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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18

For the entertainment ofour patrons,
and the readers of the Gazette, we pub
lish this picture of George Washing
! ton. He was born at the residence of
his father at Bridges Creek, Virginia,
upon the Odd of February, 1892, and
| the odd Of February has been declared
n national holiday by an act of con-
gress. The legislatures of many of the
eastern states have declared 1t holi-
dov. In several of the eastern cities,
including New York, this day is noted
Inv the closing of all kinds of business.
Georpe's father was twice married, his
frat wife, Miss Jane Butler, was the
mother of Georges half-brother Law
renee. Lawrence had been educated
In England. and was cultured in let
ters and manners. George was edu-
Gated in the common schools of Nir-
pin,a, and by his mother and his
Rroth,r Lawrence, who was fourteen
wears older than George, and who saw
In Georges boyhood his coming great
ness. and almost idoliZed him. Georges
fathers second marriage was to Miss
Mary Ball, the belle of the north neck
of Virginia, and Georges mother.
His frame in infancy was large and
powerful, and in boy hood he excelled
his playmates in contests of activity
and strength. As proof of his mus
cular power in youth, he threw stone
across the Rappahannock river ut
fredericksburg, near the lower ferry.
1t Is said the distance was 200 yards.
When in command of our armies,
for the republic, he was
asked to order company to fire upon !
a camp brawl, which his officers had
been unable to suppress. Laying aside
his sword, and refusing to take his pis- |
tolls, he said, my soldiers shall not be
shot for this small offense; they have
fathers. mothers, brothers and sisters,
and children; their blood shall not be
upon my hands," he FASTENED to the
camp and did.notstopuntil with hisown
hands he had knocked and choked
down twenty odd soldiers, and the
balance crouched to the ground in
shame and fear. While Washington
was one of the greatest soldiers of the
world, he was even greater with his
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18

usls Als s good roads, roadsters are
door ,a ,ul pleasure. There is no out.
spssa, iecfeallon equal to driving n
! ID pIe,,.a intelligent horse ON a good road
|feciion ~ Weather, and ibis the per-
|frlend a VI Entertainment when your
|elusIonss LAWS avs up alongside to try con-
land bos.~a WIN you. A true road man
feat evsn ioVer gets pleasure out of de.
what he n, lie Is ever alert to find
|hlm Ia may DO for his horse TO assist
I'm s,,s spd. He is shod TOO heavy
Then M Mr. P, 10 that tomorrow, and
Ays 10 h,a Brown will Try it again he
| In their hi. All horsemen believe
more hsvan olses, admire them. and
A man a wra great friendship for them,
|his hoS,.m VINO has not a friendshin en.
Drive him a' not to be allowed To
ing pood T. A trst requisite to eniov-
Sntii' yoar u %a Is good road. With
les luxury MUSE is an expensive, use
aud The Sood road between The citv
,'aaqsn w sa,Sing park, Fort Worth
humber s ~ould be out In double Ina
VOID b. NY day. Fine turnouts
xould tpios ae rule. Business men
aasty men y w . recreation they need.
uealers So, %9uiu do better business
ssSbsller psio u sell more drivers and
sell nore b s,ices, carriage dealers wonld i
pleasant dy,IIssies, ladies' would eniou
oehappjsr Ives and the people vnnj3a
" wl y iheinsel~~'n.ah and better pleased
s@fort Wo s,Ees aud the booming civ
road. -Teyn,1' Let us have n goo a
''a' Live Stock Joa,uoi" sooo
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18

