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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

THE ORGAN GRINDER S TROUBLES
The explanation which the New York
! Press gives of the Tanner affair would be
/ the most ludicrous thing IN current po-
! IiticaI discussion, if it were not that the
| tremendous effort of that paper to strad-
| die arouses a fear in the mind of the be-
holder that it might tear its clothes, if it
does not, indeed, do itself bodily in
Jury. The Press thinks Tanner was
| bounced from the pension department
because Mr. Harrison els thoroughly in
earnest in his purpose to have a model
administration and that he will tolerate
nothing that interferes with the reaIiza-
rion Of his idea of his duty and that
cit may console Corporal Tanner to
realize that he is suffering for the sake of
the old soldiers. - This funny paper
thinks the old soldiers win ''be grateful
for the presidents unselfsh devotion to
their cause, the unselfshness of which he
has thus demonstrated anew that is by
making Corporal Tanner suffer for the
sake Of the old soldier -
Corporal Tanner, the Press thinks, is
honest, capable and devoted, but is re-
sponsible for the acts Of some of his sub
ordinates who "have been guilty of
abuses that threaten the very existence
of the pension system, the ascendency of
the Republican party, and the success of
the administration - What a spectacle!
The chief of a department honest and
devoted-kicked out for the acts of his
subordiuates, and not one of those sub
ordinates removed.
''Soldiers admire bravery, and the
Press believes that the veterans will
admire this act of President Harrison
when they think it over. =" Wen, per-
haps; but it is queer kind of
soldier who will admire She act
of dismissing from department its
chief, who is honest and devoted, for
the acts of subordinates, who are still re-
tanned in office.
All this laboring to show what per-
feet men both Harrison and Tanner
are, and that both were right in all
things, shows what a miserable position
is that of an organ grinder. Had
the Press possessed the courage
to put It's thoughts in type it
would have said about this: "TarsI
ner Is a bowling demagogue with
out sense or decency, ana the president
bounced him, as he should have done |
long ago. to save the party. - That
would have been plain and TO the point,
aud would have been much better than |
the absurd article from which we have |
quoted
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

enough for 325, 900 graves. only 100 200
persons have been buried there, and yet
the trustees have only 1900 more lots at
their disposal One member of the trust {.
William Mayer of New York, OWES
1000 lots; p. Bauer owns 600i
P T. Barnum, 300, and fifteen others
some one hundred and fifty lots each.
While the lots have been booming, the
cemetery has been badly kept and
poorly managed, on account of lack of
funds. Every attempt to tax lot owners
q certain sum per lot for the improve
ment fund, has been defeated by the
trust. The income derived from the
sale of lots cannot last much longer, as
the trustees have so few lots to sell. The
trustees, who have long tried in vain to
extricate themselves from their predica-
ment, are threatening TO appeal to the
legislature for help. 1t is extremely
fortunate for poor humanity that loea
tons in the next world cannot be gob5led
by Spectators. If it were possible SO to
do, the result would be- awful to contem-
plate.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

the matter. There is probably nothing
that comes under the public eye that so
strongly suggests caTelessness and indif-
ference on the part of an alleged progress
sive community as the condition of its
highways Ease and comfort of trans
portation and inter communication be-
tween communities and people is the
strongest evidence of regard, public or
private. No one invites q friend to his
house and then compeis him 10 wade
through mud and scramble over loose
cobbIes to get there. In the same way
community discourages trade. A tramp
through divers rural sections, within the
Scranton environment when the frost is
coming out of the ground or when the
road bed is one of impalpable all-pervad-
ing dust is anything but ecstatic.
Were American tourists to study the
French system of road making and intro
duce it on the western side of the Allan
tic they would deserve well of their coun-
try, aud we could forgive them for a
lurking fondness for French travel. The
roads are quite as important and possibly
a more improving subject than the EifTel
tower, or the Champs de ElYsees, to
which many of our countrymen aEgs@Sid
to resort. AS a matter of fact Es4d maES
ing in this country has not kepEpace with
progress in other directions.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
Texas Taxes.
New Birmingham Time,

