Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 4, 1879 Page: 1 of 3
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FORT OKIFF1N, SHACKELFORD COUNTY. T , SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 187U
professional.
WHEELER & POSEY,
ATT0RNEYS AT LAW,
Breckinridge, Texas.
Will practice In the Federal Court at
tiniham. and in the District courts of sto-
nhcn*. Shaekelftmland Voting counties.
" A. A. CLARKE, "
LAWYER iWD tA*® AOE XT
Albany,'. - ' * - " Texas,
Usi fwrsaleovcra garter of a million
of sen* of tfne land belonging to the
Prime ..Texan fynd Company.
PETER HART, .
Iftorney at Law & Land Agent,
Texan.
J, S. STEEL,
Julieeof the Place
•' ~ako— .
EX-OmClO NOTARY PUBLIC.
rert«rtfljt*
Texan.
ting Agont.
tlon given to all
lorOounty, Toms
BROWNING
■ Texas.
jar
services to the
■urrounding
nrad « Bath's,
nSly
EMENT8.
BDIRON
Guard*
Clean
Mined at the
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Proprietor
( t i TEXAS.
W0SFR0M
YARD with plenty
if^o*
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EXCHANGE,
, Proprietor
I t l i t Toxm.
the beat of Wines,
CIAL HOTEL,
TOOJRUE.
Things arc not always wluit they seem,
Skim milk olteii sells tor creuui?
Men on Sunday kneel in prayer,
1 hen on Mondny lie and sweur.
Women. who, upon the si wet,
SiiiiIw at. fvt ry one tlioy inv«*t,
l.i't llx'lr hearts turn cold a* atone,
.lust an koiii) as' tlwy get home.
• Hoys who wouldn't soil their hands
In 'the country, tilling lands,
8it and tisli from morn till night,
Then conic home most uwfiil tight.
<tlrl« who'look so awftd nice,
That wo gaze'iipoh them twice.
Arc marie tip from head to shln3
Of cotton, whalebone, puds and pins.
Sl'lSMOR.PlTB.
It id a glorious thing to resist
temptations, but is far safer to
avoid theui.
Divine guidance is shown
when our vessel, tempe*t tossed,
keeps steadily on its way.
The blessing of a house is
piety. The honor of a house is
ospitality. The ornament of
house is cleanliness. The
happiness of a house is con-
tentment.
Some one who has experi-
mented in the matter, says that
a handful of bran spatteied in
each hill of . potatoes, when
planting; will increase the yield
one-third.
An envious paragrapher re-
marks; "It has been observed
that the' lady. with, a diamond
ring will scratch her nose, in a
given period, four times as often
as any other woman."
Many people; who boast of
being 'plain' and 'blunt,* art?
merely coarse and boorish. Sue
The
TEXAS.
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HHi GACTHIEB, Proprietor.
entirely new.
Northwest Texas.
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rER, EVANS & CQ.,
1 ■TOOK
ION MERCHANTS
jNALSTOOK YARDS,
East St. Louis. Illinois.
Cash advances
made
loUcltc
on consignments.
Correspondence solicited and market re-
ports furnished on application to
WV. IKUNTfilt, Oeu'l Agt.
Fort Worth, - - . - - - Texas.
Kulhall & Scaling.
LIVE STOCK *■;
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
'■'or the stile of Cattle, Hogs and Sheep.
national 8TOCK YAKL> ,
'last St LouL«, 111. ■ ■ ,
Wrect communication by telegraph In
Ho yards.
persons are constantly inflictin
wounds, which neither time no
medicine can ever heal.
"Can there be happiness
where there is no love ?" solemn-
ly queries an antbor in a book
on marriage. ~Not much happi
□ess, perhaps, but if the girl is
awfully rich there can be lots of
fun. ,
A mud-turtle can neither fly.
ng. irallop. laugh, cry or go
blackberrytng, and yet if they
are let alone they get along just
as well as the young man who
trlea to bfe fuuny at a lawn
party. '
"We know a, girl who will
wrestle with a croquet mallet in
the hot sun for lour hours; and
not oomplain. But just ask her
to hold on to the wooden end of
a broom for a minute and she'll
have a fit.
