The Palo Pinto Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 26, 1885 Page: 2 of 4
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SATUftDAY. REPT. 20. J 836.
OUJR PLATFORM.
. Democracy ns Tuujrht by, ,
. ' Thomas! JeiTcrson. . -
Equal and oxact justico to all men t)f
whatever sUto or persuasion, religious or
political, s
Peace, commorco and honest friendship
Wth nil nations. Entangling alliance with
none, t
Tho support of tho State governments in
all their rights as tho most competent admin-
istrations for our domestic concerns, and the
surest bulwarks against anti-republican ten-
dencies. Tho preservation of the general govern-
ment in its whole constitutional vigor, as
tho sheet anchor of our peace at homo and
safety abroad. '
A jealous caro of the right of election by
thopcoplo, and nbsoluto actjulescnco in tho
decision of tho majority.
Tho supremacy ot tho civil over tho mili-
tary authority.
Economy in tho public expeno.
Tho honest payment of our debts, and tho
sacred preservation of the national faith.
Encouragement of commerce.
Freedom of religion.
freedom of tho press.
Freedom of tho person, under protection
of the sacred writ of habeas corpus. And
trial by juries impartially selected.
No duty should bo levied oxcept upon im-
ports. And no duty should bo levied upon
imports except to "raise revenue necessary
for the maintainanco of an economically ad-
ministered government,
Tho Star and l.ocul Option.
Tho local-option news, which we1
published in tho last two or throe 1
buos of tho STAn,6ooms to havo rasp
somebody's foolings. Wo tiro bori
for this, for wo really bohoved th
our Bubscribois woro entitlod to
know how tho elections woio going
in othor counties, and what our
statcsmon thought of tho movemont
Local option is a debatable question,
and it is our piivilcgo and duty to
express our opinions thoro ancnt.
Wc aro democratic enough, to ho
umc6ervcdly in favor of strict en-
forcement of tho law, in this or any
othor county whero it prevails.
But on tho otlior hand, wo think the
law is undomociatic, sumptuary and
obnoxious, honco, wo exoicise our
constitutional light, to express our
adverse opinions whenover we deem
it opportuno to do so. This is the
extent of our, offence. Wo difl'or
widely from our local contempoary,
when it says, that this in "puorile,
impolitic and unpatiiotic," or that
it will in any way encourago "mob-
ocraoy, revolt and anarchy.1'
Tho pooplo of Palo Pinto county
aro lavv-a-biding, and dooply intor-
cstod in all maltois which concorn
their wolfaio. They aro porfootly
ablo to dooido for thomsolvos what
is best, but in oidor to do so intolli-
gontly, thoy should bo furnished
with bnfflciout data on each side of
evory quostion. Wo me ready to
do our part, and will not bo driven
from our position by tho cry that "it
ia too lato to squeal." i
TiielCapturoof JefrersQiiWavls.
For iWonty "years, Mr, Daviifhns
sufforodVoriosof his capturo'y tho
"Uniopjtroops, moro or lefts cjUparag-
ing his dignity, to circulato uncbnl-
longod, At last, endurance lias
coascd to bo a virtuo with him. At
tho votoran ro-union of tho .Fourth
Indiana, Cavalry at Indianapolis last
August, a Sir. Isgrcgg who claimod
to bavo b6n a Lioutonant, and Pro-
vost Marshal of Macon, Georgia at
tho timo of tho capturo, rolntod tho
circumstances. Ho loitoratod the
slanderous talc of tho hoop-skirt ahd
calico wrappor disguise A corres
pondent, oi tno jn. it iicarlu gavoi
prominenco to iho story, and as soon
as it mot tho oyo of Mr. Davisj Ho
ropliod. Tho following oxcorpta
trom Air. Davis' loiter to tho Hoial
should bo sufficient to down t
falsohood for over.
