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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
Immieration Decreasing.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Last month "a -
7IG immigrants landed at Castle Garden,
against Is $50 IN July, 1888. Every
month this year has been marked by a
gradual decline in European immigTa-
tion. Among the reasons advanced are,
difficulty in finding employment here, in
ducements offered by various South
American Governments, and the encour-
agemeut to remain at home, given by
foreign mouarchIes whose surplus popu-
Iation has been worked off in past years.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
Postmasters Appointed.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The president
has appointed the following postmasters:
Rollin A. Edgarton, Little Rock, Ark
vice J. W Newton, removed.
William w. Nesbitt, JOnesbOrough,
Ark vice J. w. Owens, removed.
James c.. Russell, Camden Ark. vice
William T. Averava, removed.
James K Barnes, Fort Smith, Ark.
vice W. J. Fleming, resigned.
George A. Race, Houston, Tex. vico
Robert Burns, removed.
Henry A. Morgan Vernon, Tex.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
In Amarillo.
Amarillo Champion.

Mai. VanZandt of Fort Worth, who
with his family has been here spending
month in Amarillo, is so delighted with
the country that he has purchased q
block of land, on which ne will build
residence, where ne expects to spend
next summer with his family. This
means much for this town, for when
solid business men like Maj VanZandt
has, after month 5 trial, enough con-
fdence N the future OF our town 10 IN
vest in real estate, this fact IS a big
boom for any town, and Mr.. VanZandt
viii help to boom Amarillo.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
CIrcuIation and Treasury FUNDS.

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-A statement
prepared at the treasury department.
shows there was a net decrease of 1853, ,
1l3 IN circulation during the usuth OF
July and a net decrease of $50 ,8l4 in
money and bullion in the treasury dur
ing the same time The decrease in Cir
culation was principally in national bank
notes and gold coin, and the decrease in
money and bullion in the treasury was
principally in gold bullion and national
bank notes. The total circulation Au-
gust I is stated at 81 ,379 1856 ,937, and
the total money and bullion in the treas
ury on the same date at 1862, Ol2 ,029.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
United Effort viii Win.
Baird Star.

Northwest Texas wants immigration ;
Callahan county wants immigration :.
Then let US be up and doing; no half
hearted, halfway milk-and- cider bust
ness is going to count; no two or three
men can do all there is to be done. Let
us all make a united effort to secure men
and capital to develop our waste places
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
PARSONS BRIGADE REUNION.

The Time for the Meeting August and 8.
July 81, 1889.
To the Gazette.
In your issue of the Goth you published
the time and programme for the reunion
of Parsons brigade at kaufman, for
which please accept thanks, but your
printer made a mistake in printing the
time, August II and is when the correct
time is 18th and 8th of August. Please
correct. W. @. VEAL.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
Louislana Appointments.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The president
has rendered disappointment of collector
of the port of New Orleans to ex-Gov-
ernor Yarmouth Of Louisiana.
The president has appointed John s.
Thety to be naval officer at New Or
leans
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
a Trust That Night be Excused.
\ consumer $ trust.

A consumer s trust.
A trust for the laboring man.
A trust for the Woodworking women.
A trust for those who do not show on
the tax duplicate, but who, none the
less, pay all the taxes.
A trust for the people of these United
States who are growing tired of paying
two prices for salt, sugar, -four, provis-
ions. butter, medicine, clothing and
shoes.
The Democratic party ought to furnish
a trust like this
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
An Ice-COYered Continent.


