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VOL- 3, NO. 240 . FORT WORTH, TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 12. 1879. PRICE FIVE CENTS
JOHN NICHOLS,
President.
A. M
C. BRITTON,
V ice-President.
S. W. LOMAX,
Cashier.
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City National Bank,
OF FORT WORTH,
A Regular Banking Business in all its Branches Transacted.
Exchange Bought and Sold and Collections made on all Accessible Points. Draw Sight Ex-
change on England, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy
Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
CORRESPONDENTS :
Importers and Traders National Bank, New York,
Manufacturer’s Bank, St. Louis, Mo. First National Bank, Galveston, Texas.
Citizen's Bank of Louisiana. New Orleans.
WIVE-
THE POUT WORTH GROCER.
DEALER TN
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobacco and Cigars, Etc.
TEAS yA. SPECIALTY.
Call, you will And a Large and Fresh Stock to Select from at Bottom Prices.
Southeast corner Houston and First Streets, J, II. Brown’s old stand.
33. C. AAdr-ieli.
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
HOTEL DISHES
AND
GHOOEREI^,
Wliolesale and Retail.
No. 51 Houston Street.
ELLIS & HUFFMAN
DEALERS JN
Farming
Implements
Fisli Brothers’ Wilsons ; Sorgo Mills and Evaporators a specialty ; Champion Reap-
ers and Mowers; Buckeye Reapers and Mowers; Buckeye Hay Rakes ; Oliver Chilled
Iron Plows; Garden City Clipper Plows; B F. Avery & Son’s Plows; McBride
Riding Attachment; Plain and Barbed Fence Wire; Harrows and Harrow Teeth;
Russell rl hreshers and Engines; Hoes, Chains, Hames, Clevises, Double and Single
Trees, Corn Shelters, Wheat Fans, Fire Brick. Rubber Belting, Cultivators, Double
Shovels, Grain Drills, Wagon Bows and Sheets, Tents, etc.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS. Branch House at WEATHERFORD, TEXAS.
A!! enquiries promptly answered. _ 3~19~79
CO WEN & BUCHANAN,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
Lumber g Shingles,
Two Million Feet of Dry Lumber. Two Million Dry Shingles.
Having facilities for dr\ ing our Lumber and Shingles at our Mills, we will keep on
hand a Full Stock of Thoroughly Dried Lumber, and guarantee our grades as good
ami our prices as low as any. We always keep in stock a full line of Doors, Sash,
Blinds, Mouldings, Lime. Cement. Plaster, Etc. Also, Cement Chimney Flues ready
to put up. Will be pleased to furnish Price Lists and Estimates.
_M;tf COWEN & BUCHANAN.
TRANSCONTINENTAL HOTEL,
WELCH & MABRY,
PROPRIETORS.
Situated on Public Square, in the business center
of the city.
Terms, $l.SO per
Stages leave this house daily for points in the interim.
3-26-tf
EL PASO HOTEL
CORNER MAIN AND FOURTH STREETS,
Fort Worth, - - Texas
This House is Entirely New, Substantially built of Stone, and Newly and Elegantly
Furnished throughout. It contains
81 THOROUGHLY VENTILLATED ROOMS
Is situated in the business centre of the city, immediately on
THE STREET RAILWAY LEADING FROM THE DEPOT
WE CLAIM TO HAVE
THE BEST HOUSE IN THE STATE1
C. K. FAIRFAX, Proprietor
THE WESTLAKE COTTAGE,
MRS. V. A. WESTLAKE, Proprietress.
of Rusk Street, Bn tie Bant of tie Trinity Hirer.
THE BEST ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE CITY.
Tlie Table has no equal. Call and become convinced.
THE UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO.
THE LARGEST LIVE STOCK MARKET IN THE WORLD.
The entire system of all the Railways in the West centre here, making the Union
Stock Yards the most accessible point in this country. The large capacity of the
Yards ; the facilities for unloading, feed mg and reshipping are unlimited. The city ol
packing houses located here, together with a large Bank Capital and some eighty dif-
ferent commission firms, who have had years of experience in the business, also a» ar-
my of eastern buyers, insures this tube the best market in the country, i his is strict-
ly a Gash' market. Each shipper or owner is furnished with a separate yard or pen for
the safe keeping, feeding and watering his stock, with but one charge of yardage dur-
ing the entire time his stock remains on the market. Buyers from all parts oi the
country are continually in this market for the purchase ol Stock ( able, Logs and
Sheep.' Agents for the purchase of lat stock are continually on this market, repre-
senting Eastern and European markets. A regular Horse market is now established
hei-p whicV is claiming the attention of buyers and sellers from all parts of Ike country; this is the
best point in the West for the saie of blooded stock. To the stock growers and shippers of Texas,
Kansas and the Western Territories, you aro invited to become acquainted with vis by billing- your
s oek through to the active and quick market of Chicago.
