Daily Fort Worth Standard. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 96, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1876 Page: 1 of 4
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1876.
NO. 96.
THE DAILY STASM^D.
j. K. MH.LIOAlMk.Cqj>rt>prtetors.
A«vwrsn*uT tmrms:'*'
New Goods! New Goods!
..A*
I Would Rrfpectfnriy Inform the Public that I how Opened one of the
iO'N>
J no. .*» no a on; 12 <*», so mi ■» w i
4 ’<0 9 00.15 00 20 00 .» Oo t» 09 <
;a£»5«5B5«!ssi argest, Cheapest and Most Complete!
ttasaasagiissh • - •r
STOCKS OP
i u; no 24 o> vo oo;T5 iM’ia <ri -**»> <*> oo no ;
rffif sfTui^iwrntox hates. ! ' . ^ ^ _
dry goods, clothing,
Furl Worth Council, So. 410, U, F. oj T.
Mret* at MillerV Mu-ic Store every Friday
W. II. Fifcd, W. P. i
liu* at 7 o’clock, r. ».
H-iiry Miller. Use..Sec’y.
JJai.rtielJ Encampment, So. 58.
Meets the 1st and 3rd Tueedsy nijrhts in each
montit. W. If. hAUieix, H. P.
t > Itrowd-** scrllir. ._
Johnro.t Station /.'n/i/. . .ly. 199. I. G. (.)• F, j
M —I* everv Thur-d-.y nirht at 8 o’clock, i
Knilirn hi iruod sMuduig areiuvited h» attend, j
W. K. Wynne, f*ecrr. J. €. Roy.S.U.
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Capst &c.,
EVER BROUGHT TO THIS MARKET AND AT PRICES THAT
DEFT COMPETITION t
Franklin. Streets,
FOKT WORTH; TEXAS. ,
GURLEY & CO.,
> { i aoents for
EVANS & HUNTLEY,
8T. LOUIS, MO.,
Wholesale dealers in
Hides and Skins,
and general storage and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
For the rale of
Cotton, Wool, Sheep Pelts, Tallow,
Crease, Raw Furs, Deer Skins, etc.
Liberal advances <»u consignments, and highest
prices panl lor
HIDES AND SKINS.
Referetic-v*B-ink of Commerre, nnd Harden
A Allen, St. Lin's, Mo., .lack* >nvi'de Nfioual
_ _ , Rank, Jacksonville, Illinois, and NerdcuUunk,
My Entire Stock Is Fresh and Clean, and haring▼«*■. mmoi..
BY TELEGRAPH.
Thei
The
HOuse Investigating
Committee.
been purchased since the ‘Great Decline,’ am able to ]
Fort worth Lo,ir. Xp 148. se 11 you a great many goods at less than Manufactur-;
Fort Worth Chapter, So. 58, /•’. -I. M.
McrG the ? wind Wtila ^hr la each month at
the Ala onic II dl, at half pat-t 7 o’clock, »•. m.
L. Walker, Srr’y. W. P. Burr-., II. P.
Ma eld /j
Mete «*v*y
ftrother- la goo?
A. H Pyle, Sec’y.
, Skins:
bring emnpited by the Board; the cteifc
mad* the addition of the rotes, tent ing wit
the pofh repeated, and the Board revised
those addition*.^ r < : - • **
In the statement handed to tite Cotfmiit-
tee It was evident thst the figures and teC-
ters hurl been changed, which wi» expluiu-
■ j ed by Gen. Anderson; saying that some of
_ _ ,. ,. the parishes had been misplaced by the
Senate investigating derk ^ rwoember wry wen
Committee. j how the mistake oortfired, but the riw*
. j( ; had «Hti«fi»cioi1ly exphdne*] It at the tithe;
m j n •« n No one was present in the room when the
The Texas and Paoiffio Bail- a.,*, „„ WOT*
road. ’ promti lotion, except tlie members and
„_ counsel when brought hi to give at 1 vice.
_ __ __ Tilt- witne^ produced a metrforandum of
EtC., EtC., EtC. the polls rejected with reasons ttierefbr.
