Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-24

to Texas, though firmly Of the opinion that
the man who talks about Jersey mosquitoes
has never had any experience with the
Texas product. -
Speaking of the Ladies' orchestra re-
| minds me that the people of Fort Worth
don't know when they have a good thing.
| The business has not been anywhere near
what it should be- and yet there are no
| counter attractions. An opportunity is
| given for the lovers Of music and comedy
| to pass pleasant evening, free from the
| dust and heat of the city, just what they
have been telling me they wanted. 1t must
| be the hard times that renders them so
| backward, for, as a rule, Fort Worth
| people are liberal patrons of amusement.
| 1t must be this resort has been .'hoodooed,n
or Tim Keenan, has worked his rabbits
| foot on it. -
I understand that the prospect for Sc
| curing the Masonic grand lodge Of Texas
| for this city is progressing finely, and that
| there is now little doubt the session of 1892
will be held in Fort Worth. l am sure
hope So Fort Worth is nearer the Masonic
| center, and will be for all time, as she Is
| nearer the undeveloped portions Of the
! state, which are rapidly settling up Then
| Fort Worth has grand future before her.
and will soon become one of the largest
cities in the South. Houston and Galveston
| are too near each other TO amount to much,
and are also located in the older portions of
the state. will bet my last dollar on Fort
| Worth as 4 winner every time. She has
the country surrounding her, and the re-
| sources TO build her up An empire lies at
her door, larger than many Of the older
states in the Union With a magnificent
Masonic temple, a superb new city hall, the
only maltery in the state, and various other
mammoth structures in contemplation, visi-
tors to the grand lodge next year will see
the only city in Texas that hard times
could not paralyze.
The practice that obtains among lawyers
of instructing their clients to say nothing
to newspaper reporters is most repre-
hensible When difficulty occurs between
two men the reporter in his efforts TO Sc
cure the facts is handicapped at the outset
by these instructions. All c forts TO obtain
a straight story of the ARRAY are thus
rendered futile, and the reporter com
PEELED to rest under the stigma OF wilfully
misrepreSenting matters. The conScien
tious reporter is not content with hear
say; he wants the statements of the par
ties concerned, in order that the public at
large may know how the matter stands
For this reason it often occurs that injus-
tice is done, and more than one paper has
been compelled 10 fight ! libel suit, where
the attorney who instructed his client not
to make q statement IS TO blame and should
be held responsible. | sometimes think re
purterS are JuStlheu III publishing every
rumor they hear about case regardless OF
whom it may hurt.
a gentleman passed under my tree yes
terday long enough TO PROFOUND the follow
ing:
Wonder if there is any law regulating
alleys? II So the sanitary police ought to
pass through the alley between Main and
Houston and Fourth and Fifth streets and
see if II can be improved. There is 4 good
chance for the exercise of little cleanli-
ness on somebody's part
Now, as l have not been investigating
alleys lately, AIN not able 10 say whether
the gentleman is correct in his premises or
not, but Judging from the usual condition of
alleys which are commonly used as a catch
all for all manner of filth, / have no doubt
he is perfectly correct. | have never yet
seen the city whose alleys were as clean as
they might be, but it does not follow that
Fort Worth's alleys should be allowed to
remain filthy.