arnily jf 102ib
Bran (},> cwt............
Wheat, bushoi
Oats, f' b i
Corn, "jt b-.t
Cum meal bushel
Irish Potatoes, fit bush
Sweet point -es ..
Beans, while navy ft bu
Canned Fruit*.
Groceries.
block West of dforket hcose,
TEX IS,
Send us and r- cj
end the CUUH1 EH Jt
wittiest, brightes’ and. a.
the cvu. try.
Mr J. T. Townsend, an aged citizen of our
City, died at his residt nee on Sunday last alter
a sickness of several weeks.
No passage to the Post 0Sice in muddy
weather for the denizens of the square.
The sheriff set-tned busy Monday and Tuea-
day serving citations on unhsppy defendants.
Business gets better as the time grows short.
Horses at the stray sale Monday e-Ed at a ,
good price.
ardware,
We were around at the furniture store of
Messrs. Cromwell & Swayne la.-t week, and
were surprised lo see ta.b a large stock of
furniture on hand. Tiny have an abundance
of every thing this market needs in timir iiue. ’
.15 @20
. @z5
<gl2Xct8
,.|2 75@1U 00
.. <340 ct
@25 ct* I
. @f 1 50 I
ck. 1
f.7 4-i •
I
th
TI’K
-A. . . . l_ 1 . 1 * ’ i - . £ . e » 7)
AND LOU. jVILi.E
Coti? ;.or-J purn al,
O’ e year for ( . 5. TVJ ‘
LI t I t.E .1IOHE TI
A young gentleman wno called rather Ltt
on bis 51uiy Aon hist Monday evening says
that a dug on the front stoop is a very poor
substitute for a door mat. He doesn’t ten -
etn ’mber whether he eat down on the suhsti-
ute or not, but the seat of his pantaloons
Ook as if they’d been struck by lightning. ,
Somebody has turned the Court House yard j
. .. But it seems that the bu y j
J -K -jtt ... r
Austin
325,003 h«-
, Pu rer, W
n St. Lonia ft
1 inta Nortj,
MINNEOLA
Railroad fi»,
lion, and 3ar
zitivjrusements inserted at the rate of
fl 50 per square of eight lines, for the first '
1 we.ertion, and 75 cents for each additional in-
set tion.
wool ia the market.
Fish—
Mackerel No. 1
Mackerel No. 2
Tobacco per B
Codec—
Rio choice
Rio tair
O. G. J ava
Candles ft ID
Rice, e’ lb
-auce, oer but lo
Cheese—
< ountry 5 lb
Northern
Starch ft If.
(hgars, 100 domestic
Sr.ufl ft bottle
Raisins, ft !b
Onions, ft bushel
Figs,
and
[Xext Door to Tidball, VanZandt, <fc Col]
PHIS.
ORLEANS,
riven to fill-0®
1«*
cotton raised this year th‘s
creik is marketed at Fort ...
t terca into
effect.
A week cr so aco sotne person ’nek a l-.nm
from the C< urt Houb-lon-’ing ’■> tn ? Pres,
j bvti-rian church. No doubt it was done
i t> rough niist.ik“, bit the church would be
| tbar.kful for its return.
-urt- |
We hope
V'
‘(DA “Q
P. Sv All Goods ir
the city delivered fre
of charge.
5^
•nd South os
d trom Mhwr-
, Corsican*.,
gular line of
in*.
with all mc:-
ingbouse Air
n and Coup-
It Lite pine % healed, firet rate..
White pine, % second rate
Weatberbcardiug and siding—
White pine, first rate
White pine, second r: te,....
C -mnion beards, tires: ed-^
Yellow rine ’
Yellow pine, rough H d uic-aaious
Lu.r 8—
White pine
I have the agency for the celebrated Cliam-
' pion Reaper, ard would ba pleased to n-ceive
} jour orders for the same. Will order extras
fur parties who Lave machines.
W. A. HUFFMAN.
I
T. W.POWELl
@2i‘(<}25 cts
• tel-J J2'.1 CIS
S ft * •
■ -fc to.
