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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-14

ever served there before, that an in
vestigation was demanded. and the
result was that in the opinions of sew
eral leading physicians, it was human
flesh. The people were terrified ,hat
such heinOsness could have been prac-
iiced in their midst, even by II negro.
Upon further search the negro
was made to confess mis- crime after
hanging by his toes for two hours He
took them to the heavy thicket where
his wiie's bones We're shown them, tied
up in coffee sack. The negro was
placed in Jail but had 10 be heavily
guarded, rs many open threats to mob
were made. The murder was com
mitted with an axe. The fend has set
up the old plea Of insanity, which will
not last him long If those outraged can
get at him.
My informant has seen the negro
since he has been in Jail, and says the
negro wiiltell the whole story to any
one on request. He gave no cause for
the murder.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-14
MONTAGUE COUNTY.
The Rains and NOriher-BusineSs Notes
and Local Views.
'orTespondence OF the Gazette.

correspondence OF the Gazette.
Bowie, February Fin my last
stated we had had abundant rains
Since then we have been visited by
superintendent rains, yesterday being
the eighth successive day, on each OF
which ii has rs.ined more or less, and
on several out of the eight raining in
cessantiy all day. In other words, the
face of the country is covered with
water, tanks overiiowipg, low places
and recesses representing lakes, gullies
ana branches running, creeks up, etc.
will modify, however, at this writ
ing the latter part of my last sentence
by applying what | say about running
water to past time, and to the present,
for since II o'clock last night we have
had severe norther turning the
water into solid, freezing the rain as
IL fell during the night, leaving every
thing coated with ice, with icicles
dangling from the trees and roofs of
houses, and the streets and walks so
sleek and slippery that even the most
cautious pedestrian renders uneXpect-
ed homage To the groun'i or walk.
BY reason of the continued wet
weather, business has been lighter
than otherwise, although our mer-
chants did fair days business on Sat
urday last.
The interests that will suffer most in
this country from excessive wet wealth
er foil wed 10y the freeze OF last night
and the cold now on us, will be the
stock interests. This mixed wet and
cold spell viii be severe upon stock,
which are IN none too g0oi condition
10 have it, and should it continue
long may result in considerable loss to
stockgrOwers.
The land-inclosure law just passed,
SO lar as your correspondent has heard
eSpressi ms upon it, is, in the main
satisfactory, aud is regarded as the best
law altainable under The circumstances
anu perpleXing difficulties attending a
soiutlon OF this important question.
me most Objectionable feature of the
OH passed seems to be that portion of
u providing against the herding, loose-
hefuihg, OBTAINING, etc, of cattle upon
ihhos, This part of the bill being looked
upon ny stoclSmen Us closely akin 10 u
business enterprises Of various kinds
uoh'lhue to he inaugurSted here ever
anu anon; and confidence in the town
anu It's future, so far from ahating,
a.eliiS rather on the increase and
stronger than ever.
Messrs w. A. Cary and f. G. Ad-
uison, late of Denison, both courteous
s.ntiehen and wide-awake, enterpris-
ang business men, have recently open
90 good stock of staple and fancy
pcerics In what is known IA "the
hu store" They are well-to-do and
v w0,s up by Cox d Cary. large and
"sM .own Denison grocery house.
sn Messfs. .cohn d Meyer, late of Hot
tn p,,nss, Ark, have located in our
hnsi,ahd launched into the grocery
business, having bought out the stock
Snliy owned by ID. G.. Allen d
, M aud will conduct the business In
~" rh noase lately occupied by the latter.
in R" re T,AzEITE seems to be popular
= i'd o o'' good many copies being
I Tha outside of it's regular subscription.
li ne enterprise Of The GAZETTE in pub:
asg the new laws In full deserves
peoiai commendation.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-14
A WONDERFUL MEETING.
Organization OF tho Texas Land and Cattle
Monopoly.