DR.. Nansen, the explorer of Green
land, has given an account OF his jour
ney across that country to a meeting of
the Royal geographical society in Lon
don Greenland, he declares, is so
thIckIy covered with ice, the accUmuIa-
ton Of ages, that no part of the interior
is ever laid bare His theory is that
from the high land il the 'f4sspjQT the
cold winds Tadiate in alI''s ditep-
tons toward the warmer coasts The
thermometer Of the expedition Showed
80 dogs. F. below freezing, but as this is
the lowest temperature which they were
calculated to mark Dr.. Nansen con-
siders that the temperature was often
much lower in reality. The interior of
Greenland, which mas cUrving surface,
highest in the centegf is in some
parts at least tens thousand feet
above the sea leFeI. The ice,
the explorer estirnases as being in
places 5000 feet deep, am, tt1B very tops
of the mountains. are. cazseredtEIth GA
ciers hundreds OF teef ttieks. IN his opin-
ion, even in winter, II ifffsss 81 ice is
pierced at the bottom by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of water, which help to keep down the
growth of the immense ice field, while its
increase is also limited by the constant
breaking of of ieebergs along the coast.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
Fort worth and the West.
Baird Star.

Callahan county should unite with Fort
10 North and Northwest Texas. Fort
Worth and THE GAZETTE are the stead
fast friends of Northwest Texas Then
let US assist them aud at the same time
benefit ourselves.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
HOuStOn's Postmaster Bounced to
Make Room for a Republican.
A Dangerous Thing for a Texas Office
seeker TO Favor a White Mans
Republican Party.
Still No Announcements for Collectors OF
Customs for Texas-Warmouth rendered
the New Orleans CoIeetorship.
HypocriticaI Civil Service.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The admins
tration has again shown the utter hol-
lowness of It's pretension in the matter of
civil service reform by removing another
Democratic postmaster simply to make
room for a Republican. George A.
Race was to-day named post
master at Houston. Against
the incumbent, Mai Burns,
there could not have been any serious
charge and the only conclusion is that
the spOils theory is still the dominant
sentiment in the Republican party. Race
is said to be a decent sort of a man, and
he was fortunate III having the support
of both Quincy and DeGress. lie was en-
dorsed by the leading business men OF the
Bayou city, and won over such prOmi-
nent men Us Strong, Hopkins and
HIM Hopkins could easily have won
had he not announced himself = believer
IN the movement recently started to form
d white man s party IN the South. With
such sentiments he could not hope to have
the aid of Quincy, whose influence with
the administration is considerably
stronger than that of any Republican in
the state.
STILL WATERS.
It was generally expected that the col
IectOrs of customs for Texas would
be announced to-day and Col.
Campbell, DEGREES, Clark, RenfrO
and the rest were sanguiDe that their
fate would be decided one way or the
other. They are doomed, however, TO
still further delay. Renfro is certain OF
being named collector at Brownsville.
1t is toss up between JOrden and Brews-
ter at Corpus Christi, and as to FL PasO,
as THE GAZETTE has already been adj
vised, no prediction can be safely made.
A tip that Campbell viii be winner IS
given for what it is worth.
Mr.. J. W. Parker, wife and children
and Mrs. H c. Weld of Taylor, Tex,
are visiting friends at the capital.
Henry A. Morgan is appointed post
master at Vernon, Tex.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
The President of Ssi6uraugua Dead.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. IA
Times Democrat san Juan Del Sur spe-
ciaI announces the death to-day of Evar-
iste Carazo, president of Nicaragua.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
FOLLOWED HIS WIFE'S ADVICE.
why a Half Breed Chickasaw Killed White
Man.
Special to the Gazette

Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, TEX, Aug. 81 .,'Cealy and
G. Fhomas, charged with killing Doc
Herring at>Eady Conche's ranch near
Berwyn, were brought here to-day.
Their examining trial was bsls by Com
missioner kirkpatrick, who released
Thomas and committed Cealy &, It seems
that all the parties had beeu.dri1rbk and
fighting, in which Herring cut Thomas
on the hand and CealY on the neck.
They made friends again, but when
CeaIy got home his wife advised him to
take Iris gun and kill Herring, which he
did Herring was & white man and
Cealy and Thomas are haIf-breed Chick
asaWs.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
In Part.
TAYLOR Texsr

Fort Worth is looking f5r some IN "
things in the near futur I'm thu
factories and other inv
tai. Is the harvest sCS5<1c7~< rs.
Palace being reaped
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
INUNDATED.
Terrible Storm Sweeps Over a New Yerk
Town-Heavy Property Loss.