9 <«
lb
75@fl 00
1 00
fi cts
t -5 25
. C'J’Cts
1 25
1 50
1 75
1 25
1 75
1 75
. 23
OS
13
5 25 @7 tu
Steel plows 8 05^17 00
Double shovel, imn beam ».
Steel, s' ovei blades, per pound...
Cnlt'va'ors—Iron beam (walt.irg)....fS5 CO
Cultivators—Combined (riding and
" ” ' ' ... 44 00
.175 @1501
. 1 25@! 5ol
. 1 75@2 50
. 3 0;@4 00
.4 50^6 00 1
. 4 00@5 fl ;
. 1 25(32 vu
. 2 0u@3 .‘>j '
. 1 50<g2 5o i
ETGS FEET,
that the envied map of Fort Worth and its
railroads has been detnudsbed.
Dr. T. W, Bowel has the neatest drug es-
tablishment in Northern Texts, and sells drugs ' much it
both at wholesale ai d retail as
be had any where.
Having removed from Shreveport Ln. I b ive
permanently located inFott Worth, intending
to continue the practice of
?IEDWIAi; & SURGERY
AND SURGICAL DISEASES OF FEMALES.
Uibce on Main Street, near public t-quare.
lived.
JOSEPH L. MOORE, M. D.
Eezi’escis :—Medical Ficulty of St. Louis,
New (Means, Shreveport aod Austin.
7’;;31o
’.'.315
30@40
3->@45
l'i.3’20
or not—didn't «-e the other man about.
D. C. Bem.ett left last Monday morning far
Ni w York to purchase Lie spring and summer
slock of goods.
We saw dtputy sheriff Bowdty last week
with a poor drunken Irishman airaigned be- '
: fore Esquire Morris to be examined on a 1
I charge of burglary. The facts seemed to be I
that the fellow, the morning before, being so
dtuuk as to he irresponsible, was found in a
on Rush creek, after the
Tinware,
SINGER SEV ING A1A< HINE.
Tin- /gi-ncy for Sinc’er’s New I n; roved
Family Sewing Machines u now located ut the
D.y Goods Store of I. Carb & Co., on M du j
Street, where a fi:.e stock 0! new m.cli '-s is >
kept con-t i'l’lv on b i;d. Ladies wishi-g to
purchase machines will do -.■ ell to give me a i
mu- j
n. cLine nee-,
JIac herein
busy this cirved and ne.rly
week preparing their papers for court next
week. There are four or five men at work ia
each of the offices.
E-quire Morris’ Court was
trrday. The Judge, jury, and a
tors were much entertained by the erntentiou
n reference to a law point between Messrs.
Jarvig and Greer.e, attorneys lor the parties.
W. H. Williams is authorized to receive and
receipt for subscriptions for the Standard.
Call at the Head quarters for Agricultural
lmplem--nte, at the old stand of W. H. Wil-
liams & Co.
I ease
Tl.e cum- profi
provision , hans
.tiefacLoa to a;’ ] tabIHbmtut.
adopt some method of drainage,
we need worse than railroad* i
moment. i ;,s others.
R. C. McPhail has moved the offce of the
f
Wheeler A Wikon machines to Dr. Joe L.
Moore's office near the square.
The clerk and sheriff are very
receiving,
turetque Indian Territory, and the finest
lion of Kaushs aid Missouri.
6'h. E cause it gives you the great ai.van*
tace of but one change ot ears from Tex is to
Chicago, Toledo, Ciuciunat , Baltimore, Wash-
ington, New York, Boston and many other
prominent Northern and Eiste-ru cities.
7th. Because it is the Sedalia Route.
Seven very good reasons.
JA.VA.,
CORDOVA,
Men’s Woo’ h t‘a
i Boy’s woo! h its
Bov’s ca.-.s!iuere fiats
Chrdrens ata
Hums—
I. Canva ■ 1........
Sugar cured plan
» boulders
Lard
* Batter-
Western
Goshen..
Country
Eggs per doxeu ....
“Well G.--bow did you vote on the new 1
constitution?” G.— (pretty dint,’) “Hie—I f
voted against the d—d thing." “WLy did 5
you dotuat?’’ G.—“Hie, because it—bie— •*■
haint got no coroner in it.”
