Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 264, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 30, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
COR. HOUSTON AND SECOND S S.,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
OFFICERS:
M. B LOYD President,
D C. BENNETT, Vice-President,
GEORGE JACKSON, OasiiUh
DIRECTORS:
JS Godwin, Jas. Watkins, Geo. Jackson,^
M B Loyd, C H.IIigbee, D. C. Bennett,
J. Q. Sandidge.
Transact a {general Banking Business.
BROOKS & MYLEST
LESSEES OF
FORT WORTH ELEVATOR.
DEALERS IN
GRAIN of all KINDS.
Orders promptly filled for wheat, corn, oats,
barley, bran, etc.
53” Also keep on hand full supply of Burlap
sack and twine lor sale in lots to suit the trade
7-17-dwtf ____
F. ©XIESMiESIFLS,,
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER
AND
J E "W ELER,
11 Main Street, Fort Wortt, Tens.
Dealer in all kinds of
Watcta, Clods, Jewelry & Spectacles.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired
and Guaranteed.
Prices Reasonable.
7. HOWARD,
FEACTICAL
Watchmaker
Daily Democrat!
VOL. 4,
FORT WORTH. TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1880.
NO. 264
■W3X. BROWN,
THE FORT WORTH GROCER,
DEALER TN
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobacco and Cigars, Etc.
fiine teAl.s a. specialty .
Call, you will find a Large and Fresh Stock to Select from at Bottom Prices,
theast corner Houston and First Streets, J, H. Brown’s old stand.
d&w
JESSE JONES.
S. P. TUCKER.
H. W. TUCKER.
Jones & Tucker Bros.
—Retail—
Q- RO C E H £
And Dealers in
COUNTRY PRODUCE, ETC.
Cor. Main and Weatherford Streets,
NEW ORLEANS
GROCERY.
R.H. Barnes & Co,
Wholeeale;and ^Retail Dealers in
GROCERIES,
Provisions and Produce.
TOBACCO a Specialty
ONE PRICE !
BEST QUALITY!
LIVING PRICES!
FORT WORTH,
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TEXAS
W. Wm LAKE
>
-DEALER IN-
—AND—
JEW ELER.
Dealer in
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry & Spectacles.
^" Houston St., next to First National Bank,
FORT WORTH, .... TEXAS.
Repairing done promptly. Work warranted.
3-6-t
Soliolastia
The school at the Mister School House, north
end of third ward, under the care of
•J. B. Stephens and
Miss Ishie Jewell,
Is open for the reception of pupils of all grades.
Discipline is firm and wholesome. The aim
of instruction is t . cultivate the aesthetic and
ethical faculties, and train students to think.
HARDWARE, ZROIT.
Nails, Gas Pipe, Wagon and Carriage Wood Work,
Stoves, Pumps, Pump Supplies, etc
CORNER HOUSTON AND SECOND STS,
Port WorttL, - - - - Texas.
We address the public for their benefit.
Look at our prices and you cannot lose
anything by trying us, ‘as we guarantee
all goods, weights and prices.
Our house is well known throughout
the city, county and western country, and
we call your attention to our present prices
which you will find considerably reduced
Rest Rio Coffee............ 5 pounds for $1
Best New York A Sugar____1% “ ‘1
Best Carolina Rice..........10
Best Teas, Japan, green, Oolong.....^
Best Soap....................15 pounds for 1
Best Hominy, 4c per lb or..22 “ ‘*1
Best Grits, 5c per lb or......22
Best English Currants.......10
Best French Prunes, new. •• 8
B est B Sugar................ 8%
Best Moco Coffee ........... 8
Best Java Coffee............ 3
Best Unground Pepper......5
Best Nutmegs................1
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1 CO
60c to 1 00
00
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1 U0
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 0i
i:oo
1 00
1 10
roved methods of educati nal work, and by
lersevering labor, the teachers hope to merit:
bat patronage which they cheerfully solicit.
Terms, per month, $-1 50 to $3.00.
Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 2d, 1880:—lm
The Oldest and Largest Stove and Hardware House in the City.
Every Description of Job Work done on Short Notice. d&w
W. A. HUFFMAN
.DEALERS IN
Farming Implements,
Fish Bros.’ and Studebater wagons; Sorgo Mills & Evaporators a specialty; Cham-
Dion Reapers and Mowers; Buckeye Reapers And Mowers; Buckeye Hay Rakes; Oliver
Chilled Iron Plows; Garden City Clipper Plows; B. F. Avery & Son’s Plows; McBride
Riding Attachment; Plain and Barbed Fence Wire ; Harrows and Harrow Teeth;
Russell Threshers and Engines; Hoes, Chains, I-Iames, Clevises, Double and Single
Trees, Corn Shelters, Wheat Fans, Fire Brick, Rubber Belting, Cultivators, Double
Shovels, Grain Drills, Wagon Bows and Sheets, Tents, etc.
