Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-15
HENRIETTA.
A News Neutrality-suspicious. Of Current
Local Happenings.

SpeCihl 10 inc GNHcttc.
Henrietta, February li.-This Is my
Valentino For long ages 10 has been
IA custom to send some token of love
upon the fourteenth day of February.
IL is yet n pleasure To send or to receive
such remembrance from friend--or
from u foe-a smile of glee or frown
of hatred Is sure TO follow.
The past six days have cost many n
citizen OF Texas u smart sum of money.
The entire country is covered about
two inches deep with sleet. snow and
fir zen rain, ana to-day sleigh bells nre
making music upon the still, crisp
arr While many are enjoying the
season in fun others are taxing in the
situation and are feeling for the poor,
dumb brutes aud especially the cows
aud other stock that have To rustic for
a living II this bad spell of weather
should last ten days, it will cost the
stnckmen OF North Texas thousands
upon thousands of dollars.
One day last week our representa-
tive, A. IL. Swan, arrived home from
Austin. His many friends-apd he
has nany-seem to round him up on
all corners and pleasantly talk over the
situation and suppose, d working of The
new stock and fence law.
The people here, Us elsewhere, are di-
vided in opinion. Some pre satisfied
with the new code, and others predict
dire difficulties arising from the work
ing of The same. Most all parties say
let the matter adjust itself, and are
ready and willing to do all they can TO
put il upon it's merits.
On last Monday one of our citizens,
white he was lett alone vt his home,
took nearly one ounce of laudanum,
HIS intention. it is stated, was TO put
an end to his life. The many friends
If John G. Fiippin are r,joiced t.
know that his effort il u failure. DIR
j. III. Frrriss had hard fight with
the life-taking drug, but work and sci.
ence 'riunphed. Ii is to be hoped
that Mr.. Flippin will not try the thing
over.
The honorable commissioners court
with Judge j, 4. Craig presiding, afe
now holding their February term,
which, as all who are posted know, l.
u long and tedious one. They have
Just flushed redistrictiDg the
county, and 81 arranged 1t that
parties do not have 10 y
fifteen miles TO attend justice's court
Az lhlS term tnty VIII nave w say
what he taxes will be for next year
II is thought the rate will not exceed
siXtv.iive or seventy cents on the tl0l
for all purposes, aud in the future less
than sixty will suffice. Several peti-
lions are hefure he court for new roads
| The railroad station of Bellevue Is
calling for most of them. Now is the
time to secure good roads, while the
land will cost nothing In IA manner, for
in few years the right OF way will
cost the county hundreds of dollars.
| The society theme now is the Is Ps.
ball on he 22nd inst Judging from
the past, it will be a grand affair. The
| knights At this place number "A great
many of our best citizens in their
ranks. What they undertake IL gen
orally carried out on "A grand scale.
Parties teie who Jailed 10 at end the
C, ntenniul are counting largely on go
ing To the great cotton expo ition at
New Orleans next winter. Hope they
will moi be disappnlnted.
Mr.. r. Y Mangum, our assistant
postmaster, has been appointed Local
agent for the Texas Benevolent associ.
alton. We can say the Il. i. y. did
well in this selection.