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2 DAILY DEMOCRAT.
/'vol. i.
fort worth* texas, monday evening. may 14, 1883.
no. 155
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lusiness
autistic: photogkapay.
7out worth art gallery,
j. A.R. MI«*OK,l w)P.' .'
O'liyi (t and eiiUrtr'nit photographs a npe *i-
■ltv. Llf« size pint !'« Id oir,-n'K ur wli'pr
color*. Kail line of photographed material,
Jrumog, moiiMiiiK ( <aarl«, clc. t*f>- '-t Main
. ulr el. .
A« Ticur.TrnAX implkmk.N IS.
b. mitchell & co.%
J. agricultural implements.
farm and mill machinery.
We have a full lin«or barbed wire,
binders. Under twiue, Nichols & Sliep-
*u£^sr!m€TS<. iMkjWWbaOAtxi presses.
100,108 and 110 Throefcriiiorton street.
.. . - ' ■ i ■ fi - ■ ...
CARPENTERS, VARNISUK&8, ETC.
Carpenter shop,
M CKK & M >HUTSON,
All cIashcs ol" carpenter work iIoi h.In Hrist-
c'nsi >ty e. Repxirine "d varn shin*. f^irn -
tiir« n «!>«( l tty. Iloubtou Mtreo , between
Srvrulh uinl Eighth. •
CIOAB8, TOBACCO, ETC.
DODD &CO.,
cigars and tobacco,
Wines, bottled liquors etc., of the
Imrest nni most choice brunds. No. 44,
louston street.
CONFECTIONS.
i eo wen ah,
L DEALER IN FRUITS. '
Cigars and tobacco. Fine candles n
epecia ty. Ice cream, Boda water and
lemonade; cold, fresh and pure goods.
Try them. 38 Main street.
U/illiam MCvekTh,
" fruit's and confections.
Rest Ice cream and soda water In Jlie
city. Headquarters for newspapers antl
periodicals. No. 22. Main street.
rpHOS. STANLEY; .
JL RETAIL A ND ITAKO' UUOCK".-
'Stucar, n flee, •, Hour, meal, laitl„bit an,
f nils, cai ueil go (1< «Igiu*. Uiliiuxo will la
faut a'I U <1« Oi la' ilv ptipp Ira at loo.lluu-e,
compr Fiftcent i and Main'utreefs. • •
G.
W. ISfiNHOWKR,
RETAIL GROCER.
Dealer in staple and fancy groceries,
and all kinds of country produce, fresh
vegetables', etc. Wl Houston street.
Wr. woodson,
retail grocer.
Fresh vegetables, staple- and fancy
groceries, and the best tyre cent cigar
tntown. Foot of Houston street.
ANI I'E TAHK > * T".
1VTISSISSIPPI HOUSE,
J.YX MUM. N h. H1CHMOSP, Pa -P.,
Corner Main a <1 It ii strewn, is prepared to fur-
nish guests with flrst-cla-B board at reasonab e
rates.
€rescent restaurant,
on european plan.
With rooms attached. Meals at all
hOu'r . . First-class accommodations.
Fish and game a specialty. C. C. Hyde
proprietor.
K'E.
1 AKE ICE COMPANY,
L GRIGSBY & FERGUSON.
Ice 1.cent per pound. Headquarters
llpuston street between Fifth and Sixth.
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JEWELRY AND PIANOS.
UltUOS.
C.
lund,
CRYSTAL UMJ i STOftE,
• amrts.
Is the best pi ce
>uy d tigs ana hav X resodptlons
rnmpoumlixl. Pertunierie^; patent lued dues
Corner 8|h and Mtl
Hi the o tv to buy d tigs anil havs
t lowed prUten.
T^OR CHILLS,
•JO texas CHHL8YRi:P.
A tare cute for chills. Luwe 1's Bloml ami
J.l> er pills cure billon was etc. (old by C.
Lund and Daslnvood k King.
rflRY TEXA8 chill sykup,
JL: ir jjbvkr fails.
Kver^ bott e gtiurant<>eil. Vor na'e by C.
Luml ard UasliWiKxl & King, Fort W rth.
Texaa.
s chill syrup
1$ «dakanTB,«Cl TO citre i.
• lulls aid lever. Sold by Daahwood & Klrg
and C. Lund, Main-r.r ct..
Y LOWELL'S . ...
1JL >OD ANI) LIVER PILLS.'
