The Daily Fort Worth Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 74, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1876 Page: 4 of 4
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SFECIAL MENTIONS.
— A team attached to a lnmb | — J. W. Barbeau, ol llie City
fvagftfl, rT&TSway late ywtofirTfrjf' ev^i-1 Mills, ‘‘gassed • us until nine o clock
in,st, in the Vicinity of the depot,' injur-Mast night. As a man. we recommend
ing one of tin, horses legs, and break-; him t° the “har,’ hut leave the ladies
ing one of the hind wheels of the wag'-! t0 the ‘’heau part ot it.
—From all fiefiofififa'oitf police
- -Stewart (not A. T.) was on
Main street last night. He first- got;
“Brown,” then got “Byrne-3.” and the j
last we saw of him he Was in the house |
of “Cal A. Boose” dertd tlrdnk, waiting j
for Day.
—Best 5e cigars
at 513 Houston street.
town at
d-tf.
tobacco,
d-tf.
Want & Hartsfield.
— Dallas residents no longer
swindle travelers since she has become
a way station. They noft knock’em
Best brands of ( igars and (;0Vl-n ant] r0b ’eni, but anything- for a
change, as the man said when he sat
! down on a buzz saw.
For S Is Ch eap
One hundred and sixty acres of land _Mr> M. F. Knowles, has just
J her best small stock farm in 1 exas. | .
Running* water the year round. Cheap- j opened a re.staiuant in the rear ot die
cr than dirt. Come and see. j bar of the Exchange Saloon* Mr.
N, B.—Inquire at tins othce. | Knowles is an experienced hand at the 110 the job he has undertaken, of which
Wfen f<ed. j business, and as a caterer w id no doubt one inay judge by an examination of
To exchange 60 acres of fine farming I satisfy the wants of the most fasfideous.- j jjfs Superior work:
Jand, 3 miles from Fort Worth, for labor j
and material in opening up a farm ad ; —Mr. H. B Pit's, of the en- i —An infernal “cuss,” who
ioing. Apple at this office. sep8-dlni | terprislng-commission house ot Pitts & j does not deserve the name of a man.
force have proved "terriers’' to rodents,
having killed over seventeen thousand
in the last few davs. Why do not the
eats and dogs hold
meeting- ?
'—The contract for the stone'
and brick work of the new Jail has been
sub-let by Messrs. Thomas & Werner
to Mr. L. N. Johnson to be completed
by November 20i h. Mr. J is fully up
— Our head chief, not Sitting
Bull, went east yesterday. We did
not learn the fact until train time, but
ratification j learn (li t he bought a ticket for a place’
! called Dallas. Where is it?
A convenient dwelling house with
four or five rooms, garden spot and out
buildings. Apply at this office.
—Go to & Hartsfield’s for
your bread, cakes, pies,-etc. They have
the bestf oxen ana the best bakes in
Northern Texas. sep20-dtf
—All kinds of pure home
made candies, wholesale and retail, at
Want & Ila'rtslield’s. sept20-dtf
- -Want & Ilartsileld have com-
pleted their new bake oven and are now j the "hearts" of tlie whole community,
prepared to supply the public with the , . ,, , .
best of loaf bread, all kinds of cakes, j f he people will all be mlort Y\ orili
pies, etc. Remember the place, on j before the Herald makes a fortune on
Houston, opposite B. C. Evans’. j obituaries
septS J-dtf
For Sale. —Mr. T. L. Gibson, who was
A new dwelling house, with four | ou*- *n ,ke breast last week by a drunken
rooffis, galleries, bay windows; good
cistern wiih filter. Well built and fin-
ished, plastered throughout with Paris
piaster finish. Lot 100x100—Kneed.
Heard, of this city, left Wednesday bust i but wlio, we hear, bears a human
ior Marshall, to attend the Fair, and we j f >rm, cut a nymph da pave at Rowdy
sappose to se(f a few of his relatives j Kate’s Dance House night before last,
down there. We understand he will | He was pursued by the officers of the
be with us again next Monday, and | law. but his legs, which proved longer
bring his family with hhffi
—The editor of the Dallas
Herald will dress his paper in mourning
for ten dollars, if any one dies, and this
liberal proposition has endeared him to
Will be sold cheap,
lice.
Inquire at this of-
Sep 24-d-tf.
