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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14
NEWS AND NOTES.

The corn crop of Iowa is reported
ont of danger from frost and the prairie
hay a magnificent crop.
It is stated that $40 900, 900 are spent
annually for "infant fOOds' IN this
counfrv, and that many of the foods are
very harmful.
London's loss to the metropolis through
the strike to date is estimated between
one million and five hundred Thousand
pounds and two million pounds.
An old man in North Carolina, who
had lived all his life without even seeing
8 railroad, recently got on a train, ana
before he had travelled mile was
thrown of and killed. And yet 1t Is as
serted that so safe is travelling by rail IN
this country that man has 5l ,OUO ,OOo'-
600 miles to go before his death IS due
This man must have struck the last mile
first.
Every Dublic school in Chicago has an
elegant American flag of the latest style,
with fortv-two stars in it, and the JAM
tor of each school building has orders to
! hoist the colors, not only on every legal
! holiday. but also every Monday morning
| throughout the school year. There is
| talk of a law requiring the flag to be
! Aoated from every public school house in
| Illinois.
Since Foraker has been governor OF
Ohio the salary of the Office has been
| doubled by increase from $4,000 to ooOUO,
and the legislature has passed laws viz
tually putting the government OF the
cities in his hands by appointment of
the most important Offices. In addition
he has served two fun terms, and the
| Democrats think it is time for him to
retire. They are making q vigorous can
vass and are hopeful, not only of elect
| ing their candidate for governor, but
Of securing a majority in the legtsla-
ture and electing q Democrat TO the
United States senate as successor TO the
nresent Democratic incumbent, Senator
Payne.
4 curious discovery connected with
the recent disastrous cOnfagration l:
reported by a Spokane paper. The
safe of Mason, Smith s Co. becam;
| cracked by the intense heat and then
books were charred and baked to 6
blackened crisp, though they remained
intact. Not a figure could be distln-
puished One of the bOok-keeDers
while turning over the leaves, noticed
that where his finger, which was wet
touched the page the figures appeared
legible through the moisture. He pro
cured a paint brush, dipped it in waite
and dampened the whole page, and wa
gratified to see all the figures dimly out
lined. Two book-keepers then went t
} work, and by wetting the pages ant
carefully turning the leaves succeeds
in few days in transferring all the &C
counts to a new set of books. The book
are as black as ink, and the leave
crumble to pieces when touched.
Queer things can be done in the divorc
c proceedings in New York as well as l
this state A Mr.. johnson brought SUI
for absolute divorce in the supreme cour
for Onondaga county, and on the sam
3 day Mrs. Johnson brought suit for abso
r Lutte divorce in the supreme court fc
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

grafton to the North or Northwest. NO
matter IN which direction they move, II
they keep within the territorial limits OF
the United States they will encounter
competition of whits '1nen more patient
of labor than themselFeAs in every field OF
industrial effort. : They will also en-
counter fiercer and more unreasonable
race prejudices.
At the South they have made their
Dlace and are secure of such tolerance
ana assistance in the experiment OF full
fIedged citizenship as they cannot get IN
other parts of the Union. 1t Is all
well enough for partlsans in the Nortn
to pirate in regard to the polltlcaI
terrorism held over the negro in the laIe
slave states, but their example does not
agree with their precept. 1t Is quite as
difficult for the Northern negro as for the
Southern negro to advance himself me
beyond the social bound prescribed by the
color of his skin. There he sticks. Poll
teal advancement Iags even behind
social recognition.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
negro vote in populous Northern states
like Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois is absolutely necessary
70 secure the preponderance Of the party
| to which the vote is almost sOlidly given,
/
no political gain to the negro results
therefrom. The Republican party would
not dare to arouse the prejudices of its
white membership by dividing with It's
! colored allies the spoils Of office which
! they help to win. The Southern negroes
! should take these facts into consideration
| and look before they leap. Colored men
in the North who appreciate the dltn-
cuIties and denials Of residence III the
Northern states would do well to advise
their brethren in the South of the true
| condition.
About the only way open to the negro
to secure a larger degree of social recog-
milton is to earn for himself ready money
| Cash and consideration go together III
Northern communities where they could
never penetrate if unyoked. Possibly
negro as rich as Vanderbilt might buy
himself a seat in the Pennsylvania legis-
| a
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

