Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-24

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should be exempt from taxation .oa !.
lplt end we nvor a cOnstitutionai $500, W
aIcb ean n,I ine legislature power to make
\ y Resolved, that the idea that the .,...
MI ny sell or lease Its ublic lands "A ahsnsS
sohooi isnis W. tnal We believe that the
catlon should ba disposed Of 40 ~ ~ ~. l
me me present generation the larrest sncunt ~
| 8. Resolved, that we favor IN. ,.-,,.
/ pleu n OF the University OF Teree a. III ~.
| coiofed bran h and favor bsral ep,,,,,,i y
s aens by the state Tor the erection. maintNS.
ance anu equipment OF these institut ons
y Resolved, that we favor n wise liz,
ana ethcient road law that viii rivc III $3.50,
S eosN IN me state good and substantial
o. Resolved. that we favor the reneai o,,h.
% loN' ius occupation tax and al MOI Ky
| lsNe mat legitimate labor should he faxeS
t,nn sses ,Sq, that we favor such legisie,
lles OF any kind purchasing and o,v,,inss In
n h,ense Tracts OF land, and believe thaf the
s s,,a,,la o. land owned by corporations
ni.Sui "a " uHlteq by law.
u Resolved, that the Republican nariy
uenOunces the squanderiny OF public land X
sle s'9te oy tue Democratic power since N
international & Great Nortaern RaiiygsN
company 1eOO,oO0 acres OF land, not in aiteT.
l naiS sections ms To other companies, but in
etAfN bNAAtAs anu tANlnnilnH not only
land but all the real and personal Srcrert
years ~ "NNss 'u'e
- Resolved, that we believe this exenn-
tion from taxes OF the property OF tho fntar.
natlon0i Great Northern Railwa comma.
ny, by which the Taxpayers OF the state have
oeen r9onsd OF many millions of dollar TO
illegal, and the Legality of this exemption
should be tested by the courts of the STATE,
The platform and resolutions were
adopted, when the convention adj.
journed till a. M. tomorrow.
A secret meeting was held this after
noon,and your correspondent gathered
enough TO be pretty certain In stating
that Judge A. Il. Norton will head the
ticket and Mr.. John L. johnson will
occupy the second place.
Tie Republicans held big ratifica-
ton meeting at the corner of Main al d
Lamar streets tonight.
Charles Hutton was pulled and given
apartments IN the jail this morning
for going to the house OF his moth. r
in-law, on Columbia street, in a
drunken condition, and wantonly
breaking the windows. Deputy
Sheritfs Jac0by and Kirby, who ofhoi-
ated at the arrest, had to drag him
most Of the way to jail, he being too
Timber TO amble.
The regular weekly meeting Of the
Gents Driving club will be held TO.
morrow afternoon. A programme, In.
Guiding pacing, trotting and running.
has been arranged and il embraces
the names of the best movers and FLYERS
in Texas.
Mr.. G, f. Clint, county attorney, left
to-day for a visit TO Wootan's Wells 10
recuperate for his fall work.
Mary Mallory, colored girl aged
| twenty, took a dimes worth OF NOR
phine last night because her mother
would not let her 90 with Callender's
min trels. Timely medical attention
saved her life.
There is very vigorous backward
demonstration being made by consum-
ers at the style of water furnished by
the city just now. 1t looks like the
boys and ducks had been swimming
in IL, has a smoked.glass appearance,
and one can see through it but darkly,
and II Enthusiastically comes from the
majestic stream on the west side of
town. The kickers say they have con-
tracted and paid for Browder springs
water aud they get this stuff. They
ask for fish and get stone, as Il
were.
Mrs. r. b. Hayes of Bremond
stopped over In the city last night en-
route home from Washington City
She missed the bus for the morning
train, and took meat wagon for the
depot. Arrived at the depot she dis
covered that she had lost her pocket
book She communicated the fact to
Police Officer Halsell who instituted
search for 1t, and had the fortune to
find II near the st. George hotel where
she had dropped it In getting into the
wagon, and returned II to her in time
for her to catch the train. The pocket
book contained SIG in money and three
valuable rings,