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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
The Lot Sale at Brandon.
Correspondence of the Gazette.


BRANDON, TEX April 2s-The new
town OF Brandon, which is situated
twelve miles east of Hillsboro on the
Corsicana aud Hillsooro branch of the
St Louis, Arkansas and Texss Railroad,
was put upon the market yesterday and
lots were 20 d to t highest bidder at
IN )lIc outcry. There was quite q num-
Der present from Hillsboro aud surround
ing Country, but not many lots were sold
owing to the graf Oi--atisfsction that
Prevailed from the commencement OF the
sale, IS 1t was STAT before the first sale
WAS made that they would reserve the
right to Iejsct after the lots were knocked
off. About ten business lots were sold at
an average OF $50, and one dwelling lot
which brought SGT SO, at which time the
sales were declared OFF.
There Is no reason why thrifty busi-
ness town should not be built at Brandon,
IS 1t is situated in one OF the best cou =
ties in Texas, and those seeking bust
ness place for 8, te and profitaol invest
ment could not fad q better point.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
WANTS A NEW MAIL ROUTE.

Merchants Along the Panhandle Route
ClamoripE for Postal Accommodations.
sps cisl to the Gazette.
DENVER, COL, May 1:-Already mer-
chants and other correspondents here and
throughout that section Of the country
traversed by the Denver, Texas and Gali
Line are clsmorirg for the organ z,tion Of
q postal service between Denver and Fort
Worth and the gulf. As it is now no
mail goes out on that line further
south than Pueblo. In order
to reach points between that and the sea,
the mails now sre sent round via Kansas,
occupying four or I'VE days, when no
more than two days ough. to be con-
suned in transit for the matter. A move
ment Is now on foot among Denver
merchants who will slso ask the mer-
chants st the principal points along the
new line to,memorislize the authorities at
Washington to establish postal Service
from here through to the Cult on tie
Panhandle Route.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
TIE AND g N. In rkoU Bile

THE COUPONS OF THE FIRST MORTGAGE
BONDS HAVE BEEN DEFAULTED oN-RE-
CEIvER APPLIED FOR.
NKw YORK, May NO provisions
were made for the payment of interest on
the International and Great Northern first
mortgage bonds, which fell due to-day,
and the coupons have been defaulted on.
The road is owned and operated by the
Kansas and Texas, which company &C
CURED the stock of tue International and
tirea. N ortnern In 1881, and it has since
formed part of the Kansas and Texas
system. At the Kansas aud Texas office
parties presenting coupons are referred
TO the Mercantile Trust Company, where
the coupons are boueht. Some
bankers, including Roosevelt & Sons,
snd I.elln & Co. wise holders not to
sell the coupons to the Mercantile Trust
Company, but to sell them to j. Kennedy
TOD or either of the two Arms named
ABOVE. At the Mercantile Trust Com papy
! they say they have no funds to paw later
pational and Great Northern coupons and
20 orders to buy them. A mem DER ct the
Kansas and Texas security holders com =
mlttee states that application will be
PROBABLY made to-day before Judge Par
dee, in the United Sac, Circuit court in
Tex 8. for a receiver # the international
and Great Northern Railroad. II is ex
pecte that there will De q contest over
the receivership. E lery Anderson, coun-
sci for the security holders, says that the
interest due to-day amounts to only
1881 900 and Is secured enough, but that
the interest coming due hereafter on Kan
lsn ha vvi1 al ho Aafa n ItGH
on IS 1t becomes due.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

Stories about old time snow drifts ara
now In season. "rhose fltty-two foo,
snow drifts down east" An Omaha noId
residenter" is quoted sc remsrklng, ,f,s,
reading dispa cues from New YORK, nara
pretty tall for thst country, but they ara
ordinary and trihing compared with those
OF the early days. Back in '54 3, when
Omaha was only the landing Of a ferry.
oost, we had 8 winter. There wereu,,
any drifts, but solid snow It filed the
valley from the iowa blun5 on q de.d
level to the high school hill. 1 ireishtei
between s.. joe and CJuncil Bluffs those
days, and many time droppr d through
the roof Of deserted 'iobies.' When tina
April rise of the Missouri came down We
had to blasts pitn through the snoWo.uk
to let the water run out"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
Cotton Belt Stockholders Meet.

