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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

The Boston Advert iser, speaking of the
water supply of the Hub, quotes its may
or as saying: ''The Mystic supply, in
sufficient in dry years, is so foul that an
overruling Providence alone seems to
have saved the city from an epidemic. -
While Fort Worth reads of the INSULT
cient and dangerous water supply of
other cities, it has every reason to. con-
graduate itself that it sits undisturbed
and safely on its limestone hills drinking
artesian water from its two hundred
wells and enjoying such delicious bathing
as less favored mortais do not dream of.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

THE GAZETTE has been favored with
this memorandum for a proposed bill to
obtain a loan of the government credit
for the purpose of making an outer har-
Dor off Padre island: "a bill to guar
antee the interest on 81, 800 900, Corpus
Christi and Padre Island narbor COM
pauy S bonds at per cent. per aunum,
to run thirty years, the proceeds to be
used for the construction exclusively of
breakwaters of Padre Island. The gov
ernment to select an engineer to join in
, supervision of construction. The gov
eminent to reserve the right to build a
wharf and dock inside the breakwater
fornavy and coaling station. The gov
ernment to take possession OF the prop
erty if the company fails to pay interest
on these bonds promptly, and act as a
receiver of the property until the interest
is paid, etc. The government to remit
duty on cement used in construction.
All wharfage, dock and tonnage dues to
be collected by the company under proper
restrictions to be expressed in the bill. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

THE Galveston Dallas News is "boom-
ing'' Dallas. An, there! It is not be-
yond the bounds of possibility that the
News may yet be heard IN the land cry
ing: con to Waxahachie! Come
down onto the ground, esteemed con-
temporary, come down from your stills,
and ali may yet be well with thee. The
people Of Texas are a generous people,
and repentance and works appeal strong
ly to them. Don t wait, but come down
off your high horse, just now.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

THE GAZETTE claims no credit for
starting the cry of hog and homny !"
If this paper can impress upon Texas
farmers the profit in raising hogs and
saving to the state the So 900, 900 annual
ly sent to other people for bacon and
lard. it will be satisfied. Every paper in
the state may have the credit of "start-
ing the cry THE GAZETTE labors to
make 1.-the cry'' produce results.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

FORT WORTH can be made a winter re-
sort. The people of this city with the
aid of the Denver and Cotton Belt roads
can do it. The Santa Fe rates Calves
ton, and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Austin as winter resorts entitled to
round trip tickets, and why should not
the Cotton Belt and Denver put Fort
Worth on their lists? If the roads will
do this and a big fine hotel is erected
with artesian bath facilities, the fame of
Fort Worth as a winter resort would soon
spread throughout the land and attract
hundreds of visitors annually from the
blizzard cursed regions of the North.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
lSOlIE MORE FACTS

In 1876 Dallas was little city of seven
or eight thousand population, daily news
papers, telegraph facilities, railroad
outlets, street car lines, great wholesale
houses, mills, elevators, congresses,
five banks, ETC., etc.
In 1876 Fort Worth was a hamlet of
few hundred people whose utmost hope
and ambition was to become station of
the Texas and Pacific.
In 1876 Dallas had seven OF eight times
the population of Fort Worth, three
times the number of railroads, a thou
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

A DAKOTA editor, anxious TO get good
account of hanging about to take place
IN Minnesota, had one of his reporters
arrested and put in jail with the muir
derer. The scribe was kept busy scrub
bing floors for two or three days, and on
the day of the hanging was put in a wing
of the jail removed from the scene, and
where he could not see the gallows.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

THE Dallas News of Sunday says:
''Suit has been entered IN the United
States circuit court by the Washburn &
Moen manufacturing company of Massa-
chusetts and Isaac L. EIwood Of Illinois
vs.. S. L. Erwin s Co. OF Honey Grove
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

