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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
ROAD and SCHOOL LAWS.
OPINIONS OF THE COUNTY JUDGES
OF TEXAS.
discussion Of the Legislation Needed q
Perfect tho Road and school Laws
of tho State.

Below will be found the responses Of
some county judges OF the state 10 the
request Of The GAZETTE for opinions on
needed legislation 70 perfect the road and
school laws Of Texas. II was originally
designed to print all these replies In one
issue Of the paper, but this was found
impracticable, and installments OF these
opinions will be printed one day in each
week until all are given TO the public.
Those Judges who have not yet replied
will confer favor on THE GAZETTE, and
do the state some service, by doing 80 at
their earliest convenience.
Following this publication OF the opin-
ions Of the county judges will be one Civ
ing the views OF the district attorneys OF
the state on the jury lawand its needs
EDITOR GAZETTE
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28

should be worked by contract, contract
ors giving bonds for good work. County
commissioners 10 be supervisors Of roads,
as now. In addition TO the fines and for
FIXTURES now going TO the road fund,
levy small poll tax, TO insure that none
are entirely exempt, and raise the bal.
ance requisite for the keeping OF good
roads by an gdyalorem tax.
J. T. LosGIRRo,
County Judge, Dimmit County.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
DIMMIr COUNTY.

CARRizo SPRINGS, TEN, March S, 1886
To the Editor OF tho Gazette
The present road law Is unjust, for the
reason that the burdens Il imposes are not
proportional TO the respective interests
Of the different individuals to be affected
by It's provisions. Every inhabitant of a
county Is, n course, more or less inter.
ested In the maintenance OF good roads,
but the extent of that interest Is beyond
question dependent upon the amount OF
property owned by the individual and the
requirements OF his business. III his
possessions, especially OF real estate, are
great, good road facilities are essential
10 their proper use aud enjoyment and
thus are financially valuable 10 him. II
he have extensive business in like man
ner good roads u the market shorten eX-
pens s aud enable him TO deal satiSiactor-
lily with his customers and with profit to
himself There are those, however, who
have no financial interest In good roads,
save perhaps the slight variation in
the price OF necessaries OF life that
may result from the condition of
The roads, and all along the line, from
the wealthy landowner TO the day-la.
horer, are those whose possessions vary
la extent so that none are equal, and yet
the benefit each one is 70 derive from
COED roads, Is, with few exceptions, In
exact proportion 10 the extent of his
worldly possessions, These facts are all
Ignored by the present law. The veal
thiest and the poorest, II they happen TO
DO within the ages are taxed equally for
\ service that IL TO yield them very un-
equal benefit, II not unfrequeutly hap.
pens, too, that the party most at interest,
A.sm -.
law, Il should be provided that each
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
9'o'tS Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver on
with bypophosphites,

IN pulmonary affections and scrofulou.
diseases DR., Ira NJ Lang, New York
says; u have prescribed SCOTS Emul
SION ana used it in my family. and am
saeauy pleased with it. Have found /,
SeLy sefylceable in scrofulous disease,
ana pulmonary Affections
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.
sphinx Proiaems Prepared Especially
The Sunday Gazette.

7I'1'111 v ''''''N1II7 IUTttIHtI N47TUNItIIJ NDi
The Sunday Gazette.
IAN correspondence intended for this dc.
partment should be addressed TO Il. r. Chad.
bourn, Lewiston, Mel
No, 9f Our Slave.
We had q slave within the house.
We loved him, and he served us WE'LL
Around him would the children press
AZ eve, when rang the yesper Dell.
At noon he waited on the boar
Alright would light us TO our rest
And laugh when loud the children sang
Or laughed in glee at idle Jest
One night hicf alarmed the house
IL was our sla,e, but OH how changed
He drove us on into the snow,
Our halls AID store rooms sw IL he ranged
our gold, our tewels--all VIC had
He snaiched, this rufllan fierce aud wild,
And, Oh before our eyes he seized
AND cruelty slew Il little child. J.A.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28

agreed to b

and is agreed to by all
four Of the above namedofllclals.
II ,hOuld be made their duty TO investl.
gate thoroughly as to the character OF all
books TO be passed upon by them or that
may be submitted 10 them as com.
petitor for adoption and to vigorously ex-
clude all books having sectional or
sectarian faint
Some of the suggestions contained in
the foregoing may seem TO go too much
into details But think not; | think
that upon clear enunciatlon and under.
standing Of them depends the Harmonious
and systematic working of any system
OF law. j u. PooLE,
County Judge, Throckmorton County.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
No. O7-A Curious Rock.

