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Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
Removing Paint.

The ordinary process of scraping old
paint or burning 1t of is hardly expedi-
tlous enough for general purposes, and is
also laborious. Soda and quicklime are far
more thorough, and the paint is more
quickly removed. The solution of half
soda and half quicklime is thus made :;
The soda is dissolved in water. the lime is
then added, and the solution can be an
piled with brush to the old paint. A few
moments is sufficient to remove the coats
of paint, which may be washed with hot
water. Many preparations are sold for the
removal OF paint, all of them having some
basis Of alkali. A paste of potash and
strong lime Is far more etlectual in opera
ton, and the Oldest paint can be removed
by It. Afterward a coating of vinegar or
acid should be used to cleanse the surface
before repainting. One authority on the
subject recommends the gasoline lamp. a
quart of oil being sufficient to last three
and one-half hours. The method is con-
sIdered superior to gas, as the fame is
stronger and the cost less. besides which
the lamp can be carried to any part, which
cannot be done conveniently with gas
jet. But the use of flame of either is dan
gerous, and must be avoided when possi-
BILE. Many house has been burnt TO the
ground from using jets of flame. For re-
moving varnish, spirits of ammonia is
used, but it is slow process. Scraping
and sandpapering can be employed. but it
must be done carefully by experienced
hands, or the surface will be injured. The
chemical process Of removal has the ad-
vantage of leaving the surface in a better
condition than burning off or scraping. and
for large surfaces of paintwork it is to pre-
ferred.-Scieatifc American.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
Chased BY Lightning.

"I was chased by lightning once" The
speaker was Sergeant Outright of the At
lantic Police Department. Il was stand
ing under poplar tree" he continued,
"when thunder storm came up and struck
another poplar tree, twenty feet away,
killing pair of oxen. l ran into the
house, and few minutes later another
bolt of lightning struck the kitchen, stun
ming several negroes. An hour later I was
riding in wagon, and another storm came
mp, and limb on tree was struck by
lightning, and it fell across the wagon,
between me and the driver Had the limb
struck either of us death would have been
the result. Reaching home l went to my
room in a third story, and / had been there
only few minutes when bolt of light
ming struck the house right over my head,
and tore part of the roof off. This all hap
pened in the space of two hours."-S.
Louis Republic
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
COMMERCIAL.
MARKET.
a.cRAyrrro- Aug1st a0th.

