The Daily Fort Worth Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 160, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 7, 1877 Page: 3 of 4
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0ailu democrat.
A Schoolboy on Corns.
[From the Hartford Post.]
Corns are of two kinds—veg-
etable and animal. Vegetable
corn grows in ro ws , animal corn
grows on toes. There are sev-
eral kinds of corns, there is the
unicorn, Capricorn, com dod-
gers, field corn, anti the corn
which is the corn you feel
most. It is said, I believe,
that gophers like corns; but
persons having corns do not
like to “go fur” it they can help
it. Corns have kernels, and
sometimes colonels have corns.
Vegetable corn grows on ears,
but animal corn grows on the
feet at the other end of the body.
Another kind of corn is the
acorn ; tlu se kind grow on oaks,
but there is no hoax about the
corn. The acorn is a corn with
an indefinite article indeed. Try
it and see. Many a man when
lie has a corn wishes it was an
acorn. Folks that, have corns
sometimes send for a doctor,
and it the doctor himsell is
corned, lie probably won’t do so
well as if lie isn’t. The doctor
says corns are produced by
tight boots and shoes, which is
probably the reason why when a
nian is tight they say tie is
corned. If a farmer manages
well he can get a good deal of
corn on an acre, but I know of
a farmer that has one corn that
makes the biggest acher on tus
farm. The bigger crop of vege-
table corn a man raises the bet-
ter lie likes it; but the, bigger
crop of animal corn he raises the
belter lie does not like it. An-
other kind of corn is the corn
dodger. The way it is made is
very simple, and is as follows—
that is if you want to know:
You go along the streets and
meet a man you know lias a
corn, and a rough character;
then you step on the toe that
lias a corn on it, and see if you
don’t have occasion to dodge.
In that way you will find out
what a corn dodger is.
— It is now reported in a cer-
tain circle in England that Ar
tliur Orton has been found alive
in Australia, and that a survivor
of the Bella has also been found.
This may lead to more Tich-
borne litigation.
—“My business is to talk,”
said a Ktump-speaker. “I deal
in words and sentences.” “Yes,”
said a voice in tge crowd, “and
as long as I have, known you
your place of business has nev
er been closed,”
—Letting Well Alone—“Oh,
Mary, the well’s got broke, and
We can’t get no water ; and oh,
ain’t it prime! Feyther
says p’raps we shan’t ’ave to
wash for a fomight.
—An American lady can dress
nicely in Paris on $300 per year
if she will be content with six
pairs of stockings, a bonnet, and
a belt ribbon.
-- — » »fl>» * «•'-—•
—A Philadelphia school-teach-
er lias asked the board of educa-
tion to reduce her salary, to
such a figure as will prevent her
buying costly jewelry.
LAWYERS.
I4EOX S. HAYS,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Can be found at Democrat office.
decl4-d*fcwly
S. FURMAN.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Offioe Wynne building, Southeast coi
uer public square.
8^** Will practice in civil cases in
he courts of the county. d-lm-w-
J C. TERRELL.
Attorney at Law,
Office in Peak block, East side of
Houston Streets,
jui4-iy. Fort Worth, Texas.
CHURCH DIRECTORY. !
Episcopal Church services, first,
second, and third Sundays in each 1
month. In room under the Masonic
Hali, at 10:30 a. in. and 7 p. m. Every
Wednesday night at 7 p. m.
ED\VIN WICKENS. Rector.
Presbyterian Chcrch. service? I
fourth Sunday,at Masonic Hail building
at 11 a. m., and 7£ o’clock, p. m., by
Rev. C. H. Dobbs,
Methodist Church.—Every Sun-
day, at their Church at 11 o’clock a.
m., and 7 o’clock p. m. Sabbath
Schoolat 9 a. m. M. D. FLY, Pastor.
Baptist Church, Services 2d and
4th Sundays, at 11 a. in., and 7 p. m.
at the Baptist Church. Sabbath school
at 9:30 a. m.
Elder W. M. Gough, Pastor.
Christian Church.—Preaching' on
fourth Lords Day atll o’clock, and n
night by Elder —- Murphy, Pastor.
Our City Circulation
We desire our city subscribers to bear
in mind that the city list, in the exclu-
sive property ot the carrier, and all
subscriptions should be paid to him.
We will receive subscribers as a matter
of convenience to him—but he is alone
responsible tor the delivery of the pa-
per,—and is entitled to the pay. Par-
ties not receiving the paper promptly
will confer a favor by leaving word at
his office. tf.
FIKE Z FIRE! FIRE!
THE
too INSURED IBSSri{nimntili»!S[i4taijulto
Business Maxims.
