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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24
ST. LOUIS
The Fight Between Rival Gas Compa
nies-A Proposition TO the City.

mesa proposition TO the City.
special 10 the Gazette
81. Louis, November 23.-rhe gas
companies of this city are growing
nervous. One company has the ex-
elusive right in about one-half the
city, and another company named the
Laciede has the right in the rest of the
territory. A third company has been
organized to compete. Now the La
ciede company makes an offer to the
city council for an exclusive franchise,
after all the present franchises expire.
IN consideration of such franchise,
~ agrees that the board of directors
shall consist of nine members, and
mat the mayor and comptroller shall
De Tor all time to come eX-oiliclo mem
bers of the board, with the same
powers and the same right 10 vote us
any OF The seven remaining members.
y uitiler, The company agrees ia bind
itseii 10 make written and sworn re-
turh to the city of st. Louis annually,
showing the earnings, expenditures
anu net profits. Lastly, pledge is
gwen that the stockholders shall be
allowed to retain share of the net Z
prohts equal to an annual dividend of /
per cent, and that the balance shall
'e PAID to the city. Gas litigation has !
'eeh pendiDg between the companies
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24
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SAN ANTONIO.
The Aubrey Mystery-A Son of the Vic.
Tim of the Michigan Tragedy
Shocked by the News.

Special to the Gazette
san Antonio, November 23.-There
are no new developments in the An.
brey mystery ut New Orleans. That
MIR. Aubrey had business in New York
was certain. 1t was of an importnnt
nature, to which he had devoted much
attention for The past two years. He
Is the nephew of the late Hon. John
Is. Forsythe Of Mobile, Ala. a ~e,.tle-
man in his life distinguished as one of
buchanan foreign ministers, and
also MS the widely read editor of the
Mobile Register. 1t was the settlement
Oh some business connected with that
gentleman's estate that took him TO
New YORK. MIR. Aubrey was constitu-
i'oiaiiy reticeht man, and it is per-
maps ms retlcence which has caused
the public TO be stimulated with so
much curiosity. A line from him
would now clear up the whole mat
ter, His law partner, MIR. Digps. saws
of him that he was a stuii- |
Gus, retired, dignified gentleman.
yet withal sensitive, quick to take of,
tense and swift to resent. He may
have through this chara teristic gotten |
INTO trouble aud been injured.
capt. Ii. l.. Crouch, prominent |
cattle and sheep man in this section
while ut breakfast this morning read |
the story by Associated Press of the
horrible murder of his
father and other relatives near Jack
son, hllch. He gave up completely
ana leaves tomorrow for that locality.
me negro. Poles, who is under arrest
Tor the deed, has for more than n wear
been suspicioned and Jacob Crouch
was advised 10 discharge him.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24
Political Brcyities.

n washington, November &C. g.
,nnr IRE a Republican politician from
,le iNo Hrande, is here after the ems
ION mouse at Brownsville.
Wihter smiths chance for ,loorlxeen.
enr,h'p Is bright. Ingram, secretary IF
sne state Democratic COMMITTEES Of
Mh,le' mas decided to work for him
cations. ''"" oeie-
Iariisle's friends charge Randall
" Wtth starting the sectional issue, bnt
IL . denied by ths latter. '''
an .o;;lieietoh, a Owner Randallite, has
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24
HoUSTo!s-|
The Wandering boy y =.
The New Orleans

special to the Gazette. !, n
Houston, November !. q \, |
year-old boy pickesa. ' !.
Yesterday sick ana IN i y
Ing the best Of attenl';s = IA
hospital. His name { i IA
Bloomington, Illinois o. !. y
eled pretty constans,,s', .!syl
w Weeks He then came =
passed along the l l,l III
brakesmen. He y ,a y, n
aching for him to Is. y lysl
Jas. F.. Christie, s I |,
Ala, cut his throa 'n i,,Isls
on the Texas 4 New III i
train yesterday am, ? i sl,a
He was on his way Il M
Henry Steinnie!'e,ss vIsd 4
was enormously r. l'''Isils
being the would-Oe
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24

