The Daily Fort Worth Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1876 Page: 4 of 4
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—Real estate, salee.are nuincr-
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--In tlie Mayor a court dur-
i:i:r thr* iimniing* rLUwas -quiet.
—Mr. Watkins i« soon to build
41 addition t0.■ '■*> grocery srore.
I —We have tr\ed,several times
| to find out tin* exact, number of houses
being built. Bv the tq.40 we get halt
through, others are commenced at such
a rapid rate that we hayc had to give it
up. We'll try agaiu.
—A tea pi belonging to John
McG rage- became frightened at the
ears. ji'<t this side of Sycamore creek
threw him out, turned thfc wagon ov.yr
am1 wji* stopped by coming up again it
a fence, no damages done.
—Strangers and others, visit-.
T^t:$50,0d0 S^pol Bm\».
A^jumounced elsewhere, the, Com-
mittee lo act and report upon t ^prop-
osition of Col. Dotioho, meets this ev-
ening. A fifty thousand, dollar public
school building alone, at the.cpst of
five thousand dollars to tha people of
Fort Worth is certainly an extraordi-
nary inducement for our prompt and
business-li^e action and, when to this is
added the further anti more extended
benefits to .be derived from the immi-
gration movement contemplated, we
trust that, lio one wiiljtjiil to do his du-
ty in the matter. As we sow, so shall
T,*e;g’»'f;„™.,,„rJMoreiiead & Co.,
es," suitable h>r Carriage or draft, tor j
sale cheap. Enquire at Trans-Conii-
t>e
builuii
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— Som ?, large contracts wi«L; *ulcr Fort Worth can sic. for photography t reap, and if we now /sow generously of
>e let day or so. for some Viick | at .Downing's rooms ami liav.c pictures j the ’‘seed of reformation,” we shall
'"■din-.-. The Democrat will keep j maiheto their address, free ofpostage, j soon reap a generous harvest, of home
vqsfcil, j.Just ex .inline his beautiful, display of; seekers and capital investors. Bet us
i pictures, cards, eight by ten. and litQJ have the $50,000 school edifice and
got size, it is a giiarant.ee of first class finish ,.j crowds of live, wide awake population
pouring in upon our city and country.
Texas.
Samuel Brynson, a Horse Thief Escapes
from Jail.
Dental iljrfel; or at Mr. Winiiu's Livery
Stable, public square, au-fi-d-l()L
Oisr Ojty Circajaticn
We nt sire our city subscribers to-bear j
\\\ mind that the city list, iii the cxciU' |
stye property ol the carr*ek and , all j
subscriptions should be pv,ul to him. !
\Vy will receive subscribers as. a matter i
of convenience to bin’—bur. he i> al
roipv/ A AM>
Merchants,
Wurth, Texas,
i..}*lic : (
ad,vanecs a .ui»* on eon.sjgmne-i'
ot eOiiyeiiieneje
responsible tor the dittv ry ot tie* pa-;
pci\—and: is Entitled lo the pay. Par- ; i v n /« n \ i V
ties not receiving, the paper promptly . C .J a LvG\ .A2VL/
will confer a. tavor by leaving word m
this office.
— An immense fish vascau
in the river night before I«sf. measuring
f w o feet and ii halt from nose to tail,
.species unknown.
ed woi k. Over Powell's dreg store.
Day's old stand. dti*
Hotel. Arrivals..
.J. A. Wright, of ('omniumhe B.
— Work on the two huge J. A. Wright, of Commam.he B. B. from Jail.
1 * •*"' I\y., and .1. C. Moore of Parrio.. *
— Riielmlncn & Co., the lumber are at the Peers House,
men of Hugh Ford, are moving their
enure yard Her**
lime before iiev
it will be some littl
get filllv settled. And
! the jail delivery, yesterday. It seems
1 the iron cage in the second stofv is
MARKET REPORT.
Office or Daily Democrat
Fort Worth, Aug. J7r '70.
• i?. m. melton. i
i v\>-irurw lutt«.nW -
auftMlAw-if.
M. B.STpNC.
I .ale Oi lialia.
P^twtisioiis and Staples.