WITH great transcontinental road
from northwest TO southeast, crossing
another great transcontinentaI road from
northeast TO southwest at Fort Worth,
this city might be said to be the center of
the great Southwest-and this shall come
~ mass
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

and Henry II. Dawson of Denton, charg
ing them with infringement upon the
plaintiffs letters patent, l57, l24 and
207 ,719, covering the GlIdden barbed
wire The plaintiffs ask for $4,000 dam
ages from each of the defendants. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

THE soup into which Golf has just been
plunged by the recount in West Virginia
will probably float him into the cabinet
He is an able lawyer and would be an i'm
provement, as attorney general, over
the weakling who succeeded Garland.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

Will the st. Louis Dallas Republic try
to carry Texas against a New York man
and for Palmer of Illinois for the Demo-
cratic nomination in 1892? Alas!
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
A Series of akpries About Flee
tfitY.
SPECIAL ARTICLES.

Hon. Edward J. Phelps, late United States
Minister to England, on Law as a Profession
for Y Dung Men -
Helen Gladstone. Miss Gladstone. daughter
Of the Right Hon. w. f. Gladstone is Vice
Principal of Newman College Cambridge, and
has been identified with the education OF wo-
men for number of years. Although often
lmportuued 10 write, she has heretofore straGilE-
refused. but has finally consented TO write her
first papers for Mrs. Burnett 5 Youths Depart
ment, on the history and aims of Newman
College.
Andrew Lang. Reading for bows and girls.
brilliant writers on literary topics. His short
articles cannot fail to arouse unusual interest.
Edmond GOsSe. the noted critic and poet, VIII
from time TO time treat current topics Of special
literary interest,
AuuIubcr of prominent educators have mani
tested IN interest IN the department. Among
those who have consented 10 cCutri butte are:
President c.. X. Adams CT Cornell university:
President James B. Angel of the university of
Michigan: Pres deut D. {. Gilman of Johns
j ,pEInS university: Professor R. Il. ThurStOn
Of Cornell university; Professor y. 6. Shaler OF
Harvard university; Rev. T. T. Munger, author
Of Lamp and Paths, - The Freedom of
Faith, 80 '' RE New Theology etc: Norvin
Green. president OF the Western Uni Cn Tele-
graph company: Francis ParkIC2l, Admiral s.
.. Luce. VIII write on subjects IN their special
United states IT Rome on How the Pope ~
Rome Llves;' Mai. j. ". Powell of the United
States Geological Lurvey on UneXplored Regions
Of America +. II. House, formerly professor
Of English literature in the ROYAL college at To-
El0. on japanese AC-Cbats ut Home:'' Profess
scr Hermann. ON 'Sleight-Of-Hand Tricks With
out Apparatus Professor Hermann, who is
one OF the most celebrated preStidiEitatOrs since
the famous Houdir. has consented to write a Sc
r5Cs of three articles on household magic, de-
scr bling number of the best featS which can be
performed without apparatus, and explaining in
simple language some OF the principles OF his art
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

CHAUNCEY DEPEw thinks the United
States did not have good exhibit at the
Paris exposition. Mr.. Depew is too
modest. He and Bill Nye are show II
any country. And then, too, Prince
Russ and Buffalo Bill were there as
lopDiorDe
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
It Is a Wonder.
Denton Chronicle.

The Fort Worth GAZETTE is aft@r
HHeI's Half Acre. The wonder 10
the rest of the world has been how such 3
plauge spot could exist right in the heart
of the truly good town OF Fort WORTH
anyway.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

IT is becoming perfectly apparent that the
mossbacks all over Texas must be hit square
from the shoulder. Il Austin Statesman.
Will you accept a suggestion? Re
ward the men who are working to ad-
vance your material interests. If you
have an Office of honor or profit to be-
stow, give 1t to the man who works to
build up Austin. Let the workers
get together and reIegate the
drones to the rear; patronize
the workers and pass by the
drones; honor the workers and leave
the drones to obsourity: all other things
being equal, give your trade and votes
and higher places to the men who work
to build up your town, and leave the
mossbacks to the enjoyment of their dol
lars accumulated by the energy and pub
lie spirit of other men.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