A FREE RIDE ONE WAY
To see the great St. Louis Fair Round
Trip tickets will be on sale at the
office of the Texas & Pacific Railroad,
on September 28th, to St. Louis and
return for $28.60. return tickets good to
and including October 10th. Call early
and secure your tickets and thereby
avoid the rush.
Wanted.
A boy. 10 or 12 years old, at 513
Houston Street. sepf26-dtf
Lost in the Fire-
man, whom he was trying to befriend,
is up and about again. We are glad to
see him once more on his pegs,
as his smiling “phiz’’ always adds
to the attraction of which the east side
of the square boasts,
—The Democrat was favored
with calls from Maj. Abdel and J. W.
Delaney, Of the Texas and Pacific Rail-
way, yesterday morning. These gen-
tlemen, in common with all the attaches
of this road, fire elegant, alia hie and' ac-
complished gentlemen. We are always
pleased to see them in oursanclutn.
—Mr. T. J. Court right, the
city Marshal, informs us that, on Tues-
X ladies gold hunting case watch and j day last a trunk, rifled to n great ex-
chain .and a large gold Roman cross. | tent rtf its contents, was found on the
The following inscription was engraved , f , 5 town. Some ar-
on 1 lie back of trie cross : “My trust!
in thee. J. to L.” A liberal reward
will be pnicf fofiahy information which
will lead t< ■ the recovery of the stolen
articles, and no questions asked. In-
quire at the Democrat ofiice.
seflt26-dtf
Wanted.
Twenty thousand bushels of wheat,
af the City Mills,
Brown, Wolcott & Blandin.
sept27-dtf
—Swiss and Limberger cheese
at fhe Merchants’ Exchange at all
Hours. sept2S-d2t
To Whom it May Concern.
The public are hereby cautioned
against purchasing or trading for a
ticks'of clothing still remain, and the
trunk, which is a good one. Cffii he hail
by calling on him and paying for this
“ad.”
—Captain Jumps E. Barlow,
of Calitem. Miss., who visited us us last
week, has been looking out a location,
and has just, returned from Weather-
ford. Be says Fort Worth suits him.
The Captain Will, in all probability,
open a bank in our city in a short time
if he can find a suitable building. Suc-
cess to him.
—Found yesterday, on Main
street, in front of the dClub Room,’’ a
than tlie side track of the Texas and
Pacific, landed him in Dallas at oiie p.m.
He’s at home now.
—In pissing down Houston’
street, yesterday, our attention was
called to the handsome sign of fhe Cot-
ton Exchange saloon,'which bad just
been put up. The Center ot the sign is
decorated with a painting of three bales
of the fleecy--"staple, which looks as if
every buyer in town had had a pull at
it, handsomely done by Dickson, Who5
is working for a man whose name we
understand is Mitchell. The boys of
the Democrat will call and sec it.
—The following are some of
the arrivals at the Trans-Continental:
Frank Clark. St; Louis, Jno. M. Payn
Ky.; Coo. W. Reed, Mo. A. Allen, Tex.
J. I.. Tucker, Fort Griffin; D. Jordon,
D. W. Washhurne, Marshall. R. M. Balk
Indianola; A. Kent, Herman, Royal
and Ferris Waxahaehie; A Lurchc,
Corsicana; D. W. Adkerson, G-alveston,
Jno. b. Long, Ky.; Juo. W. Field and
wife. Dallas; Thos. II. Murray and wife
McKinney; William Veal, Palo Pinto;
E. W; Parker, St. Louis; J. J. Byrne.
Texas; Wm. Buhanan, Tiger! own.
So it Griffs.
While the boys of the Democrat
were propping their eyelids up last
DAILY HACK LINF,
TO DECATUR.
Hack leaves Trans Continental Hotel
every morning at seven o’clock.
sop29-tf C. K. FAIRFAX, Agent.
Governor Throckmorton’s
Appointments.
lion. J. VYf Throckmorton, Demo-
cratic nominee for Representative ini
the Forty-fifth Congress, from the |
Third Congressional District of Texas,;
will address the people at the following I
times and places, viz :
Lreckenridge, September 21st;
Fort Griffin, September 22d;
Albany. September 23d;
Eastland, September 25th;
Step’nensville, September 26th;
Glen Rose, September 27th;
Granbiiry. September 28th;
Cleburne, September 29th;
Waxahaehie, September 30th;
Ennis, (evening-)September 30th;
Whitesooro, October 5th;
Gainesville. October 6th;
Montague, October 7th;
Victorio Peak, (evening) October 7th;
Cambridge, October 9th;
Henrietta, (noon) October 9th;
Graham, October 11th;
Jacksboro, October 12th;
D. catur. October 13th;
Denton, October 14! h;
Denison,' October 16th;
Sherman, October 17th:
Dallas, October 18th;
Terrell. October 19th;
Kaufman,- October 20th;
Rockwall October 21st,
A tail attendance is requested.
