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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
The ocrnnation Tax.

Fonr woEru. July q. 1851.
10 the Editor OF the Gazette.
AS one that was born west OF the
Mississippi river, and never was east
of II In life, and has known the West
for nearly fifty years, and has watched
the development OF the same, and
studied lis needs and wants with Inn
partial interest, and as one that few
men (John q. Fremont and Kit Car.
son not excepted know more about
the country from the Mississippi TO the
coast of the Pacific though born
among the Indians and having been
with all the tribes both hostile and
friendly west of the Mississippi, l
never was known as. nor belonged to
the school of, Ben Thompson" of
Texas nor "Bufialo Bill' Of the plains,
and ~ one that has crossed and re-
crossed the plains. when government
stations were few and far between, aud
roved over the "Rockiesn where now
are cities, towns, mining, agricultural
and stock interests, when all those
places were camping places or blanks;
and IA one who loves the great West
want to warn the people that were
slipped upon while asleep" and have
been tied, hand and foot, with the dam
nable thongs called lease law, to keep "A
"close watch out The thongs are so
rotten that the tiers well know that
Novembcr's blast will dissolve them
into dust. But here comes In the
sophistry. You will no longer toe
tied up with the lease law,
but the same "outnp will rub up
their "brass" and come ut you as the
spider did the fly, and say, please let
US tie you up just II little longer; these
strings are SO soft and plant don't
see how you can object 10 them. And
they have such "A novel name; pro-
nounce 1t, Occupation string"
Voters, sovcreigns. Western-born
II you don't exactly know what kind of
"stufl7' these same Occupation
stringsn are made Of and where and
by whom tied, you had better know,
for lease law, herd law, line riding,
bulldoziDg etc. are all daisies" COM
pared To- this "wolf IN Sleeps cloth
ing" Occupation tax, indeed! In
augurate the internal subterfugc, and
If monopoiies don't ride rough shod
over the West I'm n fool. H. b. w.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
A Hopeless Cause.


The lencc-cuttipg and the hester war nj.
nnost Stopped Immigration 10 the western
COUNTIES oi The state. The arrogance and In.
oo,,imnesoi me lords OF ne isriat drove many
isuliles away who went there to make per.
nlaneui homes. Sluce the lease law has b.en
70 IJice that section of the state IL again h..
s sns so.tIoi w rapidly by farmers aud small
s,,Mnhmen, winch shown In the Increase OF
cn,iuren OF y scholastic age. The barous do
MOI nNeo on the range. and the COWBOYS have
mus, y. ,n. r sn ms increase IN children
'neIe 10 reside.-lDalias Herald.
When u paper has to turn ont In
straight lying In order to carry its
point, It's case IL surely a homeless one
This Is an old aud true saving. The
Herald knows that the increase In scho.
lastic population Is caused by n change
lnlhe ages and not by an increase In
popu,atioh' Lest year ,childrenwere en-
ioiled from $ to IA for school purposes;
,n's year tney are enrolled from O to
~. This the Herald knows, and IL
certainty presumes considerably on
lne ignorance OF Its readers when II
attempts to convince them that the
increase Is caused by the lease law.
me iact Il that la Mitchell
AND attached counties the scbo.
lastic population has decreased. NOT.
The change In ages.
Ihere has been no fence-eutting In lie
counties, except In the
Panhandle, and the lease law has
nothlng whatever To do with the stop.
ping OF fenoe'cuiting. The law making
Ience-cntting q felony check ed il for a
lime, but the lease law, II not repeal.d
VIII cause u To commence again. for
me poor man who was born on Texas
oil Is not willing that this country
mould 20 into the hands of few
noneyed kings. The Herald had lust
. wen begin 10 prepare for It's dish of
row Tor the lease law will surely 20.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
Where the Evil is.


