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THE DAILY DEMOCRAT.
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fort worth, texas, wednesday, february 7,1883.
NO. 73
CITY,AND COUNTY DIRECTORY
Judicial, Ministerial and Police Direc-
tory of Tarrant County.
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No.
District Judge—A. J. Hood.
Countv Judge—It. E. Beckham.
District Clerk—J. M. Hartstield.
County Clerk—John P. Swayne.
Sheriff—VV. T. Maddox.
Deputy Sheriffs—It. II. Tucker, G. W.
Weir, W. P- ThomaB.
County Attorney—W. S. Pendleton
County Treasurer—J. 1$. Boyd.
County Tax Collector—Frank Elllston.
County Tax Assessor—W. D. Hall.
County Surveyor—0 . M. AViUiams.
Commissioner's—B. P. Latimer, pre-
cinct No„ 1: L. II. Stephens, precinct
No. 2; John Terrell, precinct No. 3; T.
B. Maddox, precinct No. 4.
Justices or the Peuce—Sam Furman,
John P. Zlnn, precinct No. 1; E E. Kan-
kin, precinct No. 2; S. Cowan, precinct
No. 3; L. W. Jones, precinct No. 4; Jas^
II. Smith, precinct No. 5; J. M. Ben-
brook, precinct No. (5; J. E. Hickman,
areclnct No. 7; T. B. Huitt, precinct
, 8.
Constable—W. B. Hale, precinct No. 1.
CITY DlllKCTOUY.
Mayor—J. P. Smith.
Recorder—Henry Peild.
City' Attorney—Robert McCart.
City Treasurer—John S. Loving.
City Assessor and collector—It. E.
Maddox.
Deputy Assessor and Collector—J. W.
Blackmail.
City Engineer—E. K. Sinoot.
City Marshal—S. M. Parmer.
Deputy City Marshal—S. E. Harrison.
City Secretary—C. McDougul.
Chief of Fire Department—George
Mulkey.
Engineer of Fire Engine—G. W. Hill.
Aldermen—Jesse Jones, first ward;
Max Elser, first ward: Sam Seaton. sec-
ond ward; W. It. Haymaker, second
ward: M. C. Brooks, third ward; J.T.
Hlckey, third ward.
City Physician—II. W. Moore.
City Sexton—Q. J. Eskew.
Policemen—C. R. Scott. J. P. Witcher,
J. Higgle, W. M. Itae, J. W. Coker, C.
E. VVV Milton, C. E. Garretson, J. II.
Maddox.
City Jailor—It. II. Foster.
Chain Gang Boss—C. G. BrocVman
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LODGE DIRECTORY.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
CORNER OP HOUSTON AND SECOND STREETS,
25 CENT COLUMN
This column will be
"Wants," "F
FORT WORTH,
TEXAS.
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS,
$100,000
20,000
npprop
'W Sale. "'r° Rent."
Found." "Lost," "Personal." and such
other advertisements as can be con-
densed into five lines or less, for which
25 cents only will be charged for one in-
sertion and cents for three insertions.
For each additional line above live lines,
five cents.)
©FKiCKRS—M. B. Loyd, President; D.
•on, Cashier.
C. Bennett, Vice President; George Jack-
Dirkcioks—Godwin, Jas Watklns, Geo Jackson, M B Loyd, Jas O Reed, D C Ben-
nett, J Q Sandidge.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
WANTED by the Daily Dr.xiocn.vT 500
additional city subscribers at 20 cents a
week, or 75 cents a month.
A. M. Britton, President, John Nichols, Vice President, S. W. Lomax, Cashier.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
FORT WORTH,
TEXAS.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
$165,000
A Regular Banking Business in All Its Branches Carefully Transacted,
Exchange bought and sold and collections made on all accessible points. Draw
sight exchange on England, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Swe-
den and Norway.
CoitRFSPONDBNTS—Donnell, Lawson & Simpson. New York; Valley National Hank,
St. Louis. Mo; Importers' and Traders' National Bank, New York; First National
Bank, Galveston, T<
exas; Citizens Bank of Louisiana. New Orleans.
kn'iohts ok honor.
Tarrant Lodge No. 1,200 meets at
their hall on Main street, second and
fourth Wednesday evening of each
month. J. C. Scott, Dictator.
R. E. Eakin, Financial Reporter.
Fort Worth Lodge No. 151, Knights
and Ladies of Honor meets at their hall
second and fourth Tuesday evening each
month. D. L, Malonk, Protector.