_____ sept 12-d&wtf
OFFICIAL JeSeOTOBY.
tenth judicial district.
lion. J. A, Carroll, Presiding Judge.
Court sits on fhe sixtii Mondays after
WANT & HABTSFTELB,
W holesale and Retail rteiii&fs Hi
CANDY® CONFECTIONERIES,
Aufs, Fs’iiifs, Canned Goods. Tobacco and Cigars,
Fresh Bakers Bread, Pies, Cakes, etc.,
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SOLE AGENT FOB THE CELEBRATED
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Wholesale and Retail tfekipf $H
Nails, Simmons’ Keen Kutter Axe Shelf ami Heavy Hardware
Tinware, House Furnishing Goods, and Agent for Fairbanks’
Scales, and manufacturer of all kinds of Tinware.
Jobbing done on short notice.
SOUTH W EST CORSER SQTJARE,
night with left-handed shooting-sticks, j the first Mondays in February and
cross-eyed mallets and “m-quads,’. at-| July,
tempting, in the absence ot “Old Mass- ;
Back,” to let those who read the Dem- |
ocrat see that they were still awake]
and on time, one. whose name we’ll call i
“Yoms Truly” thought he heard a
grasshopper stumble on Cue stairs, and
immediately proceeded to grab the stick
of “B. B.,” but When' he saw he was
mistaken, and that Tvvombly & Lyles
had sent up some of the “best,” tic
called the boys to his rescue—and they
res-kued. Thanks—come again*
Personal.
R. L-. Thomas.of Albany, Ne»v York.
nbto madeyby tlie underslgircd in fhvor ! lead pencil, oval in shape. three inches j was }n the city yesterday,
of B. F. Berkley. The* consideration | long, large af the top. tapeffag at the '
fot which said note was given having
failed, it will not be paid. ' i. Stone.
sept28-dlw
Persona! Notice.
it having been reported by interested
parties that I had left town, tins is to
he found at the ‘Texas Clothing House’
of A. Goldstein & Co.
sept28-cl:'g M. M. Emanuel.
—S wiss and Limburger cheese
at the Merchants’ Exchange, at all
hours. sept28-d2t
TARRANT COUNTY.
County Judge—C. C. Cummings.
Sheriff—.J. M. Henderson.
Deputies—J. H. O’Neal.
Frank Elliston.
- Steele.
County Cierk—James P. Woods.
Deputies -R. C. Mann.
J. P. Alford.
District Clerk—George Mulkey.
Deputy—R. II. Miller.
Treasurer—VV. T. Furgeson.
Assessor—A. J. Chambers.
Attorney—Sam Furman.
Surveyor—W. A. Cartel.
Inspector of Hides and Animals—-
Jack Flint.
County Commissioners—Xo. 1, J. W.
Chapman ; No. 2. .1. VV. y. Morison;
No. 3, John Terril;- No. 4. J. M. Young.
Justices of five PeaC’e—ISo:- 1, A.- G.
Met'lung;- No* 2, G. W. Jophiig; No.
3. Elisha Nevvfitn ; No. 4. 'j'. E.Cro--
No. 5, W. II. H. Moore; No. 6. P;
i'yl 'i"; No. 7, W. D. Harris; No. 8,Ji
-No. 1, B. C. Bedford;
Air. S. S. Higgins, representing the
end. with a little rubber attachment, to , wholePil,e tea and ,pii,e house of
i)e use(1 in ‘"‘se« o{ nec^i1^. Froni its | Flint, Evans & Co., St. T.ouis, ffimored
sickly appearance, we take it to be tt | tLo Democrat otfi'cc with bis presence
Hazenu hcclci pencil. Iheounei can j yp^terday. Mr. 11. is one of the most J Grimslcy
have it by calling at this office and pay-j efficient and successful commercial L.Fo'K'itTa'l1:/’4 T> XT .
j/tr*iii_o u.iit i ij;ie itat i.owii, ujis IS I.u 11 f J , ,, T . , No. 2. J. W. Roy ; No. 3, E. A. Euhss:
inform my friends and customers that ^ * a i’ I travelers of which bt, Louis can boast. I No 4 Henry Turner- No 5 W P
} am still here, and here to stay. I can ! J The Texas and Pacific, always alive j Hoit;' No. 6’, W. F. Hagood ; No! l\
to the emergency of the times, will- sell I ^ze<-‘ ■> ^°- "'K‘^ Hancock,
to those desiring to attend the great St. | a. h. Day. Mayor.