VERY IMPORTANT !
The largest and most complete stock of
SPRING
GOODS!
ever opened in this state is at
Ihe Ms'Eapm
'—OF—,
D. SCHWARTZ & CO.,
9 AND 11 FIRST STREET.
Just .eceived, a full line of embroider-
ies, for suitings ; also, a line line of pique
trimmings, parasols, kid gloves, fans,
ruchings, ladies’ and children’s under-
wear, ladies’, misses’ and children’s and
also gent’s finished hose.
GHiEAT SALE
of summer silks, cheaper than any other
house in the city, and the largest stock in
this line to be tound this side erf St. Louis,
and satins to match each shade.
Special.
One case of
BOW11ETTE SUITINGS
beautiful patterns at
8 Ceiitsa Yard.
come and see them.
IAS. M, WALKER,
President
JOHN B. SHERMAN,
General Superintendent.
GEO. T. WILLIAMS,
Sec’y and Treas
Notions, Clothing, Gents’ Furnishing
Goods, Boots and Shoes, in end-
less variety,
WHITE GOODS,
All grades selected with great care tor the
ladies of Fort Worth.
WE KNOW NO COMPETITION,
Come and see us. You will find new
and fresh goods, and receive polite atten-
tion.
Special Card.
City and Country Merchants are requested to
call and examine our Wholesale Department.
They will find it to their interest to favor us with
an early call. We are prepared to fill orders fo
any extent, and can guarantee our prices, for the
reason tnat our Mr. Schwartz is continually in the
New York market, and we are, therefore, possessed
of facilities which no other house has.
Respectfully,
]XoS. O «& 11
First Street,
Opposit J.II. Brown’s wholesale grocery
JOSEPH H. BROWN,
WHOLESALE
ailOCER,
Cor. First & Throckmorton
Streets,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
AGENT FOB
Dupont’s Powder Comp’y
DOES AN EXCLUSIVELY
Wholesale Business.
d&w
Grand Clearance Sale
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES
For the Next 30 Days at
SANGER BROTHERS!
Having complete! our inventory, we would
announce that, to close out the following lines
of goods, we have made great reductions and of-
fer Extraordinary Bargains in
Cashmeres, Cashmeres,
Silks, Silks,
Velvets, Velvets,
and
I (ioodi8
of all varieties. We would call especial atten-
tentiou to our Flannel Department, in which we
offer great inducements
Comforters,
Quilts,
Blankets,
Comforters,
Quilts,
Blankets,
At Cost to close.
JEANS, JEANS, JEANS
of all grades and prices.
CLOTHING
For Children Boys and Men at prices lo>
than ever.
BOOTSandSHOES
at prices that will astonish all.
20,000
Yards Kemnants Calico at 4c.
All we ask is to give us a call. and we will con-
vince you that the cheapest place to buy goods in
Fort Worth is at
S«EI brqS
. ST. LOUIS NATIONAL
Stock Yards,
These Stock Yards are Located at
East St. Louis, Illinois,
Directly opposite the city of Saint Louis, and
and nearer its business centre, than any yards
located therein. They embrace an area of 650
acres, of which
100 ACRES ARE ENCLOSED,
For the special business of the Yard, and 60
acres are under shed. The stock arriving is un-
loaded directly in the pens, and placed immedi-
ately on the market.
Buyers from New York, Boston, Chicago
Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville and other
points, are permanently located at the Yards,
and shippers can confidently anticipate an ac-
tive and reliable market for all receipts however
large, and for all grades of stock
Every effort will he made tc. advance the confi
dence of shippers in the Saint Louis live stock
market which has already, thr< igh the agency
of these yards, become, at least, the equal oi
any live stock market in the west
A first-class hotel for the convenience of its pa-
trons, is attached to the yards.
SAM. W AlTEUTON, ISA W H. KNOX.
of Chicago, President. S«>c'y. and T
NELSON MORRIS,
Assistant Manager,
CM AS. T. .TONE
Superintend
XYItli LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Agrees to the
Deficiency Bill.
Frontier Protection—The House
Discusses It—$100,000 the
Amount Proposed.
The Railroad Freight Discrim-
ination Bill— A Compro-
mise Probable.
[Special to Daily Democrat.]
Austin, April 11, 1879.
The senate to-day concurred in
the deficiency appropriation bill,
with a few unimportant amend-
ments. It also passed a resolu-
tion to adjourn on the 22d.
The lias been all day discussing
the frontier protection clause of
the appropriation bill, which will
probably be concluded to-morrow.
The bill grants $100,000 for fron-
tier protection.
