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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
BUSINESS.-
The Weekly Report OF Dun & Co. Pros.
poets Bright and Trade
GSuJ

New York, September 2S.-Dun &
Co, report marked events for the past
week, chiefly those relating to impor-
tant failures in the clothing trade,
which have occurred In New York
city. These misrortunes can hardly
be interpreted as indicating an un-
healthy state of trade generally, be-
cause they are all moe or
less directly traceable to departures
from legitimate business principles.
the result of outside speculation and
an attempt to bolster up credits by in.
terchange of paper long after the sup
posed capital employed had disap-
peared, or had been diverted into out
side channels. The regular business
of the city has been healthy. Sales of
dry goods have been large, the absorp-
ton of stocks indicating a
first rate retail demand throughout
the country. Some large houses re-
port their sales as being nearly equal
to those of year ago, While the losses
Dy bad debts, aside from those arising
out of recent failures are reliably small.
Money continues abundant, although
confidence has been to
some extent shaken by
the recent failures. The general
outlook is not unfavorable. Grain
markets have been active without any
wide fluctuations and of late there
has been increased demand for export.
In pork and provisions the market has
been unsettled but better feeling
prevails and prices as rule are some
what higher, In cotton there is a
moderate amount of business doing
with very slight fluctuations. IN
petroleum there is fair amount of |
business doing, and the tendency off
prices is upward. There is a greater
inquiry for grain tonnage, which has
made the rate better in that descrip- |
hon. In iron trade, transactions are
very light, with prices practically un-
cnanged. In groceries, the trade is
ia'rly active in most lines. Raw and !
Feiined sugars are improving in price,
ana holders are more confident.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
FORT DAVIS.
A sheen Ranch Raided by Band OF
Armed Men.
Indians Deprcdating on stock ut Ante
lcpc Springs.

special TO the Gazette. e ,r..1o,.
Fort LAWS, September 25.--Iuesday,
night party of armed men raioeu
DamaZo Palona's sheep ranch, some
thirty miles north of Davis on the
Tovah stage route. paloma's wife was
rn,iohly handled; the husband was
mot through the head and thrown
into mn arroyo Fourteen ineffective
shots were fired at one OF Paloina 3
sheen herders on wednesday,. a re,
,yord of one hundred dollars Is offered
for the murderers.
A telegram received here from An
telooe Springs says j. Nj. flnks ranch
was visited by Indians a few days ago
and several head Of stock run OH.
Rangers are in pursuit.
The district Judge has been pc
tjtioned to employ an expert not res
ident OF the county and wholly q SIN
tcrested in local affairs 10 make
thorough and searching examination
of all public books and records OF all the
county officers the result to be pub
lished in the county papers.
This movement has been occasioned
on account of rumors circulated toncll-
ing ia accounts OF certain county Of
fieers.
District cour. convened last Monday.
The present indictments brought by
the grand jury are numerous. lhose
charged with theft of cattle may hope
for no mercy.
A war against gaming is brewing.
The fall roundup" commences Oc-
tober 18th.
John Durham, the Mexican. who
with another Mexican, murdered o
Chinaman at South's ranch on tht
road between Maria and Preside last
winter, will be executed here In about
ftgu uyaaiz4
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
LAREDO.
GOV. ireland en- Route 20 Mexico De-
tectlye price-A Mexican
Revolt.

Special TO the Gazette.
Laredo, September Ex-Governor
Ireland arrived IN the city this morn
ing in company with Senator Geo.
in the Mcintosh hotel, and Will go to
Saltillo tomorrow where they expect
10 stay three or four days.
Jas. = w. Price, the detective who
arrested POLK, the Tennessee abscond-
ing treasurer, arrived in this city yes
terdny morning. He proceeds from here
to Washington city. He says he has
been robbed OF $4,000, the reward Of
fered for Polk, and viii have il or
something will happen to people high
up now.
Reports reach us that the fifth Mex,
loan cavalry recently revolted u,
Pueblo, Mexico, but were almost i'm
medlately subdued by Gen. Marquee
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29

Department N0tesA Prize Medal Of.
icred in the Cooking Main.
esuncInl 10 tho I.uvatto

