Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-03
PALO PINTO.
A Region Where the Times are Good
and the Farmers Prosperous
and Contented.
Indicted Jailbirds-0andidates on the
Qui Vive-0Omments on the
Talbot Letter.


Correspondence ofthe Gazette
PALo PINTO, TEX Sept. o. left
Palo Pinto on June 30 last for a visit
to my old home in Cherokee county at
the town Of Jacksonville. My visit
there was very pleasant, made 50 by
meeting with many of my school
mates and other friends. Many changes
have taken place since / left
there. The town Of Jacksonville
has grown a great deal since was
there and many strange faces are vccu.
pying the haunts OF my boyhood RAM
bies. / found a great many people
there who wanted 10 change from East
TO West Texas, and the reason of that
is that part of the state Is cotton belt
where the farmer depends on cotton for
the money part of his crop, and that
staple seemed to be cut very short by
the continued droutb. while In North
west Texas the farmer can raise
wheat, oats, hay, corn and cotton,
and such "A thing as failure
in all of the crops Is unknown. And
i'm addition to our farming we have
the stock business, which puts money
In circulation in our country all
through the year. Northwest Texas
is not in half so bad a fix financially
as East Texas is the present season.
Your correspondent has just been
canvassing our county, and finds the
people healthy, pro )erous and with
plenty TO eat and TO spare.
Every farmer has a CRIB full Of
corn and some wheat to
sell. Corn Is worth thirty to fifty
cents per bushel. The cotton crop Is
short, yielding one bale TO every seven
acres. Real estate Is changing hands
at fair prices. Many who bought
property In this county two or three
years back are selling for double what
Il cost them.
Thos. Cotney and Green Harmon
are in jail here for the murder
Of George Ingle, report of which
was given THE GAZETTE at the time
of the killing. A bill was found by
the last grand Jury and the prisoners
made application for release under a
writ of habeas corpus. Judge Nugent
was here to give them hearing last
Monday, but one of the states wit
nesses being absent the trial was con-
tinued until October.
A bill was found by our last grand
against John Cole for the murder
OF John Wagner. Cole came in and
surrendered and was given hearing
by Judge Nugent under writ of ha-
beas corpus. He was admitted to bail
in the sum of $1,000, which bond was
given readily. II Is generally thought
here that Cole Is innocent.
Palo Pinto has fine school, man
aged by Mr.. Henry l.. Brevard OF
Bowie, Tex, and Mrs. A. V. Getz-
weller. We have the best location in
the state for good school-high,
healthy and plenty of good water.
We had fine rain here last Satur-
day night.
Candidates are beginning to move
around lively. We can hear of them
all over the county. DR.. Cole of
Stephens county addressed the people
in our courthouse last Saturday even
ing.
We need better material to make
laws for us. 1t would be a fine thing
for Texas If our legislature only con.
vened once In ten years. We would
then he able TO pay men who are
competent to make laws for us. We
have great deal more law now on
OuE hlhNuieh buhn ~ lnlOICSu.
John Talbott's letter, copied in THE
GAZETTE Of the oath, Is II fine thing. ]
can find plenty of Northern and Loyal
men, IA he calls them, who have
moved to Texas since the war, thai
will give him the lie. have seer
Northern men throw papers published
in the North with such stories IL
them under their feet and sweal
that such filthy sheets should no
be read by them or their families
i saw Just such tale AS Mr.. Talbot
tells published in the Chicago New
once, and saw an honest Northern
man read It and pitch the sheet TO tn
flames, and, with an oath, said Ia
would not be caught reading such
paper again. We have no free air o
free grass in Texas for such bloody
shirt fellows as Mr.. Talbot, and b
had better go and live where homes
people can never hear OF him. To al
honest Northern people we have
welcome and will show them whel
they get here one of the greatest poor
mems countries under the sun.
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