treasury must be made good by mn
augmented scale OF tariff revenues.
think the West and South, without
calculating the cost and partly at the
cost of the corporations,
will find iit necessary to
defeat Cox who secured the passage
through the house of the Thurman
bill, compelling the Pacific railways to
settle with the government. These
corporations never forgive or forget,
and Cox must be crushed. Moreover,
he Is on record as voting against every |
land grant ever made TO any railway. |
OF course there is no chance for Cox. |
Then, too, every Irishman in America |
esteems Cos the American mouth
piece of his race, but then these Irish
men only dig in the dirt and build and
do not own railways, and IL is money
as | was telling you, ITS the solemn
id fools that get up in the world.
i'll had never cracked Joke contin-
ued the Ohio wagner, If would have
been president of the United States,n
ana That's what's the matter with
Cox. But even Tom Cofwin was at
fault. Solemnity was crowned victor
in his age of Old Roman virtue and :
simplicity; now pccuDia est gictrir- !
"Money is king and the corporations {
and whisky ring and Johnny Roach !
have it. =
NEpoTTsM.
How delciously do the hyper.com- t
pound sublimated Republicans pirate S
about civil service reform aud how the h
whole fact and theory are violated and n
that, too, hy the very law officer of the b
government himself That God-marked W
Brewster. whose passions and hates i
and violent outbarsts of rage and acute 81
seliishness are delineated in every fea- Ii
turo and expression of his livid face, re
was set up by Arthur to enforce the II
law. He Is foremost and most reck- V;
less OF men In its violation. | was at
coming over list of his clerks and b
their annual salaries: Chief of these is eli
Brewster Cameron, ''our nephew. - e. -oo M
Andfew Brewster, the head DEVILS SON $50 sh
.t0bt j. Walker NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000 ,o
''"H'V' hiilStH' S,WO H.
Making the sum OF ............. sI5ND te
These salaries are paid annually 10 Ia
his family and branch of the imperi. eli
II household. There are about forty wi
employees in the attorney-generall Of
Ice. Fifteen are Pennsylvanians and feI
learly all Philadelphians. Brewster Gu
himself was cOppeibead, and there Lin
ore none of his clerks and employees pr,
terc ever in the military service. the els
Id Librarian of this department was COZ
licked out and the old chief clerk, ma
lulliken, n faithful soldier of the til,
mon and Attorney-Gereral Devens' an,
had to go to make way Sal
II this civil service Philad elphia re- mt
nm brood of Brewsters. Andjyet the tin
" says no two of the same family sen
lai! serve as government stipen- ma
aries wo
J am persuaded in view of these thr
cts, that even if cabinet officer of
ade beast Of himself and was bois- the
rousiy drunk and befouled himself ma
ld nm apartment of the White House and
am persuaded that his fiercrness the
vi The terrorism he eXcrts would en- \
nc him 20 retain his place Ne
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24
ABILENE.
District Suicide of n StocL,nou
Personal.
Special to the Gazette.

'Po'i'i W the bazette.
Abilene, November % All dav
% trn; Consumed by the district court In
S Lying 10 get jury to sit in the j. NJ.
1ha nnt t cease, on trial for murder.
h nuoa. zen qualified out of about one
rad n ~; Auair, stockman from Colo
h Id'o Ivy, shot and killed himself with
Whish pistol on our streets to-day.
thirtw was .he cause. He was not
child. VIE ana
county Judge Murray left nm ha
IL y"'h 10 !o-hisht for Dallas after his iami-
in three days. w. 'ne"i 10
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24
Minor Notes.

by Associated Press
Washington, November 23-Robert
general of the army. s''i''
PRESIDENT Arthur and Secretaries Eo,
ger and Lincoln will attend the Evan.
"ation day ceremonies in New yorS,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24
A Cabinet Nicotine

washington, November %. - Tho
Sh, relations between France and
nina and the effect hostilities would
nave upon the interests of the Irn;,ad
, ,i were the subjects OF consider
''oii az cabinet meeting to-day,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24

rr lou can get the best s. ladies
',fa kid button boot at LEWIS
nhos' " Co., No. Sl5 Houston street
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24
TEXARKANA.
trains Temporarily Suspended ON the
Iron Mountain Road.
Special To tho Gazette.

"PuvIHl 10 tho Gazette.
aeNarkana, November Bon No.
uJunt OF very great wash-outs In The
Nv uin.ty OF Poplar Blun. all trains on
~, ,ho IRON Mountain railroad from his
h,aue 70 ~, Louis are discontinued for
80 nvA thfee or tour days. Passen.
SI III ~, INV mai going north will be sent
M, ,,a w.. rs ie%as x Pacific to sherman
d Texas railroad. N"hsas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24

for many years, and |. M n
eating millions aye ', ~
proposition of the co Y y
that il is ready TO make :
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24

LEWIS PRos. Il Co. have inst "a
ceiveu large and complete assorfman,
oIiauies' and gents velvet cmbroidara,l
ana fancy leathe. slippers. ~
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24

Whole line Is occupied By this and
anal herassoeiation. Men, women. and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24

Which oyerspreads it.r But the
TrpWib Of building ass Citations has
been steady, and their sphere OF action
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24

