Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-16
SHERMAN.
A Cotton Pool That Showed Pluck, But
Planned Ont Poorly 10 the
Projectors.
Did They Get Square Weights wasn't M
Applicant for the Postonicc-Losses
Exaggerated oiored BAH.
Special to the Gazette.


Special 10 the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX, Jan. l5.--Our readers
will remember that in the early days o.
the cotton season OF 1866 the mer
chants OF Sherman combined together q
counterfeit malicious report against oul
city as cotton market, and signed ar
obligation pledging themselves to put Q
buyer on the streets to pay the extreme
limit that the market would permit, and
at the end of the season divide pro rata
the profits or losses sustained. This
effort OF the business men had the effect
10 bring considerable amount Of the
staple to our streets, and as an evidence
that Sherman gave good prices they now
have to mutually bear a loss OF about
fifteen hundred dollars on the venture.
The sieners were called upon to-day to
pay their several assessments 20 square
the loss, and had to put up the sum OF
S43.35 each TO make good their obliga-
tions. In spite Of the arrangement above
named, large amount OF cotton went TO
neighborlng towns and railroad stations,
and was sold 10 local merchants at figures
above those paid here.
This shows one Of two things to be
true: Either the local merchants above
named lost good money In the business
or the farmers were not fairly dealt with
in the matter OF weights. Many
of these local buyers may have
saved themselves by the collec-
ton of doubtful accounts on
such purchases, and we hope they
did, but calm review of the situation
develops the fact that the comfy between
producers and middle-men Is In an I'M
healthy condition, and the consequences
to follow may show a still further reduc-
ton in the annual cotton receipts of our
city. Our merchants desire to have the
cotton of the contiguous country mar
keted here, but 1t Is too much TO expect
them to pay premium to every farmer
with bale who comes here to sell. The
arrangement of the past season has put
thousands of dollars in the farmers
pockets, but the example set will induce
them to expect it again and from present
prospects they will be disappointed. Quite
number of the pool say they are willing
to quit with the experience already
gained.
The commissioners court at Its session
to-day ordered the Kansas City Bridge
company TO draw on the county for $4,000,
In payment for two iron bridges built
across Mineral creek and one across
Buck creek ON the Pilot Point road. Sew
eral wooden bridges, constructed by To-
cal builders, have been settled for also
during the term.
Rubin Steedman, Esq, of this city,
father of ex-County Judge $. d. Steed-
man and also of the present postmaster
at Collinsyille, with several other honored
sons now living in our midst, celebrated
his seventy-third birthday to-day, and was
mixing around among his friends as lively
as a man OF forty. All our citizens wish
for Mr.. Steedman many happy returns of
the / 9th of January.
The newly elected officers OF ~ CO
j, Brown, as president, will devote all
the attention necessary to his new duties,
but does not intend to abandon the prac-
tice Of law. Brown Gunter will still
do business at the old stand.
Mr.. Ferguson of Missouri shipped two
thoroughbred runners to Sherman to be
cared for and conditioned by j. w. Will
hite, who has also nice string OF trotters
at the Sherman driving park.
$ S. Fears, ex-mayor OF Sherman, but
lately prominent attorney of Denison,
was in the city to-day.
Bells, but lately removed two miles east,
to Savoy, was In the city to-day on visit
TO his son Sam and old friends, OF which
he has many.
N. b. Anderson, formerly of Sherman.
but later OF Giren Springs, In the Chicka.
saw Nation, arrived here last night, and
reports the effect of the late biz.
zard TO be far less destructive
to live stock than some others report
Anderson says few old COWS aud starved
calves were frozen and few domestic
fowls Were blown from their roosts dead.
but the damage is not great. He saws
the Wnshita river, nearest TO his home,
iroze over in one hour after the cold
wave struck 1t, but explains that the
stream was low and the high banks pro-
tected The water from agitation by the
wind where the rapid freezing took
place. The day has been cloudy and a
drll2ling rain continued most OF the
time, With chilly air and an abundance
~ Stop and mud travel was reduced TO
the minimum.
Hunter Craycroft of the Fort left Sher-
man to-day, after spending week In the
society of his mother and sisters,
Deputy United States Marshal Lem
johnson OF Gainesville returned by way of
Sherman to-day, after taking George Belk,
a prisoner, TO the Dallas jail
The elite Of our colored population
held mask ball at the dancing hall on
the South side last night, and had quite a
number OF pale-iaced citizens to witness
their enjoyment. 1t was feast of social
pleasure 10 the chambermalds, BARRIERS
and hacSmen of the city, and il is but
fair to say that the female portion of the
company were handsomely dressed In
characters that We're much complimented.
The following was kindly furnished by
the oblleing collector Of Grayson county,
Mr A, r Andrews, being his report for
the quarter ending December 81, 1856:
state adyaotem, ,....y......s 2,i0G 10
school advalorem. .......... LOIS IN
eNlte pom, t..,. s.......,.... 1857 so
state occupation. ,........... 10 lei d
Total state tax from roll and