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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
ABoUr MEN AND WoMEH.

Mrs. Frank Leslie reaches her desk at
CLOCK in the morning and usually re-
mains at it until nearly 6. She told a
Chicago reporter the other day that her
average amount of sleep was not more
than five hours out of the twenty four.
Senator David F Houston of Roa-
noke, Va, fell on the ICY pavement at
Lancaster, Pa, on the 10Th inst. =, and ,
rupturing blood vessel, died in few
minutes. He had just returned from a
visit to Gen. Harrison in the interest of
the anti Malone faction, of which he
was the leader.
Sidney Bartlett, prominent and still
active member of the Boston bar, OBJ
served his ninetieth birthday recently
Although ten years the senior of Glad
stone, he is daily arguing complicated
cases with the same luciditY as in former
years. 1t is said he has a yearly practice
of 500, GOO.
A number of ladies in New Brunswick !,
n. j., have ordered q wax bouquet,
which they propose to present to Mrs.
Harrison on Inauguration day. As it
will measure forty-two inches in height
and weigh twenty pounds, Mrs Harrison :,
if she carries it, will get an idea of the
burdens OF ONCE.
A visitor says Of call on Miss Murfee
(Charles Egbert Craddock): 'fThe room
was as bare of pretty decorations as the
average hotel apartment. The carpet
and paper sWore at each other, as the
French say. There was the usual COM
plement of armed and armless chairs,
and high writing table Of the kind
usually found in Offices, with Webster
unabridged upon it. Miss Murfree is Of
MEDIUM height, with square, colorless
face, blue-gray eyes, and a mass of red
brown hair. She limps painfully, and
seems rather shy of strangers.
IT. Child, minister from this country
to Siam, is credited with a good head for
business. He was at home IN Missouri on
leave of absence when the presidential
election took place, and as soon as the
result was announced he started back to
his post at Bangkok, on the opposite side
of the globe. The journey viii occupy
several months, and after he gets there it
will be several months before knowledge
of change of administration will reach
him officially. 1t viii then require
about three. months for his resignation to
reach Washington, and his successor,
when appointed, will want to take some
time for preparation before starting on
his long journey to Bangkok, meantime
Mr.. Child will be performing the duties
and drawing the salary of minister.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

No. 20 (the land biIl9 the special order
for Wednesday The house refused.
Petititious were presented. BY Mr..
Murrell from citizens Of Cooke eonuty
asking for repeal of the occupation tax.
Mr.. White from citizens of San Saba
county asking for railway commits
sion
Mr.. Ta.bert petition from citizens Of
benson protesting against a commits
sion.
The general road bill was postponed
till Tomorrow.
House bill No. amending the law
regulating railroad charges was conSid-
cred. , nendmeats offered By Mr.
Gresham were adopted to con-
fine the rates to those OF
the commission bill already
engTossed, viz: Thirty cents per 100
pounds for 100 miles and % cents for 500
miles or less. MIR. Gresham as author
of the bill spoke in its favor
Mr.. Brown of GraysOn argued that the
bin was delusive and that it would Op-
crate to the advantage Of Galveston and
TO the detrimeut of Austin, san antonio
ana other interior points
Mr.. Gresham answered that the bin
was not in the interest OF Galveston be-
cause OiAf CStoh htiNA AAO tAfCA4EAb VI OPCAA
highway by sea- he combatted
the objection raised by Mr. Brown The
bill would give us the advantages
that the railroad had given large cities
beyond our borders.
Mr.. Brown still contended that the bill
would give the benefit Of the low rates to
Galveston from all directions and to other
places from only one direction.
Mr.. Strong offered and spoke in favor
of an amendment to obyiate this objec-
ton by striking out the words ''in the
same direction. The amendment was
lost by vote of 30 yeas and Al nays by
casting the vote of Mr. Pickett, who was
i'll the chair in the absence Of Speaker
Alexander.
Mr.. RentfrO suggested THAI the speaker
should vote, but 1t was ruled out of or
der as the vote had been announced.
The bill was ordered engrossed.
\ communication was received through
Maj. Holmes, private secretary of the
governor, extending an Invitation of
Governor and Mrs. Ross to a reception at
the executive mansion tomorrow even
ing.
Mr.. Nelson introduced a bill regula-
ting the printing of ballots for state and
city elections.
Mr.. Levy introduced a bin regulating
charges of express companies.
House adjourned till 10 O'Clock to-
morrow
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
A QUESTION or MERCANTILE
RIGHTS