''There was no suoh cowardly at'
tompt to offer insult to mo as would
havo been shown by hanging over
head tho articlos of clothinjr, which
Isgngg fasoly avors I had worn a
tho timo of my cnptuio. Nor did
my captois obtain at tho timo of my
o, tho hoop-skirt &c. which
escribes, unloss they were
png tho apparel takon
runks of my wifo and her
woro pillaged."
.remember over to havo
of this Lieut. Isgngg
placo, and it is not
allegos, I was eight
dy."
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Ft. Worth has bottvoon 400 and
500 cases of Dengue.
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Govornor Ireland is in favor of
reducing taxes to the lowest notch,
and is opposod to tho policy of hold-
ing balances in tho Stato treasury.
ii ii
Donguo or bicak-bono foavor is
.'ilmost opidemic in Southern Toxas.
It iB travelling nortfiwurd. Port
Worth nas a largo number casos.
Tho govornmont has brought suit
against tho Boll Tolophono Compa-
ny to repeal its patonts. This will
abolish tho Telophono monopoly,
and loavo an open did to invontlvo
gonius.
.
Tho Htfuaton Post has changed
hands. ,Tbo now manactemont,, Tho
Houston Printing Company, has en-
gaged Mr. J. I. Watson as business
manager and rotainod Mr. R. M.
Johnson t& managing editor. Tho
Post ts ono of tho best weokly pa.
pors on odr exebango list.
. I.
Tho Ft". Worth Gazbtto is not only
.holding up its reputation as a first-
class daily, but is improving undor
tho now management. North Toxas,
and Fi. Worth 'in particular, may
woll bo prpttd of Iho ability and on-
toi'prisa displayed by tito tnanut;o8
ul that pupcr,
loners' Report.
b'm Austiu to tho Ft.
Worth Gazotto undor dato i)f tho
17lh, inst.? Bays, that tho grass com-
missionets' report from'tho Panhan-
dle discloses tho following:
In Scm ry countj' a oattloman is
now foncing 234 sections, half of
which in school land. Ho intonds
to have? ono side opon, and thus
evade tho inclosuro act.
Anothor party is enjoying froo
somo thirty sections. Other parties,
in constructing iboir pasture fences,
havo completely fenced tho land.
Tho fkbt party claims the other pat-
ties fenced hia land without his con-
sent and ho does not wish to leuvo
tho f'onces. Tho commissionem in
connection with this caso piopound
tho following startling conundrum :
"Now what will bo done with such
a caso as bis? Ho has a magnificent
pastuio of somo forty or hfty sec-
lions all inolos'od against his will,"
Tho i oport says Scurry county is
a good farming county aud the
farms this year laised excellent
crops.
Tho cattlomon in tho county also
failod to render their etook to tho
assessor, ono coipoialion owning
49,000 head only listing 14,317 for
taxation. Anothor renders 9000
whon ho has 18,000. From Howaid
county tho commissioner sends down
a long list of actual pottleis who
hnvo a long list of sboopmen who
aio grazing their flocks on froo
grass. In tho matter of purchasing
grazing lands ho Bays tho land board
is being sadly loft, as tho "glazing"
is invariably tuo very best agnoul-
luial land in tho county. Ho re-
ports that thoro is no difficulty in
gotting wator anywhoro on the
plains at a dopth of forty-five to
fifty foot. Ho also says that a, truo
assossmont in the unorganized coun
ties will show that many millions of
dollars in uoovos huvo escaped tho
taxation.
All tho roports lcceived to dato
unmistakably indicato that tho salo
aud loaso of land by tho land board
as an exhibition ol businoss entor-
piiso, is a hiagniflcopt failuro, and
fo remedy tho ovfl it spoms that
nothing short of an dxtra session of
the logislaluro will dy.
