Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-12
THE ExCuRsIoNIsTs.
they Spend the Day In Lcsking Around
the City and Leave mt Night for
thp Negt.

accompanied by other citizens, waited
ON the excursionists at their sleepers |
and welcomed them to the city.
Among the points visited were the ice
factory, water-worls, refrigerator, COM
press and bridges. They We're on the
streets all day. and appeared to be well
pleased with what they saw. The
GAZETTE man met several of them,
and found them unanimous in their
opinion of Texas. They started out
with three coaches full, but dropped
off several before getting here,
and one coach went on west
Saturday night, not stopping here. at
ALL OF those stopping here the fol-
lowing is as complete u list rs could be
obtained: i
James Carnage, Macomb, H., land
agent Missouri Pacific railway: DR..
Joseph Pollock, Galesburg, ILL.,; NJ.
Steen, Danville, ILL.,, excursion agent
Wabash and Missouri Pacific railways
Allen Rush, Pittsiield, Ill, member
state board of agriculture; u. $. Span,
gler and wife. GAINESVILLE, Ohio, real
estate operator; Hon. ID. w. Ellis,
Minneapolis, Mimi, attorney at law;
William $. Everett and wife, Chicago,
H., attorney at law, member firm OF
Everett IL Megrue, London, Eng;
William II. Everett, Chicago Ill.,;
George A. Ross and wife, Osceola, Ia;
farmer: Mrs. j. p. Gaze, Clinton, Ia;
Miss Cloctilde Gage, Clinton, Ia; Miss
Minnie Warren, baraboo, WIS; a. j.
Shaw, land agent Missouri Pa
cilic railway; Galeshurg,. ILL.,; Dr.
Rud A. Koss, Milwaukee, Wis,
editor Daily Herald; Otto Koss, Mil
| inly
Springfield, ILL.,, proprietor Spring
field Carpet company; A. b. J4dki ii,sl
Springfield, Ill.,, land agent Missouri
Pacific railway; J. E. Brown, Gales,
burg, H., proprietor Browns corn
Springfield, H., proprietor Daily Mon
itor: N. c. Keeran and wife, Chicago
H., ticket agent Wabash and Missouri
Pacific railways; John b. Frawley
and wife, Chicago, ILL.,, passenger and
land agent Wabash and Missouri Pa
cific railways; DIR. john f.. Ennis,
wife and children, Chicago, H., pas
senger and land agent Wabash and
Missouri Pacific railways; j. ~.
Scruggs, Oskaloosa la., land agent
Missouri Pacific railway John Dolby,
Springfield, H., fine stock breeder.
Last night, before the eXcursonists
departed westward, the GAZETTE
man went down to the train to dis
cover their impressions of the state,
and found every one well pleased.
When hereached there they were side
tracked on the Texas and Pacific, and
were merrily singinga popular song
Several of the gentlemen
however, very cheerfully left
the pleasant chorus t.
give the reporter few dots. The party
is in sole charge of Dir. John Il. Ennis
travelling passenger and land agent o
the Wabash and Missouri Pacific rail
road system. This is his sixth tril
this year with eXcursionists Mr. w
4 S. Everett was the first eXcursionis
t interviewed. He stated that he was a
: member of the firm of Everett &
o Megrue, of London, England, WHIT
Il handle American securities and dis
t pose of ranch lands, etc. He said the,
| had ranch in Throckmorton count,
Y that had $4,000 head of cattle on ii
9 This was on the market and there wa
1 u probable purchaser. He sal
t his firm had sold eleven mine
e in Mexico for million dollar;
e and they were now negotiating min
), millions in bonds TO be issued by tn
i Brooklyn Elevated railroad company
II They had succeeded in placing fou
$ millions in bonds secured by mortgag
II and two hundred thousand acres {
= Mississippi cotton lands, most of whicl
were in cultivation. He intimate
L that he had strong degree of interes
in Texas, put he wanted to becom
, better posted. He could get bette
d idea of the future of the state by study
+ ing the people, the schools the eXter
if of the banking, etc, than in any otho
1t way. He said Dallas surprised his e.
II pectations. He saw great display
e thrift, energy and enterprise there an
lie in Fort Worth. What he saw lie
" him to offer customers more favorab
is Inducements than he had expected
= He found the cattle better graded an
in letter condition for the markt
h than he had looked for. He found /
Texas great deal more energy, int
is ligence and culture than he had el
10 pected More Northern people and
Dr. better class of them We're here than h
10 had any idea. The people We're agre,
le able and hospitable, ready to take IL
IL newcomer by the hand and mai
ne things pleasant for him. He said /
, would discuss in the letters which 1
proposes to write to the Chicago Tril
- une, OF which he is correspondent
is such questions as would,
thinks, tend TO proper solution of I'll
illegal fencing of public lands and Il
eating an unfair proportion of lane
along the water courses. These we
N questions that the legislature shoul
In act on SO as to have them settled G
m equitable grounds. He didn't thin
iy any man had II right to own fort
es miles along n water course to the e.
or clusion of others. Water he regardt
rs the gift of God for man and neas
He didn't think buying and fencir
along water courses legal. He though
he was comp etent to Judge of this .
he had twenty-three years experien,
i, in the profession of law. He was no
~ engaged in n big case to be tried in Il
se supreme court OF the United States, a
% appeal from the decision of the di
~ trict court of New Mexico. 1t WI
al to decide whethey the discovery
~ minerals on n Spanish grant does III
entitle the dlscoverer to the benefit
it under the law of the United State
Notwithstanding the fart that the di