Nsaaai,s'ii p; 1a; ii;si,a5ii;,s,,,,.;
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

Born houses of the legislature have
passed, and the governor has signed, q
bill prohibiting discrimination on the
part Of telegraph companies towards
associations and individuals In the re.
ceipt or transmission of dispatches.
This Is a step In the right direction to.
wards securing a liberty of the press
which will never come 80 long az the
same facilities in the collection
and forwarding Of news are
ut given to every paper and to every
association which desires to avail it.
self of them The monopoly In news
Is n of the closest and most power
full Of any Of the great monopolies
which afi, ct this country, and 1t has
been built up and maintained BY the
and Efforts of the telegraph
companies. Sooner or later 1t must
end In the interests of the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

THERE seems to be some misappre.
tension n to the use to which the
$50,OO o for paving purposes asked for
BY the city engineer will DO put.
There 10 already In the city treasury
$780, 600 Of bonds not yet sid, which
were voted at the last election. This
sum will be sufficient to pay the oity's
share of paving the greater portion Of
the business center Of Omaha. II
will probably v that portion Of the
. city between Douglas and Harvey AMI
Tenth and Sixteenth, together with
Tenth street from Douglas to the de
pot. The additional sum recommend
ed by the city engineer is intended /,
be applied to the paving OF the inter
sections OF Ninth and Sixteenth
streets which cannot be covered b
the bonds voted last summer.
These streets will have to be pave
within the next two years. Mint
street is filling up rapidly with war,
houses, which call for q good deal I,
heavy trucking. Sixteenth street hs
become one Of our most hesvil
travelled thoroughfares, and 4
improvement by paving cannot
much longer delayed. The qusStlo
Ia whether 1t Is not wise to prepare
soon o. possible for work which wi
have to be done In the nea future, /
authorizing the city to Issue the bon'
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

a liniment factory. They claim their med
icine will cure ~diptheria.
An Atkinson doctor recently rode TWEEN
ty.six miles, facing q stiff northwest wind,
In response to q call.
Grain shipments along the o. & r. v.
have been large lately, and extra trains
hsye been running.
York county EMIGRATION this year will be
| divided between Dakota, California and
Butler county.
The next department encampment OF
the Grand Army will be held in Fremont
next January.
Risi, City 10 to have O barber shop, to
be open at first on Saturday and Sunday OF
each week.
A sneak thief who had been working
| Clarksville for some time was scared out
last week.
Mr. Meusten, Of Unadilla, lost q jack on
the 18Th that cost him 81, 900 in Missouri
last fall.
Inland, Clay county, will put up a 5000
school house, having voted bonds for the
purpose.
st Bernard has an animal that is half
pig and half something they don't know
what.
Two safes were blown open at Superior
on the 18th and 800 taken from one oil
them.
Several car loads Of potatoes were
shipped from Springfield to st. Louis last
week.
City politics and candidates are begin
ring to sgltpte the larger places of the
state.
The Fullerton university library has
among its antiquities q book 150 year
old.
Two the usand worth Of stock has beer
subscribed for the O'Neill creamery.
Capital invested In dwelling houses al
Weeping Water would pay largely.
Nemaha county tears itself all over II
the county seat election to morrow.
The new school house at Oxford is fin
ished, and is q creditable building.
A. Tekamah hotel has q Herdic to carry
|, its patrons to and from the depot.
) 1t is now said the Otoe reserve will C INT
into the market about June LIST.
A movement has been started to hold
county fair at Wiener this fall.
, The new Methodist church at Gibbor
E will be dedic ted next Sunday.
; Blue SPRINGS new paper, 'T Cymro,
will be out in q week or 80.
; A chicken thief is presistently making
. Ashland wrathy.
Phelps is happy over q butcher shop t.
be stated there.
3 Wayne county reports q big immigration
, boom this year.
, Hebron will Immediately open o FIRE
reading room.
: Material for q democratic paper is q
Red Cloud.
Work began on Louisville's new hote
this week.
The Ararahoe Baptist church is nearl
finished.
Fairfield has the spelling school mani
bad.
Bennett, near Linsoln, is to have a pa
per.
migrants are pouring into York county
Alma has orgenizsd n fire company.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