READ next Sundays GAZETTE. That
issue viii contain the first installment of
our youth department, edited by Mrs.
Frances HOdgsOn Burnett.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

IN 1887 Texas farmers purchased %,
900 200 pounds of bacon. They should
have had more than that much to sell,
after supplying their own wants.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

&g@AE letters or communications for THE
GAZETTE, 9ghetber on business or for
publication, should be addressed to THE
GAZETTE, or DEMOCRAT PUBLISH
ING CO., Fort Worth, Tee. and MOI
TO ANY individual.
al Communications intended for pubIicG-
ton must be accompanied by the 2oriter' S
name and addreSS-aot for plbzscation-bat
as an eridence Of good faith.
Parties aerjtiRg to THE GAZETIlEEon
business personal to themselves .agStt please
incZoSe stamp for reply.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

PATRoNIzE home merchants. home
manufactures, home. people : Let home
people help to build each other up. Fort
Worth money should be used to the bene-
fit of Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

IT is 900 miles from Fort Worth to the
best harbor on the Pacific coast. On to
TopoIobampo. Galveston Dallas News
please copy-there' s meat in it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

VINO knows but the London police have
the name of the able author of those
anonymous Whltechapel butcheries
They probably acquired it merely as a
guarantee of good faith and refuse to
diTulge it on the grounds Of professional
courtesy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

EMPEROR WILLIAM is a mighty disap-
pointing youngster. He has spoiled
everybody's calculations by keeping the
peace.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

The assessment rolls of Houston ought ato
show $50, 600, 600 valuation. Houston Post.
What says THE GAZETTE S. esteemed
contemporary the Austin Statesman?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

JUSTICE FIELD is crossing the CONT
nent, accompanied by Neagle and his
pop. What a dime museum card they
would make
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

How ANY man whose interests were to
be promoted by the growth of Fort Worth
could ever have favored the lease law is
beyond the comprehension of
THE GAZETTE. The repeal of that law
world would be regarded as the :'open-
ing Of Texas to settlement. - The pro-
gross made has been due to railroads,
and despite the lease law; and East Tex
as suffers with West Texas in the pop
ular idea of the state, for people out
side recognize no distinction between
the different sections. Every interest
of East Texas demands the repeal of
the lease law.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
BRANCH OEFIC ES.

G. NJ. BAILEY, spondent and General
Agent, 725 MaiRSstgeetS where orders for sub
scTiptious and sdFfstfsing should be left.
TIE GAzEgTs sS1 Be found on sale at all news
stands in Us eit8S
ca WACO
JAMES 81 S3BARLEs. Agent and Correspondent.
WEATHERFORD.
s 81 DORSEY, Agent and Correspondent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

MARSHAL NEAGLE was discharged about
the same time Tanner was, but his
friends are not making as much fuss
about it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
s RI STORIES
BY Noted Au6bOrS.

". CLARK Russell, author Of THE Wreck of
the Grosvenor, - THE Frozen Pirate. - etc.
Mr.. Russell, the greatest living writer of stories
Of life at sea, viii contribute to this department
a series of twelve short tales and articles, de-
scribing the experiences of q boy VIII goes to sea
as a midshipm8n. They viii be published once
a month during 1890.
Frances COurtenay Baylor, author of GUAM
and Juanita, - etc; Miss BaylOr's serial. Juan
and JUanita' published "a st. Nicholas, is re-
garded by the editors aSahe most successful
story, with the exception fsSiittle Lord Fauntr
leroy, - ever issued in that f1asRZine.
Maurice Thompson, authOF4E{. The Story OF
Louisiana, - Marvin and HIS ROy Hunters, -
etc, has written the story of asagas strange ad-
ventures on q gulf coast islandee.z,s
Robert Grant, author of The CSAfessiOns of
2 Frivolous Girl - Jack Halt - etcE Jack
HAM, IS one of the most widsi8 readses eFecent
books for boys. It's classed WITH The SketR o f
a Bad Boy and 'sEem Brown 'SEchoolda az -
wholesome, man So stirring seory for youth. V2t
Mary Hartweu CssAerwOO gSeaUthor OF 1.-The
StoTysOf DOuard,' - ete& By Her brilliant histor-
! cal novelette,, ''Theyfslcx5stf Dolard. pub
slisheds in the Centurefssfze azine, Mrs Gather
weed Established her right to place amOngo our
f6femeSt writers of icsien. Mrs. Catherwood
has wfikten for the You549s Department beau
tifuI ard touching sheet story, The Talk
sidneyfassa, H. H. koyesen. Joel Chandler
Harris, 4flssIfas HaISfgt perhaps the greatest
living Enelishy csftFS Mrs. Alexander, John
Boyle 0 Reilly. the famous editor and poet
VIII draw 8bon his Australian experiences when
eEied by thR British t<52Vernment, for material
for a story &5Ohn EabBe8fOn and many other of
the most distinguished living nOyelists will con-
tribute.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
The Ideal Bow and Girl Series.