Geo. I. Dodd, Secretary.
independent order odd fellows.
Junction City Lodge No. 150,1. O. O.
F., meets at their hall, south side pub-
lic square, every Thursday night.
F. M. Geary, J. J. Miller, N. G.
Secretary.
Port Worth Lodge No. 251,1. O. O. P..
meets at their hall, south side public
square, every Friday night.
J. K. Ezei.l, F. K.uskii, N. G.
Secretary.
ancient order united workmen.
Hope Lodge No. 23, meets at their
hall, corner Second and Houston, every
second and fourth Thursday night in
each month. Aldiuch, M. W.
John Cameron Secretary.
Amity Lodge No. 04. Ancient Order
United'Workmen, meets samehal every
Monday evening.
J. W. Ramsey, M. W.
W. W. Lisle. Recorder.
catholic kniohts op america.
Fort Worth branch No. 07 meets at
their hall on Main street, between Sec-
ond and Third, on the first and third
Sundays of the month, at 8 o'clock p. m.
J. Kane, President.
Jno. A. Berc.in, Recording Sec'y.
tyi'ouiuphical union.
Fort Worth Typographical Union,
No. 108, meets at Odd Fellows hall,
Wentherford street, the first Sunday in
every month. W. O. Stillman,
J. M. Johnson, President.
Secretary.
knigiits oi* i,Anon.
Giant City Assembly meets the second
and fourth Wednesday nights of each
month at Odd Fellows Hall.
J. R. Hardin, Master Workman.
T. J. Neatiiehry, Secrery.
masonic.
Port Worth Chapter R. A. M., No. 58,
corner Main and Second streets, meets
on the second Wednesday night in eafeh
month. W. H. Field, H. P.
George Jackson, Secretary.
Fort Worth Lodge A. P. and A. M.,
No. 148, corner Main and Second stre.ets,
meets on the first and third Saturday
nights of the month.
J. Y. IIogsktt, W. M,
W. II. Field, Secretary.
kight8 OV pytiiias.
Sueen City No. 21, meets in Castle
, on the corner of Main and Second
streets, every Monday night.
Endowment rank K. of P., meets In
their hall, on the corner of Main and Sec-
ond streets, every third Saturday night
In each month.
J. F. Coorsn, President.
I. Carh, Secretary.
Red Cross lodge Ne. 14, meets in Cas-
tle hall, on the corner of Main and Sec-
ond, every Thursday night.
H. M. fubman, C. C.
Wm. carrs, K. of R. <fc 8.
THE BLUFF HOUSE.
NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE,
Mrs. C. P. PATTON, Proprietress.
This house has recently changed hands
and is now a FIRST-CLASS TIOTEL.
Elegantly furnished rooms, and the ta-
ble is supplied with the very best the
market afrordB. Polite and attentive
waiters and portera, Everything, Clean,
Nkw and Nicy.
Day board per week $5 00
Board and lodging per week 5 60 to 7 00
Traasient per-day 1 80
<3-_ "w. iseithoweis,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
ROCHES AND
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-all goods pkomptly delivered-
No. S3 Houston Street,
Fort Worth, Texas
KNEELAN0, LITTLEJOHN & MARTIN,
Insurance and Land Agents,
21 main street, fort worth, texas
ECLIPSE LUMBER YARD
CORNER OF NINTH AND THROCKMORTON STEEETS,
r. m. page,
proprietor,
Has the Largest Stock and Best Assortment of
LUMBER II* THE STATE.
It Defiles Competition. Call and Seo Us.
FORT WORTH,
TEXAS
J. W. ALDERMAN,
BLACKSMITHING, FORGING, HORSE SHOEING.
Wigis, Spring Ms, Cumges mi Baggies Espaind or Fainled
CORNER OP HOUSTON AND FOURTEENTH STREETS,
FORT WORTH,
TEXAS
Dasliwood & King
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
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iriated to
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
ion
or
Vr ANTED.
WANTED—Every one to bring
ob work to the Duxiocuat office.
their
POIt SALE,
FOR SALE—Old papers at
60 cents per hundred.
this
ofllce,
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FOR HALE—Stock of groceries for sale
cheap. Also store house for rent; doing
a first-class cash business. Inquire of
Chas. Raggett, 20 Weatherford street.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT—A largo comfortable ofllce
in front part of building. Apply at this
ofllce. 25-tf
ex-
Barrino a few inconsequential
ceptions, the Texas congressional del-
egation will come out of the tariff de-
bate with flying colors.
