Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-04
LEIGH.
Chicago Gossip Amusements Hen
Fruit ON the Boom.
Hair Drained Washers skyward
Tendency Of Buildings.
DR. Thomas on Saloon Keepers Swing
ON Evolution.
Railroad Mileage sl7 Miles Of New
Road in Texas in 1882.

Special Correspondence Of the Gazette.
Chicago. February q. There has
been nothing OF special interest on our
amusement boards lately. There lave
been two purely American plays "'rhe
Planters WIFE aud Passion Slave"
A theatrical manager interested
in the popularity of the latter
has Just given expression 10 his in-
iured feelings concerning what be
calls IA lack Of appreciation on he part
of the public for tho efforts OF mana
gers who bring out American dra-
noiirations. He claims that tho press
and the people censure managers for
importing plays and players, and then
when something truly American +
brought out 1t receives the cold shout
der Of public opinion.
There IL large amount Of toadyisni
for foreign productions, but the people
have not SO greatly dcgenerated
that they can see no merit
in production simply because
il Is of American origin.
This is apparent from the hearty re-
ceptlon of American plays which truly
deserve patronage. THE Planters
Wife,u for instance, has taken very
fairly right here. while the first men
toned play has been almost II iinnn-
cial failure. American plny-writers
and players may need more encour-
agement than they have received, but
a. rule when they deserve to succeed
they do 80.
HEN FRrIT
is commodity of which there has been
n great dcarth The strong demand
which alwnys prevails at this season,
has been met by scanty supply, and
from the stories of some of the dealers
in eggs one might lie led to think that
egg laying has become lost art. Ger
tain 1. h that d, alcrs are having Sc
rious time trying 10 supply the de-
mand, and prices have advanced to
2IGD27c per dozen, but nt the same
time the way eggs are now coming to
market, ii looks as if the hens were
Indignantly refuting the slanderous
stories OF spectators, and there
h not likely 10 be famine.
THE "aAsnERp
Is peculiar, but all too plentiful
species of animal. "Itn Is generally
dressed fit Ia kill" wakes It's mus.
tache, twirs useless little cane, and
in It's build and general makeup has
for it's most conspicuous feature an
empty garnet. Vt IL found on the fire.
auented street corners and at or near
the opening of most all public places.
where IL stands and lecrs mt every
female passer-by These street loafcra
and worse than loufera--arc always
dressed In the height of style and
nine story building on Mound street,
used for commercial, Inv offices, etc.
Several ilve-story buildings have been
extended farther skyward aud it Is in-
deed an uncommon thing to see new
building Of flats or business offices of
less than siX-Storics. In view OF the
vast amount of unoccupicd territory
In and around the city this extremely
tall building seems strange;
but while Chicago covers an
try tn pass for gentleman but they
are easily detected bylmcn of compare
lively inexperienced eye. Chicago
has been troubled considerably by
this clnss of rascals, aud about the
most that has been done to check them
was threat by one of the papers that
1t would make public their names IL
they did not dislst. The power Of the
press In such eases Is great.
High buildings are coming In vogue
There IL II twelve story glucose fac
tory on twelfth street and
immense territory, the business houses
are tolerably concentrated and all
business men, of course, desire to be
IA near the centre OF business ns pos.
sible. In New York fourteen story
buildings are talked of and the carried,
lures OF the high building mania
which appeared In one of the comic
illustrated papers few years ago ar,
being oiitdonc In reality.
Or, THOMAS,
pastor of the People y church (Hayer
ley's theaterl, In II recent sermon III
referring TO thdliquor license question
spoke OF high license ns being bcne
ticiNl to the masses, by wedding on
the low groggcries and leaving tn,
trafilc In the hands of comparativel,
few honest and honorable dealers Tn,
doctor has been the subject of SOM
criticism for having admitted that
man cnn bc n conscientious and honor
able vender of liquors,
rRop. SWING
has raised some strong Collections b
the theory of evolution He argue
TINT man and beast stand In the SAM
relative position which they occupies
ages ago, and for proof refers to geolor
zeal discoveries, He says II IL stranp
that nature has prescribed the bones {
man aud monkey for hundreds {
thousands OF years, as science tells VI,
yet there never seems To have bee
any power to preserve the form on in
pressive mother earth, OF the "linll
between the two, and we are compel
ed To write missing over the word
RAILWAY MILEAGE.
The number of miles Of railroads |
the world constructed prior to jan.
1851, was 226, il2, of which sum 03, g;
miles We're within the United State
Germany had built u ,0S7 miles; Gre,
Britain and Ireland, 1865; Franc
l5,2s7 Russia, 1851; Austria-Hui
gary. il,47E British India, S,Bi.
Canada, 0,SNl; Italy, i,0ao. and Spain
i,26i. During the 1851 the railwa
mileage increased To i0i,Sl3 miles, {
which the year lsS2 added i0,Sal mile
making grand total OF ll5,83i mile
To build these great highways an
properly equip them about s., TdO, 900
Noohave been expended. iowa auriu
the past year took the lead, havin
constructed 053,31 miles and TEX;
followed close after with sl7 miles
new road.
TOO CRITICAL.
One of our Chicago artists who G,
hibited two pictures ut Milwauk,
last week fell into the hands of I'll
marine fppOrtpr az the NCnffng{ wi