when they are required. The oom-
pletion Of the north and south Omshf
sewers Is demanded In the interests Of
the health Of our citizens who Hive
along the line Of these creeks. The
same arguments which convinced ouI
people Of the necessity of their extern
sion last year urge them now to com
plete the unfinished work. Property
will be sufficiently enhanced In the
neighborhood to pay the interest on
the bonds. In addition all necessity
for bridges will be done away With and
cross streets can be made to present
q respectable appearance.
The necessity for the storm water
sewers is apparent to every one. Until
suitable provision Is made for the dis
posal Of the accommodating rainfall the
city will be forced to pay Thousands of
dollars overy year for the repair OF
streets and culverts and the replacing
of the wash from the hillsides. In ad.
dition our curbs must remain too high
for convenience and our crossings too
deeply guttered for safety.
1t will be a mistaken economy to
omit furnishing the city with the
means to carry out these improve.
ments which will enhance the value
of property, increase the attractions
of Omaha as q place for business and
residence, and decrease the lists Of
deaths reported from diptheris, ague
and other zygmotic diseases.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26
SONALIT

Gambetta's school master used to speak
Of Gammey as "a dirty little pig"
Baron Nordenskjold Ia going 10 eIplore
the coast Of Greenland next summer.
Sullivsn, the prize fighter, creates sen.
sation when he appears upon the streets oil
Boston.
Kaiser Wilhelm had six doctors In at
tendance during his late illness-and yet
he lived through.
The late william A. Seaver, who edited
the old Jokes for Hsrpsrs magazine, Left
An estate Of $1,000 OO.
The greatest talker In the Maine legisla-
ture Il Representative Gushee, OF Knap
! county. He is rightly named.
Since Rerdell ''squealed," the mistakes
| Of Dorsey have given Bob Ingersoll more
trouble than the mistakes Of Moses.
A. BenshoD, a Peekskill barber, last Sat
| urday withdrew to q closet and cut hi
own throat, leaving o lathered customer
half shaved.
Whittier has petitioned to congress Il
| raise the duty IN books to 25 per cent
The poet evidently holds that poetry Is 81
infant industry.
Col. Mcclure says that the sharks Of tn,
| sea will hide their heads when Jay Goult
| sails by, and that IL he should meet q pirat
1t will be bad for the pirate.
Mr.. Gebbart il furious because q new
| scarf pin has been named the Freddie.
The design is a little gold jacksss drawinI
q cart On which are spelling and copyin
books.
Secretary Folger is sick and undergoin
| homeopathic treatment for malaria and in
| digestion. 1t was homeopathic voting tina
saved him from the New York governor
ship last fall.
An exchange IL unable to reconcile Mr.
Lsngtry's display of S1J9,0 600 worth Of dis
monds with the story that she came owe
to this country to retrieve the broke
down fortunes Of her husband.
The Marquis Of Lorne has consented {
be the patron Of the Nilsson concerts /
Canada. Why the gifted singer shout
need patronage Of this kind, or why th
marquis should be troubled to act 6
sponsor for an artist so much better know
than the governor general, 1t Is diff cult {
understand.
Damala wal 0 handsome man, who,
Sarah married because several lotht
wanted TO m,rry him. Charming as
lover, ne became q most unmitigated nu
ssnce as soon ss trsnsf 1rmed into o hu
band. He drove all of Sarah's old lover
away, and 80 ruined her business that st
had TO drive him away.
Miss Catharine Wolfe. for whom til
most costly house at Newport Is bein
built, has caused two large beech trees I
be moved from West Chester, N. Y, I
Ochre Point. These trees were planted b
| Miss Wolfe's father many years ago. On
of them Ia thirty feet high and the othe
twenty. seven feet, and the weight of eac
Is about thirteen tons. The cost Of tram
planting is several thousand dollars.
DR.. Hawks, an old time eloquent an
popular divine of New York, once aske,
! the vestryman Of his chu,c Oh to increas
his salary because Of his inorea. ed famil
expenses. Don't trouble yourself" sal
the vestryman, ''the Lord said he woul,
care for the young ravens whenithey cry.
II know that" said the clergyman, ''bu
what il said about the young Hawks"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

that, aside from making q pleasure
trip over the road, nominally for the
purpose Of inspection, there was moth.
ing for them to do. Facilities for
making such a trip, he said, would be
afforded at any time the directors
might desire them"
The opinion OF the on ,ial evidently
comedies with that Of the public that
the emily duty which the directors per.
perform with enthusiasm Is that Of
making a Iunketting trip ' er the
railroad to the accompaniment Of clear
Havsnnas and "Mumm's Extra Dry
furnished at the expense Of the COR.
poration.
The present report Is q great I'm.
%provement over Its predecessors IL
that II draws the attention Of the In.
terror department to the eviden,
Intention Of the Union Pacific
railroad to Ignore the Interest
of the government as they have con.
sistently ignored the interests OF the
people in the conduct and operation
Of the road. Il pronounces its pros
poets as a dividend earning property
excellent, and oommends the wis.
dom Of Its policy In extending a sys
tenn Of feeders into the territory along
its route. But as usual, i. has not
word to say concerning exorbitant
tariffs or determinations between per
sons or places. These trivial matterl
seem to lie outside the PROVINCE of /,
government director Of the Unior
Pacific.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