There is Iock about whose weight
a Gu ious thing will relate,
But which IN not explain
Just fourteen pounds this rock will weigh
But If you take two -hfths away
The part which does remain
exceeds hundred times and moro
The weight IL ever was before
a ton it Will contain, HIM
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
SO. O0--A GeogrnphIenl pnnzle.

One morning as wasa city of North
America, a city OF Italy entered my room
and told me that it was a city OF Texas
day, and that river of North America
procession was proceeding from hill in
North Carolina. AS ii was not a warm
day put on my capital of Russia beaver
coat and, accompanied by a city OF Italy,
| babe cape of North America, cape
OF Greenland and proceeded toward the
hill of North Carolina.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28

SO--Tag,
sl--No per cent.
S2-Peach, eacn, ache.
so--l' Score, core, ore 2. Start, tart
art, o Relate, elate, late. 4. Scowl
gT% n;. owl o Strain, train, rain. 6
,o tioe, rice ice, Z. She, he, e. s. Bless
less' ess. 3. This, his, is.
si--Underwriters.
a. oo--i. Pine, maple, elm, ash. 2. Pear
49, ~, orange plum. 3. Pea, corn, turnip
s6--Haze. ~
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28

Let us lv whore the deer and the panther
abound;
Where the FOX and the otter in numbers are
found;
Where wen live on venison, mush and potato
o, let's fly to "hunter's domain, kind Cato
SAL MACIrNpT
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28

I'll RI instant relief. Final cure In ton
no SAVE GAYS, and never returns. No purge
Of A s,n,tt ~ suppository. Sufferers will learn
MAS6N ~ ae remedy free by addressing C n.
NJ 20 Nassau street, New York. ~ ~
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
No. oo-A Curious Transformation.

When the word is rerhoved from a GER
tain Ohio town only view will be left.
CLAUDE
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
SEA F0Am
sCIENTIr1.,
GANTz, JONES & co.
Nc Duane 81, h. 4
PYEMIA

Is Is the most ylruleut form Of bIood.,,l...
ing. Less speedily fatal, bat ros " =,
family SO, Is the yitIatIon of nv ' , 'se q
WShlch the first symptoms ara Pima i,'a
SUES, Boiis, and Cutaneons' 1 rss.
lions. When the faint Of Scrofn,s v. y z
warningotit presence bysucbInds..2 4
no time should be lost Ia using W. Sr,,i
S;ARsAPARILLA, the only perfect 81 81 !,
blood. iN''n'A'luA u
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
no rARExrs

TO % bsSI,b baking powders am ~.
own 1ho a land and while esery o ssfI ps,s.
o o,. ne should also have 4 I, one nslii' A
ohes-the little Children c1re Tor " ~
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31
Shall We Have a State Fair /?

EDITOR CLARION: Since the adjourn
ment OF the Legislature, our citizens will
now settle down to business. 1t seems to
the writer that one of the most important
things TO look after is the question OF
a State Fair or no State Fair.
The gentlemen who own the present
buildings do not feel inclined TO risk all
the money acquired to sustain a State
Far, when it is known that heretofore
they have derived no monied benefit there
from. The fact is, the Fair will benefit,
and has always benefited, either directly
or indirectly, every man, woman and child
in Jackson, bringing, as it does, from $50,
600 to 100000 to be scattered over the
town. The Board of Control cannot let
the money they have invested lie idle. and
they cannot or will not take the risk oil
another Fair entirely upon their shoulders.
They will, therefore, be compelled to tear
down the buildings, unless the citizens OF
Jackson come to their assistance by way
OF offering special premiums, etc. The
important question is, shall we lend the
assistance needed, or shall the buildings
be torn down?
Special premiums would be advertised
in the different papers of the State, and in
the Fair Cataloge, thus giving the subscrib
ers of these special premiums the worth Of
their money In advertising. The question
should be settled at once.
L. f, CHIIEs.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31

Another Account of the Carrolltor
Massacre.