Two Meridien men are in
trouble over the ownership of a
ladder, and are taking steps fo r
a lawsuit.. The result or thin
will be that one lawyer will get
the sides and the other lawyer
will get the rounds leaving the
holes to the litigants.
A young lady was endeavor-
ing to impress upon the minds
ot her Sunday school scholars
the sin and terrible punishment
Of Nebuchedneziar; and when
she said that for seven years he
ate grass like a cow, jslie was
astonished by a little girl who
asked, "Did he give milk ?"
A bashful young man could
defer the momentous question
no longer, so he' stammered
"Martha; I—I—do yon—yon
must have—are you aware the
good book says—ei, that it Is
not g-g-ood that a nMuari Hhould
be alone I" "Then hadn't yon
better run home to your moth
er f* coolly suggested Martha.
Luckily Postmaster General
Key is a man of family, and will
be able to suggest a rational so-
lution of the problem presented
by a Tennessee postmasier. wh<«
writes: "There is in my office
two things that it seems sotm
ludies wear for bieasls. Tliey
were v«'ry badly put up, aixl a<
dressed' to Macon. Fayetn
county, Tennessee. I wrote tc
the name (Sarah Leuhail). Ma
con P O.. Favette cotiniy, Ten
nessee, but did not /ft any an
swer. They are tine goods, and
sorter like a woman's breast,
but wi'h no nub. ]Sow, I don't
know how to get them to the
dead-let I er office without spoil-
They -came li
a in
await your
plsase."
THE OLD MEXICO BONANZA.
Great Nojade >111 licit
New Eldorado.
Three States Fighting for its Pos-
•esalon—*5,000,000 Taken
Out In Twenty-Six Days.
[Brownsville Democrut, Hepteiiiber 13.]
For i he past week this viciui-
ty has been greatly excited over
the staitling runtots that have
reached 4s from Pan as, Mexico,
of the wonderful dittcovery and
the immensv> yield of gold found
in the tuiue Moj ado. The Dem-
ocrat has Carefully noted these
reports, but pretVired to keeu
sileUt concerning them tiII souie-
tliiiig definite coiild be learned.
VVednesduy the specie train
from Saltillo arrived at Matamo
ros ill charge of Don Daniel
Sada, who is a gentleman of re-
liability, and who, from his con
iiectiou w.th prospector's and
miners at Pai ras, is capable of
furuishiag an iiiteiligeut repot t
of tlmt wonderful country. A
Democrat reportet interviewed
Seiior Suda and learned that tlie
reports that had preceded him
were not fa bilious or exaggerat-
ed ; but that the mine is leaily
worth till that has been claimed
for it—that it paws out rich be-
yond, all expeotaiion. As to the
report that thirty men took out
$6,000,000 in twenty-six days,
Senor Sada says be is not pre-
pared to confirm, but that the
mine yields immensely lie has
ample proof, and knows that a
moral-^a Mexican nose- bag for
feeding mules—und containing
about itixty pounds, is worth
$600. oil account of its richness.
He says that laborers are flock-
ing to the mines from the sur-
rounding. couhtry, which is
largely agricultural, and that it
le crops
I> AT I'llK PuATUITU-'K A«* HkOOND CLASS M lTl Ki:.
tiavt* !h«
BEST
in r):<- country.
PRESS
NO. 10.
Ourprlues i'or Job Work arc as I<my sa
any country oilU-ncan work for anil live
BPBB
is iiupoHsiliie lo gather t
in consequence. The utiles re-
semble those ot Lead 'ille in
being Of easy digging, the gold
mainly'on the surface.
