Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-17
BENSON.
Appeal 10 the Citizens Of the Getc City
70 Bestir Themselves TO Se-
cure a Railroad.
Liberal Purchase OF shares IN a New Pa
pcr-Thc Calico Hop what she VIII
Take Home.
Special to the Gazette.

5pctlhl 10 TIC hWNtAlc'
DESisoN, Ten, October TO- Every
paper in town and every one that comes
here Is fun OF Marshall e Northwestern
railroad talk, but still our business men
are careless, and have not taken any steps
To secure this road. sherman has had a
meeting, appointed a committee to confer
with this road, and IL getting right down
to business, for they see the great adyan-
tage of securing this line. sherman has
been the loser by not having railroad IA
cilitics, and she recognizes the
fact now. But why should Deni.
son sit stll and lose this opportunity
of doubling her population and wealth
in few years, as this road VIII surely he
of great advantage to her, Denison Is q
railroad town, and must not let this one
slip ont Of her hands, for she Will surely
suffer If she does. Let the talk on our
streets take form, hold meeting, APP
point committees and see what we are
going TO do, for the officials are now at
Paris and will be here in n few days.
Let's show them that the business men
are not Indifferent In regard 70 this mat
ter. Can public meeting, and that, too,
| right away.
The share receipts OF the LABOR Siftlug-
Cooperative company were finished
yesterday, and Mr.. Thomas, the business
manager, informed THE GALErrE report
cr that about 200 shares had already been
spoken for. This is indeed encouraging,
and we have not the least doubt but that
the $4,000 stock will all soon be taken
and the Siftings will become one of the
leading papers of the state. The shares
are 50 each, with one-quarter down and
the rest in quarterly payments Of three
months each. In this way Il great many
personal shares can be taken with.
ont embarrassing the purchaser, and,
as II Is to be the official or
gan of the state, aud every lodge
takes several shares, II viii only he u
| short time before they are all taken up.
/ Mr.. Head will, on the first of the month,
, take the road, and travel In the interest
of the Sittings, and the knights of Labor
/ generally. Mr.. Head is a shrewd man
and good talker, and will lay the cause
OF the laboring man before the people,
and will doubtless meet with good sue
cess. Mr.. II o. Thomas, the present
business manager, viii continue as such,
and, as In the past will devote his entire
time to il, and is a good man in the right
place. The enlarged edition of the Labor
. NllNli-N VIII dIpNNl bI WV vtl VI NONtlll-
Der aud viii all be printed at home, for
by that time the material will be here
ready for use
The calico hop that took place at the
rink last night was one OF the most pleas
ant affairs OF the season The hall was
brilliantly lighted, ana the Young people
took advantage of the fine weather and
had pleasant time, as IL was neither too
cold or too warm The young ladies in
their calico dresses, and the boys with n
strip of calico from their girls dress
around their neck, appeared TO
good advantage The rink is
one of the most popular places of amuse-
mcut in the city, as great crowds attend
the dances and skating at nights,
Mrs Chess lIoundtrcc OF sherman, who
il visiting Mrs T.. II. Hathaway of this
city, will, when she goes home, take q
beautiful little son with her which arrived
Thursday.
Mrs. E, Everheart, accompanied by her
daughtcr-in-aw, Mrs. Julia Eyerheart,
came up last night on the north-bound
train to visit her son, Bill Eycrhcart, OF
this city.
Are we going tC have the Marshall &
Northwestern railroud ornot2