The Abilene Reporter figures up a
population of 2,200 in tliat growing
little city. The country around Abi-
lene is unsurpassed for beauty, fertili-
ty ami health fulness in Texas, and
there at# many other advantages to
encourage the hope of her citizens
that she is to bo one of the largest
and most desirable cities in Northern
Texa s.
SUGAR IN MEXICO.
With the tariff on sugar removed
there is a probability that Mexico will
rapidly develop a very large sugar
trade with the Unitod States. Her
entire coast offers attractive induce-
ments to the sugar-grower, while all
that portion around Vera Cruz, talcing
in tho Alvarado river region produces
tho finest caue of any spot of earth
yet known to tho industry. The
Mexican Financier, in a well written
article on the possibilities of the sugar
industry of this fresh and newly
opened field, says : "The sugar grown
in Mexico forms ono cf her chief
staples and items of export. It is no
exaggeration to say that in most of
her coast country sugar can be grown
with exceptional advantage, and the
excellence of the product is admitted
wherever tho article is known. With
proper impulse of system, energy and
capital, Mcxico can easily become the
greatest.sugar-growing country in the
world. Even under tho very primi-
tive methods now used here, Mexican
sugars are marketable without further
treatment of the refiner's art; and tho
introduction of suitable appliances
and machinery will make Mexican
sugar the most desirable and econom-
ical in the world."
This Is Ash Wednesday.
The Texas Trunk railway will be sold
on the 7th of May, to satisfy u Boston
mortgage of $328,000.
The death of David W. Herring, so:
of Douglass Herring, and grandson
Capt. M. D. Herring, on Monday even-
ing, in Waco, is announced.
A $20,000 lire In Marshal gave a dis-
cussion on Sunday last. Polk and poll-
ties were forgotton for a little while.
Over forty horses burned in the livery
stable.
Why Vincent's little escapade should
alfect sales of cotton iu New York is a
little beyond general comprehension.
But f:oin commercial dispatches it seems
that It does.
Quite a number of accidents from falls
on lee are reported. Sprains and frac-
tures aro common. People ot" this lati-
tude are not accustomed to stand in
slippery places.
"Secretary of the Seven Stars of Con-
solidation," is a high sounding title, but
the bearer of it, Sam Johnson, a wold
of the nation, was locked up on Monday,
in Dallas, for burglary.
The Kansas City rolling mills were
closely allied with the Union Iron &
Steel works of Chicago, and were neces-
sarily affected by thein, So their closing
last Sunday was not a matter of much
surprise. They had beon somewhat
straitened, and for two months bad run
on reduced time. Their liabilities are
probably $000,000; assets supposed to
be ample to caver all Indebtedness,
the plant being worth a half million.
The mills are among the largest west of
the Mississippi, and employed about 500
men.
it whs an object bestowed on French
history, precise and impressive. The
crowd was immense. A little after 8
o'clock a. m. a procession of eighteen
magnificent cars started, which travel-
ed tho firinelpfll streets in its line of
march to the opera house, where a
grand tableau In which all the charac-
ters took part, and a ball closed the
pageant of Monday. The Independent
Order of Moons, a mystic society, also
gave a grand hail at Grumbold llall,
which like the Proteus ball was numer-
ously attended. Thousands of visitors
were In New Orleans, a large propor-
tion of them from Texas.
GRANT IN MEXICO.
Fancy and Toilet Articles, Etc.
NO. 48 MAIIT STREET, - FORT WOETH
PAYNE'S RAID ON OKLAHOMA.
A Little Rock dispatch of the 5th
says:
An Indian Territory special reports
that great excitement exists in the
Indian country owing to the descent of
the Oklahoma invaders. Nothing defin-
itely is known as to where Payne and
his followers will attempt to enter the
Territory. The troops which General
Pope ordered from Forts Sill and Reno
are guarding the Oklalmtna border, but.
as the force is small, a lgrge portion of
the country is exposed, and the invaders
can easily enter it at some unguarded
points. The Indians are greatly stirred
up. They fear that Payne's persistence
will ultimately force the government to
compromise on a settlement of that por-
tion of the Territory. The Cherokees,
Chickasaws and Choctawsare especially
apprehensive, fearing they know not
what. Leading Indians are not satis-
fied as to the attitude of their people
under the circumstances;
some favor leaving the expulsion
of the invaders wholly to the United
States troops while otfiers believe the
Indians should assist the government in
driving out tho enemy. It Is said manv
of Payne's men are armed and the fear
Is expressed that bloodshed will accom-
pany their excursion. Of course the in-
vaders will be driven away, but the In-
dians will not remain quiet under a con-
stant menace of future descent on the
territory. Congress struck a blow at
Indian rights when it allowed the en-
trance «f railways with the consent of
their people, and the present agitation
may result, in another • outrage against
them. The United States troops are re
ported in good spirits an(f highly pleased
at the prospect of having .the monotony
of camp life broken by the present ex-
citement, as well as to test the metal of
horses and troopers.