A Mire cure f >r Mllmi«n s For sale by C.
Lund and Paah'«ooi1 A King Fort Wnr h, • • x
TKY
fiantrell & dill ard,
DIAMONDS, WATCHF8, CLOCK1,
j-welrv, bIIvm- piutjewftie, gold pens and
speetaele', p ans, organs and musical Inn ru-
hionts Re al lug promptly alten .ed to
Pianos and organs Mined and i-epuired. Hous-
ton street, Smi h A Jurvis' bloc.
Jon PHIN I'ING.
Democrat office.
PLAIN AND COLORED WORK,
Letter heads, btll heads, envelopes,
cards, dodgers, circulars, etc., printed
with neatness ami dispatch.
MANUFAC CUING CHEMISTS.
Dash wood, harper & co.,
manufacturers of
Pharmaceuticals, line fruit syrups, pure
flavoring extracts, perfumes, toilet ar
tides, etc.
ROLL
SUITS.
FltESll
GOODS.
PLAIN
AND
FANCY
Und'rware
IN ALL
GRADES
ONE
♦
pain
ONLY
r:J-r
til
rnxi-'
"-fOrc-:
r?,VW--
4 Button
Cutaway
FAOCE
SUITS.
LOW
PRICES.
LINEN
AND
PERCALE
SHIRTS
OF ALL
KINDS.
NO
Lam pes, Lambr^h
USED
PLUMIiKR and GASnTTER.
~t It
L, h1gby,
I* DKALKU IV
Hose, Iron vli e. bath tubs, brass work, water
pipes, wash stands, gus tix'urcH, vlobe valves,
water closet* Iron and wood pumps, hydrants,*
fountal s, etc , uounooted to ulu/ water pl|.ee.
" o H M dn «tr t.
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KKS0RT8
n- ntiht^Y
D
R. K. McDANIEL,
dentist.
Frill set of teeth
trncted for oO cents.
i ialtv, OfHce up siairs over liarraonll's
r V *
SI 2.50. Teeth
Plate work a
ex-
drug store, corner Main and First sts.
FRUITS.
AT WHOLESALE.
LEMONS, ORANGES. BANANAS.
Strawberries and dewberries at G. II.
Wants. corher'Maln ahO First streots,
WOBKMENS' EXCHANGE,
u El KRt,lN(JA KOISKIt, P«or«.
Ice cold ^eer always o'i tap a d cigars of 'he
m >-t rh n e xii>I popular brand . Corner llous-
to "Bd He'-ent* Htriets. ' •
fkkd st'. re^.
LLIAM; WRIGHT,
■ v tfE\LEltIN"
brat , eotst h y and millet.
Tliirteefitli bd Ho. stpn st eois.
w
Corner
watch and clock kepairing.
STEM ER, 7 r~
• waYchmakkr avd jfweler,
• en be found a the same old stand where t-e
held f rth four Tears ago, No. its Houston street,
where he ''nes all kinds of watch and olock re-
pairing, and guarantees satisfaction. -
'"PEL-L SALOON,
JL '-w ■ V. TJIOMA, Pn •
Restrtirnn' and fknnished ro ins. FIrst-clnss
b r, with beer ga den attached. A pieasan
resoit. Ci.rner Houston and E'eve t isne.ts.
a la mo sa loon, ~
J\. C. J. GITL\VE«T. Pu§r.
lee ooblbeer, pur < Wines a dliquors. MUlar I
and pool tallies. No. '.OS, Houston street.
rCLIPSpfSATiOON.
l ed. l. TABOR, PROP.
First-class billiard and pool tables.
Choice brands of liquors and cigars.
Brandy peaches and cherries. No. (J,
eet.
rrr it.- ■-.-a.lY ~ r.n ,rr -r w. _
Houston stree
r™
REAL ESTATE AGEN I S.
Morten & wharton,
REAL ESTATE & LIVE STOCK
Agents. Correspondence solicited. No.
20 Main street, west side.
TMf.OltlNO.
Avon ballpow,
• MERCHANT TAILOR.
Hrourlrg, repairing a"d dying. Tbe only
flrst-c -ifs est blislun ntol° the kind in thecliy.
M ■ in stroet, opp site Uj Paso hotel
v \
JONES & TUCKER BROS.,
Groceries and Produce
baggitsg and ties a specialty'.
corner Main, and weatherford streets.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
FORT WORTH,
TEXAS,
PAID UP CAPITAL
surplus,
$150 000
19,000
All matters pertaining to conservative banking reoeive prompt
i t . and careful attention.
