The Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 141, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1883 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. I.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 27, 1883.
NO. 141
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The winter is past, the snow is gone,
And spring her raiments hath pnt on.
The festive fly and mesqnito too
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Will soon appear to torment yon.
Is it warm enongh? So oft and quick
Will be asked by friends, it'll make yon sick.
Especially so if you're arrayed
In clothes for winter weather made.
Then "fire them now if you'd have rest,
And in a new spring suit invest.
Washer & August "take the cake"
When it comes to goods of superior make.
And if you call, what e'er your taste,
They'll please you and no time you'll waste.
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CALL A3TD EXAMINE
-THE-
LATEST SPRING STYLES
IN
BOOTS AND SHOES
JUST RECEIVED
-AT-
LEWIS BROTHERS & CO.
* STAB ★ SHOE ★ STORE *
53 Houston Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
OHAS. H. FRY,;
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER,
and dealer in
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FINE JEWELRY, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, ETC
HOUSTON STREET,
TORT WORTH - . . . -
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
FORT WORTH,
PAID UP CAPITAL
SURPLUS,
TEXAS.
$150 000
19,000
All matters pertaining to conservative banking receive prompt
• and careful attention.
Drafts Sold on the Principal Cities of Europe.
President, A. M. BRITTON. ' x '
Vice-President, JHO. NICHOLS.
Cashier. Sr. W, LOMAX.
FIRST NATIONAL BANE,
CORNER OF HOUSTON AND SECOND STREETS,
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FORT -WORTH. - * - TEXAS.
$100,000
30,000
It is stated that about forty car
loads of immigrants aro arriving
daily at Chicago, onrouto to the
great northwest.
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J. Phootor Knott is the coming
man for the noxt governorship ot
Kentucky. She will have a gonial,
brilliant and brainy chief executive.
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Two Italians fought a duel at
Brooklyn a few days ago, exchang-
ing eight shots without a hit. The
parties to the affair were all arrested.
They should be punished for poor
shooting.
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Thk frost of Tuesday night de-
stroyed much of the young cotton in
the neighborhood of McKinney.
One farmer lost ten acres, and crops
in the low lands were all more or
loss damaged.
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It is estimated that about one-
thirtieth of all the male adults in
United States are railroad attaches,
and draw from the railroad com
panie*, in the shape of salaries and
wages, $200,000,000 annually. Big
thing lor a "poker legislature" to
tackle.
The official announcement that
the British government will favor
and assist Irish emigration is signifi-
cant of a change of policy on the
Irish question, and an effort for the
ultimate solution of tho disturbing
problem. Great Britain may make
a desert of Ireland and call it tran-
quility, but Ireland in America will
bo as turbulent as Ireland in Europo.
Austria, Germany and Italy havo
a nice little arrangement of their
own in tho triple alliance. The con-
tract seems to be offensive and de-
defensive to the extent of guaran-
teeing the territorial and mar Li me
rights of each party to the alliance
for the term of six yoars from the
first of June next. Ttiis is a sort of
friendly admonition to the volatile*
to koop quiet. ■ -- -.
TnE stalwarts aro again on the
warpath. Their chief, John A. Lo-
gan, says "the president must crush
this half-breed laction into submis-
sion to party discipline, Patronage
must be taken away to tho last
crumb. Tho prtronage must be
given toRepublicanswhohaveoarned
it by fidelity and service. If these
several things aro not done the end
of tho Republican party will date
from the 4th day of March, 1885."
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It is refreshing to know that Mis-
sissippi is coming out of the kinks,
und take her stand in enterprise with
the foremost of her sisters. Ex-Pres-
ident Davis says, considering the cir-
cumstances the state is doing very
well in the way of progress. She
produce more cotton than any other
state; sho has cotton and other mills
employing about 10,000 hands, and
$7,000,000 in capital; her free schools
number 5,000 and in every way she
is getting wide awake.
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The Times Democrat of the 25th,
in an elaborate and fearful account of
tho cyclone in Mississippi, and
Georgia on Sunday, roports 193 per-
sons killed and 888 wounded. This
estimate, however, is far below the
number of doaths and injuries, as
the accounts in tho Georgia papers
indicate fully the number reported
by the Timcs-Dcmocrat, in that state
alone. The details show the two
cyclones the most terrific and de-
structive eyer known in the regions
of country they devastated.
