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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03

lenses. The case was Mt once tele-
graphed to congressman 0chlltree and
Miller, with request that the matter
be submitted b the Interior depart.
ment. AS soon as he was placed in
possession OF the facts, the acting see
rotary Immediately instructed the In
dian agent at Fort Reno 10 permit the
cattle TO proceed, adding that IL IA milf
tary force was needed II would be sup
piled. Nothing further has been
heard, but 1t Is thought the matter has
been settled and that the cattle
have been allowed to proceed on their
way. They were being driven on
what has long been used as II trail for
cattle. and this effort TO prevent the
further use Of this route was entirely
unexpected. Fort Reno IL on or near
the Clmarron river, about one hun
bred miles southeast OF Dodge City,
Kansas. The Cherokee reservation
extends entirely across the territory to
the eastern limit OF the neutral strip
between the Texas panhandle and
Kansas. All the Kansas trails run d.
rectly through II, and should they be
closed, II would necessitate detour 10
the west by way Of Fort Elliott and
along the edge of the staked plains to
the Canadian In the neighborhood OF
Tuscosa; thence north through the
PaIaduro canyon. BY n recent act OF
the Kansas legislature, the "dead line"
IL now west of Dodge City, and Texas
cannot now be held within about forty
mites of that place.
The prompt action Of the Interior
department In instructing that Mr..
Mathls's herd be allowed TO proceed
eeems to indicate that those claiming
the right to prevent their progress
through the Cherokee strip were act
ing entirely on their own RESPONSE
bility. As q matter Of fact the Indian
authorities have for years maintained
q system of Illegal interference with
cattle being driven through the terri
tory for market. Grazing taxes have
been demanded, and In many instances
even after the tax had been paid, herds
have been stopped and cattle taken ny
force. A few days ago Driskell OF
Austin, had several hundred head
shot down by the Indians In . spirit
of pure wontonness, and u claim ior
their value Ii now on file at
Washington, Scarcely o stock
owner from this section but has
experienced annoyance and loss by the
irregular system Of tolls demanded by
the Indians, and II is time the matter
was settled. In the case Of Mathis ne
Is made to suffer the additional ex-
peuse OF perhaps weeks delay, which
amounts To several hundred dollars
besides the point where he Is to deliver
at the time designated by his CONTRACT
We hone the stock dealers OF this seq
ton who have an interest 10 the cattie
drive through the territory VIII insist
tina. some tort Of an arrangement pe
made by the general governinens
whereby they may be relieved Of Nm
necessary and unRuth0rizcd ann0yance
while driving cattle north. A sum.
cient number OF trails should pe
vet aside for the purpose, ana me
amount and manner Of collecting me
grazing tax ttrlctIy defined.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
,how an irregular growth MS indicated

show an irregular growth Ms indicated
by the uneven pith--a circumstance
which may be due TO various causes.
The remaining samples are from the
flock of high grnde Spanish Merinos
belonging to A. w. McLaurine, Alex
andria, Louisiana.
Ram. II months clip, VT. of fleece
IL lbs. average diameter l-l050
Largest diameter 1900. Smallest d.
ameter l-ll0O. average length 3 0-l0
inches. Pith slight-scales well mark
ed and even, quality fair to good.
Eve II months clip, VT. not given.
average diameter 1-ll20. Largest d.
ameter I-l0O0 smallest l-l20O. Average
length 7-l0 inches. Pith almost
none-scales even and close-guality
good TO extra. This sample Is espec-
tally remarkable for evenness of its
fibre. All noted being closely similar
In measurements, as will be seen by
range of diameters.
All the samples were clipped in nc.
cordance with directions given In
Preliminary Bulletin No. |, copies of
which may be had on application.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
THE GAZETTE: FORT WORTH TEXAS THURSDAY, JULYs

