Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-31
CHICAGO LETTER
Presidential Probabilities Rob Linz
coin, the Son Of His Father.
Fast Mails-Thc Cattle Disease Emily
Faithfull's lecture.
Mrs. Laagtry asa Pedestrian Thirty.
SIxsMiles Day.

claims thar there il Young blood
needed in the coming presidential race;
that we have had enough of old war
horses aud the issuvs OF the dead past.
He is n Republican, and very neatly
places In nomination the name OF Rob
ert Lincoln, but says that Ii the RE-
pubiicans persist In bringing forward
old-timers. with all sorts of party
pledges and hampered by personal an
imosities and loaued down with old
scores 10 pay of, the Democrats
can win by placing Ia the field % live,
young American. The fact Is noted
that Lincoln is on every hand
the c'ioice for vice president
rho Arthur men ana Blaine
biSn are MI in rSvcr of this
Aun ia i,e lNulthelr alAer on Tic tick
e, Ter seeoud p,ace, Ni-o ihat lht
samv state VI dndraeA ed Va Tie case
of his father la $3.50. lbe Or paiaG
there IL tot has reference ~ that ilis ~ee-
repeats itself, and II IL among tAe preu.
abilities that those who have i,rst 4,
mind the various old stagers, hut who
are in favor of Lincoln Tor ,..e-rg.si.
dent, may be compelled aud glad to
compromise on him for the head of the
ticket, ArthGr's chances are certainly
very good and unless the Logan aud
Blaine followers press their Chains too
vigorously he il tolefably sure TO get the
nomination. In the tight between
Blaine and Logan we shall probably
see whether the pen is mightier than
the sword. There Is bitter lighting for
and against Logan right here In his
own home. The opposition is fiercest,
however, between two Of the party
papers which usually take opposite
sides of an issue on general principles.
In the July convention there will
also be trouble on account of old tim
Der that ought TO be shelved. The
tariff question Is one that can hardly
be lodged ~ matters now stand,
yet 1t will undoubtedly be
the most troublesome and
the most vital question involved. 1T
IL a bad question upon which to make
the fight. IL is a pity that there is no
better issue for two great parties TO
wrangie over
The fast mail service Is attracting
much attention. a good deal of
jealousy has been manifested on ac-
count of the apparent iavoritlsn to
Chicago, and II is charged that ii is for
the benefit of our great morning
dailies. The fact is, ii makes way.
station of this place. the Eastern
train arriving after mid
night, too late, of course,
for Il mail delivery, and the w.st-bound
train starts ut . am, before any but
spt cial editions of the papers can be
sent. A train has just been pil on the
Illinois Central TO leave here at A u. m
and arrive in New Orleans the follow
ing day al noon. This gives special
fast.mail service to the South, bat
tourists are not inclined TO start for
the Crescent city NJ such an unearthly
hour, Thus IL Is that the fast-mail
service is u great benefit 70 the Western
country at large, but the early arrival
and departure OF trains certainly
cago. However, the Chicago pagers
are sent IN The early mail 10 large
extent, which accounts largely for the
discontinue of st. Louis papers.
The cattle disease scare subsi des, but
not until incalculnbie damage Is done
To the country. 1t will be impossible
TO make England believe now that
where there was so much smoke there
was no fire. There Is motion ON
foot to have cattle from the Northwest
s'bb' tVhht1 tGnt w AshB'aho
alive for store purposes. They would
90 via the Northern Pacific, Duluth
and anada.
Emily Faithful, the English phi
LAM hrOpist, lectured ut Central Music
hall on ''Modern Shams.n The lee
lure was for the benefit of the teachers
training school of the Free Kinder
garten association. The cause Is
good one. The proper training and
education of children from the earliest |
possible age Is ii matter Of the greatest |
importance. Mrs. L. ID. Arm )ur, Mrs. |
II ID. Fowler and other wealthy In
dies aretaking an active Interest In |
these schools for the young. The lee |
;ure was fairly good, and pointed out
some of the greatest modern shams, |
but j think Miss Faithful has not |
been in America long enough 10 do
the subject full Justice.
The question of underground teIe-
graph wires has again come up In Chi
cago and there IL "a fair prospect that
tie unnightIy overhead wires will
soon he removed from the streets and |
alleys aud b0use-tOps. The Postal Tel.
egraph company has had a line of un-
foreground wires In successful operation
for more than year.
The position OF the GAZETTE on the
rule In convention liz GER
.ainly very Democratic. The majority
surely ought to rule. In the Republi-
,hn national convention there will be
so voters, but II viii only take ma
GRITTY or All votes 10 prevail.
IL Ii charged by an oldtimer here
hat the Presbyterian pulpits OF Chica.
20 are, with one notable exception, la
he hands OF young men, whose ideas
re very liberal. Complaint has been
made Of DIR. Burrows Because he fell
owships with the independents, Prof.
,wiDs and DR.. Thomas and Beecher.
Mrs I.angtry, who came TO us last
ear as a professional beauty, but who
low n here as an actress, H., like most
english women, very fond OF walk
Dg. Az Dayton, Ohio, she recently
walked thirty-six miles one day aud
ppeared on the stage In the evening
i bright and elastic as usual. The
day she walked ten miles.
/ Is evident that Mrs LangtTy must
ave some sense. aitet all, because q
Woman could not do 80 much walking
u any but common-scnse shoes. She
annoL torture her feet rs
10 our American beauties. Js
here no lesson that our girls might I
earn from Mrs Langtry? There are /,
,lenty of them who would he glad ~
ollow her disrepntable Dabit Of flirting
With the millionaire dude. Gebhardt,
mt IL our girls should follow her esnui-
de OF walking, the best IT physical
.xerclse, they could commHnd the
lest OF health, " not Increased beauty;
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