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Drafts Sold on the Principal Cities of Europe.
President, A. M. BRITTON.
Vice-President, .rNO. NICHOLS.
Cashier. S. W. LOMAX.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
. t i
CORNER OP HOUSTON AND SKCX)ND STREETS,
FORT WORTH, - - * TEXAS.
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS,
$100,000
' 30,000
m - II. ■ ii*i ii i.I« ■■■ i ■ i n ■ ■ ■ ■
>R —>1 B LoytJ. OM Jnokson, D C5 Bennett, Zane Ceft', 9 8 Godwin, 8 B
In Iho management of ou/busincsH wo have euccooded in gaining the
confidence of the public. Why? - Simply becauBo wo inako no claims but
thoBo we can substantiate. W& carry first class goods only.
& i &' ... i v • ■/- M'i \
.58 HOUSTON STREET.
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One Price Clothiers and Furnishers.
Title court, in tbe Star-lloute trialn,
rules that the government will have
only ono speech in closing. This cuts
out Attorney General Brewster, and
may bring a conclusion this side of
the dog days. *
Rev. Adirondack Murray, a
Boston preacher, who left his coun-
try for his country's good, and
come to western Texas, says "jour-
nalmtic interviewing is the nation-
alization of the sowing society.
The Mexican mob which aitaclccd
Ilcnnoseeys American circus as re-
ported by the Aguas Calientes
papers is only equalled by the mob
in Maryland which wa3 recently
"disappointed in the pcrformanco."
Orange, Texas, is not to be out
done by any of tho dairy records. A
correspondent of the Galveston
News. "A. E." says he has a heifer
only twenty months old, eho never
bad a calf, and fs giving seven quarts
of milk a day. 100 pourids of her
milk yields 5 pounds of fine, golden
butter. The New York Station
herd only produces about four and
ono half pounds, to tho 100 pounds
of milk. So tho Orango heifer
leads the New York butter stock.
Tug population of France being at
a staod still, if not actually dimin-
ishing, a now law. is proposed which
provides that evOry head of a family
who has-niore thai*, 'four children
shall have his annual taxos reduced
15 per cont. and an additional reduc-
tion of 5 per cent, for each child in
oxcesfloffive. A premium qf 200
francs for tho fifth child to each
man whoso taxes do not oxceed 100
frnnci a year, and an additional 100
to be given for each succeeding child
he may have. In i*ranc« most
marriage* are formed upon -purely
financial condition*, and aa they are
aVraoged by parents tho affections
have bat littlo to do.with them, and
tho limiting of the*, number in a
family h not unusual.
THE NEGROES IN COUNCIL.
The negroes have called a repre-
sentative convention to mcot in
Washington in September next to
consider their
Those
grievances,
aro formulated in five counts as fol-
lows:
"First—Negro labor at tho South
is not fairly remunerated. Tho
Southern ne«ro is not protected by
law in tho collection of money due
him.
"Socond—In most parts of the
country the negro docs not havo a
fair show in the public schools.
"TbU-d—The negro is not pro-
tected in his civil rights, notwith-
standing tho laws passed by con-
gross.
"Fourth—His political rights are
ignored. Six and a half millions of
people aro without representation in
copgress.
"Wlh—ThW.Tg ro does not get
his share of ^xecutivo protection and
oncnuragom^."
It is simply a Republican move-
ment to resurrect tbo bloody shirt
for tho campaign of 1884.
-XThe Dollar.
Alexander Del Mar, in an inter-
esting and elaborate history of the
dollur, sums up us follows:
July 178ft, tbo Spanish dollar was
adopted by the Continental congress
as an integorof moneys and accounts.
At this date the law of Spain re-
quired that the coin should contain
874 2 3 grains silver, but, in point of
fact, tho actual weight of the newest
and best dollars circulating in
America, as ascertained after numer-
ous experiments by Jefferson in
1786 and Hamilton in 1790, was
37M-4 arafeis. Accordingly when
in 1791 Hamilton submitted his re-
port to tho government of tho Uni-
tod States orf tho subject of a mint
and coinage, he reeomraonded it to
coin dollars containing oxactly tho
same weight of tbo fine silver as tho
Spanish dollars then in circulation,
and yfwhich tho debt of tbo repub-
lic htdJboon contracted. This was
accordingly done, and from that day
(1792) t<Mho proserrt tho quantity of
sil7or in tho dollar of the United
States ha* novor boon changed; and
tbo thing dollar is, therefore, pre-
cisely thp samo to-day as it was at
tbo dateof tbe establishment of our
goveriim4tit.
CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT.
For reasons s iliafactory to mysolf
and a valuable consideration, i this
■nornuig sold and transferred all my
property and interest in tho Demo-
crat Printing Company to other
parties, who at oneo asuimod tho
management and responsibility ol'
tho [.ublicaiion. Tho Damy Demo-
chat under my managemoot for the
last four months, has been reason-
ably successful, and has gained a
good constiHieitcy and high popu-
lar favor. It is now a living and ct*
6cn ial institution of tho city,and mer-
its sustaining patronago. .Fort Worth
can better attend jtd^retihra journal-
ist than it can an evening paper, and
therefore tho succossors aro com-
mended, not only for their journal-
istic experience and earnest interest
in all that portains to tho general
welfare of tho city, but as ^apablo
and dosorving representatives of this
prime factor in. tho great work "of
developing tho resources of tho
country and tho building of
cities. Mr. Frank L. Twombly
as President of tho Compony
assures tho financial integrity of tho
succession, whilo Mr. Hoels'o's
ability as an editor, and his urbanity
as a gentleman nre too well known
in this comunity to require endorse-
ment hero. It Is not doubtod that
the now management, to whom is
boroby transferred the good will of
paper, and tho personal good wishes
of tbo retiring management, will add
new ente'rpriso t<r tho publication
and give entire satisfaction to its
patrons. Wither I havo dis-
charged my duty to tho
readers of tho Democrat faithfully
and fairly is not now a proper ques-
tion for discussion. I have tho ap-
proval of my own conscience and
the endorsement of twenty years ex
perionQe in the business,and if I have
not verf^rod to tho higher plains of
journali«n ' thoy ItyJsJ oven5"*4
bantling; it is tho fault of thoi
should l^avo a'lengthened its ^£7
for the loftier flight rather than thift
of a management struggling against
adverse winds. The record is made
up, tho balance shoot is cloan, the
retiring management is unembar-
rassed with a single obligation, and
the new regime starts off with an un-
encumbered estate, n live nowspaper,
an open field, a competent corps,
vigorous ontorpriso and financial
solidity. I retire without a regret
for what is writ, without an enemy
I would wish to punish, and without
a pulsation of thought or emotion
that doos not accord with good will
and good wishes for my successors.
Cauey W. Styles,
Lato^Editor Daily Democrat,
and President Democrat Printing Co.
SEVERAL WORDS TO THE PUBLIC
In taking charge of thG Democrat
it shall bo mado the first duty of tho
management to see that a paper ac-
ceptablo to tho gonoral public is pub-
lished. Tho field of tho papor is
local, city and county affairs will bo
noted and given to our readers, all
thp news, of interest to all. In part-
ing with the friends ou the Gazotte
who havo over boon courteous and
kind I fool sincoro sorrow, but trust
tbo lessons learned from tried and
oxporiqncod journalists like Mr.
George B. Loving, Mr. W. L. Ma-
lone, and Captain Paddock will boar
fruit which my procoptors will not
be ashamed of. With the best
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wishes for tho retiring management
with the warmest regard for those
with whom I have been associated in
tho past, hoping for a patronage
guagod by merit, I tako up my now
work,"as our presidents say, "at
pcaco with foreign nations and all
lovoly at home," a now fubor is
sharpened and I. begin.
Respectfully,
C. W. IIoeizle.
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HISTORICAL RECORDS.
tho shrewdness of a Philadelphia
gentleman, who presented hiffiself
to Mr. S. M. Valo, chief of the collec-
tions division in tho office of Third
Auditor Keightic, a fow weeks ago.