ST, LOUIS, Mo, May L Stockholders
of the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas
Railway at their meeting yesterday by 8
unanimous vote authorized the board OF
directors to make arrangements IS soor
as practicable to secure connection be-
tween the road Of this company and the
Cape Girardeau and Southeast
ern. Railroad Company at Delta. Mo
The board organized as follows
S. W Fordyce, president; r c. Ksrins,
vice president; II G. Allis, comptroller
G. D. Drak,, treasurer; J. s. Wells, Sec
rotary; A. S. Stewart, assistant secretary
Tue following appointments were made:
W. P. Homan, general maosger; D. Mil
Ter, general freight and passenger agent;
Col. F. W. Sheuse, purchasing agent
A. F. Rinckley, chief engineer; L Finley,
master mechanic; Philips & Stewart,
general attorneys. The board also ar
ranged for the extension Of the road, as
authorized by the resolution Of the stock.
holders meeting, and work will be COM
menced inside of ninety days.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
vERDlcr In 4 MURDER CASE,
Two Men Found duii,y ef mansiaush,.
ana Two Acquitted.

ana Two Acquitted.
Special to the Gazette.
Fort SMITa, ARK May I'm the fed
eral court to-day the case of Wflso,
Moore, Munroe Johnson, Clyde, Holden Az.
Marcea Ables, Charged with the murder n,
Tom Spraddling in Panola county, Coici
asaw nation, resulted in the jury return.
ing 8 verdict Of manslsugater az n
Moore and johnson, while Holden and
Ables were acquitted. The killing ocurres
on the lst Of July, 1887, ana
all OF the defendants except Moore ger.
arrested eight days afterwards, and b,vs
been in jail here since that time. Moor.
wa arrested in the latter part of Fe bru,r,
last by Detective Forlong Of the Nilsson,
Pacific Railway on charge Of attempted
train rob Iery. Holden Is highly con-
nected in North Carolina, being nepoev
Of ex Governor Holde of that s,.,s
Moore did the actual killing, the evidenc.
showing thst Holden mad nothing to do
with i. farther than being present.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
Wa.hout ON tho Cotton Be,t.

Special to the Gazette.
GREENyILLE, TEX, Msy General
Roadnsster W. T. Smittem of the ST..
Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
passed over the Commerce and Fort Worth
extension on the west-bound freight at
O'Clock this evening for the purpose OF
Investigating the extent of the washoui
and dsmsge done thereby at the Cove
ooy's trestle over Pilot creek, four mile.
east of Wylie, Collin county, the water
overflow beng SO great that the extent OF
the damage has noI hitherto been ascer-
taised. General Master Snittem states
that large force Is already in waiting
there for the subsidence of the water anG
an additional force accompanied him thif
evening. This is the only damage SO fsI
reported In this county.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
Z aliHay To Be sold,

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
LONGFEEw, lex, April 30.-Silas D..
Wood, master in chancery, arrived here
to-day to sell the Galveston, Sabine and
St. Louis RIilroad, which passed into the
hands Of receiver Two years ago. The
sale will take place on The 4ths or may be
Delayed till the 9Th, as eastern purchasers
detained have asked IL.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
Rock Island sarxey.

Special to the Gazets6.
COLEMAN, Tex, May I.-EogiEeer S.
N. Jones Of the Rock Island survey from
Baird TO Coleman, came through with his
line this morning and reports the
distance from Baird only forty-one and .
half miles THE grading. all dirt, will not
exceed 1000 yards to the mile. He ID
enthusiastic over the route and ssys the
alignment is almost perfect. He will
continue the line to the coal fields IN
Brady, Camp and San Saba counties In
about niteen days.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
AN,sro Lynohed in aeor:,

ATLANTA. GA, May 1.-Henfy Pope, q
negro under sentence Of desth for out
rageous assault, but who by one pretext
and another has received several respites
from the Governor, WAS last night taken
from jsil st Snmmerville by 3 mob and
hanged. Pope received new respite on
Saturday last.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
THE FIRE RECORD.
Business BLOCK Burned.