That will be one of the most notable
cases in the history of Texas jurispru-
dence, which was instituted at Waco on
Tuesday against the directors of the
Texas lumber dealers ASSOCIATION. 1t in
wolves questions of new and novel
character, in which commercial organ
izat1ons everywhere are interested.
The plaintiffs, who are owners of a
large saw mill, in defiance of one of the
rules of the Lumber dealers association ;,
sold their product directly to the con-
sumner. The directors of the association
reported that fact to its mem
beers, who ceased to patronize
the compliments. They ask for
a Judgment for S10O 900 actual and
S25 900 exemplary damages for loss of
trade resulting from this action by the
directory.
The consequences complained Of would
follow, doubtless, in any department of
commercial life, apolicy similar to that
adopted by the plaintiffs. It is a
universal and lnlexible mercantile
rule that the wholesale dealer
shall confine his transactions to
retail dealers. Otherwise the small
dealers, and with them the villages and
towns, would be absorbed by mammoth
enterprises, and the entire business of
the country would be centralized in
a few cities. The principle of the case
affects grocers, clothiers, hardware and
dry goods merchants precisely as it con-
Germs the retail lumber dealer. A judg-
ment for the plaintiffs would virtually
decide that they have no right to inform
each other when a wholesale dealer vio-
lates the established and necessary rules
of business or TO withdraw by agreement
their business from him on that account.
The mercantile interest will watch closely
the proceedings in the Waco case.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

THE fact that Senator Coke favors the
Handy bill changing the time of holding
state elections so as to separate them
from Federal elections viii go far to Sc
cure its passage by the present legisla
ture. 1t indicates, too, that there is
good ground for the belief that the Re-
issues to the front and avenge upon the
South its discontinue in 1884 If its radi-
cal leaders can control its politics. At
present the only obstacle within their
party to their designs seems to be the
president-elect. 1t remains to be seen
whether he intends to be president Of
One-half or of all of the states composing
the Union
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
THINK o. Lr. GENTLEMEN,

Fort Worth has raised a subsidy Of
$40, 900 to the Fort Worth and Albuquer-
que railroad; but the money required to
Duild the road must come from abroad.
viii capital go into railroad when it
knows that such road is TO be managed
by three men with no interest in the road,
who are willing to work for $4,000 a year,
and whose job depends upon pandering
to the sentiment that gave them their
position? Let every man in Texas put
this question to himself and judge what
foreign capital would do by what he him
self would do under similar circum-
stances And what is said of the Fort
Worth and Albuquerque has equal appli-
cation to the extension of the Fort Worth
and Rio Grande and of the Arkansas Pass.
Outside capital is not likely to place itself
within the power of state that bases
its legislation on the claim that it has the
right not only to regulate but to destroy.
Fort Worth wants more railroads: it
wants road to Mckinney and Paris; it
wants road to Albuquerque; it wants a
road to the Rio Grande; and, therefore,
this city does not wish to legislate on
railroads without due investigation.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21