WATKINS, y. Y, Aug. "A terrible storm
swept over a narrow belt in this valley yesterday
afternoon. Watkins Glen was completely swept
OF bridges, staircases and paths, and the wreck
struck the irong bridge over Franklin street and
swept it from its abutments down the stream
about four blocks where it lodged. The lower
half OF the village was flooded by water thus
damned, and people had TO be taken from the
secOnd-story windows of several houses. The
damage viii be several thousand dollars.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08

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Southwest. The Best the Cheapest and Most
Popular Paper in the State
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-01
flashlights.

In the summer the very old and the very
young, with other feeble persons, were en-
ployed in cutting rushes, the best kind for
candle making being the common softIjun-
Gus congkomeratus These grow best by
river banks and in marshy pastures The
longest and plumpest were selected and de-
prived of the outer green covering, process
facilitated by first sleeping them In water
One very narrow strip alone was left from
top to bottom as support for tho pith. or
two if the dip was intended for a night Light
when it burned slowly and with feeble
flame. After being peeled the rushes were
bleached on the grass and then dried IN the
sun.
Six pounds of grease were allowed to q
pound Of rushes; these last required, to cool
between each immersion in the boiling fat,
and were dipped again and again until Of
sufficient size. Where bees were kept, q small
quantity of wax was added to the tallow, the
candles acquiring greater consistency thereby,
but mutton fat was considered to answer the
same purpose The flashlights thus formed
burned from half an hour to forty minutes on
an average. A curiously shaped candlestick
was used to hold them, and similar ones are
still employed for the purpose by some Of the
Connaught peasants Machine made candles,
however, are now so cheap, and paraff1ne oil
is in such general use, that only in the re-
hottest districts does one see home made
rushlight. -Blackwood's Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-01

The birthday of Washington is registered
in an old family Bible of quarto form, de
lapidated by use and age and covered with
Virginia striped cloth, the record being in
the handwriting of the patriots father:
George william, son Of Augustine Washington
and Mary, his wife, was born We eleventh day Of
February, 1912, about ten in the morning, and
was Baptized the 3D. April following, Mr. Bromley
Whiting and Captain Christopher Brooks god
fathers and Mrs'aIildred Gregory godnother.
The difference in the Gregorian calendar
or new style of reckoning time, brings the
birthday to the 22d of February instead OF
the llth
Almost every one is familiar with the home
Of Washington through the many engravings
which have been published, and which have
found their way to almost every fireside
The mansion, very spacious on the ground
floor, is INTELLECTUALLY quite pleasing. 1t
stood upon a smooth gresa, velvety lawn,
spreading several hundred -eet down to the
river, which washed its eastern base The
prospectus commanded was magnificent. The
eminence in the rear was crowned with a
stately forest. The estate Of $500 acres was
divided into many highly cultivated farms
Much of the region was still covered with the
forest which the ak of the settler had never
disturbed. Game OF every variety abounded
on the hills Washington inherited this
property from his brother Lawrence, and the
original mansion house was built by him, but
when it came into the possession of George
Washington he enlarged the mansion and i'm
proved the property in every way.
Washington wrote regarding its resources,
saying:
mo estate in the United States is more
pleasantly situated. In high and healthy
country, in latitude between the extremes
of heat and cold, on one of the finest rivers in
the world; river welt stocked with various
kinds of fish at all seasons of the year, and in
tho spring with shad, herring, bass and carp
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-01
The Ghost Made I'm Skip.

