The Daily Fort Worth Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 102, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 1, 1876 Page: 2 of 4
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CDailn democrat.
Office, Houston Street, Next Door to
Brown’s, Up Stairs.
NOVtMBER t, 1876-
TO CONTRIBUTORS:
No attention will be paid to anony-
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must be accompanied by the writer’s
real naro■ - -
Corkkspoxdknce on all matters of j Houston an unknown white man
State News.
Mr. Dick King, living near
Austin, found the remains of a
murdered negro on the 25th inst.
Two men on horseback were
seen near the place, and were
the supposed murderers, which
the Statesman alleges was un-
provoked.
On Wednesday morning at
public interest, is respectfully solicited.
Correspondence for the benefit oi the
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MENTS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
SAMUEL J. TILDEN,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
OF INDIANA.
For Congress, Third Congressional
District.
JAMES W. THROCKMORTON,
of Collin.
—We hope every man in
Northern Texas will come out
to the polls next Tuesday and
cast his vote. Let him be Re-
publican or Democrat, let the
vote be cast, that iu the new ap-
pointment, Northern Texas may
have her just quota.
—The radicals are becoming
virtuous a little too late to do
them auy good. The following
announcement from Washingtou
won’t bring them a single vote.
One hundred thousaud dollars of the
four-and-a-half per cent, bonds were
substituted to-day for the sums for
which General O. O. Howard was de-
faulter, and has been bearing interest
from 1865.
—Governor Brown, vice-president of
the Texas & Pacific railway thinks
Sherman is bound to be the railroad
center of northern Texas, and the Aus-
tin Gazette wants to know what Dallas
and Port Worth think of his opinion.
—Panola Watchman.
It matters little what Dallas and Fort
Worth think of the opinion. The fact
is a stubborn one, and before many
years even the beclouded vision of the
Gazette will see it •—Sherman Register
Bosh all of it, about Sherman
being the Railroad center of
Texas. Don’t you know Mar-
tin, that Dallas has fourteen
railroads chartered, and is going
to build the Dallas & Wichita
(as soon as any one furnishes
the money) and that Charley
Cole, is to have a road finished
from Weatherford to Red River
to-day. Why Martin, you “had
orter” be ashamed of yourself.
A CAREFUL ESTIMATE.
Jgrnes G. Blaine is considered
by the Republican press and
party, as among the shrewdest
politicians of the day, and his
predictions are regarded almost
as unerring as law and gospel.
Mr. Blaine has made a careful
estimate of the situation, and
this is how he finds it: He
very correctly gives the South
as solid for Tilden—and claims
for Hayes one hundred and fifty
seven votes, viz :
Illinois...,................. ...21
Iowa.;........................... ii
Kansas..................................... 5
Maine.............................,....... 7
Massachusetts...........................13
Michigan.....:............... ....n
Minnesota............... 5
Nebraska................ 3
Colorado................................... 3
Nevada............. 3
New Hampshire................ 5
Ohio................ 22
Pennsylvania............................29
Rhode Island............ 4
Vermont....................... 5
Wisconsin................................10
This estimate leaves Mr.
Hayes too short by twenty-
eight votes, and for these Mr.
Blaine looks to New York with
shot himself iu the head while
sitting on the bank of the bayou
and fell into the water. An in-
quest was held and a verdict
rendered that the deceased came
to his death by his own hands
from a pistol shot in theforhead,
and that his name is unknown.
Three marriages and five
births in the city of Stepheus-
ville all in one week, has made
the Umpire feel a little childish.
The babies were all gals—
which is gal-orious.
Ward Taylor spells it “Dur-
rum,” and all the bulls in the
country are resolved to gore him
to death, if if is their last gore.
Waco is a good town to edit
a local paper iu. It’s rapidly
equaling Dallas. Every day or
two they have a shooting or
stealing; or perhaps a burglary
or a suicide. Dallas must look
to berlaureis.
They have burglais iu Mar-
shal, and the Herald advises its
patrons to shut up.
An indigent old man died on
the train between Dallas and
Marfebal. He was decently in-
terred by the Railroad compa-
ny.
