Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-21
THE GAZETTE. FORT WORTH TEXAS SUNDAY FEBRUARY

OF capt. dOhn ~, owens, Wnerc we are
greeted by the suaye and polite cashier,
MIR. Bob Howell, who informs us that
they do general exchange and
collection business. Capt. Owens
Is perhaps one Of the best-hosted
men on finances and inanciering
In the state; thorough, sound and practi-
cal. lie Is net great talker, but when
he speaks II counts. A high.minded,
conscientious, publlc-spirited citizen, he
IL one OF whom any community may well
be proud. Any business intrusted to his
keeping will receive careful, prompt and
expeditions attention. Recrossing the
hail. we knock Mt the corner room door,
and enter the Office Of
MEssRs. RILGoRK & KILGoRR,
Gather and SOM, attorneys and coun-
sellers at law. Col. G.. r. Kilgorc Is one
Of the Oldest and most favorably known
lawyers In the state, and his brilliant at
tainments as criminal lawyer and q
statesman have won for him name and
Il fame which are not confined to the
state OF Texas large AZ 1t Is. He Is a
member Of the present state senate. and
president pro tenn OF that body, and will
be for the next two years Slade u. Kill
gore, Esq, the junior member Of the
firm, though quite q young man, has re-
Gently been admitted 10 practice In the
state and federal courts, and Is rising
young lawyer of great promise. They are
both courteous and polished gentlemen
They practice in all the cours, do gem
eral commercial and collecting business,
furnish abstracts of titles and pay taxes
for non-resldents. Mr.. II. M. Lively Of
Canton, the county seat Is also member
OF the firm, and II has It's arrangements so
systematically and methodicaly planned
that business can be transacted rapidly,
promptly and correctly All correspond
ence On any subject pertaining to their
line Of business Will be carefully and con-
scientiously attended TO. Before leay-
ing tho Jones building we return 10 the
head of the stairs and enter the Office OF
THE WILLS POINT CHRONICLE,
Yantis & Strong, publishers, with X. r..
Yantis, Esq, In the sanctum. Mr. Yam
It's, who is also young climb Of the
law" has but recently associated him
self with Mr. Strong in the newspaper
business and Is an editor Of less than six
months growth, yet the Chronicle is al
ready making Itself felt in the land. Ed
Strong IS a young man OF sterling quail
ties, not afraid Of hard work, who has u
push and vim that Is sure to bring success
and prosperity, and possessing those
qualities of head and heart that will al
ways insure him warm corner in the
hearts OF all with whom he may come in
contact. We sincerely wish him all the
good things of this life that an honest,
generous-hearled, pure-minded man can
enjoy, for he is worthy The Chronicle Is
a neat, well-printed paper with a circula-
tion Of 1000, and Il credit TO the town
and county. The job department is sup
piled with many OF the latest faces of
type, and we have seen some work re-
Gently turned out OF the Office that would
do credit to any prlnting-house, and we
claim to be a Judge OF such work
Wishing the most abundant success to
the Chronicle, we wend our way to the
M0NTFoRT HOUSE
for dinner. Mine host, Mai. j. Il. Mont
fort, IL Just such a landlord as every
tired, hungry, weary traveller loves to
meet. He is born landlord, and is
ever on the qui vive to make his guests
comfortable and Eat homer His tables
are always grooming under the edibles
and "good things of this life," (spealing
gastronomically) and they are served in
IA manner best calculated to suit the
taste OF the most fastidious. The
walters are all pollteness and attention,
and need no chipping" to make them at
tend to their duties. The rooms are all
handsomely carpeted and scrupulously
clean. The "Montfort" Is quiet,
pleasant hosiery, and the charges are
very low for the accommodations fur
nlshod. Dinner over, we stroll into
JOHN CliEArHAM's
barber-shop for a shave, and find him
active and ready as ever to wait on
customers. lie Is an artist In
his line, and always pleased
to meet his old friends and
patrons. Refreshed and buoyant,
we stu pursue our way up Commerce
street and find snugly ensconsed in his
new and pleasant quarters MIR. ID. Will
Jams, the artistic shoemaker, hard at
work trying to keep up with his big list
of orders, for he Is irst-class workman
and one that all lovers Of comfortable,
neat.ilttng footgear appreciate. AS 1t is
our custom to smoke after dinner, we step
into the
st. JULIEN
next door and receive greeting from
"Uncle Henry" Jones, who chats pleas
antly, while Mr.. Johnny Spires shakes up
for us one Of his Incompatible lemon
AIDES. Now, lemonade Is our weakness,
and II there Is anything we can fully APP
preciatc II Is good lemonade. Johnny
can make them. For the blbulously in
cllned, the st. julien keeps full stock
of liquors, wines and malt beverages, and
It's managers are always happy to serve
their customers. But remembering that
our friend, Mr., a. w Riley, keeps
FIRsT-CLAss FAMILY GROCERY
next door, right on the corner, and being
nfNtnna n raj 1At i,,tu -.
this letter Che being an old citizen and an
eX-edltor), we find him hard at work,
with his handsome clerk, Jimmy Ashton,
opening new goods. Meantime we de-
vote spare moment to the Inspection OF
his stock, but hnd It t,,o large to attempt
60 enumerato MIR Riley is one of the
oldest and best citizens OF Van Zandt
county, aud has published newspapers
both here aud Al Canton. He is model
citizen, and one OF those candid, pleas
ant, truth-loying men that bring forth ad.
miratlon aud command attention. He
has coed trade, and will always have It
while he remains in business But we
have not received our noon mail, and
turning up Fifth street we enter
THE rosToFncE,
where we tinG our efficient, accommodate
ing Postmaster Weaver and his equally
polite assistant, Bruce Grow, sorting out
mail Qor this Is a distributing oalce), is
SUNG money orders and handling STAMPS.
While waiting for Mr. Weaver to cash US
q $1,000 postotllce order, he Informs us
that the business OF the ofllce Is steadily
increasing Before IL Is forgotten, we
would beg TO remind our citizens who
have a habit OF mailing their letters on
the train. that our nos naStor nets a NOR