_ ’ i Tlie list shows 54 poRs in twenty pnrieheB
_ , _ „ „ ,,,. were thrown oot, and the parishes nf Grant
ITrom the Dallas Commercial.! , ^ ^ FeHciMM;
Nrw’ Orleans, I^emhcr 19.—Willtam In answei. to interrogator!*? Andersoh
May well, eolomi, of New Orleans, test: ft- ^)(l made out compilations from the
ed : Voted llte Deuiocn.tk- ticket at tlie conflated stateiiittlts of the supervisors
last election; never told any one what (lfregistration a!,d jjd not edrtsWer any
j ticket I would vote but was suspected of returns utade by commissioners of elect ton.
being a Democrat ami was frequently |f ^ ,np*'rvlsor made returns with three
; threatened by the colored Republicans; the j or lonr ict> ont we couuted otdv those
day alter election ( was knocked down by wt urns: we considered no returns ofcom-
Are paying the following prices ftr Hides an<l two colored men who said they wanted to nii^sioners and refhsed to receive evidence
GURLEY & CO.
LgJ'it-So. Lfc„ /. U. i^F.
W«, ia<fc.i:»y altfiit of a ott-Uk
'Cimlius are invit^U to att»*i
_ iliicK.
.... Invit'd to att'inl.
J. I.. ItrssKi.!.. X. t,.
J3-A111 oS of you is look at my stock anil compare prices before purvhashig elsewhere «Ct
Tt. C. rATTON
XL XT DOOB TIDBALL, VAX ZAXDT & CO.’S BANK, FOItT WOItTII.
1137(1
Junction dtp L'uloe, So. 150. f. q. (/. F. f
Alrets every Thursilay evening at their H ill at .
SoVlork in "the Itarte’r building. Brothers in. ’
W. C. HOWARD
i >c,o,l condition)......................
: tlreeii kutch'o’ (eat, scored or i!ain-
nged otherwiee)....................
i Urren. country, (fully trimmed,
I good cemlitiiw)..................
j Or n, connt-y, • i.;.)t‘,l and cai-e,l,
(in it-M/tl ciudiltou) .. ........
i Dry Flint »t 84.,- over Ld lbs. (.,’........
<‘. .. .. uiider
All damaged ‘
prices of ge.Hl.
. 7f?8c
19frf.0e
1 wijc
ntej-tf
T
VHCRCUFS.
JOSEPH H. BROWN
rnt*ir n^w enurrn fvprx- ai.
jl it ml 7 o’clock, P- Hn rjjivf r ,
suw:l?ft.*sutts:
Jfrth(hli*t Church.
/Services at their new_ church every Sabb ithat.j
14o'clock, i, I
nu etiug, yv*r}
school at »a’riwi,
I!apti*t Church.
ServicesIheach month, -.-con land fourthSipi
d iy i i e .ch iir.n.h at the Baptist church, t ray, r
Meeting fnarsd.iy evenings. Sahlmih Sch,Hil
im a m. \V. M. Gonsii, Pastor.
HA3JU8T
WHOLESALE
Catholic Sonfiott.
The la-1 sim.lay |n every month, at the house
»t .Mr. Carrico. Katiikh lam.ni;Ki.
f hrioifan t ’hutch.
T
Sfrvms every Sunday at lUo’clwck, .%. u . and
7 r a., by Kid". A It.'.Mmeiifc Samiay school
e»ery >U:hI iy :it»o’cl.n-k, a. M. Pray er in -et-
ing every W minevl iy night.
- - - 1 ' •
Pctitht/frri-iu J. h trek.
services at the M i- .nir Iltlin -rv fourth kali- .
'•ath at 11 o'clock, a. a., and 7 o'clock, e. M.
Sahluth -ch.c>1 at tlie ->iu«l“ place every Sabbat!)
at 4 o’clock, r. m, Uu. Mr. nbnms,*Pastor.
GRASGFS.
1000 Cases Baltimore Can Goods.
200 Barrels Potatoes and Onions.
200 Barrels Apples.
100 Barrels Sugar.
50 Cases clear Sides.
150 Sacks coffee.
100 Barrels and Half Barrels Whiskies.
FOR SALE TO THK TRADE AT BOTTOM PRICES, NE MI THE DEPOT,
«7vdAw3m FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
r r— - .yr
Fort .Worth yrapyc SoTj.J1, It.
Meets every second ami fourth Saturday' in
each in .nth, at 3 o’clock, I*. U
J K. .Milliein, Sec’y . A. Karl, Master.
RicJtJU trrui>o\ So. !),
Meets flrst and fourth S.iturdays in each month
atto’rluik, p. m. MT. IV. lli iiiNNss, Master.