• • ‘ i-meii—John Nichols. D. VV. C.
Granbury; II. C. Foster Aurora; W. F. |“*"• ‘ “«•» "! Jr.: ^
Biggen Denison; J. 11. Eanhan Weath- ] Sal® "ext SatunlW; September 30th. | Attorney—VV. M. Field,
erford; J. A. Denning. G. W. Grover.
Paris; Chas. Curb, Elizabethtown; SY.
—Tire followfn’g were so mo of
the arrivals at the Battle House yes-
terday:
‘ , . , Louis Fair, round trip tickets and re- j A1 derm
James Angles Macs; Matt Daughm-tv | 1
...... ,...... 'y,- A turn at one fare, dickcts will be on I . 1 .J-n
Our City Circulation
We desire our city subscribers to bear
land Monuay. October 2d, and Hold
good until October 10th.
in 11find that the city list in The exdu- | f U‘tle Rock, Ark; A. W
sive property of the carrier, and all | Quails, LaCrossi*. VV is.; J. I), McClure,
subscriptions should be paid to him. I Dallas; VV. R. Wao-oaseller, Oaktcnvn
i ^^
responsible for the delivery of the pa- j “ il]e‘>g°-
per,—and is entitled to the pay. Par-1
ties riot' receiving the paper promptly
will confer a favor by leaving word at
this office. tf.
A Pleasant Party.
The city was visited, yesterday, by a
pleasant party, who came over hi a
■special car attached to the 11 o'clock
accommodat ion traili.
It consisted of Major D. W. Wash-
Secretary—C. Me Do i igal 1.
Treasurer—J. 8. Loving.
Assessor and Collector—R. E. Mad-
dox.
Marshal—T. J. Gourtright.
Arrival and Departiff^ of Mailt
Dallas mail arrives dally at 11 a. m
Closes daily at 1.) r. m.
C ju c..y\ Put tell v kre.t uas j burne, cliiet engineer of the 'iexas find i Wcaflierford and western mail arrives
become of that herculean “cuss” who Pacific load; John L. Lerig. Lou-ksvil'c; t
j threatens to whip the local editor of the ] 1). R. Adkinson, Galveston; H. L. Me-!
Wanfed* j Democrat for reporting the fact that i Clung, Brenham; Thomas H. Murray |
A psa?tuer with a capital pf $200 or ! he paid three dollars and costs, last and Wife, Hugh Murray, McKinney; T. !
busy as bees.
—The grasshoppers are famil-
iarly disagreeable.
— The eot'fon yards of alt the
commission houses are full to over-
flowing.
Anna?-
—A new awning lias Keen
placed around the capacious store of J.
II. Browncorner of Houston and First
streets.
daily 2 a. m. Closes dally except
Sunday at 5 r. m.
Cleburne, via Oak Grove and Caddo
Grove arrives 3 r. m. daily, except
Sundav. Closes daily, except Sunday,
at 9 o’clock.
Decatur, via Dido and Aurora, leaves
daily at 6 a.- m. Closes daily at 9 r. m.
Denton, via Birdville, Double Springs
and Elizabethtown, leaves Thurs-
days, at 2 iv M. Arrives Saturdays
at 10 a, M.
Office open at 8 a. m.,- and closes at 5
p. m., except Sundays. Office hours
on Sunday from 8 to’9' a. it.
Utrdcr the new postal law, now in force,
all transient newspapers are subject
to one-halt cent postage for every
ounce, or fractional part"of an ounce.
__J. P. ALEXANDER. P. M.
TBSTRAYED horse,- reported by W.
TLl D. Harris and felt in care of John
Goodnight, one brown man horse.
^ - ; . , ,, | about 141 bands high, and branded
hopper and, with aching heart, listened j Dai ,i mianignt led: alone to drift up- j thus f on right shoulder. This Septem-
riw-F^0,m..I!'*J1 "Ai6i’S1rfSS' For | wcel“ tor the privilege ot “taking in” | L. Hake and wife, Mrs. Gussie Bartholo
officto ‘ ’ ^Sept 29-c1-1mKAI I,!ie towi1 unfh hft was “f'ip-ped?” The ] Mrs. M. Field, St. Louis; Miss Jennie'
' ' | local editor can be found at the office, ] Gains, of Dallas.