KEITHsBURG, Ill, May Ia FIRE
started here in the center OF the business
portion Of the city st O'Clock this morn
log and at 7 o'clock was still raging
One block Of stores have already beer
wiped out. There is no regularly organ
il ID fire department, but the male por.
ton of the inhabitsnt, tal turned on,
and are fighting the flames. The build
ings so far destroyed are the grocery OF J,
Murts, the Economy dry good store,
Nutre's agricultural implement store, and
DR.. Alcotl's drug store. These are a
Total loss and Magnet dry goods store ia
almost consum ID. The rest OF the block
cannot be saved. The loss SO far
amounts TO $75 900. sca
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

A nne recognition of caste is that Ia q
Chinese newspaper, Shih Pao, which, or
January %, after noting formal -ap-
poin.ntment OF hour and place for pray.
ers for rain and snov adds: "It is GER
tain that such sincerity and devotion on
the part of the ruling class viii move the
heart Of heaven aud fulfill the expecta--
lions Of the paople1 : I.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
Fine 'Orops In Nolan County "A,

Special TO the Gazette.
SwExTwATER, TEX, May I've have
the best prospect for crops Of all kinds
that we have ever had. Your correspond
emit having just returned from Fort Worth
can speak from personal observation, and
trutafully say that all crops here are in a
much more forward condition, and prom
Use heavier yield than shy he saw 200
miles east. 1t would open the eyessof
some OF the croakers to see the msgnif-
cent fields of oats, wheat, barley, rye,
corn and millet around Sweetwater and
in Nolan county. Il would make the
would be immigrants mouth water to see
such crops on 50 land, and yet that is
just what we have, and all we ask Of the
prospector is to come and see fer him
self.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

Arkansas Pass Road returned ton eht.
President Lott made written statement
that al details for extending his road to
Austin had been agreed upon except de
pot grounds and saying he required half
block OF ground in Austia to be guaran-
teed by next Saturday, otherwise neeoti-
atoms would be at an end. The ccndi-
tions will probably be complied with and
Austin will get the road.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

held in the representative hall on the eve
OF May All, at $3.50, st which time resolu-
lions will be read and in connection
Herewith the Hon. Jas. I. Browning Is
requested to deliver q memorial address.
The resolution was made special
order for that occasion.
Adjourned till 10 o'clock Wednesday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
Given a Oh.nes to Return.

BUFFALO, N. Y, May About 500
union employees in the breweries wen.
out on strike this morning, but the
breweries are running on q small force,
and the bosses have given the strikers
forty-eight hours to return.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
WEATHER AND CROPS.
4 Large Force Repairing the Cotton Belt
Waskout-ked RIVER still Rtsing.


Washout-ked RIVER still Rtsing.
An OveIn ~ Feared.
Special to the Gazette.
TExARKANA, TEX, Msy i've have
had our full share Of rain for the past ten
days and farmers are complaining that
their crops are badly damaged. Red
river is said to be still rising very rapidly
and an overflow is imminent. Some OF
the most productive land in Northern
Texas is along the bank Of the Red r,ver,
and for many miles above this point IL
has been planted and the crops are In
good condition. An overflow Of Rs
river means destruction to all the crops
that the water covers and in this instance
1t is feared the whole bottom will be
covered o ~
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

Correspondence of the Gazette. ''S H'
Bowie, Tex, April 30.-The heaviest
rain for years fell last Friday night, de-
luging the entire low lands Of the county
All the creeks are bank full, and stock
water lior the first time in four years)
will go "beggipg" this summer. 1sds :,
A washout five miles west Of Bowie
delayed the passenger trsin here yesters
day nine hours. TX. y
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
Important Railway su,s. .
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
Mt. VERNON, Tx, April 2s.-
d strics court will convene here on the
son inst, st which time one Of the most
important suits thss has ever been filed
In the courts Of this county will come on
10 be heard. In this suit the Sulphur
Springs and Mt. Peasant Railway Company
! plaintiff and the 81 Louis, Arkansas and
Texas Railway Company is defendant.
The plaintiff sues for $76, 900 damages
and for the possession OF the defendants
roa4 extending frsm Mt. Pleasant 70,
Sulphur Springs. The beA Of t.le1f1s
employed In the case. II is thoua the
case will be strongly contested. a
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
Nsw Depot at Texsrkana.