The mine, Mojudo, a«-coi«iiug
to u map before us, is loitated oii
the boundary line of the three
states, Duratigo, Coahuila and
Chiahuahuu, but Duraugo lays
claim to it entirely, and a seveie
ftoutesl has taken place already
between the three states named
for its possession, and much
blood has been sh> d by the; re-
spective states1 police authori-
ties. Recently the government
has lakeu possession of it until
such t^ue as a survey shall be
made, definitely locating it, a
line never having been drau n.
Fi urn an old and trust worthy
resident we learn the following:
li 1863 Leroy Bosse, well
known in this section ms the
biother of Judge Bosse, of the
Rio Grande liistii'ct courts, i:e-
turned tp his hoiue. irom a (oiig
experience in the gold uii.ii<*s oi'
Cultforiiia. lie hail .not been
successful in in?, search f«n troiii
Oil the P..rili'' «' <isi. iiu-i .ijk
tirolher persu.tde i Iimu l<> S'-iile
down on i|ie i«iiiciu C< < ici i i-.
between here ami S.inia
W hi le 1< icated here, t w o
ell v aw< the liiue for trial, and
liis ohl liiania Ibr mine prospect-
ing came upon him, and he
staited out with his servant and
proceeded lo Chiahuahua. They
prosecuted their search until
they leached Parras, in the
state ot Coaliuila. While ex-
ploring here they found in a
mountain stream great quanti-
ties of gold. They proceeded to
work it, and' while washing out
I he dust with tin pans—the only
implements they had—they
were surprised by the Indians
and forced to leave. They were
driven into ''the mountains,
where they were obliged to sub-
sist upon the fruit of the nopal
(prickly pear). As soon as pos-
sible they returned home, re-
ported their wo- derful discov-
ery, showing to their friends the
rich samples they had secured.
Col James H. Durst was then
collector of customs lor this
port. He man dented great in
te/est in the matter,and sug-
gested that JUosse return and
prosecute ids investigation fur-
ther, and if it proved all thai it
promised lie would raise one
iiunoied men, or more if neces-
sary, io keep the Indians away
while it could be worked. Mr.
Bosse weut, but found so many
liidiaus about it that lie could
not approach it. He wus com-
pelled to return to attend to his
case in court and before he
could Mgaiu tinderiuke his jour-
ney was attacked with yellow
tever and died. For a liiue the
mine was-kept in sight, but
eventual ly forgot tell. His ^r-
vant, Sandoval, ;<fler remaining
here a number ot years and
talking of ilie great mine, joined
Muc^elly's command and died
in >an Autoulo two years ago
of consumption —about the same
time that his .commaiider died in
Washington. All recollections
of the mi lie died with hiiu.
About two months ago, it will
be remembered, a woaderfut
silver mine was found in a
iiioUTmnii cailed ' the Mojudo,"
in t In same.corner of the three
states mentioned. The discov-
er* crea ed considerable eXc.te -
uieiit a (id very iu ■ ny people
floCketl to the n w mine. The
ore pr« ved to l>e fabul jiisly
rich and ha* .c>tiiliuu d to grow
iu popularity. Il Ihih developed
far richei leads than Iieadvillf
Very iwentlyi while speculators
ii nd niiueis were erf rohte to t lie
mine, Mojado, Ircm Monclova,
II aveling over the mouir-ains,
accidentally discovered iiac«s
of gold in criissing a streain.
Close! examination developed
huge quantities, and they have
resulted iu finding what is
claimed- the best paying veins
in the world.
