Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-29
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rnilroad Is rough, very rough. Torn
up for the water pipes, il has not since
been ieveled.
The ladies are beginning 70 apnear
in dresses of.light goods, and of coursa
looking nicer than ever. MANY new
bonnets will be exhibited at church
next Sunday.
Strangers visiting Fort Worth who
view the landscape looking north from
the public square are always impressed
with its beauty and grandeur. Few
finer views are afforded In Texas.
The theatrical season is approaching
its end, though the manager of Deuts,
cher Verein hopes to present one or
two more standard attractions before
the coming of summer.
Amid the confusion incident upon
the election and putting In water
and pavements, let IL be borne IN
mind by the city authorities good pub
lie school buildings are sadly needed.
Rev. +. Dewitt Talmage, the won
deriul New York sensational preacher.
is now lecturing in the South. 1t Il
said there is some talk of inducing
him to appear before Il Fort Worth au-
dience.
The late and early hours at which
the street-cars of Fort Worth run never
fails to attract the attention Of stran-
gers, even when from larger cities.
This is another evidence of wide
awake town.
The waters of Clear Fork are inyit-
ing to citizens who are fond of piscato-
rial pastiine, but In this as in other
things, appearances are deceptive, fish
in that stream being few and far be-
tween.
The good of Fort Worth, the glory
of Texas and the Improvement of man
kind is the GA2ErTE's mission. not
the retailing OF scandals and the re-
hashing of the doings Of society out
casts.
The candidates ARE working like
beavers, and the colorrd citizen who Is
supposed TO possess influence with his
race has become an individual of inn
portance. His prominence as politi-
cal factor Will come TO an end after q
few days.
Mr.. Cantrell, who is to open an extern
sive jewelry house here was married
to Miss Jamie Mcfarland, in Lebanon.
Tennessee, last week, and after an ex-
tended wedding tour will come to this
city. From accounts the wedding was
Il grand affair
With the exception of the false
alarm for the display during the cat
tlemen's convention, the fire boys have
not been called out for nearly two
months, and it is to be hoped they
will not be, at least until the water
works are in running order
A young man recently arrived from
the East was surprised to find boots
and shoes dearer here than in New
York. He thought sucn articles
would be cheaper where the hides
came from. And so they would were
there manufactures here.
An eastern paper reports the latest
craze among society young people is
for the young lady TO ask her gentle
man friend To draw u cat, at the same
time producing pencil and paper. His
effort she keeps in q book for the pur-
pose. lti is said very few young men
have any idea what a feline is like
Though the spring time has come
and the agricultural classes are busy
mt work, there Is no visible cessation in
the amount Of travel into the city.
All the hotels and boarding houses are
| filled, which calls to mind u commodi-
Gus hotel again; likewise an opera
house.
The numerous announcements OF
| entertainments gotten up by the
ladies for the benefit of the different
churches in the city indicates a spirit
of friendly rivalry in that direction
which will rebound to the benefit Of
I each organization and the identifying
of the houses of worship.
About the only bargains in the way
! of houses or real estate To be had in
| Fort Worth is in instances where the
/ owners reside in other states and wish
! TO sell in order to invest nearer home.
Your property holder who is on the
ground knows he has good thing and
will hold it when he can.
One of the best evidences of Texas
boom, and Fort Worth's place in the
onward march is that citizens of polit-
/ zeal prominence and sound financial
1 standing in other states are constantly
( coming here in search of investments,
! and never fail to visit the Fort. To
/ the west lies unbounded wealth, and
| this city IS to be the headquarters Of
the money and brains to develop it.
Many citizens express desire to
! hear the candidates for the various
city offices express their views upon
matters and things of public import.
] Tie nights are pleasant enough for
u ar assemblages, and an appoiDt-
...vnt by the candidates to address
( their fellow-ctiZens at the corners OF
some convenient streets would UNI
doubtedly attract 4 large crowd Of the
sovereigns.
/ The Gainesville races are attracting
/ considerable attention from those citi-
I 2ens of this city who are fond OF such
/ sport. The result of the hNeting at
! Gainesville will undoubtedly have
some effect on the proposed association
I of Fort Worth. But the parties who
have the matter in hand here are ex-
ceedingly hopeful, and are of the sort
/ that make success of whatever they
| undertake.
! As this is an age of Improvement IL
/ would not be amiss for the commits
sioners TO provide for the planting OF
| shade trees in the courthouse yard,
and Ia a few years q diminatiye PARK
! could be thus formed that would be u
/ pleasant resort for tired working peo'
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