Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 31, 1884 Page: 5 of 8
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SANGUlf f
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ect 8 Superintendent
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ort Worm Tcttti
DENTIST
Worth Tn
Fort
nnuwln Ho Beaton
Store
J J KANE
bt and Superintendent
lOiff
ml notional Hank Fort
ECttBA105R
3tors and Builders
tlnMcotco tonBUklnfl
a
itelvlne connteraoto
COTTON 01
Presses
ITLAS ENGINES
jssel
Portable
and
Stationary
Engines
WATOfl THRESHERS
MCKC0UN1T
intBuiussiillo A Gcucr
lew of Local Sows
of ho Uazctto
January 29
Well we
a time of mutation old
lng away all things nro
at luwt some of them
U
are rapidly becoming
mu old tenements arc
bo
o replaced by new
i
many instances aro
0 new old citizens
aro
Places to thxtiuw tho
dug old and
St Peters
jar to welcome little
tttliem in
slip among
reading cltlensliln ru
i 19 another day from
Kfeatmany things To
u u tho
new storo
umber now with more
Trifb MU mentioned
t for
ready occupancy
Puesa houses
rccentlv
1 Blevem Sherwood
leu are ready for their
Uliwr new stand on
IiOigs BtreelH Klviim
ot liss
I than KOWW
1iB opened by 1rofg
lallfled gcntltmuii to
Injjnentsof nil klndn
pTlien thoro
is the
IfyMaMohn
Xotliaf
le4 asplendid flno
fouejuilo east of the
Rwrw with good
Ifcd with registered
f nt
rpr > o for you
ftll
tLKUt > K mid
l < Udaytodayauda
ve me practice of
IQgbeen moulded for
Williamson tlu Wlin
Pty has leaded the
KJtipns aud has em
ffifw or the Ueclster
iiemeonfoot it la
S111 Hri8SU ° t 1rC0
uu liie country 3i
lllaClno MteU
wWoii
Kca fl
rj aLl1PLWa ce
l at 2n mtr
lie Rim Co wu < > y
Jitui1 In get
IMS 1ST
have
shcritrwould have crushed tho little
legal bulldozer
Mrs Siimiii Sparlcfl for thirty years
past n resident of this locality 72 years
old wns burled this afternoon at tlio
city cemetery She was an excellent
Christian and her character
woman
was u blight light to those who follow
herMra
Mra Juliet Truelovc wife of W W
TruiIove died Monday morning and
was burled yesterday
Constable Aden of tills precinct is
very lume from it sprained ankle Ills
foot wns eaught Saturday night in an
opening in a plunk sidewalk nud hurt
him considerably
CLAY COUNTY
Notes From Tonn nnd Country An In
torcsllnirNcws Uttdgct
Correspondence of tlio Onzotto
Henrietta January 20 Someone
not afraid of our city marshal and with
a loaded sixMiootcr made the welkin
ring a few nights since On the same
evening William Foster while under
tho iniluonco of tho king of terrors
und uslngtidcsporute cutter punch-
ed out the lights iu the Cattle Ex-
change and going to tlioOilloomado
night hideous by shooting daylight
holes through the roof of thebulldiug
One night last week about ouo mile
of a large pasture fence was cut In the
northeast part of thu county It Is
thought the perpetrators of thishcllish
piece of mischief had bomethlng else
in view instead of simply to be cutting
wire fencing to let cattle scatter and
gather what they could Tho pasture
cut Is the Dawson outllt that luudo an
uslgnment lately
The wife of Mr C M Summons died
Sunday at the City hotel leaving tin
Infant eleven days old also u sou
twenty mouths Her maiden name
watt Kutio Rose and her parents reside
iieur Decatur Illinois Bho was mar-
ried to Mr Summons at Little Rock
Ark December 2o 1870 Mrs S was
awoman of splendid family and wns
well resitccted by all her acquaint-
ances The sympathy of the entire
city is extended to tho bereaved hus-
band
Your correspondent has been Inter-
viewing tho stockmen and ho hears
tome bad nowe Some cattle are dying
on the range and some also lu tho In
closures It SLome that somo kind of
u diseaso Is among them and Is
killing cattle Iu good fix
This la not a wholesale
taking off of tho stockmans wealth
butu few uro biting tho dust Of
couho this must bo expected as a cer
tain percent have to be lost
who mention of fencecutting is not
often made now by either side or thutl
la by one Interest or the other Hoth
sides uro awaiting the action of our
leglfclalure Oh how und tho present