(Coirecffed dctiit, 4>y J. H. ’*r<j *yn, i
Irish. $i
MELTON. & ST8NE,
Cothui "h'ifbcrs vJ'W a» fi
jttg and f«.et«cs* * v ft trial>***
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POTATOES.—Sweet, 75c, t« r
beats, drv. 3(V7,5e; onions, 754y$4 bn: : **0ril
ex as
Cii
Pacific Depot
so they .comjure to rod »»».
r J. G. Bronson of Memphis Anthony | placed in the center of the room, two! cabases. 105 25e per l:“.ni: 'under, ac-
i Dongf.:;, T. Burnett and II. W. ilarrv j or three feet distant from the stone j f^kViimir^Oe: eggs, in hur demnnoA ib» •
u j of Dallas and E. TV King of Ten., are ; walls, on each side of the building. The | i^./haeoi'^cl^ar shies. lgJUa ’ Ji:xi. 12 c; loake i::
i
— In the IV^fiiet tourt yes-
terdiy very ill ^ tread wav was made.
Mm li iroublj ‘ \(\ delay being occasion- i >|om,w .is one of the leading
' registered at the Centennial.
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-Mr. ami Mi-s. Marrow, of
| Dallas, arc at the Peer- House
. i lHe; bacon, clear
1 vtijfc -s only elewn loot snuatv. ami is tonl.,uk.s< §1 UusIs.Ikv;
! divided by an iron rafting, makmg two ■ - --
I’OOi Wit •(* ( 1 '
t
n rui adv.uee^ on < oiion ;■
i; iaii.i ■ . ill—7-f
uV a .
possible date. This js Mrs. Morrow's
first visit to Ft . Worth,anil she declares
timi it i< a ease of * love at first sight." i ing examination of their part of the
\ with ln»r. cage and discovered one of the upright
ed by the loss M county papers Doeu-
llieiiis, Tec-Ol ds eh: bv llit* fire
, 7 * «
—(jJri»iiaii3iser>, h?wiis am!
IS (Uhi r SuY(itiPi*i (ff>ods will
1m* sold lifiThfrcr at really
lU'ihiaai fiiK-es, iia order to
Sdlose OiitfL
aui;Mw. JOLLAH STORE,
— Mr. r». Roberts has eon tract:
ed with XIr. W. rA. Young;, to build for
him a lioiet ot . Houston street, two
squares north of the rgihbad: the work
is now under way. The dimentions of
the hou-e are to be 27x100 feet.
Pme'f Mo+fprs and wommodiotis liouse of worship, i>
* ’ , . f | nearly einnpiclt d, and another gentle
i he total hiimber ot cases on doewe. i push*or luo will aecimpilish the work,
including' h »th < nil and ernmnal is f j hV 1|ave .t od ,,-owd, and a rousing
two hundred and tnirty-thi*ee. 1 he
large majority oi the state eases are in-
<1 50 bush-
.... ei; fibur, 0UV.2 25.; meal, 10b' fiVg I
| appartmens, the smaller one not being Kio (.0ftWu Slbulfe Java, :i:bc; Suga.rs. , n^.p jp.
V
■Vrd s.
and Saddle niercliants ' there, lie is ing, however, the jailor allowed two I y^n”- Hv.4*i), ftr.u Powder and daprau •
here for the pui-jHise of making anguige- Of the prisoners to pass into the sural- r^>,r to^.l(J0< <‘0: eig- !
ments to move his ’ -u-iness, as veil as | h r division of the cage, on account ot
his home to our cuy, at the earliest there being eleven men packed in a
space of eight-by ten fcot£. After the
el argo was made,Fraser m ule a se in h-
]«*»■ in
'ce Cream and Strawberry Fcsliyal.
Tne Ladies#Aid Society of the Bap-
tist Church, will give their first enter-
tainment. in tin* wav of an ice Cream
ban. cn the south side of the division
to tie in rather an unsafe condition, and
immediately sent bng oftlunn back again
leaving Brynson, the remaining pris-
oner alone in the smaller (*age. Soon
ars, $20 OO0S11M) ‘‘0 per ihoitsand; I
Hides, good heavy dry. V Da ‘
(i@8e. but! do, nb market as yet
Wholesale and V< :;td I
GRAIAS.