Tayne's persistency and daring may
be applauded by adventurous spirits,
but men of practical judgment and
honest intentions will hardly call him
a statesman, a patriot or a strictly fair
daalcr. He simply wants a block of
territory and seeks to acquire it by
force and cunning.
Matthews, Cooley A Staley only did a
letterftnd package dealing business In
competition with the postofflce depart-
ment a month or two in St. Louis, but
when the United States attorney closed
up their business last Saturday, it was
found they had cut oft' about $2,000 of
the postofflce revenue. They were noti-
lled by the attorney and decamped,
leaving Bome twenly employes unpaid,
and a large amount of unredeemed
stamps in the hands of purchasers.
Their career was recently cut short in
Cincinnati in like manner.
At C(eA-elantf, Ohio, tho infirmary
farm, on the river bank, was submerged.
The freshet tho most destructive ever
known, is thought by some to be higher
than that of 1850. The damage may be
more than $1,000,000. Two freight trains
went through bridges near Manslleld.
One brakeman was killed and another
lost a leg. Three bridges, between
Mansfield nnd Alliance, were washed
away, passengers were transferal over
the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
railway. Many bridges are gone. The
losses reported are greatest in Penn-
sylvania and Ohio, but the temtory vis-
ited is vast, and the disasters beyond
description. The losses cannot bo ap-
proximated.
The Ferry failure at Grand Haven was
tremendous. Senator Ferry is one of
the firm of Ferry A Bro. Secured
liabilities held mostly in Grand Haven
and Chicago are supposed to be $300,-
000. About $250,000 lately realized from
tho sale of lumber-yard interests in Chi-
cago, and some real estate went te meet
the paper which had been endorsed by
the purchaser. Very little property is
now visible. Tho liabilities of Ferry A
Bro. and other firms in which they were
jointly interested will probably reach
$750,000, and about $30,000 will cover
assets. Creditors not secured will prob-
ably not get ^ cent. Ferry & Bro*, the
Ottawa Iren Co., of Ferrvsburg, S. II.
Leasly A Co., of Montague, and the
Michigan Barge Co., of Grand Haven,
are involved in the failure.
The damage by floods is great and
widespread. Five hundred homes in
Bradford, Pennsylvania, were Inundat-
ed Saturday night. The lower part of
the city was ten feet under water. The
flood was caused by the rains of Friday
and Saturday. Five bridges were
swept awoy and several houses dam-
aged or totally destroyed. Eighty-five
families fled for their lives when the ice
gorge broke, leaving all their effects In
the houses, many of which were swept
away. The damage at Arkson, Ohio, is
estimated $50,000. Hard work prevent-
ed Summit lake from emptying Into the
lower basin and flooding the business
centre of the city. All the factories on
the Ohio canal suffered. Waterentered
a burning kiln at Alexander's fire-brick
works, generating steam that exploded
it, causing additional loss. The Valley
railroad bed from Canton to Cleveland
was washed ajyay in many places, and
trains were abandoned. Fearful dam-
age was done to fketorles, dwellings and
railroads in and near Indianapolis.
The carnival in New Orleans was
magnificent. Tho parade of Proteus on
Mpntiay night was one of the grandest
ever seen in the city. The history of
France was illustrated from the birth of
the nation under the Gauls, and the
mysterious religion of the Druids, down
through Ceasar's conquest, the Instruc-
tion of the Christian Religion, the bap-
tism of Clovis, step by step down to the
crowning of the- Empress Josephene.
A Talk With the Ex-Prealdont About
tho Tariff and Hallways.
