Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-24
LEIGH.
Indian Summers Gentle Sway Rudely
Checked by Wintry Winds.
The Coming National Convention and
Presidential Possibilities.
Emily Faithful and Woman's Cause
0'DOnnell and His Doom.


Special Correspondence or the Gazette.
Chicago, December l0.-Last week
commenced the letter in what now ap-
pears to be very funny way. Then we
were having Indian summer. and
were thinking that the Massachusetts,
man who put on straw hat to
wear until Butler should be again
elected governor, was getting the
laugh on the other fellow, nut by the
time that letter was before its Sunday
morning readers, Chicago boys and
girls were beginning to look up the
skates and sleds. A goodly snowfall
came Sunday and Monday and the
mercury settled down to about zero
and five degrees below, where IL has
ranged ever since. The transition
from Indian summer to Chicago win
Ter was sudden enough TO cause u
stampede for warmer clothing. The
scowl of the coal ring relaxes into a
hendish grin; the bursting water
pipes strikes joy to the hearts of
plumbers, and the disgruntled owner
of large stock of oyercoats of last
week Is among the best-natured this
week. Still, we can't all be happy nj
once. Those undertakers who were
sweetly rolling underline tongues last
week the saying that IA green Christ
mas makes fat graveyards,n have no
cause to rejoice now from business
point of view of course.)
ENTRIES FOR TWO RACES.
AS last weeks letter was being
closed, the news came that Chicago
mad been selected as the next place for
holding the national Republican CON
vention. Two important events will
De ilnugurated here June Sd next
me Republican convention and the
spring trotting meeting of the Chicago
Driving Park. Entries for both will
aouotless be large, and, in
iauI' IN ungroomed black
nag VIII have as good
or better chance for success than the
horses THAT are now receiving so much
care and training.
Chicago did not make any unusual
scramble for the convention. twill
be her third. Lincoln, Grant and
aarheld were nominated at Chicago:
who will be the next? Verify. that
is one of the things that "no fellow
can lind OUT Some think that the
selection ofthe location will have an.eE-
iect upon the nominee, but that is not
at all probable. There Is nothing
Whatever that Is local about such
convention. Tue scheme to rear
range the representation of dele
gates. and the talk in the committee
10 select smaller hall than the
exposition building so ~ To cut down
Inc influence OF the galleries, was all
IN the way OF wire pulling, but proba-
biy amounts to nothing.
PRESIDENTIAL possIRIIlrIEs.
Logan has many frlends here who
would make the strongest fight OF any
OF the probable candidates, but il Z
not ut all probatl e that he will cur
ton.
Poor Blaine Is probably liking for
ahother knock-down, and from present 1
appearances the present incumbent il
tne most likely candidate for the first
place nomination.
hohert Lincoln is very ant to be tho
second name ON the ticket, and II ~
noL atall improbable that he will be n
Mnd 81 iron-grey horse and take frat
4. ~ - saia that he would take well in
-. ny south, but the opinion oflast Sun
unys dAzErrE that the ineumbent
s "m ne t4e strongest man below Ma
~ ana Dixon's line Is not far WRONG
,r 1",y y, Hamilton says il the nom.
fav vo - 70 ee Western man ne IA in
sos o. Logan, and II ans !