4 special feature viii be number Of delight
sal short stories, in which each author will IN
corporate his idea Of the Ideal Boy or the Ideal
Girl.
Edward Everett Hale. author of "a Man
Without a Country, - ''Ten Times One. - etc,
and Ellen OIney Kirke, author of 1.-The Story
OF Marguerite Kent, - ''Sons and Daughters, -
Queen Money etc, will write OF the Ideal
Boy.
Harriet Prescott spoford and Sarah Orne
La-.-tA - = Ill Gil
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

Tom KEENE is tearing up tragedy and
scattering it all over the Northwest.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
AN APPRECIATED LyVTTATION.

The following generous invitation is
very much appreciated by THE GAZETTE,
and is reward for efforts earnestly made
in behalf of the western half of Texas
and encouragement to future labor in its
behalf until that section shall come to its
very kind, and THE GAZETTE thanks
them:
WICHITA FALLS, Sept. p, 1889.
Editor Gazette, Fort Worth, Tex:
DEAR SIR-Inasmuch as our region of country
has 50 largely developed through the effects OF
consecutive fruitful years, the citizens of
Wichita Falls have decided they would celebrate
their seventh anniversary the 27th and 2sth nsts.,
and in view of the unvarying efforts of THE GA
zETTE, through its outspoken confidence in and
praise of our ction even in hours OF adversely,
it is the great pleasure of our citizens, appre-
ciating this unstinted and generous aid, to cor
daily invite you to be present with them and
learn further of their resources and hospitality
on the days of the proposed celebration.
representative gathering of the people of
Northwest Texas is looked for, and to meet per-
sonally the management of so liberal and able
journal as THE GAZETTE would be to them mat
ter of pride and pleasure.
The interests of our people and THE GAZETTE
seem plainly identical, as evinced by its policy,
and the present existing harmony is profoundly
gratifying to our citizens.
Hoping it viii be convenient for you to accept,
and wishing for you and THE GAZETTE unmeas-
ured prosperity, we are, yours most respectfully,
JOHN Howard,
J. :. KEMP,
Invitation Committee.
A S. STrNNErr- SecretarY Committee.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

AS A fool-killer, Niagara is magnif-
cent failure
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

The following table, compiled from special dis
patches to the Boston Post from the managers Of
the leading clearing houses of the United States
and Canada, shows the gross exchanges at each
point for the past week, with comparisons with
the corresponding week of last year:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
A gggreating Six Columns Each
Week.