sistency, even humbugging Gov. Hub
bard with cheerful dispatches sent to
Fort Worth when the Democratic con-
vention sat there, have again dug up
MIR. Tilden and swear that he shall be
the candidate. He Is said TO approve
Sam Randall and II he can hold his
power until the convention ats he
may transfer the crown to the willy
Pennsylvanian. But this 10 sheer nom
sense. Dorsheimer, Hancock, Thur
man, Mcdonald or Bayard
will be the next president. These con-
gressmen who stand by Ellis and the
corporations may drive the working
people and anti-monopolists to the sup
port of Ben Butler aud destroy our
party; but nothing else can prevent
Blaine's defeat. / sometimes think
that congressman, as soon as they are
lifted up into places In the capital, for
get to study the course ofpublic opin-
ion. They do not watch the tides.
They are star-gasing, always looking
up and never contemplating the surg
ing pillows at their feet. They have
never attended u meeting of one Of the
many meetings of working people In
this city though they occur in every
ward every night. Each city and vii
lage, at least in those older states, Is
governed by forces evolved from these
workingm ms club rooms. Toilers in
every vocation are compscuy organ
lied. They have their peculiar books
and light literature. They have lec-
lures and speeches and toll steadfastly
to win supreme power everywhere. /
saw one list of knights of L,bor soci-
cites having u million and half mem-
bers. They tell me they will vote as
unit and yet here we have Demo-
cratic congressman voting with
the Republican party in congress
to- confirm forfeited land grants
Within the week imagine that l will
hear Ben Butler croakiug. His dole
full ditty will he terrible la it's effects.
Referring 10 the carcase of the iron
horse oi the Louisiana Land Grant
railway, he will sing:
There was au old horse, he laid In the road,
And on hts hip bone there sat u toad,
He raised his vIlcs to tue woods around,
llarlS from the tomb, n doleiul sound
1t was the sound of the speakers
hammer when he announced the pas.
sage of the Louisiana Backbone rail-
way land grant. How the anti-nao.
nopolists will howl. The sonorous
West, when Butler gives hint, will
raise his presidential voice and rouse
an earthquake in the valley of the
Mississippi.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
The Dead Alive.
CLEBuRSK, June 80, lssi.

CLEBUISE, June 80, lSSi.
TO the Editor OF the Gazette.
Observing the effects on your politi-
ca! editor of my prescriptions for the
'free-grassn mania, which my friends
caused to be published in the Dallas
Herald for the benefit of the afflicted. II
am satisfied that my diagnosis in his
case was correct. He had it bad.
Nothing but an emetic properly nd
ministered can cure it. Noticing his
foul vomitings, covering three.quarters
of page of The GAzETrE's issue of the
2Sth inst, under the caption of
"All Wisdom Is Not Dead" 1
have strong hopes of his recovery.
You should be very particular and
guard him against n relapse. Better
put him in his little bedn and keep
him very quiet for awhile.
notice that you did not publish the
prescription In The GAZErrE. You
should have done it for the benefit OF
others thus afflicted. j call it true
Democracy. You may call IL Green
backism il you will. 1t is composed of
equal parts of the following iugre-
dents:
The land, the money and the pub.
lie highways of a state or nation
belong in equal shares or equal
benefits to all the people who
constitute the state or nation,
and should never be sold, given or
transferred in large amounts with
special privileges TO indivi iuals or
corporations"
The effects OF this dose is different
on different persons. For instance,
when taken by a man who believes in
the equal rights and sovereignty of the
people and the maintenance of true
republican government, il has sooth'
ing effect; but when administered to
men who have grown rich by robbing
the people of their equal rights In
these sovereign properties, or who
contemplates robbing them, through
the reasonable practice OF
our legislators, state and national, OF
selling, giving and distributing them
in unequal shares to individuals and
corporations, ftinvariably throws them
into fits" OF spewing and vomiting
great streams of denunciation and rldi-
cule against the orthodox practitioners
who administer it, exactly similar tc
the effects produced by your "free-
grass" editor. It's sovereign remedy,
nevertheless, warranted to kill or cure
in all such cases. Please publish foi
the benefit of the affected. No charge
for the prescription. Yours very truly,
B, j, CHAMBERS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
Measurements of Wool.