(Corre.eld-d daily by City
CORN, sljiicived. Uks saeked. />«g .
wheat, No. 2, old*. She, No. 5. old/f*5e. *
new fiOd* 70e; oats. 17(.'--Oc: narley,
nothing doing*, prices nuininai 45c; bran, i
and Strawberry Festival, Musical En- after Fraser had gone, Brynson set to i ^ (M)'per tmU Uav. good prakW, $7 Wl
tertainment and Social Reunion, on the woik on the weak bai, and wit 11 th(*|^v^ 00 t‘>n.
evenin ’ of .the 18th inst. Their new aid and assistance wliieli liiscolleagues ' *___...
time.
eluded m.der the t'
a rules and theft.
t' heads of carrying
gave huri, lie succeeded in breaking
the bar off. Squeezing out from Ik
tween the bars, was t lie work of a mo-
ment. and within three feet of the place
I he came cut was a'most accommodat-
! ing hole in the wall, thro’ which lie con
And Drover's Sim!Ties.
Fcvfc V^o'ih. •• - Texas
ju-i i-t •
j, c. Ten it ell.
Attorney at E»3;w,
UFM.
((.mvtPii daily!)}' ilc.’.l'i. Haiilv.:is
YKI.LOW >1NK.—R»hi-!i ; j„
fencing. Iraijuiss. &)•.. i»'r ,
50* dressed bcxilie*. S2-) b>:
j Ofiiee ill First stive. .
and 1 i *usi • n St re (
V
—Rowdiy vC Nelson :.ik> now
iu their handsome Tick quarters close
to the dep‘01 gioends. They are r»»-
e.eiving new goods by rail daily and
w ill move tlieVr entire establishment in
their new storv as scon as thue per-
mits.
Personal
'file 1); mocuat a (‘knowledges a pleas-
ant call from Mr L. M. llaydyii. the
'I’e\*\>; ag<mitjofth5 Merohaid's 1 )isj»atch,
who visits the < :tv in tile interest ol his
eompany. The company of si c’i geni-
al gentlemen as Mr. Hayden is alw ays
agreeable.
—Reiiifiinbor that Mr. Down-
ing, the ne\\ a list, warrants his work
to give entire satisfaction. It is onlj'
necessary to cell aid examine his tine
work to be con 'meed that it is the on-
ly place to ge finished photographs
in the eiu . Kf.oins over Po .veil's drug
store—Dav's edd stand. dtf
—Mr. iUnulurant informs us
that a brickl eelton ware house will he
started immediately. The contract lias
ju-t been jet to unknown parties. It
will be built < n the vacant property
elose to and north, ot the K. 1*. track
and west of Houston street. Gentle-
men from Shnwep-ci-t and Marshall are
i he builders. • ’I'la. size of the house is
to be 50 x 00 feet.
—Many of our Business men
have already gone on east to New
York. Brooklyn and Philadelphia tor
the purj»ose of purchasing large stocks
of Fall goods, and by fine first ot Sep-
tember the)' will begin to arrive and by
the last ot i\n month or 1st, of October
or sooner Fort Worth w ill be prepared
to supply tlu entire trade of north
western Texas w hich she w ill control
—Now that the immigration
movement has taken snape and a splen-
i; • F’Vt Worth, 7X55
Im»srtant to VsrUotrDs:
removed
side
flie
hv
thoroughly renovated, and
I the stock greatly enlarged.
Soiieiti^s: a coaftmiauce of!
rrpr
LI
prices to (ii’ft
Itespectf fuliy
fOiEurtiticn.
jfi. Woit\v.ro.
aul7 I-vv
* ________ I water. Jo<i llenderson, the She l ilt, is
f.v** patron. j 7 . i in persuit,. and thinks lie will ^oon lay
A», JnZ\ 7; : haml* on Him.
we pledge to sell our goons at
Good Work.
Mr. Diboll has completed flic roof on
Wynne’s buildings in a good, substaii
tial, workman-like manner: claims to
use tli£ best composition roofing known
and guarantees every roof put on by
him. The composition roof, unless
well put on, is. worthless, but vdien the
work is well executed, it has nb supe-
rior. Mr. Diboll refers ail. ivhy want
work in bis line, to his p.Trcns in Dal-
las and elsewhere, where be has done
.........- o- ------- i 5 00; ceilinlgJ $22 50f«'25 (H) ; siding.
