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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-01-18
LEGAL ADS.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

To the creditors OF John Nj. Whetsell,
deceased, or said decedents estate
You arc hereby notified that at the ro-
quest of william II. Whotseil, Admins
traitor Of John NJ. Whetsoll, deceased. +
have appointed the 18th day of February
1884, at my ollico IN Ki1gwoOd, Preston
county, West Virginia, IA tho time and
place for receiving proof of debts or de.
Inands against said docedenI or his o..
tate. ut which time and place you arc re-
quiTed 20 attend,
Given under my hand this ID day of
January, 1894.
JpsEru y. IAwTUoHSE,
Com pi Accounts FOR
III 81 Preston co. W W,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-01-18
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ;

To reSide1lts Of this couHtV-One ear
81 90 In advance $3.50 IL not psid for ,
advance; six months, 20; four months,
DC cents.
10 residents oFthe cotoJtV-One year.
81 l5-the 10 cents extra being charged
TO prepay POSTAGE six months, 10 cents.
shrOe months, 90 cents.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
Senator Sherman Objects.

1t makes n difference to Senator
Sherman whose OK is gored. a local
quarrel in Danville, Va, and another
In Copiah county, Miss, We're tit sub
jects for senatorial investigation, de-
mandipg committees OF TIE senate to
travel from Washington to those places
and sit for days taking testimony of
ignorant negroes on matter which,
whatever the evidence might be, was
outside the power of the senate to deal
with; but Senator Sherman protests
against an investigation of the frauds
connected with the recent bank fall
ures in New York. 1t is notorious that
millions OF dollars were stolen by bank
officers from depositors and used In
specializing in Wall street. but Senator
Sherman can see no good to come
OF such an investigation. Perhaps
he does not want TO see. The thieves
We're all sound Republicans, who will
devote thousands of dollars of thell
stealings To the Republican campaign
fund, and these men must be shielded
from the exposure Of n public investi
CATION The government employ
expert bank examiners, whose dut,
1t is TO Investigate the accounts OF ma
tionnl banks ut stated seasons, and til
country would like to know how thi
i, prolonged system Of stealing aud cor
, cealment was kept up under the yer
, noses OF the socalled expert" exam
liners. What were they doing Will
young Emo, president of the Metr,
g politan, was absorbing three million
: and half of the funds of that instit'
q tloD? This seems 10 bc n very pert
n nent subject for congressional invest
CATION, and Senator Sherman, with II
fondness for investigation, is the la
u source one would look to for an obstru
n ton OF proposition to investigate.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
A Pew Questions.

VIII some Of the blatant lease law
orgaha who are filling the air with
howls Of "free-grass baronv and
screams Of ''fence-cntter' please AN
swer few questions? Ifthey wish TO
discuss the effect and results of lease
law, viii some Of them please answer
these questions
How many cattle are there In Texas,
and what proportion Of these cattle
are owned cast OF the ninety-eighth
degree and what proportion west OF
the same degree?
What proportion OF these cattle are
owned by pasture" men-individ-
uals and corporations
How many men west Of the line
referred land outside OF pastures) TO,
own more than 900 head OF cattle,
and how many own less than 1000
head?
How many cattle are owned by syn.
dictates and corporations composed ia
whole or Ia part OF nonresident stock.
holders?
How much OF the land leased was 10
individuals or corporations that had
illegally inclosed land
How much Of tho land leased was "a
corporations composed wholly or In
part Of nonresident stockholders
What has been the effect ON popula
ton In these counties In South and
Southwest Texas where tho land ha,
been tiled up" In pastures. as com
parcel With counties where tho lane
has not bsen no tiled up?n
What has been tho compsrativ,
growth and prosperity Of citles ant
towns In ''pasture'' and "free grsss'
/ uectious Of the state?
81 There are only : Tow questions tina
} should bs answered, In order that mel
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
The Actual settlers.

Perhaps three-fourths of the actual
settlers In this county who are open
ing up farms aud taking the initiatory
steps towards the development of the
agricultural resources Of this part of
the state are small stockmeu, owning
little lunches Of cattle and sheep, aud
until they get their farming interests
sufficiently advanced to enable them
TO depend upon the pillow and the hoe
for support, they must OF IA necessity
rely almost exclusively uyon their
small fiocks and herds for the actual
necessities of life, These people are
not able 10 lease the grass from
the state, and II you take free range
away from them by allowing wealthy
syndicates to least and throw barbed
wire fence around whole counties, you
will depopulate this county in less
than twelve months, and nothing will
remain here but few cowboys to
Look after the cattle of foreign capital
ists. Let the lease system be AFRO
gated and allow the commons to re-
main free to all, and West Texas will
soon settle up by the man with the
hoe, and in less than ten years will be-
| come the foremost small grain region
on the continent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