A number Of Irwin, Pa, boys wero fright
ened almost to death by seeing what they de-
clare to be ghost near that town the othe: /,
night. They say they saw a woman running
along the top of the bank and then suddenly
jump into the cut. As the distance from thief
top of the cut to the bottom is about thirty
feet, they rushed up, expecting to find the
mangled remains of a dead woman, but on
arriving at the spot she had mysteriously
disappeared. Then a scare Of such huge di-
mansions took possession of them that every
ones hat rose several inches above his head
and ''Letsgetouterthis" was the cry, and out
they did get, making more steps TO the minute
and fewer to the mile than ever were made
In that locality. Cincinnati Enquirer
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-01
BUFFALO BILL AS A SWELL.
His Experience in q Clawhammer Worse
Than Fighting Indians.

His Experience in q Clawhammer Worse
Than Fighting Indians.
I met Buffalo Bill last night at the corner.
He was entertaining crowd Of jolly fellows
by relating his experiences in the wild east. 1t
was not exactly the east, either, but it was
east to him. He told of being with Sheridan
during the war. On his return he was in
vited to visit the general at Chicago. He
was in the Garden City two or three days as
the generals guest, and was asked to attend
a society ball It became whispered around
that Gen. Sheridan and his scout were to be
present, and society was delighted with the
idea of meeting the terror of the west.
On the afternoon preceding the society
event Mike Sheridan asked Buffalo Bill if he
had brought his full dress suit with him
This staggered the man of the plains, and he
said he guessed he couldn't attend the ball
The generals brother rented an evening suit
from a furnishing house, and Buffalo Bill got
into it and started for the ball 81 was never
in such a sweat in my life" said William, as
The Herald man hid his note book and as
sumed an intelligent look; II would rather
have plunged into forty Indian battles than
to have entered that ball room. felt un
comfortable, but went in with the generals
brother. was introduced to about one hYn-
dred ladies and the same number of gentle
men. My pants-or rather the pants which
Mike Sheridan had rented for me-were ter
ribly tight, as were also my gloves, which
came through the same channel did not
know which garment would break first, but
fortunately neither did. Ihad one dance, and
this was at the solicitation of II lady who was
DESTROYS of dancing with C .uy. | got on
the floor with her, and the music started ]
was waiting for some one to call of, but there
was no call, as had been accustomed to. ]
never had such dreadful time. After got
through with the dance started for the door,
and put in the rest Of the night at the nearest
saloon, where had a racket with the settler
had changed my clothes, you know, and had
neglected to change the contents Of my
pockets. / hadn't cent, and the barkeepeI
or, as l called him then, the settler, saw me
there in full dress and asked me what would
have. told him whisky, and then he kicked
because l did not offer to pay him for it;
Mike came in shortly afterward and fixed. Il
with the barman. Before this l was on my
good behavior, as the general had told me
that he wanted to show people that his scout
was a gentleman. That was all l wanted
with full dress evening balls, and 1 was my
self again when disrobed Of those rented
clothes. Omaha Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-01
Tho Bulldogs Nobility.

There Is a certain nobility about bulldog
that goes far towards concealing his ugliness.
One Of the prize winners has been going to
bench shows for the last thirteen years, and
he was never known to behave himself In an
unseemly manner. He is as ugly as sin, but
his owner thinks him the ha2dSomest dog on
earth. Hes the best judge of human nature
ever saw" said he. He knows an honest
man and gentleman by instinct. He never
frightened woman or a child, he never went
tearing down the front walk after anybody,
but the very looks of him would mighty nigh
scare tramp to death. When, tramp
comes to my house he begins to holler
Hello mile off. The old dog loves to
scare 'sm. But he's not quarrelsome OF fussy.
never knew him to run up and down a
neighbours palings after the dog on the other
side. He's above that but he never lodged
responsibility. He has come in violent
personal contact with other>dogs thousand
times, more or less, and be was never the
bottom dog in the fight. Talk about your
sheep; wouldn't give him for a whole flock.
Sheep are to eat and wear; my dog is a com
panion and a friend."-New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-01
A KISS.

