Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-07
A MEMORIAL
From the Bar OF Wheeler County, Tex"
to the Houses OF Congress at
Washington.
A Petition for Enactment of Law Estab
fishing a United states Court Mt
Mobcetie.

mousse III MODccllct ltA'5 va buS iNth N"l
OF December, 1885, the following memoir
ial was unanimously adopted:
10 tho Honorable Senate and House OF Repro
sontutives of the United states, In Congress
Assembled,
The bar OF Wheeler county, Tex, re-
spectfully represent TO your honorable
! body: That that portion of the state OF
Texas known az the Panhandle comprises
| twenty.seven counties of NorthwestTeXas,
situated north OF the Red rivers that
each of said counties has an average
area OF about one thousand square miles,
making the total area of the Panhandle
about twenty-scven thousand square
miles; that said part OF Texas Is recog-
nlzed by every person acquainted with 1t
to be as good If not the best portion OF
the state, and its soil, climate and re-
sources are unexcelled by any new coun-
try in the West. Although remote from
the thickly settled parts Of the state,
and IT this time without railroad conven-
fences and other facilities for fast travel
ing, IL is rapidly settling up aud its re-
sources being developed with rapidity
truly astonishing to its oldest citizens.
But few years ago IL was inhabited alone
by the Indian and buffalo; to-day II boasts
OF a population numbering between four
ars ar. arriving and sottling
.rnono no dailv AIreodv the
SoIiney,r,, r,iIroods ara ,ro,o,in,, 10 noss
r,ro,,oh ibn ponbondln ara mast ~ tbom
,vill dnnbtless bc comnletod at nm early
day ON. ,Tba Eort Worth q Donvo, City
rnilrood nronosino 10 RIM from Fort
wor,b rnv 10 Denver Citv In Colorado
mis- rnad N already comnIetpd Ia liar
rnid In Wtlhar,,nr county Tey a distance
~ about M miles and IL nov nronoses
"a rnn hranrb from a noint in
uorde,non comfy Tev,e In Dodgn Citv
it.,nsos ,,,ltcb Nh olso n,ss tbron,,b ~
Panhandle The Waco divisinn of the
iionston q ro>,as Cnntral raiirnad 10 nn,y
cn,n,,iotod 10 Alhonv In Sbakelford
connty Tevos Thn Gnlf Colorado and
Sonto rn railroad 10 comnIeted IN Rro,yn.
wood in Rrown cnnntv Tcvos and
hos a corns of on,in.ers in tbc
aolI Vim a viaw of ~ oeriv ovtapoinn
to tbis conntry Tbe 1nontin G.
p,ciec nronosino IN RIM from 81 Topis
to San Francisco "a comnlatnd 10 TpIso in
The indian Tarritnrv with contracts ont a.
hniId No Fort Reno in snid tnrritorv and
r. is hcliavnd th,t 9aid rood viii roach the
p,nbandle arc the cnmJro n, The ontuu,n
i'm $50, tba Soutberh IS,ns,4 railroad 10
now cnmnlcted to Nav Kio,vo in Rarher
comfy Kansas md ,viII coon avtend H.
limo mo The Panhandle of Teyas.
tho Donver G New Orsops roll
road which "a being bpilt yin mass
,brnnoh The Panhandle. md II 10 Ln-
linvrd Inv a front many norsnns tbat tho
rpcnntlv or,,oni,nd comn.n,, knn,r,, as
,bc Sa1 Antnnin san AnocI, & Eans"s
Citv rniirn,d viii hnild its mod ,hrnm"h
thr Panhandle as viii also fhr DaIt.s e
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. railrood rnnning IroY,
D,nIns I'm T. nortbyyesta.,g ,Iiroctin,,
ma ,hnye fnrntsbas ah,ndnnt o,,i
denco IN satisfy opv tair',nirdad
nrrson mat tbe ponbnn,lo ~ re,as
will In tho mar fnturn he dovaInned to
a. I'M conocit,, and tberob, hncS,,,,, H.,
most nrosnrrons mart Of the et,te No
hnntJn ia thn n,.,nrinol So, ot ~ D.,
handle. and is located ON tho Swentvate,.
crooi IN Northumberland, na ,t ,,S',,,,'.,
ment most of Mort ElLott Wb,oinr
county IL sitnated nm tho oastar, hnrJ'.,.
of the Panhandle. next to and ioining rho
indian TnrrIto,., m trIl,,,,,,,,S, ,iii
hat Tho nan0iS Of ,ha 'J p,nbom vi 'iUm
nrarticsuv dnnind tho ri,,ht ~ q hoor;,,,,
IN The Ifnited Statos co cnnrts ~, ,na
snn NJ its rsmotsness trn,n any, ny ,ia"o
where said conrts orn he,d Gr an9 p'"i u,
Ynnng county Tsv 10 t,o na"rn"t t, ~
eral cont and IL n distance ~ abont SNn
mics from Mohootio IL, s,',,tto,ut III -,
rectlon. Inv Tho nearest rroveioS rort "
Wichita Kan Is The ncvt naorost f 49,
court which IL In n nor,baoSt d,roctin .,
md distance NJ about Sto r,ias b,, ' ~
nearest trave,ed rood tr",n Sfob ~ NV
pnehIo Cni ~ tho NM nnaras+ Iii, ~ az
distance of ohont dve nrod NJ, %hu 80, 80
Moboetie Inv the nearest traynlad raDt,'
and M pss9 Toy ia The na,,t naa,os 49, 'S
II 10 from NIobsctie diS,avn ao" ~ h S,u
slv hundred miles by tho n"a,.oS, t,o'',IoI
road II conrt should be ss,aS, 10, o'o,t
,Gehn,,i 10. s.u1lu 20 estaolishcu Az
nortion ~ the indian ,Torr,tov, 49," 49, " -"
Neutral strin n, No.Man,s' ana od dST tao
the panhandla n ,ynnid NV e"yw,u,nS
with sn0lciencv nt h,sinas .t ~
amnlv na,, ~ goyernroon, st'. ~" ~ w
and The eytenses the goxern,nort n s"
incnr nv IA same co,iS onsii, ~ WV 'i'
~ tho n,cs now bein,, W p' ~ Vu'
limited Statss In tbc waS ~ nn,,i, - yu'