We are authorized to announce the nametof
HENRY FE1LD, as a candidate for the office
i of City Attorney at the cuauing election.
CITY SECRETARY.—We «r« requested
to announce the name of C. McDOUGALL* as
a candidate for the office of City Secretary.
ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.—We are
anthorized to announce the name of J. T.
ae a candidate for City Assessor
S! ,• els—Wood’s...............
J antes ......•■ .... . • • • .....
Ames’
Spades—Woo is*
Scooj —Grain.....
Vises—So':;d b x, per pound.
| Wire—Fence No 'J
Staples—Fence, per pound
TOWNSEND
and Collector,
W e are authorized tn announce the name of
R. E, MADDOX as a candidate for City A ;s»s-
?e»sor and Collector at the ensuing t lection.
CITY MARSHAL—We are authoriz d to
unnou ice L. M. PRINCE us a candidate l.r
EOFFiSE
.
" ____ __ __ _
lire
i d-.lk
e-d. Bro. Lcouat d was i. :
1 sionary B.pti-t church, w
S’a.e, a. d os-isted in
1,
New epring goods just leceivc-d at I. Carb & I
Co. 11
allowed lo send
c moi <ii toe citv
We b«d the pleasure of meeting tn old
friend (r« m LeuiMan.t—Di. Joo Mell.-i.i1, who
on a visit to Texas prospecting and
locking at tlie country. He now r«-> ’es in
Arkansas and we Lope tb it he viii conclude
eie long lo lunke his Lon. with ua.
The next meetii.g ot the Tarrant county
council I*, of 11. will be held the 1st Wednes-
day in April next, with Pleasant Run Grange
No. 8'J1, at V. ittens school house. A 1 :!j
representation ••'earnestly •oHcited.
r,
\ i al X lug. ■••••••• ...,
Cu -JE iwure.
?2 ooets 50
»2 <• I x-i 5"
15(3 io C.»
tiiAo cts
(g,i2J/cts
cts
Cts
cts
cts
E. HOVEN KAMP, Cb-l’m.
B. F. BARKLEY, 1
K C. WHITLEY, 1 -•
A. F. TUCKER, f
E. H. WEST.
On motion the report of the committee
was received and adopted. Whereupon the
following arrangements were made viz: Bro.
E. Ilovcukirmp was appointed Marshal, Bro. E
II. We»t, Uh iplain. and Bros. E. New ton, J.
Z. " N i. W. G. Turner, A. k.
Tucker and J. W . Marra* were apj>-n.tec . Residence where Dr. Ewing formerly
; Pail Boirers, and B-o. Leonard was buried
ith the proceed-
_ are I
Miller Ba'etji 1 latkorm ^lid i
ttl.V I f . a ■ » _ .« t v as E* •* . . L . .
’acific
Bob is a
of good business qualifications, unex-
ceptiowble moral, and »s hope he will re-
ceive that consideration from the citizens tba'.
he deserves.
A gentleman the other day started out of | ^ ^4 himself inside.
astride his docile old mule, but could
Wholesale &
Geo. I. Dodd £ Co. have lea-ed the build !
if- '• 4 v"
ing recently o ct pied by So £ Bibb on 1 ,
Sqa ire and l.-cm the variety of the stock th -y
have on band they intend to do an exteusirj
business. Sea their advertisement fur par-
ticulars* • ------—
I fr ' 3 gifs]
WLY’S Nl
?HCT0C-p pl-! C'- * ~ ■ Fpv '
[Ov».r Powell’s Itavu
Pictures t,.k n in ever ».-iyle« rom size ofc
riiig btuiug iu life biz<j j **
Pictures framed and .Sled aiJowest rate
. ■:
@12'<cta I
@13 els I
@.4 ct* I
©bJy^cts j
@10 cts I Canned. Fruits
V» sues awd L quors—V» ho’e-ale. i v.v
Rectified whiskey ft gal jl ■2,,^.l 70 |
r Bom bon couuty whiskey fl 5o@4
j | i*iue old liye................ ....fl 75@4
l-.-.L.i.ton county...........
Cog -ac i.raudy...
HollandGin
Port Wines
' Slieriy Wn.es
| Cherry brandies
I Grnger brandies
Bin- kberry brandy
Dried currant % new ft th.
