Daily Fort Worth Standard. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 131, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1878 Page: 3 of 4
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Jvfi-'^OT takecastor oil.
1,'°L .v«3 a little boy,
0ncc *£jjjride, Ws fatherVjoy.
lis i»° 'odiiatiirediaci was He,
A rig^fand Hearty as could be.
;VU o nnon an autumn day,
put °nfli pis dinner plate away —
tie Pulyft pat to-day, be said,
•I gna°n aebing in my bead. ”
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sent£rctor came—‘Our. little Ned
f^oShat sickly, ma’am,” be said.
we disease maj toil,
1,1,1 m imbibe some castor oil.”.
HO"}1 , .inclined and shook bis bead —
that horrid oil,” be said.
lug mamma dear implored,
i“v-nliis papa ripped and swored;
thinner every day,
put
!j bate
fhinner,
up faced quietly away..
, „ii in vain his parent’s toil
betake the. cantor oh
> meat
FREE
That nostrum that would ease bis pain
And make bin
t Ned refused—so naught could save
E? w.irild from ai
Smakebimvvelland brisk again!
?;;;iiildfrom an untimely grave;
SdSer, thinner day by bay
p" faded like a dream away.
-rill one night by the parlor fire,
ItS^wasTtrong and fiercely drew;
And sucked him up the chimney flue.
a t Ned went sailing here and there,
’The sport of currents in the air.
Forever tossed by cruel winds
w, Deuce, no resting place he hnds,
\ ml as lie tumbles in the skies,
urn "ive me castor oil!” he cries.
upoo late! Too late !” the wind replies.
nil down the chimney hoarse and shrill
Tn tones that made your heartstrings thrill;
’Or on the frosted window pane, _
’Come tapping once, and once again.
J.H.MMUEL&CO.
DEALERS IIS
All Sorts.
The French Cabinet recently
made up contains five Protestants to
four Catholics.
Paris eats a thousand horses every
month, and hippophagy is gaining
ground in the large towns of that
country.
The real estate of Kentucky, from
the Cumberland Mountains to the
Mississippi, is said to have steadily
declined since the war.
It is said that Mrs. Hicks married
Mr. Lord rather than pay borrowed
money which she owed hiim Th s
is a new way to pay off old four
scores.
Senator Blaine now weighs over
two hundred pounds. Conkling
briugs down about one hundred
aud sixty, aside from the curl oil
Ins forehead, which weighs four
tons.
The Savannah News states that
the tea plant has been successfully
cultivated in (feorgia for many
years, and*that Georgia tea tested
in Baltimore has been pronounced
stronger and of better flavor than
the imported.
When Osman Pasha arrived at the
Hotel Bucharest, a little Koumanian
girl stepped forward and presented
him with a beautiful boquet of
flowers. The tiny donor was lifted
up by the physician of the marshal,
and the defender of Plevna bestowed
a hearty kiss upon the lips of the
little lady.
The last beard of the last Indian
raid it was twenty Miles northwest
of Mason where thirty horses had
been stolen, and two meiq named
Doty and Palmei*, killed. Troops
irom McKavett have been sent to-
ward RiekapoO-, and the Bangers at
Coleman are preparing to leave in
pursuit of these Indians, numbering
about thirteen-.— Houston Tele-
gram, 20th.
The Dramatic Newsprints a. very
good likeness of Henry Ward
Beecher. With the exception of
Jefferson, Booth; Sothern, Florence
and a few others, he is the most ac-
complished actor in the United
States. IBs forte is comedy and
Melodrama. He has a steady star
engagement in Brooklyn, for which
ne receives $20,000 per annum,
though his nomadic tastes often lead
,m to visit Western villages, where
rj8 appearance is greatly dreaded by
M’cus managers.—[N. Y. Star.