the work was done as cheaply as the
tools at his command would permit. The
cost was S201 80 for grading $50 yards
IN. B This road runs in front OF my
house) or at the rate of $40 per mile.
The road is all that could be asked. The
water drains from it at all times, and il
soon dries off after heavy rains. But N
consideration of the more than fifteen
hundred miles of road in the county need
ing grading, which would cost at the
above rate more than one million Of dol
lars, the road question seemed no nearer
solution than before About TINS
time we heard of a machine man
ufactured up North for hand
ling earth with an eleTatnS
belt. which was guaranteed to do the
class of work at incredibly low prices
The great cost of the machine, SlVJy'
caused US to hesitate even to investigate
but the road question was like Bauluo
ghost. il would rise, and would not Os
ignored. We consented to a trial. auI
after two weeks work in the black wax!
soil purchased the machine, ana we dIo
grading roads at a cost that LOOKS is
we can afford to grade, II not all 'n0
roads of the county, at least a large j.,
portion of them; we have already SIal'-
ten miles. The machine has aVeTazeu
little more than One-third of nile Pei
day, varying from One-fourth 10 on0
half a mile each day it has been Iul'
Where the roads have been full Wlalu'
we have made them twenty-slX reef w
tween bitches, and the dItcnes Io"
EIGHT to nine feet wide The bitches a-'
deeDest at the extreme back side win Q
regular slope toward the center Oh tL-
! road This makes the roads almost
| complete segment of a circle rom -.
| bottom of one ditch to the bottom Oh -.
| other: the middle of the road penn ~
| two to three feet higher than the HlIoI -.
| The expense of running It IS ABOUT
| hundred and fifty dollars per il'---,
! VARYING a trif1e as more or less In--
required to grub, etc. We are So IN, III.
| oughly convinced of the economy Oh
| method that We have ordered --.F
| machine, which we design to furnish ,if.
| four mules to haul It to Inc nd
| ferent neIghborhOods when Want50, I'll
| where the other eight mules REQUIRE a,.t
| be furnished by the citizens free cL
to the county. The use Of teams emu
to grade many miles have alreauf fs4
DIedged. To us il seems as II We
solved the road problem. Travis co-- Ne
has been accused of being beninl - .,
times. But in the art and methou55 n
matchmaking we think We are ahsa .o,+r
any county in the state. Rather & nee.
it was said: can roads lead to RoII INK
if we continue in our good work We Lei
it will soon be SAID, that the Des' -
roads in Texas lead to Austin. -. T.
Hanna, Austin, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14
ABOUT HEN And WOMEN.

Anna Dickinson talks of going on the
stare as an actress. At her age, says
the Chicago Herald, she would do better
as a ballet dancer.
Emily Paxton of Pike county, Mo-,
has permission from the governor OF that
state to wear man s dress anywhere
in Missouri outside of cities of 10, 600 IN
habitants - She works on farm anu
her favorite occupation is breaking horses
to harness. OF these she owns three ana
has charge of thirteen.
The ear of Russia means to be safe
when he travels. The new imperial tram
lust completed for his accommodation
NAV be SAID to be boomprOof. The sa-
looms are covered with iron outside, ana
then some eight inches of cork, instead
of the steel plates with which the car
riages of the old train were protected
All the saloons communicate by COW
cred passage, and are the same III our
ward aDDearance, so that no outsider
NAV be able to discover in which car
rage the car is travelling.
It begins to look as If Malone viii have
many of the prominent leaders OF his
marty to fight. The Valley Virginian
the ablest Republican paper in the state,
and edited by x-COngressman YosC, de-
clares that it is the duty of all good citl-
zens to vote against the little tyrant.
! Ex-Governor Cameron has pronounced
against him and ex-United States Senator
Lewis publishes powerful letter giving
his reasons for not supporting him. JONI
| s. Wise and many other anti Mahon'
Republicans are expected to pursue
| similar course.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

were hauled away hundreds of miles to
the capital of the state to be tried
as a Jumper on the complaint OF
some agent of a foreign cattle syndicate.
Mr.. Hall should go very slow and very
cautiously in dragging men from Roberts
county to Austin ea>the complaint of Mr..
Mckenzie. If THE GAZE TIE is correctly
informed Mr.. Mckenzie is the represent
alive of a British corporation that oocq-
pies three-fourths of Roberts county as
calf farm. The law is bad enough; an
iniudicious enforcement of it would raise
a howl.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

