The Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 73, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 7, 1883 Page: 2 of 4
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DAILY DEMOCRAT,
• published bv thb
DEMOCRAT PRINTING COMPANY
CAREY W. STYLES, - - Kditob,
W. J. Sacxdku, - Business Manager.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1883.
When the Dallas Herald and Fort
Worth Gazette kiss and make friends,
the ^Democrat speaks for reserved
Beats.
It is said that the railroad lobby
will not foreclose their mortgage on
the legislature until the last week of
the session.
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Dorset is not yet in the peniten-
tiary, though he has scooped up
several millions belonging to the in-
dustrious tax-payers.
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Tom Ochiltree is still a national
character. The Washington corres-
pondents have nominated him for
chief hostler at Arthur's wedding.
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Those trying to boom Grant's nom-
ination for another term should or-
ganize a literary bureau and flood the
country with Guiteau's death ch'ant.
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The Republican majority in con
gress have turned tariff legislation
into as contemptible a corner as the 8,
to 7 commission turned the nation in
1876.
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The Washington correspondents
announce Arthur on the point of mar
rying. He has been sadly in need of
n tender consoler sinco the 7th of
November last.
The legislature is now several weeks
in session, and still nothing practical
towards saving the public domain or
increasing the efficiency of our school
system has been enacted.
The Austin law factory is in a
quandary. A strong prohibition lobby
demand that a constitutional amend-
ment bo submitted to the people,
whili the eager and intelligent con-
stituent says no.
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Since the amalgamation of the
Comanche Chief with the Colorado
Cjty Clipper,, tho Messrs. Tolar and
Hill are making the latter one of the
brightest and best weeklies in North
Texas. It is neatly printed, and ed-
ited with judgment and ability.
The present king of Portugal is ful-
ly abreast of his fellow-sovereigns in
education and advanced ideas. He
keeps close watch upon new inven-
tions and discoveries, and is quick to
adopt any that may prove of real mer-
it. He has just had an elaborate tele-
phone system established between his
library, the offices of tho various min-
isters, and the operas, so that he can,
without moving from his chair, alter-
nately occupy himself with his books
and the translations by which he has
distinguished himself, with music, and
with the duties and cares of "state.
The Wool Growers' Association of
Mitchell county is officered as follows :
Geo. W. Waddell, president; B. Beck,
Vice-president; Alf. II. II.. Tolar, sec-
retary and treasurer. The association
is now thoroughly organized with a
constitution and all the machinery
for conducting business systematical-
ly. Mr. J. G. Harris was made sheep
inspector, and was authorized to visit
and examine each flock of sheep un-
der his jurisdiction at least twice a
year, and that he be allowed $3.00 a
day while on duty. The following ad-
ditional resolution was adopted:
"That" when the inspector finds scab
in a flock, and tho owner refuses to
dip the same, that ho bo prosecuted
by the association for refusing to do
the same.
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It is stated that the pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Bir-
mingham, Alabama, published a card
making this announcement: "My
church is for white persons exclu-
sively, and colored people aro not in-
vited or expected to attend." The
occasion for this silly and unchristian-
Jike publication was a revival meeting,
at which there was a good spiritual
manifestation among the white peo-
ple, and the large attendance of col-
ored population was found to be a
hindrance to the coversion of white
souls. The card was strongly con-
demned in Birmingham and by the
press generally, but the Methodist
Advance, printed at Atlanta, Georgia,
comes out in defense of tho minister
and declares that the "conferences in
the south need at least twenty more
like him."
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One cannmt well handle pitch with-
out being defiled. Tho Daily Demo-
crat sympathized with its morning
neighbor, and in good faith desired
and offered to help it in the hthirof
its temporary embarrassment. Yes-
terday it yeujurgd to compliment
the editorial and business force of
that establishment for bravely pulling
of!" thoir coats, rolling up their sleeves
and wading into tho depths of the
composing room. For indulging in
a little pleasantry it is blackguarded
by the splenetic youth whoso delicate
powers of "discrimination" take the
form of wit and find expression in
elegant reforcnco to "imported genius
and antiquated gentility." "Genius,"
whether "imported," native or jerked
up, is a valuable element in the sanc-
tum of a newspaper, and "gentility" is
to be admired whether it totters on
crutches or bounds about in boyish
bouyancy. Besides, it is no discredit to
to have been "imported" from Georgia
Texas, nor is it necessarily the case that
gray hairs are disreputable. "Imported
genius and antiquated gentility" that
have left no trail of slimo behind over
which it can turn no retrospective
glance without a shudder, and whose
record is so clean and manly that it
may be unfolded in any land with
safety and advantage, havo nothing to
fear from the envy, hatred or malice
of those who assail without causo and
insinuato without the courage to
strike.
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DISASTER TO STOCK.