vision Of the Law is simply in extending
the time within which forfeitures must
be declared At present they result ipso
facto from the non-payment Of interest
when due upon the lst of August.
The amendment gives two years of
grace before a forfeiture. Neither the
present law nor the Stephens bill de-
clares a forfeiture for the payment
of intermediate insta1lments due upon tine
principal.
The object of the sale features of the
bill seems to be to induce immediate set
Element of the public domain, and to
make it possible for actual Sc tiers
to pay for their homes and to continue to
live upon them after location This is and
must be, under the present system, the
exception and not the rule. It has been
contended that the cause OF the forfeit
ure of the larger proportion of the lands
sold to settlers is that they buy too much
land. Mr stephens bill puts premium
upon small purchases, which it proposes
TO recover from the alternating quarter
sections on the theory that they will be
enhanced in valued by the cultivation of
the adjacent lands.
The one supreme purpose that should
be kept in view in legislating upon the
land question is the settlement of the I'M
occupied public domain. The abandon
ment Of the actual settler system should
not be contemplated for moment; the
public interest requires not simply that
these lands should be alienat, but that
they should be settled. It would be bet
ter and more productive to the state to
sell the lands at 81 an acre to actual set
tiers than to get So an acre for them from
nonresident purchasers. Whenever the
state has encouraged speculation in public
lands it has had occasion to regret it.
The time has come to concentrate its
efforts upon the one idea of populating
its waste places. The measure proposed
by Mr.. Stephens is a step in that diree-
ton. 1t is not all, nor half that the
friends of western devel )pment desire,
but it is perhaps as much as can be ex-
pected at the present. When one sincere
effort to populate the public lands is
made the results viii prove so satisfactory
that there will be no difficulty in perfect
ing a system looking to that as its chief
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
TEXAS IN TYPE.

Nacogdoches Is being visited by many
strangers looking out for homes.
The Wolfe City national bank recently
organized, has paid-up capital of $50,
900.
The Presbyterians at CoIlinsville have
determined to build house of worship in
that town.
Quanah has population of 700, and all
the leading trades and professions are
well represented.
There is talk of the forming of new
county of east Nacogdoches, with ChirenO
as the county seat.
An effort is being made at Wolfe City
to get an oil mill into operation before tbe
next crop of cotton.
Ochiltree county has been organized
and viii choose a full set of officers and
county seat on Thursday, February 81.
Scurry county has petitioned the legis-
lature against the bill proposing TO take
off Kent and CARA county and attach
them to some other county.
Cotton is still coming into Nacogdoches.
1t is said there are several thousand bales
in the county yet TO be dylivered as soon
as the condition of the roads is better.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
Conanche.
GOAAAetAACAASs
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
CoMANCHE, TEX. Feb. 20.-The case
of the State VS. Tom Green for the muir
der of Smith is now occupying the court.
Several days viii be consumed in taking
the evidence.
The jury in the Holms murder case,
which was tried last week in Brentwood
on change of venue from this county,
failed to agree.
The grand jury adjourned last Satur-
day. Only twenty true bills were re-
ceived, seven of these being misdemean-
ors and thirteen felonies--l good showing
for Comanche.
Judge Common was called home last
week by q telegram on account of sick
ness in his family. Judge Fleming OF
Albany is presiding in his absence.
Rev. s. J Franks and lady left for
Gainesville this morning, where he goes to
assist the pastor at that place in a pro-
tracted meeting.
We are in the midst of the coolest snap
of the winter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

IL THE political parties in Texas were
more evenly divided the majority within
the dominant party would be less AFRO
giant. The majority of the Democratic
party in Texas is the most pitiless, intol-
Grant political boss in the American
Union. If Harrison has the sense of pat
riotisin he viii give this Union an adj
ministration that viii produce political
results in Texas calculated to teach toll
erance and caution to the merciless lead
ers of majorities within the Democratic
party.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
NEWS md Nores.