new birmingham 1lmeS.
Mr.. Samuel Slosson Of Northern Kan
sas visited New Birmingham last week
and in showing him the good things of
Texas. his brother, w. b. SIosson,
showed him the rate of taxation in Cher
okee county, which is less than thirty
cents on the Si00 This was compE8ts
surprise to Mr.. Slosson, who remarked
that the taxes of the Slosson BTbs. in
Kansas last year were over six handred
dollars, paying at the rate of So .'5gsga1S
the 500 of valuation. If all their
property had been in Texas it wouRE
have cost them 500 instead of 5000. o.
a saving of 80 per cent. This is inn
portant TO all capitalists of the North
who are looking toward Texas as a place
for Investment. 1t means an income
saved each year by the reduction in tax
alton alone. Taxes mean cash on
demand. The collector never fails to
put in an appearance, and the Times
desires TO respectfully call the attention
Of this low rate of taxation to Eastern
capitalists who are taxed to death and
asks them to give it their serious consid-
Grafton Come TO Texas where bonded
Indebtedness is prohibited by the consti-
tuition and where the average rate of tax
alton for the entire state is only 3S15
gents on the 500 of valuation.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
why Texas Farmers Remain Poor.


In conversation the other day with a
stockman from the northern portion of
this state the editor of the Banner was
Informed that there would be a tremend-
Gus corn crop gathered in that section
this fall, and chat unless hogs were i'm
ported in large dreves to feed it to, the
gram would be adrug on the market at
fifteen cents a bushel and that it would
scarcely pay to gather the crop, except
what was necessary for home consump-
ton, at that figure. From time
immemorial, almost. the papers have
been full of advice to the farmers to raise
more hog and hominy, and yet the ad
vice has been only partially needed. 1t
is one of the strangest land most unac-
countable things in the world
that the farmers of Texas will
year after year devote their entire en-
ergies to raising corn and cotton solely,
and not pay attention to their immedi-
ate wants and small matters, which can
be attended TO at small cost, and which
in the aggregate are Of great Importance.
Year after year they persist in planting
large crops of cotton and corn to the eX-
clusion of everything else, when it has
been repeatedly demonstrated that
very IiGI6 IL dHy CiSdI p1OAb
made on the former crop, wftife'
the latter is left in leaky EARNS
to rot and be eaten up by weevlls. What
little profit the farmer makes frog his
cotton crop goes to purchase diseased
pork and bacon from Northern pacKsf-s;
les, while he could save his profits BY
raising his meat at home on the corn
which goes to waste. There is very lit
tie use of raising corn in this state H11s
less the farmers will pay attention TO
stockraising and to raising their own
pork. Corn is the great staple of Illi-
nOis. Missouri, Kansas and other West
ern states, where it is too cold to raise
cotton, and being nearer the markets
and having the advantage of cheaper
freight rates it will never prove
profitable for the Texas far
mer to raise corn for expectation. The
Texas farmer must content himself with
raising sufficient corn to supply his own
section, and he must raise hogs and i'm
proved stock to feed the balance of 1t to
if he would prosper. And Just so long
as he neglects to raise his own meat and
to diversity his crops he will continue to
complain of hard times and find it diff
cult to make both ends meet. Farmers
alliances and other combinations will
never do any good until they introduce
and encourage plain, sensible and prac-
teal methods in farming and work upon
economic principles.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
SAVE YOUR OWN BACON.

Texas is rich III hog producing food.
The pecan, thefacorn, sorghum, John
son grass, millet, alfalfa, sweet pota-
toes, ETC., etc, can be found in this
state in abundance-some in one sec
ton and all in other sections. When
the hog is made, Texas can convert him
into pork as cheaply as any other state
in the Union. it requires six pounds
of corn TO make one pound of pork,
and this corn can be had in Texas at 20
cents a bushel. Corn weighs fifty
pounds to the bushel, and thus the
pork can be made here at three cents a
pound. AS the people of Texas pay on
an average ten to twelve cents a pound
for their hog meats, including hams, and
not less than seven to nine cents a pound
exclusive of hams, it is not much to the
credit of the business sense of our far
mers that Fort Worth alone distributes
very nearly 81. 600 900 worth of hog meat
from other states annually.
Save your own bacon.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
We Pity the Idiots.
NFo,,,rbie Aro1a1oba

