Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-12
E4STLAND COUNTY.
A Political Meeting and Its Result =
The New Brick Yard.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Cisco, March l0.-rhe all absorbing
question among the Ciscoites now Is
who are going t, be our municipal
officers. The election being near at
hand those most interested ale casting
about for the purpose of inquiring who
will be the best fitted and most desired
for the official places, but rs yet II ;
definite conclusion has been arrived
at, although the voters of the town
turned out in mass meeting Saturday
night for the purpose of hearing the
voice of the people Us to the propriety
of naming candidates for the several
august positions. So at an early hour
Saturday, night the adult male popula-
ton began to assemble at Paschai's
hall, the place designated for the CON
vention, and as soon as Il sufficient
number had gathered to bsgin bust
ness, it was begun by calling our good
aud corpuleut friend j. II. Patterson
to the chair. BY the way, no one
can hold this seat down better than
friend Pat, for he holds
the chair down with as
much dignity as if he had
been on the supreme bench, and he
fHed the chair completely. On
motion of somebody, seconded by
somebody else, some one was
appointed secretary, the dim
lights and confusion of tongues
will forever be the reason that j could
not tell who the secretary was. AT
any rate, there was II committee ap-
pointed by the chair, whose duty 1t
was to retire and select from among
the citizens of Cisco a suitable number
of gentlemen who should represent
the interests ana sit in council and
control the veal or woe of the
future Of Cisco. The committee re-
tired into the lodge room, and reported
that they recommended ten certain
men for aldermen, and left the matter
in such shape that other names were
added by the mass-meeting assembled
until we soon had fourteen candidates
for alderman and three for mayor, ana
none for marshal. Probably some name
might have been suggested Tor mar
shall but no recommendation by the
committee. All hands soon became
dissatisfied and disguised with the
proceedings, and soon began to dis
perse, and il was soon found that, the
political part OF the meeting was about
over with; hence the idea OF forming u
hook and ladder company wasagitaleu,
and much talk and some good sug-
gestons being made, there was at last
a rood start made towards forming "A
hook and ladder company, thlhg
very much needed.
Mai. Morgan's force of brickmakerss
have arrived, and are breaking. ground
to-day preparatory to the making OF
thousands and Hundreds of thousands
of bricks, which ! feel confident our
business men will take advantage OF
and have number of substantial
buildings erected during the approach
ing spring and summer. MAJ. Nor
gan il doubtless the man to con-
trol and manage such scheme
as tie one Mt whose head
he presides with graceful dignity, NJ
terniingled with that native modesty
common to such gentlemen AS we ma
the major to be. ,o
The Texas & Pacific trains nave
been on time, or close about the figh'
time. for several days, which is some
| thing new for this season.
Tie weather is boisterous to-day,
with a dry wind from the south, stir
ring up a dust and filling every house
whose doors stand open with dust ana
sand. A rain or norther is looked Tor
very soon.