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The postoffice department con-
tinues to be bothered with dishonest
postmasters. Henry T. Wright, as-
sistant postmaster at Racine, Wis.,
is the latest discovery. iHe was taken
before a commissioner yesterday on
the charge of embezzling 95,000 of
postoffice funds. Waiving examina-
tion, be was held to bail in the sum
of 910,000. The question of em-
ploying women in all the postoffices
of the oountry should engage the at-
tention of the civil service commis-
sion. No woman has yet been found
guilty of embetziing tho postal fhnds
entrusted tosher care. Less politics
and more honesty is what is needed
hi (be offices<
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS,
Di*sct#rs~M B Loyd, On J&cktpn,'P C Bennett, Zaue CettS J SGodwin,9B
Burnett, J D-Reed,
The chartoring ot tho Loving
Publishing Company on tho 25th, is
understood to bo an arrangement
forachangoof name und tho in-
crease of tho capital stock. The
Stock Journal Publishing Company
carricd with it tho idea ot a specialty,
which was incompitabio with tho
idea ot a metropolitan daily news-
paper. Tho new name is appropri-
ate, comprehensive and attractive.
It covers live stock, land, state af-
fairs, national concerns, society,
morals, politics and all other things
that might have boon dreampt ot in
Horatio's philosophy. It is broad
gauge, so to speak, as compared
witb tho present name, and of courso
will require corresponding oulurge-*
ment of the capital stock. Thore is
no doubt that Mr. Loving has the
energy and enterprise to build u
great newspaper, and there is as lit-
tle question us to his financiul back-
ing.
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One of Now England's monopoles
and greatest source of dividends, is
so seriously threatened by southern
competition as to cause much un-
neasinesB and some candid comment.
Tho Rochester Union pithily i'o-
marks: "If any one bad told the
manufacturers ot Now England be-
fore the war that to-day they would
bo confronted by tho doom of their
chief industry, from southern com-
petition, thoy would not havo be-
lieved it; or, if believing it, thoy
might havo boon willing to givo
Providence, and the Democratic par-
ty, a little further time, just to seo
if something would not turn up to
rid the country of the curso of sla-
very in the southern portion of it, as
circumstances conspired to freeze it
out in the northern portion. But,
be that as it may, tho south is des-
tined, ind that within a very few
years, to silence tho looms and spin-
dles of the chief industries of New
England."
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TEXAS AND ST. LOUIS NARROW
GAUGE.
The Meeting at Tyler—Election of
Officers and Directors—-Other
Matters.
The News's Tyler special of the
25th furnishes the following account
of the business transacted by the
stockholders of the Texas & St.
Louis railway:
At their annual meeting to-day
tho stockholders of the Texas & St.
Louis railway received roports on
the business outlook, on the progress
of building, and on future connec-
tions. Amicable relutions still exist
between this road and other narrOw
gauge systems in tho state. Tho de-
lay in closing the gap between Tcx-
arkana and St. Louis is cuused by
incompleted bridges over the Red
and Arkansas rivers. Tho recent
floods havo retarded the work now
progressing. Calculations aro to
raako connection by July 4. Tho
road will then havo through connec-
tions to Chicago and St. Louis via
the Illinois Central, with which it
has a running arrangement. Jay
Gould has control of tho Cairo & St.
Louis narrow gaugo, and continues
his unfriendly policy toward tho
Texas & St. Louis railway, The lat-
ter road carried 75,000 bales of cot-
.ton, mostly southward, since Sep-
tember 1st, 1882, and its local traffic
shows a very satisfactory increase.
The Marshall « Northeastern rail-
way, through President Hcartsill and
Director Floyd, Ot Marshall, pre*
scnted a proposition for a working
arrangement with the Texas & St.
Louis railway, and asked tho latter
to endorse their bonds to enable
them to build to a connection so as
to give the Texas & St. Louis rail-
way an outlet to East Texas and
Galveston and flkfciston; President
Paramore exprcssod satisfaction at
the outlook of the Texas & St. Louis
railway, and says the Dallas branch
will be put through after the Cairo
connection is made. It is stated that
both MoreshofTer & Co. and Keuhn,
Loeb & Co., banking houses in New
York, and handlers of Texas & St.
Lotlis bonds, have representatives
here. The directors and tboir New
York friends go west on a special
train to-night, and will see the road
in daylight as far as the terminus at
Gatesville, before they return. At
Corsicana to-night they meet a dele-
gation from Dallas to Kettle the Dal-
las subsidy difference. Tho election
of offioors and direotors retains the
old set with one change in place of
Mr. Sloes, deceased. Directors—J.
W. Paramore, Wm. Sontor, J. M.
Gil k orson, of St. Loais; Logan H.
Roois, of Little Rock; C. Do Morso,
of Texarkana; L. B. Fi6h, of Tyler;
T. R. Bonner of Tyler; J. K. Lowe,
of Gilmer; C. M. Seley, of Waco.
Offlcers—J. W. Paramore, of St.
