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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
Come again
The Opera Season.
New YORK June 90. ISL

NEW YORK June 90, ISL.
10 the Editor of the Gazette.
Thinking a few lines in regard to
the coming theatrical season might be
OF Interest To your readers, | will en-
deavor to give you brief sketch of
the prospects. The number of COM
pahles organizing are lessenei by
aOont third from last season, mostly
on account Of the coming pre- sidential
election. This fact will keen man
ayers OF the weaker attractions out of
the held, and have great tendency to
strengthen those that venture out az
good talent Is easier obtained and will
De more concentrated. Among the
companies secured outside of those
mentioned IN your paper some days
ago, are Barlow * Wilson's Minatrels;
Lizzie May Timer, who made such a
decided hit last season--she opens In
Dads Grip at the Bijou theater,
Boston, about the first of September;
Alice Oates Burlesque company;
The Bandit King.n This company
carries the horses formerly owned by
Jesse James; Gus Williams, "Romany
Rye" a very strong company and
play. This is the first company Man.
igels Brooks IL Dickson have ever sent
10 Texas; Neil Burgess in "Vim,n first
visit To our state; Carrie Swain; "rhe
Silver King" ''fhe Mountain Pink
BARLEY Campbell's Separation" com.
pany they will only play four towns
In the state, Dallas, Fort Worth, Hous.
ton and Galveston; Bunch of KEYS. u
which made quite n hit with us last
season; Lizzie Evans. the charming
little seuorette; "reck's Bad Bow
and "a Hoop OF Gold.r negotiations
are being made with Aldrich aud
PArsloe's My Partner;n Rhea. Aimee.
Emma Abbott's Opera company, Mad.
ison square "Rsjah" and "Mrs, Win.
lhrop,. Augustin Days "7.aO-s. },
thatcher, Primrose & Vests Minstrels
and the Bankers Daughter.n Mrs
Benton has been highly conlplimented
mere on the handsome stage settings of
the Dallas house. which will also Be n
prominent feature ut the Fort Worth
this season. 1t has had n
great effect In bringing Dallas and Fort
worth into prominence with profes.
sionsls, aud has been the cause Of
bringing us several strong cards. ANY
ohe WIN see at a glance that the above
y very strong list, in fact the strong
ISL ever booked in Texas in any one
season. With best wishes, yours,
CHAS. BENTON.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

TIE Galveston News gives express
sion of opinion from the Texas sena-
tors and congressman In Washington,
who appear 10 unanimously favor the
liads bill to get deep water at Calves
ton. They are confident that 1t will
pass congress at the next session, and
that 1t will give Texas a seaport haven
worthy her increasing traffic. The
presidential year and the need of cir
cumspection In dealing with the public
funds made 1t unfortunate for Calves
ton that the measure was brought be-
fore congress this session. 1t will fare
better next year, when there will he
less need of voting for policy sake.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
A Constitutions, y,w

We direct the a.isniias ~ Sc tsa..-
law organs to the following PORTION .,
Tue resolutions adopted by the s,.,e
Democratic convention At For, wortI.
o whilcws iayor the education OF the
masses hyevery legitimate means, va, wo
sskala ,ne educational BIN pending IN con.
s''ss when proposes TO appropriate monev
nom the federal treasury 70 ednc,l,ons, n''.
poss within the states as an uneons',,r.
uona ami dangerous oncroachment "no.,
s," NV ',sn's OF inc sla'os and as another great
swp toward the Capitalization OF an nowss
Ia The federal government and tho ,as ,"si
ZION OF the republic, and we heartily ,u',ar"'.
'le action OF eur senators in opposlpy ,hs
passage OF the bill, ''s 'ne
,,, AZ good constitutional lawyers as
'se'n me state have declared the
,'.',' Jaw unconstitutional. There h,
'aoseu, as strong ground for so regard,
rug = US that the Blair bill Ia uncou.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
Errors Of a Lease-Law Paper.


