Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-24
DIR MAN ABOUT TOWN.

.ncjnl q,l erings that have occupied the at
,.n,ion of our people. " hat with weddings,
baits. parlL s. entertainments and church no.
c,,bies. tho pleasure loving young lady or
gentleman had little time for tine theater. IL
ia probab q trouprs coming during the next
ten DAYS will p ay to better business.
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One OF tn o pleasantest little affairs of the
week was the banquet Civ, n by the ladiesa
gentleman who so sweetly rendered the
,,bimes of Normandy. IL IL WAS small In
point OF NUMBERS IL was great as TO talent.
Thy dlscu sed the menu OF their banquet
with great relish, anu e"livened the
occasion with flash \ of wilt and brilliant
repariee. IL Is 10 be hoped the sweet singers
will be heard again soon.
eee
Almost every young man in town has on
his watch chain as u charm tiny Whit ele-
pnpnt mad. OF celluioid. There IL nothing
In this except their quantity.
The O small animals are dist ibuted BY the
owners OF the mammoth ssloon and gamb-
ling house, soon To be thrown open To the
pubic They serve as an advertisement. IL
IN 81 he hoped they are all OF the White Ele-
plant the young men Will see.
20
The tent of the toolh-puller Is crowded
ev ny day, and such rs 20 forward TO have
the rgrinders extracted insist tho operation
Is painless, ana yet the lu Ter uses only com
mon iron forceps. The deception probably
comes In through The excitement oi facing
the crowd, and the clashing of dru rs and
cy mbals and braying oi horns immediately
o YER he pstiepts heau. You might pun the
head or the ~ erage gawk under such cii-
cum ,tances and he would ,hlnk IL painless.
80
saw a street-csr driver ask and obtain
fare from the president OF the line tho other
duy, Tho president did not pay the fare on
entering the car and was Just leaving the
platform nt the end OF hi- Journey when the
wstchlul dri, er grabbed HIM. He came up
with bis money like the ordinary passengers.
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"a have visited every town of Importance
In Texas" said IL gei tleman TO me, 'and
nnd onlS two of them are growing; san
Antonio and Fort " orth are destined TO be
the two lar .est cities IN the state. they are
the onlS ones showing life and energy. Gal-
weston, Houston, Dallas, Waco ana Austin
have been finished several years. Suou they
enter h 4 genjecl decay that is pecu lar 10
dead towns But san Antonio and The Fortaie
booming; they are fair representatives of
the progressive, aggressive Texas of to-day"
This is what II stranger thinks of w.
90
One cent per pound tor hay in this rrairie
country, where cattle are supposed to f'tien
on the range, may seem pretty steep, and yet
that is what IL retail : for in this city. Can
this be because farmers do not pay as much
attention 10 curing the grass as they should?
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! understand IL is the intention of the City
National bank TO so build and arrange the
second and third stories of the new bull ing
they are to erect on the corner OF Third and
Houston that they may be used as living
rooms y gentlemen. They will be en- suite,
and each floor provided with kitchen and all
modern conVenien es. Ghis will be the
nearest approach to French fiat In Noah
Texas.
= he Democratic convention would bring
more than one thousand strangers, all men
OF Intelligence, means AID liberality, 10 + ort
Worth. They would spend from so to s o
each among The merchants, hotels, saloons,
etc, making total of at least sjn,o .. For
Fl anc al reasons alone the convention is
worth spending money 10 secure.
80
he Fort Worth ice factory Is making eX-
tensiye Improvements upon the old pork
packerv bay ond the santa Fe depot, ard will
~ on kave in operation the most exiens We
az tney now have the most successful leo fac
tory in Texas.
Why don't some enterprlsing man get up
an excursion from Fort Wor II into Mexico
by the OPP ming of the NJ xican Central.
There are bundled OF people through this
section Of the state and further east who
would be 81 ID of an opportunity 10 Wait the
land of the AZiecJ Mt moderate cost No
doubt arrangements OF IA satisfactory charac-
ter could be made with the railway com
p nies.
A young Tough from the Third ward called
on female clairvoyant who has recen ly
opened shop In this city, and desired some
information about his girl. He sat down on
the edge of a char, and when the seeress Gu.
tered the room said:
II cum TO know about my girl"
"Ah, a love affair."" she said, "my terms are
two dollars"
"fwo dollars! All, what 'er you glvin' mel"
"Slr, l would have you understand am
the seventh daughter OF the seventh daugh-
ter"
yer are. are yer. Well, I'll have you
know am The seventh son of a son.ofa gun,
an You don't git no two dollars out me-"
And lie Jammed his hat on the side OF his
head, gave his pants a hitch and staggered
out whistlihg Bridget Donohue."
20
There was well-timed editorial In the GA
zErrE this morning. More crossings are
needed between the southern and man por-
ton OF The city, but douot II they can he OBJ
tained without great deal of troubl. The
railroads are 10Th to cut up their reservation
with reefs. They need it for side-trackt
80
That fearful disease, meningitis, has made
disappearance in the city, and It veral deaths
from IL have already oceurr ID. II batil es the
Skill OF physicians, and lucky Is he VINO sur.
wives an attack OF II, There seems TO be
something in the climate OF this portion oil
The state peculiarly favorable 10 1t, as It's oc-
currence is IN IL frequent than elsewhere.
~
am told the married people of the city are
becoming enthusiastic on the subject OF
dancing since the organization of their social
HUB Several dancing to cheers are kept busy
instrucing sedate others and fathers how
10 tread the intricate mszes of the waltz
without stepping on anothers corns. 10 the
days when they were boys and girls IL was
fashionable 10 hop through a waltz, now Il Is
"a fslt