S. II Parker, Sec.
A. GRIFFETH Sz CO.
(IN J. H. BROWN’S OLD STAND)
l’er pound. IkHI ,ue for votiui? t,!C DenM>,a“a,ic U^ket- of oertiiietl copies of rrtorns of trotnissiori-
tireen Mgkrn’ (Billy trimmed iu The name ot one is Ben Br.uiklin. Since ors of elecrtoii tiled in District Courts. In
7c j the election I have uot gone out sdone, us r<llsihg th« vote for elector* in Madison
Jc thiv.'Un tire being constantly made U* my we h:ul tlie evkieuce of the comm!*-'
wife. I he presklent ot an asstK-httion to e|ol!WS of <‘leetion, showing that those
which 1 belonged accompanies me to work pilots received the number ot vote* given
ami set’s me home at nighty I was told that tfiem; don’t know which party received a
ngSninpe.l sfe^hy ert*, snprk,!. hair Vfi^ | a.M men who voted (hC Deinoehitle ,n«j0rttjr In the polls thrown out; don’t
"oiilil be sent to the pemtenliuiy at that every poll thrown out gave a
L‘* ' - 1 ’ '' ' i Baton Ronge. ^ Dtmiocratic majority: don’t know that ti e
Joey Hall, colored, of New Orleans, tes- sx^^^-jsor (>f East Baton Rouge made hi-
titled that he took pail in the last election pfQjpgj after making his r. t n *.o the
as canvasser in the interest of tlie Demo- Board ”
crats. I*reviotis to tlie last election I nffili- ^he clialmian read to witness iustrno-
atwl with the Republican party; I canvas#- to brin^ all pejters before the eom-
ed Rapides, Grant and Ouachita parishes; ojRfge that wferfc hieutioned hi suh|ienas
I saw many colored people wiso said they 8pn(Hj on j,jm a!I j stated that the eommit-
woul.l vote the Dernocmtle ticket; knew of ouly to lMspeet the original
no violence but heard of the talk documents and that the Board need not,
killing Democratic wgroes, ete. A coloivd part ,v{,h thWlj tbat the ek-rks of the eotn-
nreaeher saki no Democratic colored men • nijnefe had been at work eight days copy-
should be recognized by Ills brethren. Al- jng t.he originals and ‘were dot near
most all colored people belong to some i ftmMigh. and that it was necessarj- that
i (-liurcli and tlie preachers ha\e ail influence t{l€ committee should see the papers as
over them. R. Blount. 8tate Senator and sOOI, pos>ihle. Witness replied that he
Baptist Bishop, said he would refuse to i Wouhl submit the^matter to the iBoard and
; pertbnu the marriage ceremony for colored a comniuniftitiou stating that ti e
; Democrats and would refuse to baptise. ^oar(] rtfUset! {0 ^ up the ori^nai pa.
tliein. lie would excommunicate tliem and pprs< !U1 they were refolds for the inspeo-
j find ' oting the Democratic ticket w ould tiou of tl»e Dm end JuytiiiL^y onlv.
Justify a wife in gitling a divorce. Witness Nkw ORL, u«*».-~Th* 8e.it*Com-
: changed hts poht.es because he w ant- , mUue met ^ 11;W> The statement of votes
ed a better government. He stated' rejeCtcd fn eaeh aud at what polu
in his speeches tluit the government of tlie rejected, was received from tue Board. Sen-
j>ast eight years was iu apableof affording *tor McDonald made a motion that a subpe-
I protection to colored people because it had na dace* tecum issue to the Board for all
not the support aud confidence of tlie; protests and affidavits accompanying tin:
of Supervisors: »!.*»
GROCER,
Bagging, Tiss,
11
i people and did not bring criui.uuls to jus-1 consolidated stat
Tobacco and Cigars.
JOBBERS AXD RETAIL DEALERS IN
Muntfiehi (Iranrje, So. 230.
Morts the Urst and third Saturday in each
m.iHthal 3o’clock, r. m. J. B. Cuoua, Master.
J. T. Nichols. See’y.
Silrer Creek tiranat. So. 1111.
0 each limn
lsaci.i., Master
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
IRON, NAILS, PLOWS,'
teets al the Watson School House on the 3rd ___ _ • ,» e •ws', . , • sm «
gisaaar Carpenters, Blacksmith * Plantation Tools
>t ets the tourLii ^aturd-4jtdu each month at 10
Lai T:B. 1
Wert Fork (Jramje. So. :KW.
Meets at the Watson Sch<M>l House on the 3rd
Sat'
8.
Itoohfe Spring* Grunge, -Y0..S.H
Meets the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in each month
2 o’clock, 1*. M C. W. Smith, Master.
T. A. Nonce, Sf«’y.
Liberty IWl-Grunge, So. 564.