The most eminent and popular and
women Of letters in America and Europe viii
contribute.
lord Tennyson contributes a new short poem
TO be published IN autograph.
Lord WOolseley relates personal adventures.
Bret HaTte writes q serial Of child adventures
on the great plains in early times.
Frances HOdgsOn Burnett contributes special
articles, and writes new serial for this depart
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
Daily Oazette.
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

A TALE OF THE CLEARING HOUSE.
Howa Texas Town Leads the Union No Real Estate Boom
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

The following table compiled from sparf,,
dispatches 10 the Boston Post, shows the y-,-,
exchanges at the leading clearing houses fo- -,
first eight months of 1883 in comparison with ..-
corresponding period OF 1883; -s
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
OUR YOUTHS DEPARTMENT,
EDITED BY
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT,
TO CONSIST OF

SERIAL STORIES for youth by famous novel
lists such as Mrs. Burnett, Bret Harte, Mar
earct Deland. Octave Thanet and others,
SHORT STORIES by the same authors, and
also b. such writer's as E. z. Hale, MISS Jewett,
Mrs. Alexander. Thomas Hardy Mrs. Spoford,
Ellen Olney Kirke, Frederick Villers, Maurice
Thompson, Robert Grant, Joel Chandler Harris
ana other famous nOvelists.
POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES on the
most interesting subjects, by distinguished
scientists IN Europe and America.
GRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL papers, by
Andrew Lang, Edmund GOsse, Admiral Porter,
Helen Gladstone Max Muller, Col. a. K. Nc
Clure. Hon. Edward J Phelps and many others
are herein announced. These special papers are
designed to cover the whole field of youthful in
teTest.
Agggreating Six Columns Each
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

To Be Continued in Our Next.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

*Not included in totals. No clearing house at
this time last year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

Total $500. $50 O64 As, 92S $31, 223. 5OT SAL is
Outside \ Y Il, 965, 072, 534 H. $50 1873 u5I l. ~
mot included in total. No clearing house at
this time last year.
Dallas Made no report for the eight months
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

together is of no little Importance, as it
relieves the governor of a fire in the
rear, while the grangers will be assured
by their most distinguished leader that
Thrcckmorton is all right - Terrell
Times
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

Eight months Eight months Pc
1889. ISIS. cen.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24

Total. $685., 9n, 81 1884, SIS, 445I. 1l.2
Outside N. York 356, $50, $50 346, 745, 4l2I. 81
Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-30
East Rock Line.

New Haven, Nov. %, 1888
Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-30
ron A NEW LONDON SCHOOL.


The memory OF . Distinguishsd Con-
necticus man Honorcd The Late
Hon. Henry r. Haven.
The Buckley school, of New London, is to
receive shortly an admirable portrait OF the
late Hon. Henry p. Haven, who was for
years one Of the trustees of this fouriehin9
school, which occupies the finest school
edifice In New London. The executors of
the estate of the deceased commissioned a
New Haven artist, Mr.. Harry !. Thompson,
10 execute the portrait, and the work has
been executed and the picture. in an elegant
frame, will be shipped TO New London to-
day. Mr.. Bond and Mrs. Perkins, (she lat
ter daughter of deceasedD executors of the
estate, were In New Haven recently, and ex-
pressed thorough satisfaction with the por-
trait. Il will at once be recognized BY all
who are familiar with the face Of Mr.. Haven
a. an admirable portrait, and one worthy the
high reputation and renown of the artist.
Il represents Mr.. Haven as he was when still
in the prime of life, q man of fine presence,
digniaed yet genial, benevolent, the sagacious
business man and man of affairs, and q
liberal, broad minded bsuefactor of the
church, the Sunday school, and of charitable
and Christian enterprises. 1t is credit
to New Haven. A fine oil portrait
of Mr.. Buckley, the founder Of
the Bulkeley school, hangs in the
school, which was also executed BY
the same New Haven artist. Mr.. Thompson
has also in preparation fine portrait Of ex-
Mayor York of this city, and one of Hon. T..
N. Shelton, one Of Birmingham's leading
men of affairs. The Mayor York portrait is
executed at the order Of the city of New
Haven to hang In the chamber of the COM
mon council, and the commission for the
Shelton portrait was given the artist by our
townsman, Hon. William e. Downes of
Whitney avenue, who ordered It as chairman
Of the committee Of directors of the Birming-
ham bank, of which Mr.. Shelton Is president.
The board of directors of the bank voted to
obtain portrait of Mr.. Shelton for the bank
parlors. The work on the portrait is now
we'll advanced.