Serious fears are entertained that
this protracted blizzard will cause
great loss td tho owners of stock. In-
telligence comes up from all portions
of this state, and from the immense
grazing fields of the west and
northwest that the cold is intense and
that the damage to cattle and
sheop is imminent. Tho Chicago In-
ter-Ocean speaking of the cold spell
that preceded this observes that, "the
loss and damage of live stock on the
plains, in tho pons and in transit dur-
ing the reccnt cold snap was phenome-
nally small, being scarcely worth esti-
mating, and it is a wonder too, as the
duration of tho arctic weather was
longer than has been known for years.
In 1880 thousands of cattle Dcrished
when the thermometer did not go any-
where near so low, but at that- time
the snow was so deep that they could
not feed and the streams wero frozen
so that they could not get water."
The deduction to be drawn from this
statement is that excossivo and even
protracted cold weather is not neces-
sarily fatal to stock, proyieled tlw snow
bo not so deep that they cannot feed.
While tho present cold spell is intense
throughout the stock-raising states,
and long protracted, the snow is not
so deep that the stock cannot find the
grass. Nevertheless tho loss is already
very heavy and from all appearances
the disaster is just beginning to bo de-
volopod.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
From the inquiries made by the
Daily Democrat, yesterday, among
the business men and property owners
of the city, as Jo cortain proposed
street improvements, it is clearly the
pressing desire that the wdrk now
projected shall i e pushed with all the
vigor possible. All arc agreed as to tho
necessity of tho waterworks, sewerage,
gas illumination and side walks, but
as to tho question of paving the streets
there is diversity of opinion, not only
as to the character of the paving ma-
terial to be used, but as to whether
the city shall now embark in the un-
dertaking. Tho Daily Democrat on
Monday ventured to inquire into tho
cost of paving of Main and Houston
streets, and to ask whether tho city is
prepared at this time to m'ako the ex
peiulituro. The object of tho article
was to awaken the thought of tho city
and direct it to the grave inquiry of
resources and necessities. Finding
that thought somewhat divided, and
public sentiment at variance as to tho
three modes ot improving tho streets,
it is well to recur to the subject,- and
in fact to "keep it up," 'till some plan
takes hold of the general mind and
formulates effort for a common design.
The drift of the talk is that the city is
not, at this time, in a condition to
pave with wood or stone, and that
gravel macadamization is the only
practical method possible. It is
claimcd that tho streets can be grav-
eled at a cost of about .f4,000 per mile,
and thai this gravel bed will suffice
for a bed for stone or wood when—a
couple of years hcnce—tho city may
desire to muico the more enduring im-
provement. Is this so? It is the
province of the city council to look
well into tho subject, and adopt that
system which costs least and promises
tho greatest good to the greatest nuni-
ber. V
The statistics of the British pensions
are curious. Ten thousand pensioners
draw £5,I!)G,5(S1 per annum from India,
and 160,250 pensioners receive from the
tax-pavers of the United Kfngdem more
than *7,000.000 per annum. Of these
latter recipients of public, charity, many
are nourished by a grateful country be-
cause offices which they have held have
been abolished. The blue ribbon of the
pension list is held by D, D. Heath.
This gentleman has received since 1847
£5100 per annum. In the same year a
pension of £1146 per annum was granted
to W. T. N. Champ, which he Still en-
joys, in consideration of the office of
'•£haff Wax" UftYing been abolished in
that jew.
THE DAILY-
DEMOCRAT
A LIVE, SPICY AND READABLE
DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER,
CONTAINING ALL THE
LOCAL
CURRENT
-AND-
GENERAL SEWS.
SUBSCRIPTION BY MAiL:
I Copy One Month - $ .75
I " Six Months - * - - 3.50
I " One Year - - - 6.00
Delivered by Carriers in any por-
tion of the city,
20 Cents per M.
JOB WORK
NJCATLY EXECUTED IN ALL
113 VARIOUS BRANCHES.
Office—No. 8 Main Street,
FORT W0RTW,
TfXAS.
Local Option Saloon.
G. M. RINTLEMAN CO., Propr's.
The best of Wines, Liquor* and Cigars.
Main and Front Streets.
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 18ft.
BAKER'S
"Wamratod absolutely puro
Cocoa, from which tho excess of
Oil huo been removed. It has three
times t.'ic strength of Cocoa mixed
with Sturcli, Arrowroot or Sugar,
and la therefore for mora economi-
cal. It ta delicious, nourishing,
strengthening, easily digested, nnd
admirably adapted for invalids as
■well ob for persona in health.
Sold by Grocors everywhere.
W, BAKER & CO,. Dniester, Mass.
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DKALlill IN
Qucensware, Glassware,
Pumps, Gas Pipe, Barbed
Wire, Pocket and Table
Cutlery, &c.f &c.
Wholesale Hardware,
Houston St., Fort Worth.
The Illinois Central
RAILROAD.
Grand Entrance into the CITY
of CHICAGO,
OVEtt T1IE1H (JREAT
Four Track KoiUc,
A Jong tho Lulce Front.
No Btieets. D.*h\v Bridges or Railroad
Tracks to Cross,
The Illinois Central
Runs two Daily tr'lns from St. Louls^ind
Cairo without change.