—-—-—^— ---
—Grant and his advisers have
entertained as little respect for
the constitution and the laws of
the United States as the most
eloquent of his frieuds entertain
for God and religion. The most
cultured, virtuous and patriotic
men of the Republican party, as
it was constituted in 1860, have
felt themselves constrained by
patriotism, by honesty, by the
love of God and their fellow
men to set themselves iu oppo
sition to both Grant and the Re
publicau party and come out for
reform, Tilden and Hendricks,
B. Gratz Brown, Lyman Trum-
bull, Gen. Palmer, Charles
Francis Adams, William Cullen
Bryant and Gnetavus Koerner,
all men of high intellectual and
moral culture, patriotic courage
—men of great natural and in-
tellectual endowments, and hun-
dreds of others little less distin-
guished than those named of the
same party, are now earnest in
their advocacy of reform, Til-
den and Hendricks.
some private and special cause
ot quarrel with the Governor or
any other public officer, it is o
uo concern or interest to any
outside parties eugaged in it, and
to make such an affair grounds
of a party feud and disaffection
is absurd and contemptible to
the last degree. Apparently
there are papers aud people
who have joined the outcry
against the Governor for no bet-
ter reason than that some infla-
ted individual or pompous pub
lie journal nourishing some real
or imaginary grudge, assumes
to lead a crusade against the
State Executive. Those who,
blind auu unquestioning, have
joined such a foolish following
are ambitious to emulate rather
the example of the stupid sheep
running iu the wake and bleat-
ing to the time of the biggest
bellweather, than to exercise
the right and functions of a fair
and impartial observer, aud just
and discriminating critic of pub
lie men and their public acts. In
this country officials are the
creatures*of the people. Cor-
rupt and wicked rulers in
America can be only the crea-
tion of a weak and base popu-
lace, who are the real authors of
the misgovernment they may be
forced to endure: Let the peo
pie beware how they choose
their rulers, and having chosen
them, how they condemn them
without trial aud proper inves-
tigation, tor in doing so they
write their own condemnation,
and proclaim their own unfit-
ness to select their State offi-
cials.—Telegraph.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
T. W. POWELL,
DRUGGIST
DRY GOODS, &c.
SOUTH
SIDE
PUBLIC
H SQUARE,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints
Oils, Glass.ete. julO-ly
George Jackson,
rDZRTTG-G-IST,
Established 1873.
West Side
Main St
Fort Worth
Texas,
—Mrs. Bet tie James, an old
lady of 102 years, died whilst
moving from Missouri to Texas.
Poor old lady, she doubtless
wished to grow up with the new
empire,
—Ben Butler now says that
the October elections have ren-
dered Mr. Tilden’s election “not
impossible; nay, not improb-
able.”
—Gov. Tilden, who is close
and cautious iu his calculations,
expresses ihe opinion that he
will carry New York by 75,000
majority.
---» * 1 ---
—It is reported that several
children have had their feet
poisoned by wearing colored
stockings.
Dealer in Drugs!, Medicines, Paints,
Oils, Glass, Fancy and Toilet Articles,
Perfumery, etc. julS-ly.
Commission Merchants.
I\ J. Kowdry. R. H. NeUou. U. T. Ewell.
BOWDRY, NELSON & CO.,
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS
Near Pacific Depot,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
fisgrllave a Fire Proof Ware-
house, and make liberal cash ad-
vances on Cotton, Wool, Hides and
Grail . sepl-tf.
Morehead & Co.,
GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
riiwtom
HAS OPENED ON
CENTENNIAL YEAR.
One hundred years have passed since
our country achieved Its Independence,
and now in our Centennial year, our
city has improved by connection direct
with the Atlantic Ocean, and the
Now York Store
has removed to FORT WORTH
with a large stock or
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES AND
FURNISHING GOODS,
Which we are able to sell by retail at
wholesale prices, by our 'connec-
tion with large houses, we can
undersell in fact any whole-
sale house in Texas.
Try and secure your bargains and
convince yourself by buying
your goods of
J.&S. Bhin,|
NE VV VOR K STOPE,
|
Houston Street, corner First, j
Goods are sold at Wholesale and
Retail. itil5-d&w-ly.
BARKS.
Tidball, VamZandt &Co.
BANKERS,
—dealers in—
!
•South side Square, FORT WORTH.
Collections made on all accessible
points, and remitted for on day of pay
mefft, at current rate of exchange.
Ju7-12ni
W. J. Boaz.
I. F. Ellis.
J. Murklee.
J. Nichols.
urn aims ur
-OF—
BOAZ, MMLI 4 GO.
Fort Worth, Texas.
Do a gmeral Banking business.
Exchange on all Principal Points.
Particular attention gi9m to Oollterims.
its-M-dly,
MIS CELL A NS G US.
THE
“WOWF1*""
If SI®
IN* USE. HENRY MILLER.
iu-o Houston St., Fort Worih, Tex.
............. -......—
KENTUCKY RANCHE.
