Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18
RED RIVER COUNTY.
The New Court House and the Old-Coi'
Culberson and Congress.

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Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Clarksville, February 6.-rhe court
house contractor is here, having sew
cred his connection with his late wick.
cd mariner and associated himself With
n new one. Work on the court house
will be commenced Mt once, rs already
the building stone has begun 10 ar
rive. d,
Business this week in a commercial
noint of view has been exceedingly
duh. The town has been almost $50
lated frou the neighboring country on
account OF swollen streams on all sloes
of us. We look for a revival OF trade
with the advent of good weather.
Two beautiful oil paintings were
ratified oil last night They were the
work of Mr.. Eugene Easton OF this
place, and were fine works OF art.
We will not get our new court house
, before we need it. During the recent
heavy rains persons in attendance on
our county court were compelled TO SIT
| in the court house under an umbrella
or with gum coat on. There is some
talk of cementing the walls and max
ing an immense carp pond out oil tne
old one, or should GAINESVILLE ever put
on more pretensions and have aspira-
tions in the way of water works the
old court house with little work
might he called into requisition with
profit by our enterprising citizens.
see uy yesterdays GAZETTE that
Mr.. Culberson thinks it his duty TO
again become n candidate for congress.
Ii is said that there is nothing that
brings that peace of mind so much de-
sired as an innate conscientionsness OF
duty well performed, and we are salts
fled up here that Mr. Culberson in
tends to do his whole duty in this
respect. This declaration of his VIII
open the eyes of some who have laid
the "tlattering JUNCTION to their souls
that our David was weary of well-do-
ing and would seek repOse in the
shades of private life. No, David has
not vet had enough, and as sleepy AS
he looks, he is said to enjoy the fas-
cinating and Kaleidoscope life mt
Washington as well as some of those
who look lers sleepy, and he wants To
go back again. Well, he is not to be
ensured for this, as he has "A Mce job,
and many there are in the district
who would like 10 relieve him Mi
Seth Stewart of Hopkins is Frequently
spoken of here as probable candidate,
and should he conclude to make the
race, he would no doubt command a
respectable support. Last wees L
mentioned a restlessGeSs here among
mers heretofore partial to Mr.. Culbcr-
son., and IL mistake not this feeling
Is NOT confined alone to Red River
county, but pervaues the entire west.
ern end of the district, and the opir.
ion seems to be general THAT the little
timber counties down in the eastern
part of the district, that Ge'Aot furnish
more than one-fourth os the votes,
have had the congressman long
enough, and by all rule of right some
of the populous prairie counties that
roll up the big Democratic majority,
ought to be allowed a chance. The
prairie counties in the west fEd mid
die of the district have the power, and
they are likely to lnslst on II tecogni-
ton of theiTrights 1t the next ronven-
ton.
Col. De Norris ilu his piper to-day,
questions the ConstitutiOnality of the
act passed bY the extra session, Zf1ative
To allowing clerks iIb the land office,
who purchased land under tho fifty
cent act, the right to retain their pos
sessions thus gained The colon II, as
il usu IL, gives reasons for the '-faith
that is in him." and'qlsotes the cs0sti-
tuition copiously in support of his posi-
ton.
Haywood 3 minstrels are billed for
the 10Th at this place.
We missed the G.hEETTE several
days this week. We suppose these IL
Irregularities. in our mail service we're
cailsed by yash-Outs during the re cent
heavy rains~ The trains on this line
have not run withiany regularity for
The past week.