pen than with his sword. Thomas
Jefferson wrote of him: Whose ex-
ecutive talents are superior to those, I
believe, Of any man In the orld, and
who alone, and by the authority OF his
name, and the confidence reposed in
his perfect integrity, is fully qualified
to put the new government 80 under
way as to secure 1t against the efforts
of all opposition" And the accom-
him to her husband: Dignity, ease
and com placency, the gentleman and
the soldier look equally blended in
him, modesty marks every line and
feature of his face And yet lie was
a man, from boyhood his heart throb-
bed with the warm impulses of human
nature. AT fifteen he was In love.
and was too bashful to tell his love,
but wrote these lines:
"Ah, woo is me, that should love and con.
Long have wished, but never dare reveal,
His second love was Miss Mary Phil
lips, belle of New York city. II has
been said she discarded him, but how
could she dol His military renown his
impressive personal appearance. leads
us to conclude that the threatened at
tack upon Fort Duquesne called him
away while he was accommodating the
lady's affections, and upon his return
Captain Morris had carried Off the
prize. In 1853 he married the widow
GUSTS, afterward known as Martha
Washington. In old age he was very
fond of shell-bark hickory nuts, and
would chat with his friend and eat
them for an hour. He was twice
elected President of the United States.
and died December 1570. There are
number of good doctors now in Fort
Worth, under whose care he could
probably have lived ten years longer.
When the news of his death reached
England, the English fleets lowered
their flags, and Napoleon, first consul
OF France, ordered black Grape upon
the army standards for ten days. His
history has been written In few
words. First in war, first in peace.
and first in the hearts of his country
men. CHASE TRADING co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18

Their were BOG applications for
divorce in Philadelphia last year, of
which pa were granted. More than
half the applicants were women,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18

over :, good d a a,ad, who has lately been
s!ais SSRillon that the td drives ,, gives it
Co., lKa'S ei H55lyen last year s .uEor %
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18
LIST OF LETTERS

remaining IN the postofice at For
Worth, Texas. Monday, February Ia, 1884. To
obtain any OF these letters, the applican
must call for advertised letters" and give
the date OF this list
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18

Correspondence OF the Chicago Drovers Jour
nab
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
PENASCO.
EDiToR LKADER :

EDfToR LEADEK:
Nothing particularly new hero
abouts.
Big Eakers growls because he
doesn't get the LEADER. Please
transfer his name. lie uses it for
reading purposes now. BY the
way. what is 1t about Fatty and
very fine bread :"
A considerable acreage of corn
is being planted here, besides oats,
barley, potatoes and garden truck.
If you are fond of watermelons
come over in August.
must also announce the depart
ure of our original I" dude to the
lower country, Seven Rivers, to
take situation as "cow-puncher." "
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
A PROMISING MINE.

The last timeC. 7. Clark, Super
intendent and part owner of the
BuckhOrn Mine. Red Cloud, was in
camp lie hcroically submitted 10
our process of interviewing, the
output Of which was as follows
Q. Well, portion Of your com
pany has been to see YOU at the
Buckhorn. What was their i'm
preston, and what are you going
to do!
4. Well, Messrs Bush and Milne
were over there, when we made all
the necessary arrangements to
thoroughly develop the mine.
Q. What are you dong now?
a. Sinking a shaft.
@. How deep do you expect to
sinkt
A. From $50 to 200 feet.
Q You think you have pretty
sure thing-a mine rather than a
prospect hole !
A. Yes, there is no doubt about
it, and this summers work will
prove the Buckhorn to be one of
the best copper and silver mines in
the Territory. We have the min
eral-all it needs IS intelligent de-
velopment, and we are provided
wich all the essentials for that.
Q. Mr.. Bush showed us some
ore which he was taking to New
Orleans to have tested. What was
the result!
y. Yes, he sent me certificates
from the mint where the ore was
tested-it went up high in the hun
dreds.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
NOGAI..
May 18th, 1884.

EDITOR LEADER
Notwithstanding the sale OF Gay
lords mill, mules and all, we still
exist and subsist. Everything
seems to move along as usual.
| have heard that the last clean
up of the American (GilD mine
was upwards of 80 lbs. uow's
that FOR highl
Mcssrs. Chase & IIockradlc keep
pegging away as Of old, taking out
the gold just as if nothing unusual
or noteworthy.
Some people here think that be-
cause we hold an eleyated posish
with the S. w. Stage Co., that we
are putting on airs, and there is
where they are away off. There
is nothing stuck up about us ex-
cept our clothes, 1--WE will admit
that they are pretty badly stuck
up, and YOU know we always wo'ld
wear good clothes if we didn't lay
up a cent. Why, Major, we wo'ld
take hold of a good gold mine 1--WE
don't like silver,) just as quick and
easy as we would step into Sam
Williams place and-well, you
know what we would take AS
one of your distinguished citizens
would say, You just wait leetle,
and we will show you some tings
Il
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
II. IL. NEWS.