The fall trade having tiuuUy com-
menced, we commend the following
business maxims to the careful consid-
erations of our business men :
Push your business, or it will push
you.
Don’t be the -‘great unknown” in
business. i '
Keep your firm name and business
before the public.
He who by his ‘“biz” would rise-
early and late mnet advertise.
Your sign in the morning rpaper is
fresher than the sign over your door.
A dvertising is commercial science, as
indispensable to real business as book-
keeping.
Don’t, let editors monopolize public
attention. Get your jaw in once in a
while, about business.
Don’t, let your advertisement get
stale. Variety is the spice ofiite.
Doing business without advertising is
like winking at a pretty girl in the dark.
You may know what you are doing,but
no one else does.
Still water stagnates. Advertisements
are the ripples that indicate the stirring
market.
The cheapest advertising is sometimes
the dearest. Rates are regulated by the
range of readers.
The Democrat goes round town ev-
ery morning, and out on every train
and stage. Let the news ot your bus-
mess go along with it.
People read your advertisement in
the Daily Democrat while waiting for
their breakfast, or over their, post pran-
dial cigar or pipe.
R. West Starr
REPRESENTS OYER
$39,090,000 CAPITAL,
and will effect insurance at
NATIONAL BOARD RATES
Detached frame dwellings taken at
$15.00 PER $1,000
A small investment may
save a great loss.
OfSice in Democrat Bwddig.
CHAMPION TRIPLE
Raised and improved by
W. W. Mc^ATT,
Union County, Arkansas.
4,500 Pounds to tile Acre.
Seed in packages of 700 seeds! - $1.00
At WILLINGHAM BROS.,
Fort»Worth, Texas.
Or W. W. McNATT,
Arlington, Texas.
dee22-dlm
SOCIETIES:
Junction City Ledge, No.
1. O. O- F., meets ev-
ery Thursday evening at halt
past 7 o'clock, over California and
Texas Bank. Brothers in good standing
are invited to attend.
J. K. MILLIGAN, N, G.
R. West Starr, Secretary.
Fort Worth Lodge. No. 14S, F. & A.
M., meets the first- Saturday in each
month, at7 o’clock, p. m., at their hall.
R. II. KING, Master.
Sam. Furman, Secretary.,
Fort Worth Chapter. No. 58, R. A.
M.,meets the second Wednesday in each
month at the Masonic Hall, at halt past
7 o'clock, i*. m. W. P. Burts, ii. p.
C. L. Walker. Secretary.
Friends of Temperance.—Foh
Worth Council No.-meets at Odu
Fellows hall every Friday evening at'
7 o’clock.
W. P. FIELDS* W. P.
Henry Miller. Ssc’y.
THOMASON & JOHNSON,
attoriejs at law.
fiST1 Office up stairs in Huffman
building, Fort Worth, Texas, aull-ly
John Hanna. J. Y. IIogsett.
HAYYA & IIOGSETT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, &
Land Agents,
fort WORTH, TEXAS.
Have an abstract of titles to patented
lands, nov. 17-tf,
Arrival and Departure of Rflaih
Northern, Southern and Eastern mail,
by rail via Dallas, daily except Sun-
days—arrives 11:15 p. in.; departs
4:40 p. in.
Weatherford and western mail arrives
daily, except Monday, at 3 p. m.
Closes, daily except Monday at
7 a. m.
Denton, via Birdviile, Double Springs
and Elizabethtown, leaves Tues-
day, at 6 a. m. Arrives. Monday,
at 6 p. m.
Cleburne, via Oak Grove and Caddri
Grove arrives 3 p. m. daily, except
Sunday. Closes da#y, except Sunday,
at 7 a.' m.
Decatur, via Dido and Aurora, leaves
daily, except Sunday, at 7 a. m.
Arrives daily, except Sunday, at
G p. m.
Fort Concho, including Granbury, Co-
manche, Stephensville. &c. arrives
Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 6 p.
m. Leaves Mondays and Thursdays
at 6 a. m.
Grapevine, via Birdviile, leaves Friday
• at 6 a. m. Arrives Saturday at G p.m.
Office open at 8 a. m., and closes at 5
p. m., except Sundays. Office hours
on Sunday from 8 to j) a. m.
Under the new postal law, now in force,
ail transient, newspapers are subject
to one-half cent postage for every
ounce, or fractional part of an ounce.
J. P. ALEXANDER. P. M.
The Pacific Saloon.
South side Square, Fort Worth, Texas.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Hon. J. A. Carroll, Presiding Judge.
Court sits on the sixth Mondays after
the first 'Monday! in February and
July.