IT Is remembered that Gen. John b.
convention that nominated Blaine, was
the gentleman who, as one OF the gov
eminent counsel In the whisly.ring
cases In 1875, asserted in one OF his
speeches that Gen. Grant was in suspi-
cious relations with the whisky
thieves. So severe were his reflections
upon the president that he was at
once discharged from the prosecution.
Gen. Grant is good hater, and doubt
less has not forgotten these things. He
will remember them, too, when Mr..
Blaine, the product of that convention
calls on him to wnoop up the boys in
New York.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
SEPTEMBER EDITION.
A Quarter OF n Million Copies TO BE
Printed,
And 100000 Copies for Distribution at
the New Orleans Exposition.

Several months ago THE GAzkrrE ndvcr.
tlsed the fact that special corps or work
men wero engaged Ia collecting material for
September edition that would surpass any
thing OF the kind ever attempted by any
paper In the state, ana recognizing tho mag
nitudc and Importance of their mission they
have labored Systematically and earnestly
TO merit the plauditlrom the public, "Wcn
done, thou good and faithful servants"
In a Few weeks the collection OF facts and
figures, showing the resources and
capabilities OF Texas, viii be
iuishcd aud tho work OF clasltic alton
aud arrangement will follow. The prepare
ton OF matter for this edit on In under the
personal supervision OF Col. II. l.. Bentley,
who IL cminently qualified for the work by
reas II OF his recognized ability ~ u writer,
his long residence In the state and his ioti-
mate acquaintance and thorough identinca-
tion with Its Interests.
la this edition Will be shown the CONNER
cial pr lgrss' and material advancement OF
every shipping point OF interest
within the entire range of the
sta:o's railway system, together with
appro Minated gross sales of merchandise for
the year and the amount and value of staple
products shipped from each point, estim. ties
as TO population by counties, assessed value
OF real estate, live stock and
agricultural products, tho mineral
resources OF the state and many other feat.
| ures which have never been incorporated IN
similar editions WILDE introduced, making 1,
the most comprehensive and valuable edition
ever Issued by any paper In Texas. Arrange
ments will be made for Its distribution In
every county In the United states aud 100, 20,
copies will be distributed among tho visitor,
10 the New orleans exposition.
This edition will reach all classes and inter
cats by the most direct means, and being lie
voted 10 Texas and Texas interests, will b,
preserved for future reference.
A limited space will be reserved for adver
Users in.and out of Texas, and after Ger
tain date, TO be hereafter fixed. no advertise
ment will be received nj any price. Specia
features Will be introduced into the write.ul
OF Texas towns, and an opportunity given nj
To avail themselves OF the advantages oiiere,
by tine September edition OF The GAZETTE.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

If anything was needed to intensity
the anti-lease feeling in Northwest
Texas II Is the style of argument
adopted by the organs of syndicates
and pasture lords. II these papers
want to learn the truth let them send
correspondents out West, and then II
thoy think hard names the way to
unity the party Let them keep on the
track till November. A man with
twenty five to one hundred head of
cattle doesn't relish being called names
because he favors free grass. But THE
GAZETTE can stand IL IL the Demo-
cratic party can,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

THE San Antonio Express esteems
itself badly used because the state
Democratic press accuse it of lack of
harmony with the party on the tariff
question. The Express says II Is for
harmony. 1t wants harmony badly
no badly In fact, that 1t Is mad at nine
tenths OF the party who wont harmon
lie with the Pennsylvania and Ohio
Democrats on protection platform.
Like Buck Fanshawe, the Express is
80 bent on peace that it will fight the
whole Democratic party but what 1t
will have peace.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
ways demand II and he does their

WAsuiSaroS, Juno Ex-senator Coke mr..
rived from the North and WIS IN his seat 10.
dny. Hc says ha found tho Democratic son.
tinent generally In regard TO Blaine as
strong In III. Wcst, but weak IN very many
states which nro doubtful and liable To NO
Democratic.
The above special as II appeared In
THE GAZETTE was perverted In tran
ait over the wires and thus does injus-
tice 20 Senator Coke, who only said
that he found that Democratic sepa-
tors believed Blaine strong In Repub-
lican states. especially In the West
but weak In the doubtful Eastern
states. And this is the unmlxed truth.
Whatever of enthusiasm was excited
by Blaine's nomination has already
exhausted itself even In Maine.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19