FiVlace sleeping cars from St. Louis and
Cairo to Chicago.
Tue Equipment ot this line is first-class,
consisting of
FINE COMMODIOUS DAY COACHES
PALACE SLEEPING CARS,
THIS
INTERNATIONAL & GREAT
NORTHERN R, ft.
is the direct line between
T IE 3Z. S
AND ALL POINTS^ IN THE
North, East, tV est,
AND SOUTHWEST.
PA&S EMGERS
Car lake their clioico p[ routes either via
Taylor ami tho
NEW WACO LINE!
Or via tho
St, Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Railway.
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Close connections at
LITTLE -ROCK
FOR ALL PUINCK'AL CITIES
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
vvm. Brown,
-THE
FORT WORTH GROCER !
Dealer in
Staple, Fancy Groceries, Tobacco and Cigars, -
CALIFORNIA FKHTS, CANNED GOODS,
Call, you will find a Larsre and' Fresh Slock to select from at Bottom Prices, South
east corner Houston and First streets, J. II. Brown's old stand. uug 80
FORT WORTH
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
TAYLOR STREET, CORNER TIIIR
All bnuiclies of Music tanglit. CULTIVATION OF THE VOICE a speoialty.
TERMS: $10 AND $15 PER QUARTER, ACCORD-
ING TO GRADE.
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.
57-1 m W. T. RANDALL, Principal*
MAIiTIN CASEY.
. C.J. SWASEY.
CASEY & SWASEY,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Liquors and Cigars.
Agents for Lemp's Bottled Beer.
49 and 51 Houston Street. FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
Q.W. BARRADALL,
DRUGGIST and PHARMACIST,
COR. FIRST AND MAIN STREETS,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
Prescriptions carefully compounded
by efiicient druggists, both day and
night. 11-U-tf
F. G. BOUND
MANUFACTURER OF
BOOTS and SHOES
Shop on Houston Street, Between Gth
and 7th.,
FORT WORTH, . - TEXAS.
$ff~Repairing Done Neatly and at
Reasonable Rates.
J=3:io "Wcrls is First-Class,
And always gives Satisfaction.
FARMER cfc HENRY,
Livery, Sale and Feed Stables,
Rusk Street, between First and
Weathcrford.
Breaking and Training Horse* • Specialty.
OU15ER3 FOR
Hacks or Buggies
Promptly attended to.
Teieotinne Connaiion with all carls of the City.
THE
Texas and Pacific Railway
The Short Line
TO
NEW ORLEANS
And all prominent cities in the
Southeast
The Direct Line Between
T E X A S
AND
New Mexico, Arizona and California,
And all points
NORTH, EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
THE
Trains leave Fort Worth, as follows:
going jsast:
St. I/Hii." express leaves Fort Worth
dally, at 4:45 a. m.
Local passenger leaves Fort Worth, ex
cept Sunday, at 12:01 p. m.
going wkst :
California express leaves Fort Worth at
10.30 p, m.
Close connection nt Little Rock for all
points in the Southeast, and in the Union
ilenot, St. Louis, with express trains in
all directions.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
Dally between
DEMING. EL PASO, FORT WORTH,
DALLAS AND ST. LOUIS,
a a a no And
MARSHALL AND ATCIIAFALATt A
Without change.
For rates, tickets or any inrormatlwi,np
ply to any of the ticket agents, or to
H. P. IIlTGHFS,
Pass, Agent, Houston,
t B. W. McCuixoroH,
General Agent, Marshal.
F. Chandi.ki?.
Oen'l. Pass. Agent.
C. B. Kinnan.
Asst. Oen'l. Phss Agent.
II. M Hoxik,
Vice Pre* aad Traffic Manager, Su Louts.
STAR & CRE8CJEJXT
ROUTE
The Short Line
TO ALL POINTS
East Southeast North
IS BY THE POPULAR
Star & Crescent Route
The only'all raH route from
Texas to Neiv Orleans.
STARR S. JONES,
Pass. Ag't Star and Crescent Route,
Grand Uwion Ticket Office, Cor-
ner Treniont and Market
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J. C. ZIMMER,
0«n. Pftssnniror Ag't. lTniist.on Te^
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EMPORIUM
sr. louis TYPE foundry
PRINTING MACHINE WORKS
—AND—
PAPER WAREHOUSE
Corner Third and Vine Streets,
ST. XJOTTIS.
Hwi Irirythlag Nudid Is t Printing Offloi.
imuuimmnmim„,i,„IIH
for a PHILADKliPlllA SINGER
of tlil« mjlo. r Equal to any
►Sinfor in tho market. Jfr-
member, send it to be
examined be for* vou \
for it. This Is the same i
oth.roommnlwreWlforl
All Machlna* wnrrantod fcr 3
yean. Send fcr Iltu tmt*d Ctr-
cular ud TwrtJnionliila. Addrww
CHARIJS A. WOOD A CO.,
171. Teath St., fkjiictykb,
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Styles, Carey W. The Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 73, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 7, 1883, newspaper, February 7, 1883; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233576/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.