TARRANT COUNTY. '
County Judge—C. C. Cummings.
Sheriff—J. M. Henderson.
Deputies—J. II. O’Neal.
Frank Elliston.
W. T. Steele.
County Clerk—James P. Woods.
Deputies—R. S. Mann.
J. P. Alford.
District Clerk—George Mulkey.
Deputy—J. J. Miller.
Treasurer—\\r. T. Furgeson.
Assessor—A. J. Chambers.
Attorney—Sam Furman.
Surveyor—W. A. Darter.
Inspector of Hides and Animals—
Jack Flint.
County Commissioners—No. 1, J. Wj
Chapman; No. 2, J. W. S. Morison j
No. 3, John Terril; No, 4, J. M. Young.
Justices of the Peace—No. 1. A. G.
McClung; .No. 2, G. W. Joplmg ; No.
3, Elisha Newton ; No. 4, T. E. Cror-
No. 5, W. II. H. Moore: No. 6. Pu
Tyler;.No.7, W. I). Harris';;No. 8,Ja.
Grimsley.
Constables—No. 1, W. J. Crozier:
No. 2. J. W. Roy ; No. 3, E. A. Euliss:
No. 4. Henry Turner; No. 5. J. M.
Gann; No. G, W. F. Hagood; No. 7,
Jasper Ozee ; No. 8, Joel Hancock.
city government.
G. II. Day.Mayor.
Aldermen—John Nichols, D. W. C.
Pendery. P. J. Bowdry. C. B. Daggett,
Jr., W. A. Huffman. ‘ ' ,
Attorney—W. II. Field.
Secretary—C. McDougall.
Treasurer—J. S, Loving.
Assessor and Collector—R.'E. Mad-
dox.
Marshal—T. J. Courtright.
The best brands of Wines, Jueuors
and Havana Cigars always on hand
Polite and attentive bar-keepers to wai
on customers- Go and see. Itf
1877 THE SUN 1877
The different editions of The Sun
during the next year will be .Lie same
as during the year that has just passed.
The daily edition will on week days be
a sheet of four pages, and on Sundays a
sheet of eight pages, or 56 broad col-
umns ; while the weekly edition will
be a sheet of eight pages of the same
dimensions and character that are al-
ready familiar to our triends.
The Sun will continue to be the
strenuous advocate of reform and re-
trenchment. and of the supstitution of
statesmanship, wisdom and integrity
for hollow pretense, imbecility, and
fraud in the administration ©f public
affairs. It will contend for the govern-
ment of the peo le, by t he people and
lor the people, as opposed to govern-,
eru by fraud’s in the ballot-box hud in
the counting of votes, enforced by mili-
tary violence. It will endeavor to sup-
ply its readers—a body now not far
troth a million of souls—with the most
careful, complete, and trustworthy am
counts of current events, and will em-
ploy for this purpose a numerous and
carefuliy selected staff of reporters and
correspondents. Its reports from Wash-
ington especially, will be full, accurate,
and fearless.; and it will doubtless con-
tinue to deserve and enjoy the hatred
of those who thrive by plundering the
Treasury or by usurping what the law
does not give them, while it will en-
deavor to merit the confidence of the
public by defending the rights of the
people rgainst the encroachments ot un-
justified power.
The price of the daily Sun will be 55
cents a month or $6.50 a year, postpaid,
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 56
broad column, will be furnished during
1877 at the rate of $1 a year post paid.e
The benelit of this large reduction
from the previous.rate for The 'Weekly
can be. enjoyed by individual subscrib-
ers without the necessity of makrriw up
clubs. At the same time, if any of our
friends choose to aid in extending our
circulation, we shall be grateful to
them, and every such person who sends
us ten or more subscribers from one
place will be entitled to one copy of the
paper without charge. At one dollar a
year, postage paid, the expenses of pa-
per and printing are barely repaid, and
considering the size of the sheet arid
the quality of its contents, we are con-
fident the people will consider The
>v eekly 3un the cheapest newspaper
published in the world, and we trust
also one of the very best. Address,
diStf THE SUN, New York City.
AND ITS CONNECTIONS'
FORM THE
—TO-
ST. LOUIS,
CHIC AGO,
MEMPHIS,
NEW ORLEANS,
CONNECTIONS.
At Texarkana, with all trains on St.
Louis & Iron Mountain R. R. for all
points North, East and South-East.
At Longview Junction and Minneola
with all trains on International R. R.
for Tylos, Palestine, Houston, Galves-
ton arid San Antonio.