Our excellent friend DIR. Craniill OF
the Gatesville Advance has, after
mature consideration, decided to favor
the present leasing system. He pre-
sents long array Of facts which are
not facts and figures which mislead to
sustain him In his views. AS the
chief opponent Of the lease law THE
GAZETTE of course comes in for IA fair
share OF the doctors animadversions,
In the beginning the doctor fortiIies
himself with the law, and quotes as
folio VS.:
The law says CHAP. XxXvf, sec. 90, general
laws OF the extra session., that mo corpora.
tlon shall his allowed TO lease said lands, and
II any individual Nessee or lessces transfer
said lease 10 any corporation, or allow them
TO use such lands. they shall thereby forfeit
their leases and improvements" This effsc-
tually knocks the vast syndicate idea in the
forehead.
II the gentleman had closely exam
ined the law he quotes, he would have
learned that it does not refer in the least
to the state school lands, but TO county
lands. II does not In any respect pre-
vent the leasing OF the public school
lands in any sized bodies to corpora
tions, syndicates or individuals. If IL
did, the land board have flagrantly
disfegarded the law, for they have
leased bodies of land to corporations of
any amount desired, one lease to sin
gle corporation reaching 2l5, 757 acres
n body Of land half as large AS many
counties in the state. So that we see
neither the law nor the facts can be
accepted as knocking the vast syndi-
cate idea in the forehead.n
The further statement is made In the
Advance that "a limit Is fixed TO the
duration of any given lease, seven
years being the longest possible time II
lease eau continue If this were true,
II would surely be bad enough but it
Is not true, for of the lands so far
leased about one-half of them, or SIS
900 acres, are leased for ten
years. The figures are taken
from the land boards latest report.
SIT will be seen," says the Advance,
after giving the law declaring that
leased lands shall be subject to settle
ment, that any person who desires to
purchase land, leased or Unbiased, has
"A right to do SO, and that the lease law
does not reiard the settlement of the
country" This is simply the opinion
oil gentleman who apparently knows
little OF the operation of the lease law.
"A law may In one part grant n right
which by other sections Is totally an
nulled. There Ii antagonism between
lesSees and actual settlers, and no
instance is yet known where an actual
settler has taken advantage of the
laws permission and staked out "A
home for himself In the leased in
closure OF another. They will not do
II, notwithstanding the opinion of the
editor of the Advance to the contrary.
In conclusion the Advance says:
I'VE have made u fair statement and
given the law" That was evidently
the intention of the Advance, bat
THE GAZETTE has shown that the law
was not given, nor Were all the facts
correct. The quoted law had no bear
ing on the subject discussed, and led
the Advance to erroneous conclusions.
VIII 1t have the fairness to make a
proper correction
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

stitutional. The point has been made
that II the lease law be not strictly
constitutional, still 1t is worth while
to strain Its legal construction and
overlook Its doubtful validity on &C.
count of the increment of few hun
dred thousand dollars TO the school
fund. The Democratic party of the
state, however, have pronounced
against such a principle. The Blair bill
would give to Texas about $4,000 1000
for school fund. lit is allowable to
90 outside the state constitution for a
few hundred thousand, the same de-
gree Of license ought to be extended
TO the Blair appropriation, which
will give the state ten times rs much.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

THE GAZETTE has been favored with
copy of the Oklahoma Chief. "A paper
owned and edited 10y Mr.. j. b. Cooper
for the purpose of volcing the claims of
the colonists who, under "Oklahoma
Payne" are endeavorlng to locate a
colony on the Cherokee Strip" The
paper Is well gotten up and ably edit
ed, and, IL the case IL as stated, that
the opposition TO the settlement Of the
coveted territory comes from the large
stockmen, and not the Indians, there
Is more than n probable triumph in
store for the colonists Buckwheat
cakes and garden truck will feed more
people to the acre than will beef steers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

TWENrN-riIREE special cars and two
improved engines are being made by
MIR, Jayson Gould TO take the free.
grass barons TO the Houston conyen-
ton. ON each car will be mounted
two pieces of brass cannon, TO shoot
the twothirds rule aud an enormous
cheese knife will he attached TO the
cow'eatcher OF each engine to "split the
Democracy" An adjustable derrick
VIII be placed on the rear car TO hoist
lease'law men to the level Of the bayou
when they get showed under. Each
delegate Will be supplied with toma-
hawk in his belt and razor In his
boot, and on dress parade each will
carry stone In stocking aud piece
OF liver In his pocket. Look out for us,
we're coming.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
Free Gras Canvass.
Alban, News


DIR. w. r. Robinson of Colorado
City, candidate for tate senator from
tbis the Twenty.niith district, opened
the campaign herr last night by a
speech at Shields nera-house. There
was fair audience who listened to
me DOCTORS speech With marked atten-
tlon. The lard lease law received
severe criticism at the hands of the
speaker. The actions of tn. land
BOARD we're condemned in strong terms,
anu their construction of the law
' when created them denounced in
SSn l",n language. The speaker laid
GOWN his platform to be free.grass
repeal of the lease law, abolition Of tbe
land board and that all land watered
Or unwatered shall be open to actual
settlers. DIR. Robinson is a flrent
,peaKer, uses good language, and has
me personal appearance.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
Denton Monitor.