The fever has leached Mala
thoros,and Iihs cieaied great ex-
citement. as it has in our own
eity. From nuthenlic tepoi-ts
we learn the price of all sot is of
provisions is eiiorili: us:y high,
and articles ot food comma lid
any p ice aeked ; iti tact il is
another L*'adville.and will s-ioii
bi come as popular lis that la-
nioiis fiehk 8oiue merchant* of
a'aniot-os ate about to send a
Haiti of piovisions to Moj;ido,
tind "Xpeci to leali^e laige pro
nts /: ■ ■;
ThU wonderful mine will
il-iiilvless prove to b< hat one of
iii.-iiiy surroiiiidiiig it, and the
inqtiiiy will be made as to its
listauce. It is 120leagues fiom
Fight Your Own Battles. ! Thought engenders Thought.
Fight your own battles. Hoc ] Place one idea upon paper
your own row. Ask no favois: another will follow, and still
t)f any one; and you will sue- another until yoti have written a
ceed a thousand limes better | page., Vou cannot fathom voui
than one who is al ways beseech- j mind. Thero is a well "f
ing patronage. No one will! thought there which has no bot-
cver help you as you help your, [ torn, The more you draw from
self, because no one will 0e an it the nioru clear and fruitful Ir
heartily interested in your af-
fairs. The first step Will not be
will be. If you uegloct to think
yourself, and use other people's
such a long one, perhaps; but thoughts—giving vhem utter
ance only—you will-never know
what you arc capable of. At
first your ideas may come out
in lumps, homely and shapeless,
but no matter, time and perse-
verance will arrange and polish
them. Learu to think and you
will learu to write. The more
you think, the better you will
express your ideas.
carving your own way up the
mountain, you make each one
lead to another, and stand firm
in that, while you chop still an-
other out. Men who made for-
tunes are not those who had five
hundred dollars to start with,
but started fair, with a dollar or
two. Men who have, by their
own exertions, acquired fame
have not been thrust: into popu:
larity by puffs begged or paid
for, or given in friendly spirit.
They have stretched out their
hands and tonched the public
heart. Men who win love do
their own wooing. Whether
you work for fame, for
love* for money, or for anything
else, work with your hands,
heart and brain. Say "I will,''
aiid some day you will conquer.
Never let any man have it to
say: "I have dragged you up—r
I have made you what you are."
Too many friends hurt a man
more than none at nil;
The Profit Is In the Bubbles.
A German gentleman who
keeps a seven-by-nine
beer shop at the South End,
treated himself to a day's vaca
tion, recently, leaving his son in
care of "ter business," and a
keg of beer. On his return he
found the house empty, and ad-
dressed his offspring as follows:
"How ish dis, Yawoob, dot
yon make me only vun dollar
iiud tirty .cents for dose keg of
beei ? Show me how you draws
def Deer."
Yawcob took the glass and
drew it nearly full of beer, with
but the least margin of froth,
when tiie old gentleman, seizing
his hand, said:
"You make dose glasses
higher off from der keg, Yaw-
cob ; der profit in dis pizzitiess
is iu di r pubbles."
Mat in. |' .
Mexi- Saltillo, and the distance from
. ... i here to Saliillo is the same,
cutis one night siole two . ! I «| 72o.mijes to the field of
horses and fled, Tiie alarm was, the greatest g dd bonanza ever
given, and Mr Bosse and a Mex-. discovered. We- shall await
ican servant mounted their Inn-j with anxiety fniure develop
! meiits of the mine that, has cre-
det
lug them.
loosely wrappe . .
instructions, if you
came here
paper. I
ses and started ill hot pursuit
Tlrey overlook the niaratideis
and tired upon them, killing one
of the thieves. Friends of the
murdered mall swore out u War
rant and he Was taken into cus-
tody. His brother, the judge,
was in Galveston at the time,
and having no one to look after
his interests, he crossed the river
to 'Matamoros with his faithful
servant Sandoval. Of an active
temperament, he could not qui-
ated so great a furore so soon
afo-r its discovery. There
would appear to be "millions in
it." a
Three girls of the Methodist
persuasion, having met togeth-
er, concluded to pray for the
welfare of their lovers ! but the
first one had not gone veiy far
along in her petition when it
was discovered that they were
all three engaged to the same
man. The religious exercises
were at once terminated
Held It B*ek for IB7B Years.