Louis, president; W. M. Senter, of
St. Louis, vice president; L. B. Fish,
treasurer; C. F. Bonner, secretary.
Executive Committoo—J. W. Para-
more, W. M. Sonter, L. H. Roots aud
J. M. Gilker&on.
The Gazette's Dallas special datcil
26tb, contains this iteuu
The reports from tho Narrow
G'augo committoo arc taken here as
assuring the line for Dallas, but Fort
Worth and towns to tho north und
northwest of Dullas aro working
hard to securo it. Tho following is
ono of the tolegrams roceivod from
Waco to-day by tho Merchants Ex-
change:
*'The directors of the Narrow
Gaugo aro invitod to 'Piano, Lewie*
villo and Urapovino, with tho prom-
ise ol a liberal subsidy it tho liiie
is run to rort Worth.
(Signed) Gibus & Wrfft?"
It is presumed that Dallas has se-
cured tho branch, or rather continu-
tion of the road from Mount Pleas-
ant, though Fort Worth and the
towns along the line to. Mount Pleas
ant havo offered good inducements to
the company* to pass north of that
city, and run into the Fort Worth
and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge at
this point.
FOREST CULTURE.
Tho Ohio State Forestry conven-
tion bogan its second annual Session
at Cincinnati on tbo 25th. That
night Professor Vonablo road a pa-
per on Trees in Mythology, and was
followed by Commissioner of Agri-
culture Loring, who reviewed the
present condition of forests in this
country and advocated their Increase
and preservation by Btate and na-
tional aid. He said a groat opening
of forest wealth was in tho south,
Tho supply of pine and spruce at
tho present rate of consumption in
some of tho northern states wiliest
but a few years, while in tho south
orn states it will last from 100 to 150
years. Ho rooommendod the open-
ing of tho latter and tho abandon-
ment of tho former until thoy have
recuperated by natural and artificial
growth. He pledged tho support of
the department of agriculture in all
governmental endeavor to increase
and preserve the forests of the
United States.
The indifferonco of Texas to this
subject is lamentable in tho extreme.
No spot of earth at prcsortt inhabi-
ted by man is more dostituto of trees
or more needs a vigorous system of
forest growing, and yet tho people
pooh, pooh tho question under tbo
silly beliot that tree planting cannot
bo made a success and that forests
are of no benefit any way. One
reason why the northern states are
attracting mors immigrants than tbo
southwestern states and territories,
and are advancing so much more
rapidy in material development, is
tbo existence there of tree-planting
associations. Many of those states
have Btate and county associations
for forest culture* and annually hold
.meetings to plant troes and promote
arboriculture. Yesterday was
grand gala day in Michigan, Kansas
and Nebraska. It was "Arbor
Day'' in theso three states, and
doubtless hundreds of thousands of
people turned out and planted mil-
lions of troes. Texas would do well
to follow tho iiftblo example.
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Gaum of Failure.
Want of confidence accounts for half
of the business fat I ures of t o-day. C. W.
Barradall and E. M. Wells, the drug-
gists, a**e not liable to fall for Want of
confidence in Dr. Hossnko's Cough and
Lung Syruj) for he gives away a bottle
at once establish a n -
bank. Capital stock already
An Institution much
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injured in northern Texas by the frosts
of the 34th and 25th.
Grapevine, Piano and Lewiaville offer
heavy Inducements to run the narrow
gauge to Fort Worth.
Five railroad hands are in jail in Clc*
burne for assault on a Missouri Paclflo
section boss near Burleson-
In New Orleans yesterday morning
the New Haven clock shop was inlureu
by fire to the extent of about $20,000.
Dallas always furnishes news items.
An incendiary tried to burn SL Pat*
rick's Catholic church there Wednesday
night.
The Galveston pilot commissioners
are appointed a board to distribute the
emigrant fund which arises from a lat<
act of congress.
Senora Trevinos, mother of Senof
Manuel Trevinos. Mexican consul at
Brownsville, Texas, died at U o'clock St
night April 25th, aged 70.
Bowie will
tlonal .
raised $35,000. An Institution
needed In Montague county.
In Waco the boys played with the
istol not knowing it was loaded and
an Clark, aged 7, shot Perkins, about,
11, yesterday, perhaps fatally, in the
chest.
In Laredo. Anores Castro shot him-
self Wednesday night rather than marry
the girl chosen by his father. He did
not love her and preferred death to an
unhappy marriage.
A Sister's hospital Will probably soon
be erected at Houston. Father Ilen-
nesey says it is needed, but he will wait
till he is fully organized and can rear a
splendid structure in a central looation.