- All fhe lumber men afe afc I OVCr Bo:lz’MarkIec & (:°-’8 bank, at The party were met at the depot by
Irom 9 a. in. to 3 p. m. Next time the j some of our citizens with carriages, and
Mayor looks over his “specs’’ at him,! after driving around the city, they stop-
\\e will give his name. j ped at the Trans-Continental?'where
Major Fairfax had a superb repast pre-
Shadows by Moonlight. pared for them. The lAalth of the
“Her hair, I said, was aubunvbut j “Panther” was drank in full bumpers
September 5-flm.
CHURCH DIRECTCHY.
Episcopal Church services, first,
second, and third Sundays in each
month. In room under the Masonic
Hali. at 10:30 a. n>. and 7 p. m. Every
Wednesday night at 7 p. m.
E D4Y fN W It' K ENA- Recto*
Prksbvterian Chur h. servift.
fourth Sunday.at Masonic Ilall building
u. 11 a. tn.-. and 7^ o'clock, p. m., by
Rev. C. II. 1)( B’3S,
Methodist Church.—Every Sun-
day, at their Church at 11 o’clock a.
ni.. and 7 o’clock p. m. Sabbath
Schoolat 9 a. in.
G. H. ELLIS, Pastor.
Baptist Church, Services, at Ma-
sonic Hall, 3rd Sunday at II a. m.. and
7 o’clock, p. ivt.,- and Saturday night
before, in each month:. Elder W. M
Gough. Pastor.
Oh r it tax Church.—Preaching on
fourth Lords Day at 11 o’clock, and u
night by Elder-- Murplryi Pastor.
SOCIETIES:
.iunetwni City I -xlge. No.
re ~i150, i. O'.- O. F., meets ev-
cry 'Ilmrsday evening at half
past 7 o’clock, at Darter BuiMrng.—
Brothers in good standing are invited to
attend. B. WEST STARR, N. G.
R. F. WaltoN, Secretary.
Fort Wortli Lodge. No. 148, F. & A.
\L, meets the first Saturday in each
mouth, at 7 o’clock, p. m., at their hall.
R. li. KING, Master.
Sam. Furman, Secretary.
Fort Worth Chapter. No. 58. R. A.
M.,meets the second Wednesday in each
month at the Masonic Bail, at halt past
7 o’clock, p. m. W. Iy. Burts, h. v,
C. L. Walker. Secretary.
F R TENDS OP Tk.M PKKAN'CE.—Foi
Worth Council No.----meets ai: Ode
Fellows hall (in Huttman’s building)
every Friday evening at 7 o’clock.
W. H. WILL A MS. W . P.
iip.-.N'ry Miller. See'v.
MARKET _REP0RT.
Office of Daily Democrat, j
Fort Wortli, Sept. 27, ‘76. f
COTTON.-
Active at 8| to 91 c.
Provisions aiat! S'apSes.
(Corfceted daily by J. H. Brown.)
POTATOES.—SWeet, 75c; Irish. $1;
oev’-s, dry. 3@5e; onions. 750S1 00;
cubages. lt@25e per head; butjcr, ac-
tive, selling 22): eggs, m lair' demand,
ioe; bacom- dear skies, foe, lard. 12)c;
tomatoes, $1 per bush beets.fl 50 bush-
el; flour, $2 000 3 25: meal. 400,85c;
Rio coffee. 21@25c; Java. 33|c; Sugars,
coffee A 131 c. New Oi-!eaiisMO.j0i24c;
rice. 80!0c: apples, dried, 12ic;Teas.
Young IIy.sen, Gun Powderand Japan,
65c@.$l 50: tohacco. <#7c@$l 00: cig-
ars, $20 OO0.$1OO 00 per thousand;
Hades, good heavy dry. 9^@!2>j. light.
t‘2@ Lfi buffalo, no market as yet.
GRAINS.
(Corrected daily by City Mills.)
CORN, shucked, 40c. sacked. 50c:
wheat. No. 2’, old, SOe, No. 3,_ old, 65c,
new 60@70e;- oats, 17020c; barley,
nothingdoing, prices nominal 45c: bran,
$8 00 per ton; hay, good prairie, $7 00
@8 00 per ton.