The New Mexican ReUie1c says
1t has been fortunate enough to Sc
cure positive information tliat the
vigorous, progressive policy of the
A. I. & S. f. is shortly to be in
augurated in New Mexico by the
construction of a number OF i'm
portant branch lines radiating from
the main line at various points aud
penetrating the best sections of the
mineral and pastoral region of the
Territory. The original charter of
the New Mexico Railroad Compa-
ny authorizes the construction of
no less than twenty-five separate
branch lines in this Territory, and
it is gratifying to be able to state
that the directors Of the A. T. &
S. F., who hold this charter, have
within a few months past decided
to carry out the original intention
of the incorpOrators and complete
the several lines called for in this
charter within three years time. -
In other words, they propose from
this time forward to keep a large
force actively engaged in railroad
building in New Mexico. The
Lake Valley branch has just been
finished and is in full running or.
der ; the Magdalena branch is rap
idly nearing completion, and i'm
mediately following the same will
come the constructing the Jemnez
branch from Bernalillo. This is
one of the most important new
lines contemplated, for it will pen
citrate a splendid country, develop
a large area OF grazing land, open
up some excellent mines, and at
tract a large travel from tourists
and invalids desirous OF testing the
wonderful effects of the Jemnez
hot springs. The company's chief
idea in constructing this branch,
however, is 70 render accessible
the vast forests that exists in that
vicinity of the Rio Grande Val
lpv Tho
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
Reported for the LEADER.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Court met on the 18th inst.
when the iury's were organized
and instructed. Some unimport-
ant cases were dismissed and com
promised.
On the 18th Jose Jiron, was con
victed of larceny, and his punish
ment fixed at three years in the
Territorial prison.
In the case of Territory VS. John
Sangers, defendant was found gull
ty, and fined 500 and costs. The
charge was assault with intent to
commit murder.
This promises to be q very short
and dull term. IL
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

PRoBADLY the richest strike vet
made in Baxter Mountain, was that
Of last week and the early part OF
this, by john Wilson, on the prop
erty popularity known as the South
Homestake. The Company, thro'
its President, Mr.. Harrison, gaye
Mr.. Wilson a contract to cut the
VEN which Mr.. Wilson had before
discovered, the contract dcsignat-
ing u cut of 20 feet, more or less.
Wilson knew what he was doing,
and kept on until he penetrated SO
feet, through all of which gold
bearing quartz was disclosed, and
lead OF free gold 9 feet wide
exposed. The poorest quartz as
sayed S12 ton, and the best, mot
the free gold. of course, from $50
to S65 per ton. The gold carrying
vein is about 30 feet wide. We
have seen specimens of the miner
al, and can vouch for its richness,
but inasmuch as orders have been
received to take out 20 tons Of the
quartz for milling, the cleanup
which we will publish in due time,
will demonstrate to the satisfaction
Of all, especially the stockholders,
that the South IIomestake is a bo-
nanza. Uncle John says he looks
upon this as the "mother lead" of
the Mountain.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
White Oaks

Branch will be commenced about
the same time, the line being eX-
tended from San Antonio. the pre-
sent terminus, through a rich coal
and mineral region to the town Of
white Oaks. Surveys for both Of
these lines have been completed,
and others for various additional
branches are now in progress.
From the information at hand the
ReUie,r confidently expects to hear
that dirt has commenced to fly on
both Of these branches within sixty
days"
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
Es-. R. RACKET


Among the arrivals on " eoneS-
o"E night were ''en ! Darr' oi 'he
n l. " D T. NY anu 'onn
il"'l'PSoo' tne wen known railway
contractor lheir mission Is "
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It's resources with " We" Oh 'S'I-
''i"'i"e 'i'e "iiio"n' Vi o"9iueSS'
present an" P'o'Pec'Ne' ""ic"
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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