Thoro aro brand now rnnlois of
iwafyVora Fluropo thlswcok.ViTwo
Ayooks'agoiS Spain waaj mixing ihe'i'
(wnr pajtjt, and wanted to fight Prus
sia, but sho has coolod down. Now
Turkoy, is warming up becauso tho
litilo provlnco of Koora-EIoo wonts
ontiro indopendonco. Tho pooplo
of tbia provinco aio Greolca and
Russia will holp them. England
wont slainl Russian intorfbrancor
Austria and Gormany, too, aro likely
to tnko a hand. Vorily, Europe is
g ripo for n general reduction
population.
9
ious StUtlBllCS.
on tho railways of tho
ovory day 0,500,000
iod giealor or less
'dm roads. In other
),000 persons nonriy
litlon of tho glObo,
:iy cars during each
numbers, of course.
nsing. It is thoso
of travol that aro
of tho earth. Since
of Amorican indc-
12,500,000 immi-
dod on our shoics.
1,000,000 camo here
previotHHls04, tuo otuor eleven
million end a half is to bo credited
to tho cheapness of steam naviga
tion. Another prosperous period
would piobably Dring 1,000,000 Eu-
ropeans yearly to share our libbrty
and good fortuno in this conniry.
Demoresl's Monthly.
ii i ii
Tho Brcckimidgo public square i
a favorito placo for breaking buck-
ing ponios.
Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylva-
nia, is out in favor of a total aboli-
tion of the internal rovonuo system.
In such a movement ho will baVo a
laigo following, and it is vcrj' nroba-
bio that this and tho taiiff question
will bo tho most important raciisurefc
befoio Congress at its next session,
Tho inteinal revonno system hns
boon i.n utiplcnsant burden sinco its
establishment, and now, that the
necessity for its oxislcnco has ceased,
Us abolition will bo hailed with joj'.
i 1 1
Toxas is hoiiessto 1,800,000 Horn
tho fodoral government; sho has
four or fivo million dollars woilh of
bondt in tho troasury, and oa'ns
25.000,000 acres ot flno agricultural
and gruzing landB.-Oomaneho Chiof.
Rah!' for Toxas. Good Stato
govornmont, with' tho rapid incieaso
in valuo of .taxable property, ought
tojilacous in oasy circuraatancos
after a whilo.
Somo months ago tho Guzotte said
that th,o man who would give Texas
a practical, efficient road lv would
bp a public bonoiactpr. The Gazetto
repeats that observation to-day I
Fort Worth Gazotto,
yes I but who is roady to under-
take thp job ? Tho nvorago legisla-
tor B unwilling to profit by tho ox-
pdrionoo of othor Slatos, but is over
roady to ovolvo something impracti-
cable from his own cranium, and to
hangi on to St with bull-dog tonaoity
to tho bitter qnd.
Tom. Oohiltroo is gonorous enough
to say a good word for C!ovdlo,nd
and democracy.
Is it not timo to agitato tho ques-
tion of a now. Stnto Constitution?
When tho present ono was boforo tho
pooplo for thoir consideration, Ha
many defects woro freely discussed.
Its adoption was urgod simply bo-
caiise, in somo leapocts, it was an
improvement on tho Republican
Constitution of I860. Our State is
gradually climbing to tho fiopt rank
in population, wealth and material
pioaporjty. Our statosmon will com-
paio favorably with tho best in tho
Union, and in ovory way wo aro bet-
tor propardd than formerly to framo
a Constitution worthy of so great a
commonwealth.
S. B. GARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PAf-0 PINTO, TEXAS.
jCQJ-tylll practico n tho courU of this judi-
dicial district; 'ind thoi Bupromo court of tile
Stato. All puslrcss ' placed In his hands
will receive prompt attcntloul.
M. B. Kistchum, M. D.f Pti. D.
Physicjan, Surgeon and
OOULISlj
QJass eyes and " spectacles furnished-
Urunulatcd lids mm., stubborn cases o
specialty. Examination freo.
PALQ, PJNTO,. . .TEXAS,
JKaifCaUs aniw'crcd pjrogptly day or night.
JOHN" m E0SS,-i
Southeast Corner of Square,
Wcatherfordj
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-DEALER INrr
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-iao wiaos,raaai03, 'i'aoaosv'aranuaoi wB.a, -PURE
ALCOHOL. Also, Imported Cigars.'