The. account of the deplorable affair
Mt Carrollton, which we publish to day,
does not answer the demands of the
pubic Tor detailed information.
If the actors in that bloody drama
propose to justify their conduct by
making it appear that what they did was
done to protect the lives of innocent
and unofending white persons, from the
savage vengeance of the negroes whom
they slew, they should make bold to
publish their names and the circum-
stances under which they acted. As
the case now stands, if what they say be
true, they are less understood and ap-
preciated than any one hundred protec-
tors of the public ever were.
What the public must have in order
to form an accurate opinion of the
merits of the defense interpose6 by the
lawless raiders. is detailed statemeni
of participants of the Information on
which they assembled to take thei,
bloody ride. What were the repre-
sensations made to them and by whom
were they made? Did the communit,
at Carrollton, to protect which the,
entered the town, ask for the kind oil
assistance which they rendered? Die
they ask for any assistance? Why did
the mob surround the courthouse be
fore hostiIities were commenced7 Die
Mayor Elam ask them to do il? Doe
he say now that the presence of the moi
was necessary to protect any of the de
PENDANTS before his COURT Answers tt
such questions as these, il they tended
to sustain the opinion of our correspon
dent, would do much more toward,
changing public opinion than thu
report that III ignorant witnesses had
been examined BY the grand jury.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31

THE Philadelphia Public Ledger closed
the first half century of its successful
career on Thursday last, 25th. In addi-
ton to an interesting retrospect, it pro-
duced fac simiie vf it's first issue, pub
lished March %, 1886. OF the three
printers who started the paper, one sur
wives Mr.. A. 5. Abel, owner of the
Baltimore Sun. The Public LeGqer is
not only one Of the most prosperous
newspapers in the world, but one of the
safest and most conservative counsellors
on all questions of public interest. Its
publisher, George w. Childs, has not
only amasSed fortune for himself, but
provides literally for all in his employ
and especially for those longest in hi:
service. For nearly twenty years, the
daily edition of the Public Ledger has
been a regular and most welcome visitor
to this office, and hence we note witt
pleasure its fiftieth anniversary, and VIZ
see no reason why it may not live
thousand years
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31

A Little Rock correspondent Of the
Memphis Avalanche says: your paper
having quite circulation and many adj
mirers in the State of Mississippi, hope
you will give space to this communication,
as it perhaps may fall in the hands OF
some OF the Mississippi Legislature who
will call the attention Of that body to this
fact: That not far from this city, in a
lonely field, (ncar the banks OF that treach-
erous stream, Arkansas River,l which is
cultivated annually, uncared and unpro-
tected, lie buried the remains OF one OF her
beloved and honored sons, Ex-Governor
John ]. Pettus Year after year within a
few PAGES of the grave the plowman turns
the soil, and the birds sing his requiem
while the rolling waters lash the shores
with mad fury, encroaehing nearer and
nearer TO hear his body to the ocean. The
great State Of Mississippi should take
some action in The matter, and while the
Legislature is in session / deemed it hut
duty to call attention to the matter.
As native Mississippian / am ashamed
to know that the "war Governor of my
State, one who served her in the darkest
hour of her history, lies buried, union
ored and unknown. on the banks OF the
Arkansas River, with no State monument
tai shaft to point with pride to the last
resting place of her once honored and be-
loved Governor, John J. Pettus.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31

For Congress Fifth District.


EDITOR CLARION III Col. Singleton
must go, it is a matter of right and Justice
to the people OF Mississippi, that we select
Tor his successor a man who is well known
and thoroughly capacitated for the Office.
a man whose ability and self-sacrifcine
allegiance to the diversified interests 81
Mississippi, together with a nerve and
brain capacity commensurate with our
present and future peculiar interests OF
State at large in all questions OF State
policy. A careful observer of the premises
and in accordance with the external fitness
OF things, We see no other star in the calaxv
BY which we could, perhaps, be as safely
guided as by that in the person Of Mai. ~
ID. Gibbs. His record, talent and effieienex
furnish combination OF unparalleled al.
vantages, by placing him as successor r.
Mr.. Singleton as U. s. Representative
His acknowledged brilliance oil intellectual
attainments are too well known to In.
public to demand either landafion .,
encomiums to place him in rank "a thal
OF worthy and true statesman. His nos;
ton before the people as "a candidate 10,
their suffrage in the next Congressiona
race is a foregone conclusion. As sian
dard-beorer for his party friends before AZ
intelligent public. he Is in his element
and in the outcome will be the poten
factor that will distance all Others IN Al,
contest. Yours truly,
MIIcorE.
Deasonville. March 9th. 1896
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31
swindicrs as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


