The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-07-22
Eexas News.

The Germans in Western Texas are
The burnt portion S the town Of
good ssb.tantia = brai i byiiinss Sns p pand %iin e
Is generally conceded that the hre will
benefit the tewn, althoug gh cansing q loss
solid growth to the place, and ali seem
confident and buoyant as to the future.
The Gonzales Southwestern Index
It has been known for a, long time,
tions of some kind had at some time
Iron Mountain, near the line between
this county and Caldwell. Recently
lead and silver, and perhaps other
fact, together with other Indications Of
the presence of metallic ores, induced
some Of our citizens to locate land in
Mining & and have S Sish hsSe hopes seFf%eaGea of ediea
silver in abundance. There is some ex.
citement on the subject. Coal in great
ity, has been found in this ooanty a and
known TO exist IN several localities. Who
prove to be rich in mineral wealth
The completion of the iron tie linking
the Bayou city to that of Dallas was
with great enthusiasm.
The Houston Union says that Coy. L.
J. Davis favors the land grant claimed
ion Of the supreme Court. The Attorney
General resists the claim, however, and
threatens forfeiture of tho charter.
=, ,Accordlng to the Austin State Gazette.
be larger than in any Previous year.
for has ssys ahas lied III ba
railroad Company against the Comp.
trollsf a requiring O.. rim him to sign the bonds
sidy allowed by their charter. The case
was to be argued by the Attorney Gem
Ma sTad rePressesnftilng ss fl the stats, and Messrs.
tioners.
The Nayasoto Tablet says that Mr..
.ctar !. aafn. n bn% Col
q indictments were found in the United
States ssiS Court 1T, in this city against persons
were not credited by him. for the pay
msnt of their licenses or taxes.
The cotton seed oil factory at Hemp
thirty tons Of seed per week, and pro.
dnces therefrom about 1000 gallons Of
AS far as is now known, copper ranks
next to iron and coal in value among
the minerals in Texas. On Little Llano,
At place sstb hb4ns Ont Fight niles niles from its
face indications show q valuable vein
or veins of copper. The vein examined
1B from Two TO tnree feet thick, in the
granite rocks of the Azoic period. Dig
gings in it at several places to the depth
of from three to five feet reveal IN iron
one containing large per cent. of cop
per, which, on exposure to the air. be-
comes more or less coated with blush
green color. q
private letter from a gentleman in
Dallas to the Galveston News says:
: The growth of our town is simply
wonderful. Texas has seen nothing
like it. So soon as lumber begins to ar
rive by mail, the improvements will be
greatly accelerated. Several baudsome
brick houses have just been completed,
and half dozen are under way. THE
cornerstone for q splendid brick Odd
Fellows Hall was laid yesterday. The
growth is scattered all over the mile and
u half square of municipal territory,
The old town IS holding it's own sol en-
didly, while east towards the prairie and
between the Central and proposed Pa
citic depots new buildings are rising
with u raDidity which causes citizen
who has been absent only q week to ex-
claim, Well, did you ever %
Dallas has an excellent population in
its old citizens, only they are "a little out
of line in the sense of unity and go-
ahead-ativeness. This will soon be all
right. Our accessions embrace a large
class OF the very best kind--as merchants
and mechanics. The lawyer and doctor
market is overstocked some must turn
ont or starye.
George Egery, only son of Major G. w.
Egery. died ut Corpus Christi on the 9th.