legislature needs a leader of a mast or
wind one who could Moseslike lead
them outof this wirefence Hgypt
Have they such a man among thcui
Tho county commissioners adopted
theplutiHand speeillcatlonsof Arclil
tcctWllsoii of Dallas In their delibera-
tions Monday
It Is now arranged to soon put uu
der contract the new court hauso for
ho county With tho court home
finished ami a 20000 school build-
ing also the city will begin to put on
n ctropolltmialra aud from tho fact that
thoclty voted by n vote of 117 for to 10
Kalnst to lake clmrao of her frto
Huhoohvltwlllhc done nt an early
day Tho vole wus small hut then It
Bhows that no one was opposed to tak
Ingehargoof lliofreo suhooln Can
any city of two thousand Inhabitants
l the stntotay as much We doubt It
materially
Mr It a Mungum our mqst
1 worthy asslstunt postmaster who un
fortuuutely had his leg broken at tho
Union depot tit Fort Worth on the
morning of Dec C 18S3 we nro glad to
suy is again nt his post of duty in the
postefllce His many friends are glad
to bee him able to bo around oven if
It is upon his crutches Wo under-
stand Mr Mnngum will instltuto suit
against tho railroad company for dam
ages na at tho time of tho accident It
was as dark as pitch upon the platform
of tho depot Wo can say nothing
ngahibthlm iu this suit from the fact
us the Gaxkitk well knows It wus a-
long time there was no lljrht kept on
the depot grounds Grasping Jiionoi
olles forget these Hmallerarrangemonts
He Is a worthy man and will pursue
no course but i correct one
The report of 11 rearms cut our streets
or In the buildings causes ii general
rush around Such was tho case lust
Monday evening as a pet coon was re
ceiving live loads of lead for ids most
too intimate acquaintanceship with IU
owners hand So much tor u pot
coon
Lust week O C Wright J H Mc
Cltire It Y Muugum Henry Loop
and John Hill all from Henrietta
wended their way through your city
to Dallas Tho cause of all this num-
ber of our quiet citizens going to tho
last named place wus a cull Jroiu the
U S district court
Mrs Georgia Loop has recently re-
t umed from a visit to her fathers nick
bed In Sherman She is tbeduughter
or Mr Hulsey of tho last named place
Ho had much improved before she left
him
Some pretty strong talk of moro as-
signments In this city but from pics
ent Indications the luturoMirely will
bring better results
Parties In from the south of the
county report fencecutting at uu end
Farmers nro plowing und putting laud
lu fix for futuro use
Several persons who bought fine
stock bulls at tho Harness f > alo ate
losing on their Investments Tho cat
tlo are reported us dying in many
places lutely Hope not so bad as re-
ported though
HOW llE UKCMSIE A MOKHON
A Salt lake Merchiint Toll How Second
CotirUliliH are Conducted
A Lake correspondent writes tho
Salt
following story as ti ruinsample of tho
social ameulties of Mormondom
Tho superintendent of the great co-
operative store has told mo how ho
contracted a polygamous marriage
aud 1 will try and repeat his story as
nearly as T can Just asho guvo it to me
You sec I wasu Mormon In Ice-
land beforo I came hero Di fact I
was born u Mormon It 1800 when I
was quite a lad I came to Bait Lake
City and got a position In the stores
Urlghum Young took a fancy to me
und advanced me very rapidly and in
u few years I was cashier at a salary
month About that
of J100 ft
time I met my first wife herself tho
marriage and a
child oru polygamous
staunch believer In polygamy After
a short courtship In which Ilucre was
romance enough to make it orcst
liig wo were married on can read
ly understand that at the time I was
more interested lu inttkliig wwlf a
position than In anythliigelse I dont
mind saying that I was If notopposed
at least not an advocate
to polygamy
I of it and I never deemed It a possibili
second wife
ty that I would murry a
children aitl my wife did
Vo had two
everything to make our homo happy
and I have
She was successful too
never forgotten It either
wcro nt a party
One evening wo
aud lsaw tucrS the prettiest and nu