FORT WORT!
Business Maxims.
I he tall trade having fiuaMv coi
Hfenced, we commend the followii
Business maffims to the careful cousi
orations of our business men :
Rush your business, or it will pu
you.
Don’t be the
business.
'’gTeat unknown”
. Keep vour firm name and bAfineS?
ifewRt the public.
He who by his "biz” would rise-
early and lute muot advertise.
5 our sign in the morning paper is
fresher than the sign over your door.
Advertising’fs coaumercial science, m
indispensable to real business as book-
keeping.
Still water stagnates. Advertisements
are the ripples that Indicate the stirrert
market/
, Overly modest people think ad vert re
mg sensational. Better be sensatioeal
than obscure.
The (Lea’iWst advertising is sometimes
the dearest. Rates arc regulated by the'
range of readers.
The Democrat goes roraWl town ev-
ei'y morn ing/ and out on every, train
and siagc. Let the news ot your bus-
iness go along with it.
People read your advertisement in
the Daily Democrat while waiting tor’
their breakfast, or overt post pfaiH
dial cigar or pipe.
Don't let editors monopolize public
^tte.WtJori.- Get if (Mr jaw in once in a
while, about business.
Don’t let your advertisement get
stale. Variety is the spice of life.
Going business without advertisingi?
like winking at at pretty girl in the dark.
V on may kiYog- VviViVt y<nt are doing,but
no one else does.
Be sure and have the DaIly I)io
ceat left at your door every morni
so that you may read the news wli
waiting for breakfast, and-before goi
to business, iftf
Nature’s tVni vcrsal law is ceaseless i
tiyi-fe/- Let your constant advertisi
siiow that you arc astir. It’s the li
minnow that allures the trout.
her eyes Were black as death, their lash-! of sparkling wine, and after’a few hours.
| es the same hue, of downcast length, in ; full of enjoyment, tlie party returned to
—Pete Johnson fta-s* moved j "’hose silky shadows lies deep* stattrac- ] Dallas’by a special train,
his laundry beyond the post office on!*'011-' Ves;ye local, not feeling alto- i ^
3d street. ] got her as oue'who mourns the death of I “Dum Virisius, Viramus?”
„ ] a rich relative who has left him $10,000, j Da*,as continues to throw pebbles at,
— I Be seed's of love can never] was wending his way homeward last; ^orfc ^orl*1 w'fb a degree of ardor
grow but under the warm and genial j night, when a sound, which, from its i w^>ch is not only bewildering but: ac-
iufluenec of devoted affection. Can they, j consonance, attracted JYs- attention,! tua,1J’ painful. We deeply symjmthize
j stepped behind the shadow of a grass-! " hi her present condition^ “a
ber 23d. 1876.-
42 3\v
J. F. WOODS.
County Clerk.
-An exchange wishes to know
YASTRoT. reported by E. Newton,
IX left ,ii care of —Gri
mare, 141 hands high.
'.son, one gray
10 wars old,
•r
to the following endearments of home | 0,1 a nio°rdess sea,” and the great rush
and tlie fireside, which ran llmsly, this | l)eoPh‘ from the “City of Destruction'’
sound, however, emanating from the j "hioli will eioiitually follow, will be as
female end of the family : 1 tlle Phaei ot Homer on the shore of the
Six weeks after marriage:—“Who’s |sca- Tlu-e is 1)0 one so blind but
if animals have any sense of humor, i sweet ?” said she. “Rolf of us,” said "’ho can see the inevitable destruction
Yes ! Jackasses laugh immoderately | be; but when she said : “Whose boozes ] 'vhich invaIfs her as a commercial point ; bratided on left shoulder 7U ThN Sep-
al the poorest jokes. ; is oozes ?” and he replied, “O-o-z-e-s,” | a:itI t,ie heath struggle which is now j ^ ' (founty'(-lerk
_p t? q n ■ ff« bad to leave, and having repaired to j UP‘11 her will soon precipitate h< r into
—Gapt. JW. b. Gaj , tU-e active j our virtuous couch, we could not but! Unpenetrable obscurity'. Still charity >-rFI) hv v y„winn omnr
and etheicnfc Southern Manager of tlie : put our head out of the window and la*s its mission to perform, and, rather { jr^ in care ot-Jh s. UTidon. one brown
ln.»u>ance Company of North America,; “take one eye on It,” when came'float- than cast her away forever, we will j horse, 7 or 8 years old, 15 hands high
was in the city yesterday.