The Sou thern people have the kindest
feelings for Chicago Notwithstanding
the industrious mud Singing of a part
of its press. We are constrained to be-
lieve that that press does not represent
the true feelings of her citizens toward
our people. At least that much is in
feTred from the frank expressions of
such of her citizens as visit this sec
ton, whether Republicans or Democrats.
The relations of Chicago and the South,
both social and commercial, are very
close, and not likely to be disrupted
by the rantings of a partisan press. But
a little less mud and little more char
ity and good will would be keenly ap-
preciated down this way.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
INTENDED TO IETUPE

A friend in the East writes THE GA
zETTE that this i'd negro business is
likely to interfere with investments in
the South. - Of course it is, and that is
the intention of it. Republican bloody
shutters do not want the South to grow
and prosper. The Southern boom in
augurated und er Cleveland Is gall and
wormwood TO them, and they do not
want the people, the money and the fac
tories of the North to march Southwark.
They want the South as ga question -
with which to fire the Northern heart
that the Republican party may be per-
petuated in power and the North
western states advanced in popu-
lation and wealth But the South will
grow and prosper despite them, and il
Northern people do not now see that
this "negro business in the South is
all the result Of vain hopes and fruitless
aspirations held out to the negro IN Re
publican ascendency they have lost the
cunning for which they are famed.
There was no such NEGRO business
in the South under Cleveland.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
Nine Feet Of Water on the Bar and Twenty
Feet Expected by January.

Nine Feet of Water on the Bar and Twenty
Feet Expected by January.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX. Sept. 13.-G. W.
Angle, general manager of the Brazos
dock and channel company, reached
San Antonio to-day from the deep water
operations at the mouth of the Brazos.
Mr.. Angle reports that 500 men are now
at work on the jetties, and that nine
feet of water have already been secured
on the bar, an increase in depth of five
feet. By the 1st of January,
Mr.. Angle declares, they will have fully
twenty feet on the bar. He also an
nounces that in thirty days the company
viii place in the field a corps of engineers
to survey a line of railroad from the
mouth of the Brazos direct TO the coal
and iron fields of Llano. The projected
line viii follow the west bank of the
Brazos for about fifteen miles north, and
then defect TO Wharton, where branch
viii be run to Waco, to connect there
with the Gould and Cotton Belt systems.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

A NORTHERN settler In Virginia writes letter
To the Philadelphia North American, a Repub-
lcau paper IN which ne says: II am a Repub-
licsn from away back TO 1856, but no induce
meu- could make me or my two sons vote Ma
homes ticket. OF the 10. 900 or u. 900 Northern
men who Rave come here since 1865 not five
hundred VIII vote his ticket '' This is a SINH
Jar state OF affairs 10 that throughout the South
where Northern men have settled. They are al
most 20 4 man supporters of the local and state
democratic tickets, because they realize that
The negroes are not the right sort Of people to
select men TO fill important Offices In the Third
Louisiana district NJ the recent election. nearly
every Northern man voted for the Democratic
candidate for congress. White men in the
South viii not vote with or tSr the negro party.
-. Montgomery Advertiser
Ii Is this fact to which certain Repub-
lican papers blind the Republicans Of
the North. White men, when brought
face TO face with black supremacy, vote
solidly in resistance. The influx of white
Republicans only augments the Demo-
cratic vote in the South. and it requires
less than a year Of residence in q Sene-
gambian district to convert a AeBling
Republican into a quasi DEMOCRAT.
When the Northern Republican r8asses
learn the truth of the Southern 3situa-
ton there will be no more race wars in
cited by RepubHcanism and no solid
south
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
Reform in Funerals.
pbiladaIuhia praoS