attractive girl l over saw I was iknU
stuck upon her before I li V
I went around trying to get u >
ductlon toiler I i rdii t meeeed
ilnally I cam to my wife and
who tlmtglrl was Bho sayn Ihatj
m i wwi < T < TBWyS MiiiMM
Hello Wells daughter of General
Wells tho mayor of Bait Lithe
Well says I I want an Introduc-
tion to her My v ifesavs Shes my
oldest and best friend I will fcecuru
the introduction She did und Miss
Wells made such an Impression as no
woman hud ever done before
Hut it didnt stop We didnt sco
each other for several days but I was
really very mueh distressed and she
was too for several days afterward
Mrs Wells herself one of dva wives
and Hellos mothorcanie to thu store
to see me Whats tho matter with
you and Hello V bays she I told her
nothing that I knew of Well shes
slek and wants to beo youv
All
Hello in bed very pale and slcktook
lug Now you could have got bets o
u tnoiisand to one right bore iu Sal
Lalothat Hello Wells would nevi
marry in polygamy Sho wis oppowJ
fWhatdid f
Whatdid you pay to Hello
asked Well I forget exactly I sid
You sent for me Nr > I didnt and
for you she replied Well yni
wanted mo to come said I Yea I
did very much bho replied and lu
less than ten minutes w s had ar-
ranged to bo married
How did you ask tho question
I reully dont remember but T aid
If she wanted to try It why Lvas
willing So I went down stairs and
met Gen Wells and said to litii
General iryou are willing Im jolng
to marry Helle AH right aj ho
you can have her or any other dugh
terlvo got or as many of then as
you want f only wantonoof tfcni
says I You had better think It Over
about Hello Bays he Tills Isony an
liifaiuatlou between you und wlldio
out and you dont want to 3akp
any mistako at this stage 1 ltold
him No It wasnt uny iufatualon
it meant business from the start Ho
says Go ahead Hello is ftthty
and perhaps fickle butsholsa > vely
girl at heart and perhaps It wllturij
out well I went back to Heli and
told her Bho asked uio to til my
wife I said I would and she rould
call on her tho next day Aftci sup-
er at homo that day I says my
wifely abruptly Do you reincober
that Miss Wofia you introduced mo
to Sho said she did Wfcll iuyn
I I am going to marry her
Well I asked Jn breathless Mer-
est what did the say
Sho said thatshohad expected that
I would marry ugnln nnif whlli she
would not attempt to deny tha the
hcwh was a blow to her she wasglad
It was to bo a woman she liked aswell
as sho did Hello Wills Then shtsald
sho would call on her I toh her
Hello was coming tomorrow Tho
next afternoon Helle came while yvun
at the store aildthe two women jad u
lomr und satisfactory talk
Do you know what passed helveon
themNot
Not any further than that they
were both satisfied with It
It was In the fall wo were engged
but it was not until April Hut we
wcro married I furnished two lputcs
adjoining each other Just alikeaud
we occupied them
Did your llrst wife go to thewed
ding
Certainly
And to tho reception nlI
Vca Bho saw the houso w in
order for Hellos coming
Aro the two women good frlitds
JustllkobUtersai
Which do you love the best
Hoth alike When my buHjiess
endeavors boro fruit I guvo imy llrst
wlfo a houso before I gave Hello ouo
I gayo them both alike Ivo Ixed
THE GAZETTE FORI WORTH TEXAS imUllSDATf JAyiJATli M
O Sucker State
GRAIK DRILLS
Elevator Oups Mill
Picks Bolting Olotb
WEpfcy yEifrw iftgi w sM
Hov many children huvoyou got
Sl > by eaeli wife
tove them all nllko
Thats easy to do Im happy In
ny family Como around and iliuv
tnlghtyou vdllsto all the children
aid my llrst wife Dellos In Ihe ICast
mw
An JiiTitnlion
Texan Wool Orotter
While tho fencecutting troubles nro
auslngso muijh imxlety throughout
hobtato It items hurdiy projier to
tdvlso people of older btates to iell out
Jielr high jiriced luuds and come here
o make u bcttlenicnt Hut one who
right says I I will go mill see her here for years and found no
I went up to the houbo and found ultles beset lilm either thruiigh
lawlessness In any form or by or
through tho acts of thu people who
were here before him orurrlvlng since