At Dallas, with trains North and
South on Houston & Texas Central lU
R. for Sherman, Paris. Bonham, Mc-
Kinney, Corsicana, Bremond, Waco.
Houston and Austin.
At Shreveport, with a regular line
of first-class steamers for New Orleans.
This line, being fully equipped, all
modern improvements,, such as Wes-
tmgliouse Air Brakes and Miller Truss
Platforms and Coupler, is unsurpassed
for x
Speed, Safety and Comfort.
Pullman Palace Cars
on all night trains.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
Passengers are requested to obtain
reliable information of the Superior ad-
vantages of this Great Tin rough
Lime before selecting their route, thus
enabling them to purchase tickets by a
th iroughfare preferred over all others.
Any information in regard to rates
of Freight ©r Passage will be clieerlully
furnished, and claims for overcharge,
loss or damage, &c., will meet prompt
attention if addressed to
W, II. NEWMAN,
Gen’l Freight Agent,
Marshall. Texas.
R. W. THOMPSON, Jr.,
Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agent,
Marshall. Texas.
ST. LOUIS.
IRON MOUNTAIN
SOUTHERN HAUL WAY.
Passengers from
F®pf W@ptla
and other points in Texas, bound for
Thereof, should purchase their Tickets via
TIMS & PACF SC
St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Railways,
which form the Great Through
TEXAS,. LINE
Betwoen the Southwest, and the North
and Northeast, possessing the ad-
vantages of Shorter Distance,
Quicker Time, and a more
pleasaitt’ahd eomfortable route
than' any oilier line can offer.
Successors to Chip man, Hoainer & Co.
629 F Street, Washington, D, C.
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS.
Patents procured in all countries.
No fees in advance. No charge unless
the patent is granted. No fees for mak-
ing preliminary examinations. No ad-
ditional fees for obtaining and conduct-
ing a rehearing. Special attention
given to Interference Cases before the
Patent Office, Extensions before Con-
gress, Infringement Suits in different
States, arid all litigation appertaining
to Inventions or Patents. Send Stamp
fot pamphlet of sixty pages.
UNITED STATES COURTS AND DEPART-
SfENTS;
Claims prosecuted in the Supreme
Court of the United States, Court of
Claims, Court of Commissioners of Ala-
bama Claims, Southern Claims Com-
mission, and all classes- of war claims
before the Executive Departments.
ARREARS OF PAY AND BOUNTY.
Officers, soldiers and Sailors of tlie
late war, or their heirs, are in many
eases entitled to money' from the Gov-
ernment, of which they have no knowl-
edge. Write full history of serviee, and
state amount of pay and bounty receiv-
ed. Enclose stamp, and a full reply,
after examination, will be given you
ftfeelv y- 'rf • *w fun; .xfiiirn’i
PENSIONS. * ‘
All Officers, Soldiers and Sailors
wounded, ruptured, or injured in the
late war. however slightly, can obtain
a pension,
UNITED STATES GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
Contested Land Cases, Private Land
Claims, Mining Pre-emption and Home
stead Cases, prosecuted before the Gen-
eral Land Office and Department of the
Interior.
OLD BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS.
The last Report of the Commissioner
1 of the General Land Office shows 2,-
897,500 acres of Bounty Land Warrants
outstanding. These were issued under
act of 1855, and prior acts. We pay
cash for them. Send by registered let-
ter. Where assignments are imperfect
we give instructions to perfect them.
Each department of our business is
conducted in a separate bureau, under
the charge of the same experienced par-
ties employed by the old firm. Prompt
attention to all business entrusted to us
is this secured. Address.
Gilmore & Co.,
P.O.Box 44. Washington D. C.
• Washington, D. C. Nor. 24 1876.
I take pleasure in expressing my en-
tire confidence in the responsibility and
fidelity ot the Law, Patent arid Collec-
tion House of Gilmore '& Co., of this
city. George II. B. White,
Cashier of the National Metropolitan
Bank.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars are run
by this line through, to
S-A-XINTT LOUIS,
Slaking direct connection with the morning
Trains of all Lines leaving that City, and giv-
ing Passengers to the East the advantage of
One Train in Advance of any
Competing line from Texas.
—If your property is not in
siiml against loss by fire, it should be
The best companies in the State are
represented by R. West Starr & Co.
and they may be found at the DemOt
crat office ready to issue policies ino
Natoi nal Board companies, and at
National Board rates. tf.
B. WEST STIItR,
RML ESTATE AGENT,
Will buy arid sell
Heal Estate,
EXAMINE TITLES,
MAKE ABSTRACTS AND
PAY TAXES,
REAL ESTATE £,? L7.