SACRAMENTO. August 30th.
Sicily. ss 5o9s 4 box; Cal.
> 100; Bansnss, S3@S so p bunch for Isiand;
Hnespples, IS so q z So: Cocoanuts,-S6 @ z:
Strawberries S9l0c basket; Apples, 75c9sl .
box: Cranberries, p Dbl, sl2914; Peaches.
75c@1 2 box; Pears, common, 75cGSl . box;
Bartlett Pears, 81 25G1 so . bx; Plums, 4oas5c
2 box; Watermelons, 75c@SI Q doz; Cants-
loupes, 4oa6oc 2 doz; Grapes, 4os6Oc ? box
DRIED FRUITS-New crop Apples, sliced, 40
&C ? ID; evaporated, 7@Sc; do quartered, 3@4c;
Peaches, 5@6c; do peeled, 10@12c; Prunes, Ger
man, 69Tc; French, 7GSc; French Prunes, eyap-
GRATED, s@ec; Blackberries, 12@l4c; Figs, Cali
California Figs, 3 20, m bx 81 25 per pound in
SKIS, sc; Smyrna oyals 14c; Flats, 14@15c; Tubs,
99i0c; Dates, Fard, Sob bxs, 93z@l0c; Dates,
Persian, 6G7c; Dates, Cartoons u212c.
VEGETABLES Green Peas, sweet, 4@5c; peas,
common, 1@2c; String Beans, 3G5e . u;
Wax Beans, S95c 3 NJ; Onions 50
100 ms; gurntpe, new, 75e@s1 q sack bunch yege-
tables, 10c y dozen; PGrtnips, S191 90; Beets,
75c@S1i Horse Rsdish, l0@l2o y b. Gsrlto,
2s3c; ATt;ohokes, 5oS15e 9 dozen: Canli-
| bers, S95c . coz; Tomatoes, 25Q50c per box;
Egg Plant, 394c 3 b, Green Peppers, S@4e
p n; okra, 5@Se 2 h; Potatoes, Centenials,
60@7Oc Burbanks 66@75c . hundred
! Spinach Sc p ID; Red Cabbage, SOC p DOZEN
| Summer Squash, 2@3c ID; Sweet Corn, l21a9
| TABLE FRUIT-Assorted, 215-fD cans, doZ,
81 70; Peaches, 81 80; Bartlett Pears, 81 10;
Plums, 81 50; Blackberries, g Co; Goose
81 60: Muscat Grapes, 81 IS; Red Currants
| 81 10; Cherries 81 Is.
sREADsTUFFs-Flou- 81 so y Dbl; Oatnesl
lO-o sack, S3ze Q 10, IS 80 1o0-o sack: Cornmeal,
white, S2 10 3 25-B sacks, 81 % 2 10-D sacks;
| yellow, 81 10 3 2o.ie sacks, q % in 10
/ b saeks Cracked Wheat % so, l0-fo sacks; 50 co.
| iG0-tD sacks: Hominy. IS IS, I0-tn sack: So 05 =
100 sbs; Graham 81 30, lob sacks; 81 TO- 100 ID
PCULTRY-Dealerg prieea: Lave Turkeys,
nens, 149l52; gob5isTs, lS&a1sc; dressed, 16@1soi
{ulL-groWn Chickens, IS 59@6 q dozen young
| Boosters, S4 95 2 dozen; broiIers, So @, A.
Jane Ducks, $i85i PeEin, s6g7; aeesc, SO
Edas-ualifornia. 26e27c; Eastern. 2OG2lc
DAIRY PRoDuCr-Butter-vaney. IS q
20o q y; Fancy PetaluIna, 26G23c q 10; East
ern, packed IN arhinq, choice, 149
991Oo; Young America, tO9llo; Eastern Cream,
l5@l6c; Lirnburger, 16DlSc; gerulLs Swiss, 29ei
American Swiss, 2lci Martin S Cream I7GlSo.
| HAY, GRAIN AND FEED-Oat Esy, IS Gl0 z.
Middiings SIS ! Zen; Harley, whole. pay.
ing 75e; rolled, csc; Wheat tohoice mliing),
paying, 81 so e cWt; Rye, s. FOL 25; Tame
oa:sg s5.,s1,,4 q 45 C2B9 Dsyin2 81 50 = cBt 90.
Timothy, Esste=n, 61lg71Se q u Pop Corn.
Rsd Cloyes, llgi25se :; gss TOP,
| fornia Wslnuts, 9o10c; Almonds, new, 13915c;
| Peanuts, California, 515G6I5c; Eastern, 66l7c;
Lard lCalifornial, cans, S1a(99; Eastern, 1914 o
lie. Hides salt, light, 4c; medium steers, &C.
heavy steers, SC; heavy cows. sc; dry, 10@llc.
Tallow, SIC.
NLArSEBeef, Sc; Mutton. &c; Lamb, Sc
Veal, 6Ge7c; Hogs, -; dressed Pork, SIC
Bacon-Light medium, 101ac; selected. 113ac
| extra light, 1870; extra light boneless 1870.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
MUSICAL eRAssHoepERs.
Singular Discovery in the Mountains of
Buenos Ayres.

/ was once engaged in the arduous and
monotonous task of driving large number
of sheep a distance of 250 miles in ex-
cessively hot weather, when sheep prefer
standing still TO travelling. Five or six
gauchos were with me, and we were on the
southern pampas of Buenos Ayres, near to
long PERCEPTIONS stony sierra, which rose
to hight of five or six hundred feet above
the plain. Who that has travelled for
eighteen days on deal level in broiling
sun can resist a hill? That sierra was
more sublime to US than Conondagua, than
Illimani. Leaving the sheep rode to it
with three of the men, and after securing
our horses on the lower slope We began our
laborious ascent. Now, the gaucho when
taken from his horse, on which he lives
like kind of parasite, is very slow
moving creature, and | soon left my friends
far behind. Coming to place where
ferns and flowing herbage grew thick, l
began to hear all about me sounds of
character utterly unlike any natural sounds
/ was acquainted with-innumerable low
clear voices tinkling or pealing like min
ute sweet-toned, resonant bells-for the
sounds were purely metallic and perfectly
bell-like.
was completely ringed round with the
mysterious music, and as l walked it rose
and sank rhythmically, keeping time to
my steps. l stood still, and Immediately
the sounds ceased. l took step forward,
and again the fairy bells were set ringing,
as if at each step my foot touched a cen
trail meeting point of thousand radiating
threads, each thread attached to peal of
little bells hanging concealed among the
herbage. | waited for my companions and
called their attention to the phenomenon,
and to them also it was thing strange and
perplexing. at is the bell snakew cried
one excitedly This is the rattlesnake ;
but although at that time l had no expe-
rience of this reptile, knew that he was
wrong. Yet how natural the mistake
The Spanish name of "bell snake" had
made him imagine that the whirring
sound Of the vibrating rattles, resembling
mufled cicada music, is really bell-like in
character. Eventually we discovered that
the sound was made by grasshoppers; but
they were seen only to be lost, for could
not capture one, so excessively shy and
cunning had the perpetual ringing Of their
own little tocsins made them.-Loaqnaan'
Magazine.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
General Merchandise.