FULLER details Of the report Of the
government directors of the U. p.
road show that these supernumersry
officials were numerically snubbed by
the railroad management when they
attempted to secure information re.
garding the finances and conduct of
the affairs Of that corporation. Mr..
Bromley avs that when he called at
the New York Office he was frosted
with great courtesy by the chief ex'
e%cutiVe officer of the company, who,
however, Informed him, somewhat tC
his surprise, that practically there
were no functions, that the ofi % wal
myth" that the road and equip
ment belonged to the stockholders
that provision for the payment of tn
~oompany's debt to the government
had been made by the Thurman bill
and that, a. q matter Of fact, the gov
ernnent had nc further concern wit
/ the direction of 'he road o
Its management. II was evi
! IDENTIFY his opinion that th
government directors had nsithe
3 duties, responsibility nor power, an
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26
BRIDGE PROPOSALS.

Sealed pr posa will he received by the Board
OF TO mtg Commissioners Of Gage county, Neb ,
Tor the erection OF a bridge across the b & Blue
river upon either one of tn wagon roads leading
east from the town OF Wymor Gage County,
Neb., and yer and across sad river. said bridge
to be ne hundred and fifty $50 feet iong, and
to hay either piles, sto Q, or ron plers.
Also for the erection Of a bridge, suitable to the
pla Q, across Indian Creek, on the line between
sections twent, nine (2s) nd fhirty (3Ol about
on mile sou hwest Of Wynoie, Gag county,
Neb. Low bridge at this place preferred.
Also a b idg across T.rkey Greek, southeast
OF Dewitt, Mob, to Replace the CID one now in
use.
All rid, Us to be OF wood, iron or combination.
Al b DIS 'o b. acc mpani d by plans and speci.
nc I ons 10 be sealed and filed with tn Comfy
Clerk on or before II o'clock nom, March Goth,
1883.
The Commissioners re erve the right to reject
ny and all Jids. Successful bidders Will be re-
qur d to gh Q bond for the faiihfUl Performance,
Il tn IL contract
BY order Of the County O. mmis sioners.
-, A. J. PEiHoUD,
sEAL. County Clerk.
49, Beatrice, Feb, %, 1883 me.d.4w
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

Senator John @. Jacobs, of the
Fourth Senatorial district of New
York, speaking with our correspondent
lately, said: 81 never was In better
condition in my life. I am now free
from rheumatism, which troubled me
so long and I owe my thanks and free.
dom from pain to st. Jacobs OIL
New York Graphic.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

Thu search for Captain Howgate
has been given mp, and the captain Is
reported to be spending the winter
very pleasantly In Florida. There are
no "~ndiostions" that the defaulting
signal service officer has any fears OF
being brought to justice.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

A aooD many Of ''the farmers
friends" In the legislature have proved
themselves to be the railroad sheet
anchors. There haAbeen too much anti.
monopoly which memt ante monopoly.
These bogus reformers will be retired
to perpetual private life after the close
Of the session.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

JOHN ROACH ID to DO given another
million to finish Robeson's monitors.
After they are completed the next
move will be to sell them.for old Iron.
Even then the purchaser will probably
have to search for his property with a
diving bell.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

The Iowa railway commissioners
have decided that a railroad cannot
give q lower rate to an association
shipping exclusively W. their line
than to any individual shipper Of the
same class of goods and that all re-
bates given to the one must be grant.
ed to tho other.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

TaERH are q good many visiting
statesmen from Nebraska In Washing
ton just now and the post ofice brig
ade has mustered In full force. Every
postmaster In the state Ia enthusiastic
enough on the subject Of civil service
reform to fill DormAn B. Eaton's POSI-.
tion alta halt hours notice.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

GOVERNOR FOSTER, Of Ohio, Is set.
ting up his pins to succeed Pendleton
In the senate. The contingency Of a
democratic majority In the Legislature
does not neem to be taken Into con-
alteration.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26
Patent Idiocy.

BfooKln E'Hle.
lis It true father" said a young
Jscksonian, glancipg up from a Phila.
deIphia paper, shat the democratic
party once took out a patent for being
d. fools, and are now at Washing
ton trying to get a reissue2" II can't
answer positively" returned the cid
man, but my impression Is that they
sold n patent to the republicans
some time ago.