Special 70 the Gazette.
TsxARKANA, Tx Msy 1.-Since the
destruction Of the Union depot here last
week by fire the railroad authorities and
travelling public who pass this way have
been sadly incotvenienced. Passengers
by the Iron Mountain change cars here
and take meals. Information has been
received here that the two companies, ST..
Louis, Iron Mountain aud Southern and
the Texas and Pacific will speedily con.
struct Uaion depot here Of suffi ;ient d.
mansions to answer ell demands. The
several offices now are established in
Ghio's new brick building, but it is some
distance from the railroad tracks.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
At Terrell,


SPECIAL 70 tho GAB6tte.
TKRRELL, TEX. May This city is as
free from mail facilities as if it were
located in mid-ocean. The East Fork
a pod has checked all kinds of communi-
cation with the west except by telegraph
for two and half days. True we have
quite q number Of visitors, who ave pas
sengers waiting the assuaging Of the
waters, and they seem to be gay and fes-
tive, but there seems TO be q news famine
Just now.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
At Clebornes

Special to the Gazette. 500
CLEBURNE, TEX, May 1.-The weather
has cleared up, and although some fears
Of frost were entertained, your cor
respondent has not yet heard Of there
being frost in any part Of the county
during the recent cold spell.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
TsIt the Rock Islapde

Special to the Gazette.
BOWIE, Tx May 1T is believed by
many OF our citizens that the Chicago
and Rock Island are the interested parties
In our coal mines, but 1t is only rum or,
yet it may prove to be the truth. One
thing certain, the Rock Island wants to
get to Fort Worth Wis Burlington, Mon
tag9e and Bowie; and If coal is found
here in lsrge quantities the people Of Fort
Worth csn prepare themselves to receive
smother trunk line before the latter part
OF 1885.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
lnmense Ureps.

Special to the Gazette.
DKCATUR, TEX, MAY Crops Gre
simply immense. Wheat is 61er than for
ten years; oats the ssme. -" -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

Special to the Gazette.
DECATUR, TEX {, Msy 1.-The Dallas,
Archer and Pacific is still on paper, but
the Gainesville and Southeast is coming.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
HON o Notes

Home Notes.
The new time card on the Texss and
Pacific goes into effect this morning.
a..
C. P. Fegsn, travelling passenger agent
OF the Wabash, was In the city yester-
day.
80
The Fort Worth ana Rio Grande month
~ excursion trains will be run nexs Sun
day.
j. L. A. Thomas, travelling passenger
agent of the Fort Worth and Denver, has
returned.
j. B. wsdleigh, commercial agent OF
the st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas, was
in Fort Worth yesterday.
Captain j. P. Moore, general live stock
agent of the Texas and Pacific, has re-
turned from visit to Wisconsin.
-
There is general desire expressed for
an excursion to this city over the st.
Louis, Arkansas and Texas. It Is said
he company will do anything desired to
favor it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
sAustia a.d the Arsnsas Pass.

Austin and the Aransas Pass.
p eclal to the G,sette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Hsy 1.-The eomllttee
Of citizens Of Austin who went To- San
Antonio In connection With securing the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
at LopgvIew

Correspondence Of the Gazette
LoNGvRw, TEX, April s0.-Five
inches Of rain has fallen in the last two
days at this place, greatly dsmsgln crops
and delaying farmers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

Double daily service Of elegant Punm,,
Buffet and Sleeping Cars between san Anton,
and Kansas City and st. Louis.
Don't be deceived, but call for your ticket,
via the hissouri Pacific RI uway.
For any desired information, tick ets man,
Iolders ETC., call ON U. IL. LUSE,
Ticket Agent, Union depot, Fort Worth.
JAKE ZURN, Ticket Agent, City Office, COZ
ner Main anu Third streets.
n. O. ARCHER
Northern Texas Pass. Agent, Dallas, Tex.
b. W. MCCULLOUGH,
General Pass. and TickeuAgnrt
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
THE RAILROADS.
The St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas
Will Do Whatit Can for an Excur-
sion to This City.

