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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
TAXPAYERS TALK.
County and City Unite IN Their Deter
minaitan 10 Have & Fine Bridge
Over the Trinity River.
The Taxpayers Indorsethe Commissioners
Court and Petition the City Council
TO Do Likewfss.

That was 9 representative meeting
held in the courthouse yesterday after
noon pursuant 10 8 call published in TIE
GAZETTE yesterday signed Citizens The
court room was nearly full. James W
SHayne called the meeting to order
when Judge Stephen Terry vas made
Chairman, Il IS BoTlin wSs unanimous
'ly elected secretary. Judge Terry tx
piaiEed the obi CT Of Inc meeting, and
then spoke strongly and logically
in support of the proposal 10
nave g FIRST class bridge over
she Trinity, eni highly commended
the Commission rs fo1 iheir action.
The meeting WAS ready for business,
snd Judge ] c. Terrell rose and offered
the following:
Resolved, that this meeting do most
heartily indorse the action cf the County
Commissioners in voting an appr0pria-
U0n Of One-thfrd the cost of erecting
S2l, 900 bridge across the West Fork Of
the Trinity st this point, and that the
City Council be earnestly requested to
also vote an am0rnt equal to that voted
by the Commits ,icEeis.
William Capps moved to strike out ali
that part relating 20 the City Council.
There was no second to the motion.
Mr.. Putrsm (5!ade) moved to table
the resolution. Lost oy 81 oVerwhelm-
i9g msj0City.
The original motion was then put ard
was sHopted by vote nearly
unanimous. Slade, wno was opposed
10 the resolution informed 3 GAZETTE re-
porter that he only k0ew { f or heard two
adverse votes, one from Mr.. Capps and
the other from himself. There
was some rejoicing over the
result. when, on motior, Inc meeting ad-
journed sine die. The TAXPAYERS called
10 assemble had spoken in 10 uncertain
tone and the matter was settled.
The Commissioners court was in SEES
sion at the time, and Mr.. W. j.
Bailey, in manly and straigh forward
manner, went before the body snd
stated that. hsvrg been deserted by
taose he expected to support him ne
withdrew all opposition and thanked the
court for its kindness to him. The &c
ton of the commissioners stands as
recorded IN yesterdays GAZETTE.
lt now T,m'iEs for the
City Council 10 follow the wise action Of
the Commissioners and Tarrsnt county
and Fort Worth will have the finest bridge
Of the kind in Texas. Tsrrant is
the county Of fine bridges, and before
1888 gees by should be the county OF fine
roads. The people have spoken.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
SUFFERING and DEATH.
0ne OF the Nest Terrible Blizzard:
tV~T Known in the Northwestern
States ard Territories.
IraiHs Blocked. People Missing sud
feuRd FFezsn TO Dfatb. aGd Live
SSoek Suffering Worry Much.
schools Di'miss' and Business Suspended
Dahota's Oldest Sesl-rs Never Saw
the Like Before.
Fears for Stages

BISMARCK, OAK, Ja1. IA stsqe lsft
Washoarne yesterday morning, place
fifty miles northwest Of here, sud should
hlVe arrived here last evening, bu,
nothing hGs as yet been heard of it. It's
supposed that il IS lost IN the blizzard.
stage left for Winona this morning.
Great tsSrs ere entertalned for its safe
arrival. The wilma last night wss about
forty miles an hour, spd thu mercury %
below zero. TAis morning it is SO below
aud the wind is Intensely cold. 1t is
tht usht the storm has wrecked its ven
geance N this seciiCu. Farmers IN lowe
dsre not venture out. Section otrcs are
working at the snow drifts on the
Northern Pacific. TIE snow ia very
hardly reckeds and the Snow plows will
not 90 through and the work is slow.
having to cut and shovel the snow avsy.
1t IS thought much hardship and suffering
will come TO light when the storm clears.
One OF the early Dakota pioneers said to
reporter: 81 have been here o great
number Of years aud have seen many
furious storms, out this one ecIipses .nv
one Of them"
Trains Will not resch here TIL next
week. The city schools are closed for
several days.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20