An intelligent (?) operator in a
Weetern Union telegraph office
recently received the following:
"Christ., (abbreviation for
Christian) died last night."
Rushes to the . manager:
"What shall we do about this,
Mr. Langliorn T'
"About what I"
(Heads the dispatch). "Why
that infernal idiot at the New
York office has been holding
this for nearly 1900 years." ' 1
; .
A Lover'e Alarm Oloek.
A lovers alarm clock has been
introdaced in New Orleans. At
ten o'clock it strikes loudly, two
little doors open*, and a man
with a dressing gown and night
cap on, glides out, holding in'his
hahd a card Inscribed "Good
" Aa he bOws and sinil-
ingly retires back into the d6ck
the young man takes the hint,
says "good night" to the "fair
daughter, and departs.
"Mamma, can't we have any-
thing we want!" "Yes, my
dears. But be careful and not
want anything you can't have."
A young man of Indiana
County, Pa., was bitten by a
ratle-snake recently., Heimme-
diately cut an onion In two
I, taking out the he&rt,
filled it with salt and applied
it to the wound. He changed it
occasionally for two houip and
then went to work again none
the worse for the bite.
An old negro preaching in a
Georgia town recently, condemn-
ed the general tendency of men
to wish they had other opportu-
nities to do good, and asked;
" What would a humming bird
do wid de eagle's wings ? and
wlmt could de eagle do wid dn
humming bird's wings ? Bred-
em, use de wings of faith God
has gibbeii you. and God will
cure for both' de eagle and hum-
ming birds flight." Many por:
iods of greater pretentions con-
tain not half I lie beaUty of this.
"My lirst wife," said Mr. Mar-
running his anxious eye
over the dress-maker's bill
which his second - matrimonial
venture had just handed him,
"used to make one calico dress
last longer than you wear a silk
one." "Yes," replied Mrs. Mar-
igold, "and she made one hus-
band last her a great deal longer
than I can, too." And she bent
her gentle glance upon his coun-
tenance, and he felt all the
blood iu his back turn into hail-
stones.
Mrs. Vilet, who lately died
at New Albany, ind.,divided the
mature part of her lifeinto three
distinct and contrasting pe-
riods. She was for fen years u
washerwoman, v .-.i kiturhard f'«r
a bare biihsisteiK-e. Tnen slie
went into business a* a fortune-
teller, and for ten years was so
*ucc'cs ftil that at lie em)
that time she wr.s po-- ••• o«
, ... $100,000. Pin-lb - -i
. e st aj , a. po j p|uus, uiicl <l'iring the iaai
;rowth oi t.he hair, yujifj 0f iii.r li
? I1 :
Your Puffa Where You
Your Work Done.
Oet
Here's a hit Horn the Dubuque
aer/ddihu,t isdirect andfull of
logic and souud sense:
"Please gi ve lis a rattling no-
tice for this entertaiiimeiit,"said
a young man last eveuiug, as he
laid down a haud-bill printed at
ir job offiie in town.
"Do you advertise ?"
"No, we can't allord it," an-
swered the young man.
"Then get your newspaper no-
tices at the job office where your
piiiitiug was doue."
Ami thus are newspapers ex
peeted to puff entertainments
for nothing, while .managers pa
troiiize those who do not publish
newspapers.
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Un Excellent Recipe for Removing
Dandruff.
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A well known physician tells
us that there is nothing better
for the above purpose than the
following preparation : To one
pint of alcohol add gum cam-
phor as large as a small hickory
nut. This, so to speak, merely
camphorjzes the alcohol. Ber-
gamot, dr oil of roses, or any
other essence, may be used lo
perfume it, as the individual
desires. Wet the scalp Willi it
daily. It will aho be found a
stimulent of
moterof the growth
and will, in many instances, pre-
vent it from falling out.
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