SAN FRANCISCO, August oU. 1889.
BAGS-Wheat Bags are nominally 6AG7c:
Wool Bags 33d36c; Potato Gunnies, 15a16c.
BRICK-GOod inquiry at Sc so to $40 for all
kinds Of building descriptions
BROOMS-Spiral Brace S3 so for No l, IS IS
for No. 2, and s. for No. 8 and Ladies' Delight;
Patent Brass Cap Eastern Brushl, 81 TO- 81 80
and 81 Is respectively for Nos. l, 3 and 3 (; Pat
eut Tin Lock- 81, So 70 and SS 80 for the three
numbers; Mill and Stable, ash handles, 81 80 and
81 for the two numbers; Ship, S3, galvanized
bands, soc per dozen extra; Wisp and Toy
BrooEns. S2CG2 %.
CANDLES-The product Of the local Candle
factories is quoted as follows: San Francisco
Crystal Wax l515c for l6 OF, and 1916 for II OF;
Stearic Acid, IA OF, 1l1ac Star II o. l1c Eureka,
&c; Mission Chemical Wax, II o. Ice; do 16 OF,
IKE Solar Sperm, IA o. lie; do l6 o. Ice;
Adamautine, u OF, 12c; Eastern brands vary
from &c to l72sc; Sperm, 25c; Parafine I@
111%c 2 10.
CANNED GooDs-Local Gamers quote Job
bing lots as follows; Apricots 81 40
to 81 so; Plums, 81 35@l IS Pears, 81 SjG2l 95
Peaches 81 1902; Cherries, 81 75G,1 So for
Black and 81 25@2 80 for White; Grapes, 81 %
al co; Ounces, 81 5o9I GO; Strawberries, 81 %
CEMENT, PLASTER AND LIME-Jobbing
rates for the above goods are as follows
Santa Cruz Lime, 81 so; Portland Cement,
SIS 80, s. rs and 81 Rosendale do So; New
burg Plaster, Eastern, s. 25; do Casting, So so
burg, s. %; Fire Clay, English, S. do, American,
s. 50; Brick Dust, So so 2 Dbl.
CHlCORY-California, 51z96c; German, 614c
to &c.
are as follows: Seed, Sl6@40; Seed and Havana,
Si0G75; Clear Havana S60Gl25 = NJ
COFFkE-Central American grades are nom
inal at 1S1@622c.
CORDAGE-The Tubbs Cordage Company
turns out three styles, which are quotable as
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
Prices are as follows for 25-bbl lot

kegs, 231251ac; tins, 33N3715c.
TEA-Good medium grades of Japan are job
bing at 25G135c
TOBACCO-Plug, 2S9S5c; Smoking, 35e to 75e
2 b; Fine Cut Chewing, in foiis and pals, sc %
@9.
WHIsKY-We quote: High-proof, 81 rs to
%, and Iow-proof S2G2 So: various brands
of Bourbon, 81 25@5 so = gallon, according TO
age.
WINE-French Claret, s62666 p cask; Cnam-
pagne, Sl6@S2 q basket; California bulk de-
scriptions are quoted as follows: Angelica, 81 O5
al %; Claret, 50@75c; Port, SlG3 50; Sherry,
81 15Gl 25: White, 45c6S1 50 p gal.
YEAST POWDER-StandaId brands of full
weight, 16-ounce cans, 81 30 per dozen and other
sized cans in proportion
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
Prices to