The revolt ajnong the soldiers at Mat- '
amoras, Mexico, on Sundsv night was
serious. The roughs who attacked,
the guard were new reorults, many of
whom escaped into Texas and Mexico^
Some were afterwards captured.
Mexican tastes differ in matrimonial
matters. Anores Castro In Laredo, shot
himself rather than marry without love.
In San Antonio Carlos Ortega toolr the
option of marrying the girl Instead of
going to jail under charge of seduction.
Several civil engineers of bridge build-
ing companies of other states are In La-
Grange to bid on the iron bridge pro-
posed across the Colorado rtver. Mr.
L. M. Lynch, formerly of the Sarita Fe,
is employed by the city as consulting
engineer.
Two of the esthetlo young photo-
graph painters, charged with forgery
and theft, were arrested in Galveston
and carried back to Austin. A partner
in the painting business is now in north.
Texas. They had a taste for diamonds
free
who are suffering with
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Consumption
and all affections of the Throat and
Lungs.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Bastrop's new Episcopal church was
dedicated Wednesday the 25th.
Hon. A. W. Terrell and Mrs. Anna
IT. Jones were married in Austin last
night.
The Medical Convention adjourned
after a grand banquet In Tyler last
night.
The Odd Fellows celebrated their
sixty-fourth anniversary in Austin yea-
terda;
Belton is to have the honor of enter-
taining the Texas Medloal Association
next j ear.
Cotton and fruit crops are seriously
and skill in Imitating signatures.
The Bazaar of the Episcopal ladies of
Houston was very successful. It closed,
last ntght, havittg cleared about $1,800 of
over $2,000 taken in. The expense was
light. The Bazaar printed for $50< and
published for two days gratuftously,
netted $354.10. Advertisers in it were
many and liberal.
The Dallas Snongerfest promises the
grandest musical entertainment ever
given in the south. Societies from other
states and numerous vccal societies ana
musical celebrities ot this state will at-
tend. The celebrated U. S. cavalry
band is expected. The grand building
has seats for 8,000.
The Texas Trunk railway will proba-
bly be purchased at the foreclosure sale
in May by a Boston and New York syn-
dicate. It will In that case be reorgan-
ized on a sound financial basis and at
once extended to Sabine Pass. The
Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fe are sup-
posed to be interested.
Application has been made to the at*
torney general for a quo warranto pro-
ceeding against Themas Chubb ap-
pointed harbormaster at Galveston by
Mayor R. L. Fulton. That office has
notified Mayor Fulton that affidavits are
in his office setting forth that Chubb
voted In Vermont last September.
The horse thieves pursued from Paris
and Honey Grove were overtaken near
Denlson yesterday. In the battle which
ensued one robber was wounded and one
horse captured. They ride good horses
and<are supposed to be four in number.
Deputy Sheriff Smith and Babbett of
Lamar county, are all right, and followed
the trail last night determined to cap-
ture the gang.
Truax. charged with embezzling a
$500 money package from the Texas
Exprestf company, while running as
baggageman on the Texas A Pacific
railway last July, between Mlneola
and Millsap, was caught in Chicago and
brought to Dallas jail On the 24th by
Officer Edgelle. He sayS he Is the vic-
tim of conspirators in the employ of the
Texas A Pacific road. He was released
on bond yesterday. His father was a,
Missouri state senator.
It may be
that at SaltillOi
refreshing to be reminded
tilloi Mexico, thirty miles
bevond the present terminus of the
Mexican National railway, the dally
register of the thermometer, kept three'
years bv an Amerlqan, has been: High-
est, 80 degrees; lowest, 50 degrees. The
mean average of the hottest month in
the year, May, 74 degrees. SaltiUo is
200 miles south of Laredo, and will be
reached by the railroad July 1st. It IS
6,000 feet above the sea level.
Information reached Albuquerque, N.
M., that on the 19th Instant Geronlmo,
an Apache chief, captured Prof^A. F.
Bandolier, of the American Archaeolo-
gical Institute, S. T. Balder, of Tucson,
and a Mexican, near San Christobal, in
the state of Sonora. The prisoners
were carried to ths mountains, and, It.
is almost certain, murdered. Bandolier,
the great archaeologist, had a world-
wide reputation among scientists. He
was on his third expedition In the paat
three years, under the Smithsonian In-
stitute, exploring the pueblos of the
west. He is about forty-five years old,
and would be greatly missed in the scien-
tific world. Mr. Grtffin, bank cashier
in Santa Fe 8aw..ProtV88or and Mrs.
Bandolier, six weeks slppe. en route to
the City of Mexico, and did t
them near the point
dispatch at the st
tore. He thinks _
Prof. Bandelier spends most of his time
at home with his father in Htghlaorf/
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