The house, in extra session to-
night, is considering the railroad
freight discrimination bill, with a
fair prospect of an equitable com-
promise, which will be acceptable
alike to the railroads and the citi-
zens. This is expected to be ac-
complished to-night.
WASHINGTON.
PROF. RILEY’S RESIGNATION.
Several weeks ago, Prof. C. Y.
Riley, entomologist of the agri-
cultural department, and formerly
state entomologist of Missouri,
sent in his resignation to Commis-
sioner LeDuc. It caused general
surprise, for he was known to be
about the only scientific man con-
nected with the whole establish-
ment. He has during the past ten
days received from scientific men
all over the country, numerous
letters inquiring into the cause of
of his resignation, and to all he
has replied that he could not, out
of respect to himself, remain lon-
ger under Gen. LeDuc. In a con-
versation, Prof. Riley made cer-
tain statements that will be likely
to lead to a congressional investi-
gation. He remarked that he did
not care so much about the per-
sonal affronts shown him by Le-
Duc, but lie did object to the lat-
ter assuming everything connect-
ed with his special department.
Furthermore, he charges and says
he stands prepared to prove that
Mr. LeDuc has misappropriated
funds set apart for the commission
appointed to investigate the rav-
ages of the cotton worm in the
South. The professor says that
this fund was so drawn upon that
he could not operate with-any suc-
cess. It was used in clerk hire
and he knows that a draughtsman
sent out to Minnesota to make
plans for a new house for LeDuc
was paid from this appropriation.
The commissioner is about to have
an interesting investigation on his
hands. It will be remembered that
some time since the charge was
publicly made that LeDuc had
misappropriated the fund for
seeds. It is thought this can be
proved. It amounts to several
thousands of dollars. Since the
resignation of Prof. Riley the
place he vacated has been offered
by LeDuc to Prof. Cyrus Thomas,
of Illinois, but that gentleman has
written a caustic letter of rafusal
to the commissioner giving “under
the circumstances” as his reason.
Prof. Riley still remains in Wash-
ington at the head of the commis-
sion to investigate the grasshop-
per ravages, which commission is
under the interior department and
has no connection with the agri-
cultural bureau.
THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
The managers of the Texas Pa-
cific railroad here say they will
make no effort in this congress to
get subsidy legislation. They feel
that as this road is so largely in
the interest of the South, South-
ern men here have not responded
as they should, and hence the
company will now wait for some
decided action from that quarter.
They say also that the public will
soon begin to clamor for protec-
tion against the exactions of the
Southern Pacific of California,
and then congress will be forced
to take some measure for their
relief.
GOLD IN NORTH CAROLINA.
A number of California and
Eastern capitalists have recently
invested largely in placer gold
mining territory in’Davidson coun-
ty, North Carolina. A number of
congressmen are interested, and
extensive improvements will soon
be made and hydraulic mining on
a large scale will be undertaken.
In the same neighborhood quartz
mining on a large scale will be
commenced this summer by Pitts-
burgh, parties.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
It is believed that Speaker Ran-
dall will so arrange the commit-
tees this time as to give very gen-
eral satisfaction. The appropria-
tion committee will be made espe-
cially strong and increased to
fifteen members. It will enable
the house to pass the appropria-
tion bills at short sessions in good
time. The committee on rules
will agree to report a rule requir-
ing a vote of tliree-fourths of the
house to suspend the rules and
pass appropriation bills, instead of
two-thirds, which, if adopted by
the house, will be a good move in
the interest of economy.
SOLDIERS AS HOMESTEADERS.
The secretary of the interior lias
rejected an application made by
Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, of the regular
army, to euter a tract of land un-
der the homestead law. Gen.
Davis claimed that under sections
2,293 and 2,308 of the revised
statutes, he was entitled to make
a homestead entry and to have a
patent issued thereon, without ac-
tual residence on the land, basing
his claim upon the ground that his
service in the regular army was
equivalent to residence upon the
land. The secretary decided that
the sections of the revised stat-
utes referred to apply only to uer-
sons who served in the military
and naval service of the United
States during the war of the re-
bellion, and who before or alter
entering the service had made en-
tries which had been cancelled, or
upon which the claimant could
not make final homestead proof on
account of bis absence in the army
or navy, and that an officer, soldier
or sailor who enlisted in the regu-
lar army or navy since the close
of the rebellion is not entitled to
homestead privileges while in
such service.
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC.