Artesian Well Drilling Machinery a Specialty.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS. Branch House at WEATHERFORD, TEXAS.
All enquiries promptly answered. d&w 3-19-79
E. ftf HELLER.
JDE^AILELR. 11ST
•' ■ * ,** •'■.•hi■ R -
Spring Wagons, Phaetons, Buggies
OF ALL KINDS.
The largest stock now on hand ever
brought to the city.
„ . ftIPlIl PROMPTLY 11 IS FIRST-CLASS STYLE.
Tins House Has m Superior
first' "cQSir He sort Throckmorton Street, Bet. First and Second.
?IRST ST. Mweeil HOUSTON kM MAIN?
AND COR. FIRST AND HOUSTON
iNO. HOFFMAN, Proprietor.
jeeps constantly on hand best brands of
WHISKEY AND CIGARS,
Wines, US to,
ALSO
Esculents and Sweetmeats ^
of all kinds at the
MOST REASONABLE RATES.
Best Honey Drip Syrup, per gallon,........ 75
Best Louisiana Molrsses “ ......... 80
Common Molasses....... “ ......... 45
Alden Dii»cl Apples........ 5 pounds for 1 00
New York Sliced Apples____7 “ 100
Spices low down.
Hoods Delivered Free to Any Part of tie City.
Flour and Bran delivered at mill pric°s.
Large lot of Soaps on hand bought before
the rise which we offer to both retail and
jobbing trade at old figures. Arrived a
shipment of brown Sugar for preserving
purposes; fresh vegetables and butter
from the best dairies; gasoline and all
grades of coal oil; pure apple vinegar for
pickling purposes.
Corner Main and First Streets,
FORT WORTH. TEXAS.
9-8-dwtf
Ho! All Who Thirst.
Come to the Tivoli Hall and drink of
the waters of life 1're‘ely. Kuhn keeps for
sate over his bar the excellent Taylor
whiskey of ’69, the Mel wood whiskey of
’73, and the celebrated Grape Creek whis-
key, besides the finest imported cognac
brandy, and all kinds of wine, porter, ate,
and the very best brands of cigars.
Every one already knows that he always
has on hand the best and coolest beer in
the city. Kuhn and Marthell are the
pleasantest men in town and they sell
none but the best of every thing in their
line. 9-17-tf
Poverty and Suffering.
“I was dragged down with debt, pover-
ty and suffering for years, caused by a
sick family and large bills for doctoring,
which did them no good. I was com-
pletely discouraged, until one year ago.
by the advice of my pastor, I procured
Hop Bitters and commenced their use,
and in one month we were all well, and
none of us have seen a sick day since, and
I want to say to all poor men, yon can
keep your families well a year with Hop
Bitters for less than one doctor’s visit
will cost—I know it. A Workingman.”
A PACIFIC HORROR.
A Ulan Covets the Bonds and the Wife
of his Friend and murders Him
to Possess Both.
Washington, September 23.—
The treasury department was in
the receipt some time since of a
communication from the chief of
the detective corps tof San Fran-
cisco, containing statements which
read like a highly wrought-up ro-
mance, embracing the crimes of
robbery, murder and marital infi-
delity. The story in brief is as
follows : Two gentlemen, friends
of each other, with their wives
were traveling in California. One
ofthem had in his possession a
number of registered United
States bonds. The sight of the
bonds excited the cupidity of his
friend, who also coveted his neigh-
bor’s wife. The two men walked
out together one afternoon to
view the mountain scenery, The
owner of the bonds was never seen
again, and his companion reported
that he had accidentally tumbled
down a frightful precipice. Sub-
sequently while in the recesses of
a vast forest, the mau tied his
own wife and burned her to death.
Then, in company with the wife of
the missing man, he made his way
back to San Francisco, and with
her connivance personated the
owner of the bonds and endeav-
ored to negotiate the sale of them.