Meets the 2nd and 4th Sutiinlay in each month.
W. A. Lartmell, Sec’y. W. A. Rka, Master.
' Ciil.tgeJrerk Granfe, So7 448
M»et* flr>t and third Saturdays in eaeli month
at ^o’clock, r. M. L. B. (/kkswell, Master,
Meets at Salem 2nd and 4tli Saturdays in each
month. R. C. Whitley, Master.
.•te' ^(fV. /‘intv.’l :
Wood rum Grange, So. 697.
Meet* 1st and 4th Saturdays in each month at
Wend rum sehonl honse.
L. P. (owner, S-e'y. E. M. Bamkord, Master.
Woodlu*n Grange, So. 106.
„ Meets Satiunlay before the fourth Sunday lu
each ni inth at 9 o’clock, v. u.
J'*el Bobo, Sec’y. J. W. Trk;g, Master.
Corner of Houston aud First «*UeeU,
BARB FENCE WIRE, WAG1N AND GARMASE MATERIAL
Builders’ Material a Specialty.
n37d*wCni
South side Square Between Houston and Rflain.
THE LARGEST AND
«
THE BEST A SORTED!
-Dealer in
Plearant Run Grange, So. 891.
Meets at Spring Garden 1st and 3rd Fridays in
each month. J. T. PkatUkr, Master.
STOCK OF
FTJKMAN,
IhMwSifjWi
\ TTORXEY AT LAW, Fort Worth, Texas.
A Qittce up-stairs in HulBman’a huildinjc.
B. F. BARKLEY,
**• Him iiiii acres of cbolc*4t land for Mie In
^ A A m A m 1^ |y
BBT 68QB8.
• Hr
rlttlv
>g'
briA
EVER OFFERED IN THIS MARKET ARE
Ws
mm
A *3
IS
p<knt»n>nt»y WitAtyten-
-sion-il services to the citi-
"''iui and snrroundinx dtantry.
thv rent Bteek. over I'ovr-
4 1 "•»/ ft ore, Hwi-ton street.
M. #. MTKM, M. •. J. T. IBUi M. P.
B1TRT8 & FIELD,,
NOW ON EXHIBITION AT
BferO- EjVAJSTS3
j title; outrages were committed 011 colored the returns of the Commissioners of ear'll
lieople at Colfax. Coudiatta aud ntmimms poll in each parish Senator Howe, Chairmati,
, other places and the murderers of colored *«id be *»>uld uot understand what Dgure
men were uot brought to justice; I think P-'oteds and ffiadivits which form the h. fis
! that a government where tlie oppression °f action of the Board, woi'ldcutiutkiniu-
i was so great would have endeavored to ap- > v-^dgation unless the Committee proposed
prebend the guilty ones, but the peopl * to revtew the aeUon of the Board ». a«, sp-
! .... , . .. _ , .tv.r pelat* capacity. Senator McDonald said that
i we"; “ •**? "I f«™*“ “‘T | U «» not in tin pro,!.™ nf ,h« Connnltleo
woultl not eupport it; I btlicve tin; govern- u n„vtkins. The ComnlttaT
| meut winked at these oulrages as tlie . wautej onlv the faftonumtion oTtfee
leaders of tlie Republican party considered bodv froiu whk.h lhe committee derived its
the deatli of colored men au immense bene- authority; llte Committee ought to know
fit to the party. At first I was iu favor of Uie faet? on which the Board rejected the
tlie Democratic State ticket only, as au or- vote* which, by tbDtr statement received-
VOF t Worth, - * - jTPJCCLS. g:uiLziUiou of colored tueu to which I be- they admit they did reject.
_______Jong wanted Hayes and Whedfl, but if i Tlie question of cdlinj for other doau-
_____ __ ; Hayes was elected XiuholU would never meats of the Returning Board is being dis*
Ri Xas 7URIiI£lR) I be allowed to take his seat even if be was c!|ssed by the CouiunUee.