a great dealof our space this morn
ing is occupied with the subject of
Tree grass, " In opposition to the lease
system. AS the Monior is Il Demo-
cratic paper in harmony with long
series of Democratic platforms, both
state and national, which condemn
every species Of monopoly. we feel con
strained To declare oufself against the
present lease enactment ana in favor
of leaving thepublic bmain open and
free to untrammeled settlement by the
immigrants wlom we are inviting to
our state. Byso doing in very few
years, from Weatherfud to Ell Paso a
vast block of arms will appear, and
the land thus improved will be worth
as much as II Is in Denton county,
and will yield revenue to the state
treasury which will badly eclipse tn At
drawn by the PRESENT lease system. We
think the lease law Should be abro-
gated and the sverworked millions in
the densely settled states invited to
come and occupy, and raise cotton,
wheat and corr. We do not believe in
holding nickel too close to
'he eye % see twenty-dollar
gold pieces just ahead. In
other words, We do not believe that
eight cents per acre per anpum for
leased land viii compensate for depop-
ulating the we,tern counties. A man
able 10 see an inch from his nose will
understand the philosophy, on the
part of the safe, of fostering the
growth of babies rather than
calves.n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
SEPTEMBER EDITION
A Quarter Of a Million Copie.
Printed,
And 100000 Comics for Distribn,;..
the New Orleans Exposition

Several months ago THE GAzrrr
tised the fact that special corns :,
men were engaged In COLLECTING ,na, w
a september edition that would surpa. y
thing Of the kind ever attempted H. Y
paper In the state, and recorniIsnv,,u oy
nitude and Importance of their ,a me 3
form their work. uy ~
In few weeks the collection of n,o,. :
ny ms ,,n esi, showing, the resources y
fnished and the work q, WIN =
aud arrangement will follow ms inct
Ton OF matter for this edition il prere
personal supervision of col. III. T. In n
s mno ~ currently qnaiifled for the ,r,1.
, ,tas ~ ol nv recognized ability ne, ",
MS long residence IN tue state and VA
.iihIe acquair lance n | thorouvh ,is. d
ti9n with Its interests. iuent.
u this edition VIII be shown thu 90 :
e evar progress and material advancenss
WHY w,sbyyn shipping point of issh
s'a:e's railway system. ioes,, af
approximated gross sales of me,chana.
Wy, umo year ana tbe amount aud value of ~
rs IN nonn Tipped from eacn point, estirk
of real estate i've ", s,d W
agricultural products. i''g The stock Il
resources OF the state and many o,hau1s
ures which have .never been incorporn,.s
'''''ohs wiz bt iiftTD 1ncpl. m al !. ~
TOE most comprehe ynlnahla as,V
ever Issued by any paper In Texas 80
mems VIII be made for its tistrIln,ie&
every county in the United Stoie.. IA =
copies VIII be distributed among the vtsc
u the New Orleans exposition, and ,ha
edition Will reach $4,000 copies.
"A ccrrect and sp.endidly executed rnilr,,
maj, OF the state, got en- up ON "a nlan n w
en-, from any yet printed. ana brouchts ie
the very latest date, win ACCOMPANY y
copy Of this edition. Ds y
rms edition will reach all classes and 4 !
ests ny the most direct means, and belnt {
voted To Texas md Texas Interests w' q,
preserved for future reference. 49,
~ offers special inducements IN land 4, e
ana "ihers interested IN the sale of TIy
iands and town properties, as 1t IL ip,tr
10 reacn investors and home-seekers M
ana VIII be placed to the best adyantay.HS
a limited space win be reserved iorsl y
ilscrs in and out OF TEXAS ~,
after the fifteenth of August no adr,s,'t
ment VIII be received at any price. IN.
features viii be int oduced inio the vile
OF Texas towns, and an opportunity rtvs q,
TO avail themselves of the advantage "a
by the September edition OF THE lAzEritl
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

