Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-15
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Mayor Brown Indignant at Negro.
Profanity, Arrests Him in Person
and Incarcerates the HoOdlum.
But Few Cattiemen from Texas TO Attend
tho Chicago Convention--whoret the
Beef Pastures viii Be.
Special to the Gazette.

~ VIZ oiN w khNANo tASNRh hAbVh W.
let out by the new sheiiff, Henry Lewis
There was a universal desire for Moore
retention
Mayor Brown this morning, at tim,
when large numbers Of ladies' and gentle
men were visiting the postofllce an(
going TO church, heard negro b0otblacB
Eugene Williams, aged about eighteen ol
twenty years, cursiDg ylciously and loud
ly In front OF the postoillce. The mayo
reprimanded the yiolator OF law and de
cency, and insisted that be must desis
from his profanity. Williams, who
is rotorlously hard hoodlum char
acter, informed the mayor, with
much emphasis, that he would
"swear as much as he Cd Did
pleased" and that's where he made a
mistake, for the mayor sliced the defiant
and dlsgraceful darkey vigorously by the
left arm, and calling on bystander TO
assist him, succeeded In landing his
prisoner In the calaboose, where he
langulshes to night. lie will have an
opportunity to explain his outrageous
conduct In the city court tomorrow.
Very few II any Texas cattlemen, THE
GAZETTE correspondent Is reliably in
formed, will attend the annual meeting OF
the National Ca tie and Horse Growers as
ISOLATION TO open at Chicago November
IL The cause OF this, in the opinion Of
Col W. II Hughes, Is that Texas cattle
men have become convinced that little
actual good has been derived from these
conventions heretofore, so far as the live
stock industry ia this state is conctrne
the conventions, he says, are very expen-
Bive, and mean individual OUTLAWS that
nnnH bnQtuagq INDIGNANT
be avoided. There was time when the
cattle business was booming, and men
identified with II were flush and could al
ford TO spend much money without seri-
ously missing IT.. Now tue business is
depressed, and many who were once
Hush are now comparatively poor and
forced To study economy For these,
and other reasons, the Texas cattleman
Will be conspicuous only by his absen CO
In the coming Chicago convention. The
most important matter, Mr.. Hughes says,
tpat Texas cattltmen are now consider
Ing, Is how TO protect their herds from
pleurO-pneumonia. A great deal OF fine
FLOODED stock is being brought into the
state from Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois,
missouri and other parts of the country,
ana much OF II comes from where pleuro-
pneumonia exists or has existed, and
great danger menaces the Texas cattle
business. Many ranchmen are endeayor-
ing To Improve their herds by importing
thoroughbred bulls and bull calves,
not many OF these animals develop
pleuro- pneumonia after being brought to
Texas. There Is no Texas state q1aran.
tine law for cattle and the cattlemen are
trying to get the national bureau of anil
maj industry To locate an agent "a Texas
and enforce the new URlted States law
whenever Is becomes necessary In this
state uatil the state lie glslature shall fur
nlsh proper protective measure. Tie
stockmep, Mr. Hughes believes, will en-
deavorto have such a law enacted during
the Legislative session the coming winter,
Mr., j, G Johns left for the convention
tonight. He, Ike Col. Hughes, does not
anticipate numerous attendance of
Texas cattlemen, or the presentation of
any Important matters for the range cat
lie Industry In this state In conversa.
tlon with The GAZETTE correspondent; he
said 1.-THE national range convention To
assemble at Denver Ia January next Is
absorbing the attention and interest OF
the Texas cattlemen. IL represents their
particular Industry -range cattle-whlle
the Chicago convention Is more In the in
terest OF domestic stock nterests--breed-
ing IL UP to tiue point. This Is
very gooui nut the range men are
not so peculiarly or deeply Interested In
mat as In range and ranch interests. The
Denver convention will be largely at.
Tended, Mr. Johns does not think that
the national trail scheme will be further
pressed In range cattle conventions or
before congress, The great range sec
tions Of the West, Northwest and Soutb-
west are being rapidly gudlroned with
railroads, which IRE rapidly solving the
problem OF livestock TRANSPORTATION
There Is the Fort Worth 4 Denver
pushing across the Panhandle far into
Coloradoi the. Kiowa road is running
from Sou Invest Kansas through the In.
dian Territory across the Panhandle to
New Mexicoi the Frisco Is crossing the
territory and the Panhandle into New
MeNlcoi The Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Is crossing the Territory, penetrating
North, Mlddl7 and South Texas; other
lines are projected In aud out of Texas
winch viii soon furnish competition and
easy transportation TO all parts OF the
range country. The trail from the South.
west 10 the Northwest Will, OF course, be
utilized largely Tor few years longer,
but ultimately only nominally as a means
OF getting from one part OF the range
country to another In all parts OF the
southwest where these new railroads are
going, that Is at all adapted 70 agricul.
ture, Mr. Johns thinks domestic and
FLOODED stock farming will grow up large.
~ ana rapidly ami necessitate the falling
TO pieces or dividing up OF the great cal.
tle and ranch corporations. Many Of
them, he thinks, will nnd their way into
the present remote portions Of New Mex.
leo Arizona, Old Mexico and other west.
ern and northwestern range areas not
desirable for farming purposes. int the
day OF big ranches aud ranges in the PAN
handle are nearly numbered. The Indian
Territory, he believes, from every indlca.
ton, win stand as range region
for number OF years to come.
and thar some satisfactory system Of
land leasing from the tribes will be es.
tahlished aud become the great South.
west beef pastures, On the subject OF
the Chicago beef syndicate, which has
aroused 50 much disfavor and alarm
among certain southwestern cattle men,
Mr.. Johns said; al do not share alto
gether In the fears that this opposition
entertain. There are more extensive aud
important reasons for the depressed con.