Something made OF nothing. tasting very sweet;
A most delicious compound, with ingredients COM
plete:
But If. as on occasion. the heart and mind are
sour,
It has no great Significance It loses half its power
Something made of nothing, and never twice the
same,
Though It's known In every country where love
has had q name;
1t Is clearly meant for giving, though It's some
times bought and sold,
And, like coffee and potatoes, is not so good when
cold
1t oft appeases discord when words have failed to
please,
Whether bestowed caressingly or given Just TO
tease.
For laugh will often save one from doing some
thing worse,
And the lips that taste the sweetness are seldom
heard to curse.
lis the strangest, oldest mixture, this something
made or naught,
Which is never seen or handled although tbs often
caught;
Which will not spoil in keeping. whatever be the
cline,
For this something made of nothing will stand the
test of time
Milwaukee Sentinel
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-01
A Beautiful Definition.

A dear child called Mary Cooper had sead
her allotted piece with such appropriate en-
phasis and such sympathy of expression that
tho inspector said to her in his kind, sincere
manner: THAT was really beautiful, my
child! And now" he added, ''if you can tell
me the meaning Of that word turf I shall
give you my very best mark" Meanings of
words are mountains of difficulty to some
children, and the tears almost started to
Mary's eyes because she realized that the in
spector had CHANGED to drop on WORD
whose meaning she had not lately studied.
Poor child l wonder how often she
had frolicked and tripped over natures en-
erald carpetingl Possibly never But Mary
had plenty of determination; she felt that
her very life almost depended on giving an
answer; and she lost no time in exercising
her little brain to the utmost for some kind
of a definition; and, just as the inspector
wGs saying, well, never mind, child, 1 will
pass on" she eagerly exclaimed: Turf, sir,
is grass and clean dirt stuck together by
God" "A most excellent definition" said
the Inspector; lin fact the answer | looked
for waS~not nearly so precise as that You
have gained my highest mark. "-Longman's
Magazine
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-01
Their Corner In Land.

1t is not so, many dozen years since tn.
founder of the Astor family came to this
country as q small dealer in furs. He bought
land where it could be obtained for almost
one Of the tunes Of an old tambourine, and
held it until it promised too much to be easily
parted with. Its value grew at even greater
rate than did his progeny. The disasters of
1887 were taken advantage of by William B.
Aston in that memorable year. he bought
up real estate at extremely low prices, and so
assiduously devoted his talents, time and
money to the acquisition of land that he had
$25, OOO, 900 worth of it to divide at his death
III 1915 This land Corner" as it may be
called, which eachtgeneration has added to,
has gathered, as the fixed stone is said to
gather the moss, the almost fabulous pile that
has made the name and fame of the family
known in this and every other land where
Mammon has bis votaries,-New York Tele
gram.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-01
The Blind Chaplain of the House.

Rev. DR.. Milburn, the chaplain of the
house of representatives, is blind man. He
has been blind from childhood, but man OF
more distinguished appearance cannot be
found In congress. He bears striking APP
pearance to Governor Gordon The blind
chaplain, as he is usually called, is an invet-
crate smoker. He smokes a dozen or more
strong cigars daily and is seldom seen with.
out one between his bps. His daughter leads
him to the Capitol each morning about II
O'Clock, and from that hour until noon he sits
III the reception room smoking while Miss
Mitburn reads to him the morning papers
Whenever anything is read which strikes him
hcaskS to have it read second time, and it is,
Indeed, a rare exception when in bis opening
prayers he does not refer to something his
daughter has just read to him from the morn
Ing papers By his reference to current
events and the strikingly beautiful and elo
quent language Of his prayers, he has made a
friend Of each and every member, and some
Of tho more religiously inclined always 20 to
TIE Capitol early just to hear the beautiful
morning prayer offered up by the blind
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cor. Atlanta Con
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