Invention
THEW'OK.UD-B.ESTOWITED
WILSON SEWING MACHINE
in workmanship is equal to a Chronometer Watch,
and as elegantly finished as a first-class Piano.1 If
received the highest awards at the Vienna and Cerv»
tennia! Expositions. IT SEWS O^E-FOURTH FAST-
ER than other machines, its capacity is unlimited.
There are more WILSON MACHINES sold in the
United States than the combined sales of all the
others. THE WILSON MENDING ATTACHMENT, for
doing all kinds o' repairing, WITHOUT PATCHING,
given FREE with each machine. A Certificate is given
With each Machine, guaranteeing to keep it in repair,
free of charge, for five years. It requires no special
instructions to learn how to use it. Satisfaction
guaranteed, or no pay. Machines delivered free of
charge anywhere in the United States.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue, and ask for sample of mending,
and our Circular No. 197 for further Instructions for buying machines
upon terms stated in the Catalogue.
wanteI.1 WILSON SEWING MACHINE CO.
827 & 829 Broadway, Hew York; New Orleans, La.;
’•*<**' and Madison Sts*. Chicanes His.; and San Francis©®* ©aU
Har dware,
fence Wire,
IROM, MAILS,
WAGON MATERIAL,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMNTS
AND
Whitewater Wagons.
Comer Hoitstor* aud Third Streets,
FORTH WORTH, TEXAS.
sep2-3md _______
JOSEPH H. BROWN.
WILLIAM’S TIME
8. P. TUCKER,
HAS KBMOVIB
TO NEW BRICK
Cor. Main anil Second Sts,
WHOLES Al ,E
GROCER
Bagging, Ti©s*
Tobacco and Cigars.
Corner of Houston aud First Streets5,
1).
M. WILLIAMS & €0.{
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN -
Wholesale aud Retail
Also for sale by. J. N. S3AZEY,
On Second■, between Houston and Throckmorton,
Fort Wortii, Texas.
m is mm a him
A
Fort Worth, - - - Texas.
And Dealer in
Cammed
-AND-
CONNECTIONS
FORM THE
Direct 1 Quickest Line
From all points in
TEXAS
ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO, CAIRO. INDIAN-
APOLIS, TOLEDO, MEMPHIS, NASH-
NILLE, LOUISVILLE, CHATTANOO-
GA-, ATLANTA
-AND ALL POINTS—
in, S151U SSTMffl,
Trains leave and at
follows;
No. 1, Mail and Express......
No. 2, Mail and Express......
arrive Fort Worth as
Arrive.
li:55 p.m.
Leave.
5:00 p.m.
Buy Tour Tickets and Ship Your
Freight by the
ITeasGntnl BaShny.
The following Offices and Agents have been es-
tablished by this Company , where information
maybe had* concerning not only .the H. &T. C.
Railway, but Texas generally:
. F. I/'. MANCHESTER, Eastern Passenger
Agent, 417 Broadwdv, N. Y.
GEN. I. B. ROBERTSON, Passenger &
Immigration Agent, 113 N. Third Street St.
Louis, Mo.
A, ALLEE,Northwestern Pass. Agent, 101
Clark street Chicago, 111.
NICK HOLMES, Southeastern Agent, No.
Burnett House, Cincinnati, Ohio.
J. It. COFFIN, Southern Passenger Agent,
Ohatanooga, Teun.
Information may also be had at the agen
cies of the M. K. & T. Ran way in New York
Chicago, Cincinnati, Hannibol and St
Louis. J. WALDO.
Gen’l Pass. V Freight Agt, Houston, Tey
3. DTRAND,
Gen’l Supt., Houston. Texas.
Fruits.
6:10 a.m.
,nd Express.
No. 3, Accommodation.......5 :00p.m.
No. 4, Accommodation.......
CONNECTIONS.
At texarkaNa, with all trains on St. Louis &
Iron Mountain Railroad for all points North,
East and South-East.
At Longview Junction and Minneola with
all trains on International for Tyler, Palestine,
Houston, Galveston, and San Antonio.