Tbeland board records do not show that n
ell county.-lDallas Herald.
Certainly not. Do the "records
show" that Dallas county has any
ands leased? The reason why Dallas
county has no lands leased will be the
same In Mitchell county, viz All
lands In Mitchell county are private.
the state has parted with its title aud
even lawless land board has nothing
to do with them.
But the unorganlzed counties are
the ones that are being plundered
fenced, and from which the small
stocsnian and actual settler Is being
driven 10y syndicates and wire fence
,bey are unorganieed and as long AZ
they are leased viii remain so.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
Send Over the Chromos.

b"is times.
Anybody who has any chromos not
IN use should tender one of them to
the Tarrant county Democracy. That
Wild cratic branch of the old party
r9itsed TO renominate Mr.. Chambers
Tor me legislature because he il an
anu free grass man aud Endorsed John
iemp'eton for Encouragement, who
Is notoriously the most ardent adyo-
cate OF snti-frec grass principles there
IL IN the state. Yes, send all your
ohroinos to the Tarrant county De.
mocracy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
Is Jay Gould Going %

The New York Sun takes bride In
the fact that II coined the saying: ''The
Republican party must go.' The
New York Herald Ia felicitatlnr itself
that to the Herald belongs the ecIat OF
declaring: Jay Gould must 10 20
And the Herald says that Gould Is
actually going. II tells, with no little
junction, how he has resigned from the
directory Of the Rock Island company,
how he stepped down aud out from
the directory OF Louisville & Nash.
Vile and how he not only resigned
his dlrectorshlp in the Mercantile
Trust company, but actually sold his
holdings therein. This Ia In the Fast.
The Herald should know that Mr..
Gould Ia not going In the Southwest.
lilo Is still potent In the direction of
his Southwestern railway system, to
which nearly adoxen states pay tribute
aud which traverses thousands Of
NILES. And II Is an open question.
down here, whether we want Mr..
Gould to "go' just yet. lie has given
wonderful impetus to the devotion.
ment OF this section. His enterprises
give employment to tens OF thousands
OF men have built up towns and |
cities have opened up thousands of
farms, stimulated competitive Indus.
tries and aided In bringing the South.
wess into prosperous prominence. We
40 not . k on him as philanthropist
~ the same light that we do Peabody |
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
KEMP.
special TO the Gazette.

special 10 the Gazette.
KEMP, July 21.--W. G. Mason and
wife and Miss Willie, the charming
daughter of Goshen, passed through
here en- route to Mineral Wells
B. s. Woods aud family aud Mr..
Leedham and family of Kaufman
passed here on fish and hunt out on
Trinity river.
Miss Fannie Parsons of II Ickwall is
visiting relatives here.
The weather is dry aud hot and we
are needing rain.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
WICHITA FALLS.
special to the asse,le.


WICHITA FALLS, July 81. = The
White Elephant saloon opened last
night. 1t Is Ms fine an establishment
OF the kind as there Is In the state.
My special Of last night reads. 'Dr.
II. a.. LOWS of this city was recon-.
mended by the convention for election
from this DISTRICT IL should have
been For elector from this district
The convention yesterday lasted
several hours and there were some
heated discussions on the question OF
,ree grass versus lease system. The
lease system was approved.
There IL a fine opening here for some
man or company 10 establish water
works, There Is no doubt but what II
would pay well. Water can loo gotten
from the river near by, or arlesian
wells can be bored. We cordially i'm.
vite the attention Of capitalists to this
II Is also believed nm Ice factory
would pay here.
------s -
Joker. s
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

or Slater, or Paul Tulane, or grand
George Ball Of Tcxas-but Mr.. Gould.
In his way, has been vast deal OF
benefit to this section. We are not
ready TO dispense with him yet, and In
proportion M he has TO Ego" In the
East we slnll gladly utilize him here
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
Look Out for nss-

Houston =.
The Tarrant coun,y,r
votes for TernpIeton anu J. ia
these people know wns M
ingY or Is II u cover ~ - n
Templetou's grave ~
TEN pleton fights tne ;n,'
on the free grass ques.n..s ~
trick behind this businn ~ ~
qulre watching. ihAs sSs ~
ever. we may apply shf |
that those whn d,K ~
graves fall themseivs,
thus the would.be NJ
TEN pleton's political ~ n
most likely fall
Of their own making
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
A Fatal Disease.
Seymour Crcsset.

The dallas Herald has got disease
much more fatal than the Egyptian
cholera. IL is lease law. This lease
law disease hangs on for a long time.
but 1t surely Kills its patient every
time. The Herald had better come
out here aud eat some free grass and
get well or TIA dead dog.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
No Substance 10 Photograph.
Colorado Clipper.