—A Mr. Brown, from Illinois,
has rented an acre of ground on Main
street, and is enclosing it for the pur-
pose of starting a wagon yard.
ing over the midnight air :
Oh. how very tweet are wo.
Just as tweet as we can bo;
O-o is tweet, and I am too,
O-o*loves me, and I loves o-o.
Young Benedicts, take warning-
throw the mantle, around her and see I brandedO R on- left thigh find Mexican
, , . , | brand'orileft. shoulder. Also, one dunn
that the i, not obliterated entirely from ( or veil<nV horse, b.anded TL(comlcCted)
the commercial charts of the world, by | S on loft snoulder. about 14 hands high,
taking hc-r in as one of the suburbs of ibis Septoifiber W76.
J. P. WOODS,
our own lovely and prosperous city.
t-LvUn
’ouniy Cltn'ic-.
fJTMBF.W.
Corrected daily by Heath, Baldwin&Co.
YELLOW PINE.—Rough boxing,
fencing, framing, joist, &e„ oer 1.000
feet.- $22 50;- dressed boxing. $25 00;
flooring, T &■ G. $27 50; siding $18 00
022 50; ceiling, $22025' 00 ; shingles,
$3 000 4 50; Cypress shingles, $4 250
WHITE PINE.—Shingles. $3 50®
5 00; ceiling, $22 50025 00; siding.
$20 00022 50; tinPifing lumber. $40 00
@50 00-; Cypress finishing lumber
$45 00.
W HO LI’S A LG LIQUORS.
| (Corrected daily by I). W. ('. fhmdcry.)
PENDERY'S Old Hour Mash. Ken-
i fucky. $2 50;per gallon; Bendery's-OM I
I bour Mash, Bourbon, $2 15; Robertson
: County bwcet Mash, $2 50; Lincoln i
; County Sweet alash. $2 25; Common I
Whiskey. SI 50@l 75; Imported Cog- j
| nae Brandy. $500; Domestic Cognac
| Brandy, 2 250 2 50; Imported Holland
| Gin, $2 5004 00; Domestic Holland i
| Gin, $1 65@2 25. Peach Brandy. $2 25 !
I 03 00; Apple Brandy. 32 1502 75. I
Cherry brandv. $1 75®2 25; ginger
] brandy. $1 500$ 1 75; 'Wines, sherry j
] imported. $2 25, domestic $1 50; port, I
imported,-$2 25, domestic, $1 70.
LIM E A N D V EM EXT.
CEMENT, host quality. $4 75 per \
banal; hair,- 65c per bushel;- lime,:
be.-a fjual'l V, in barrels•• 82 OH •
John Worn.on. U. G. Wells. Chai. Vidor/
Wolston, Wells & Vidor,
COTTON" FACTORS AND
CO£gl£fSSfON
MERCHANTS)
League Building ,73 Strain*,
Ci.ifyVJESTOy, TEXAS.
Hepresented l>y
G. E. JB. CAMPBELL,
Sept23-3in.
Notice lo Tax Payers.
Pursuant to an Act of the Lcgislal
approved August 21st, 1876, the Si
ilt will attend at the foliowing tii
and places for the purpose ot collect
Hi^State and County Tax, for the v*
1-876, ’75. ’74, ’73 and 72.
Precinct No. 7,-Dak Grove, Moire
Tues, Oct. 16 and it
Precinct No. 8> MtfnsfibM, Weds, i
Thurs.,-(iMit. IS'and 19.
Preciftet No. 2.- Johnson, Stati
Fri. and Sat.. Oct. 200nd 21.-
Precinct No. 3;- B'obo'sq Tues. :
Weds.. Oct. 24 and 2fk
Precinct No.- 3: Grapevine, Th
ami Fri.. Oct. 28 and 27.
Precinct No. 4, Zioiq-Moiv.-and Tu
Oct. 30'and 31.
.Precinct No. S’.- DMbv Thurs. ■
Fn.. Nov. 2 and 3'.
Precinct No. 6v fngrattFs
Tues. and Weds., NbV. 7 and & ,M
Precinct No. 1, Port. #ort!lv m
and Fri., Nov. 9 and 10.
J. M. HENDERSON,
bhbviff Fn# rI#x Collector, Tarrant ■
Texas.
F«iih' Woiiffiy'fexfis-.'
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