Advertised in the Fort Worth Demo-
crat without extra charge.
Several Fine Farms in Tar-
tant and Adjoining Coun-
ties for Sale
jljffi oi unimproved
_________Jj$ 1 land in this and
other counties well located, and lor
sale CHEAP.
A number ot
in Fort Worth at reasonable prices.
ST. LOUfS ADVERTISEMENTS.
ST. LOUISVNATI0NAL
Stools Yards
: may iu i .Ii;! IQ JiJ;>|f| mu HO !
These Stock Yards are, located at
East m. Wfouis, Illinois
Directly opposite the city of Saint
Louis, and nearer its business
centre, than any yards lo-
cated therein. They
embrace an area of
650 acres, of
which
IOO Acres are Enclosed,
tor the
special busi-
ness of the yard,
and 60 acres are under
shed. The stock arriving
is unloaded directly in the pens
and placed immediately on the market.
Buyers from New York, Boston,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nash-
ville and other points are perriianently
located at the yards, and shippers can
confidently anticipate an active and re-
liable market for all receipts however
large and for all grades of stock.
Every effort will be made to advance
the confidence of shippers in the Saint
Louis live stock market, which has al-
ready, through the agency of these
yards, become at least the equal of any
live stock riiarket in the West.
A rirst-class hotel for the convenience
of its patrons is attached to the yard.
ISAAC KNOX, President.
ju4-ly R. M. MOCRE, Sec. & Tres.
HALL & SCALING,
LIVE STOCK
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
—For the sale of—
Cattle, Hogs and Sheep,
NATIONAL STOCKYARDS
East St. Louis, 111.
Direct communication uy tuiegraph in
the vards. l-6m
ST. LOUIS AD VERTISEMENTS.
J. M. Gilkeson.
GILKESON & SLOPS’,
General Commission
MERCHANTS
Cottott Faetorsj
Aikl dealers in-
JIAGGINGy
TIES,
FLOUR AND
PROVISIONS*
120 North Main Street,
ST. LOUIS, &£ O,
jul-jv.
D, W. MarmaduKe,
F, B. Davidson,
Wyatt M. Brown
Marmaduko & Brownf
Cotton Faetors^
I r —AND—
Commission Plants
Cor. Main and Chestnut Streets,
ju4-6nr. St. Louis, Mo.
LIVE STOCK
Commissin Merchants,
ITER SE
MTIWAL STOCK YARDS,.
East St'. Lorn’s, III,
RCBT. D. HUN I EE
IMS STOCK. YARDS,A
Kansas City, Mo.
AL. G. EVANS
Hunter, Evans & Hough,
DION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO. Ill
0 . ! iQr.p- HOUGHS,|T
Cash Advances made on Consigi
meiits to either house. ju4.lv.
BEARD & BRQ.
Manufacturers of the
EXCELSIOE
Fire and Burglar Proof
SAFES
Bank Locks, Bank Vaults,
Vault Doors,
918 and 920 North Second st.
Salesroom, 302 N. Fourth st.
oct7.dtf
ST. LOUIS, MOv
E. Y. Ringo. E. E. SamueL
Web. SI. Samuel.
& M. SAMUEL
0,
COTTON FACTORS AND
Commission Merchants,
NO. 101 N. MAIN ST,
ST. LOUIS, iKLO.
Solicit consignments of Wheat,
Wool and Hides. iuUIj
W. M. Senter.
W. T. Wilkins,
SENTER & CO.
Cotton Factors and General
COMMISSION ERCHMTS
NO. 200 N. MAIN ST.
Cor. of Pine,’' St. Louis, Mo.
Liberal advances on Shipments of
Cotton. Special attention given ot
ling orders for Merchandise ato
ation Supplies. iu4-ly
iVOLJL BEALL & CO,
COTTON FACTORS AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Solicit consignments of Cotton, Whea
Wool, Hides, <fec.,
18 S Commercial St., St. Loui
References : Banks and reliabl
Business men of St. Louis..
ESTABLISHED IN 1866.
Do a strictly Commission Busines
Sell anything that can be sold in th
market. Liberal advances when bill
ading is attached to draft. Nev<
peculate in anything. Remit pn
eeds of sales promptly. Guaranty
tisiaction. Give us a trial. iu20-6i
Bring your J°b Work to the
DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
-^asfc Side of Houston St.
—Have you wild lands. Impr
lands. Improved or unimproved
property to sell, you will find i
your advantage to call on us. Oi
clities for reaching the public are
urpassed. R, West Stake &
—When you want Job-
work of any’kind, come and
| examine our prices and spec*
imens, we can please you.
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