EnBllSn fOunQTy COKE IS quoted az ~ on the
spot and sl3 5Ogl3 to arrive; Puget Sound Coke,
Sl4 San Francisco Gaslight Company is selling
Coke at soc p Dbl by wholesale and 90c by re-
tail.
DRUGs-Alum, 2225@21lc; Acid, ll2211la16c for
Nitric, 21SqSc for Sulphuric and 6OG62113c for
Iartaric; Borax, 614Cg7c for concentrated and
7C@71ac for refined; Blue Vitriol, 414@415c; Csus-
tic Potash, 1O9l1c; Chlorate of Potash, zoe;
concentrated, lSc; Gum Camphor SOC; Gum Shell
lac, S0@S3c; Quinine, 60c; Saltpeter, English
refined, 754g6c; Sulphur, 214@212c for roll and
414941ac for refined
DRY GO0DS-Prints are generally jobbing at
6@Sc; Ginghams and Suitings, SG1213c: Lawns
9Gl015c; Brown Cottons, 414a9c; Bleached Cot
tons, 6ql31ac Brown Sheetings and Shirtings,
111S@25c.
fish, SIC in Sob bdls. &C for selected
in l00-b cases. and &C for boneless; Eastern
Goldfish, T6D719c q b; Canned Salmon, 81 2715
al 20; Eastern Mackerel, 81 az SO for No. l in
Smoked Herring 40@45c for Eastern and 35c q
box for Puget Sound Dutch Herring. 81 50@l rs
3 keg; Alaska Smoked Halibut, 109l213c Rio.
LEATHER-Sole, 25@2Sc for good heavy, 2l9
23c for good medium and light; Buff, 10G12c
p foot; Side, 959lOc q foot; Calf Skins, 25@35c
2 b. Kip Skins, S25&40 q dozen; Harness
Leather, 27@S2c . ID for heavy and 23927o for
No 2
LUMBER-Cargo lots of Redwood delivered at
San Francisco are quoted as follows: Merchant
able Rough, Sl7tGlS Rustic, S2763l; 15-inch
Surfaced, S35 Merchantable Tongued and
Grooved, u feet and over, 1x6 and 114x6, S29 to
$50; Clear, ks and up, $50; Pickets, SO for
square, Sl4 for pointed and S19 for fancy.
MALT LlQU0RS-Lea6ing brands OF English
Ale and Porter are selling at 81 75@lS 70 for
quarts and SSt94 for 2 dozen pints.
MATTING-Common, 81 so; Contract, SIS to
s6 So; Fine Contract, s79s; Imperial, s9@1o
roll of 40yards.
MATCHES Percussion. 25c; Telegraph, 55c:
Eastern Parlor. 81 65.
q TrOn ac Al
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31

The law prohibiting pool.selIing in vogue
at New York and Chicago is evaded by
the establishment of commission houses,
which send money to the race track to be
placed on certain horses.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31

Excepting Walter Savage Landor. who
lived to be 90 years old, few English poets
saw the age Of four score, which Tenhvson
reached recently, though VIM. Wordsworth,
TO whose laureate wreath Tennyson sue
ceeded forty years ago, lived sixteen DAYS
beyond his eightieth birthday.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31

Other descriptions of Manila are quoted as fol
lows: Whale Line, HawseT-laid Rope for well
boring, Sand Pump Lines, l7c; Clothes Lines in
hanks, l735c; Sash Cord, 171zc; Lanyard and
Tarred Rope, l5c; Shingle Yarn, tarred, 15c;
Lath Yarn, 141@c; Hop Twine, in balls, tarred,
in balls Paper Twine, Ice; Spring Twlne, I71ac;
Binder Twiue $50 feet to the lb 17c
C3AL-Puget Sound Goals are quoted from
ship at s6d7; Coos Bay, Sc; Southteld British
Columbia), SO; Wellington British COlumbial,
So. we quote as follows:
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
WOOI-Dull. We ouo.e spring:

DdlTy JHII, LJttloUC taCNi uTy Uluts, UhIIdI Sc
lection, 1O@1015c; dry kips, do. 91l0c q ID; Calf
Skins, do, 9G1Oc; Gull Hides. Kip and Calf. Sc
Pelts, shearling, I0a25c each; do. short, S0@60G
each do. medium, 7ct990c each; do, long wool,
90c@S1 25 each; Deer SKINS summer, S5c: do,
fair and medium, SOC q b; Goat skins, 40@50c
apiece for prime and perfect, 20@35c for
medium, 10020c each for small
FRESH MEATS-Following are the rates
for whole carCasses from slaughterers to
dealers Beef-First quality, 51%a6c; second
quality, SC; third quality, 4G41Sc p 10.
Veal-Quotsble at 5961ae for large and 72 &c
p h for small. Mutton-Quotable at 51$16c p II.
Lamb-Quotab' at S@81ac "A n. Pork-Live
hogs, on foot, grain fed. medium 6@61sc; heavy,
51aG554c; soft, 514g55Sc; dressed Hogs, s99c
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
UN WING ON 6 CO.,

OHINEsE AND JAPANESE BAZAR, ARE
" now located in their new quarters, SlS x
street, Opera House block, Full line Of Japan
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
SACRAMENTO BANK.