Albany star
+. 10 not naoas.arv far ma 10 otota
how we came in uossession Of the fol-
having nrocredings. and we hone no
nna viii ask MS for we would he en-
dangarinD our life 10 tell and the
lives of others.
A. naoting of tbe land and cattle
,inys of Texas held at -. the
Tnt7 Lain Smith was caII.d to Tho
chair and i'm n brief speech announced
the obi4ct of the meeting to he TO or.
GAME a secret society. to be styled
tha .1revns Land and Cattle Munun-
DIV - and cnmnosed only of rich land
and cattle owners and that the object
OF the society should be to run the
small cattleinen and nesters, or farm
ers, from the grazing regions of the
state and build no one of the prnndest
monop lies in the world.
Mr.. Jim smith was requested to act
ms secretary. Mr.. JOE Smith was
called on and made u telling speech.
He told them that in order to secure
the ends of the order, they must secure
the massage of "A herd law, and to this
end every large stockman and land
owner who favors our order and loves
money better than principle should di-
rect his every euergy. The benefits of
such law are PLAIN to he seen; the
small stoclzmali will have to sell out to
us for a song, ana we cuu
let them sing it, or Terrell of
Austin can sing il for them. MIR. Ter
rrll /. n great man: he is the elouuent
chamnion of our cause; he knows how
to work for us, and at The same time
halloo for the other side. fear his
zeal will betray us. Terrel's herd
law and police bill is the thing we want,
aud ousi usr The ulitttriup metal a little
free If we succeed. We must pass this
bill or some one similar. We must
nove a herd law mud armed police to
a~fnrce il and if we can get il we will
sonn raw, one. nj the rrandest monop-
,,li,,s In III wnrlol Whv. wa can soon
INK ot Law l;ould and
M, ",n o,,r ,ose n; Vanderbilt How
p lhoi !. wilI h,. with Terrell,s
nniice bill God bless him) to stand
pr,,ards over ms and our property, while
$3.50 80 ,,r, a.sci,y Inc small men. Our
~, vi ~" ear wear nurnle and fine linen.
s;, in churcn in velvet .Iined pews aud
- an, answers ont of the golden
- o nrorar-hnnl, and the small men
''"sp tbev can do ns Lazarus did
eli -, ,,,, ,'ote and nrav for the crusts
, ,an, ~ eli Pom onr tables.u He con-
o,mJ. "a his snepch nv reading the fol-
i.u,;,,, ressl,,, ions to.wit:
rResolved, that we form ourselves
into a secret society, to be known AS
The Texas Land and Cattle Monopoly,
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A Tough story.
lCor. Klnrston Crex.J Beacon, /

lCOr. Kingston IIeA'l b'HuUH'I
The following story was told me by
amap whose truthfnllness Is unques-
toned, and who was almost an eye
witness 10 the incident related;
nAt Jefferson, few weeks ago, q
negro man killed his wife and stripped
the bones of their flesh, when he pro-
ceeped to grind it into sausage meat,
To be- sold by him at the city meat
market. The flesh was nicely pre-
pared and taken 10 town and
sold and bought by the
people of Jefferson, and much
Of il eaten before tue truth OF things
was ascertained, IL was mar ! 10 COOK
and tough and SO very unlkeanything
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-14
A BUZZiNG BEE.
The Tale ola Lord and why II Was Told.
Dallas Times,

The Tale ola Lord and why II Was Told.
Dallas Times.
1t is currently circulated that rich
Englishman, with an Irish servant,
came to TEXTS q short time ago, for the
purpose Of investing large amount OF
pounds, shillings and pence in Texas
lands; that he became dissatisfied with
the policy of the governor ana with
MS Irish servant left the blarsted
country without investing n pound, II
shilling, or pence. There We're tears
shed on his departure, particularly 10y
banker in Dallas, who forthwith
sent for the Galveston News
CORE respondent, and acquainted
him with this depiorable fact in our
couutry's history. The correspoh-
dents heart sunk into his low-quar-
tered shoes and bloodied his socks at
seeing the bankers wee AMI nearing OF
the departure of the English lord, ana
Immediately telegraphed his paper inc
narrowing circumstances. S)the world
knows of it. Now, for the acts, The
aforesaid lord exists in the imaglna.
ton OF about one man, and mat
nun has had the gubernatoriai bee u
buzzin' and buzZin' ia his hair Tor
many days. He is directly Interested
in begetting u dissatisfaction WIN Ire,
land, and he will laugh and cry aud
sob whenever he can make a point In
that direction. An imaginative
man Is he, and from the world OF
that Imagination he can without
much travail, bring forth an
Englishmun with Irish servants
and Saratoga trunks filled with wealth,
who will not invest in this country be.
cause ireland ID not the proper kind OF
governor. Fortunately for those who
love Justice, there are few newspaper
men in the state who are ION to" all
such games. Even If there was an
Enelishman, with the Irish servants,
etc, who would not invest. What of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-14
,found secret, the first man