PERSONS whose purposes are better
served by misrepresentation than bv
facts have persistently attached a false
motive to THE GAzETrE's advocacy of
Tree grass. This paper has been called
the organ of the cattle kings, and its
opposition 10 the lease law has been
charged /, the connection which IL
supposed TO exist between its propri..
tors and the cattle interests. A. nm
argument this may answer for want Of
more substantial basis to support the
lease Law. but as fac. Il i wanting in
character.
Ihk GAzEfrE is published In a CITY
which derives IL. support from the
"esi aud from the Panhandle. Those
sections are void Of population, and ia
H1ay OF the COUNTIES herds OF cattle
are The only form Of property aud evil
asnFe Q! civilization TO be me, with.
The seop> embraced 10y this unpopu-
Asss region l. more than one hundred
taStssAnd miles in extent, aud capable
q Sustaining population OF millions.
For Worth l. the natural head of all
Lhis country. They share their
prFspesiiy sith her, and by the
trsb-is 81 their trade they build
up Fort Worth ss they increase
IN population. When the Pan.
handle Is psopled by million settlers
IL will be dotted with towns and tra.
yersed by railroads, all converginp Mt
Fort Worth. This city will be- the
wholesale supply depot of the country
embracing all that population
flaihiy II isto the interest OF F,rt
worth to do what she can TO buili mn
,ne West that is omake us city Of
iW'ooo long before the end OF the cur.
rent century. This eau be done only
~ the settlement of the country and
the lease law win not settle the conn. |
Try y viii tie up lands In wire |
fenced pastures, rendering the West |
and incapable of SIM. |
pOrung a large population. II will |
'hecS Inc growth ofthe West, benumb |
Inc enterprise of the people aud ,leadsn
industry Dependent as she Is upop
lhe prosperity OF the West. Fort
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
A "Reminiscences.
The subloined mysterious paragraph
Ia from the Dallas Herald:

The subjoineh mysterious paragraph
is from the Dallas Herald:
The people OF the free-grass center arc u
wlde-awaRe sst-only the county commits.
sioners and grand luries ''snore with watch
Ing noses as Iuyensl has II, Do tho p,ous
lew In that favored reeion know that there
are statutes through whose !nstrumontality
negligent and symp, thislng officials can be
rcached' The lIeralds Biblical Information
Is To tue enic, that half u scoru of good men
wonld have saved Sodom aud Gomorrah.
one conscientious citizen OF Tarrant could
cltan out their Ausean stables. but whore
Is that Godlovlng citironr
What IL the Herald driving ut? or
what have "commi ,sioners and grand
turtles" been negligent? We take IL
that the Herald refers to the presence
OF gambling In Fort Worth. II this
be the purport of the allusion con.
tanned In the above paragraph. the
Herald's files furnish US valid excn..
as can DO given for the evil. IL do.
not strain ones memory TO run b.rk .
few months and think Of the H.f.,s
M the advocate and defender sf n.
Dallas gamblers, seeking to as,-,rg.-
by every means the efforts ss Coa.ss
Attorney Clint and the bss stsss,n,. "a
Dallas In freeing that city ss.n ,s,s.
bien. That they have ta.su 1g,,.,
from Dallas Is greatly ~ "a. .p.,.g. N
us people, but not 10 the sssra.f
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
Are the Sheepmen for a Herd Law,

information was filed by one citizen
nsainst another, in Justices court, for
neroing, loose herding and detainjne
sneep Tor grazing purposes upon COM,
mon school, university and ASYLUM
lands and lands not his own, contrary
ETC, etc. The case was tried, aud t6e
Jury returned verdict of "guiltv M
charged In the indictment,n and as.
sesseu the fine at 500. Notice OF An.
peal was given, aud the case is ON ia
way 10 the county court. Much in
%rest Is manifested in the result. as
tne jury was conceded to be "free
grass, and, while they may have
been; they were homes. mon. and rem
the evidence. -" anu
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

PEOPLE say Gould Is losing money
IA rapidly ns he made It. He has not
had any one tu count his wealth
lately. The truth il that Gould IL
II shrewd, sharp, unprincipled man,
who has made his money by rascali,y.
He IL now ut the head of the largest
railway system in the world, AID his
talents running in the direction of
corrupting legislatures and buying
judges, he Is not III man to head 40
large an enterprise. In the opinion of
many railroad men, he is an infant In
managing n road on nm honorable
basis and on business principles.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

A LEAsE-LAw advocate says: "The
free-grass argument is a delusion. For
that deluslon THE GAZETTE Is, In most
part, responsible, and will no doubt
suffer the consequences" THE GA
zETTE has been suffering "the conse-
sequences" for some time. "The con-
sequences" come In the shape of two or
three hundred new subscribers each
week. THE GAZETTE Is long.sull.r-
ing and able to bear II.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
L'Eniint Terrible.
san Ntonlo Times.