At Dallas, with trains of.the Houston &
Texas Central Railroad Corsicana, Mexia, Bre-
mond, Wacoi Calvert, Bryan, Hempstead,Bren-
ham, and all points in Middle and Southern
Texas.
At ShekmaIn, with lit. & T. railway, for all
points on the line of that road.
At Fort Worth, with stages for all points in
western Texas.
At Shreveport, with a regular line of first-
class steamers for New Orleans
PULLMAN’S PALACE SLEEPING CARS
FROM
Fort Worth, Balias and Sherman
—TO—
, ST. LOUIS-.
Aiiy inform:______ _______ „ _
or passage will be cheerfully furnished, and
claims for overcharges-, loss or damage, will
meet prompt attention if addressed.to
Gen’TFrtt & pIssf"Ag't.
Marshall, Texas.
Geo. F. Nobi-k, Gen’l Supt.
Marshall. Texas.
R. W Thompson, Jr. , Gen’l P & T Agent,
Marshall, Texas,
MARBLE WORKS
North side Public Square
FOET WORTH,
TEXAS.
All orders promptly filled at prices
to suit the times.
11:17 dw tf
TEE SEN.
nnHE DIFFERENT EDITIONS OF THE SUN
1 during the next year will be the same aKdur-
ingthe year that has just passed'. The daily edition
will on week days be a sheet of four pages, ano
on Sunday's a sheet of eight pages, and on Sun-
days a sheet of eight pages, of 56 broad columns
while the weekly edition will be a sheet of eigh
pages of the same dimensions and character tha
are already familiar to our friends.
The Sun will continue to he the strenuous ad
vocate of reform and retrenchment, and of th
_ substitution of statesmanship, wisdom, and in
JL-jV-J UJ JLC5-. I tegrity for hollow pretence, imbecility, s"
ation with regard to rates offreiglit fraud in the administration of public affairs.
•n 1 P.. 11 ^ jp,-, o nd .. ... i , A 4-U Af 4-Vl r\ v\OA
Sardines.
D. J. Sullivan
Wholesale and Betail
Staple and Fancy
FINE JEWELRY
American and Swiss
WATCHES
SILVER and PLATED WARE I
No. 25. Davis’ Block. Fort Worth, Texas.
They are also the sole agents in this section, fo»
the celebrated * ‘Perfected ’eye glasses and spec-
tacles.” The material from which the lenses
are ground is manufactured specially for optic
purposes, and is pure, hard and brilliant, and
not liable to become scratched. They have just
received a large stock of goods in their line to
which they call the attention of the public.
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HOMESTEADS
INVESTMENT.
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lion if51? afford to be without it, for the informa-
th'in ISives will save her very much more money
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ca20 1Qteresting literary visitor.—[Chi-
conton,er ? Lazar is profusely, illustrated, and
a mnet sfiories. poems, sketches, .and essays of
few th. l£u
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j- [Saturday Evening Review, Boston,
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iron Mountain and
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all points in Texas
AND BOUND FOR
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will contend for the government of the peopl
by the people and for the people as opposed t
government by frauds in the ballot box and in
the counting of votes, enforced by military vio
lence. It will endeavor to supply its readers—a
body not far from a million of souls—with the
most careful, complete, and trustworthy ac-
couuts of current events, and will employ for
this purpose a numerous and carefully selected
staff of reporters aud correspondents. Its re-
porters from Washington, especially, will he
full, accurate and fearless; audit will doubtless
Oysters,
Sugar,
Coffee,
FLOTJR,
Bacon, Lard,
MEAL
And Everything Else
KEPT BY
First-Class Grocers!
I O J-J ’“‘-‘•'J U1GJ.UVIUD UlO
or f\T-^Zrr.’Tto one a|Idress for one vear, $10;
for m,* HarPer’s periodicals to one address
An extra *ear’ ’ P°sta8'e free.