TTyHE OLCLsT SAVINGS BANK IN THR
1 city, corner of sni Fifth Streets Sacrs-
meIto. Guaranteed capital, $4,000; paid up
cspita', gold coin, 80 coo; loans on real estate
February I, 1859 8, ,S7G; term and ordinary
deposits, February /, 1889 S25I5, $50. Term and
ordinary deposits received, and dividends paid
i'll January and JAY. Money loaned upon real
estate only. The Bank does exclusively q say
lngs bank business Information furuiEhed5upon
applicstiou 20 w. p COLEMAN PreSident.----
ED. Z, HAMILTON, Cashier. 4p.tf
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31

If You feel all broke up and out of sorts
agitate your liver with Simmons Liver
Regulator.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
WESTERN HOTEL.
PACIFIC HOTEL,
rner K and Fifth streets, Sacramento.

CENTRALLY LOCATED AND CONVENIENT
~ to all places Of amusement. The best fam
lily hotel ia the city. q he Table always supplied
with the best the market affords Street Cars
from the Depot pass the door every five minutes.
Meals, 2J cents. G F. SINGLETON, ProprietOr
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
UEDERTkEEgS.
J. MILE r
(suceessor 70 Fritz & MiIeI

u M ID Il R =! a * e E,
OFFICE IN ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE
" Ninth and K streets. Complete stock o.
UndeTtakers' Goods constantly on hand. City
and country orders promptly attended to, day or
night, at reasonable rates Telephone 1856. 4p
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tex CREAM HEADQUARTERS.

uAUB's RESTAURANT, 6l2 J STREET.
l / Open day aud night Ice Cream supplied
for picnics upon short notice Orders from the
country may be teephOued at my expense
Telephone 81. [RplS-ttl J. HAUB, Proprietor.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
ST. DAVlD'S

715 Howard ST., near Third, San Francisco
A FIRST-CLASS LODGING HOTEL, CON
n tanning 200 rooms water and gas in each
room no better beds in the world no guest
allowed to use the linen once used by another:
large reading room hot and cold water baths
free. Price of rO0ms-Per night, 80 and rs cents:
per week, from 50 upwards. Open all night
x. HUGHES, Proprietor.
s5-At Market-stTeet Ferry take Omnibus Line
of street cars for Third and Howard. TTStf
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REEVES &IONG
J. FRANK CLARK,
COUNTY CORONER & UNDERTAKEN
No. IO17 Fourth ST.. bet. ] and K.

4 LWAYS ON HAND THE MOST COMPLETE
"A stock of UNDERTAKING GOODS on the
coast. Country orders, day or night, will re-
ceive prompt attention. Telephone No. 1874.
GEO Il CIA Ark Eunaral Direntnr
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w, ], KAVANAUGH,

u NJ ID Z R n "a TX IL ga :,
No 513 j St., bet. Fifth and Sixth.
A LWAYS ON HAND LARGE ASsORT-
n ment of Metallic and Wooden Caskets
Burial Cases, Coffins, and Shrouds furnished.
Coffin orders will receive prompt attention on
short notice and at the lowest rates. Office
open day and night. 4p
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
AIS-We ouote Pir Iron as follows:


Yellow Metal. 20c; English Cast Steel, l46
Ice; Sheet Zinc, S1S99c; Pig Lead, sc: Bar Lead
SIC. Lead Pipe, &c; Sheet Lead, Sc; Bar Copper
l9td20e; Pig Tin, DC . u.
NAILS-Card rates of Hardware Dealers AS
sociation are as follows: Iron, S3; Steel, S3 To-
Standard Wire. S. so per keg, for small lots; on
the basis of 201 kegs the rates are 81 so, 81 90
ard IS 30 respectively for the three kinds A
discount of per cent, for cash.
OII-China Nut 759S0c; California Castor
81 80 for No. and 81 20 for No. 2; refined cocoa
nut S5@40c; Cal Linseed. in single barrel lots.
671Sc for raw and zoe for boiled; Petroleum,
ll0o, in cans, l6923c; do 1900, 2aGS2c; pure
winter strained Lard, 75c in barrels. and sec
in tins: Possel Olive 81 so; Plagniol Olive,
S.; Duret do, Sc IS; extra fine kinds ST@S .
dozen pints.
PAINTS-Pioneer White Lead, 6G61Sc; Collier
White Lead, 554c; Red Lead and I4itharge. each
SIC.
PAPER-California Straw Wrapping, s5c, eoc,
81 and 81 10 2 ream fol the four styles,
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TIE SADDLE ROCK

2ESYaURkEE lid OYSTER H0gSE,
E5IIEST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RESPECT
Z Ladies' Dining-roon separate. Open day
aHd night BUCREhfyE & GARRAGHER, Pro,
erietors, 1913 Second street, between ] and K,
Sacramento. Il
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31

H, F. ROOT. ALEX. NELSON. ]. DRIsCOL.
ROOT, NELSON & co,
TTNI0E FOUNDkY-IRON AND BRASS
u Founders and Machiulsts Front street,
between n and O. Castings and machinery OF
eYerY descriptinn maie to order 4D
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
BUSINESS CARDS.
oHR1sTIAN SCIENCE.

MISsION AND DIsPENsARY. FREE
VA treatment and instruction every day, ex-
cCpt sunday, from to 4 p. NJ, at lll8 TWelhh
street. Reading and waiting room always open.
Sacramento Christian Science Mission. nly2Sttip
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
WHI. GUTENBERGER.

CACEAMENTO FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
y Shop, Front and n streets, Sacramento. All
kinds of iron and brass castings. Gutenberger'a
Horse power Barley Mills, Roller Cre-Crusher
and Patent Ground Roller. gpS-tt
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
BANKING HOUSES,
OFFICERS:

raws Draasou anprtuotpaI Cities of the World.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-23
~ THF FnnNr 49,

Clarksyille Tenn } Progress: By
thoughtful kindness of Mr.. r. L. Ellison },
who, with his family is spending the win
ter III Texas, we are in receipt of q hand
some double and illustrated edition of the
Fort Worth Daily GAZETTE. THE GA
zETTE has taken front rank among the
first-class dailies of the country and has
risen to that degree of prosperity that it
no longer fights the wolf from the door.
but in an industrious and enterprising
manner applies its energies TO the up
building of the 'tQueen City of the
West. But few years ago the writer
was citizen of Fort Worth and the
facts were referred to then as only hap
pening yesterday, when the panther dug
his hole in the center of wide prairie,
now the site of busy thriving metropo-
lis. Fort Worth has doomed up like
magic, and the end is not yet. Young
man don't go west, but bring some of
the Western vim and dash into your busi-
ness endeavors and our own fair city will
blossom as the rose.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-23
4 GREAT OPPORTUNTTY.

If Fort Worth viii but reach forth her
hand for the prize there is an excellent
chance for it to become an important
military post and the base of military
supplies for the Southwest
The government lease of the lands
upon which Fort Elliott, near Mobeetle
in Wheeler county, is situated viii ex-
pire in December of this year. 1t has
long been anticipated that at the expira-
ton of the lease, which was for q term
of seven years, the post would be aban-
doned or removed. The causes which
led to its location have long since ceased
to operate in its favor. Situate eighteen
miles from the Southern Kansas railway,
and sixty miles from the Fort Worth and
Denver, it is without the means
of quick communication so essential
in the military operations of the present
day For the same reason the expense
of maintaining the post is unnecessarily
burdensome. Five million pounds of
freight are transported yearly by wagon
from the railroad to the post at an ex-
pense of about 20 cents per hundred,
or, in the aggregate, $40 900 This rep
resents but small part of the increased
expenditures rendered necessary by the
Location of the troops at distance from
railways. A more vital matter than the
cost of it is the inaccessibility of the pres
ent post. In any emergency that Is now
likely to arise, its garrison could not be
mace available until the crisis had passed.
The post Of Fort Cantonement was es-
tablished in Wheeler county about ten
years ago TO prevent predatory raids of
Indians from the Territory. Afterwards
it was removed to>a more eligible site on
Sweetwater creek and named Fort Elliott.
The Indians ceased long since to give
trouble. Every county alepg the eastern