8"Th6 trado of Palo Plhto County is lospoolfully solicited. 'Ordoia'by;
mnil will rocoivo prompt attention. Satisfaction guaranteed, ' ' "
fiQj-Pridos from 82, tli $5 ppr gallon. . t ' t
DEALER IN
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9 Mmwy
West side of North Main. Street.
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ry u-ooas,
and Ladies D?ess Closdri,
Clotbins?
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Scaler in
Boots, Shoes, Hats and fofonS.
t A FULL LINE OF ,'
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Ladies EntnisMnG Goods"',
Mv stock is nil now and fresh, having been recently purchased fioni first lijind', and
willbo Bold as cheap ns tho Eamo c;ood6 can bo purchased else where.
Aug-8-ly
D. B, WAKREN
Dealer in
Drue's and Puraiture
In PALO PINTO. TEXAS.
Ilopobv a strict attention to business to merit tho conRdonco and patronage ot tho good
people of Palo Pinto ond adjoining country. We Boll exclusively for cash on doliveryiof
goods, and hope bvco doing to place our goods at n pikethattwill not bo grumbled at, wo
also have a stock o"f iliio assortment of Undertakers goods, burial outfits, etc. Tho Drug'
department will bo under tho imjnedinto supervision of Ui-.Wri en. Wo will always
bo clad to wait ou our friends night or day. Call and see us with tho cash.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
S. W. WOOD, PEOP.
MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS
This Ilotel has beon recently refitted, and
wo guartntea clean rooms and beds, ond tho
tuble furnished with tho beot tho market af-
fords and cooked in the best of stylo. Wo
havo a woll of tho best Mineral water upon
tho promises, also plenty ot cistern water for
tho treo use of our guests, also a Hath House
at tho Hotel. All wo ask is a trial, polltp at-
tention given to nil guests.
OUS MOITO IB TO PIEA8E.
W.LORENZ,
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JSSyNor.TnEABT Corneh or the Square
Tai.n-PTMTn :7'0.7tf.
jl ij a- v-t-ij - - '- ' - -
JB"Keeps a full lino ofi'lno Boots of liis own
mako on hand. Makes nnyjstyle of boots or"
shoes to ordor, and repairs Fneatly, cheaply,
U11U quiviiiv.
rri.All WorK fully wttrrantea.-ssa
J. M. GOiVATSEU.
Livery & Feed Stable
(At tho old
CHOATJE & METCALF
$TAJTD
Korth west corner of the Square,
PALO PiNqJO, TEXAS
(Jlilck time, Oaroful Drivers, Exporionlee
Hostlers and Docilo but Spirited Teams and
wai t at the service pf my patrons. Travelers
and Tourists Will be transferred to all parts
of tho Country Nyth dispatch.
llcmomber tho old stand, and give Wro. n
rail. nSOV
USf-FrcQ. Samplo room tor Drummcrs.-SSe
Billie's Shaving Parlor.
(Opposit Postofflce.) ,
PALO PINTO, TEXAS. J
W. J. ILihE, ..Proprietor. ' ;
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THE
COTTAGE
Has attaluod a Btandnrt ct excellenco itblob
admltaot uo superior.
lb oontniDB evory lmproremen that toTonUrw
genius, skUl mid money con produoe.
EXCEL. HmK!mW XEAKS.
Thoso oxeellent Orgcns are edebmUxt lor vol-
ume, onollty ortono, qulolt response, vriotyot
coroblnaUon, nrttotlo aoaleti. beauty In finish, perx
lecteanstructlon, makiag thorn the moat aMraos-
ire, ornamental ana desirable orsani ta bosan,
aehoolB, ohorobes, lodges, oocletlei, ett). .
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Son, J. C. The Palo Pinto Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 26, 1885, newspaper, September 26, 1885; Palo Pinto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48677/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.