Hzar vvill'b01' thB .^JfSazine, Weekly,
includes prepayment oi
-----ers
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extra co
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■sunmiln t;isefree' Back numbers can be
YnlniJ ^ lln^
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“uderstoori ,1S mentioned, it will be
n'ence'vin, « ^1 the, snbscriber wishes to com-
hh order tl10 number nekt after the receipt oi
r’oth btiuu'm} ^T°tomes of Harper’s Bazar in neat
A mm *)e sent by express, for $7
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v“lnme t'rf.;Sm°^cash at "to mth of $2 25 per
:■ 'Toth’cnse. r a* eXPefise of purchaser
SikiyilMikliiriM
Thereof, should purchase their ticket via
Texas and Pacific,
-AND—-
St.L.,I.M.&S.
RAILWAYS
Which lorm the Great Through Texas Line be-
tween tl'e south-west and the fiorth and north-
east; possessing tee advantages of shorter dis-
tance, quicker time, and a more pleasant and
comfortable route than aay other line can offer-
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars are run by thts
line through to St. Louis without change, mak-
ing direct connection with the morning- trams ol
all lines leaving that city, and giving passengers
t© the east the akvantage of one tram m advance
g line from Texas. dtf
11, accurate and fea:
continue to deserve a ------
who thrive by plundering the Treasury or by
usurping what the law does not give them,-while
it will endeavor to merit the confidence of the
public by defending the rights of the people
against the encroachments of unjustified power.
The price of the daily Sun will he 55 cents-a
month, or $6 50 a year, post paid, or with
the Sunday edition $7 70 a year.
The Sunday edition alone, eight pages, $1 20 a
year, post paid.
The Weekly Sun, eight pages of 55 broad col-
umns,, will he furnished during 1877 at the
rate of $1 a year, post paid.
The benefit of this large reduction from the
previous rate for The Weekly can be en-
joyed by individual subscribers without the ne-
cessity of making up clubs. At the sametime,
if any of our friends choose to aid in extending
our circulation, we shall be grateful to them,
md every such person who sends ns ten ormore
See Local Columns for specialties.
d237-3m
EQCEEIE
E.0GERIE
Buy Lands OnBoute of the
Great Texas and Pa-
cific Railways •
Of the famous “Premium” Peters colony
lands through which it will pass, which com
prise 3,400 tracts each of 320 acres, selectee
twenty-five years ago, title perfect. These lands
are in the coal and copper belt, and ol the most
choice in Young, Stephens, Throckmorton and
adjoining counties—a beautiful, pleasant and
remarkably healthy region, unrivaled for all
kinds of stock, and thus far by test not surpassed
in production of wheat, barley, oats, corn cot
ton, etc., and exempt irom grain-weevil and
stock flies which prevail south of latitude 31j^°.
Character oi Population.
Its people are mostly from the old states, of a
sober, industrious and intelligent class, and
alive to the importance of morals, general im-
provement and progress and enforcement of the
laws, which are rigidly executed.
Progress. . *
Three and a half years ago in the whole region
west of Parker and Jack counties there was not
exceeding 100 stock raisers and a score of farm-
ers, both have steadily increased until to date
(September, 1877) the population may safely be
estimated at 20,000, and likely will reach 40,00C
by the end of the current year.
loungCounty.
Has about eight-tenths arable lands; three?
fifths prairie two-fiftlis timber, rich friable,
chocolate, mahogany and gray soils. About 10C
t on the main, and 20 miles on the;
CANNED GOODS
Of All Kiads
Sugar. Coffee,
FLOUR, BACON, LARD,
Etc., Etc., Etc,
Keeps Also ^resh Fruits,Vegetables
and Country Produce.
Will sell as cheap
Call
as any house in the state,
and see me.
THE “OLD RELIABLE"
of smT r.omnetina' line
CLARK HOUSE.
NEAR DEPOT, FORT WORTH, TE AS.
This is the Largest and Best Arrang-
ed Hotel in North sYes-
tern Texas.
Tliis new aud elegantly furnished hotel is now
subscribers from one place will he entitled to one
copy of the paper for himself without charge.
