Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-05
MITCHELL COUNTY.
Local Happenings and Political Prog
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Correspondence of the Gazette.
COLORADO, July 3.-To-morrow be-
ing the historic Fourth, of glorious
memories, will be spent in jolliiication
by the people of Colorado. Candi-
dates for the state senate from this
district are expected to wax eloquent
over the growth of the American
eagle, with some free-grass talks inter-
spersed by way of variety. There are
also candidates for county and city
offices almost innumerable, so that
few minutes given to each one of them
| to present their claims will consume a
great part OF the day. If all of them
go on record in support of free grass
the listeners will be convinced that it
is an issue in this portion of the state,
and most popular one at that. In
the afternoon the Colorado Reds and
g. G. G. clubs play match game of
base ball at Phoenix park for purse of
500 and gate money. They expect to
attract large crowd and will doubt
less play an excellent game. In the
evening grand supper will be spread
at the opera-house by the well known
caterer VIM. Till, to be followed by a
ball under the auspices of committee
flour most prominent citizens. Invi-
tations have been sent out so that it
promises to be very select affair.
The cornerstone Of the new couri-
house was laid some days ago by the
Masonic lodge of this city, assisted by
brethren from Sweetwater and Abb
lene, with appropriate ceremonies.
Col. J. Nj. Clark made a brief but beau
tiful address. Many interesting articles
were deposited in the box. | stored
away in it for the enlightenment OF
posterity copies of the daily and week
" GAZETTE, Live Stock Journal and
Texas Wool Grower. A hundred
years hence the searcher after informa.
ton will find out something about free
grass from their perusal.
The Clipper man deposited several
copies of his paper, one Of them con-
tanning message to posterity i'm which
he predicted great things of Colorado.
Said in the year POO she would have a
population of 100000 souls, be the
capital of grand state and the Clip.
per still ,tlourishing and striking of
some half dozen issues per day of i'm.
inense size. This same Clipper man is
good on figures and is blessed with q
vivid imagination. On the LIST inst.
he celebrated his second anniversary
Boosting of population of 5000 To
1000 for Colorado and circulation OF
600 for the Weekly and 5000 for the
DAILY clipper For two years growth
this is a good showing. Two hundred
years more of the same kind ought to
give Colorado the 100000 souls and
| Ina Gilman III q half l,.I
What pity he can't prolong his NOR
tal Ire 10 see his prophecies fulfilled.
Col. Ayres, the courteous agent of
the Texas & Pacific Railroad companv
at this point, tells me the shipments
OF I'VE stock are very heavy. Since
June i5 some l75 cars-loads of cattle
have been forwarded both East and
West. Also numbers of muttons and
horses.
The commission warehouse men re-
port the receipt of over ., 900 600 pounds
of wool, with more to come in.
Shipments Of freight to our mer.
chants indicate that they are doing a
large business, all of which goes To
prove that Colorado is indeed "a prod-
ICY within a prodigy, the creation of a
Titanic age, in more senses than one
Tho new hotel Is looming up i'm its
grand proportions, and promises to he
building worthy of even Colorado.
MIR. Jay Shradpr, our popular drug.
gist, Is having his brick store-rooin
lifted up in elegant style. From the
patronage he receives he is excusable
Tor putting on some airs.
Gen. Ffouts of the Dallas Herald
has been here some days looking after
his paper. 1t needs some such "look.
ing-after," as II seems to be In a fair
way to be "downed" by THE GA.
zErTE. Wonder he did not know such
fate was in store for the Herald when
II undertook the herculean task OF
downing" The GAZETTE. IL has
learned some wisdom by the attempt
which Is worth more than money.
Even the Galveston News now ac.
knowledges The GAzETrE told the
ruth when 1t said free grass was an
issue. In recent number
read this significant sentence, ST will
take skilliul pilot at the Houston
convention to steer the Democratic
snip safely across the free-g bar. -
True, every word of 1t. From the East
avoice loud and strong reaches us i'm
Mvor OF iree-grass. Capt. c. q. Pool
OF johnson county says In an inter.
view, published in the Clipper Of the