Some boys who w ere in sw imming, saw j $20 00(5 22 50; finishing lumber, $40 “0 |
him cross over in about waist deep of ^?,r,o 00". Cypress tinishuig lumber.;
A Narrow Escape.
Tt lias b(*conu* a frequent practice
with the boys lo take their ponies and
! horses to the river aim have the tun ol
swimming them. 5 esteniny evening
three boys, each with ins horse, went
in down below’ t?ie mill at the deep
hole, and while one oi them was riding
ami swimming his gorse, the animal
$45 (Kb
WHOLESALE LIQUORS,
1 r i
Y * V/W » it ,** ti -S
lerg-* I’iiM-’UTly :i oi * 1 m* *"»im•
i ’ Parki r. Pain l iuto.-bn-k. Y«»n».
::!*0 ShackN’0 :2: furnishing
(Corrected daily by D. XV, (;. Pendery.. j
PENDE J YfS Old Sour Mash. Ken j
tueky, $2 50 p»kr gallon; Pemlcry Ohl;
Sour MashTBourbon. $2 17; Kobv.fis*»r j
County Sweet Mash, $2 50; Lincoln j
Countv Sweet Mash. $2 25: Common
THE W
UM<T T v "
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suddenly struck bottom with his hi ml j work. Will work Ai the lowest cash
fed and reared up and fell over on his j prices, as he believes s>a nimble penny
back, carrying the boy with him: fortu- | better than a slow' shilling. _ ^ e
nately the boy had preseiice of uiiiid ft) know him to be reliable a i52w-
Wliiskey, $i fSXfyl 75; Imp(>rte(i Cog-j
nac Brandy, $500; Domestic Cognac j
il.r tin-1* \vn- ol i ,Io Find..
•Taeksboro. ilraham and < .riiiin
! V ovt V/orth
imfi clianrs (U Minng
- -1ce C ream e ve ry ft ay at H.
Kahn Co’s, -‘VCHtt
—An elegant line of Braids,
Silk Tiesjand ii an kerchiefs,
at the Dollar Store. aul7-lw.
Democratic County nonvention,
Braiidv. 2 25fib2 50; Imported Hobanu i ^^0 tracSe Of tho WeSi
Gin, $2 5WM 00; Domestic Hoi lam i .
Cin, $1 055y2 25. Peach Brandy , $2
00; Apple Brandv. $2 1502 75.
dive deep and came up several ya.Us
away from v. nere the horse was. or ho
would surely have been dro wned. We
warn all of the danger of this practice.
-Another pubUp meeting in
the interest of Immigration and manu-
factures was held at the Court House,
'Tuesday night, and was addressed by
Col. Donoho, Col. ,T. K. Snijiii and (’apt.
Paddock. A committee ct tlurfieen |
were appoinb*d to take^ into consioem-^ a County Convention, to se-
lect delegates to a Congression-
al District Convention, to be
held iu Dallas, August 30th,
1876.—for the purpose of nomi-
natinga candidate for represent-
ative iu Congres—will be held,
at the, Court House in Fort
Worth, Wednesday, August
23d, 1876. Members of the
County Executive Committee
are requested to- call meetings
in their respective preciucts, on
Saturday, August 19, to select
Cherry brandv, $1 75(fi;2 25 ; ginger
brandy, $1 506r$l 75; Wines, sherry
imported. $2 25, domestic $1 50; port
imported, $2 25, domestic, $1 70.
have a vaTudde medium hi
sr-^cn
LIME AX I) CEMENT.
CEMENT, best quality. $4 75 i-fv
barrel; hair, 85c per ti'islicl; li'-<■,
!h's’ nual'ty, in barrels, $2 'JO,
The
Aimss,
lion the proposition submitted, and to
recommend such action as they should
deem advisable. The Chair appointcu
the following committee, which is re-
quested to meet this evening at seven
o’clock, at the office of Smith ami .Tar-
vis. »T. P. Smith, V\ . *L Boaz, k. ^1.