A FELLOW in Chicago persuade d
a pretty girl named Emma Brick
es to marry him. After the cere-
mony she learned that her mar
riage was illegal. She then shot
and killed the scoundrel. Being
tried for murder a jury Of twelve
men pronounced her insane and in
uocent Of crime.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

JUDAH p. BENJAMIN, Of Confed-
eracy fame, died suddenly IN Lon
don last month. lie was ali able
Jew lawyer. From SO to 81 he
was a [. S. Senator. During the
war he was attorney general, sec
retary of war, and secretary OF
state OF the Confederscy. His age
was 72.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

Bob INGKRsoLL announces with
glee that his log residence on the
Dorsey ranch III Colfax County, is
about completed, and cost but the
trihe of $4,000, the profits of a
weeks lecturing, and that he and
his family will move into the house
before the Fourth of July
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

THE Las Vegas Opt'e says =
" Readers Of the daily papers are
familiar with the facts Of the at
tempted bank robbery at Medicine
Lodge. Kansas, and the killing of
the president and cashier of the
institution by four men whose
names were Henry N. Brown,
marshal OF Caldwell, Kansas, Ben
Wheeler, his assistant, VIM. Smith
and a man by the name of Wesley,
both cow boys. The citizens gave
pursuit. and the quartette of rob-
bsrs were caught and lynched.- .-
The man Brown had been married
but six weeks. He was a native
of Rolla, Phelps County, Mo, and
was a member of Billy the Kids
gang in the Lincoln County war
when they lay ambushed for Sher,
if Brady's party, killing him and
nearly all his men. In the fall of
1878 hewas at Tascosa, Texas, with
the " Kid having nearly hun
dred stolen horses in their posses
sion. Afterwards he became in
volved in a shooting scrape in New
Mexico, but was pardoned for the
offense by the then Coy. Samuel
b. Axtell, for participation in the
Lincoln County war. While act
ing as City Marshal of Caldwell, :, he
killed two men. Better for the
world that he has gone
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
ANOTHER.
Sunday, May II, 'S4.

HulIudS' udI ~ o.
MAJoR-Judge Bristol arrived at
Carizoso Ranch last night, slept
there, and passed through Nogal
at noon to-day, accompanied by
Mr. James Nabours, en- route for
the county seat, where he is to OPP
Ell court tomorrow morning.
We had here, since about a week
regular Spring weather, but | am
afraid Judge Bristol is going to
change it at least the old Mexi-
can residents OF Lincoln County
say that the Judge never opened
court in Lincoln yet that a heavy
snow or rain storm didn't follow. -
The MeXicans, before they start for
the county-scat to attend court, in
yariably look, first, that the roofs
OF their houses are in good order.
They even say, that in case OF a
drought in the county, instead of
asking their Padre to pray in
church for rain, as other people
would, they would ask Judge Bris-
tol to hold an extra session OF
court.
The miners around here are in
excellent spirits. y.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

Col. INGERsoLL will spend the
summer, and up to early winter.
his and Dorsey's ranch. New Mex
ico's gay and festive cowboy, and
the tarantula, may work change
in his notions as to future punish
mcut
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

The State OF Florida lett
New York on April 18th, and on
the 18th collided with a bark in
mid ocean, sinking both ships in a
few minutes. The steamer had 1G7
passengers, and saved only A of
the crew and passengers. From
Tie bark only the captain was re-
cued, II men going down.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
LINCOLN COUNTY, N. NJ.
Miniug, Stock, Agricultural Interests

Under the above heading we propose
publishing weekly reports from the various
sections of Lincoln County, touching the
elvera interests indicated, and with that
esvw solicit correspondence from every
camp. range, and agricultural section in
the county. If correspondence be not in
shape we will shape it. Facts are what
VIC want
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17
USELESS LEGISLATION.