OF barges which convey coal. mt half
q cent per bushel, from Pittsburg /,
New Orleans and grain from ST. Louis
NJ AZ low rates, ! make no mention,
The facts are advefted TO simply for
the purpose Of showing that II
congress- would perfect the nnvigability
OF the Mississippi there would be no
need for federal railway commission.
The river would compete with the
railways and the water route from the
great valley to Europe would add
eighteen cents to the value OF each
bushel OF wheat now rotting In West.
ern and North western granaries.
America would drive Russia out of the
gram market Of England aud from
one To four dollars be- added to the
value Of each cotton bale produced in
the South. Freights would 70 To-
wards aud not from the MississIppi
and Memphis would soon buast
Of population of half a million, But
the valley still has the river comnIs.
sion strapped on lts back aud leyee.
on the brain. Floods teach no Lessons
81 wihdom, and when one mud wnli
drifs away, another " built, aud each
years disasters are more aud more r,,.
in0us forever.
| Why, not. when more water enters
the valley than can go out through the
letties, direct the superiiuIly through
other channels 10 the sea Why
build walls Of mud TO coDfine omnipo-
,enceI Why not suffer reslsliess
losce 10 have its own sweet wave
II tbs giant river will make .'creyns ,es,,
| why not, instead, give Ii "outlstsgu IN
one bnng.holo VIII not empty the
barrel, while the whisky iusSs In
thougha bigger one, Why NOT max 4
two blng-holsss Eads' ooinmisslon ~
lessening The bung-hole. The mil.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
The Gaxe,te's Enterprise.

The Fort Worth GAZETTE showed
Its usual enterprise and desire 10 In form
the public by having bulletin boards ut
many OF the towns during the Chicago
convention Inst week. The result of
each ballot was known by our people
before the succeeding ballot had COM
menced. This was Indeed enterprise,
and great treat. Such acts "a this on
tho part of "A paper will be remembered
M certain ns II was at the time appre.
ciafed. u Is a fact that some OF the
lens Informed thought that the bulletin
board was q huge Joke, and that such
thing as knowing what was then
going on In Chicago couldn't bc.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
him the stamp ola revenue reforiner'
which is the Democratic shinooieth
for thls campaign.

Tn, Exprcss has always condemned rev
cnuc for any other purpose 'nhh 70 h,'ee WV
actual expenses OF tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES A"-
tonic Express.
That Is what the Texas Democrats,
In state convention, asked for, and
you said that II was "a convention 'or
making Republicans and disgusting
Democrats" and the platform was u
"travcsty and absurdity," Wherefore
this condescension?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19


The selection of w. &. Mcfarland AZ
one OF the delegates from the Sixth
district 10 the Chicago convention is
gratifying to the Democrats of john
son county. The fight was well man
aged In the district caucus. Dallas
and Tarrant counties combined to pre-
vent vote until after the election of
delegates at large 30 that IL they got
left In that scramble they could grab
the district delegates. Bosque, Hill,
ELLIS and Johnson. however, would
not stand any such hoggish tactics aud
put Mcfarland and Farris through In
whoop. They also scored n point or
two on Dallas and Tarrant afterwards
In the general convention.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
Notice TO the Herald.

The Dallas Herald prints com
municatlon from Cleburne from n
friend Of Mr.. Patton denying the
charge that he has made any bargain
against Clubs and Templeton, and has
the impudence TO put II under the
headlines "A Plea Tor Patton.n Mr.
Pat,on's friends make no plea Tor him
TO- the Herald or its readers, or its
clique. johnson county has nothing
TO ask OF Dallas nor any thing To give.
Let the Herald understand that now
and hereafter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

may Judge Intellgently of the cues
ton AZ issue. 1t IL all very well TO
talk of the school fund, but what aida
most to the revenues of state, pastures
or people? One more question: Why
does population increase more rapidly
In sections not "ticd up by pastures
To illustrate we select at random just
two counties In each section with
equal railroad facilities:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
n. q. Now.
tchicago Herald,

The Hevald Is glad 10 notice that
public opinion In the Weht IL rapidly
settling down tn the conviction Tint
the New York Times, Boston Herald,
boston Advertiser, New York Inde.
pendent, Harper's Weekly, the Con-
gregationalist, the Nation, the Even
ing Post. and many other Eastern pub.
,neAtlons are ofno earthly consequences.
Ihey never are when they bolt Il Re-
publican ticket.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
How :. Texas usd,n,.,1,