only two members OF the Kansas house
Of representatives are natives of the
state.
During the year 1887 the Russian
tobacco factories turned out 2 .592 ,756 ,s6'
cigarettes.
A horseshoe factory is building il
Chicago which will turn cut million
shoes day.
The Maine legislature has rejected the
ballot reform bill 1t had hearty sup
port, bnt the politicians didn want it
Porous glass for window panes has been
produced IN Paris The pores are too fine
to admit draft, but they assist in ven
tilation
There are said to be about q dozen
negro physicians in Brooklyn, some OF
whom have been in active practice for
fully forty years.
Maine has grown ice eleven inches
thick up to this date, which is only one
third of the thickness of her average
winter crop. It's cold, though, and
that consoles her.
The expenses of elections in Boston I'M
der the new ballot reform law win be
about SI00 900 instead of Sl4 900 as
precautions against fraud. High culture
appears to have no affect upon politics in
the hub.
Government farming is not a glittering
success. The New York state agricul-
tural experiment station cost SIS 600 last
year and the value of its produce was
Sl73.l9. Still this is an economical inn
provement upon the national govern
ment s tea culture.
Here is q new word The New York
Sun notes it as follows: In the Asbury
Park Directory occurs this name: j. R.
Borden, motorneer. Thus new word
has been coined for the language. A
motorneer is the man who rides on the
front of an electric car and handles the
trolly, which runs on the wire overhead
and conveys the electricity from the wires
to the motor under the car.
A curious case has just been decided in
tn eFrankfort law courts. A few years
ago the collection of coins owned by the
town of Cologne was robbed of several
valuable pieces of money. Among these
was large thaler of the time of Karl
V, which had got into the pos
session of a Hamburg collector, who
sold it to an antiquarian firm at Frank
fort. The men of Cologne hearing of
this sent to demand their own, but the
firm not unnaturally objected, having
paid &27 for the coin The judges
deemed that the Cologne collection had
a right to its stolen thaler, and it is now
again reposing in state among its former
fellows.
The report of Adj Gen Drum places
the numerical strength of the New York
state militia at 10 ,532 the greatest in the
Union Pennsylvania is second with
1851, and Ohio third, with 1921. The
fourth in line is South Carolina, which
has 5305, or only 322 less than Ohio, al
though the unorganized militia of the
two states is. 115, 900 and $50 900 respec-
lively. Massachusetts comes next, with
5l62, but the six states might lead to some
random guessing, as it is Georgia which
surpasses Illinois by few hundred. Lit
tie New Jersey, always an enthusiastic
military state, follows, having 4l84 Or
ganized militia, against 1919 of Illinois,
with Chicago to help. The next is Cali
fornia.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
THE STEPHENS LAND BILL

The land bill introduced in the state
senate by Senator Stephens of Montague
and now pending in that body, does not
propose such extensive notifications of
the existing system as THE GAZETTE has
advocated aud that it expects to see
adopted ultimately, but such changes as
this bill would make would undoubtedly
be in the interest of Western develop
ment. The more important features
of the bill are:
/. 1t provides for the sale of the north
east or southwest quarters of any agri-
cultural section of the public lands at
81 20 an acre, restricting a purchase
upon these terms to one-quarter section
The price of the remaining tracts of the
section, the northwest and southeast
quarters, is fixed at 50 so an acre, and
the minimum price per acre when an
entire section of land classed as agricul-
tural is taken is S1.75
2. The price of lands classed as pasture
lands is fixed at 81 80 an acre; pasture
lands with water thereon, 81 an acre;
no less than a section to be sold; timber
lands n minimum price of So an acre.
3. Forfeitures are to be declared after
the expiration of two years from the ma
tur1ty of the obligation, for the non-pay-
ment of interest, but not for the nom
payment of an annual instaument of
principal after the first payment upon the
principal.
4. Affidavit is required from the appli-
cant to purchase that he viii settle upon
the land within three months from the
date of the application.
8. a purchaser who has paid one
fourth or more of his obligation is per-
mitted to select a proportionate part of
the land purchased, including his most
valuable improvements, and receive a
patent therefor.
6. Lands classed as agricultural are
reserved from lease; and the lease rate
for pasture lands is fixed at cents an
acre.
In other respects the present system is
left unchanged. The alterations in
prices consist in fixing specific price of
Sl.50 upon dry grazing lands, 81 upon
grazing watered lands, and IS
upon timbered lands, instead
of the slniform minimum of s. upon dry
lands, SO for watered lands and So for
timbered lands, named by the present
law. The change in the forfeiture pro-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
PARIS.
Pythian Silver Anniversary Celebrated-Sure
OF New Charter
Special to the Gazette.

