Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
Axtell, the Governor OF New Mexico, and
His Record.
Texas Postal Matters Other Items OF
Interest.

Interest.
Special 10 the Gazette.
Washington. January Sin con-
ne,'tion with the efforts to forfeit the
Texas d Pacific land grant, Chief
Justice Samuel b. Axtell of New
Mexico will probably be impeached
by congress. Axtell, az the public
knows, came to Washington NJ u
memher of congress some years back
from California, having Immediately
previous been an obscure
lawyer in the same state.
His condu t in congress was
characterized by incompetency and
open c intact win corrupt railroad lob
byists, but by some unaccountable
means he was reelected and continued
again the same course. Suddenly,
from being an aggressive Democrat,
he became II Republican and left con-
gress to become governor of Utah.
His administration was corrupt and
caused much complaint, and he was
relegated to private life. Axtell next
became governor of New Mexico
and was instrumen al in passing sew
eral corrupt railroad measures through
the Legislature. He was also instru-
mental in covering the many bloody
deeds which injured the territory.
Complaint was made in Washington
and Axtell was sunmarily removed
and left the territory He returned
in 1882, again having been suddenly
appointed chief justice by some mys-
FERROUS influence. IL has now leaked
out that G. p. Huntington was
the power that hoisted him
| into so many responsible places, and
it can be shown that he has enabled
that magistrate to perpetrute numer-
Gus illegal acts. Several of II nting-
toms letters recently published plainly
speak of MIN AS II tool. Sever',i prom
| ineut New MeXicaus are now here
compiling record of Axtell and seek
his Impeachment ny congress, provid-
ed he il not dismissed by the presi-
| dent, which is not considered proba-
BILE IL is exp, cted hat the matter will
be taken in hand by some 5 nth
western congressman. Particular
stress will be laid on the fact that AK
tell as chief Justice, declares as legal
| the fraudulant acts which he sane.
toned i'm the interest of Huntington u
governor.
!
Representative Lanham, who spen,
a large portion of the holidays with
relatives in the upper portion OF South
Carolina, has returned To Washington
John Young Rankin Of Brownwood
j. here looking after pensions ofex-
Union soldiers.
TEXAS POSTAL MATTERS.
William Cress we'll commissioned
postmaster of Buffalo Springs; John b
| Nelson, Viola; Maria Schultz
Parma Maria Postmaster Eddy o.
McLennan county was placed
under $500 bonds. Round Rock, VIII
hanson county, has been relegated t.
a fourth class office.
January l4th the route from Pleas
anton to Oakvilie will be curtailed tc
end ut Campbellton decreased distance
thirty miles; mail will be reduced I,
twice u week on the sam date. The
route from Tild.n TO Cotula will be
extended to begin at Oakville, i'll
crcasing the distance twenty-five
miles.
| By Associated Press.
BARTON A DEFAULTER.
Washington, January 3.-The Stai
| says Clarence Nj. Barton, Tor severa
years connected with different paper,
in this city, is missing, and!it il alleged
he leaves behind him number ut
forced Inducements on which he OBJ
tanned money. AnOng the names said
TO have been forged is VIM. Nj. Dick
son, foreman of the first stal
route jury, and Henry ID. Boteler
merchant General Brady's name i:
on some of the paper, but it is not as
ceriained whether il is forged or not
The amount of fraudulent paper e6
tant is unknown. Barton wa, night
editor of the Republican when the
ailrhy occurred between Saltello Bros
and himself which resulted in the
death of the elder Saltello.
CHOLERA IN ASIA.
Washington, January 3.-The ma
tiunal board OF health has information
communicated by the state depart
mrnI of the continuance of cholera IN
Alexandria. Jud ge Farman, of the
intern ational tribunal nj Cairo, says
There are from one to three cases
every day resulting in death, and
many more in which those attacked
| recover He estimates the deaths
from cholera for the past
summer at double that given by
the official estimate. $4,000 to 5O,0W
Tue consul general reports that in
well-inturmed official circles the num-
Der of victims is estimated at 65,0DO
or 10000. "ln many villages of The
Interior" he says, ~ majority of the
laboriug population died, and in some
instances nearly entire communities
disappt AIRED, so that not sufficient eff
fective hands remain 10 cultivate and
| harvest the crops.n