Bulletin A. d. NJ. College of Texas.
Only few samples reached us In
time to receive our attention.
The following measurements are
from the flock of w. n. Staples, Nueces
Co., Texas, sent by j. q. Caldwell, Of
Corpus Christi, Texas:--
ALL MERINo CLOTHING wOOLs.
Mutton No. !, II months clip, W.T..
of fleece 10 lbs. Average diameter OF
of 10 flores l-l0s0 ms. Largest dame
ter 1900 ms. Smallest diameter LILO
ins. average length of fibre 36-l0
inches. Pith uneven-5cales loose
quality medium.
MuttoM No. 2, IL months clip--wt.
OF fleece IL Ia lbs. Average diameter
LIPS. Largest diameter 1-906
Smallest li300, average length Of
fibre $40 inches. Pith somewhat
uneven--scales well marked-quality
fair.
Mutton No. 3, months clip--wt
not given. Average diameter l-l0SS
Largest diameter 1850 Smallest
diameter I-l200. average length Of
fibre 25-i0 inches. llth uneven
scales well marked and fairly close
quality medium 10 fair.
Eve No. l. o 1-2 months clip--wt
not given. Average diameter 1-lD05.
Largest diameter l-S50. SMALLEST
diameter 1-130O. average length 28-l0
inches. Pith rather large for strength
SCALES loo.e--quality good ordinary,
Eve No. 2. 81 months cllp--wt, not
given. Average diameter 1-llI0.
Largest diameter 1880. Smallest
diameter l-l3O0, Average length Of
fibre $40 inches. pith slight. but
some what uneven scales well marked
and close-qnality fair TO good.
All the samples from the above. hock
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
BOLD BEN
Retained as Counsel In Large Waco
Land Case Before the Supreme Court.
The Almcnd-Eyed Celestial swindler
Gets Free Through Official Delays.

Special TO the Gazette.
WACO. July 2.--Changes In the
newspapers are the order of the day
here, and they occur 30 rapidly that
one can hardly keep up with them.
First, the resuscltsted Examiner an
nounccs this morning that j. Il. Elgin,
late chief owner and manager, has
sold his controlling stock to Mr.. j. *.
Street, well known In connection with
various newspaper enterprises through-
out the state, and also as an ex-minister
of the Methodist church, from which
he was compelled to withdraw last
fall on account of his heretical
views. He takes charge of the
paper as managing editor and
general manager, and promises to
make things lively, saying he Is
backed by ample capital Nal. ]. w.
Downs Is elected president of the Ex-
aminer Publishing Co, but will have
no active connection with the paper.
The next surprise was the quiet de.
mise Of the Daily Sunny South. Ag-
gressive and boastful yesterday, II did
not appear this morning and vouch-
safed no word of explanation. Inquiry
Mt the Office develops the fact that the
Sammy South people recognize the
futillty of their struggle to run
n daily paper Ia Waco an d
30 they abandoned the field. IT is
stated, however, they will continue the
publication of their monthly literary
paper. The statement of grievances
IN yesterday mornings Examiner In.
jured the Sunny South people con.
siderably In the estimation of this
community.
The festivities of the opening of the
driving park began at o'clock this
afternoon, the attraction being "A match
game of base ball and cow-pony races.
Large crowds were In attendance, hui
not as large rs Ia expected tomorrow
The Tyler club. tine looking body o
men, came in last night. The For
Worth nine got in at II u. m. to-day
and have won admiration by their APP
penrance. The boys from the Fort say
they are here 10 carry the big prize
home with them.
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
Gen. Ben Butler has been retained
by the plaintiff In the celebrated
land suit of Williams VS.. Congel
from this county, involving title Il
over 25,00D acres of rich lands now
thickly dotted with farms and ranches
1t was decided adversely 10 the PLAN
tiff ut the last term of the United States
district court In Waco and now goes Il
the United States supreme court
where Butler will argue 1t.
The jury in the case OF Owens Va
the Missouri Pacific railroad hung ant
was discharged. Owens sued the roat
for $50 900 damages to his farm in Eas
Waco.
The chief of police Of Leavenworth
Kan, who was expected here this
morning with requisition for Wing
Chung, the Chinanan, has failed Il
put in an appearance up to this hou
and the authorities are somewhat pu
out. The celestial had n continuation
of his habeas corpus trial this after
noon, and as there was no excuse TO
holding him any longer he was dis
charged. 1t is safe to say he will &c
away from here at once, and II TIN
Leavenworth officer comes he will fin,
his bird flown. 1t is big piece o
luck for Wing Chung.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
MARSHALL.
Rail Rustlings and RumOrs of New
Roads to Shreveport.