At one dollar a year, postage paid, the expenses
of paper and punting are barely repaid; and,
considering the size of the sheet aud the ouality
of i is contents, we are confident the people will
consider The Wreekly Sun the chetipest newspaper
published in the world, and we trust also one oi
the very best. Address
nOO-d&wtf THE SUN. New York City. N.Y
•«?*«*>*'si?ra?;s“ »nis hSn^m?**®
HARPER BROTHERS, -
New York'.
MRSiE BENNETT,
DvAvii’iptrpKR
----
TUCKER & TURNER,
Merchant Tailors,
No. 5, West Weatherford Street,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
We are prepared to cut and make gentlemen’s
clothing in the latest styles. Also renovate and
repairing neatly done. 7:12w6m
Werner Bloc-K, in rear of El Paso Hotel,
Houston Street, Fort “W orth.
JOHN M. ROBBINS,
Oity Bill Poster,
'And Commercial Advertiser,
FORT WORTII, TEXAS.
A trial package of Dr. A; Q. Simmons’
Vegetable Liver Medicine can be had, free
of cimrge, at all tlie Drug stores in the city.
JEWELRY STORE
On Main Street lias REMOVED to
HOUSTON STREET,
One door north of Dahl man’s Cloth-
ing House.
Persons wishing to have their
Watches, Clocks & Je welry
REPAIRED
By first-class workmen, will find SOUTER &
HOWARD always ready to do their work.
will sell them Jne^Vatches^ Clod’s and Jewelry:
Gold Watches,
Gold Lockets,
Silver Watches,
Gold and Silver Chains
Plain Gold Rings,
Gold Sleeve Buttons,
Fancy Gold aud Silver Rings,
Gold Thimbles,
Silver Thimbles,
Crosses,
Gold Shirt Buttons,
Gold.Collar Buttons,
Gold Charms,
Ladies Gold Brooches,
Gents Gold Scarf pins,
Ladies Gold Ear-drops,
Masonic and other Pins,
Ladies Gold Necklaces,
Also a large variely of Celluloig Jewelry of the
latest styles.
All work done by us will he guaranteed to
give satisfaction, and all goods will be guaran-
teed to he as good as represented. We will sell
as lowr as the lowest. Give us a. call.. Don’t
forget the place is No. 16 Houston Street, near
the corner of First, one door north of Dahlman’s
clothing house. , , ■_56-dtf
WOODWARD’S
European Hotel,
Corner 3rd and Houston sts.,
fort Worth, texas.
Is the only first class house on the European
"tJ- ““I. woomvSJ.”'1
11:1 d-tf Proprietor.
GOLDSTEIN,
.Fort Worth.
H. LICHTENSTEIN,
New Orleans.
TEXAS CLOTHING HOUSE
A. GOLDSTEIN & CO.,
DEALEliS IN
Wiens’, Boys and Youths
CLOTHING-
Hats, Boots, Shoes;,! ^Furnishing
Goods, Trunks, Blankets, Pis*
tois, Cartridges, Etc
No. 27 Houston street, next door First National
Bank,
n29-6m FORT WORTH, TEXAS
miles front on the main, and 20 miles on the
Clear Fork.Brazos Rivers, superior quarries oi •
stone, brick and fire clays, salines, iron and
copper prevail, and coal m great abundance.
The rough part is the south-east portion. Popu-
lation now September, 1S77 about 6000, aud
rapidly increasing.
Graham.