profound secret, the first man
tells his wife shall instantly be expell-
ed, denounced fence cutter aud sent
TO the penitentiary AS such, ana that
il shall be the duty of the secretary 10
keep all resolutions under lock and
key.
'Resolved, that we adjourn to meet
at all state conventions, without re-
gard to party, ba'1e or principle, where
we will work in disguise to further oul
ends
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted amid loud applause.
JIM SMITH, JoHN SMITH,
Secretary. Chairman.
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
Severe Storm nj raylor-A Residence
Blown Down.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
Taylor, February l2.-Last night we
had very severe storm here, doing
more or less damage. About 1880
o'clock heavy wind from the south
west struck Us, totally destroying the
residence of Mr.. III. Soften, his wife be.
ing slightly bruised in the wreck. 1t
is raining very hard here now.
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To whom it May Concern.

On the first day of May will have
a grand drawing for handsome gold
watch; each individual who IS now
taking the GAZETTE. or who will sub
scribe within the next thirty days, will
have a chance in the drawing free Of
charge. None will hold tickets but
those who pay p omplly. Subscribe
at once and secure. Il chance.
JAS. 7. MELTON,
City Calculator.
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minutes before her death, and she re-
cognized him, and spoke to him, call
ing him by name. She leaves an in
FAINT about two weeks old, which is re-
ceiving all the care kind friends can
bestow, May the promises of Christ
comfort the husband, relatives and
friends in their bereavement.
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RANT COUNTY.
GltaRings-The School
fh-l@al Option,

VI tHV pd@tttc.
February S.-For the
5 We have had an abund-
which has given the in
Rner ample time to breathe
e portion Of the tillable
pmmuniIy is now quite
SEED.
al this place has enrolled
1Cla:lic year lSj pupils.
tendance per month has
and pneumonia are the
ctlOns to which the peo-
immunity are subject at
me.
ionN is now with us
sEbTORD.
Snsyl2. move
y Reperitv. The fine
'aaAaiy was utilized by
laming the soil and
la many have taken the
and have their corn
planting.
llg Of Bedford College
recently, Prof. Heirre.
AlialHSasly elected TO The
~ " Bedford college for
aa !, school building is to
! y condition that he
iI@rOsemenlson it. The
, s'ai nm D aslrong teach
s% S'l, aI.l'clplinarian, and
st s.l,lns to commit the
''''d college into his
v W. note the fact that
, s,asisatine & Massie has has
v, nsal 4 Henry d Co., and
sAo has served The the
ivy, Wy and faithful as
Y ''oA Success t 10 biu 70
ny g, for he is w NJ n,,,i
T., ilseenlly of T enness..
\, aF'ly business i in III,
a ssl i lIoa his YOUTH and
a. a!plpreclalion Of his
pies., giving him and
N'''u' all the work
S ., ! H. smithors 4
F %Sa.. trade Ia the Sro q
pe sIey expect to add IN :
s snS' y, y the first ST Of 7
i. 1' thereafter a sun q.
i,ty vsuIs II they will be
aAsa ' aad Of The sick
'Da to cloth the
|.as Sas and Miss IA, .
~ way ~ q all the w mr !
b \; S,.,h The night Of cS the
udtss..aSy ,happinesss' a snt
!. J is.aa through lie ,,.''
M NH unt was /,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-14

onr nv , London Saturi,y Review says
maaa Sn'n census Was the best ever
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-14
The whow

The WHOM
early and late the
year round need,
,ccasloi ally, the
healthiul stinln
lus impaired by n
wholesome tonic
Ike Hosietter's
Stomach Bitters
To ali It's purify
and efficiency MS
lrenedy and pre-
yent'ye 4 ldisease
commend st. 1t
checks incipient
rheumatism aud
malarial & v M ~
toins.felieyeH con
stipatIoD, dyspep-
STA a n Il bilious
ness, arrests pre-
mature decay OF
the physical en-.
mites OF axe, ana
" sale By all drug
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-05
How to Kill Craving for Alcohol.