elected, so with many others I determined \ Wasbinotox. December 28.—The Pacific
to vote for Tildeu in onier to make Niehulls Railroad Committee of the Honse are in *e*-
more secure. I was a member of the* I.eg- consideriog the new bill presented hr
Lslature and tilled several miuor offices as a *„ue frio'ut* °f d*e Texas Pacific Rail toad. It
Republican i is proposed to allow the Southern Pa^fflc
Antonio Alasco, colored, of Orleans, tes- Ru^rT1 of California m huiWs*reu ta.udivd
tilled. He ...nvassed the State, for »l*e '
Democrats; knew of no violence but heard throiLh: l i U v'r il?* *
talkot intiinlda-ion of eolored Democrats;ewmn and
a great many colored men voted the Dun- Con^ Me right to regulate the nrfes of
oeraUc ticket; 1 joined Uie Democratic freijriir and passege. TtiUHA'coitceesio^ «f
party about three montiis before tlie elec- the Calitoruia inters*u .whtcSi, it h —!^nr
tiou; everything wjjf pca(«able and quiet; stood will be accepted. The eontniiitee ad-
all tlie Democratic speakers counseled jounied uutBhtenorreanmiMMVBaciiou.
peace, order and taimess In the elect ion. In tbt Unu»« dtHhenwy CoamviUee Lynde
| Colored people told me iu West Feliciana *"bu»iti*d«» proposition in tire stuqvc of a Ve«-
i that they belonged to Detnocratie dubs olution, that the telegraph 'cbJupardes be re-
wltich eutitained both white aud colored ‘luire<* deliver any messages di man Jed,
miVIV uieutiiers; that tlie white people would *ad that a refusal i*e regarded as contempt.
allow uodistinction to be made iu that re- j ^lu**^tehittad n aulistitut* providingcoT-
Family Tarnishing Goofts.1 |
I Nkw Orleax*. December 20.—’Casanave tfon wa* passed. rn * ' ' * •
gave testimony similar to Unit ol' Gejt. Au- >VAaHIMJn>M, Dec. ^HoraK-Tbe
tiersou last night, in re-art! to the thrve qwMi<m «^ rifht dftlte committee <ff the
questioned pd Is In Orleans parish, and House to cothpel the production of <11 spauh-
uiost otlier matters as to RmomUoa of the es by telegraph eompauie* came up ju .the
Hoard. f-’ ^ form of a report made by Lyude, term the
'i*hos. Anderson recalled. He handed a Judiciary Gommittee afilrtnwg Mutt right.
sUteiiK-nt to the committee, saying it was Hue amendment
tlie original stateiuettt, signed by1 aO j t^reeeuttng*
Saple and Fancy
t .\t OH lit //(l
Groceries
Caiined-G odds/*
I’L A nTaTIUX .vND DROVE Its' SL’rriJEs
I — -f W it N-e" Ub
And Kevery Description ot
ALSO, CANDIES, CRACKERS. AC.
t J> S3MJA3
Jl .i.. i Z
West Side of the Public Square, Fort Worth.
<i«>vn ■Ott
“THE i)AKLY BlEDm
.on it
W* in, COUNTS, '^rop’r.
Dealer iu fresh masts of all kinds of tba host
tlie members of the Board, ahowiug
{tlie vote tor the Presidential etevtion in
1 the State. Tlie statement contained iu the
' aggregate vote,aud uot the vote by parish
jSSKSS
quulity, at tosnwt rrtoj. New intrket ILmse, j .... . „ tTO ____ ___
Ij.ia Dj*sni, itou-to.i street, Umwct-j ser.imt clerk to make opt a ootupk io stoteiueHt
4.1)1 Third .streets, K .rt W »rta, Tnkt. n9.-tf
%r »
Ijp4jn*.
Prices tell and Everybody tells tie Prices
B. O. EVAITS,
’•-* v
Houston Street, FORT WOTR.1I
H.wasTaaaAK, a. r. w. muck.
trmitUAJIN A MEIER, .
CHINA,
Gina* and Qneen»-Wai*e,
510*517 Washington Ave 1
a ar. ldcis, Missouri, l
IMmtrtnend OtnMn fiMtwan sod And
tabts entli-n , lookiireels Ac
w C weBviCK. kslsiuun
wliicli required W _______ ______
graths needed to be *5et forth specifically iu
life sUbpeua. A substivute was oiered by
huot, of Kentucky, i
Anderson state*!: “We ordered the ,
ojit a oompk io statetneut ( ‘
: of tlie vote by ]KtrUhe*. to be tiled before ^
tlie Secretary of State, but I don’t know privileges to 1
whether he hits done it. As we got j Alter debate
through a parish we sent it to tile clerk took the gnmmL
unrked ’complete,1’ aud to be immedfetely graph should be I
entered on tlie list. -*Kfceu polls were re-
jected those poll* were marked qV5eeted,'
and sent to the clerk. We eouldn’t make
a complete Utt of the vote by
time to ‘promulgate It
but ordered the clerk to
I was abject tdiea the
efOhla,
than raeli
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