OF New CHdfIeEs
Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, TEX, Feb. 20-The Sam
Houston lodge, Knights of Pythias, cele-
brated their silver anniversary last night.
The lodge is very strong here, and the
lodges of Bonham, Honey Grove and
GAINESVILLE were present by invitation to
participate in the celebration. The an,
niversary ceremonies were in the
new Methodist Church South. The
address of welcome was delivered
by J. w. 0wenby, and the address of
the evening was delivered by Rev. ]. R
Wages of the Methodist Episcopal church
on friendship. Music was furnished by
Mrs Mamie Moore, Misses Edna Owenby :,
Minnie yesey and Edith Chamberlain
Messrs. J. I. Burgher, r. T. Price and
T. s. Hill. After the concert the knights
repaired 70 the armoFy where banquet
was had.
There seems to be no doubt but that
Paris will reeefve q new charter at the
hands of the present legislature.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

THE separate coach bill is another illns-
tration of the diversified demands upon
Texas law-givers. Between Fort Worth
and Ell Paso, distance of 600 miles,
there is probably not one travelling negro
to the train; and yet if there were, and
the white coaches were crowded and emp
the railroad would be held violator of
law. Draw the line, Mr.. Pope, draw
the line, and give the roads in the white
belt chance.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
SWEET LITTLE SOMEBODY.

Somebody craw1s into mammals bed
just at the break of day,
Snuggles up close and whispers aloud,
Somebody's come to stay"
Somebody rushes through the house,
Never once shuts door,
Scatters her playthings all around
Over the nursery ioor.
Climbs on the fence and tears her clothes
Never q bit cares She
Swings on the gate and makes mud-pieS-
Who can somebody be-
Somebody looks with roguish eyes
Up through her tangled hair:
Somebody's nae, she says, ssbut. then
SOMEBODY'S doesn't care
-iEveEy Other Saturday
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

THOUGH out of politics, Jim Browning
does not sleep when the interests of the
West are at stake That the Panhandle
judicial district bill found smooth sailing
in the Twenty first legislature was large
" due TO his presence at Austin and per-
sonal influence with the legislators.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

THE senate has passed bill making the
22d of February arbor day, and it
viii no doubt be adopted by the house.
The measure viii serve good purpose in
directing by official action the attention
of all the people of the state to the ex-
pediency of tree planting. TO the pro-
gressive citizens Of Abilene belongs the
credit of originating the idea which has
eliminated in the passage of this bill.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

THE Austin Statesman says the railroad
commission bin will pass the senate by
vote of Il to Il. And if it does, THE
GAZETTE predicts that in less than three
years its repeal will be passed in the SEN
ate by vote of % to 4. A measure so
harsh as the proposed bill cannot fail TO
produce a reaction that will deprive
Texas of wise regulation for many
wears
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

THE GAZETTE congratulates the Pam
handle on its increased court facilities. 1t
got nothing more than it deserved from
the Twenty-fir legislature in the creation
of two new judicial districts. In Judge
6. A. Brown of Donley and Judge NJ. B !.
Plemmons of Potter, who have been ap-
pointed and confirmed as judges of these
districts, the judiciary is enlarged by
men with clear conceptions Of law and Of
Justice.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21
4 Grenf RnttEe

Is continually going on in the human sys-
tenn. The demon OF impure blood strives
to gain victory over the constitution, TO
ruin health, to drag victims to the grave.
A good reliable medicine like Hood 8
Sarsaparilla is the weapon with which to
defend ones self, drive the desperate
enemy from the field, and restore peace
and bodily health for many years. Try
this peculiar medicine.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

THE Jarvis road law is being discussed
in the senate. Since this law permits
each county TO say for itself how it will
pay for good permanent roadways, it
does seem that simple justice demands its
enactment. Should the bill become a
law no one county could dictate to an
other, but each would be left free to
struggle with muddy roads or to supply
permanent passable hlghways.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-21

THE president-elect was rendered the
use of Calvin Brice' private car to travel
from indianapolis TO Washington, but
instead has accepted for that purpose the
private car Of President Roberts of the
keeps his car in good order for four years
he NAV vet have his revenge.