80. 7"'-N**aHuIu IAxx..1t
18th, The Democrats Il ", No..
themselves unequlvo's.,,a,, ela
tariff for protection, TX pp
OF other states vera ., ~ w D
and courageous il wo s3ua \! I. .
ming Of the end Of 1 4 sss. y !, u
When Robt. ]. Walk, s, 20
o. q, : tue treasury. In an of,, ",
defined a tariff to Ia \. 4. ,', as.,l
hancing the profits az ss %s!p'
pense Of labor, that rovs s,'a v
Ia this way raise lsrsss S', y \
IT, would otherwise y ~ Nv, .ssss
This is still the 'rex y ''. 'S'''
of the matter. u'uer
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

A FAIR question Tor Democratic con-
sideratIon ut Houstoni Shall those
counties which gave Wash Jones a
majority dIotasea platform and state
ticket for those counties which gave
Gov. Ireland $4,000 majority shall
the tall wag the dog?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

NEw York Is booming Cleveland;
Delaware Is booming Beyard; Ohio IL
booming Thurman; Hen Butler Is
boomiug himself, This country Ii
prolific Of bocms 1t the present mo-
naent. and the STATE that hasn't u favor
10 son u boom feels lonesome.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
Should Consult Hb,orI

New Yorh TInssl /
lfhe will consult a rssu, |
work, Twenty Yean In q
by j. G. Blaine, he viii |
what he appears never phsy|
that Henry Clay was not cid
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

Mir. BROWN OF Iongview Ia an
nouncegl rs candidate for lieutenant
governor, He Is opposed to the Land
lease law and favors selling the pablo
lands To actual settlers only.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
Comes Out Squarely.
Vernon Guard

The Fort Worth GAZETTE 10 making
q gsllant light for free grass and this
settlement OF West Texas by the man
with the Doe. THE GAZETTE is the
most progressive paper In the state,
anu never fpils 10 come sqi,arely out
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

SINCE, according 10 the Dallas Times,
the Dallas delegates are going TO vote
for Mr.. Walsh anyhow, 1t cannot mat.
ter to the Dallas delegates what posi-
ton ~. Patton holds on any question.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

MR. RANDAfL's boom ought to have
a protective tariff. 1t IL very inf,n-
tile affair. aud not able to compete
with the panper labor of the other
boomers,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

A NEW York Republican club has
appointed Il committee to investigate
the records of Blaine aud Logan. The
committee will alt with closed noses
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

WHEN II comes to taking sides, the
Dallas Herald may always he counted
on TO take that side fnrthest away from
the people. THE GAZETTE does not
complain Of this, but merely mentions
A
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

The substitution of Shepard for
Ochiltree in congress from Texas
would add greatly TO the reputation of
the 1iCne Star state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

From tho chill that Mr.. Blaine's
nomination gave to the Republicans In
Massachusetts aud New York, Is IL
fair TO infer that they regard him as u
chllblainy
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

CHANNELS, the representative from Tar
rant county, ,sa strong anii-free-graSs man.
Waco Examiner.
Who told you so?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

Fort Worth len some Of the Repub.
llcan mottoes IN tho opera. house d
electrlfy tho Democracy. Chief q,
these WAS rho free.Krass motto. Dele
gates, when they saw II, usually locke
around for free negroes.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

THE GAZETTE thinks Bayard could
beat BlaIne-but 1t also thinks there
are other Democrats who can do the
same thing.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

ALMOST every owner of land In
large quantities is an advocate of the
lease law, for behind that they see n
herd law.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

SINCE her husband was nominated
for vice-president II is asserted that
Mrs. Logan calls "Black Jack" darling
In public.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
Where They 10 B,,I..l

n washington Rspuluo,|
"old Bill' EuglIsh v.D,|
ON the ticket this yesr, i, y, r'I|
ante before the hands AZ n A. Y
dred Thousand dollar n,om
not pass current at Chicro p''
business out there. :"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

THE lease-law men In Texas might
az we'll be called the least-law men,
looking AT 1t irons II strictly constitu-
tional standpoint.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

DEMOCRATS In Kankakee Il.) pa.
raded the streets the other night sing.
Ing, "We'll break Blaine's jaw with
the Maine liquor law.n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
Too Many Pegs.

-. lclsbnrne Telegram,l
mere are too many wolld.be states
nv, msi, 70 liie square inch la the city Of
their desires. '"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

MEM. lin klndness) to Mr.. Gibbs:
Deliver your speech fifty times In
East Texas. Northwest Texas Is
joined TO its idol; let 1t atone.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
One More Defender Of the Dead.

II isa frightful calumny against a
n ~ mans reputation 10 compare Jas.
~. blalne with Henry Clay without
sMlng their points Of III ference. Hem
~ clay WAS the soul OF honor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19

CANDIDATES for Office should not
seek antagonisms. There are enough
obstacles to political glory without try
ing to drive men into opposition.