The ubiquitous swindler has eyo'a
a new plan by which to swnd-a IL
honest farmer. A chap in clerica. 3.'-'
cloth and white choker enters l.~
house and asks for lodging or dime,
rs the case may be. During bis SD, =
announces himself TO be Ta't'--
Observation-Disclosures in the service Of w
ligi0us institution. and hc genela-t
so far rs TO present 10 the family o l---
some Bible from a well-illu.t y.ii5s =
is careful to say that his society tl--
its distributing members TO pay ~
own way. and exhibits vouchers , ~
for. After partaking OF the gool il.L
hospitality be prepares to leave
asks for his bill He is gene..a-s p.
no charge is made, but he calls
ton to 1.-THE rules, and insists Oh s..
ing % cents per meal Then be il-. E.
requires a receipt on his blank -a-.- !.
voucher. you know, and be- sss =
farmer to sign II. in ninety oal' ~. ~
is notice from o ncighborE- aa'' .
the pious farmer to call and I-! :
note for S126.20 which Ii 1sd--- =
which bears the farmers -''
ModiS0u (IFiS.) JOUJAl.-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31

ThE appropriations agreed on by the
Committee on Rivers and .Harbors
amount to SO, l64, 200. The rivers Of
this State are provided for as follows:
BigSunAower $4,000; Noxubee, $500;
Pascagoula, $4,000; Pead river, ST..
500; below Jackson, $4,000; between
Jackson and Carthage, $1,000; between
Carthage and Edinburg, s23, 800; Steele.
bayou, $4,000; Tallahatchie, S35 900
Tchula Lake, $4,000; Tallahusha, $4,000
Yazoo river, Sl0,O00-for river $4,000
for snagboat, $4,000; Tombigbee, from
Fulton to Vienna, 10000; Tombigbee
below Vienna, $25, 900; Big Black, $4,000
Bayou Pierre, $4,000; Biloxi Bay, sl2,
500.
OF the appropriation for the Missis
sippi River, $4,000 is set apart for tn,
river at Greenville, aud 500 600 for tn
harbor at Vicksburg. The appropria
tions for the river below Cairo is So, 250
900.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31
Criminals and Their

ssEyery once in 4 while peo-s.
the papers how come man MI ~ I lead u
done 4 Job has skipped. lear;,,S,..liaa JOS.
behind him, said u central IN IN 'Facs
tective to a New York Rerq5 oi'lee Dc.
.sThe first thing they do is IA w iel'of'e'
detectives. Then, a year or fy. 9-ails tie
afterward, they hear that tbo te'nsTs
been caught. Then they praise .' = aas
teetiyes- for skill and eerssvs.-ee' e "a
much as they blamed them bafo1 ,,'i' = IS
were wrong to blame the d.. ing
the first place. and Tn not sg ,.'sS q
they were right in prafsing ne re- '-li
highly afterward In ordin9rg -. s.
stances any criminal Is srra e, =.
caught. &c
'You say there arc many crime
unraveled. That's so. Bur in -----'s
them the police get to know who ne ..,'' q
/ job as well as they know wbo
Broadway, but they can't Get b. sls
dence. and so they lie low and g,;. -
a few exceptional cases its best L
punish anybody.
/ iii man runs away the nogs.
pinch him nine times out of te7 - y.
watching his home. Shakspssrs! r 2
said truer thing than when IL 1,'s
| There's no place like home -
| Shakespeare, NaSn'tit? Wen. ever =
no matter how bad ne is. has ~. "a
some kind that he's going 10 ~
though he knows that thevisit msr1..
him in state prison for tweBtv
and as soon IS he thinks the eo..
clear he's going to that home sTs
police have 10 do is to ind an, /.
home, watch il, and nab tbs;- y =
when he shows up.
There's that man who shot tha,.
ianitor. de got west and wss ~
well. and nobody know whera -
But he had to come back to New Ne
to see his friends. There's Jimmv ~
He broke seven of the strongest ian.
the CONFUSING Sing was the ' j.@
: them. What did he do when he o. ~.
of Sing Sing? He went straight h
/ avenue, where everybody Enew &
Now he's back at Sing Sing. T,Ig
: Can't. Washburn about Hefrs r.
and places at the foot of West Sq,b :
n | SUN SlIGtAS III his k-LtNLL&ct- lie II &.
YOU that whenever he wants one ri.
crooks who hang OCT there he has =.
to 90 there to get him. They new.
to hide in any other par. Of tho +.
+ Do YOU remember that burglar :
killed a policeman way back in
e sixties, when he was caught brsgl.
into an arms store in Broadway? NJ,
/. he thought it safe to come back 10 Y
York after nearly twenty years, and
IL first thing he knew he was on trial
- his life. He would have come !,
sooner, too. if he hadn' t been prs7er
- BY being locked up in different prg
s out west.
another thing that helps ths
tectives in catching big crooks Is d
:. inter-marriages. 1t is saving ;
every Hebrew in Baxter street 6lr
to one of three families. Its abont
. same with crooks. About every biz.
ia among them is connected by mala
or blood ties with the others
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31
The Coolest Man IN the Frssa
Army.

