Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-06
THE KICKER.

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an asylum for the Insane. me youhl
woman was known here. where sn'
has for some time past been an Inmate
of one of the disreputaDle muses. tn'.
abound in the Third ward. she II
tall and graceful, with hahusonl'
and intelligent face, ana Tor t'ni,
vas the belle of the dvbased clrcie oi
women in which she moved f0i
weeks past she has been acting quecIiy
| and at last became so violent she Was
turned over to the authorities ana
placed In the county jail htr lil'hIa
| was probably brought about thiouel,
| the excessive use of morphine al
s,jmulants. dtd 10y dissipation. As
| the county Jail is not II comiortaoi'
place even for 4 crazy woman, lhe
| uruprirtress OF the house oi when Tue
| poor girl was an inmate hlreu man
| 10 look after her comfort, ana, uh-
! derstand, spared neither pains nor eN-
ueuse TO see she was well cared iOF.
| This net fr ki dness Is deserving oil
commendaiiun, Tor Ii shows mat
th uph .teeped IN sin and hardened 10y
the ,.outact with the scuuI uf society,"
there is enough OF gentle mercy ana
sweet chality lingering In the bosom
even of "A courtesau 10 lead her 10 iiiin-
isrer to the wants of her unfortunate
sister upnu " HON the heaviest oi all
pnrihlS affections has fallen. The pro
urt,t ress of the house accompanied the
dcmented girl TO y sIin, IN order That
she might receive the best attention.
This little incident j. a touching in
stance Of affection between women
lost to all the finer feelings of woman
hood, that is but rarely witnessed.
As good an evidence rs / know Of
the couIme rcial and business pr"sG eri
IS OF city is in the number and eN-
tent of operations OF its backs. They
are the Repositories of the surplus
wealth Of a community. That Fort
Worth j. solid in thus respect is de-
moustrated by the fact that two of the
fuur banking institutions here hav
recently larg, ~ Increased their capital
stock, one Of them going as high as
5000 0. But in spite of this am as
sured 10y men Of undouhtsd financial
ability That there is room for another
banking hnllse, ana thnt one more i,
not amuug the improbabilitirs Iu-
deed learn a capitalist from the now
almost deiunct town of Jefferson was
in the Fort only 4 few days since pros
pertiug with a view to engaging in
This hu>intss, and the outlook he
/ found to he 30 favorable that he will
probably bring his capital. Derlde as
they will and talk of mushroom
growth, The journals of rival cities
cannot get around tue argument lisa
money makes HE mare 90, and that
" herever II Is banked up and let out
on liberal terms there will lie meas.
ure of prosperity not fOuuu elsewhere.
But t,aI Fort Worth should be "A
great banking town Is only the legi,i-
mate result OF the immense traces in
Ia ds aud cattle from time to time
cJnsumnnted by the agencies of Ihi-
cit Nith an institution like one in
This city working to iuf'GcHce to come
TO Texas HE horded millions of the
old world, with more or less success.
plenty of ready cash Is assured. ana
| ans glad to know that Fort Wo~ h
has i, already, with strong poha-
bIllty Of hundreds OF thousands II .or,.
soon To Inc turned loose. Let Them
cont; with money ANA men the chi
csgo OF Texas will boom as did The
NlAN - ihN great ldNG.
Fortunately there was no truth in
The rumnr current here few DAYS
slace mat II. b. Ciaiiliu & Go of New
York had failed tor $50 600 0UO. But
tho auXlrt occAsioncd, even ina mi.
! iiF away city, by the report, shows
how heavily such failure would fal!
Oh tn cummerriul world There are
no duubl houses here largely indebted
10 Clelilin, and his failure would
cripple If It did not swamp them en-
ileiy. And this is true of every rify.
Tie system II credit as now prucii cd
~ The cnnnerral world tends to ularr
~" hu>iness Of the entire country ~
the hanuS 81 few ni IN the m npy
g. interview YORK and when one -,
hem 60 To the wall they carry him.
dieds of smaller firms with them
Theorists may preach gamst this but
u never heltss Il lru-, -. Il will ice so
long Is the accumulated wealth of In.
country Is heappri in one city. And
then rave noticed an unu.unl uum
Der on failures ~ 3he paper during th..
past few weeks There are always
more about the first Of the wear tbnn
- f'''' AA''i'f7f 'hA ! W. ilOt ltnltttIDt 4
10 nave seen 80 many Tor years Manv
oI these failures 20 mp ia he SlpU, 900,
ana ni COURSE tilcy bart Tie nutnher
nI FAILURES IN TeS1s, am glad 10 mo- g.
have Increased but little over siA
inonths ago. The crop of defnult,rs
IN the United states is nI.o unils,l.
ally great. one issusnC tlgs GAzl.TrE
contained eight instances of trus,4d
clerks skipping out with their EN-.
pioy er's cash.
so weeks ago | called attention to
the large Aumber Of loufrrs ana idle
vngahonos infesting The city. ana
propheSird they would resora 10
lhievery and robbery before 5hey left
rue occurrences since then shows
vas righe. Daily repost5 uf surptarie,
sneak-thieviug and open rob cries
q cur, ans ~ et nore of The ueyvella-
Tors nave bet appr,bended. The men
VINO 30 NAeh deeds could, ne nouh,. bc
ioHhd AMONG Tie Z ngs Of idl.ns and
ioHlefs lbitstipg the FALCONS and sau,h-
i'uy h1lses. The scum of three IN t,a
wicked, st CITIES in reSas has ha,,
tthplied into Fort Worth. and Il he
houVes Aa IN very selfdtfence 10 in.
sist upon their going neither good
clothes nor adispsy of cheap iewelrv
should shield them, but AT the end ~
= s'Hlwart | oiiCeman's club ibn,,
shou Il be cOmpplled In ebrA. ~ $50