Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-01

pretty low. Fifteen dollars IS good
price Cor a good beef steer now, or for
good milk COW. They are worth about
81 per head'in some counties out west, or
most anything they will bring. great
many are being driven or shipped back
this way for the better range. Hub
bard City News.
A NECESSITY.
Public roads leading to Goldthwaite
from the Lampasas county line are very
much needed, and fears are entertained
by persons living in that direction that
pasture fence will cut them off from
reasonably direct communication with
the town. Petitions will be presented
to the commissioners court for opening
necessary roads, but It is likely that the
year Will pass before action is taken.
II G0ldthwaite Mountaineer.
WAITING FOR WATER.
business man of the city informed
representative Of the Register, day or
two since, that he had received several
communications from friends in the
North and East stating that as soon as 1t
was demonstrated that good water sup
ply can be secured they will come here
and establish a paper mill of a goodly
capacity Sherman Register.
THEY LAST.
A man in Fort Worth has started new
venture in the shape of roller factory.
Instead of using Van Bibber composition
he makes his rollers Of Fort Worth beef
steak with spring-chlcken skins for facing.
The manufacturer never gets but one
order from the same source, a they never
wear out and consequently last forever.
49, Bolton News.
UNIQUE MILK-IIoUsE
Mr. w. Y. Hazard, one of our thriving
citizens of Red River, is building milk.
house that IS unique in its design, and
will, when completed, be decided orna-
ment to his excellent farm. The building
is to be fourteen feet square, resting upon
walls Of solid sandstone, having base
ment and upper story, with the lower
floor of cement. Fresh water is pumped
into the basement at pleasure from iiv-
ing well, when In the lowest corner of the
door is Il small basin, in which stands
another pump, by which the water, after
becoming warm, is elevated through Il
pipe, making It's exit at the top Of the
house and allowed to run off. Altoge Their,
It IS an investment that is well worth the
outlay Wichita Herald.
hal GosLING's GRAVE.
III LllN lONll AOlutluo VI NEN Etluhl y
Light reference was made by one OF the
reporters to the neglected condition of
the brilliant young Hal Gosling's grave
All that was mortal Of this gifted orna-
ment OF the Texas press now lies beneath
the matted, unkempt grasses of our city
cemetery, no stone to mark it's resting
| place, no loving hands 10 bear fresh dow
ers to the lowly mound heaped above the
] hnnn of him ulnpn liyipn az a
! lighted to honor. 1t Is not fitting that
| this young life, with its lessons of hero
| ism and its incentive to noble manhood :;
Its glowing achievements giving golden
promise of future greatness, and the
| lmmortelles OF fame already wreathMg
its browE--it Is not lifting that the lines
Of such a life be effaced from the
memory of his generation. The members
OF the press Of this state could do no
more graceful act, no more representative
act no act that would confer more hon
oTable distinction upon themselves, than
10 rescue the last resting place of Hal
Gosling from the neglect, obscurity and
decay into which 1t Ia falling by placing u
| suitable monument over his grave. The
Light suggests that the small subscription
81 from each newspaper In the state
would be amply sufficient to erect mod
est memorial in stone to commemorate
the virtues of the deceased and preserve
his memory forever green in the hearts OF
the people, whom living he served, and
by whom, now that he is dead, he should
not be forgotten. The Light will cheer
fully give its attention to this matter,
receive and acknowledge through It's col.
umns all subscriptions for such fund
San Antonio Light,
SCATTERING STOCK,
We understand that great many cat
tie and horses are drifting and being
driven INTO the range near Alexander, the
range being better here than 1t is north
or west. AT the rate they have beer
coming In for the past ten days II viii
not take long to overst0ck the range, anC
people are already complaining. II /:
also feared that when owners come fol
this stock they will drive the home cattl,
out OF the range with them, aud in som,
r instances the people may never get thei
stock thus scattered. Under the circum
stances, we advise our people to watcl
all cattle being driven out of the range
and thus protect themselves and thei
ueshbors 1t is an old saying that 81
! don't hurt an honest man to watch him
! while n thief needs watching ~ AleXan
der tribune.
WIDE SPREAD.
This drought Is not by any means con
fined 10 Northwest Texas, but seems t,
, be a general drought. Correspondence
received by our ciuzens show that Kan
> sas, Missouri, Colorado, Montana, New
Mexico and many other places are suffer
ing from severe drought. In Illiuoi
the pastures are burned almost brown
and farmers Will be compelled TO begi
feeding The drought Is much more gen
eral and severe than has been suppose,
, by oar people, and we who live In TeXa
are more fortunately situated than on
Northern brethren, for good fall rains In
sure us grass enough to carry our stoc
through the winter, while they VIII b
compelled to feed rain or no rain Al
; bany News,
CENsURING THEM.
At the district conference OF the M.
church, South, at Bowie, last week, W
understand that they drew over the coal
two or three Of their preachers who hav
? been making 1t point TO preach dema
1 gogism TO the country people. Their
, are a few preachers in Montague county
aud we blush to say II, who make u prac
tice OF stirring up the country peopl
preaching TO them about town cliqnes
party bosses, etc. Such men should b
+ kicked out OF our county and sent to
! DEVILS hell, their future home. II Their
is any such thing as a town clique W
would like very much TO know u IL