Sanger Brothers,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,
NOTIONS, &c., Ac.,
Houston Street.
Warehouse and Cotton Plat j iu^tf FottT WORTH, TEXAS,
foim on the Track.
GROCERIES.
Look Here!
Agents for the sale of
McAlester Coal.
Cash advadees made on Cotton, Grain,
Wool and Hides.
Fort Worth, Texas.
HulO-d&w-tf.
PITTS & HEARD,
Receiving, Forwarding &
Commission Merchants.
Foot of Houston Street, near Texas
Pacific Railway Depot,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
VV ith our new fire-proof warehouse,
and superior location, we possess
advantages for handling-freights en-
joyed by no other house in the city.
References Tidbnll. VanZandt &
Co., Fort Worth; Grinnan & Duval,
Galveston; Jno. Phelps & Co., New
Orleans; Shryoek & Rowland. Saint
Louis. au24-2m.
FURNITURE.
STREEPER,
Manufacturer and dealer in
I FURNITURE,
MATTRESSES,
LOOKIN’G GLASSES,
CROCKERY, PAINTS,
OILS AND
WINDOW GLASS,
HOUSTON ST.,
FORT WORTH TEXAS.
Ail Coods Warranted.
UU29-I t
HARDWARE AND STOVES.
L.I1IGR.4, YTii and others
I mg to purchase
I Horses, Mules, Ponies, Wagons
Saddles,
I or anything in this lint*. caa uv-t wiumJ
j Bargain*, at the
KKATI CKT K A JVC 11E,
one-eighth of a mile southeast, of ruti-
road depot—-the Frank Adams place.
I :u-ties having stuck, wagons, &c. to
dispose of, wilt do well to *dl at the
Kanche. The Kentucky Kancke
Co. pay cash for everything.
torn, Oats, Barley and May
Wanted.
Bemoniber the phut-, tfruttiinrsc
ol Railroad Depot.
ocll4-dtfcw3iu
Bring your Lab W0ra r# ^
DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
S<"iL}* side 0/ public Hquai-v- ;
GREAT CASH
What it all Comes to.
Evidenly If the State newspa-
pers are to be taken as compe-
tent testimony in the matter,the
present Governor of the State
attracts more attention and ex
cites more remark than any sub-
ject which isuow before the peo-
ple of Texas. The State press
harps upon the name and doings
of the Executive without ceas-
ing. aud an examination of the
Telegraph's exchanges at the
time of this present writing re-
veals the fact that scarcely one
of them fails to parade its views
and opinions of the vStates chief
magistrate. They run through
the entire gamut of expression
from adulation to the grossest
abuse, and from the extremes of
detraction and denunciation to
the most devoted defense of the
officer. In ail this we protest
we can see neither sense, right,
nor reason. A public official is
undoubtedly responsible for his
public acts, first to the laws un-
der which he is called to admin*
ister the public business, aud
afterwards to the people them-
selves. The bitterest enemies
of the Governor do not accuse
him of any violation of the law,
none of the penalties of outraged
GROCERY HOUSE.
(Near the Depot,)
H. J. EDGERLY & 0.,
j Wholesale Dealers in
I Liquors and Tobacco,
| COMMISSION MERCHANTS
and Agents lor
| MISSOURI CIDER AND VINEGAR,
j Cor. Main and Eighth Street,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
sept20-3m
John Won.on. O. O. Welts. Clias. Vidor, j
J. N. Manuel & Co.,
HARDWARE,
IRON, NAILS,
WAGON MATERIAL, AND
AGRICULTURAL IM-
PLEMENTS,
Agents lor
LUMBER!
1 lie undersigned beg lenre t* Infwrn*
Ine citizens of thin place itiul vicinity
fimt they intend opening a Lumber
Y ard as soon as lumber can he brought
iotward by rail. In the meantime
parlies who purpose building, will fltui
it for their interest to see Mr. Baldwin
at the Peers House, who is n«w »re-
pareii to contract lor th* delivery ut
Lumber a* soin? as transportation earn
><■ had. As we own mills in the pinery
*ml inauufaeture our own lumber. w
We will not l»e 1 ndmnl4.
Respectfully yours Ao.,
ju29-3in. HEATH. BALDWIN jfc p#
Whitewater Wagons, COMPOSITION ROOFS.
Comer Houston and First Sts.,
julo-ly. FORT WORTH. TEXAS.
fort worth, texas, Wolston, Wells & Vidor,
its 35 votes, Indiana 15, Oregou justice are deuounced against
~ ” - - - ‘ him, and not a shadow has been
3, New Jersey 9, Connecticut 6,
California 6, a total of 74. There
is no more chance for Hayes to
obtain 28 votes out of the 74
than for him to carry Texas.