-, 4 fort Worth scientist. according to
THE GAZETTE, has discovered device
which he calls II psychoelectrograph.
which Is 10 loo used to photograph
thoughts as they pass through the
mind. lie ought to turn loose on the
editor of the Dallas Herald and see
what he does think, any how.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
WILLS POINT.
Special 10 the Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette.
WILLS PoINr, July Ell. NJ. Ly-
brand, the cashier of the Wills Point
bnnk, Is very low tonight aud his re-
covery is decidedly doubtful.
The weather still continues dry and
hot and the amount Of sicknes, is
alarming.
The city election comes of on the
LIST of August,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

A NEWSPAPER Is supposed TO print
the news. The Dallas Herald prints
such news only that does not conflict
with the Views Of Tia editor, That
editor has "A higheropinion of his Views
than Rnv ono else
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
Mr.. Cleveland Should Know This.


Two years ago." says the Fort
Worth GAZETTE, "who thought of
Grover Cleveland for PRESIDENT" In
answer we will just say, that nearly
two years ago an editorial appeared In
this paper advocating Mr.. Cleveland as
the most available man for that posi.
ton. And he "got there ELL
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

SENATOR HoAR bolts the Chinese
plank Of the Republican platform. lie
IL not very sweet on Blaine either, and
for better security tho bosses should
inspect his ticket before II Is deposited.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

ISorRsoLl., 1t Is said, will move TO
New Mexico. because he wants to
loom In politics, and his pagan record
forbids II in Illinois, Misfortunes
never come slngly. That territory
caught Dorsey not long ago.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

Col. ], III. I,RirroS was In the city
Yesterday. Col. Britton IL state rail-
,oed engineer aud II tho gentleman who
loh , Houston Post reporter thai
*'nors people yet oil and on the trains
q Fort Worth in twonty-four hours
eSAn q Dallas, Galveston, San An
eeelo, Houston aud Austin combined =
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

IN tho North American Review for
August Mr.. John i. Hume, In u long
article, propounds tho question; Are
we nation OF rascals?'' II Ia To.
spcctmlly referred to the American
people ut the polls In November.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
The Effect OF II.
Colorado Clipper,

NUIUTNHU VTIFFNT,
The cattle barons are getting rich
very fast. Last year stock cattle were
worth from SIS to $50. This year they
are worth from Sl2 to SIS. Walsh,
Templeton Il Go. did 1t with their lease
Inv, law or no law.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

GArii ha, about como to tho conclu-
sion that the young man from the
East wears eyeglasses because lac is n
fool. The same reason operates very
conapicuously In the West.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
Died.


special 10 the Gazette.
GATEsvILLE, July 21.-prof. Il. l..
Crow, principal of the Central Texas
institute, died at Waco last night.
His remains arrived this morning and
Will be buried by the temperance
council this evening. His loss Is uni
versally mourned
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

Tur Tarraui county convention, Ut Fort
worth, last saturdn,, indorAod romploton
cor the legislature. and In 50 doing repudi-
atoi foe giaas. This IL n very significant
.trnw that shows which way tho wind IL
blowing on the free grass question: Wealth
crfoId tno.
This IL n sample Of the intelligence
that essays 10 discuss great and Vital
Al Ate aticatiou,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

HAS the Dallas Herald yet learned
that Tarrsnt county instructed for free
grass and nominated n frce-grass cam
dIdatc for the Legislature? There IL
some more news Of the same sort from
Clay and Denton counties. There was
u slight touch Of the same thing In Mr..
Andrews nomination ut Dallas Satur'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
POLITICAL ANxo JUDGEMENTS.
ron NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WYE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w H. W. BROWN NJ Gregg county ia n can
dldate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Texas, SUBJ
loot "a tho action OF the Democratic convcn-
ttou NJ Houston ON tho 10Th day Of August
asxt.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

WHISKY In capsules, sold ~ castor
oil, IL the latest dodge. Druggists In
local option towns will carry large
stocks of the globules and realize pro-
portionately large profits.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

TnE Republican organs which are
cndcavoring TO besmirch the charac-
ter OF Gov. Cleveland evidently bc-
llcve In Blaine polish.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

In IL said that Rilly Chandler IL
learning the sign language, In order
that he may maintain better quality
OF silence.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

WHEN mn editor mutIlatcs the news
sent him To suit his individual views
he ought to resign aud run n hand
organ.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
pIsv,,luT oLG,,w.

