Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-10
MIDLAND.
A Good Word IN Favor OF the Much
Malgned Cowboy.
Public Artesian Wells AVigorous Stream
Struck a. Fifty-one Feet.
Special.

Special.
MIDLAND, TEX, Feb. 7-As the
time approaches for the annual round
up and return to their ranges, many Of
the cowboys have requested me TO tell
the readers Of THE GAZETTE how they |
have conducted themselves ut Md
land during the past winter am
very GLAD 70 grant the request Of the
cowb boys, and will be as brief as possi- |
bic, because The GAZETTE has devoted |
good deal OF space to them lately. |
In the Inst place, the cowboys had |
nothing 20 90 with the coming
OF the rangers, nothing to do
with furnishing ressOn for sending
! fnr them. A sheepman thrash an
other sheepman's shepherd for abusive
and opprObfious language, and then,
| thinking the man had gang at his
| heels, he buckled on mis- revolver and
awaited an attack As / wrote at the
| time, "a few men were scared almost To
death by this little fracas, and petit
timed for the Rngers From the day
the rangers came until they left few
DAYS ago, the world was persistenly
! Told that the rangers were at Mid
land to prevent the cowboys
from taking and plundeTing the
| town The rangers came when they
were not ueeded-we liked them and
wanted them 10 siay-they were re-
moved, and we OhjeC to their return.
The COW boys have submitted to siI
months Of insult ard outrage, that
pimps, gamblers aud panel thieves
Al q
mgnd for vindicatiOn has not been
made day too SOON They have been
among az day after day FOR ak months
and ia all that time no man, woman
or chile has been injured or treated
Unexpectedly by one Of them. As
their name implies, they are men in
the prime OF life, robust, and full Of
high animal spirits from life in the
open air, buJ few men Of any class eN-
hibit more manly traits than they.
During the winter the COW boys have
participated Ia several hops, and had
, one OF their own, in some respects the
most brilliant OF the season. Nine
host, Grim h Of the blAn8 EstaCRdo,
entertained more than fifty OF them in
his best style and will be happy to
see them whenever he can
! be of any service to them. No
d equal number II young men in
the world represent interests 30 inn
mense as those represented by these
same mallgned Texas cowboys, and
nowhere can an equal number OF
, young men be found in any business
! who can give 80 good an account OF
-, their stewardship Midlands is la mt
u danger from the cowboys, and Ii dan
ger from any source were to he feared
s.F al
render IA prompter or Drawer service
A petition, gotten up by the sam,
parties who got up the FIST one, ha
gone forward 70 Gov. Ireland ptayinl
for The return OF the rangers, and n Te
mon-trAnce umerously signed viii
also 20 for war I. When anything ney
IN the matter transpires The GAzETT
2 will be informed.
The excursions 10 Midland hav
been Ie-umed, and one that left 81
Louis Wednesday evening ia expeCte.
:" tomorrow, Sunday.
Midland IL now engaged i'm an Ell
teTpriHe that cannot fail to make he
popular with the surrounding country
= anu be ~ great and lasting benefit I
all reading within her limits. n
fer TO the einking of public wells. Tn
n. work was begun the first OF this weei
M To this time two wella have been lOci
~ ted; one OF them Is finished and Ill
m other 10 nearly done. One well Ia Il
m Ca ed at the Intersection OF Baird sire,
l and Iowa avenue, and the other st *
intersection OF Abilene street and Nj
b souri, avenue IL has not yet been d
Cided at what points other wells wi
- be located The cost of the whole d
terpr,se will he borne, not by taEatio
hut,chieilY hyv luntary contributions
O izetB A email amount will prob
bly, be received fr IN nou-resldeut Il
owners. Public well No. WAS M. =
hity.one feet, Mt which dep
powerful stream was struck th
could be plainly heard, rushing like
mountain stream along it's subtle
raAesn channel The water rose TWEEN
* feet in the shaft. These details vi
Il not be regarded as trivial, when | o,
that the purpose IL, in due time,
; erect tall towers over these wells, M
mounted with wind.engines aud el
) waited tanks, with pipe and hose 4
: tachments. The water will be- free
all for all purposes, and beat Of all, '
4 can have, Ut small eXpense, the Dt
uia and simplest mt thOd IL the world {
sasS extinguishing fir 3
az AZ | was very much grAtified 10 zee On
y my views on the new county queati,
received the honor OF editorial a
prevail in THE GAZETTE Similar I
terances from other Texas pape
y would soon rescue Question that
now football for trieksters, and pla
. it in the category of questions d
MAJ ding intelligent and dignified ava
action. The following atntences fro
e a letter Just received from San Ange
- throw some light on the grounds ot
eppssltion to the new county OF Nj
! land;
"Mr and have Just had talk
regard to Moody and his trips he
and | take the liberty 30 say that ne
3 y all our citizens OF any note are