k7-srr,T. TEX. Aug. 24.-With reference to the
pober+s county troubles Land Commissioner
Hail was seen to-day. He said in effect that one
great trouble at present existing in the Panhan-
die was that sqratters were foraging on the large
lessees of school lands. That is, men who do
not intend to either buy or lease. In some in
stances they grab watered sections and use them
without paying anything. Commissioner Hall
said he intended to have some of these jumpers
before the Travis county grand jury. Commits
eioner Hall as an instance mentioned Mr.. Nc
T-arzie of Roberts county. who had large
sr,olrnt of school land leased. Some OF these
souatters had taken possession OF some Of his
hest lands, which they were using defantly,
without paving a nickel.-LGazette special.
Mr.. Hall is right-the law should be
enforced. All law should be enforced E,
but this law Mr.. Hall proposes to enforce
is one that no constitutional government
in Europe would dare to enact, and be-
fore it is enforced in Texas Mr.. Hall
sb6uld be satisfied beyond all doubt that
II has been violated, and that actual set
tiers are not confoupded with Jump
ers. - 1t would be q reverse blow 70 the
lSeloved lease law if an @actual settler
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

Cortland county. Neither suit was OPP
posed, aud on the same day and at the
same hour DEGREES were granted IN both.
In Onondaga county the supreme court
gave Mr.. johnson permission to marry at
will, but forbade Mrs. Johnson to marry
at all. In Cortland county the game
court granted Mrs. johnson full peFmis-
sion to marry, but enjoined Mr. john
son from doing so. Thus each
of the pair is distinctly au-
thorized by the supreme court to marry
at pleasure and each Is forbidden by the
deeree of the same court to do anything
of the kind. Mrs. Johnson has acted
upon the permission and her new nus
band now seeks to enforce the prohlpl-
ton against her, praying for the annul.
ment of his marriage upon the grouno
that his wife was incapable of contract
ing marriage legally at the time that sh'
married him.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

THE Haverhiu (Iass.) Gazette, Re-
publican newspaper, says: ''Isn't it
about time to give Tanner rest, es-
teemed contemporaries? Before the
election of President Harrison great
things were promised the veterans of the
late war, and Tanner is simply carrying
out that promise TO the letter. If the
pledge was given in good faith why this
FweeDing, wailing and crashing of teeth
because Of its fuIfIment?'' This from a
staunch Republican organ is commended
TO honest men. "Tanner simply carried
ont the promise of RepublIeanism, - and
the people rebened. Tanner was sacri-
feed, not that he was not q faithful rep
sentative of Republieanism, but because
his party is a hypocrlte.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14
SIZE -YOUR -BACON. -

The Fort Worth GAZETTE has hewed out the
corner stone of prosperity for the farmers OF
Texas in the sentence: ''Save your own
bacon. >" We are taxed by the tariff, by the
state, by the county. by our vices, by our lazl-
ness, but the sum total of all these, multiplied
by the double-distilled essence of the internal
revenue system. does not equal the tax I'M
posed on our people by the smokehouses OF
Kansas and slaughter houses Of Chicago save
your own bacon. ''-[Waco Day.
Hogs are worth more in Texas than
cattle, but there are no hogs. Farmers
work twelve months in the year to get
money to buy meat made in other states,
when Texas is the home of meat-produe-
ing animals. Fort Worth buys and dis
tributes nearly 81, 900, 900 worth Of hog
meat annually. According to the Paris
Dailo News the farmers of Lamar county
spent last year for bacon, lard, molasses
and corn over $50 900; requiring more
than two thousand bales Of cotton to pay
for same, representing q years hard
work on 1000 acres of land. Could the
total amount of money annually expended
for hog meat by Texas be ascertaIned
it would startle even our own people.
| Texans who raise cotton and buy bacon
are slaves and neither true independence
nor prosperity can come to any farm the
meathouse of which is IN the grocery
stores of the towns. Texas has need tc
he aroused to the profit of saying its own
6onOu
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