That necessity exists for reform in e
nerals has long been recognized reforh
not only in the manner of conducting
them, but in their costs. The extrava-
CANT outlay connected with this last "a
rite in some sections is undoubtedly tend
ing to increase the popularity of crema
ton as a method of dIsposing Of the dead
In recognition of this necessity, there
seems TO be a general disposition a ng
undertakers to discourage expen&Se
funerals, especially among the poefer
classes, both as a matter of business md
as part of the ethics of the professish :,
so called. Costly trapDings of woe
are now regarded as out-stripping
the bounds Of propriety, as thez
frequently outstrip the length of uaa
purses of the survivors Instead of hail
a hundred hacks following in the wake
of the hearse, four or FIVE carriages con-
tanning the male friends of the deceSsed
only accompany the remains to their last
resting place.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

ell contend that he shall pump for forty
eight hours and throw in that time
200 200 gallons of water. There is no
difference between the parties on these
points. They fail to agree upon the
mode and manner OF measuring the VS.
ter. Hence no test was made. What
the result viii be remains to be seen.
MARSHALL, TEX. Sept 1.-THE city
fathers and the waterworks contractor
have agreed upon terms of making the
water test, and last night at 10 o'clock
they commenced operations.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

THE coolest proposition ever made pub
Tic in the history of the politics of this
country is that of John NJ Langston. the
leader OF the Virginia negroes. He is
down on Malone, and the Republican
leaders have been trying to win him back
To the support of the little boss. Langs-
ton is contestant for a seat in congress to
which Nenable, Democrat, holds the
certificate. His proposition to Harrison,
Quay, Malone ami the other bosses is
this.
Promise to sest me and viii take the stump
and make the negro vote of Virgins solid for
Mahonei otherwise viii do nothing.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
Good Roads Wanted.
Scranton Truth.

In the matter of roads it is said that
France and Germany lead all other coun-
tries. Neither country spares pains or
expense to keep their highways in good
condition. During several monthssEA ms
year they are cleaned daily, ;2ad the
slightest damage is promptly REPAIRED in
country and town. Our commoiswealthsr.
as well as probably many others 81 the,
Union, might adyantsgeously adoptss{ss
''effete'' customs OF the Old Worldn
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

GEN. MCKEE has been appointed re-
ceiver OF public monies at Jackson,
Miss. Mckee is the man who, soon after
the election of Harrison, read the riot
act TO the negroes, telling them they
must take a back seat and let white men
run the party. Chalmers and =Kernig-
ham both opposed Mckee, and it was
thought he could not possibly get thel ap-
continent, but he fooled them.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

IF TEXAS viii raise its own meat, man
ufacture its own wooden and iron goods,
and keep out OF debt, it may snap its
fingers at the bloody-shirters who seek to
divert capital and immigration to the
Northwestern states.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

THE Southern boom began with
gan with Harrison. Democracy means
good to the South, Republicanism means
evil. Hence the solidity Of the South.
To the South Democracy means immigra-
ton and Republicanism emigration.
Hence the South is Democratic =
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
COMMISSIONER HALL REPLIES.
He Accedes to the Request of Attorney Genera
Hogg Regarding Land Certificates.
SpecisI TO the Gazette

AAC 5NOCuCS " the ksttluSst Vi AlANAnc~ a.
Hogg Regarding Land Certificates.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Sept. I3.-Hon. R. n.
Hall, commissioner of the general land
office, to-day addressed a letter to At
torney- General Hogg in reply to the let
ter OF Mr.. Hogg protesting against the
issuance of any more patents on land
certificates held by the Houston and
Texas Central railway and thesyaco and
Northwestern railway as il ignee.
The commissioner accedes TO sac Request
of the attorney general aud has given
orders that no more patentsshaA BE is
sued on said certificate Attorney \
General Hogg claims tires the &C estraf
has come into possessSaA oas certifIes IS
on account of sidingseAd SWITCHES scr
about one million acres more tfrafTft was
entitled to. The action of Commissioner
Hall is an important one, as large prop
critics in Texas are involved.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

