Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-11

,.,...,.,..e,.y cd carriage that YOU
ever saw. II you wsFe y sS ,,.s M n,o
) stands and auction shops o. n anS -.
over sou would not be able " ~" |,
worse.looklng rig than tbst in Nu'sn ~
joys about the streets Of Washington -,
drives contentedly up to the White House
to hob-nob with the president on int
state Of the country"
Two beautiful young chorus singe Vs "
Lemburg, Austrian Galicia, were rcce1tly
tempted by offers Of fabulous salaries 70
embark for Bombay with man claimin
to be an impressario Of that city. After
their departure II was disclosed that the
'lmpressarlo" was an agent of Bombay
nabob, whose business IL was to keep his
masters harem stocked, and that he Sc
cfelly had bought the two girls from the
landlord Of their clearinghouse for 40
rubles each
Gen. Fremont is the only remaining
representative Of the presidential caudl-
dates Of ante-bellum days. rutherford
Hayes and Chester A. Arthur are the
only men now living who have occupied
the presidential office. Grant, Seymour,
Mcclellan, Hancock, Tilden and Hend-
ricks have died within the past thirteen
months. Mrs Tyler, Mrs. Polk, Mrs.
Grant, Mrs Hayes and Mrs Garfield are
still In the land of the living. All Of |
them but Mrs. Hayes are widows, and
each receives an annuity of $1,000 during
life.
number Of Louisiana sugar-panters
have dubbed together and started an ex.
perimental sugar farm, with a laboratory
and other proper machinery attached, in
order to instruct themselves In the best
scientific methods OF getting sugar-cane
out of the ground and afterward getting
the sugar out OF the cane. This is going
10 work in the right direc ion. When the
farmers 1nd out the ultimate results OF
economical management they will be able !
o dispense with protective tariff. That
BUSINESS is best protected which is prop
rlY carried on. c
4 railroad man prominent in trunk line L
fairs in New York says that It has been
ecided by the railroad companies to
led to the demands of the New York =
enand Eastern manufacturers
o far as to classify cotton goods here |
fter shipped as second-class freight, at a n
ate that would permit OF Eastern compe- 8
tion in the South and West. This will I
c2rue advantageously to the railroad 4
he claims, as goods now h
'ansported by water would be given to q,
re railroads. f
During the late session OF congress- !,
)me good work has been done in re- a
oring to the public domain forfeited &
lilroad grants. over 30,0O0,00O acres Ct
ave been restored to the national owner OF
Zip. Three forfeiture bills passed by cl
'e house-the Gulf and Ship Island bill, ii
recover 652,S00 acres; the Northern y
icitlc, to recover 8G,9OI74l acres, and .,
e New Orleans Pacific, to recover S7O,- al
70 acres did not receive the assent of N
&c senate. The Northern Paciac lobby q
'peared to be too strong for senatorial d,
rtue to cope with. W
The Scbley county (Ga) superior court II
rs decided case of interest to holders .
free passes on railroads. In the ourly he
lrt OF the year the Buena Vista & Ia :,
lie road issued an annual pass to c r. ~
'alker, editor of the Americas Republic "a
IN. subsequently Walker retired from
e paper, and when he next rode upon CO
e road his pass was taken up by the 80
He sued for the recovery of Q,
e pass and has been successful in gain M
g it. There are not many editors in u
Their the North or the South who would ha
we had enough sand to carry such al
Sc to court. II IN
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