Turkish prunes, do
Peaches do do
Dry Goods.
Calicoes ft y!
Bleached domestic..
Bro 4-4
Bro. 7-8
Sea Island
' Brown unit bleached sheeting V 4.
j Brown ano b'tiu.lic .-lieeting 10-4
1 White and brown duck
Brown dri ling..
H-ckory stripes.
Apron cheeks...
Cottonnades....
IINGh
J. W. Messenger, who has been for tomo
time advertising his patent fence in the Staxi -
akd, is again in our city. He has a ramp.e of
exhibition in the Court House
i on ever-
It wiil certainly stand the
I strongest current that Cun come on it it If put
Borne furnished In ekiut L-, with new
Fun.iure. Room.-All Ca jettd £;id Weil v. n-,
uUt*7; ' ' inarJ pwflent \-der experi-
enced ham-. Tible su tiled %i;h the b.S
rhe market afiutd. C.in L uili- uvvutu:at d;. |
in g waili 1 ia atteudanei
Fred T. Field offers for rale fcr a few dayi-
. at a great bargain to aveexnen^e of shipping,
■ a fine rosewood 7 octave Piano, handsomely Wuri.iy a> d LUuved Ma^.cr, A. F. Leonard,
' carved and murly new. | therefore bejt . . . .
During the heavy wind Sunday morning, an lost one 01 its most worthy and efficient mem-
' individual, coming along the square, bad the 1 b’ rs a- J “ z;’kita c disc ; .-o-
, , ... . , — . ciety Las lust euo of 1>S iao.it useful members,
| m sfortuna to have bis h.»t blown off, just a- ! and Christianity one of i«s most devoted ful-
quite lively yes- he wss at the mouta of Rusk street, where I
few specta- ' the wifid bad full sweep across the open
w»v bv Wright’s wind-mill lo the West Iork.
The hat was a light, stiff fabric, and when the
gu-t came by, was lifted from that individual's
' head without any warning whatever. Up, up
it went, higher and higher like an Amumn
leaf severed from its parent tree, rioting with
the elements. That mm stood and look. <1.—
I it ww bis Sunday hat, and he was go; g to
I church po-s.biy.
Dr. W. T. Ferguson is arranging his drug. g
•tore, making it larger and more convenient
to arrange bis new drugs that will soon be on
band.
The editor of the Rockwall Banner
•ecu a first-class wonder in the shape of
horned rabbit. The head, he says, was covered
•ith horna, some of which were less than a
foot in length. Wonder how many “horns”
be d taken when he taw it.
J. F. Keller has a large assortment
ol fine Jewelry.
Mrs. Dr. Johnson has arrived in our city folio»<. * .
•rd opened a restaurant in the Turner build-
ing on Main street. We understand from Dr.
Johnson that she intends to keep a restaurant
on the Europeon style. We have no doubt
but that at will be of the first class in all i s
depart men te.
J H Retd has recently repaired the Pa.
•tile Saloon, fixing it up nicely. He will soon
tare a fine billiard table for the benefit
of those that are fond of that kind of amust-
®int. Reed keeps a first clars fa’con.
'XLiXS FAPEIt IS jx WITH
W hv«u AdverOaiBg Co. 1 meta ■ -n be
If^ — 1
1...... »~
A’ the truant went plating
on, an expression of disp.tir be-
gan to settle down on bis f ;ce—that hat cost
him three dollars and a half, and there u as’ut
another in town like it. The last we s..w of
the hat, it had caught on the revolving part'
of Mr. WiigLt’s wind mill, a hundred feet
from the gromid, whirling around with it at a
tremendous late—and that hapless man .ike
the fellow who tried to scale the pyramids, j ' ^ohrn
was skinning up one of tl.e pests in the vain
endeavor to reach that baft I by the G ange in accordance
. . , ... ing resolutions.
Send ty night there came quite astounof;
■ “ ’ ' r one cf the clearest, brightest j
snn-lit mornings we ever saw. We Lope it ‘
w ill be of great benefit to the lately sown
fields and gardens in city and county.
