Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-13
TEXAS TOPICS.

/ Opinions md Comments OF the state Press.
The News Is not 'eaying stone nnturncd In
trying 10 change the libel law Your CORE.
spOndcnt thinks that the Ncws' labor will be In
vain. There Is not an asplrant for Office IN
7 the News would be after his scalp from the time
he announced himself for oilicc until retired
/ to- private lie by the vote Of the people unless
he pledged himself to carry out The policy die.
! iated 10 them by the News. The politicians
know this aud they propose 60 keep the News
under their control-l Galveston correspond
enco of the Corpus Christi Caller.
! IT, in seeking TO control the News, the
''pollticians" propose to perpctuate the
present gag law, they will find that the
press of the state will have something to
say about IT., many OF the leading papers
OF the state having already announced
their intention to support no man for
office who Is not pledged to its repeal or
amendment. There are plenty of men
willing to serve their country who are
not politicians.
The Fort worth GAzErTE was at one time
one OF the prcttlcst papers In the state. 1t was
then published In bourgeois. II has recently
substituted a light faced antlquatcd style Of
BREWER, which falls far short of Its former self
sorry for IT, rs we were about TO adopt du.
plIeatc OF It's original drcss.--lEl Paso Herald.
THR GAZETTE is sorry that the style Of
It's new clothes doesn't suit the Herald.
ltncvcr had q bourgeois dress and is not
now published in an "antiquated'' style
of BREWER. Its old dress was of the
johnson type foundry's' BREWER and It's
present is the Central type foundry's
latest style of the same letter. II tile
Herald is mashed on our old clothes, they
are for sale cheap.
The WhltcsborO News has u timely article ON
the necessity of paper MILLS In Texas. The CIT
lien II now In correspondence with n first class
paper manufacturer ON the subject, and hopes
to utilize at no distant day n portion of the
water now being wasted from the nrtcslan
wells In Glen Rose Ia the conversion OF the rag
weed or wild sage sumach aud rags OF this re
giOn Into print paper. \ single well with u
four inch pipe Will afford all The water need
ed, and the material II abundant and almost as
cheap as the water.-fGlen Rose Citizen.
There is one OF the finest openings in
the world to Texas for paper mill. Ma
terial Of all kinds is cheap and abundant,
while the demand is large and steadily In
creaSing. No better investment of capt.
tai could be made
THE GAZETTE reporter SAYS he found one
would give 500 for the location OF the Missouri
Pacific offices In that city Most eNtrayAgant
people In the world over ut the Fort. We hope
TO get the offices without costing us a CENTRE.
lying entirely upon the fact that our size In,
duccs the railroad officials to make the lOca.
tion.-L Dallas Times,
Like all other Dallas railroad enter
prises, she hopes to get them for nothing,
and rs in all others She will get left
Money ut q per cent. q for interest
and 10 for risk is too expensive for Dal-
las to put into anything.
\ crowd attempted to scrcnndo Judge Rca
gan at Fort Worth, but he sent the porter to
shut the blinds. The judge has injured his
up porter 10 q crowd that expects champagne,
Fl Houston Post
The Post Is misnformcd. No such oc-
currence took place in Fort Worth.
As we understand the law of libel ~ II pre-.
walls In Texas there Is not the slightest excuse
for the bitter attacks being made upon II by
some newspapers, so far rs II applies TO civil
actions for damages the defendant may always
show the truth OF the alleged libel aud this
constitutes II complete dcfonsc-l Gainesville
Register
Let the Register make a test case and
see what the court will have to say about
II.
Ina addition 10 the 40 ear loads OF cattle
shipped through this city last month, no less
than 3l5 car onds of oats and wheat were
poured out of Texas Into the great Western
grain mnrts-l TcNarkana states
Taking into consideration that the
grain crop has scarcely begun to make its
appearance in the market, some idea may
be formed OF the stream of wealth that
will pour into Texas when shipments
fairly begin and are backed by cotton.
NictOrla's new son. In law, Battcnbcrg has
been granted garter, but nothing has been
said 80 far about suspendcrs,-l Galveston
News,
The News is half right upon this oc-
caslon, at least.