Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-20
MITCHELL COUNTY.
A Texan In Chicago Sights Seen II,
The Great CITY Of the West
pOlitlcs'and Business,

! bus, whs soon lnnucd Mt the Grand
Pacific hotel, IL is approptla,oly
named "urand,n 0s II Il one OF thys
largest and most magnificent build.
luga ever saw. n Is located npnriv
In the center Of what H. known as III,
burnt district, which wus devastated
10y the great ilro some twelve wears
ago. ~ stands nearly opposite tho
pustOilice, another Immense ~. ucturr
| 10 complete and benutify which m.
millions of Uncle Sans money nlst
have been expended. In this paft OF
Chicago are to be seen thousands oi
The finest aud largest business build.
ingS Ia any city Of this country.
II IL almost impo, 8 bic 10 believe tint
IL WAS EVER destroyed by flames, na not
the slightcet evidence OF such doktruc.
ton now exists.
Close TO the Grand Pacific the beard
OF trade OF Chicago Is now erecting
| for their uHen mammoth building some
$ or . stolies Ia height, which IL 10 lie
hcautllicd and adorned In tho very besi
style known, Adjoining this, q IL
stony building iA TO be built nj n cost of
III ,u0O, ono To be used almost entirely
ter OILERS. | mention these buildings
simply To give your readers an iden Of
the enterprise, and as an chthm iastir
ftrnd Of mind called II, the "sliclt.to.
i,ivcncsssp If the citizens of Chicn.
~. This isa long word, but In this
instance H. really most eppgestlve aud
appropriate Ind tcmc very impur.
luut business 10 attend TO In the inter.
csts OF hu Texas lnv,stmcnt GONNA.
ny, limited, but took advantage of ev.
cry spare moment to SEQ Tic wonders
of this ttcmiug city,
The weather vas ftaffully culd, the
mercury falling one ntehtto 10 degrees
below zero. Siill managed TO keen
from freezing, and touud many things
IN amusr aud instruct nr. Manly
The whole week | was IN the city the
ground wHs covered with suow. Not
hciug necu.to ned 90 walking upnn ice,
1t was "A difficult matter for timc to
get about, as ! was in constant danger
of measuring my length on the side
wake. During the duy my time was
mtstly occupied talking business. Al
first ! was amused nj hearing the
crude ideas these people have OF Texas
liic. After awhile II bec8me monoto-
nous, so that could hardly control
my temper AT some of their illusions.
After listening 10 TRADES OF this Kind
from u gentleman who ought to have
been better informed, i asked him n
he did not draw his conclusions from
The Inter Ocean? He wished to know
why ked the question. My reply
was to the effect that the Inter Ocean
not only nigniiied every
thing goinr on TO our
disadvantage, but deliberately manu-
iucturcd and scattered broadcast every
"a IF II I.I..
people OF the south ana Texas In )ptr-
ucnlar. His curiosity being satisfied
on this point, T. admitted there was
some room for my statement.
Now some atickler may say ought
10 nave kept mum for prudential rca.
sons, He may think SO, but business
and abuse OF ones state and people Is
another thing. ! can talk business
when necessary, but ignorant stranl-
ors must keep bands OF Texas aud her
citiHens' Yet ! mel numbers of gen
tlrmcn who were anxious 10 learn ali !
they could about investments In
Texas, her immense AREA Of territory |
ana marvellous prOgtuss within the |
last lew wears. The idea of towns and |
ci'ies sprlnglng upns If by magic along
the lines OF our railroads seems 10 br |
the business men and capitalists with
y hom | couversed displayed consider
hu'c knowledge of what we Irc duiny
IN Texas. Two cities that seemed
10 attract their attention
werr Fort Worth and Colorado
When speaking Of these elites my
folce grew trtmuluus with pride ia
stating ihat | was closely identified
with theirs OF course, / ssoke mod.
'sliS rt their growth aud DEVELOPMENT.
keeping constantly in view the central
ldii that telling The half about them
would almost lay me open TO the
'haise of cAnggeratiOn. mi, was
'olh my duty and pleasure. Calves
on Shn Antonio, Dallas aud Auttin
were mentioned incidentally. and |
ieIiefc some one really did nsk IL
mere was not village in Texas called
\b,lcnc. ,
While was In Chicago every body
r"s iuulaht over the news that their :
ny ma nteh selected ~ the place for /,
loIulug The national Democratic con.
cniion III July next Haying al.
eAuS occurred tho Republican conven.
ION, they could afford 10 ho In n good I
Iuhlor' Although not personally nc.
llainted with any Of the |, aiding pol.
-fiaDH, yet | managed To hear much =
: iH'lr tlk ! WAS particularly anx-
'nS !" uhu ON The sentiments NJ To ,
no Nonid lac the nominee of the -
'ehocials for president. heard >,
,any prominent namei men, |"
oneu, but came away Impressed "
IN me belief that the Hon. samuel y
: illdrn of New York is The coming =,
nan; some said he will be nominated v
y me iirst ballot 10y acclamaton. :"
ilat n.y. VIII be elected | am equally !"
ne me mere mention of his pnin,, -
,u,es every Republican TO quake Ia "
" oon's, They VIII be bandi capped =,
ON me start with the load OF lheir q,
zen, steal of 1876 aud look upon the ~
luilnatloh ~ MIR, Tilden as in act of '. y,
Justice. Nothing hut a ~
ims,llVe deollnalion from Mr.. Tilden -
III prevent his nomination at Chicago. =,
may DO mistaken. Let's wait aud n
"a to who will bs the nominee of the M
epnblicans every onr seemed to il. br
sea, GENERAL Logan has IA strong Gu
lowing, put IL not regarded certain IN
IHly nls own state. General III
'thur will hold strong hand. Mr.. ia
hii!e mas hosts OF admirers, but M
bN'9r EdmuDds Of Vermont Is MI
i .' unoh ms the least objectionable tn
"i me hsllrants, IA he has 10y far nm
u'V'nes' record and is statesman IA,
'VeS are Impressions made unOu my be-,
.uu ny what heard while Ia Chi. col
me evening endowed the pl.aaure f,s