: AND now it is a tanuery trust. The
very latest comes in the shape Of rumor
that Ferdinand A. Wyman and Walter
Potter Of Boston sailed for Europe last
week, and as agents for an English
syndicate took with them the papers for
the sale of a number of the tanneries of
New England and New York. 1t is said
that the EngIishmen contemplate the in
vestment of $40, 900 900 in the tannery
enterprise, and that il they meet with
the success expected the syndicate will
have S5O, coo 900 more at its disposal for
extending its control to embrace ali the
tanneries in the country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14
Road Making in Travis County.
mounr Enrr,n and Ranch

tsTexas needs roads, and convention
was held in your city to discuss the ques-
ton at a time when the soil was so
soaked that nothing could be done to i'm
move roads, except talk-but talking
does good, if of the right kind and acted
upon- The commissioners court OF this
county. of which board am member,
determined to improve the roads, II pos
sihle. with the means at their command.
A Small experiment was made of mac
adamizing where the rock was easy OF
access. and under circumstances far more
favorable than the average, and 1t was
found TO cost fully one dollar
ner ward, or about two thous-
and dollars per mile, the
road-bed not exceeding ten feet VIDE
Admitting that only one-half the roads
in this county need macadamizing the
cost would amount to more than two
millions of dollars-a sum so vast as to
Mace that method of road making en-
tirelv out of the range OF discussion, ex-
cent in very exceptional cases.
ssWhile in California last season, my
attention was called to some graded
roadk-which l considered then the finest
in the world-the makers and users oil
which were loud in their praise OF the
same, and 1 determined to try 1t on
small scale in the district which
represent. The roga was maze
by Mr. G.. NJ. Sawyer, oul
county road boss, with, plows anc
| scrapers. He is an efhciett man, ant
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

ATTORNEY GENERAL HOGG is after the
Iand-grabbers now. Listen for howl
from the CD. News. Whenever the
attorney performs his duty as ne
understands it, the News raises howl
The News and Mr.. Hogg seem to enter
tain diverse views on all subjects Affect
ing the discharge of the attorney-gen-
eral Is duties.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14
The Reunion

The reunion of ex-C onfederatesa at Fort
Worth which was ended on the 9th inst. {,
was an occasion of great interest and en-
iovment. Fort Worth nobly and fifty en-
tertained the old soldiers, and THE GA
zETTE gave full reports of all their do
ings. The reminiscent speeches made
by many of the veterans were full of in
formation and interest. 1t is to be hoped
that the incidents thus related will not
merely be recorded in the evanescent
newspaper columns, but that historical
organizations will preserve them for the
honor of our contemporary heroes, ano
for the inspiration of posterity.
AIyarado Bulletin.
Fort Worth entertained the gray and
the blue in royal style last week. Wis
itors are loud in praise of the Forts IN
bounded hospitality. Twas ever thus
but we are always glad to chronicle it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

THE discovery and slaughter OF
tarantula in New York city almost caused
a panic at one of the police stations, and
inspired a five-inch editorial in the Her
aid. The New Workers are easily ex-
cited. Down this way it is considered
nothing worthy of comment for an eight
year-old child to kill one of these over
grown spiders with a switch.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14
Dexter.
corresDondeuce of the Gazette.

---~|T
DEXTER, TEX, Sept. 1O.-f's''l. -,
the boil worm did considerable u"iL I'D
to the cotton crop in this YIclnl "a II
now we are having a perfect Hood .Fs
rain. which will add materially 20 +5s
shortage of cotton here. Except .U- the
boil worm and the present ra.n9 he,
prospect for a general crop was IN'
we have witnessed in eight years. ..., M
The Farmers Alliance are putin rs.
q fine cotton gin and corn MIL I nsyt
They will be ready for business +ha
week. Dexter already had one GLfner7
finest roller mills and ginning ma t.li-T d
in North Texas, and with the adu'.''bT hes.
this new enterprise viii be the ,,, o q
equipped to accommodate the Pu Tars3.
any town of the size in North - he
The merchants here have laid - q
largest stock of goods ever caLI''
| Dexter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14
OFFICE OF PUBLICATION:
Corner Of RuSE and Fifth Streets.

