Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-03-24


that "slr. c. ". caldsell, raised lasi year,
on fourteen ucres Of land seventeen bales
OF eoiioa, averaging ave hundred and ais
and oue-fouFlh pounds To tho lAle-" Well
done for Lamarl Who can hea, up
The same paper d foFesd TO Issue half
sheet Ia consequence Of The nan,arliyal Of
his stock, vhl'h he says Ia sOmevhere on
the road FROM Shreveport. We are long
voy from anywhere, nclshbori but DO as
patient Us you can, aud dont forget to re.
mind capitalists every week tina, railroads
have been built over much worse countries
than this, and are being worked successful.
~.
fhe Prssa says that he had just heard
from the Convention on the l0ih, and sums
up the proceedings briefly lhaa' 90.
1t is gratifying q. read tho many similar
announcements which We copy from tho
Texan, published a, segnln, Guadalupe
county, Texas.
ave are pleased to learn from our fellow
townsman. l.. Coorpcnder, who has just re-
turned from a trip 10 Washington and 9th
err counties In middle Texas, that the pros.
peet Tor tremendous crop the present
year is very good--corn all in the groun |
and in many places up and looking well,
and tho -rlanters NIL ready and numbers
have commenced planting cotton; the freed
men are doing as well IL not better than
when slavcs-wi,h general prosperity and
cheerfulness on every side. We are truly
I glad to hear this, and hope the freedmen in
I other portions OF the State arc doing like
wise. The prospect for good crop in
Guadalupe was never more promising; the
I freedmen nrc doing us well as could be ex-
pectcd from the start taken at the com
meucemeak .tAis year. We have been
blrst with another "ground soaker' which
has caused nature TO assume an entire new
/ garb, and with an occas onal 'gfound soak.
err, tremendous yields will be the result OF
the farmers
We would add for Northern Texas that
We believe that never be ore has there been
more tiattering prospect for an abundant
wheat crop. We learn from some Of our
friends hat the grass is as good now, on
the prairie, as it was on the 10Th Of May
last year. Give MS met Freedmens Blu
.reau, bnt Railroad, and we can beat the
world for country.
The News gives an account of new fac
tory to be started in Houston, called the
"Ilouston City Mi Is" organized under n
charter formerly granted by the State Leg,
islature. The following gentlemen are tho
directors: D. A. Shepherd, President; r. s
Mills, vice President; a. Sessums, W. r.
Baker, and ". R. Ilutchins The News says
this is an entirely different concern from
the one alluded to- MS about to be started by
Judge Munger, and adds
The capital stock OF the company IL
eighty thousand dollars, divided into Sl0C
shares, the whole of which stock was taken
and paid in the first day the books were
opened. Iliis. company have secured the
services of Gea. Bessar to go on and pur-
chase the machinery with the least pos
sible delay, and he leaves for that purpose
to day, and expects to be back By about the
first Of May. He win purchase machinery
for fifty looms aud 1000 spindles, and also
for cardng both cotton and wool, and an
engine with ample power to run any addi.
tioual machinery they may have OCCASION
to procure to meet the probable increase in
the demand for yarns and fabrics Their
chief fabric will be brown sheeting and
shifting. Gen. Desscr has boon engaged as
superintendent with full control Of the fac.
tory.--Siatc Gazette.