ELSEWHERE in THE GAZETTE to-day is
an article taken from the Memphis Ava
lauche on the g Neglect of the Stomach. -
There is food for thought IN the truths
stated. Many DOCTOR bill has origi-
mated in the kitchen, and if people
would pay more attention to the value of
wholesome food, they would pay less TO
the physicians and drug stores.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

r. D. BIACKMoBE, the novelist, spends
more time cultivaung his garden than in
writing books There are other writer's
who would Go well to permanently ex-
change the pen for the hoe and rake.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

THE Chicago Herald is fiaying alive the
Inter Ocean and Tribune of that city for
their persistent and malignant lying
about the South. 1t can't strike them
too hard or too often
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

THE New York Star boasts OF publish
ing a railroad department as though it
were something new. The Western pa
pers nave been running railroad depart
ments for q number of years.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
N1arshall,s Materworks.

bpec1aI 70 INC OaletVs-
MARSHALL, TEX. Sept. 16.-Yester-
day. the 18th, was the day designated by
the city council in which to commence
the waterworks test, the contractor
agreeing te fuDish 500, 600 gallons of wa
ter each twenty -four hours. The coun-
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

WHY all this talk of the Union Pacific,
the Chicago and Alton the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific and Vanderbilt com
ing TO Fort Worth? Fort Worth is the
railroad center of the Southwest.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

THEY have had a bloody race war up in
Illinois, and THE GAZETTE waits to hear
the Chicago Inter Ocean attribute the
cause TO Jefferson Davis and the sup
precision of the colvred vote. The Inter
Ocean viii observe that in the Illinois
race war "the whites won and the negro
rIugIeaders were put in iaii.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

SULLIVAN has taken his last drink. The
last drinks Of the great Boston slugger
are as numerous as the farewell appear
ances Of the average theatrical star.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
A BLOODY FIGHT.
Two Negroes Killed and Three Badly Wounded
in Virginia.

IN FITAIuId'
HUNTNGTON, w. VA. Sept. 13.-News
has reached here of a terrible encounter
among negroes at Bramwell, Mercer
county. number of colored miners
had been drinking and engaged in a
fight. Knives were drawn, and Dan
Lambert and Tom Kadle were literally
cut to pieces. Three of their companions
were seriously, if not fatally, injured
The fight arose over a remark which
some one in the crowd made concerning
Lambert s wife.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

tanner is gone and Bussey should fol-
low; and then the Republican party,
which made these men possible. should
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
RACE TROUBLES.
Negroes Organ izing to Make Trouble, and 1t

Negroes Organizing to Make Trouble, and the
Whites Rapidly Aiming in Mississippi. "
MERIDIAN, MISS, Sept. 13.-The.
white people of Newton county, and es-
pecially IN the vicinity of Decatur, have
been much disturbed by reports that ne
groes were arming ana organizing, and
rumors were put afioet by the negroes
themselves that they were going to make
serious trouble, and that meetings were
being held over the county looking to
that end, The result IS that the
white people are arnling themselves and
merchants have been unable to supply
the demand for Winchesters, one mer-
chant stating he could have sold over one
hundred rifles yesterday if he could have
supplied them. The whites declare they
sSFaBt stpitrouble, but viii be prepared for
an emefEatscy. The negroes ackne#1edge
that thy have been organizing politi-
cally ,t4sdt deny thai they intend any dis
,stDfbance, and conservative citizens gen.
sera5S take this vFewttef thsmatter. =
8
BeSeasn IS prs cugs 5iiious sass ssass44yop,f.
ssgFake CFscarine for habitual constipation. Ie1ss
sguarapksed TO cure. PrieSs& ceptSSdas 81. 4
49, s-.sa - - I
a6UTH Of THk BBAass
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

ALL Texas asks now is an opportunity
70 pick the biggest cotton crop ever
grown in the state.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

AT LAST they have cemetery trust.
It is located in New York, and, as a re-
suit, lots have been crowded from SO. II
per lot to $500. The cemetery is large
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

Coon roads are civilizers and are es-
seutial to prosperity.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

HAVE the Brazos river people any rep
resentation at TOpekaI
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

THE grunt of the hog will prove the
key note of the Texas farmers pros
perity.