The Bowie People Believe the Chicago
Book Island and Pacific IL Coming
Change OF m.-Notes.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

10 pinta .nd. agssss.1s me FORT worm
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

J Ess.ampls, llEisIi0d you win nsSsyas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

The new time card on the TeXss and
Pacific goes into effect this morning.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

C. P. Fegsu, travelling passenger agen'
OF the Wabash, was In the city yester-
day.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-01-06

ACCORDING to Archdeacon Wright,
Ieprosy is being spread all over the
world by Chinese emigrants. They
have carried it to California, New
Brunswick, the Cape of Good Hope
and the Sandwich Islands, where it
was previously unknown; and either
they have brought it into Europe
the mselves or it has been brought by
Europeans who have been brought in
contact with them. All the specialists
in skin disease in Paris are said to
have lepers among their patient--sol
diers, sailors, merchants, sisters OF
charity, missionaries and others. Epi
denies of leprosy have broken out in
more than one of the provinces OF
Spain, the disease having been brought
home by sailors. There are lepers in
the hospitals of London, Dublin and
Glasgow. In fact the two points to be
borne in mind are themselves suffi-
ciently suggestive of grounds of alarm,
the first being that the disease itself
has of late years increased in activity,
and the second that, in more or less
degree, it is to be found all over the
world. Any accidental circumstance
which might develop its virulence
would at once produce worldwide
epidemic. The train il laid and needs
enly to be fred.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-01-06

Ills Card: Servant girl Ito mistress)
There's n gentleman at the door"
Mistress-'.Did he give you his nameP"
mo, he gave me kiss" ''Oh, that's
ny brother Tom. Let him in. Troy
Times.
"A Montpelier (Vt.) girl stepped up
to the post-office delivery window and
began flirting with the clerk when the
postmaster came out with the sugges-
tion that it was not lawful TO trife
with the males.
Quite Another Thing.
Lady (to bookstore clerk with his
neck tied up)-Have you got the
Newport Aquarellep Clerk (reassur-
ingly)-Oh, no, Miss; it nothing but :
common boil.-HarUard Lampoon.
The Best Thing
.'Now, what is the best thing about mo
Wherein is my admirablest chRrmf'
Then he said, as he placed
His arm round her waist
ssThe best thing about you?-My arm"
lid Bits.
Sitter Gn position for photograph
BY the way, what do you charge for
Photographic Photographer Nine dol
lars the half dozen. Now let your eyes
rest naturally on that sign. "Terns
Cash" and look pleasant-M =. Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-01-06

We are the richest people ON earth.
States was valued at $43. .642 00O. 900 !;
to-day il is more than $50,000, ,000, 600
Great Britain is the richest nation in
the Old World, and our wealth excee e
her by $4,000 900. The wonderful
fact about it all is our phenomenal
gain in twenty years. In 1850, ou-
wealth was valued at SIC, ,l60 100000
Since that time a million producers
we're destroyed by war, and not only
were two great armies Withdrawn from
productive perations, but they de-
voted marvellous energy and ingenuity
to the work OF distraction. Moreover,
during the same period, slaves, whose
value was estimated in 1860 at 81 ,250, :
J00, 600, disappeared fran the assets OF
the nation. But, notwithstanding all
this, our wealth during these twenty
years increased $24, ,4S2, ,000,0 900. Our
actual increase has been ten billions
more than the. entire wealth Of Russia,
with its s2.0O0.O00 population. w,
could buy the Russian and Turkish
Empires, the Kingdoms of Sweden and
Norway, Denma k and Italy, together
with Australia, South Africa and all oi
South America-lands, mines, cities
palaces, ships, rocks, herds, jewels
moneys, thrones, scepters, diadems
and al.-the entire possession of III,
600 900 people.