Special to the Gazette.
Austin, September 2S.--The collector
of Dimmit county settled to-day. The
assessment rolls of Tom Green county
are in, showing an increase iii value Of
over one million dollars.
Eastland county has sold the board
of education $4,000 worth of bonds ut
par.
The Capital fair association offers Il
gold medal, TO cost Twenty-Five dollars,
to be given the owner of the cock Win
ming the battle royal Only one cock
can be entered by the same person, and
he must he ON exhibition from the first
day of the fair.
Some Of the counties entitled to four
leagues of land, under law passed by
the last legislature, are paying five
! hundred dollar fees to attorneys to
have their land set aside and desig-
| mated. This is not necessary. III the
counties will send down the patent
| tees of Sl2,50, the commissioner of the
| land office will designate their lands
The general revenue phid in to-day
was 81 ,000.
Experienced builders who have ex-
amined the plans for the Terrell
branch OF the lunatic asylum corrobo-
rate the specials sent the GAZETTE
some time ago. They say to do indif-
! terent work and use second class mate
I rial il cannot be put UP for less than
! S22h, coo, or about $4,000 more than
the board proposes To nay. II is Il self
evident fact that ii the mt tier Is
not taken cut OF the hands
Of the board and put in charge OF u
| competent Intelligent builder. the
affair is going TO be a hotch "from the
word gon a sort Of temporary capitol
affair, liable to fall down before fsirly
finished.
The Hamilton College Association
of Hamilton county, CAPITAL stoel,
| $4,000, flied charter today.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
THE TURF
Result of Yesterday Ss I
vile aud Brlghlaa ~


Louisville, Septembs q 's
citation purse, all ages Y. 4 1
a mile heats Lizzie ? v" I
heats, Gallon seccda "a
heat and third in secaa y II
nings third in first neS'
second heat. ,.ssssE
The cash handicaA "
a Blazss +. Tx
second, Washburn, p a Sc
Handicap for alls v, g,dH'I
half, Musk first, MA XXI Eln]
ond and Katie Kreel ND
Association purssss ,,s yii,|
half mile, Rilly Glie''ll sls |
way second, Gfss
Time 49l. ace, j
The second coufw !. li. se,s|
knights won, yanss''' A
ter third. Time, ~ s.nies1
brighton Beach (. os 'SIs
Maiden two-year-o'us.' soIt a
= nile, Minnie Loa a.I IS IA
second, Nettie W; ,,.dgS isah 81
Milo Faugha bair "a
second Barbarian a arcr n
Mile and 4 nd Gss|
first, Irish ing M III
running dead heal y "A
Time Esq. arter. 81,
Mile and a a,5,sr,,,,sgt|
Little Dan second, p 49,
Time 1901. Ioe MN
Seven furlopgs, a. gsf|
pixies Bride sscoh''
Time l;704. Dabc9|
seven furi0ngs,, or.sy ~
Hartman Second 'eis
me 1881.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
CHICAGO.
The Railroad Pool Bfela
Freigl.. Var to follOK

Chicago, September &-ltl
that nobody except pIelstfi !.
of the Big -Four road, vbe ssll
q meeting of manages, dthss
and Ohio river roads ID M
est of peace, TO hp|
at Cincinnati today, weal
place designated. This fa
the conclusion that none Of
engaged in the cut are quit
make concessions and IN yIsEI
opinion a general war vii 4
freight before the q
can be reached, thoiga
not expected anylVi!
precipltate the freight Wals]
the Cincinnati meeting, apP]
next Monday. To-day poo
Richardson was nouur'
office and turn over the eng
roads October LIST, the Gay
time appointed for i,,i W.
natl meeting. The
will be that when lns
meet, it will not be as hl'l
pool, but as represenlallvs
ing lines, so that q new :, \
will have to be effected.
sible to foresee what tlie's
The Panhandle roads wsu
agreement as does che Uhs
ern Illinois, but the Louls,sS u
Vile and the Alabama =
want a pool, while Ihe ~
is non-committal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
HOUSTON.
Tax Su!,s-Three Horses Drowned
Receipts of Cotton.

t0A t9NttN hhi bfWNHNA
Receipts Of Cotton.
Special to tho Gazette.
Houston, September oS.--City Tax
Collector Tryon to-day instituted one
hundred suits against delinquent tax
payers, the majority of whom are
wealthy and prominent people. Tryon
says he will bring rich delinquents TO
time first aud then enter proceedings
against the smaller fry.
Yesterday q German drove his team
of three horses into the bayou ut the
Zoe. Of Main street to water
them. but dredge boat
had dug out the customary watering
places, and the horses We're drowned,
the driver barely escaping with his
life. To-day the dehinct horses were
towod down the sluggish ship channel
beyond the city limits. The wagon
was recovered.
Nearly 1000 bales ofcotton were re-
ceiVed to-day. The staple il coming
in with rapidity which shows thai
the boast of Houston being the greatest
interior cotton market OF the world
IS rapidly being made good.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
wEATHERoRD.
Arrest OF John DiXoI-.A Wife, Bster
..-Rumorcd king In Palo
Pinto 0unty.
special to the Gazette.

