Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-18
CURRENT TOPICS.

interested that the sale of lots nj MAJ,
was the largest ever made in the sto,o e.,
wv; our auctioucer, Capt. j. A. II. Hose. ~.
OF san Antonio, having received for COR, ,,,,n
sions over 1890, his rate being ~ pc,, con,
We have his receipt for this amount. MI,
further state that every lot sold was hn,.
nde sale Not one lot returned To tho 49,,
pany' All members of the company bopuh,
aud paid for their lots Just the same .s u.s
public. This Is something that very few n
any, of town companies can saw. VII,
however, state that there wero
rev not over ten) lots bouoh,
on day OF sale by parties who are not 20,
nected with the company, some OF these hv
Dallas parties, who have not yet settled rnr
the same. / am authorized to notify thoso
purchasers, and take this opportunity IN do
so, that unless they make settlement wiz,
the company for the property purchaser
within the next ten days, they 1.-THE com.
pany) will consider the sales void. and vii,
be very glad CT the chance to do so. for thu
lots are worth to-day nearly, IL not ouite
double the meney sold for on day of "a, n
have, as You know, induced n number or
my acquaintance and friends to invest. IN
Midland during and sine, the sale: if tbere
be any OF those who are "weak- TX need, npd
prefer their money and ten per cent
of the money invested, i will cheer.
fully take the property Off their hnnds
There are some few. l find, who
were never known to invests dollar in Tex-
as; those that can see no good in anything
In the state. that in referring TO Midland call
II "agrand swindle," "all sand and no wa.
ter" ETC.; to those or an y others Will sim.
ply say that $500 will be paid by the under.
signed any one that Will prove that in the
advertising of the sale of Midland there was
| anything but facts represented The adyer-
tisemcnts of course speak for themselves. and
having had charge OF that work in this state.
know whereof speak. We, the Midland
Town company, are well aware of what was
promised the public ON and before the day of
sale, and for their protection and our own
we will see that every promise made will be
carried ont to the letter, and we will, OF
course. being personally interested, do as
much better than this as we possibly can
But as have stated, now is the time to have
your money refunded II you feel "weak.
kneed.' Also, remember, money or no lots
for those who have notyet settled.
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| COOKERY FOR BKGINSERs, with Marion
Harland's name ms author, needs no other in
dication OF its character and genuine value
1t has been n fault previous books on cook.
cry that they have taken for granted the pos
| session of a certain degree OF knowledge
| requisite to their successful use, not always
possessed. This book, while afiordipg range
of information unsurpassed by any Other
book, and thus suited to the use of all. has
the advantage of being perfectly adapted tc
the needs of the verie.t tyros In cookery. The
Lutheran Observer says: "This Is the bes
boz. k that Marion Harland has written OF
cookery, because 1t is the simplest and th'
most useful. Graduates at cooking schools
| will find 1t suggestive"
Mr.. THos, E. BoMAR, editor of the McKin.
ney Black WaXy. has applied for n patent or
an ink fountain for job printing presses
which can be fitted to any sort or size of disl
Jobber, AMI which VIII probably b, sold a
low as $40. Tom is a practical job printer
and good one, and knows the want of tn,
boys. THE GAZETTE wishes he may reap
large profit from his Improvement, for 1t viii
prove grea. benefit to the craft.
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THE Boston Post says: "Mexico aud all the
Latin-American republics are to make ex
tensive exhibits. Those countries thus man
ifest their wish to enlarge their commercial
relations with the United States. The popu
lations of those republics exceed 10000, "
Their total annual trade amounts to s400
000,U0). England and Germany have most o
1t, but the exposition will do much to turf
that great volume of trade to this country.
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THE national board of health has Issued
pamphlet OF yellow fever statistics, shown
the incidence of yellow fever-cases an
deaths-from 1870 TO 1883 inclusive. From
this we See that in 1873 at Calvert, Texas. Al
cases and lbs deaths; and in 1852, at Browns
Vile, 1905 cases and l0i deaths.
] DUFFAN mineral wells, located In Frat
county, sixteen miles southeast of stephen
Vile, are attracting much attention at pref
ent.
THE GAZETTE will be two years old on tn
LIST day of next August.