While it is true that many who at one
time INDUCED in ardent spirits have alb
stained later in life, it is not believed
that there is any real cure for the thirst
created by alcoholism. But person that
claims to have cured himself gives rem.
edy that there would be no harm in try.
ing. We reproduce it in the rescued
persons own words: II was one of those
unfortunates given to strong drink.
When I left it off l felt horrid want of
something I must have or 60 distracted.
I could neither eat, work, or sleep. Ex-
planning my afliction to man of much
education and experience, he advised ME
to take decoction of ground quassia, q
half ounce stepped in pint of vinegar,
and to put about small teaspoonful of
it in little water, and to drink it every
time the liquor thirst came on me vio-
lently. / found it satisfied the cravings,
and it also gave feeling of stimulus and
strength. continued this cure, and per.
severed till the thirst was conquered.
For two years I have not tasted liquor,
and l have no desire for it. Lately, to
try my strength, l have handled and
srnet whisky, but have no temptation
to take it. l give this for the considera.
tion of the unfortunate, several of whom
1 know have recovered by means which l
no longer require" ."-Demorcsts Monthly.
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A New Reason.

The temperance question has been so
thoroughly threshed out of late that it
scarcely seems possible to find new
argument on the one side or the other.
But certain DR.. Troth, of Perch, Scot
land, recently delivered lecture in
which he advances some exceedingly
original propositions:
''The drinking of alcoholic beverages
is necessary evil, and is not likely ever
to be discontinued. 1t is like cholera,
plague, or war-one of the wise dispen.
sations of Providence for preventing an
undue increase of mankind. 1t prevents
the accumulation of all the property of
the nation in the hands of a few.
By its means the son scasters the
savings of his fathers lifetime in few
months, enabling another man to fill his
position, creates a class of drunken
tradesmen to neglect their business, so
that energetic men may succeed where
they fail. In short, it benefits,
directly or indirectly, everybody but
those who drink it, and if they are fools
enough to sacrifice themselves and their
families for the good of the sober and
industrious, why should we interfere with
them?"
There is, says the Hour, really GER
tain amount of sound sense in the Nal.
thusian selishness of this ingenious doc.
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WELDING the GaTcl.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader says: The Speakers
desk is sort of marble pulpit, behind
which Mr.. Carlisle sits in q great arm
chair, and holds in his right hand the
ebony handle of an ivory headed gavel.
This, in a case of disorder, which very
often occurs, he brings down with a
laundering rap upon the board top of the
marble pulpit. Itsounds when used with
yigor like the shot of pistol, and is the
terror of long. .winded speakers. Mr..
Carlisle uses the gavcl lightly, but little
Sam Cox, when he gets in the chair,
brings it down with all his might, and
once when he was raising it up for a
mighty stroke the head came off and flew
to the floor. Often the gavel breaks and
then new one is procured. Sam Ran
dali was very hard on gavels, and broke
great many during his term as Speaker.
He has the remains Of these in a cabinet
at home, which he shows to visitors as
sign of his former power. One of these
is beautiful one which he got during
his last term as Speaker. 1t was made
by a Georgia mechanic of ITO pieces ol
hickory wood.
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A Good Plan.

The children lived in little cabin
home, and all three Of them-Nell, Rob
and Lizzie-were taking gay "make-
believe" ride on an old log. Fido jump
ed and barked as if he enjoyed the fun
as much as anybody.
A gentleman who was passing down
the road stopped and laughed:
"Good morning, little folks That is
rather slow riding. Wouldn't you like
horse and carriage"
eyes, 1sir," said Robbie; "but we
haven't any, and SO we are getting the
most fun we can out Of what we do
have"
Was not that wise answer? How
much pleasanter this world would be if
all the little people-and big ones too
would stop fretting about the things they
cannot get, and make the best of what
they have
Do you know any verse in the Bible
that teaches US to be satisfied with what
we have?-iSunbeam.
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And Sanford cheered him up little