An examination OF the column OF the
rates Of prOfi which capital invested in
the wool hist manufacture make weekly
on the ls5oT OF escl wool hat maker in
dffaFent states, explains the reasons
,uliy.
Tae table shows the average profit
which New York capital retains, sitter
paving labor and the cost Of I'll materials,
is 81 80 weekly per person less than the
wages pad, while in Pennsylvania the
situation is reversed. There capital re-
t&inS Z weekly profit Of 81 IS per person
more than the average wages paid.
Ia New York the wool hat CROSSES"
evidently have still some conscience left,
and therefore give labor something of the
benz fits Of the Tariff, while the employers
Of PenpS. lvanis pocket the lions share,
sd while plucking labor Of all SHIRE,
keep up q continuous clstter abCuf the
necessity Ct protecting American work
ingmen from the danger Of competition
with the "orpressed and underpaid Ia
borer in foreign lands" as Chairman
J)Ges expresses IL in the recent cali for
the next National Republican convention.
Whist is true Of the Pennsylvania WoClan
hist manufacturers is equally applicable to
almost every other branch OF American
Industry Wbich Is carried on il the Key
SHINE ststc.
$Will the Press tell Us .why things are
1ns?
New YorE, Jsu I. ACCOUNTANT.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20

census returns of 1880, without reducing
the wage roll or the percentage OF profit
TO toe cspital invested. This large bonus
would, in the opinion Ct many Ct the
| largest hat manufacturers IL the country.
enable Us teen 20 unieTsell re English,
French or German hatmaSers IL foreign
markets, ana in this. way give steady
employment 20 their employees Ct even
Increased RATES Of wages.
| New York, New jersey and ConnecI-
cut, as the table given above cemo1-
| strates, are the states especially interest
ed in this industry. as 13, PA out OF the
I6, 047 hat makers in the county aTe en-
pIoyed in the shops OF the states named.
Ihe average wages 70 these three centers
Of hat-making is 81 IS weekly per person,
IS against 81 IN the remaining states
where hating Is carried or. The table
offur hat making il the leading cities,
which is appended, shows that in the
cities CT New York, Brcckl}n and Newark
1856 hatteTs sre given employment. OF
these three cities Brooklyn pays the
highest wages, namely So So, Is against
IS 10 in New York and $3.50 in Newark
The rate il Philadelphia is 81 Sc; Boston,
81. The hat shops located in country
towns, the records show, pay the poorest
wages.
The tables show also the number of
hands employed in msking WOODEN hats.
the average weekly pay OF each person,
the weekly profit to capital on the pro-
duct Of esch PERSONS labor and the rate
OF protection in the tariff law. The re-
tuIns show that more than one-half OF the
hands engaged in making WOODEN hats are
employed in NV York, the number being
1894 out OF $40 ip al the states. New
York pays on en- average 81 II weekly in
wsges, IS against s. so 10 Pennsylvania,
where the next highest num9er OF hsnds,
namely, 1147, ere employed g difference
Of 81 81 weekly, per person, ia favor OF
New York. The protection TO capital in
beth states is the same, namely, about So
per cent. o. the custom house valuations.
Why then, it may be asked, the grest diff
ference in wages, il the theory is correc!
that protection secures higher WagesI
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
FiYG WIVES III Two YEARS.
> aIan who yowsd Ne Would Wed TWEEN
ty-Fiye women

. lIsn who Vowsd Ne Would Wed TIVE N.
ty.Fiye women
ATLANTA, GA Jau. l0.-The Burton
b armY case hiss developed into one OF
pClygemy. Five wives, al married with
Il tw0 years, hsT5 now put Ia 81 appear-
snce, aG3 Bsn Burton, who waa out IN
de- 7opd Supplied by bis fourth wife's
Tel.-iveS, mas disappeared, aud is nov
bel, z par usd hy officers. The ladies'
who sppe>7ed ia ecu y to-day with msr-
RS &c c Certificates, proving themselves to
b. TIE wives OF Burton, are:
No. l, Miss Lulu Robinson, CT ESeiey
S.atioa, 5. c.; No. =, Miss Elizabeth Ola
CuIlkln CT Homer, Gs.; NJ. 8, Mics Lulu
Hill of Anderson county, South Carolina;
N. I, Mrs. Thomas Of Fiowery Branch,
G. NJ. 5, Miss Dsus Wilson OF Atlanta
Il developed to-day that Burton made c
narrow escape from being the husband Of
5 sixth wife. About i've months ago ne
fnrmsd he 8cQlsintauce OF lady in
FdltcG county. Her'parents objected 20
her marriage, when Burton iRGpeed her
to elops WIN him. The pair were over
taken and the girl was rescued. Mss
Curlkin s$id ths: B IFton told ner be had
vow inst by the tine he wss
twenty five years CT age lie would have
married twenty five women.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
lg resolutions, handed