Chaias—Truce, per p’ ir
Log, per pound
Handles —A xe,
Pick, extra
Harrow teeth, per nouad
11 itchcts
Horse Nails—Foster’s, per box
• • «• Au.-aLle ..
.. .. Gio he .. ..
Horse shoes, per keg
Hollow were, per pound
J Hoes—Cotton...
Garden,
. | Iron, per pmiud
N__s , Nails, per Keg.
* ixaki‘0, Garde:;.,
s. lalgi man. !
5IGREIS3X t jAlGIIt AN,
0 A11 J" E ;K T. j
AND KUI.<DER ,
Uoiv YT ort!ft____* Texas. Plows—C.*.su
Special attr ition givei ^tu p.. rsthnatee,
flm: .-pvc.fij.nmus. O;d rCkk all . H. Brown’-
t0 Groeeiy store or ad lre -^i to I’. 0. Box 75
j will receive prompt atteiGion. • 42 3m
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0ESTRINL1L
MAIN ST*
Fort'Worth, - ?
Sign of Ked Mortar, South side ofS ptare.
L®?L kF* ,A*J '2^3 &
Retail Dealer in ?
1
Chemicals, Paicnt luxi-
icmes, Ih e-stuirs and Toilet article s.
bers
' ciety Las lust one of ita iao.it
and Christianity one ct
lovers; Lis family a devoted father' mill uu .
band.
Rewired, Teat we
Lis L reaved lamiiy, and tender them out
Lear 1 felt sympathies.
Rewh’td, That the Grange form in procea»
sioa an-i proceed to the residence of our de-
ceased Worthy Master, and inter him in ae-
ccrdhtice with the Grange Funeral Service.
Rex'.leed, That (be secretary of I'ui.- Grange
a copy of these resolu-
1 in the Fort Worth
TriLu.e of Respect* Drugs, Medicines,
At a call meeting ot Birdvi'de Grurgc No. '
9. P. of H., iieid Tbjr-diy, February 24ih,
! A. D. It-’,’5, Bro. E. iiavei kaiup informed tie
Gr»r.ge ot the death of cur Worthy Master,
A. F. Leonard, and said that
Worthy M r-ter, A F. Leonard, was born in
the town ot Ciearfield, Clearfield county,
Pennsylvania, June Ifitb, 1816, emigrated to i
the Slate of Missouri in 1835, where he mar
ned .’Ins Miry A. Foster, ani removed from 1
I there to Texas in the year 1848, where he as- [
sisted in driving batk the lad ans, ia the seta !
tlement of what is now Tarrant county. II.-
h.iuie was the first place of “Foroing up” iu ■
(he new s niemeut, thereby i-.fTod a place of
safety for the wonn-i> and children during the I
e I . iiaus.
lie u.--iated in organ zing the countv »’.<!
was elected the first Clerk of the County
Court at the organiz '.lion. Ficce tbvu he has I
IreoU' i;tly sol ved us Justice of the P»'.;ce, ui>.J *
I as a l. gb.r appreciation ot his mental worth
1 and merit, be r. celled the sKimina'ien of the ' h-s been
Detnocr tic partv in the year 1869, for Rep-
resentative, and w is elected bv <, large m e
j.irtty. cf bis countrymr' , and during a teiru
: of two years be discharged the du ies incum-
bent upot: him with fidelity to bis etuis
' ' ' ’. lie j Zmed the
| of Patrons of lln.-bacdry July 4 !i, 1871, and
the cutifidence of I is brotlv r
1 was elected Must r of Bir
i Grange No. 9, P. of Ii. at the b'st rt
icg in December, lc-75; but owing to I.is
ate st ite ot hr;..'..:.. Le w 18 nett r
District court b;gios next Monday, Th« te‘
wa.- a rumor that perhaps Judge Barksdale)
would not hold court, but we k irn that it is •
unfouuded, and the J idge wi’l be on baud. 1
OFFICE FORT WORTH STANDARD.
Fort Wubtu, Txxasft’ib. Iftih, 1876.
Monetary.
Buying.
110
1U4
Exchange.
Buying.
..........X dis Uc preni
..........% dis Wc prern
3-^ dis W ftc pretn
dis. X ftc prern
11 ides.