WE hUE AUTHORIZED no AN
w nouncaJ 4, ~. Wnrtnnold M n candidate
for re- election to the Office oi District clerk
OF Tarrant county at the November election,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
Because She Is Not for Barney.

DALLAS Times.
East Texas may not he 80 strong in
voting IA IL was IN times that are past.
hut East Texas has not weakened IA
bit when it comes down to appetite for
flesh pots.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
just the Color OF II.

Cloburno Telegram.
Free grass means repeal of the
lense law--nothing more or less.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
MONDAY MORNING, July w.

fINERrv indorscs Blaine's foreign
policy. That do settle II.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
COUNTY OLr,,l,.

w 4, y. Woods ~ n ca Il date f,r the Of
noa of County Clerk Of rarrant county. Flee.
ion Novem Dor 4.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

TirE white mems Republican party
ofTcXas seems to be enjoy ing an cx-
tended picnic out In the woods.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
Marine Matters.

NEW ORLEANS, July 21,--Arrived
Steamship Morgan City from New
York.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
SLOW Sharper Than Serpent's
ToOth," Etc.

Dallas Times.
II was limited In the Herald Of few
days ago Tint gambling was vice
which should DO Immediately killed
by the authorities of the state!,!
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
COUNTY Jupan.

WYE are authorized Ia announce Ham
w Furman rs u randidat. for County
Judge OF Tarrant county. Election Novein'
Der l.
WE ARE AuruONtXEDT To ANNouNCE
w A. "a. Mc'luue ~ "a candidate Tor COnns
" Judge ~ Tarrant county. Election No
vembcr I. 1851
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

II cholera should make draft on
Mr.. Blaine would he send substitute ,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28

Galveston News.
The lease question has become the
leading one In state politics.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
ASSESSOR.

WE AWE AUTHORIZED TO AN.
W. nounco the name OF w. ~. Hall ~ n
randdat for reelection ~ the oiiice Of tax
assessor Of Tarrant county, election nr-t
fusHday In November.
NNE ARE AUTHORIZED 10 AN.
w uounco y. Y. u 10 'feil NV f,r aSHoaaor of
taxes OF rarrant county. Election first Tues.
Jny In November, 1884,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-07

Scraps from tile Notebook Of the
sentfDei's Reporter.
The new postal card, with blush tint.
will soon be issued.
Mountain Lodge No. "a, 1. o, o. r..
meets at 7:3O o'clock this evening.
There are 81. III clergymsn 10 the United
States and 17,267,S BE communicates.
The United States has become the fourth
largest beer-drinking nation in the world,
When in q hurry Mr.. Blaine is said to
write with both hands.-Ex. He uses both
feet, also, when be is in q hurry.
The first entertainment took place at
Eagle, Ceur d'Alene, the Other day. 'sMiss
Annie Seed made excellent music, and The
dance vas kept up until 8 O'Clock the fol-
lowing morning."
The Nye county Democracy hold their
primaries on the S1st day Of May, for the
election OF five delegates 70 the State DEM
ocratic Convention which meets at Austin
on the 10th of June.
The leaves of the pine trees in the Cnur
d'Alene mountains have fallen so many
years without being burned, that il on fire
now they would burn Is inches below their
present surface. This makes us think Of
the country we left behind us.
II at any time you desire the wind to
change suddenly, take q pan Of ashes, go
into the back yard, and facing the direc-
ton that you desire the wind TO blow from,
quickly empty your pan. All who have
ever tried this rule have never found il to
fail.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-07
Another Newspaper Death.