special to the Gazette.
Weathergord, SeFmber 2S.-shqfllf
w. *. Baylor AM Deputy NJ ~.
Johnson arrested Jim Dixon ln tfoil-
Yer creek at the esidence q andy
Hill night beforel st. He iswfnted
i'm Bosque coung for mute1 com
mitted in 1879, id in Stepeps and
Dallas county fohorse steahg', tie
is now in Jail IRE awaitig the ar
rival of the PROP officer.
Newton ButF was arSted mere
to-day for wife eating orcolhpiaint
made by the wi. -,
Two telegraE were rieiVed mere
stating that IklMcCarm was Killed
at Sparta, PaIdPinto comfy, yester-
day. His twobrofherIs cave on the
| first train to SO ABOUT IL
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
FORT SMITH.
4 Deputy Marshal and Ono Of His
Posse killed--An Outlaw
Mortality Wounded.
speolal to the Gazette.

Special To the Gazette.
Fort smith, Ark, September s.
United States Deputy Marshal Addi.
son Beck and Lewis Merrill were
killed forty miles from here, in the
Cherokee nation. yesterday while nj.
tempting touTrest John Bark, a whisky
peddler Bark was In company with
one Johnson Jacks, and when over.
taken opened fire ON the marshal and
MS posse, Beck was shot through the
head and Merriil's body riddled with
bullets. Johnson Jacks was mlor,ally
wounded, and Bark escaped. The
bodies OF Beck and Merrill were
orough, to this city to-day and buried.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
LThe Cnlorea iIen

LYille, Ky, September 2s-Tbe
natif colored mems executive com.
misprganized by electiny " A
Pieabf Georgia chairman smi q
w. Iold of Virginia secretary IN
ohjdt the committee is "a earr,, n,,t
thefeipies enunclated in SIS ad.
dref the convention. So
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
Sal ANG4lA.
Two Postmaster UIe Arrest Cor
Defaicatbn Theft 3onasmen
wiz one 10 the

special to I'D Gstie.
san Anglia ,eptehmr 2S,-lnspec-
tor \Yilliats'f thi psstoilice depart
ment has ttepquting into the ale
cations of IrpllarItie5 in the post
Office heretoeverI 4 days past, and as
a result ofhivesfgation to-day put
postnastd e under arrest for de-
fnlcationstte ambunt of $l0o0. 1t
likely his dsmen will make up the
amount.
The posbIef az Fort Concho across
the river, 80 IN trouble, the same
! inspectorlving found him short
about $S0postal bonds, and he was
/ also ARE Hisfriends are to make
good theount. 1t is runiored that
! the twistotiices will be consoli-
dated are office be maintained at
s5t. Al htretl'er.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
DECATUR.
whe ,County Bond Thief Captured
at urne The Public Schools,

sooeIt he Gazette,
NJ, September oS.-Colonel
Boofeiyed telegram to-day from
S3heSoyd of Cleburne stating that
thee county courthouse bond for
S5Vich was stol?n from Colonel
Bo~hiie on a bound Mis-
sutlic train at Alvarado about n
mayo, had been found and the
tnptured. The Colonel left for
one this evening.
public schools of Decatur will
On Monday, the Sth of October.
Wmren, the principal, with a
1rps Of teachers will be on hand.
full attendance is anticipated.
.irteen hundred and sixty-six
OF the staple have been received
lte. We have about seven hun
bales in the yards here.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
s--f- 1''-- --H
PALESTINE.
A six Thousand Dollar Fire Nearly
Covered BY Insurance..

special 60 the Gazette.
Palestine, September IS. "A destruc-
tive iire occurred here last night i'm a
row oi tenement buildings near the
Catholic church, ON Oak street. The
hremen were promptly ON The ground,
and by energetic work saved that por-
slon 81 town from complete ruin.
Losses and Insurance; Judge Powers,
two'story tenement, $1,000: insurance
IN the Niagara company, 81 900; MY.
Joest, two frame buildings, So, coo; in
sured IN the lGndon Assurance for
$1,000, John Margantal, loss on build.
ings, about $1,000; covered in the Lon
don.Giobe. The total loss all around
y aeoat $4,000, nearly covered by in
suEnce.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29
FeYer Abo,;nr

Gnaymas September eS.-The fcTer
~ diminishing, Only eight d aaFhs
since The 9th, and no new cases re-
iofted' Other POINTS, visited showed
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-29

Cinderella slippers until bbrr 18th
az cosS at Lewis Bros. & a
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-12
WHAT MOLES SIGNIFY.

