Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-02
LEIGH.
NOTES OF TIE DAY FROM THE
CITY OF THE LAKES.
Politics aud socisty-rhc Dressed Meat
Trade-The Hrraid's Change Of
froHt-Amuscments--per-
sonal.
special correspondesce Of HE Gazette.

Nnic'S', AUGUST G.--pOliticS In /
| Chicago - subject which IL not re- l
ceiving much attention except at the
hands OF lew aspirants who think |
IKE our Isrttr That they might hc
| peisuaueu 70 accept greater political
to call for thatkind Of sacrifice.
SO far as society is concern, Il Is
somewhat, between seasons inst
now, Lincoin and S,uth parks
continue TO be thronpcd
on pretty days, especially on the DAYS
anu evenings OF open air concerts.
The proposed advance of freight
rates on refrigerator beef from this
point Is subject which has caused
considerable commotiou In dressed
beef aud railroad circles at least There
Is disposition on the part of the rail
roads To discriminate against dressed
beef shipments, but their opposition to
the trade will probably not be very
vigorous, as II is clearly to be seen that
that mode of handling the meat
trade must eventually prevail. Ii is
asserted that should the worst come to
the worst, the dressed meat interests
could afford to equip and operate a
trunk line to the East. The dressed
meat trade continues to grow with
astonishing rapidity and its ultimate
success In the highest degree is abund-
antly assured, because it has been
success from the very outset.
The Chicago Herald has changed
hands again and will henceforth be
politically independent, instead of Re
publican BY the way. is it not sin
gu.ar that city like Chicago, with n
Democratic government, has not a
Democratic paper? The libel suits Of
that paper, in which it was getting
rather the worst of the fight, have been
compromised, aud MIR. f.. j. Lehman.
the complainant, has catered satislac-
ton ofjudgmsnt for So 900, In consid.
Grafton OF the paper paying to the
mayor for charitable distribution The
sum of So 900 cash. The plaintiff did
not want til. money, but merely
wished the paper To smart for its iil-
discretion; th,n again, he no doubt
thought that it would he a v,ry nice
advertisement for himi To turn over
the proceeds Of his legal figh, to sweet
charity. Ii is n pity there are not
more men 10 advertise in that way.
The lard investigation farce IL ended
and the general pubic knows about as
much about the real merits of the case
as it did before the proceedings began.
The officials of the board of trade
brought in Il wishy-washy verdict that
, satisfied nobody; the defendants least
, of all, because while il was avowedly
one of acquittal OF the charges of adul-
teration preferred, II AT the same time
contained the strongest censure of the
methods employed by the firm in max
ing lard. This OF course was entirely
} foreign to the questions involved, as
the defendants we're either guilty OF
/ the charges, or else they We're not
: guilty and rs for theirmeIhod osdoinp
business, that had nothing whatever
:. to do with the case In hand. The gen
) eral public however is to understand
that The lard which raised such row
II while ago was not adulterated.
l Statistics show that every yea
Great Britain must depend more ano
I more ON other counties for her meal
supplies, aud yet, MS she grows de
pendent in that particular her fingers
seem to clench the tighter on the
throat of the export trade OF America
, They must use our beef, but at til,
a same time, they are compelled t,
place einbargoes upon it in order tc
: satisfy and protect in measure the
British stock raiser, even though in Sc
2 doing the great masses of Door consum
ers are compelled 10 pay unnecessarily
, high prices for their meat. IL would
not do, however, for the British gov
, eminent to openly declare their prime
? motives in legisiaiing against Ameri
can cattle, for il would be tacit ad.
7 mission that in the matter of free
: trade principles and their application
10 makes difference whose OK Il
I being gored. England has done all in
\ her power to place impediments in tht
way of our cattle trade, on the avowed
grounds of fearing our disease.
! As our cattle are perfectly healthy,
and, furthermore, If they should ever
prove to be otherwise, Ii would be al
, most an impos-ibility for our cattle Il
find spot ON the pest-ridden Island
where there had not recently been an
, outbreak of contagious disease.
Thus il seems foolish for Great
Britain to debar, or rather pretend &c
: debar, our cattle on that score. The
stesdy growth Of our export tfade ia
| cattle, however, notwithstanding all
7 of the mother country's uhfriendly
legislation Is remarkable. Ii shows
that the trade Is too strong TO be
I suuelched in that way.
: Capt b. b. Paddock, wife and little
girl, are Ut Tic oidHN ttthS Huf'hH
/ lust come from Waukesha, Madison,
: the Dells, and other points Of interest
in the Badger state. Mrs. Paddock
has spent the summer among the
: Wisconsin health aud pleasure resorts
} and has enjoyed herself y,ry much,
The captain mas not been up here long
! enough TO become proof against the
} comparatively cold weather, and for I,
! few days has suffered some from fe-
yer. He expects soon to begiu enjoy
: ing the plans that have been mapped
, out for their stay in the garden city.
} If Horace Tucker of the Illinois Cen
trail Geo o. Clinton, now of the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee a. ST Paul, Robert
, Sirahorn, and host of other friends
do not make il interesting for the cap
+ tain and his estimablc wife, then they
will fail 10 maintain their reputation
for entertaining friends.
! Chicago Is enjoying plenty OF iirs'-
class amusement. Miss Margaret
: Mather, the very eminent young
, traeedian, who made her debut he g
one year ago in Romeo and Juliet, IS
again at McVickers. and seems TO lie
redeeIping The promise OF success
, which the critics saw In her acting
when she was but yet a novice. she
has played 10 crowded houses all over
the country and Is certainly destined
TO be one of The greatest act sscs OF
her day. She ais plays AS You
Like Ir' this week. Alodieska, and
, Tnoulas Keene will uc here next week