The county seat is handsomely laid out on
beautiful grounds, with most attractive sur-
roundings on survey of Texas & Pacific Railway
83 miles from Fort Worth. Though scarcely,
two years old it has now- September, 1877, about
600 inhabitants and fast increasing with an en-
terprising, thrifty and intelligent class of peo-
ple, the equal of any town in or out of the
state. It has a cotton gin, saw mill, flouring
mill, three blacksmith shops, one gnu and -ma-
chine shop, one tin shop, eleven stores, county
and telegraph offices, one newspaper, the Gra-
ham Leader, two schools, a Presbyterian and a
Methodist church and likely soon will have a
Baptist and Episcopal church, etc. This solid
growth, attained With a proper distance from
older large towns writh like position to the west
and surrounding country, which made Waco,
Sherman and Fort Worth, assures ample sus-
taining influences and resources for its growtth
and trade corresponding with the settlement and
growth of the country west. Another flouring
mill and hotel is badly needed, also tannery, .
potterv and other branches, licit fully represented,
Here are
Misieral Waters.
That have an established reputation for the
absolute cure of any case of dyspepsia, piles,
and skin diseases in five'weeks time.
No Indian Troubles.
It is.500 miles from the Mexican border, and ■
wholly exempt from both Mexican and Indian
troubles.
the Opportune Time
Is now—for the purchase of lands, the chance,
of first selections at lowest prices, with certain-
ty that by the time farms and ranches can be
put in good working order, the convenience
of rapid and cheap freights will he secured over
the Texas and Pacific and its branches, the
Transcontinental and Atlantic and Pacific; also
tile Waco and North-western and Galveston and
Denver Railroads, which will pass through this
region. Meantime a demand for all products; of
the farm from the military posts, hunters and
immigrants, at twice to three times the prices
that obtains in the old cuonties.
Government Aid to tlie Texas and
Pacific R. R.
Will certainly be granted by the next congress
which will insure its rapid construction, and
concentrate along its route the greater part of
immigration into the state, whose industry, en-
terprise and capital,and capital that will follow-
will most speedily develop its agricultural, min-
eral and metal resources, and give an ammted,
substantial and perinanet advancement to every
branch of industry, and the fruition of great
thrift and wealth. -
Higit Roads
to be the firmer and more passable during wet-
seasons, are usually made, to follow ridge di-.
vides over the poorer and least desirable lands;
while near on each side they may be found rich
and attractive.
To Examine a Country
to best advantage and at least expense, buy or
hire a two hors covered wagon, provide camp
box and blankets, then one can star t, and stop,
and diverge from imtm. roads at pleasure.
For greater couvenien.ee and safetyi carry sur-
plus money in sight, Bank Exchange bn New
York, in amounts from $100 to $300, which is
readily salable to merchants and land owners,
From FortWortSi to Graham.
By stage route, via. Weatherford and Jacks-
boro; by direct route via. Cartersville; by third
route via. Weatherford, Loving and Keechie
Valleys. For purchase of lands and town lots,
apply to E. S. GRAHAM,
. Office Graham, Young county, Texas.
jSlm-d3m-9:]3
Dray TicJKets.
Dray tickets, in lots to suit purchasers; for
sale cheap at this Office. d-tf
FORT WORTH
CAMDY FACTORY.
No. 5 Houston Street,
H. C. 0, ZI6LES,
BARBER,
South Side First Street, between Houston and
Main Streets,
FORT W ORTH,
TEXAS.
Be stwhlte' workmen always in attendance.
Allwork in my line done in the cheapest and
best style. 51-tl
! TYEPORTED BY J. W. S. MORR“SON, ComS
! JLt missioner, left in care of Owen Lynn) one
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, bay mare, 14 -hands high, blaze face, about 7.
! years old; branded on left shoulder H , and has
Merchants and others in need of choree pure cou This .Dec. 26, 1877.
------'“'id any and ifil.kinds at bottom I 32-4W J. P. WOODS, Countv Clork.
Christmas candies, toys, fruits, ! _:—— -:--^---A--
G. H. WANT, i TOB WORK, of every description dope in the.
Ii:4d-Ifn y beat 6ty.e, and at lowest prices, at this office,
candies can find any and
■prices. Also ’
nuts, etc.
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Lacy, Drury. Daily Fort Worth Standard. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 131, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1878, newspaper, January 24, 1878; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1005016/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.