Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-17

Ton Of 81 900 to purchase $40. acres o I,
land, suitable for grazing anu "s,,'".
tnral purpcs,s, IN Shackellord county
| Texas. or i'm an adjoining county in'
money Ia also to aid in stocking tn'
reservation when bought. Inc trlo'
now numbers but 40 and i've nea'
Fort Griffin In an Impoverished con
| dition. subsisting by odd jobs aiiont
| farmers and by furnishing government
scouts.
CATTLE DISEASES.
rhe subcommittee of the agrlcui
tural committee meets to-mOfro"
! discuss the causes OF cattle uiseases
! Rcnrrsentative Ochiltree will prove u
! the committee that Texas Is III gre,'
measure free from the various GeauiN
/ diseases affecting cattle in diileren
parts of the country, and also prov.
! that The bulk of the diseases exist III
! The Eastern states where cattle stay
housed aud are frequently Improperly
fed.
THE FEDERAL JUDdESHif.
Chas. w. Ogien is here seeking the
judgeship of the Eastern district
backed by the San Antonio OAR
Judge f. G. Muller is also seeking tht
same position, and is strongly backed
| by the Germans and La'irange bar.
TWO PETITIONS.
To-day Throckmort0n presented Z
| petition from citizens of sherman ASK
| ing for the location OF the unteo
States court at that place.
Reagan presented a petition oil citi
zens of Cherokee county asking an ap
preparation of $50 900 900 for education
al purposes ana for The nation at large
SANTA ~ RIGHT or WAY
Walter Gresham of alveston, at
totney for the Cult, Colorado d SAINTS
F. railway. is here urging the passage
nf the bill granting the road right OF
way across the indian Territory.
POSTAL NOTES
Allen Myers, postmaster at Bryan,
Brazos county, il bonded in ten thous-
and dollars. and Jno. NJ Keith, al
Armstrong. Erath county, bonded I'D
1000. The mail is ordered from Good
ricn To- Mariana three times weekly.
TWO MORE AsPIRASTs.
The citizens of Paris and Bonham
are now seeking the location of the
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BY Associated Press.
WHISKY IN THE CAPITOL.
Washington, January II During
consideration of the joint rules of tie
senate to-day, when the rule prohibit
ing liquors in the capitol was reached,
Bayard moved To strike out the words
30 malt 20 Is to exclude malt liquors
from the exclusion Bayard said he
was strongly in favor OF the exclusion
ol the sale OF spirltuous liquors IN the
capitol, but was not wiling TO exclude
malt liquors..
Frye sad: Why, Mr.. President,
] have seen, in one of these no Ises, u
restaurant become an open, notorious,
low. miserable GROCERY. have seen
a man with his pantaloOns inside of
his bopls and his coarse blouse on.
standing at the bar Uf the Restaurant
of one oI the house, of congress drink
ing miserable whisky out of cup"
I'm u tin cup?" inquired some
menib r.
M SIR" said Frye, "a crockery cup;
ami L have seen whisky ordered again
and again and called tea, and brought
aud served In q cup and -aucer. Auy-
body, whether member OF Congress or
can sit down and order his
lea and drink IL out Of a cup. Whether
tnerc uuytniug wrong In
II or not, there is
something utterly disgusting
about it, and emit ely unbecomins the
character aiui dignity OF the capitol of
The Unised ; at,
Bay ard called for the yeas and NAYS
on the adoption OF his amendment.
but the differences were justed with
out II vote, ny striking out The words
'-pirituous and mnlt,' and inserting
the word Intoxicating"
This word, Frye said, was satisfacto-
ny Ia him, a. IL was the langu tge Of a
prohibiiOry statute. 1t was satisfacto-
ry also 10 Bayard, aud the rule was
adopted.
FAIRS Party.
Senator Fair of Nevada gave an ele-
giant entertainment AT Wormley's this
evening To thirty friends, including
several senators and representa-. YES
with their wives aud Il humber of citi-
Gems prominent ia society. The dis-
play was beautiful, and the whole af
falr one of the most attractive of the
season.
CHALMERS MANNING.
The house committee ON elections
mas decided To seat neither Chalmers
nor Mahningon lIrimn .fuciu evidence
rue report OF the committee will be
submitted To the house tn-morrow. and
the case con -idcred on its merits
BECK'S BILL.
ine biil iDtruducei In the SENATE To-
IA
iiHhnent OF spt citl bonded warehouses
spirits, provides that when
ever distill'ry is discontinued
permanently or dis'iilery has
been suspended twelve months. and
the quahtit! of oil titled spirits held
III the dlsiillery warehouse does not
exceed 1910 gallons, the distIllcr may
pay taxes on such spirits or cause them
10 he r. moved in bond from lii. disti.
Iery Warehouse To special bonded
warehouse.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Colonel Robert Murray' \ nomination
~ surBeon-gt moral W. y confirmed To-
day. '''' W.
80. BOrTLiNG HER,
me commissioner an internal reve-
nue. has ordered that iurth.r lncilit,e.
,or nottling fermented liquors be oil
cred ior export, and has decided to ex
-thn To AZ hours the time without
when such liquors may be bottled
'lier Inspection, and for ma king the
'rlsilni stamped package by the i'm
'pector.
~, THE NIAGARA CANAL.
ne OIL Tor shin canal .,roupd Nj.
CARA provides for its construction In
.onnect The ma isabe waters OF lakes
.rie ana Ontario, aud. u brgin SIR.
'eys'inr the work within six nrmth.
ne. .ne passage OF the act Tue loca.