NpadS 10 shreveport
Special to the Gazette.
MARSHALL, July 2.-E A. Carney,
chief engineer, is making survey of
line from Waskom's station, the ter
minus of the Texas g. Pacific road, on
the way to Shreveport, TO Stonewall on
the line of the Missouri Pacific. This
place is some fifteen or twenty miles
south Of Shreveport. The new line
will be about fourteen miles. This
will give the Texas & Pacific more
direct route to New Orleans and all
over their own road. Rumor has 1t that
the Erlanger syndicate, who owns
the line of road from Shreveport out
to Waskoms station. have made salts
factory arrangements with the Texas
q Pacific railway by which the road is
TO be used in common by the two
companies between this city aud
Shreveport. distance of forty miles.
BY this arrangement we will secure
the Erlanger road. The Vicksburg Il
Monroe branch will be completed TO
Shreveport in the near future when
the plan Of the company will be fully
developed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
Stopped By ARMED Men.
Victoria Advocate.

On Tuesday Of last week, Mr.. I. II.
Mathis, Of ckport, received . tele-
gram announcing that bis herd OF cat
tie, en- route 70 OgaiIala. Neb., had
been stopped near Fort Reno the
Cheyenne and AropahOe agency, by
armed men. Mr.. Mathis 1t once
autographed for more complete inf0r.
mation. He subsequently, received
notice that the stoppage WAS at the in-
stance Of IN Organization known -
the Cherokee Stuck Ass0ciat1on, in9u'
enced, no doubt, BY thoee clnlmjug
control Of the Cherokee lAndl through
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
ABILENE.
The Hot Weather Doing It's Work
Town Improvements.
Political Problems Pressing tho Public
People-This Side and the
Other.
respondence Of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
ABILENE, June 30.-The no. season
is upon us and the thermometer stays
up in the pineties during the day, and
everything is apparently dull, though
our merchants report trade better
now than early in the year. There is
substantial class OF buildings now
being erected in the business part of
town. The manner in which Abilene
Is tiding over the duh season Is very
reassurlng to those few who were
expecting to see great depression here
this summer. Let us see
what disinterested parties have to say
of us. One gentleman who has tray
eled extensively over the state says: :
abilene Is the Invest town, large or
summer And another gentleman
just in from a western tour; you
have the best town from Fort Worth
to FL Paso;n and an Abilene who re-
Gently visited Colorado City Gays that
there Is more evidence of life here lon
Sunday than in Colorado on the
busiest week day. But in one thing
we yield to Colorado: She can furnish
more oflice-seekers to the square acre
than any town in the state.
The roUnd-ups are now over and the
cowmen will take rest until Septem-
Der. Wool continues to come In stead
lily. Stock of every kind looking well.
Abilene Is again to be afflicted with
a squabble for the post-oilice. The
hungry Republicans are fighting for it
as though they thought they could
keep it longer than March 4 Many of
our people regret the contemplated
removal of Mr.. Davies, who has been
an accommodating postmaster and
whose physical disabilities render him
an object of sympathy.
A couple of carloads of excursionists
spent the Sabbath in town and went
west this morning, expecting TO return
In n few days.
The bartender at the Star saloon had
an ear almost cut of in row last
night by brickbat.
The young ladies of Abilene will
give leap-year ball at the Railroad
hotel on next Wednesday night.
/ understand that Mr.. Gibbs of the
Magnetic Quill, after due considera-
ton, will espouse the free.grass cause,
and every one who is acquainted with
the peculiar style and the wit OF 1.-The
majestic Quill" rs its friends are
pleased to call it, will watch
with interest the line Of argument it
pursues. The Reporter, on the other
hand, is a lease organ and tailies the
Herald. The Quill should have m
easy task, as ii has only undertaken to
reflect the sentiment of the people
here, while the Reporter, in its en-
deaver to mold and recast the senti-
ment of this district, has mountain
on its shoulders, for whether 1t be
Democracy or not, the majority OF our
people appear to be for free grass.
Crops were never more promising In
Jones and Taylor counties than now.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
Railroad Mao Dead.

ST. LOUIS. July 2.-Nathan Stevens,
general Western agent Of the Penn
sylvania railroad. died at an early hour
this morning OF pneumonia, after .
brief illness. MIR. Stevens was one Of
the old residents OF the city and had
been connected with the Pennsylva-
MIA aud other railroads for many
years. He was well known through
out the West.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
IsiiOir,c.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
RHoME, June IL have just heard
from the Day crop of wheat, II being
twenty bushels TO the acre. The w
j. Finlayson, Logan, Nelson and
Rhome crops will make the same yield
without any approximation about II.
Hurrah for July the lst.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
Prohibition Camp. Meeting.

DECATUR, ILL, July 1.-The ma
tlonal prohibition camp-meeting, UNI
der the auspices Of the national asso-
citation. opened here q the fair
days, bringing together remarkable
array Of talent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
Deiiison.