Among the numerous acts of the
last Legislature which were more or
less useless, and therefore mischiev-
ous, was one requiring the locator
of a mining claim to sink within
three months after location, land
before recording his location,) a
ten foot shaft on mineral, or TO cut
mineral at least ten feet beneath
the surface by drift or tunnel
All such legislation is void and in
operative upon its face, and serves
no other purpose than to generate
contempt for statutes and statute
makers.
The mineral lands are the prop
ertv of the United States. Con-
gress has prescribed what a man
shall be before he becomes a $40
Gator" and what he shall subse-
quently do in order that he main
tain his possession, and the action
Of Congress, is. in the matter, fl
nal. No local authority, district,
county, Territorial or State, can
either give him any right or privi
lege denied him by Congress, or
deprive him of any right granted
hlm by the laws of the United
States.
Secretary Teller puts the matter
very briefly and unmistakably in
his letter OF February 9th, 1854, to
Hon. +. b. Tully, Of the House of
Representatives. Congress spe-
Gifted the amount Of work to be an
nually performed, giving the own
Ell Of the location the entire year
in which to do this work. He may,
under existing laws, wait until the
last OF the year and then do the
work. TO compel him to do a part
at one time, and a part at another,
is not, in my judgment, within the
power OF the miners Of the dis
trict."
Commissioner j. A. Williamson
held, Sept. 16, 1880; "A regula-
tion which requires that $25 worth
Of work shall be performed month
ly, however, is invalid, for the stat
ute prescribes that these improve
ments shall be yearly, and not
monthly. i \
Under the act OF January 22nd,
1850, the locator has until the
expiration of one year from the
lst day Of January next succeeding
the date OF his location in which
to make the Improvements"
Nothing is more certain than
that a man who possessed the I'm
pie qualifications Of locator, who
has made location in accordance
with law, and who subsequently
has fully done what Congress pre-
scribes as the price of his legal
right Of possession, will be main
tained in his possossory right by
the United States courts, and viii
in due time be granted his patent
by the proper department, notwith-
standing some local and incompe-
tent authority may have attempted
to compel his compliance with diff
ferent or additional requirements
than those Of Congress,
In this connection, credit is due
to Secretary Teller for his careful
attention to the interests OF the
mining sections. His rulings have
been uniformly liberal, brief, and
luminous. In fact, the head of
the Interior Department has dem
onstrated that he is a sound and
liberal lawyer, fully acquainted,
moreover, with the interests and
necessities " mining and miners,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

OWING to commercial depression
in England two railroad companies
of that country have discharged
2, 500 employees, and have reduc-
ed the salaries of clerks 10 per
cent.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

AT last the murderer of Mat
thews, in Copiah County, Missis-
sippi, has been indicted by grand
jury. viii he be justly hung, or
uniustly acquitted, are now the ag
itating questions.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

E&-LocatIon notices. and Proof of la
bor blanks can be had al the LEApER Of
6gc
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

CHARLES O'CoNNoR, the eminent
New York LAWYER, is Il sd.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

The mountains on either side OF
the Sacramento Valley are well
covered with snow, while the val
ley itself is full of trees bursting
into leaf, and flowers are blooming
II Proof Of Labor blanks 10 be had
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-05-17

wrA. ce4f-ev. Ea.eor L Prorraee7r.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
The Glacial Period.

The term 'glacial period" during
which large portions of the earth we're
covered with ice. is especially applied
to the close of the tertiary period, when
nearly all of Europe experienced an
arctic climate. and whole races of men.
animals and plants were driven south
or destroyed. This cold snap com.
menced 100000 years ago and lasted
100, go years. Science says it was
caused by the increased eccentricity of
the earth's orbit influencing oceanic
currents, and that we have cold spells
from the same cause every $4,000
years. Darwin believed it because it
enabled him to account for the similari-
ty of plants and animals found II
America, Africa, Europe and Australia,
and also explained what become of the
c of men that inhabited Europe
24O. 600 years ago. of whom vestlges are
traced down to SO, 900 years. There have
been cold waves occurring at intervals
since, but that glacial period was the
longest and coolest winter ON record
Indianapolis Fun.