This gentleman secnied to unito in
his person tho easy assurance of a
man of the world, with tho prover-
bial astuteness of a Philadelphia law-
yer. He saluted Mr. Vale, removed
a pair of gold-bowed «ye glasses from
his hobo, presented a Totter of intro-
duction from Sunset Cox and told his
tale. Ho had read in a history that
tienoial llorutio Gates, of tbo Revo-
1 itionary army, had novor received
his five years' commutation allow-
ance in lieu of half pay for lite, ana
ho desired to know if such was the
fact and what sum in consequence
was duo tho difetendubts of 6«nerat
Gales on that account. Mr. Valo
promised to mako inquiry, but, as
tho oldest records in the office, of
Bookkeeper Jackson were dated
1872, the task at first seemed hope-
loss.
lu tho top story of the Treasury
Department,underneath tho roof; are
four and ono-hull miles, in licneal
feet, cf shelving, where tho records
and files of the depurtmout aro pro-<
served. No record of Gon, Gates'
account could bo found in tbo book-
koepor's divison, and Mr. Vale ruir*
magod tho files. He made a rith
find. In a small book, which had evi-
dently bcon rebound within tho last
half century, ho discovered all tho
receipts of commutation of pay
gruntod officers of the Revolutionary
army, among thorn botng tho receipt
of Gen, Horatio Gates, datod Julyj
1784, Philadelphia, #11,<590, that,
amount being tho commutation due
him in liou of his life hull-nay allow*
unco. • m ■<' . y ;
Besides this tho records of tho pay
office of the Continental establish*
inont, from 1774 to -1792 were bri-"
earthed, and iu thetn tho indebtedness
of Washington to tho gevernmontf
was found. Thoso old books aro in
a wonderiul state of preservation
and thov are probably rogarded as
one of tuo greatest curiosities in tho
Treasury Department. Genetal
WashingtonVaccounts aro found In
four separate entries in two volumes
of thq^ournult Tho money charged
i to him, und lbr which credits aro
tven,* was ou^-tho aMjgHut of his
jiiGu$«emen tafJiB"Hi<HVafr_ of itulc*-'
eiulento. As beforo statooT tho
ooks show that ho received 1161,-
3119 more than accounted for, oxcia-
sivo of a largo balinte duo tbe gov-
ernment on Gon. Washington's
spocio m-count. It is impostible
now to tell what was tho cause of the
deficit in the rogulur pay account
but the dcflcit in tho specie account
is believed to have been due to tbo
depreciation iu the vuluo of the colO<
niul coin.
Tho numo of Colonel Boncdict
Arnold appears on tho record near
that- of YVasbington. A balance of
#1,881 67 appears by 4bo books to
be due the government from Arnold.
An index accompanies the journals
and on this index opposite Arnold's
naino is written in a steady band, tbe
word "traitor."—Washington Spe-
cial to tbo Philadelphia Pross.
Wi : *
Biographical Anecdotag*.
Tho value of anecdotes in bio^
graphv has boon disputed by the
severe, yet thcro can be no doubt
that biography is chiefly valued for
its anecdotes. Thoso stories uro tho
only purls of history that all tit
world knows, and to bo ignorant of
tbem is, praclicallv, to be ignorant
of history. Ali'rod's adventure with
tho cakes is romcmbcrod whero tho
treaty of Wedmoro is forgotten, and
Oliver Cromwell is best known for
his practical iokes, tbo cminous drop
of blood on nis untidy linen collar,
and his desire to bo painted with
his wart and bis wrinkles.
Anecdotcs aro to biograr
phy what early legends are
to national history. Johnson's love
of tea is more famous than oil hit
essays, as Uoratius Codes is a better
known character than Tiberius
Gracchus, and Egoria moro toted
than Agrippa. Wo are so made tbaft
wo like to hoar of Montaigne's taste
in wino bettor than of tbo policy of
Louis XI, and care moro for Villon s
burglaries tbun for his ballads. Tbis
is an extremely illiterate, Uncritical
and unrefined habit bt human nrf-
turo; but, people being constituted
as they are, they road Bishop Wil-
berforce's Iloinini«cenes eagerly.-
Thoy will turn with moro attontion
to tho anodotago about M. Gambotta
and Princo Bismarck which has
Lodgrors ot the. Last Century
found- In tha Treasury De-
i partment.
According to the books of tbe
Treasury Dopnrtmont Gon. George
Washington, tho Father of this
Country, la indobtod to tho country
in the sum of #lf}J,389. This fact
would in all prabubility never have
been discovered bad it not been for
✓ y|
\
latoly filled the papers than to dis-
cussion about tbo future of parties in
France, or about the protaolfiues of
a European war.
'l'he Daii.t ditmocnxt trar cooipiettd
the organization of its
job oyricty
and having engaged the service of a
llrst-class job printer, M prepared to re-
ceive orders for Job work, to do ft in the
best style of tbe art cud to guarantee
satisfaction as to prtce, promptness bi\4
execution.
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