to such a one It is an easy matter to
hold an abiding fulth in the early set-
tlement ot these troubles andtho eon
timiuniO of prosperity us though
nothing hud Interferred between pas
turcmenuud feuoa cutters
The busluess of inviting immigra-
tion has heretofore not been on thu
programmo of tho lldoi Grower
and Is not now to uny alarming ox
lent because it Is a responsibility wo do
not wish to assume except in ono In-
stance
Shi op raisers aro complaining that
they cannot raise sliqcp even lino
pure bred Merinos on high priced laud
of Ohio 1uiuisylvuula aud Wfrst Vlr
giula oi account of the tarlfl reduc-
tion yet they have sheep which will
hhearS pounds of washed wool per
head aud bring HO to 33 cents putting
it low pur pound InToxus loo wo
are feeling the ellect of tarlfl reduction
and thu unwashed wools of this state
hardly sell at an average of 20 cents
per pound but there Is not thu slight-
est doubt 25 cents can be had for any
light shrinkage lluo or medium un-
washed wools or such wools as aro
generally produced by good Mciluo
sheep lu older states and It Is certain
notwithstanding all tho draw-
back distance from market
high prices for everything but land
high freight charges etc such sheep
can be raised hero at a profit espe-
cially If thoroughbreds and lams aro
sold Instead of muttons and sheep
raising will continue to bo profitable
here and in ull western and soulh west-
ern range states for many years to
come To such as have sheep and aro
now running them on hundred dollur
land Texas olluis equally geod graz-
ing land ut0 per acre Including fenc-
ing 010 acres can easily be obtained
utW per acre and fenced for J per
acre with a legal strong stout fence
000 ucres can be need for gracing mid
10 acres for farming purposes aud such
land with the product of tho farm
will support a sheep to the aero now
undwlll gradually Increase In capac-
ity If dlvldid by additional fences
pastured In rotation and where the
grass Is light If It bo set In Hcrinuda
One section of Texas laud may not
equal one section iu Ohio for struight
farming purposes hut It m u great
stretch of the truth to say that us
grazing laud tho comparison would
not be unfavorable In auy marked de-
gree Ono thing however eun be said
hi favor of Texas It 1b the lightest
tuxtd state iu thu uulouituileverwlU
be as thu statu Institutions requiring
revenue to support them nru all en-
dowed with lands that wilful mis
management would hurdiy destroy
the purposes of the endowment or pio
vent tho accumulation of funds for the
ordluary purposes of running school
university and iwylums which In oilier
Btates necil to ho supported by direct
taxation
If then there isn class of stockmen
who can do well In Texas 1th tho exI
them bo theyll have f25000 a plffio If perlonocd shepherd who U Also h I
lfaniuirfcnpwnif Urn nf In
I should die iuh
MOWERS
And Self Bakes
REAPERS
irrST ETCIIIinSGornSnELLmtS
W A HUFFMAN IMPLEMENT COMPANY
tatiliiiiflpM
CASEY S WASEY
Wholesale Whiskey Merchants Fort Worth
Wo carry iu stock the leading brands of Sour Mash Whiskies made in Kentucky such as
0 F C TAYLOR
HERMITAGE
KENTUCKY CLUE
WOODLAND
prompt attention Our stock of Wines and Cigars is equal to
ANDERSON
T J MONARCH
R MONARCH
BOND LILLIARD
any in the state Corner Houston and Third Streets Fort Worth Texas
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T B IOTY
COMFORT
WELCH
McBRAYER ETC
To parties desiring to purchase free or in bond we are prepared to give prices to meet competition from any market and all orders or inquiries will
Oi JPoxt Worth Texas Wholesale and Ifcetrxil Dealers in f sJ tPSS Ui r
FARM AND MILL MACHINERY FENCE WIRE ETC ETC
Rubber Hose
RUBBER LEATHER AND
COTTON
AVERY AND OLIVER
Chilled
BELTING jgi John Deere
FTING PULLEYS 2P 31 C > W 3
Gas UDouble Shovels
PIPE PITTINGg GeorgiaSfcockSj
ass Goods
STEAM PUMPS ETC
Etc Etc
i
Bull Tongues
Sweeps
Etc Etc
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CASADAYA Tents and Vagdii scotch HARROWS VHni plttDh
Sulky Plow W UJ iJ JT hanoi 9P
AKN °
M0UNE AND OTHER > harrow tee