Senator Booth introduced a bill
to repeal the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad grant. It recites in a pre-
amble that the company has failed
to construct the main line of its
road prior to July 4, 1879, as re-
quired by the charter act of July
27, 18GG ; that it has in fact at this
time only completed its road to
Vinita, in the Indian territory, a
distance of one hundred and twen-
ty-five miles from its eastern ter-
minus, and that no portion or sec-
tion of said road has been comple-
ted since 1871. The bill therefore
provides for an immediate repeal
of the grant except so far as the
road shall have been completed on
the 4th day of next July, and for
the restoration to the market of
all the lands along the line of the
uncompleted road, to be disposed
of in the same manner as other
public lands of the United States.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR.
The vote on the admission of
Mr. Bell, of New Hampshire, to
his seat will be close, as there are
a number of Democratic senators
wlio have expressed their deter-
mination to vote for him. Among
these are Messrs. Groame, Whyte,
Bayard, Thurman, Gordon and
Lamar. The only Republicans
thus far who will vote against him
are Messrs. Carpenter and Burn-
side.
mosby’s antics.
A private letter just received
from a distinguished American
merchant at Hong Kong conveys
some interesting particulars, in a
semi-official way, of the perform-
ances of the new consul of the
United States to that port, the ex-
guerrilla Col. John S. Mosby, of
Virginia. Hong Kong, as is known,
is the seat of British power in the
waters of China and Japan, and
ruled by an officer of the crown,
governor-general. All the pomp
and pageantry of a miniature court
are maintained. Besides these
circumstances, the proprieties of
etiquette are closely observed and
the regimen of manners is dictated
by the governor general’s official
household. It appears on the oc-
casion of Mr. Mosby’s appearance
at his post, he disregarded the
usual formalities towards- the
authorities, and subsequently, on
the occasion of an entertainment
of ceremony at the gubernatorial
residence, he was requested to ap-
pear in the proper costume of po-
lite society, when he replied that
he would be d—d if he would wear
anything except what any other
American citizen would wear; that
he represented the United States
and he proposed to introduce
American manners and
AMERICAN CUSTOMS.
His conduct in Hong Kong, since
his arrival there, has uot only not
been satisfactory to the American
residents, but has been exceeding-
ly objectionable to the English and
the residents of other nationalities.
This information has caused much
comment here, and a prominent
official observed that it was a re-
markable fact to him that a person
of his character and political rela-
tions had been able to successfully
deceive President Grant, and con-
tinue with the same success his
operations with the present ad-
ministration ; that his manipula-
tion of patronage has not been
confined to the appointment of a
brother in the treasury depart-
ment, but exten.ls to “his sisters
and cousins and his aunts.” His
success is mainly attributable to
his assumption that he controls
the Republican party of the Old
Dominion, and in this way has
practiced upon the credulity of
two presidents without ever show-
ing the slightest evidences of prac-
tical results. It is not improbable
that the government will inquire
into this matter, and, if Ool. Mosby
has been guilty of what is alleged,
action will be taken in the
premises.
SEYMOUR’S SAY.
He Cannot be a Candidate for the
New York Governorship—
The Democratic Problem
of Harmony Sure
of Solution.
New York, April 8.—A Herald
correspondent interviewed ex-
Gov. Seymour at Deerfield, near
Utica, yesterday. Seymour said
he had no idea that any one thought
of running him as a candidate for
governor, as that was a thing out
of the question. He was not mere-
ly unwilling to be a candidate, but
lie was unable. “I suppose my
name was suggested at the Bel-
mont conference, not so much with
a view to my nomination as to show
a desire to place in office such
persons as would seek to promote
the political interests of the whole
Democratic party. If the Demo-
crats would unite in support of
any person who cherished feelings
of good will toward all, I feel con-
fident harmony will soon be resto-
red in the Democratic ranks, and
the Republican ranks as well, but
I think the Democrats will elect
their ticket.”
Congressman Oox says: “If we
can draw Cincinuatus from his
cheese factory to the political
arena it would be a great triumph
for the party. Lord Bolingbroke
became tired of public life and re-
tired to his farm, where lie placed
over the lodge at the main entrance
the Latin inscription, lsatis ruris
honoribu8>—‘rural honors satisfy
me’—but he was no soonea shown
an opening for his display of his
great talent than he left his land
to serve his country. The unan-
imous nomination of Seymour
might draw him to the front. In
that case his election would be un-
precedented for its enthusiasm
and majority. What might follow
after such a conquest of the hearts
of his fellow-citizens of New York
would depend upon the will of the
American people.”
The Belmont conference is the
subject of lively interest to Dem-
ocratic politicians in Washington,
and the wisdom of the step taken
by Belmont, to reach a solution of
the difficulties surrouuding the
Democratic problem in New York,
commends itself quite generally to
a small but resolute band of Dem-
ocratic congressman representing
New York at the national capital.
The results will be watched with
jealousy by the large element of
Democracy in Washington inimical
to any movement calculated to
weaken the chances of the Tilden
rivals in the West.
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