The two were shadowed and
tound to be living together as hus-
band and wife, he assuming the
name of the friend whom he was
believed to have murdered. Such
is the outline of the detective’s sto-
ry, and as may readily he imagined,
the treasury officials were on the
qui vive for any application which
might come for the transfer of the
bonds to another party. Nothing
was heard until quite recently,
when a letter was received from
the attorney of a lady living in
Kansas City, asking the transfer
of the bonds to her name. The
lady states that she is the widow
of the person in whose name the
bonds now stand registered. An
account is then given of his mur-
der, or supposed murder, by the
false friend, who, it is stated, ob-
tained possession of the bonds, but
there is nothing to indicate that
she was an accessory, or that she
had any subsequent knowledge
of the movements of the murderer.
The first comptroller lias decid-
ed that before the bonds can be
transfered to her on the books of
the treasury she must furnish fur-
ther and fuller proof of her identi-
ty, etc. In the meantime the
chief of the San Francisco detec-
tives has been written to for any
additional information which he
may have on the subject.
THE MYSTERIOUS FIGURES.
Unexampled Excitement In Northern
IntliHiia—A’lff jinia tbaTTbrenteni ”i
a Visit to Oliio.
Look Here.
It you want a good “rig,” single or
double—good saddle horses—or an outfit
for the road, call at Wilkes' stable, corner
of Rusk and Second street. tf
7-6-tf
9-19-tf
ST. LOUIS NATIONAL
Stock Ya/ircl^.,
TheseS took Yards are Located a
East St. Louis, Illinois,
Directly opposite the .city of Saint Louis, an
and nearer its business centre, than any yard
located therein. They embrace an area of tSM
aores, of which
100 ACRES ARE ENCLOSED,
For the special business of the Yard, and 6U
acres are under shed. The stock arriving is un-
loaded directly in the pens, and placed immedi-
ately on the market.
Buyers from New Y'ork, Boston, Chicago
Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville and othe
points, are permanently located at the Yards,
and shippers can confidents anticipate an ac-
tive ana reliable market for all receipts however
lar^e, and for all grades of stock.
Every effort will be made to advance the costt
dence of shippers in the Saint Louis live stock
market which has already, through the agency
of these yards, become, at least, the equal o'
any live stock market in the west.
A flrst-clas6 hotel for the convenience of its pa
trons, is attached to the yards.
EL- PASO HOTEL
Job Printing’.
Business men of Fort Worth should
not forget that the Democrat office is
prepared to do all kinds of commercial
printing and book work. We can make
as good a book as can be had in St. Louis,
and on as good terms. Specimens of
our work can be seen at any time.
Wanted to Kent.
A dwelling convenient, to the business
centre, suitable for a boarding house. A
suitable house can secure a permanent
tenant. Apply at ibis office. tf
—Painter’s Manual—house and sign
painting, graining, varnishing, polishing,
gilding, &c., 50 cents. Book of Alphabets
50. Scrolls and ornaments, $1. Furni-
ture and Cabinet finisher, 50. Watchmaker
and Jeweler, 60. Carpenter, 50. Horse-
shoer, 25. Soapmaker, 25. Candymaker,
50. Taxidermist, 50. Dyer and Scourer,
50. Barkeeper, 50. Of booksellers or by
mail. JESSE HANEY & CO., 119 Nas-
sau St., A ew York. 7-30-tf
A New §ort of Bai rels.
Detroit Tribune.
The body oi the barrel is all
made into one piece from
coarse wood pulp. The pressure
to which it is subjected is
400 tons. The heads are made
of one piece in the same way, and
when put together the barrels are
exceedingly light, strong and satis-
factory every way. There are two
kinds, one for fruit, flour, and
other dry substances; the other
tor oil, lard and liquids of all kinds.
A flour barrel made this way aDd
filled can be dropped from a wagon
to the pavement without injury.
Fruits packed in these receptacles
keep longer than when put up iu
the usual way, being dry and ex-
cluded from the air. The barrels
for liquid substances are made by
subjecting the first form to a sim-
ple process, and oil can be kept in
them without any leakage. The
saving in cost is about fifty per
cent. ^ _
Following Garfield’s Lead.
From the New Y'ork Sun.
In 1869 Gen. Garfield wanted
to reduce the regular army by res-
toring one major-general to civil
life. He wanted to remove Han-
cock from the pay roll. In 1880
the people of the United State are
taking up the same idea. They
are going to restore one major-
general to civil life. They are go-
ing to withdraw Hancock from the
army pay roll. But they will put
him on a better one elsewhere.
Bourbon, Iiid., Sept. 21.—We
are having a unique time out here.
On Saturday night several small
boys chalked the mysterious fig-
ures
$329
all over the city. They appear on
every fence, wall, post, and curb
from one end of the city to the
other. They were chalked on the
post office and on the OampbelUte
church. Even the threshold of
distinguished citizens did not es-
cape. All the Hancock men be-
gan to laugh and a fair share of the
Garfield meu begaa to curse.