W. icte but few ©tiering, but a fair demand |
at the ollowing firmer prices:
Wet su ed
!>ry hin selected
Dry bidet, as thev run .....
Wool.
• VLz Ww* t.. A •— uJ \u ft —3 V
I Texans—Take the.Mi’ixonri. **2 tnstts (k
Texas Railway—Wi*y t
Lt. Because it is the one and only Line
from T. x .s, that runs its trains directly into i
the Union depot at St. Louis.
2nd. Because it runs a line of Pu4tnan Sleep-
ing and Drawing room cars from Houston
at. Loius ;»i.il Hannibal without change.
3.d. Because all of its p is-ci ger trains
equipped with tie I
Coupler, and \» esting Uou^e Air brake.
4lb. Beeatire it Lus suitable eating houses
located ut convenient points on its hue.
5tb. Because it takes >ou through the pic-
poi-
’’Eh
t to
EXAS.
irtable. H ve
@75 1 -fc-
(3 5 cts i " *“
Uvcts j
!
The vitiated condition of the bl00 1 which s;
says or set • able during the charge of en- 1
i*n.-, and which nianife-t; itself in boils, car.
buneles and oth’w cutaneous malalks that of
. . ... . •• ■ d..lka<e state 01 be«.t;;, ne was never iLrt.i—
ten produce verv serious vff- CM, m iy be eariij 1
.... , r, j: ed. Bro. Leonaid was a member «,f the Mis-
prevented by the regalsr u^e ot tha celebiatcu
r* .v ’•pt 3 I sionary Baptist church, when he came to tLis j
' State, in d assisted iu organizing the first f
W. H. Williams will take coun’rv nroduce .. .. - ■ m
' ‘ Baptistebureu in what is new Turrant countv,!
in part payment for machinery. Lull round I v
Mr. T. P, Hall, and Mr. Harrison of Tennes- ! dt J-a.’-qmilters and see him. j ?.1 .‘ ’ “ ‘ *? ' ' ‘ v ■
uabiti’d country, it was Called
There ar<* some two hundred snd fifty rtil- 1 Dove.-’
| dren between the scholastic ages in this !
e half ’ ee
i’l be no | fe
In '
ee>‘, who are prospecting ia the western couu- ■
try. We hope thev will be pleased and con- 1 .
elude to locate in this sectioc. I dren bet’een tha '‘oIa5ag2U iD thiJ Ha was for many ye .rs ^cer in the cLtu/:..
I school district, ai.d if th’ v all, or one h .'.f o' served sevt r;l times as n delegate to the u:f-
Ue learn the sheriff is pressing the delin- , t<> thc pub,ic there BiU be t;o t h.reat Church A. ,d continued
qnent taxpayers, with a view to «P one g ,UM} Lrg_. enough to hold them. In I until his decease a extent member of (hut
before he goes <mt of office. • 8,lch CSbe we u wou,d be ffcip ( dcnnmination. |
The last rain left the streets full of pools, those who cculd Lot well Le accommodate 1 at j Whereupon the Master appointed the fol- ■
Wo sincerely wish the city author ties would the public school bouse, be allowed to send 5
, Such a thing i ti,v r children to some other ,-c .uul iu toe city : Hovcnkamp, B. 1. Barkley,
at this present and have the same benefit of the echoal money . i-itky, A. I. * ticker and E. ii. i> -..st,
eubmi.'.cd the lull
lions, to wit:
Wuerxas, It has ple*sed (he Supt> me Ruler
of the Universe to cail from our midst our
Dallas dk Clebnmc H»ad.
We would nuke a suggestion to the citi-
z. ns of Dallas, when they commence to build
tiie road from thnteiry to Cleburne, by which
they can save money and tinv. They piopose
laying the third rail on the T. & I’, track as
the morning Presbyterian minister, will commence a series Isr out ns Mountain creek, anJ then branch
•y
would continue it on to Fort Worth, they will
b’.ve an easier grade from hereto Cleburne
and nearer route by a few miles, and at less
cost by several thousand dollars. Besides, on
this route they can get considerable asi-istauue
from Tarrant. Another suggestion, they can
run on the T. A P. to Fort Worth, and from
here to Cleburne on the M. K, i T., and loc
, cost them bulf us much.
