Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-12
MITCHELL COUNTY.
Colorado CiiyChit-Chat Condensed
Nut-Shell-past, Present and
Future TORIES.

Correspondence OF the Gazette
Colorado, April 9.-Winter is goue, spring
at hand, grass growing. stock getting fat; had
clipper, from the Ranchman, Is dead, buried
and its obituary written, and on all sides
evidences of prosperity, amid which this
correspondent stands a spectator, llstenin z
In vain for the roar OF the mighty waters
Of The Colorado river"
Several large brick stores are in process of
construction; new merchants moving In.
Stockmen hauling out ranch supplies. Fish
and spring vegetables TO he had Candidates
blossoning; the voter being button holed.
breakers sentenced To the penltentiary.
sheriff Ware. as receiver is selling out lie
stock of lawson. Smith & Co.
Osborn and Hswetts troupe played and
gone. Excavations passing up aud down the
Texas and Pacific Railroad hotels full OF
guests. Prospcctors abundant. All being
done In the city OF Colorado, withOuta hstl-
cuff or shooting fray TO disturb the serenity.
so moves, grows and booms this youthful
place, ever on the aiert, nothing small In her
composition or doings, building railroads,
preparing to handle wool ON u large scale
going To ship immense numbers Of cattle
have water-worke. Refractory, until even the
famed CITY Of Il lrt Worth begins TO feel the
workings OF the green-eyed monster, jeal-
ousy. Now we have no disposition TO en-
trench upon or Invade The territories you
claim as natural tributaries or TO enter the
field as candidate for your welcomed re-
nown, but we are for Colorado FIRST, last and
all the time. More passengers get or dali
have several railroads, rich, wide-awslte,
progressive citizens, model mayor. and last
but not least. the DAILY GAZETTE, devoted TO
the development of "Chicago-roxas," then
two great political conventions are TO meet
IN your confines slugger sui
liyan ,h b nored ~ you With q
yantagous Colorado cannot boast ofat pres
ent, but who can tell what the next two
years will do for MS In this respect?
Whenever great enterprises of any Kind are
spoken of or conventions to be captured, the
n orite uitcrance or the GAZETTE reads
something like this: at VIII be a very cold
day when Fort Worth gets left" So with
Colorado in matters of interest to hergrow'h.
lo some people ] wot this sounds "preten-
tlous" and on the ''last-agouy" style.
Several Abieneites visited Colorado this
week. They came to attend II meeting of the
lodge OF L. .. O. #, This order Will give a
public installation ofoilicers on the 2Gth inst,
and are going To make the entertainment u
success.
Colorado boasts OF n band. Yesterday It
dlscoursed music for the dedication of tho
denizcns of SweetwRter. Yonr committee of
arrangements FOR the entertainment of the
two conventions might induce this band 10
be ON hand. Doubtless the leader Is open TO
propositions.
Yesterday two nice look Ing, middle-aRed
gentlemen came into my office and intro
duced the mselves rs being from Donville,
III. They said they were thinking of an In
vestment 10 lands near Colorado, place
well spoken of in their homes-were much
pleased with the size and growth of the city
nut DsI Woru Huoul 4tblltne. 10 bub lieIi-
ton this latter statement, as Write in conf
dence.
The debate has opened in congress on the
bill OF Mr.. Converse 10 restore the tariff on
wool TO the figures of 1877. The music has
begun; we VIII watch, wait and see the out
come.
| Gen Pfouts, he of the Dallas Herald. has
been In town; appointed correspondent
| here. The Houston Post has done the same
| thing; ihe Galveston News has had one all
| along. Well, the GAZETTE Will give them q
missile for the field. II lis is our territory. aud
must be held. We have the inside track and
| viii come out ahead.