Farm Wagons WheelbaliWs
LValor EldV v iif
Single Tree8
HayProssJ L WALTER A WOODS rw u T k > jlJ
fcsprtng wAferf
CAM MILLS h
nnil
vaporatora
EVANS
n Planters
ART rfi
BOOTS JSLTSTXJt SHOBS
No 310 HOUSTON ST FORT WORTH TEXAS
connection with agriculture No one
risks any trouble in making the brand
assertion that Teas is it good field for
settlement for such men Those who
como do well und moro come overy
year
1OREIGN
rirAMlliitTArNft SfHUfllj
Loudon January Clminlxrlnin
president of the board of trade in a
speech at Hirmlugham sntil that Hug
laud Is notgoing to allow thowarwltii
KI Mnhdlto Interfere for a single mo-
ment with the pinjected reforms and
Improved Institutions which Kugland
is making overy ifmrt to develop in
ICgypt and by which It Is hoped secu
rity may be given tnlSgyptlan liberties
und tho noopleeduntteil for Indejieiul
enco and selfgovernment
miimi noun
Within a radius of leu miles of Ayr
200000 trees wew blown down lu the
recent storm und a hundred thousand
on the estnto ofthe Marquis of Allsa
OUR C VNA11I4N COVA1N
At ii meeting of tho society of urts
lost evening the Marquis of Lome
pTisldlng a paper wus read upon emi-
gration to Canada Oult lately high
commissioner for Cuinulu said 200000
000 teres of land had been given nway
lufurnisoii thuslmplo condition that
the farmers should have thu right of
ownership The Marquis of Lome
said ho had been greatly surprised to
sio a most extraordinary telegram pur-
porting to have emanated from Isew
York which usscrted that the finances
of Canada were In a bud way and
woro going generally to tho devil hut
he hud been relieved the next dity
by receiving a letter from the secre-
tary of tho high commissioner of
Canada which showed thu figures lu
tho dispatch were altogether errone-
ous lu many Instances hundreds of
thousands of dollars out of thu way
This Jiad led him to the conclusion
that whllo muny peoplo In America
were kindly ullceted toward Great
Itrltaln nud ull things Hrttish certain
others woro quite tho reverse Ah far
as ho himself wasconeerned he could
ouly speak mu t lovingly of tho
American people but at tho samp
time Englishmen should not allow
their love for tlielr kinsmen across the
Atlantic to make them forget thut
their own lloclt In America hud the
llrst claim upon them
itUSSM
ANiiUCA KNlHItlltlSB
St Petersburg JanuuryJJu Tho Im-
perial council will shortly consider Iho
question of forming a ItusslauAmerl
cmt company for erecting elevators
AHKAMAN AOITATIOX
St Petersburg JanuaryUO Iii splto
lof tlio many wrests agrarian uglta
i lion continues in Pskow und Vilbik
8 Intense Is tho Irritation of tho > m
nuts lu the latter provinces that tho
governor bos telegraphed toSt Peters-
burg asking thut the troops sent spe
withdrawn an
cially to Vilbsk bo
collision Is feared AppealsaddrisseUta
thu educated classes have appeared In
White Ilussla urging them to Jolu Jn
tho struggle against absolutism
TtJiticuir
INDIIJINITV UH AKI BI >
POWDER
Absolutely Piwe
Tlila powilor novor viuloe A marvel ot
pui tyntreiiifihnml wliolnKomencHM Moro
ioonouiIcal limn li < i onlliinrjr kltutIund
cannot Ijonoid luconipotlllon with Uiu mul
tltudo of low tc l Bliorl welitlit alum or
pliospliato powdcra OoUt onlu < n coin Kor
Ah lUxiHO lowoKii Co 101 Wall Btrcot
New York
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CctntUtlct I AMCrUOANOALVANIO OO
h t IsUUl t BKlnnor Blook Denye Ool
Lew Wallace tho American minister
has demanded from thu pnrlo Indem-
nity 2000 ou account of tho allege
Illegal arreut of Dr Pllaum anAinerl
caa by the governor of Azcosj also an
InJcruulty for tho American travellers
aecetitly attacked by Khurdlsh hrU
igardsln AiaatUIa
Dciith Warranto Signed
llarrlshurg Pa Jauuary w Tlie
death warrauta or Jesso Oarter > and
Georgo Jtnts of Allegheny county
otosigned und the executions > vlll
tako jtlacoAprll 3rd Jl
Fort > Vprth Ski lmf Uluk
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for H B Seutt c5 Co 9s Smootli and Barbed Wire Onehalf Million Pounds now in Stock
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