| following resolutions, handed &c
THE GAZETTE by Secretary Bandy aud
unanimously adopted ~ the county ALI.
Snce of Ta'rsnt show that the represen-
| tatives of the tillers of the soil are in
hearty sympathy With the people OF the
city, snd Will do Gll in their power 10 give
Tarrsnt county the finest system Of ROADS
in he state of Texas.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, Fort Worth is the capital Of
Tarrant county, having g bright CONNER
cial future, and from the present GU look
will in short time be by far the greatest
railroad center in the state; and,
Whereas, having secured the large
Union StockySrds CT the state, which will
call for and demand OF TarrarE county
many thousand bushels Of corn snd cats,
as we'll as thousands OF tons of hay; and,
Whereas, in a short time there will be
several large factories built, that will
probably consume everything that the
farmers OF this and adjoining counties
will produce; and
Whereas, nothing tends more to show
the progress, advancement and civilizs-
ton Of country, or is more attr6c Give
than good roads, and our present roads
are 50 manifestly defective and ST certain
times almost useless to the travelling pub.
lie; and.
Whereas, our County Commissioners
have already begun the good work and
the matter is being aeitsted generally ard
the people are in the RICH. mind TO carry
out the plans and ideas OF the Commis-
sioners,
Be it resolved, that the County Alliance
of Tarrslt county, Texas, do hereby urge
and insist that everything possible be
done to give Cur citizens good roads, and
that we pleFge ourselves TO aid in the
same with ali our influence.
Be it further resolved, that the press
OF Fort Worth be requested TO publish
the hhova 11ras mhla and rpSnlntinnr
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
A GREAT INVENTION.
How an Els ctiicisn UstfunY sp.nt a Tenn
In jail.

In Jail.
Special to the Gazette.
HOusToN, TEX, Jan. 1l.-Mr. Samuel
l. Barrett, electrician fer the Barrett &
helms Telephone End Telegraph Com
psny, has perfected e wonderful ilstIu-
ment which he calls micro -aetector.
The invention is for the use OF
lsilOrs and Mr. Barrett claims that any
noise Slightly msde by prisoner can
easily be detected by the jsilor who can
prevent escapes. The instrument con-
sists Of Very sensitive micr0phone witt
platinum electrodes. The top
OF the prisoners cells will
have the iiaphram horizontally
arranged over them. Three cells of s
gravity battery are used in connection
with the receiver which is placsd in the
j2ilOr's room near the bed where
ne can st any moment, day or
night, listen for sounds in the cells with
out the knowledge Of the prisoners
The slightest noise Hill be mag
niied so it can be easily detect
ed. A number of different sounds can
be heard simultaneously over the same
wire. Every connection is used. 4 re-
porter tested the instrument this morn
Ipg, which is now in use at the county
jail. A gentleman was sent up
stairs with clock and saw.
The reporter and several friends stood in
q closed room some distance sway .nd
could hear the ticking CT the clcck very
distinctly when he used the instrument
When the saw was used on the
cells II could be heard by gil in the room.
a.
iDstrume16.
A. the last term of the County court
NJ. Barrett was given twenty days in the
county jail for carrying 8 pistol, and he
has thus utilized his confinement.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
Er,eDt and Eject OF she Storm.

ST. PAUL, MINI, Jsn. 13.-The follow
irg specials to the Pioneer Press tonight
show something CT the extent and effect
OF he great storm:
JlmestoWp, D. THE storm still
Continues, although much ahated. The
thermC meter st noon marked % below.
The old sDo1dritts have blown away and
Dew srd larger cnes have formed. The
extTGma cold forms q crust On the drifts
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
BORN WITH TWO aOUrHS.
4 Minnesota Fresk Whose Parents Indig
nantly scorn Dim 5useum Notoriety

nantly scorn Dim Museum Notoriety.
ST. PAUL, jan. 9 In the southeastern
psrt Of Crookston county lives Andrew
Nelson, Norwegian farmer. Andrew
ard MS wife were married about two
years ago, AID On December y there was
born 70 them heslt5y male child, having
Two separate and distinct mouths. Oae
is situated IN the u6usl place, between
the nose and CHR, while the other is To-
csted iumedistely under the chin, sad Is
nothing more than hole about an inca
and half long, snd locks IS If It hsd
been cut into the flesh with knife. In
crying the child m.kas noise resembling
that made by those toys with balloon
attachment, known TO youngsters as
squ4wkers. the little fellow seems quite
healthy and is growing rapidly. Neigh
bors have been trying TO induce Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson TO go 70 81. Paul or Mime
epolis and put their child on exhibition,
but this they Indignantly decline to do.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
Cold In NebrsSks,

OMAHA,ENRB., Jan. 13.-The effects OF
the present storm in Omahs have been
disastrous. Fred EIler, ciga--msker,
was found from TO death within block
Of his boarding house. Two school chill
dren, Wexell Beck and George Allen,
started for their homes about s O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, and have not been
GezTd from since. 4 large number of
people went over TO Courci Bluffs yes
terday and last night, and il wss reported
this morning that humber nad been lost.
All have been accounted fer, however,
excep. one young lady, who has not been
found. II is feared she hss persisted. The
thermometer is 10 below zero, ard is
rapidly falling
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
An OkLAR0XA INVASION.
Certain Rumors Denied by the Head sf
the Boomers.