A mole spot on the arm pit really
promises wealth and honor. On the
ankle it bespeaks modesty in men,
but courage in women. When a
mole spot is found on the right
breast it is a sure sign of honesty, if
on the left it forbodes poverty; on
the chin it promises wealth, on the
right ear respect, on the left ear dis
h >nor. If it is seen in the center of
the forehead it bespeaks treachcry.
sullenness and untidiness. If it is
Oh the right temple it foreshows that
you will enjoy the friendship of the
great; on the left temple it forebodes
distress; on the right foot it bespeaks
wisdom, on the left rashness When
it is on the right side of the hear; it
denotes virtue; when ON the left side
wickedness. When it is on the knee
of a man it denotes that he will have
a rich wife. When it is on the left
knee of woman she may expect a
large family. A mole on the lip is a
sign of gluttony and talkativeness;
on the neck it promises wealth. A
mole on the nose indicates that man
will be a great traveller; on the thigh
it forbodes poverty and sorrow. and
on the wrist ingenuity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-12
1T WAS AFTER THAT.

On train coming up from Phila-
delphia, the other day, New Yorker
shared his seat with stranger, who
proved to be an ex County Treasurer
from Ohio. After some little conver-
sation the citizen inquired:
80 you were County Treasurer.
eh?"
IL was"
"What was the amount of your de-
falcatlon?"
My books balanced to the very
cent, sir was the indignant reply.
"Ahv growled the New Yorker in a
disappointed voice, and it must have
been easy to see from his looks that
he was deeply chagrined. The
stranger doubtless felt sorry for him,
and after feW minutes of painful
silence remarked:
But subsequently acted as post
master and cheated the government
ont of $1,000"
"Oh! you did, chuckled the New
Yorker, and feeling of quiet salts,
faction settled upon his face and
friendly relations were again estab
! lished.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-12
A NOVEL BET.

A novel bet was made on Sunday
between conductor on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy. and MIR.
German. The former offered TO bet
that the latter could not pick up and
deposit in basket 100 eggs placed
one yard apart on the ground, in
thirty five minutes. The conditions
were that each egg must be deposited
separately in basket held by some
one at one end of the line. and in
case any one Of the eggs should, be
damaged, MIR. German was to lose the
money. After thinking the matter
over MIR. German decided to try it.
The eggs were laid in straight line
just east of the freight depot in the
railroad yard, in order to give Mr..
Gorman the advantage Of doing the
work in the shade. He started with
the egg furthest from the basket, and
trotted up and down the line until
twenty minutes of the allotted time
bad passed, and as he had picked up
but one fourth of the allotted num-
ber, he gave it up. About 200 people
were present to witness the affair.
After MIR. Gorman had given up the
contest local mathematician proved
by figures that it would take about
six miles of travel to pick up the
100 eggs From the Quincy Qll)
Wing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-12
THE TROUBLE 1T WAS TO FIND AN
OWNER FOR $4,000.

Mrs. Cody, a sister of Secretary
Teller. has just succeeded in an ex-
traordinary erTand which called her
to Philadelphia. Her mission was to
find the wife and children of a GER
tain John Scanlon, the son of David
Scanlon. who died last year in Den
yer, Col, leaving a property valued
at $25,OOO0. The only clew which
she had was the knowledge that
John Scanlon. had murdered his
mother in Philadelphia and hanged
himself while awaiting trial. After
some trouble she discovered that
Scanlon was arrested under the
name of Davidson. 1t seems that
David Scanlon, who was born in
this country. went thirty-six years
ago to County Donegal, Ireland,
where he married a pretty girl. Re
turning to New York, they stopped
at cheap boarding house One
night, a short time after landing,
Scanlon deserted his young wife and
took to peddling suspenders and such
articles, and little by little drifted
West, halting in the cities on his way;
and finally settling in Denver. Here
he fiourished by dint of strict econo-
my and application to business, and
acquired snug fortune, which at the
time of his death he willed to a num-
ber of charitable institutions. The
SONS of two of his brothers broke the
will, and had the property awarded
to them After ScanlOn deserted his
wife she went to Philadelphia, like
wise turned to peddling small wares
and, after waiting for years for news
from her husband, concluded that he
was dead, and married man named
Davidson. A son by her first hus
band had been born meanwhile. He
married, but proved to be worthless
fellow, and in a drunken quarrel
killed his mother On May 4, 1882, and
hanged himself in his cell in the
following July. When Mrs. Cody SO
luckily found his widow and in
formed her of the wealth that she had
inherited, she refused to believe the
story, and it required good deal of
urging to induce her TO set out for
Denver. She has two sons.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-12
EXCHANGING CoAu.