Editor Dennis, Of the Tuscarora Times,
philosophers thus on the death Of the
Esmeralda Herald:
The Esmeralda Herald Hawthorne,
New has been added to the list Of jour
nalistic failures, brought about by o fool
hardy attempt to force a second newspaper
upon a field already occupied, and barely
sufficient for one. The Herald was more
than an average weekly, but there was no
room for its seed and consequently 1t
reaped no harvest. The Sheriff is admin
istering upon its effects. The Bulletin in
referring 10 it's neighbours demise says:
Those who felt obliged to assist in de-
fraying the expenses OF the paper will feel
relieved that so much OF their expense has
been stopped. and another example is fur
nished TO the ambitious people who think
that 1t is only necessary to get some print
ing material to start 0 newspaper and take
possession OF a field already occupied.
Every town OF any size is benefited by a
journal, but where it is simply q pleasant,
thriving, small town, the citizens who are
called on for support are subjects OF i'm
position when asked to contribute to two.
where one is able to do all the work needed
in that line.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-07
A FlsticuR.

Towards 7 o'clock yesterday evening
Main street, Eureka, looked somewhat as
y street, Virginia City, used to appear at
mat hour in the days OF bonanza. The
occasion Of the rush Of about 500 men
towards the Courthouse corner was the ex-
ci,ement Of a fist-fght between two men
VINO bad filed up on whisky, and who were
making more noise than a crowd Of sober
men could have made. Officer Kaye took
one Of the pugilists TO his embrace. He
would not come along, but the officer, as
sisted by two or three others who volun-
Me,ed 70 stand in, packed him, bucking
ana kicking and swearing, into the cooling
precincts of the County Jail. The other
als'uroer, also, was duly cooped, where
Upon the ripples on the surface Of Main
street. subsidized. and the usual calm pre-
vailed again. The offenders will have an
vpportunity to confront Justice Harmon
'oday and explain, If they can, why they
70 fudely disturbed the peace and quiet Of
Inc neighborhood,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-07
WOMEN.

Kiss Lillian Baysrd Taylor shares her
fathers fondness for German, and has
much of his fine feeling for poetry.
Mrs. II. H. Peoples of Charlotte, N. O..
made her husband climb an apple-tree,
and then she chopped it down. He is III
ing for q divorce.
Miss Susan Fenimore Cooper, daughter
Of the dead novelist, is a model old maid
who conducts at Cooperstown an indus
trial school for one hundred orphans.
The Empress Of Austria has learned TO
set type, and she glories in the fact thai
she can keep up with the smartest Wen
nese compositors Of the other sex.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
remarks that sit is again fashionable for
ladies to comb their hair back from their
foreheads and show they have brains"
Miss Gabrielle Greeley will occupy the
Greeley homestead at Chappaqua during
the coming season. She is still a lovely
girl, exceedingly retired, and has. it is
said, refused many ambitious suitors for
her hand.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-07
Look Out for Fire.

AS Spring opens up ii is q great satisfac-
ton to see gardens cleaned up and the
rubbish burned. But the satisfaction is
somewhat diminished when people start
their fires in dangerous proximity to
cabins, lumber piles, wood piles and the
like. Complaints have lately been made
by persons owning property near where
such fires have been started, or IL not
near, at least so situated that it would
suffer il the fire should get beyond control.
In several instances our night wstchmen
and other citizens have been obliged to
fetch water at night and put put smoul-
dering fires, which the rising wind was
flaming into flames again. The danger OF
leaving any fire in the garden, street or
alley for the night Is self-evident. Should
a stiff breeze rise, q single spark might
create a serious confiagration. Too much
caution cannot be exercised in the matter
OF fires.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-07
BelItng Bad Boys.

Owing to the tendency Of our young
Austin boys to gravitate toward hoodlum.
ism after dark, the Board of Commits.
sioners of Austin, Texas, concluded to
make them go home at night, and not run
the streets any more. A town ordinance
was accordingly passed to that effect, and
now, says the Press, from the tower of the
hall of Eagle Engine Company No. 8 rings
aloud the curfew bell every evening at s
o'clock, giving just eight taps as a warning
for the boys TO vanish homeward or be ar.
rested. The boys tumbled to the racket
forthwith, not willingly, but judiciously,
knowing that the entire police force stood
ready and watching to gobble them uI
unless they could show authoritative per.
mission from parents or guardians, or that
they were on errands, or in the discharge
of some legitimate duty.