LAwRgNCE, KAN, Jsn. II Captain
". L. Couch of Oklahoms invasion fame
said yesterday: There is no truth Whist
ever in the stories that large secret
organization is being formed in South
Kansas or anywhere else for the purpose
OF forci5ly entering OSlshoDa, nor is s
large quantity Of arms being raised for
resisting an srmy. l. is true there is az
Oklahoms Organization with quite large
membership sud that the number Of per-
sons who desire to secure homes in
Oklshoma is rapidly increasing, but /
assure you there has not been an effort
made by the colony in the past two years
except We have tried TO secure legislation
at the hands Of Congress. Il is not the
intention OF The colony to attempt to
make settlement in Oklahoma unless
authority is given by act OF Congress"
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
Hcrst Storm in Years.

ST. PAUL, MINI jan. I3.-Yesterday's
storm was without exception, consider.
ing its extent, the worst that hes ever
been experienced in the northwest. The
STOW. to the depth OF two feet On the
level Z1f from five 70 fifteen feet in cuts.
was sufficient TO almost suspend the run
ming CT lralns, 5ut added to this the
severe wind which blew in some parts
snd the blizzard which ragged in
Others, suspected railroad business
entirely. Egeight trains were hung up
early this week, not wheel moving ST
ter Monday. The passenger trains, one
Dy one, followed suit, and By O'Clock
last night there Wa5 TO attempt at the run
ming OF Trains Ct spy point west OF St
Paul. The eastern Inca, however, worked
hard 20 keep their tracks open, out with
out success. On the branch lines
the trains were eli abandoned st
the junction at points last night anG Il is
uncertain v'hen they will be opened. l.
is thought seine Of them will be closed
for six weeks. The WIND is blowing hard
on almost Gil the lipss 10 day andsthe cuts
sre Eeing filled in IS fast rs thew are
sh0Veled out. The storm Of yesterday is
now
RAGING IN IOWA.
ReSides ths', sD0,her storm OF g con-
iihuaion CT the present one ia OK
pected to strike Minnesota Sunday,
il which case there is no
telling what the result will be Il is
raging In Itsl0 with tie thermometer st
various points IS low IS 10 below zero.
Manitoba reports from the northwest
indicste . cold wave with high Wiud
coming from INST direction. In fact,
things look so dubious to-day that rAl-
Ioad men will not venture an opinion as
TO when traffic Will sgsin be resumed.
Each line is putting forth every
effort 10 keep their Chicago lines open,
but even tnst is slmDst an impOssibility.
Al y O'Clock to-day not train had come
Ii from Omaha, the limited express
being reported nearer than any other one.
All the trains are ct points where the
passengers
CAN BE WE'LL CARED FOR
All the trains over the western di-
visions have been abandoned and no
effort will be made to clear
the tracks until the Storm ceases and the
wind falls. The ck island abandoned
ell trains lsst light, and up to noon to-
Gay 10 fort Wss bsiGg made TO turn
wheel tXcept on the short line trains.
Outgoing trains were abandoned On the
Missouri Pacific. The storm Is the most
severe that has ever been ielt, ard to- CAV
there IS ~ gUlsr blizzard raging in Idaho
With the thermC meter at an unusueUy
oW point. The Isst overland trsin |
which reached ST Paul came on Weunes-
}sy evening, and the Officials will not
Ter eE opinion IS 20 when the next one |
will resCh here. The storm was severe |
I'll through MontaLs, Dakota and Min
les0ts.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
AT Winona.

