Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-01

things lively In this congressional dis-
trict, and deadlock is by no means
an improbability.
Nat. q. Henderson was down here
recently looking up the record of one
OF his ministerial opponents for the
legislature, who was chaplain of one of
the Radical legislatures, but Is now
running a. an old-time Democrat.
Nat. has four or five competitors. but
Is confident Of his ability 70 defeat
them all.
A PLEA FOR KELLY.
Ex-Gov. Stockdale passed through
the city last week on his way home
from the Chicago convention. The
governor is enthusiastic over the pros
poets for the success OF the Democratic
ticket, and thinks Cleveland aud Hen
bricks will go in by the largest popu-
lar majority ever yet polled for any
presidential candidates.
Discussing the events of the conyen-
ton the governor Remarked:
"John Kelly ia not half so bad a man M he
has been painted. They call him domineer.
Ing and a DICTATOR. 40 far IN that is con.
cerned, he doesn't diner from Mr.. Manning
wouldn't iuiuence this action OF any organ.
iration n ne conlde There is a wide-spread
belle. a, that Mr. Kelly Is an ignorant and Nm
ton BY virtue OF h,s daring nm.
billion. Nothing could be further from the
man, totally unlike the ideal Kelly OF Pack
anu the rest OF the cartoonists,
Ellis public lectures IN New York for benev-
dtct'on. His reco,d rs com ptruller and in
other official positions which he has .eld is
nn sp ana his personal character is be-
do You bel eve he will bolt the tickets"
"After the bitter warfare that has been
made upon him, think II very probable
that lie WILL"
THE MISTRESS OF THE aovERNo II q
MANSION.
A great deal has been said about the
head of the state administration until
doubtless his friends could find but
little room for further praise, or his
epemies no margin for more bitter
censure, and now to vary the subject I
propose to tell the lady readers of The
GAZETTE something about their repre-
sentative In the government, Mrs.
Gov. Ireland. The visitor to the capi-
tai who spends a Sabbath here and at
tends the morning services of the
Methodist (Dr. & )odwyn's) church, in
addition to an excellent sermon will
irresistibly have his attention riveted
upon large aud portly lady, of digni.
fled yet kindly bearing, who has APP
parently reached thatdelightful period
known rs the youth of old age, the
summit OF life, exempt alike from the
follies of one side or the fretfdlnrss of
the other. That is Mrs.
Ireland. Her dress is black
plan and neat, unadorned with the
frills and tucks of fashion, and the
very embodiment of modest simplicity.
There are very few ladies who can
not be judged by their dress, and the
I st is an excellent one as applied TO
Mrs. Ireland. / have never
seen any one so entirely in
different to social honors,
not unconscious of the dignity of her
position, but simply that calm appre-
citation of its responsibilities, un-
tainted 10y pride or ambition. In con-
versation, as in dress, the governor g
wife is unaffected, frank and enter
tanning. Her views can be had for the
askiug, and VIII N given there can be
no misconstruction If them. She
talks straight out and to the point, and
there is refreshing absence of that
flippancy so strangely common tn the
feminine sex; 1t Is a genuine 0ld-fash-
toned administration at the governors
mansion, such as characterized 1t,
perhaps, in the days of Houston aud
Lamar. While not an active element
in society according to the usual ac-
ceptation of the term, Mrs. Ireland il
prominent in all good aad
member of the Methodist church, she
takes leading part in all its benevo-
lent enterprises and, in fact, all others
Her private charities are large and
without pomp or display, ministering
daily to the wants of the distressed and
unfortunate.
Altogether, the ladies have much to
be proud of i'm the first lady of the
land,n and whatever others may say
about the administration, | vote solid
ly for a second term for Mrs. Gov.
Ireland
GENERAL NOTES.
The officials OF the State university
are sanguine of a prosperous session to
commence in September 1t is be
liev4d that at least 400 students will be
matriculated.
The out-of.town crew Is very large
at present and distributed throughout
all the summer resorts of the North
aud West from Long Branch to Wau
kesha.
The proposed extension to the luna
tic asylum is in statu quo. The board
of managers think that it would involve
the expenditure of more money than
they can control just now. II com
pleted as projected it would give &c
commodations for sixty patients.
A mammoth "White Elephant
gambling house is booked to open here
on the lst of January. 1t is not Ger
tain, however, that indignant citizens
will not demand the enforcement o
: the law and its suppression. There Il
powerful sentiment against the estab
lishmept of any more gambling houses
in the place, and 1t threatens 70 MAKE
J itself felt In the selection of officials.
The cash balance has been on
5 healthy Increase for the last few days
2 to the unvarnished delight OF Treas
urer Lubbock.
The estimate of the increased assess
ment of property values In the stat'
: for 1884 Is now placed at 0-OOO, OOO.
Information comes from western
e county that certain wealthy cattle
! man. who had inclosed several settleri
In his pasture, trumped up claims u
their lands, on which he commenced
Q litigation, and 10 harassed them that
3 they sold out to him At
t heavy sacrifice. That mar
ia an enthusiastic advocate OF the lease
and has often been quoted by the lease