Hasn't the San Antonio Times
enough to do wlooping up the party
among the wolmen of the South
west that it mus sigh for other worlds
to conquer. and insist upon "sittiny
down hard" on that free-prass nin3
You have your hands full with the
Soutnwest, young fellow; better let
the Northwest alone.-TFort Worth
GAZETTE.
No, sir, we haven't half enough to
no. we nave inger in your free
grass pie and we will keen IL there.
Got you "riled," I'll? Want us to stop.
do you? BY the way, how old are
you? Two or three years? You are
an overgrown, lawky "kid.n You
haven't been to school. You have the
gosling tone of voice. You have
never owned pat of boots. You are
no not oig enough toplow. All you can
Go to! s'''
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
TUESDAY MORNING. JULY I.
The GnaOito,s Dallas Office.

Owing to the great increase of THF
GAzErrE's circulation in Dallas, II
has been thought proper to open n
branch Office In that city, which will
attend more fully to furnishing news
for THE GAZETTE and supplying our
Dallas friends with the paper Mr..
j. G. McNealus, one Of the most ex-
perlenced journalists in the state, will
have charge of this branch Office, and
with all the necessary assistance, will
attend To the business OF The GA
ZETrE, the Live Stock Journal and
the Wool-Growcr. The fullest and
latest local news Of tho city will be
found In THE GAZETTE every morn
Ing, and II will take large degree
of interest In Dallas affairs. Subscrlb.
ers and advertisers In that city will
find II to their interest TO pntronize
Mr.. McNealus.
The office will bc on Lamar street,
between Commerce and Main, oppo.
site the new Merchants ENchns ge,
where the Dallas public are invited
10 call
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
Due to the ,,,zette.
Gatesville Advance.

me interior papers Of Texas should
never cease to thank the Fort Worth
uAZErrE for one thing. 1t was so lib.
erai TO the little weeklies In exchange
ing that every big. daily In the state
now exchanges with the country pa
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

AFTER all his labor and the many
presents received, jeff Davis Is a poor
man, and movement Is ON foot to
raise money to enaOle him TO live the
remainder of his life In retirement.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

DEMOCRATIC parsimonyn Is what
the RAIDS call the movement to prevent
Juggling long-windcd newspaper cor
respondence into the Congressional
Record.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

BuRNHAM, the rich New York
broker who recently committed sui
eide naccount Of depression over his
failure, was an old time telegraph
operator. During the late strike he
was known as q 'scSb.n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

MINISTER LOWELL could not be
elected rector OF u Scotch university.
but he has the govt, which is consid.
cred quite AZ respectable,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
The Latch Hangs Out,lde.

a Houston correspondent of the
IaiVeston News SAYS there is a candi-
uate Tor county office in this county
VINO proposes to spend 81. 900 TO pet The
oiiice. The gentleman who makes the
p prr9position Will please call at the Age
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

CONGRESSMAN STEWART Of Houston
must be up to something. We don't
hear OF his making even a motion to
adjourn. When he does talk he is lie
tened to.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

The Fourth OF July, so long neg
iec'ed IN the South, is to be generally
observed throughout the state this
year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

THE hog and hominy question is
more absorbing just now than any po-
litical news.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

BANK presidents and stock brokers
must be borrowing BlaIne's sunstroke.
Iney are all Lying dangerously illn
when failure Is announced.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

81 OnERLY Ia making the Galveston
department. of the Houston Post one
OF Its chief features.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

BISMARCK shouted "hands orr,
when the prince Of Orange passed
over the river.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

SOME of the leas,-law arguments
read like Sozodont poetry.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
NnrirE To THE punLIo.

Tho following named travelling agents only
are authorized 20 solicit subscriptions to the
publications of this company and to receive
and receipt for moneys thercior
Louis Kolls. Thos. NJ. Marks.
q. W. llcclcr, r. u Middleton.
J.s.Iill, J. +. HRrrell.
n. c, Cunningham, \, a. Wilkinson.
Fred. Easilnnd, W. II. Grafton.
j. II. funston
FoRr wonru PunLisiIiNG CoNrAsY,
Fort Worth. Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

SHERMAN scarcely ever thinks OF
the lamented Liza pInkston since the
Chicago convention.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

BASEBALL has struck the state with
n cyclonlc force.