re~AH letters or communications for THE
c4ZETTE, qrbetber on business or FOR
ga57fcatton, should Be addressed to 1Hh
GAZETTE. or DEMOCRAT PUBLISH
ING CO., Fort Worth, Ter. and NoI
TO my INDIVIDUAL.
All communications intended for pa6''ca-
ZION. -agst be accompanied by the e0rtter g
name and addrcss-lot for publtcatI0"-0"'
as an cridence Of good faith.
Parties arrjaBg TO THE EAZEILh on
business personal to themselves '7i# please
iucIoSe stamp for reply.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

Young John a. Logan has written d
letter protesting against his father 5
picture being hung in the rooms OF the
Murat Halstead club at Cincinnati and
Murat Halstead has written letter
raising young John s scalp.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

BELFoRD IS Magazine for October viii
contain an article from the pen of Jeffer-
son Davis entitled ''Does the Majority
Rule?'' Whatever may be the criticisms
of Mr.. Davis, no man yields more
trenchant pen, or is more nearly invinci-
Bile in argument AS contribution to
literature and to history his paper will
doubtless be one of the most valuable of
the year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

4 TENNESSEE grand jury has been in
structed to indict all persons who have
openly expressed inGdel sentiments. No
sureg. method could be adopted to knock
the props from under Christianity.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

A KENTUCKY father has just succeeded
in having a fve-years' sentence passed
upon a man who eloped with his fiji
teen-year-old daughter and succeeded IN
marrying her by swearing she was
eighteen years old. If this sentence
shall have the effect of checking such
perjury and stopping the marriage OF
children it will ne q good thing.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

THE grand jury could do Fort Worth
no better service than by moving Hell s
Half Acre away from the heart of the
city. First impressions are difficult to
overcome, and the man who rides up
Main or Rusk street on his first visit to
Fort Worth and sees the negro courte-
sans Haunting their shamelessness and
greasy Mother Hubbards in the public
eve, has received an impression
hard to eradicate. HELPS Half Acre
should be made to go out of the sight and
hearing of decency.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

A GENTLEMAN who has fine oppor-
tunitY to learn the condition. of the cot
ten crop, and who Is probably as well
posted about it as any man in theSstate,
said to THE GAZETTE yesterday tfIat
Texas would pick this year. 800 .QOC
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

''THERE are nearly eight million col
ored people in the Democratic Southern
country, and they have but one member
of congress to represent them, " says
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Gre
pubHcan) To which the New York
Evening Post pointedly replies; ''There
are nearly eighty thousand colored peo-
pie in the state of Ohio, and they have
not so much as one postmaster to repre-
sent Them. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

Nor only bank olearances but the tax
rolls show the growth of Fort Worth
Last year the assessed values were So
SIS $40. This year they are SIG $3.50 49,
an increase of nearly one Injured per
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

IN A recent speech DR.. Foraker USED!
the pronoun app 1873 times. Sup
pose he should be elected to a third term,
no printing Office in the country could
furnish s'sorts'' to set up one of his
sDeeches
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

HUNDRED years ago the wiseacres OF
Paris were doing all they could to prevent
the sale Of watermelons, oysters and
ice, on the ground that they were IN
zvho7asorIie
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

THE Minneapolis Tribune says when
there IS any internal trouble in the. e.
publican party of Kansas, ingalls,
cures it bv taking Jamaica ginger.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

TIE Easy chgir" editor of Harper 5
thinks patriotism is on the decline, al
opinion that brings q wad from the only
real aII-round patriot now living, Elliott
Z SheDara
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

THE GAZETTE is invited 70 attend the
Jack county fair to be held October to
4 inclusive. TIE GAZETTE can only send
greeting and its regret that it cannot be
with its friends in Jack.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14
BRANCH OFFICES.
DAT las

DALLAS.
C. T.. BAILEY, Correspondent and Genera saZ IeIi3L
krrr+ rs Main street. where orders for SUD
sS-tj~77g and advertising should be left.
ITITr GAZETTE can be found on sale nj all news
Glands II the city.
T.,,FeH OrART.Fs. Agent and Correspondent
WEATHERFO
Il. r. Dorsey, Agent and Correspondent
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

ACTIONS speak louder than words and
money says more than both. Chicago
has the best of the argument in the mat
ter Of the proposed WORLDS fair.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-14

Gladstone weight, avoiTdupolS, IS
lG8; IN the scales Of public OPINION he
weighs a fun ton