There is a fair d irrand at firmer prices:
f’nwRshed free ot burs 2u@25c i
Burr wool Selects laas than free. No washed
shaving from twenty-five <
and cutting of hair from fifty cents to twenty
five cents. Competition is the life of trade.
It will Jo the “Dallas Herald” good to hear ■ “P properly.
A gentleman on the street the other day j
ap- eared to be very irate about something.
Walking up to the Mayor he inquired how
juld cost Liru to ‘‘cuss” a certain
cheap as can iuJividual ten hours at a stretch. His lienor,
j t’ie jl yor, couldn’t be prevailed upon to set
Impelled partly bv curiosity, but more bv | t .' price, and We have not learned whetb. '
that feeling of inwariness thit comes on one the offen-le 1 gentleman took the chances on it
generally about supper time. We went by
the meat depot of Messrs. Canto & Bro. last
evening, (a thing we are guilty of nearly ev~
eiy day). It was tilled, stuffed and Lung full j
of the choicest meats of every kind the mark- -
et affords: hogs beads, jo'.l®, beef steaks and i
roasts arranged in the neatest and most at-
tractive siyie. These gentlemen deserve sue-‘
ces.-.
K. E. Maddox is announced this week for I
City A-sessor and C ulleetor. Bob is a youus * , . , , ,
. 1 wbt.-av sbon aowb
tu»’i of good business qualification-* unex- , , , ,
owner nad lucked up and g irie to the bouse
I for breakfast.
sbsckiy, and it is possible the poor victim of1
I Ercg. reeling along, fol! against the door, at.d
He has been put
town astride his docile old mule, but could ■ in ; u! ;n of bond to sppear at the
not stick cn, and was compelled, though ap- ■ District Court,
parently against his will tc se<k a closer in-i
timacy with old Mother Earth than was con-
si- ent with a ride out ot town. uuuer wum
could have been the matter with him.
Messrs. Knight & Cunnitigbam could’i.t
contain themselves without havi> g a trial of
arms. Mu’ual friends succeeded alter super- '
human efforts iu separating them.
When ell the
side of Mountain
Wur’b, and el! the cattle from the west are )
shipped from this point this spring and sum- ;
m<r by tbe T. & P. or seme o'her of cur 1
throogb lanes, ‘what will the D. II. do then?
We learn our es’eemed fe.low-citizen Mr
J. F. Edis, interds miking a trip to Colorado I
Curing the rpring—perhaps to spend the
tn-r for tbe benefit of his health. We hope) F r Agricultural implements call at the and honor to huii-i .
be may return much improved. Head quarters.
Judge Marklee's brick residence on tie'
b! ;ff becoming rather obuky, and showing a
tendency to topple over, caused him to have
a considerable addition of stout fr»ine work
put up behind it for a brae-*, making it, al-
though unpretentious in the front, one of the
roomiest and most comfortable buildings *u I Ho
thu city.
We have had the pleasure of n etf’ug with
FOR MAYOR.—We are ruthorized to rn-
' as a candi-
date fur the office of M ivor ol (he city of Kort
Worth at the ensuing election.
We are authorized and requested to an-
nounce the name ot L. STEEL as a candidate
tor mayor.
- . CITY ATTORNEY.—W<> arc authorized to
Into an api«y. But it seems that the bmy | announce the name of J. C. SCOTT as a candi-
1 bees don’t iinprore each shining hour. They 1 ^ate the office of City Attorney,
come out iu the morning, take one sniff of I
winter air, anrl then crawl back again. We
don’t see why tbe bae hive should be taken as '
symbol of industry. 'A hile the bees are
housed up all winter, there’s tbe festive b<-d
bng that’s up and about his bujinea* until five
o’clock in the morning.
A Main street man is introducing a new
bre«.-d of dogs without tails. How the mis-
chievous boys will utilise all the old tin k« tiles
and ovster cans, we are not prepared to say.