and then told me that Adams had $1,000
in there, and it was his hard earnings in
cold and heat and winter and summer
and day and night, while he stood at his
post of duty, which is the post of danger.
Well, all this is bad, very bad, and
there are many worse cases. Sanford
told me about them and said he was sor-
rier for some others than he was for him
self.
"But then" said be, "Mr. James is
young enough and smart enough to rise
again and I believe he will do it, and I'm
not going to say word to hurt his feel.
ings or harass him, for be has load
enough to carry now and my wife says I
will get that money some day; she has
faith and she cheers me up when I am
down, and that is what good wife al
ways does. She believes that money
earned honestly is not going to be lost.
"Wbat have you done about your
claim" said I. Nothing, there is moth
ing to do that know Of. I gave the
certificate to Mr.. James and said, Il have
heard about your troubles and l thought
I would bring you this and let you man
age it for you know better how to do it
than the lawyers or anybody else
Well, wish everybody had as much
faith and charity as Sanford Bell. I
reckon his boy will get to the college
some way, and if his daughter will go to
raising Strawberries think she will make
the 800 back in two or three years. I
hone so. BILL ARP.
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The Gossipping Club.

The secretary has furnished US with a
few additional items in relation to this
Aourishing membership. The following
rules we're unanimously adopted, on mo-
tion of the executive committee, viz:
"Any member of the society who shall
be convicted of knowing more of his
own business than of another's, shall be
expelled from the society without hear
ing.
mo member shall sit down to his own
table, until he has ascertained to GER
tainty what his neighbors within three
doors of each side of the house shall
have to eat; whether they have paid for:
the same, if not, if they expect to.
Every member who shall see twoipr1
three persons engaged in conversation,
shall place himself between them until
be has heard all they have to say, and
report the same accordingly.
every member who shall see gen.
tleman visiting young lady more than
twice, shall circulste the news that they
are going to be married; and said mem.
bers are forthwith required to report all
manner of things about the gentleman
to the lady, and ditto about the lady to
the gentleman. This will break up
matches and afford much gossip.
"That it is the duty of every member
on hearing piece of scandal to take
it up at once, and in all honorable ways
to give it circulation, and thus accom-
plish the great and glorious purposes of
the society"
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How to Fertilize Fruit Trees.

Here and there on all farms and in
most fruit gardens, will be seen an oc.
casioual tree or grape vine which seems
to lack vigor-does not grow we'll, and
yet seems to have no disease. The prob
abilities are that the tree is dying of
starvation and needs a liberal supply of
food. When you give it this ration do
not pile load of manure around the
body of the vine. That is just the place
where it will do the least good. Nearest
the trunk of the tree the roots are all
large; the fibrous roots-the feeders-are
farther off, near the ends of the roots.
These only, can take up the nutriment.
1t is always safe to assume that the roots
extend as far from the trunk in every d.
rection as do the limbs of the trees, and
to properly fertilize spread the manure
all over that area. Then fork it in and
you have good work done we'll. If
some disease has begun its work on the
tree you will put the tree in healthy.
vigorous condition, the better enable it
to successfully contend against enemies.
We have seen numerous old pear and
apple trees, bearing poor and gnarled
fruit, which the owners consider of no
value, which such treatment as we have
outlined above would restore to theii
original usefulness Orange County Far
ner.
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ANDERSON SC. THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE g. 1884

Put your losses under your gains. Draw
the line, make the subtraction, and notice
the profit: You've gained the world
with its wealth, and the comfort and lux
ury that wealth can bring, but over
against it on your loss account is your
soul, which is the image of God. and has
capabilities of communion and fellow
ship with Him and it is lost not only
to your friends but to God. You've
gained earthly treasure, but you've lost
the Heavenly. You've gained your
mess of pottage, but you've lost your
birthright of Immortality. You've lost
your fellowship with saints, and you
have gained on inheritance with the
damned Where's the profit? You've
gained the finite, but lost the infinite; !;
you've gained time, but lost eternity.
Draw the line; strike the balance; you
are morally, spiritually, eternally bank
rnpt. Il
Strive for riches, but Heavenly riches.
Strive for crown, but for Heavenly
crown, and then, although you may
spend your life in poverty and toll here,
when you cross the river your feet shall
touch at last the golden sands, and
though homeless and q wanderer upon
earth you shall see near by the golden
battlements of the Celestial City, and
the white.robed angels thronging near to
welcome you home at last.