Yau/:uidt, J. W. Tegner. Sam Evans,
John Ilirslifield. E. 5.1. Daggett. J. M.
Thomason. J. J. Jarvis, John Nichols.
W. H. Davis, J. Q. Sandidge, C. C.
Cumming.
Editor Democant:—We are glad you
touched the bathing. There seems to
did committee appointed to divise the
complaints have been laid before the
Mayor and Mapdial, they say the bed of
the river is their limits; but the act
CLUB ROOM.
West Side Main Street, Fort Worth
HENRY BYRNE, PROP’R.
The bar supplied with the best Wines,
Liquors and Cigars, bought in lexas
and Eastern markets. Polite and at-
tentive Clerk:.glwavs on hand to wait
on my patrons.. aulC-tf.
’The only legitimate, hitlm utia1 papm
iu W‘-a Ji< rlord,
SUBSCRIPTION $2.:r> PER vkak
MM. BRAN MAN, (Doe Adams)
32-tf. Editor and Publi-iier
the community ft-4*l that it is his inter-
(?st and duty to lend both liis intinence
and money to the aecompIUJnuent of
the <»rand object contemplated. ,
\lThat are $5000 in cost to ibis com- j granting the charter shows that the coi-
munity. compared, with the bcnctits porate lind s«twio Awk} “xlwiMl
likely to be derived from the<proposi-
tion submitted by Col. Donoho? The
enterprise is one ot the highest import-
ance and in accordance with the means
oi the juncri m of the Forks. We cit i-
zens pray that some strmgfent action be
taken to prevent bathing, washing
loti ling ami cleaning nurse:;,, or other
! ____• ...... . . nkrvt-n felt tf-*rk r.V
J. 3. FORD, .
ATTORNEY AND REAL
ESTATE AGENT,
DECATUR, Wise Conaty, Texas.
aul7-3m.
I tti: OLO RELI ABLE
JEWELRY STORE,
FOB SAUK.
A twenty-four horse pow^r, Steam
delegates to- the County Conven- j a Gia attach^-,.at Bridge
.. IT if If i i vrvm ‘ ‘ . CAinitv. 'IVrms rpfisnnfthlp
lion. K. M. Van^andt.
d&w tf Ch’m.Dem. Ex. Com.
*»nd inxtniinentttlities so sueecsstully | liuisanees. above l!;o f.slj trap or ford,
founding and establishing their mani-
fold cities of populousnesand wealth.
The proposition made by 9°^* D°no:
ho is-straight forward business, and
one in which he assumes a herculean
task. We have full faith in bis energy
and integrity, and say God speed the
enterprise. Let the Committee work
a)jd every man help them.
and drink, and the .filth aiql -scrubbing
of bodies of boys a id men ot all races.
Now' to le forced rd vis^such filth lor
drinking ami cooktops wore than we
will stand. It is endangering the health
of our families: ^q. for the good of the
citizAins of your-rity, we ask for proT
tectiop by the authorities.
‘ Many Citizens.
Convict Captured—The sheriff
of Bastrop county captured
Pliinens Osborne; a white man
who escaped from the peniten-
tiary, about & month ago. He
bipught him here yesterday,
and will, we learn, turn him over
to Mix Jules Randle.—Brenham t
Banngr*
port Wise County. Terms reasonable.
^ Apply by letter or iu person to
1 ^ ” C11AS. D. CATE8.
aul7-dlw-wlm. Decatur, Wise (Jo.
the best brands of
VVlne«, Whiskies, and Cigars at old
UNCLE BOB WINDERS,
who has purchased Pete Johnson’s
Saloon and fitted it up in good style,
au/du.^
WEST
SIDE
MAIN
STREET
Call on. A.' SNEED, for yom
Watches, Clocks &Jewelry.
All work and goods guaranteed. iu2-
PBNDERY’S
Wholesale LIQUOR House.
(Established 1873.
Main Street - - - Fert Worth, Texas
Buy exclusively from Distillers, for*
net CASH and keep a faff. f*tock at
all times. Sole agent, for ^emlery s
SOUR Nt«SH.
$ ‘ ' ulQ4f. v
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