DENIsoN, July 2.-Monday night the
officers closed up the gambling houses
entire, thus dealing the last blow Of
death TO the. profession Ia DeDisop.
The committee Of twenty were also In
session, and 1t Is generally understood
that they were preparing specially for
the gambling stall of the White Ele-
plant.
DIR. Georges residence was burglar.
lied and $i.I5 taken. There were gold
watch aid other articles OF iewelry In
a bureau drawer which seemed TO es-
cape the eye of the burglar.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
Corsicana.
Special TO the Gazette.

speciai 70 the Gazette.
CoRsIcANA, July 2, Hon. j.. j.
Slmpkins, delegate to the national
Democratic convention, left last. might
Cor Chicago.
Mrs. G. II. Rely, who has been de-
clared insane by our county court, will
be- taken to the asylum tonight.
Col. Jas. Britton, state railway In
spector, was In the city yesterday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03
One of the Attractions

Ons Of the Northwestern weteriug.
places will tbis year show cliu over
which bridegroom made his escape
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03

Belle of Fort Worth cologne at the
Southern drug store.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-03

The mule II the mugwump q que9:.
rppeds; but In iustice e re ou12
should b. bos1s n mind thne - eee'e
help u.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-25
Do Apple Trees Pay ?

The Sonora Independent says: 'The
Comstock apple orchard, nine miles east
of Columbia, is at an altitude Of about
three thousand feet. This orchard con.
tains over three hundred bearing trees
Of thirty years growth-one of the old
est orchards in the county. There are
several hundred more recently planted
out, many Of which are also bearing
trees. The principal varieties are the
Spitzenberg, Newtown Pippin. Northern
Spy and Wine-sap. The older trees are
the largest we have ever seen in the
county. They are very prolific, and have
borne heavily for 25 years; are thrifty,
and exhibit a rapid and continuous
growth. The product Of this orchard
last season was far below the average.
yet we are informed the yield Of the
Spitzenberg and Newtown Pippin alone
will exceed two hundred barrels. We
were pointed out Spitzenberg tree
which last year produced fifteen barrels
of apples;.weight per barrel, 100 pounds;
total. 2250 pounds, which, at three
cents per pound, amounts to $3.50.
Last season the same varieties sold
readily at four cents per pound by the
barrel. Seeding the orchard land to
clover, and then every third or fourth
year turning it under. is the only fer
tilizer employed"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-25
The New College.

The meeting held at the Sierra Madre
Villa on Wednesday was attended by
about forty persons from Pasadena, Los
Angeles and other places. After par.
taking Of q sumptuous lunch, it was
resolved to make an effort to establish an
institution Of learning of high char
ac.er at Pasadena. The location, as
previously announced in the HERALD,
that seemed to bo most favored, was the
present site Of the South Pasadena
school house and Hermosa Villa, en-
bracing about fifty acres of land in q
slightly situation directly west OF the resi-
dences Of Messrs. Porter aud Green,
near and overlooking the old ste OF the
San P.iscusl Ranch-house, crested by
Manuel Gariias, long years ago. A com.
mitsee OF five persons was chosen to
report articles of incorporation and a
constitution. at public meeting to be
held at Library Hall, Pasadena, next
Wednesday, January 30th, at 2 p. NJ.
At this meeting some positive and di-
rected action will probably be taken
Mr.. Abbott Kinney is one Of the parties
prominent in the movement, and ex-
pressed willingness, in the absence of
any domestic claims on his fortune, to
deal generously with the new institution
of learning.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-25
Postomce Name Changed.

Congressman p. B. Tully. in response
to a petition from Pasadena, to change
the name Of Hermosa postoffice to
South Pasadena, has secured that OBJ
iect, and henceforih letters and papers
Tor the lower part of Pasadena will be
addressed South Pasadena instead of
Hermosa, as heretofore. There is q
colony named Hermosa in San Bernar-
dino county, near Etiwanda, and the
change from Hsrinosa to South Pasa-
dena was necessity to avoid confusion.
The residents Of South Pasadena express
their qualification at the prohipiness
aud vigor displayed by Mr.. Tully in
complying with their request. and in
accomplishing the object so successfully.
The readers Of the HERALD will bear
in mind that hereafter their letters and
papers for the south part of that colony
should be addressed to South Pasadena.