The coolest man I ever knew III
old Victor de ST. HiIaire. the cocr5
an infantry regiment that saw soma 3.
vice in Algeria said Colonel Hendle
bois, one Of a party Of French o-s
who, having halted to take las
Siam on their way home from tla Ia.
ouin war, had come to dine wi,hes
board of British gun-boat wAica
somehow found its way up the Me-yy-
River.
i've known men, be conti1as
''who managed to put on gr5as-7
of GOODNESS in time OF danger t1a.
they were really very much excited
there was no putting-on VITA ST. Ht
lit came as natural to him as es.
his dinner. All his hair-breadth eseHs
(and he had had 50 many thai he o
hardly count them himselG had left E
as cool as before, and il really ses
as if dangers passed him by beeaug
would not condescend to notice thatl7
were there at all Once his men n
tinted, and two OF them ciapped iaz
bavonets to his breast as if TO run b.
through; but the colonel only suE
and said, rs quietly rs ever, BE ca-aL
my lads; you might hurt me.
Now it happened that in Coionas
Hilaire's regiment there was a p57F
Young sub-lieutenaut who was IS hd,l
the colonel was cool With him itH
always Gas YOU English say) 'a T1
and blow, and the blow frs. HeA
fought so many duels that the s0.te
used to call HIM Sudden Death, ala'
say that the best way to end Tie 80
would be for him TO challenge the "a
my's whole army, man by man. We
one day this lieutenant had comm5'
some fault. for which the colonel %
him such a scoIding that the Young
lows hot blood couldn't bear Il q
longer. Quick as lightning he wing
out u pistol and fired right ats b
laire's face, so close that the muHl
most touched him. Bat the pistol mss
fire. and the colonel said, fIitc ca~
'Forty-eight hours arrest for no. a.
ing your arms in proper order
And was that all the lieutenant g
asked dozen voices ut once, 10 l-l
| guised amaZemeut
That was All; and lean teliy9' =
| he thought it was quite enough
! general. good-evening. Twas JUST
ing these gentlemen how YOU oneS
me under arrest for not having
| pistols in working order '-Dara d
ia Har9er's Magazine fer AqTc#
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31

W. were wholly unable TO supply the
orders for extra copies Of The CLARION
of last week, and hence republish the
Privilege Tax Law, the Local Option
Law, and other acts relating to the sale
of liquor, passed at the late session OF
the Legislature. We also reprint the
titles of all acts approved. They viii
not again appear in THE CLARION, 81
that those who would keep them FOL
reference, would do well to preserv,
this copy of the paper.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31
A Valuable HedicIDe.

OF all the medicines, Pa.e1. or 1. 4.
wise. now being forced upon ihs 'il,.',
public, there Is none whicA can cluls.
TO the Home Sanative Cordial for Us ' ~
ling worth, ..and the beneficial results =.
lowing its use. The hundred oi I-'-l-
mails, and reports from chemical IT,. -
made by the most prominent pny'io. -,
both of ST. Louis and elsewhere, all a'i',
this fact. For fever aud ague, or esats'Ii
debility Of any kind il Is an ackuoweeass.
potent remedy. Ask your druggist ." -
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31

TIE CLARION has good many read
ers in Texas, Mississippians who have
removed to the Lone Star State Mr. /.
w. Hogun, who is the present !, NJ. at
Indianola, in renewing his subscription
says:
II have been interested in the pro-
ceedings of your Legislature, more par
ticularly in those Of its members whom
know personally-one in particular,
Col R. o. Reynolds. We learned our
A. B. c. together at our first school, in
an old log cabin, eleven miles north OF
Aberdeen, about forty-five years ago"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-31

tor. be required to ACCOUNT md II
sufficient assets were not in his hands to
pay the above claim against the estate
OF ]. B. Ellis, that decree be rendered
against G.. s. Ellis for the balance SO
due, or for such amount as said u. ,
Ellis had received from the estate OF J
B. Ellis. The defendant, G. 5. Ellis
demurred to the bill, which demurrei
was overruled and he appealed. Held
That the equity of this bill is transpa
rent and abundant; that the statute .
limitations is not defence, because o
the infancy of the ward TO whom tn
money is due by the decree; that tn
bar not having become complete unde
sec. 1854, Code of 1880, therefore tn
case is governed by the Code of 1871.