About midnight a brigade of Re-
publicans, armed with mops, scrub-
bing brushes, brooms and pails of
water, scattered itself over the
city, and began to wash out the
figures. Small boys,; however-
traveled in the wake of the scrubs,
and the figures
$329
reappeared as fast as erased. Af-
ter five hours’ work the scrubbing
brigade went home in disgust.
Senator Allison of Iowa was an-
nounced to speak on the following
Monday. He received telegraph
notice of the cropping out of the
mysterious figueres, and halted
within forty miles of the city.
After a council of war he took the
back track for home. On Monday
the excitement broke out afresh.
Half a dozen prominent Republi-
cans appeared oa the street with
the mysterious figures chalked ou
their backs. A distinguished
Campbellite clergymeu awoke at
7 a. m., and was enraged to fine
$329
on the soles of his boots. Little
white flags bearing the symbolist-
ic symbols floated from various
points. A Garfield butcher went
into hysterics because some one
had inscribed the figures on the
collar of his dog. The whole
town was in an uproar. The Han-
cock men laughed more heartily
than ever, and the Garfield men
cursed like an army of Flanders.
They were even more excited than
they were when they received the
news of the defeat of Maine. After
again vainly trying to wash out
the figures they threatened to re-
sort to the shotgun policy. These
threats made the Hancock men
roar with laughter. The curses of
the Garfield crowd were so appal-
ling that even the imported col-
ored element stood aghast. The
worst or best of it is that the
$329
rfiania has spread to* adjoining
towns, and it threatens to ruu
over northern Indiana like wildfire.
If it reaches Ohio the Lord alone
knows what will happen. $329.
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Garfield’s Petty Warfare ou
Hancock Baffled.
^Fiora the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Winfield Scott Hancock will be
the next president of the United
States. It is written in the book
of fate, and there will be no elec-
toral tribunal to reverse the re-
turns. Hancock was born both
handsome and lucky. He is a man
of destiny. Why, just look at the
record. In 1868 Garfield brought
bill into congress to drop
the junior major general. That
was Hancock. It passed both
houses of congress, and was
signed by the president. But be-
fore it could be carried into effect
Geo. H. Thomas, the senior major-
general, died, and Hancock going
up one grade, was no longer the
junior majoi-general, ahd so the
law could not reach him. The Re-
publicans, still led by Garfield,
passed an act reducing the major-
generals to three. This was
signed by the president, but be-
fore it could be carried into effect
Meade died, and the major-gener-
als were then reduced to three by
God Almighty. F: Dally a law wa§
passed authorizing the president
to drop one of the major-generals.
Before it could be carried out Hal-
leek died, and Hancock becoming
the senior major-general, he could
not be dropped. The man who
survived all these attempts to re-
tire him cannot be retired. The
man who led them—Garfield—will,
as a fitting consummation of his
act, fall a victim to his intended
victim. Haucock will be elected
president. Garfield will be re-
tired—at least from the presiden-
tial field.
Virtue hath its reward—[Solo-
mon.
5AM. W. ALLERTON,
of Chicago, President.
NELSON MORRIS,
Assistant Manager.
ISAAC II. KNOX,
Sec’y. and Treas.
CHAS. T. JONES,
Superintendent
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
C. U. FAIRFAX. Proprietor.
This House Is Entirely New, Substantially Built of Slone and Elegantly Fun.Lhed,Tbrcnghout
81 THOROUGHLY VENTILATED ROOMS.
It is 8itualed In the Business Centre ol the City, oh the Street Railroad leading to; the Depot,
iclaim.to have the Best Hotel in Texas. Call anil see for yourself.;
Fresh Crackers.
Fifty boxes just receiyed by R. II Barnes
& Co.1 9-8-tf
Found.
A diamond collar button. The owner
can have the same by proving property
nd paying for this notice. 28-tf
Something to be Proud of.
Waco Telephone
Fort Worth is almost tipsy with
enthusiasm about securing the G
0. & S. F. road. Well, it is some-
thing to be proud of and no mis
take.
No Turkey for Hancock,
From the Chicago Times.
One Gen. Hancock, of the Union
army, fought and defeated the
rebel Longstreet at Gettysburg,
and the party which “put down
the rebellion” gives Longstreet
Turkey, and says that Hancock
must take crow.
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Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 264, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 30, 1880, newspaper, September 30, 1880; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1048587/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.