The python at Bridgeport has
claimed considerable attention from
the public recently. first by escaping
from confinement and being recap-
tured in the folds OF rough WOODEN
blanket, and then by shedding its
skin on Friday afternoon. The big
snake, like all other ophidians, must
IN the ordinary course OF nature ahed
its skin once year. Unusual inter
est has attached 10 the shedding
process, a.. il the snake failed 10 cast
of its coat il wonld be compelled 10
shuttle Of its mortal coil and would
in fact be unable TO coil itself in
serpentine folds. The snake FOR
some days has appeared stupid AMI
had no appetite for kittens and other
small animals which it has hitherto
taken with great apparent relish.
While it WI . watched with great
anxiety on the part Of those inter.
ested the lifeless coils rolled laxily
over and the body Of the serpent
showed a new and beautiful color
BY the next morning the old integu-
msnt had almost entirely disappeared,
and the health OF tho snake Appeared
to be much improved. On Saturday
night pigeon and rabbit were fed
TO the python and were quickly swal
lowed.-I New Haven Palladium, Aug.
7th
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-12
WASN'T A PIG.

"We:l, sir, what'll you have?" said
the waiter, as he brushed the crumbs
off the table with napkin. Tomato
soup"
Anything else, sir?" Some blue
fish"
with sauce" Yes: and a sirloin
cooked rare and some fried potatoes. "
Anything else, sir?" Green corn,
baked beans. stewed tomatoes and
and-a cup of tea, slice of water
melon, a piece of gooseberry pie,
some fruit cake. plate of ice cream
and some nuts and grapes"
ANY pudding. sir" "Pndding,
Didn't I order puddirgF
mo, sir" "Well, bring me some
plum pudding"
Anything else, .sir?' Anything
else! Do you take me for a pig?"-
New York World.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-12
POLITE SCIENCE.
Who are Responsible for Changes in FASH
ionable Dress:--Publie Opinion the
Guardian.

| Uuar01an.
! 1t is an open question whether
fashion varieties are the results oI
caprice in the originators or a care
full regard for the mean between the
extremes of public opinion. There
is much good reason for believing
that style is really polite science
an easily determining method OF
reaching into the mystery of society
and analyzing the conditions of hu-
man nature We take the position
that style is not individual, but pop
ular; that is to say, the fashionable
differences encountered in successive
seasons are not the DEGREES of arbi
trary autocrats of the millinery and
dress devising world, but are the
products of a balancing of public
opinion.
The history of the dless sustains
this hypothesis, especially that por-
tion of the history coincident with
the freedom of newspaper utterance.
The fantastic liberties taken in the
making of fashion plates may seem
to be the offspring of an erratic en-
Geavor to strike a novelty, but it will
be found, almost invariably. that the
| changes are due to criticism of al
ready existing styles. There can be
no more mistaken notion than the
some time complaint that women pay
no attention to public opinion in
matter of dress. Public opinion is
their guardian.
The effect is not always instanta-
neous, since in the very nature Of
things it cannot be. But it uniformly
happens that where there rs unity
of censure upon any form of dress,
that form as speedily retires from
elegant and refined adoption as is
consistent with the understanding of
a positive expression of opinion. 1t
needs but glance back over a few
years to prove this.
What are we to conclude from the
experience of dress in its obedience
to the dictator ship of changer 1t is
not altogether clear that the ,levotees
OF fashion are the capricious ones,
with no settled ideas of what they
want Is it. not. after all. public
opinion that is SO erratic and vari-
able? Are not the newspaper critics
or censors of fashion directly respons-
ible for the multifarious attempts of
the fashion makers to invent some
thing that will give delight to deter
mined fault flinders?
The ladies show a most amiable
readiness to adopt every new essay
at gratifying sense aud taste. They
put Cd loose OF tight, short or long,
decolette or high -necked dresses, as
they come into supremacy, with the
purpose of making themselves not
only agreeable to sight but to avoid
seeming to cling to garments that
have been decried by masculine NAL
contents. There is no tangible rem
edy against the misfortune of dress.
1t follows the wake of the general
taste, and the general taste is sup
posed to represent the highest form
accepted as excellence for the com,
mon good. 1t is not fair to assert
that styles alone are whimsical, when
their critics cannot be pleased because
of tinical notions.