In the course of an Interview with a
staff correspondent in Washington, Gen-
eral Grant said: "Railroad communi-
cation with Mexico, already • projected
under concessions by her, will, within
the next fifteen months, place the City
of Mexico within all rail communication
with the railroad systems of the United
States by their different routes. In
view of these greatly-Increased facili-
ties of communication, the trade be-
tween the two nations will, nuturally,
bo greatly accelerated. In oxchange
for all these advantages the United
States would, if the treaty is ratltled.
admit free of duty twenty-eight articles
of Mexican production. Of these,
twenty are already on the free list,
under the existing tarlft law, six are
articles not produced in the United
States.' and "the other two are crude
sugar and leaf tobacco." He expressed
the opinion that the Mexicans would
raise very little sugar for exportation
during the six years the treaty would
run, and that their desire to have It
Included was rather in the hope of
encouraging and stimulating its pro-
duction for benefits to come later. "'As
to the leaf tobacco," said General Grant,
it would not come in Competition with
the tobacco of which our conestogaB,
which sell for a cent apiece, are made,
but would rather introduce a new In-
dustrv In the manufacturing, both for
consumption and exportation, of fine
cigars, such as we now depend on
Havana for."
Put Him iu the Bill.
"Did you notice that the earl of Stam-
ford was dead V" said an Englishman to
the London representative of the Free
Press.
"Yes. Who was lie?"
"A great sporting nobleman. IUb
title dates from Richard l. lie hud un-
limited faith in the power of money, the
supremacy of the aristocracy and the
general worthlessncss of nil the rest of
humanity. One day lie and a few
patrons of tho turf were dining at the
STrtr and Garter at Elchmoi'itf Yrtikrc—---
Thpckeray says it will cost yen ten and
six pence to look nt the waiter. „lt cost
tho carl somewhat more than that sum.
Ho had some words with the waiter,
and thinking the man Insolent he
sprang up, and to tho horror of oil
present sent tho unfortunate man neck
and heels crushing through the window ,
down on the terrace below. The man's
cries alarmed the whole neighborhood,«
and the landlord came breathless up the
stairs and said : .
"'Tliash all rl\ 'hiccoughed the earl.
'Jusht put the villain down in the bill.*
••The Injured waiter named the sum
that would satisfy his wounded feelings,
ami It was put down In the bill,
cheerfully paid by the boozy euri."
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Our Barbarous Prison, System. ...
The abuses and stupidities of our sys-
tem of punisluuont for criminals are so
great and numerous, and its administra-
tion Is so bad in very important particu-
lars, that a civilized society ought to
compel a reform of the evils ip order to
justify Hb pretensions to enlighten hu-
manity— to common sense even. i ■*
However much we may have ad-
vanced in other directions, we are still
far behind the beat European practice,
so far behind as concerns penal justice
and the treatment of criminals. The
condition of things is not so disgraceful
as it wus in the days when De Tocque-
vllle said, "The Jails of the United
Stated ure the worst 1 have ever seen,"
bqt it Is bad enough yet. There has
been great improvement in certain in-
stitutions and among certain communi-
ties, it Is true, but our common county
jails, even In the atate of New York,
are wretched habitations, for the most
jmrt, where the Inmates ure confined,
In vicious habits, so that when they i^re
turned loose, the crime into which, per-
haps, they only casually fell, becomes
their regular profession. They are
made chronic atul bitter enemies of so-
ciety .—N. Y. Sun.
A Quick-witted Woman.
There is one woman in London who
has her wits about her, and when you
come to think about it the fact' is highly
creditable to London. Gn the Strand a,
thief suddenly snatched her purse from
her and insfuntly disappeared in the
crowd. In the purse was some small
change and a check for £10. The lady
spent no time In n fruitless attempt to
cutch the thief or find a policeman. She
went to the nearest postotllCe, took a tel-
egraph blank and sent a dispatch to tha
bank saying: "When anyone presents
a check signed for £10, arrest and
detain him until I come." When she
got there she found a policeman ex-
plaining to an astonished young man
that he would have to wait a little, as
they expected a ladv visitor. The
young mau vlll have three years to get
over his astonishment.
Mvimr on Fifth Avenue. . ... •
"Now, tell me," said I to my Knick-
erbocker friend, "what was theelze of
that lotV" "Only 2a by 10(1 feet, merely."
such a lot us many a ptyln family haa in
this and every other city." •'What ure
the taxes on that lot now?'' said I.
"They cannot be less than $51100
year. The man who gave 9135,000 for
the lot has erected upon it a house,
which, with his furniture, eost him at
least si00,000. The interest, therefore,
on this investment is about $14,000 a
year. Add taxes, $5 ooff, and it come*
along to nearly $20,000; and then it will
cost that man to live, on a scale com-
mensurate with his bouse, $25,000 a
year, making $45,000, yes, $30,000, my
friend, for the privilege of living at *
corner of Fifth avenue."- N. Y. TfP
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