A spli i: i:d assortment of se’id Gold
Jewelry, diamond, sapphire and uin -
thyst, rinus "eats’cluster and solit iire Marshal,
pius,tiaa V5 atches,dee. at J. Sf. Keller’s
I The young inan who recently started in bus*
One Individual, we understand left our citv ' ness with a cartaload of onions has retired to
for the Blaik Hille. He has a rough road ■ private life, and says if any man mentions on-
abead of him, but he may be well pa d for it. < ions to him f ir the next six months lie’ll lick him
Tuesday morning was a bright, clear day, out of his boots in two minutes.
and rather cool. We are of opinion that '
perhaps the heavy fro»t in the morning PreebyU-rian minister, will commence a series far out
drove back some of the forward fruit trees of serv'c.’s al the court Louse Friday night* “** 1° 'be direction of Cleburne, when if the
that bad put fourth their tinny buds, a !tj continue Saturday night, Sunday ard
Capt. J. B. Burnsides has returned from Sunday night, and perhaps longer.
Kentucky, bringing with him quite a number
of .-bort horns of the first breed.
A new b uber shop Las opened in our city
on Main street and has reduced the price of his fence on
cer ts to fifteen cents, yard, especially adjusted for farms
c'* ‘ ‘ > j flowed lands *
We h**ar, it is apprehended by some that
Wonder what ' ^’e -doption of ti e new can-titu'ion m >.y op-
era’s so as to prevent teachers and orhers who
; have claims against the school fund, from get-
i tii.c tl e money ju-tly due them. We c t r.ot
■ see how such a thing could come dbout. Even 1 ncu-'si’as of t
I if at. entirely new system of school machinery ]
I should be substituted in pluce of the old, it
i eouM not aff.-et valid contracts properly en- 1
before the constitution goes into ;
1 a:r...................... ...
Prime
Silver and goldeucrips ... . ...
Fa:r
Choice
A coHee.....................
Powd- red
Ci u^hed
Tiier*- art- p enty of c mned fruits
Ecmoct*
White pine clear r.nd selected dressed—
Firstrate, IJ4, and 2 inch
First rate, 1 inch
Ma'cbed and dr- s»edfloc ring--.
White pine, First rate
1 allow pine, first rate
Ceilirg—
kite r '
peri- 1
L.J |
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f >*■•/('.'.
LAWYEB & L1N>' AGENT
Office in Huffman build Jg, , St^xb.
Daioul.e. ;
FORT WOR11 , r• X ys.
’''u f4,rts i Tarrant end
la; Supreme and
j Tables
> * ashst.. nd s.... ..
• Bureaus
i Wardrobes.’
-I A lull steec of J",'
U.’uitura r. ys Oa »,
The card of Dr. Joe L. Moore appears in
our paper this week. We have known the
Doctor for several years, and can safely say
The free school opened Monday morning to this community that he ranks with the
attendance of one hundred at.d twen- . fi.st physicians and surgeons of the land. Hu
scholars, at the Methodiat church,; Jong residence i:i Shreveport, La., and his
under the superiutendancs of Mis. Buichill. thorough experience withall manner of dis- j
I’upiis from ai.y school di.- riel in the coun\v ease ’ives him considerable advantages in his
wi’l t>e admitted at this school. Ti e cam-; profession. Un office is on M*in street in the
tnis-’ uer informed us that evi-rv provision | hmue form ?rly occur'ed as a millinery es
will be made to ^iv. entire
1
1
White pine star A, sawed, best..
No 1 cypress
Yellow pine, heart
Yellow pine, s*n
Boots und Shoes.
Me: s t ip brogar's ft pair
Boyskip b’ogaus..............*'
Mens ca f brocans
. M. us kip boots.
Mens French kip boota ’
Mens fine calf. '
V» emens kip A call b tlmoral, peg.
Womens Sewed calf imd kid do....
| Giris sixes
B ........................... Jl tiz 5j
Funiiture—Wholesale.
Chairs ft doz...................?lu
B^drt^ta004^doz............ @i3 °a 1
Bedsteads each
Cribs, euc*i.»... *, c.--.r . x
I ...................f4 5 uQ
I-:*?................-.......... S’@i2 co
$1 75@J5 vo
7’2 65(321 Co'
:.2 5c(j,55 UO
•0 0 ^-.70 CO
—— - cow**
. of ; -.-..I Jvir.g in
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