New Jersey, Connecticut aud
California are the only ones that
can possibly he considered
doubtful States, and their aggre-
gate is only 21 votes.just seven
-too few, if he should obtain
them.
Cast on his official houesty, and
integrity. If he is not the ablest
statesman to whom was intrust-
ed the care of the public inter-
ests of this great State, at auy
rate the immense advance it has
made toward the front rank of
wealth, power aud development
siuce Democratic rule under his
leadership was restored to it,
should speak volumes in praise
of his administration. If any
{individual, man or newspapers
'in the State happens to have
Offers the following articles for
THIRTY DAYS, FOR CASH,
At lower prices than any other house
in Northern Texas can sell them:
600 bdles Ties.
300 rolls Baggiug.
200 sks Coffee.
150 1-2 bbls and kegg Molasses.
100 bbls La. Sugar.
50 bbls “A” Sugar.
50 bbls “C” Sugar.
50 1-2 bbls Crushed Sugar.
50 12 bbls Powdered Sugar.
20 bbls Rice.
100 coils Rope.
50 boxes Starch.
150 boexs Soap.
200 boxes Tobacco.
50 bbls Onions.
150 bbls Potatoes.
200 bbls and 1-2 bbls Whiskey,
Wines and Brandies.
Call and See for Yourselves
oet24-d&wlm * i
COTTOX FACTORS AXI>
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
League Building ,73 Strand,
HALVES TOY, TEXAS,
Represented l>y
G. E. B. CAMPBELL
Sept23-3m.
James Metcalf*. VT. F. Mooro. E. j. 8«n«eRfcv
Metcalf, Moore & Co.f
Commission Merchants,
For the Sale and Forwarding of all
• kinds ot
Live Stock!
OFFICES
Union Stock Yards,
St. Louis, - - - - - - Missouri.!
National Stock Yards,
Fast St. Louis,.....Illinois.
octT dtf
DODD <£ CO.,
-—Dealers iu—
STOVES,
TINAVARK,
ofulcn and Willowttre,
QUEENSWARE,
Glassware, Lamps, and House Furnish-
ing Goods Gennersdl,
sepl-tf FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
I will put on a first-class ro»(, three:
ply tor l< i ve Dollars per Square,
'mtil further notice. All persons
wanting a GOOD ROOF will «•
well to apply to the undersigned.
. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
an26-tt. tv. <). DIBOLL.
DOCTOR COZAD,
FORT WORTH,
TTT1LL visit professionally, within
f T City Limits. Chronic diseases
from the country, treated at office, over
i owell’s Drug store. West side Hous-
ton street, july 19-U-6iu.
1 Mom&.
Northwest Corner Public Square.
Fort Worth, Texas.
C* K. FAIRFAX, Proprietor,
mr The best Hotel lo Norther*
lexaa. Try it once.
fllAKEN UP by W. C. Asburv, and
JL estraved before A. G. McClung.
J. P. Pree’t No. 1, Tarrant county.
Texas, October 11th, 1876, one sorrel
horse mule, 7 years old, 141 hands high
split in right ear, no brands. Also one
black horse mule. 14 hands high, 10
years old. branded on left shoulder
(brand indescribable), and on right hip
thus : II. Appraised at $80. Keeord-
J. P. WOODS.
County Clerk.
cd October 12, 1876.
15-3w
—Bring your Job Work to
tlie Democrat Office.
TJ^STRAY ED before A. G. McClung,
Jjj J. W by J, D. Hill,one bay horse,
about 9 years old, 15 hands high, brand
cd |—E D on left side of nock and L on
left shoulder, marked underbit in left
ear. Also, one steer, red and white
pided, marked swallow fork in each ear,
no brand; and one black and white
pith’d steer, marked crop, split and un-
derbit in right ear and crop and under-
halt crop in left ear. branded Bon right
shoulder and BPT on left hip. Tim
October 1 Ith, 1876. J. P. WOODS,
I5-3t County Clerk.
THE TEXAS ~
EXPRESS COMPANY
Announces with pleasure the estab-
lishment of an office at
FORT WORTH.
Charges for transportation reasonable
No Charge for Dravvge.
Patronage respect fully solicited.
JNO, CAMPBELL Ag’t.
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The Daily Fort Worth Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 102, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 1, 1876, newspaper, November 1, 1876; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1007788/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.