WINoNA, MINI, Jan. l3.-The N =
~ is L. below zero and tie wind uas
blowing heavy gale eli night. The rail-
roads are blown full of snow ana trains
are running enly IS they WORK their way
through the grest drifts.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
Carbohydrates Cured.
ID tksEditor:-PlsSse inform 20

ID ksE Editor :-PlsSze inform your readers
thu 4 have a poslss@s Kennedy tpr tee shove
n4) fed discs e. By Estimely usstaousas1s of
hopeless ca1sFhave ke9n permS15nt'y cEed. I
,ehall be glSpfo senkt6o bottieanf my r6medy
|&REE to ~ of oQf1K4ade SFs~Ho hxyA con
sumptionaf they WI s6xE me their Express
and p. 0sAddress. Respectfully,
I. A. sLOCUM, NJ. o., Isl Pearl ST., NeX York.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20

A Fergus Falls, MINI, special reports
that no trains are expected until Sunday.
All the schools sre closed. TIE mercury
is go below zero and heavy wind blew
all .Aisht, causing mammoth drifts 81
sa6w&
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-10
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

Call Of the Democratic Executive Committee for
the First Congressional District
The Democratic Executive Committee for the
First Congressional District of Vest Virginia, al
meeting held at Wheeling on May !, 1855, or
dered that the Democratic Congressional Con-
vention for the First Congressional District, to
nominate q candidate for Congress and Select
one Presidential Eleetor and transact such other
business as the Convention may deem wise, be
held on Tuesday, August rs, A. ID. lsss,
at the City Of Wheeling in the County OF Ohio.
At said Convention each Of the Counties in the
First Congressional District VIII be entitled to
one vote therein for every one hundred votes or
fractional part thereof over fry, cast for the
Democratic Candidate for Governor Of this State
at the election held in 1884, and no County shai
Be entitled to more delegates than Ss has rotes 10 cast
The various County Executive Committees are
requested To take such action as may be neces-
sary to have their County represented in said
Convention. JOHN C. MCELDOWNEY,
FP. JEPSON, Secretary. Chairman.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-10
MARTINS FERRY.

On Sunday George F. Leseur was taker
seriously ill while attending funeral and
had to be taken home. Tho malady is {
SORT of paralysis. Yesterday his son Her
bert was brought home from Georgetown
where be had gone on business, in q very
serious condition. He was taken suddenly
Sunday with fainting spells aud continued
quite i'll all day, showing symptoms of sui
stroke.
wanted-A girl to do general house
work. Apply to s. Martin, Hickory street
city.
An unknown man, claiming to hail from
Toronto, Ohio, ran into the city building
Sunday night, and wanted protection from
q crowd OF men he imagined WAS going t.
ipjure him. Hedeyeloped 6rst-class cast
of snakes in q short time after being locked
up, and kept the neighborhood awake al
night. Yesterday he was still very ner
vous.
Mrs. B. F. Brady, Miss Bessie Brady an6
Miss Jessie Sheets leave to-day for Cincin'
natl.
r. T. Hall will have the tax book at th,
Office of ]. G. Hsnes on Tuesday, July 10.
VIM. Thomas left yesterday for Steuben.
vile to Join party Of friends, who
are going to camp out on the Cheat rivel
for couple Of weeks.
Homer Henderson left yesterday fol
Pittsburg, after pleasant visit with his
parents.
Miss Amanda Clark lett yesterday iol
New Brighton, Pa. -....
Mrs. VIM. Mann is in Pittsburg visiting
friends.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-10
That Platform.
HarpH's Weekly.

AS the representative of the platform
which we describe elsewhere, no friend of
a reduction of the surplus by moderating
the tariff tax upon the necessaries of life
and raw materials could support Gen. Har-
risOn unless he feared some great peril from
the success of Mr. Cleveland. This is an
apprehension, however, which, although
strong and natural in 1884, has disappear
ed. Mr.. Cleveland made his own platform
in his message, and there has been nothing
in his administration which has alarmed
the business interests of the country.
Gen. Harrison appears in the canvass as
the representative of high and higher pro-
lection, and of free whisky and tobacco,
rather than lighter duty upon any class
of articles produced in this country. In
other words, he is for an average tariff tax
of Al per cent. instead OF 40 per cent, aud
of profuse and consequently demoralizing
expenditure of a surplus, instead of leaving
it in the hands of the taxpayers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-10

Mr.. BENJAMIN G. PorTs is large man
ufacturer Of wooden goods near Medes, Pa D.,
and thorn in the side of the Republican
high tariff tax orators. Alta recent Repnb-
hcan ratification meeting be challenged the
principal speakers to discuss the tariff
question with him, and, in the classic
phrase of the small boy, wiped up the earth
with 'em.
Wooden manufacturers who recognize in
low tariff duties the greatest boon to the
wool industry are daily increasing in mum
bers. The wool producers, the wool man
uiaeturers and the wool consumers viii be
benefited alike by the removal Of un1eces-
sary and oppressive tax burdens. Mr..
Porrs is one Of many. There will be more
missionary work like his before the fight is
many days older.