The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-07-02
I'D. 4. N. the oxcnaIon nam, consIst.

$3.50 a, NJ, the excursion train, consist
Ing Of three fiat ears temporarily lltii
with awnings, and Il box ear lllledwl q
"oomnlissary stores, backedu to inc
corner Of Pacific avenue and Lamar
street, and was soon comfortably lllled
with passengers hound for the " Land
of Promise AZ the main depot ut
the crossing of the Central road, more
passengers came on board, and at q
quarter before nine we were caroerlng
over the pruircs behind the iron horse.
Among those on board we may emu
mcrale Captain ;. j, Adams, Judge
JohnJ Good and lady, Captain q. NJ.
Swink and daughters, Captain VIM. j.
Smith, agent Cor the sale of lots, and
under whose auspices the excursion
was gotten up, MAORI. NJ. Brown, of
the Texas Pacific railway, llibllcr the
auctionecr, who was to be the " orator
Of the day. and many other Rdicsand
gentlemen whose names now escape
our memory, The day was delightful
~ fair and pleasant, Il fine breeze
blowing from the Southwest,
and the whole company enjoyed
the beautiful scenery of the prai-
rlcs, the fields and the Woodlands
ovcrwhich we passed. The impromptu
passenger cars were found TO bc de-
lightiully arranged for warm weather.
and all expressed themselves pleased
with the trip. Eleven O'Clock found
us AZ Terrell, "thc big thing on land, y
as llibblcr dcnominatedit, Something
nQaran hour was consumed in point
ing out, aud describing the location OF
the lots, how many and which ones
had been sold ut private sale, and
where were still vacant ones to be put
up to the highest bidder. During this
time still further numbcr of lots were
disposed of at private salc0t the COM
pany's established prices, and at II
o'clock all Were invited to Il most pal
atabc collation., prepared on board the
cars 10y the company. The lunch was
made up of everything good that was
eatabe and drinkablc, and was dcVou'-
ed by the hungry crowd in n manner
that showed how they appreciated the
efforts of the company in the culinary
line. Several of the ladies Of the party
had also brought with them their
lunches, and happening to be
near at the proper time, las
we usually are we received an
invitation from Our kind friend,
Mrs JAS l.. Barllcy, of the CONNER
cial Hotel, which without hesitation
we accepted, and joined her party at
the table. 1t is useless for us 70 say
that we enjoyed the dinncr-a meal
over which the hostess Of the Com
mercial presides is sure to be enjoyed
bv any one, and particularly by one as
hungry as we were just about thaI
fine. After all had satisfied their
appetites, friend Hibbler called up the
crowd and proceeded to cry the lots OH
As we did not expect To become II pun
chaser having only two dollars cash in
hand. we took n rest in the ear, WINE
the eager thr0ng followed the auction
Ger MI over the " future great city"
viewing the ground which they should
shortly occupy. This did not last long,
however. But few lots were sold at
auction, not because there were not
purchasers, but because, as we under
stood, the choice lots, on most OF them
had already been bought at private
sale. In all, ut private sale ana allc-
ton. there were forty-nine lots sold,
ranging in price from $50 to Tl25, ana
bringing "A total of over $1,000. we
were promised list of the lots sold,
and by whom purchased, but have not
received ii vet. We heard of but one
purchase and that was by our friend
Cocker, who, we are informed bought u
whole block. Other persons from this
city were purchasers, but their names
and puInber of lots we did not learn.
sooner than we anticipated, the
whistle of the engine sounded, sum
moning us to the train, but il was
some time after before we got of, not
withstanding which quite a number OF
persons We're left behind.
There was one part OF the trip that
we enjoyed, and that was the meeting
of many of our old Kaufman county
friends, some of whom we had not met
for years. Amongthesc was that old
veteran of Texas and accomplished
gentleman, Captain Il. \, Terrell fol
whom the new town was named
Among others present were our good
friends, Dr. W. Bond Dashiell, Captain
Jasper W. johnson, DR.. ii. j. snow
Captain Waters, Captain II. J. league
DR.. Parsons, and many other iriend'
of older and better days. Some of these
design making the new railroad town
their future residence, and as we are Sc
near to them now by rail, we antici'
pate seeing them oftener than it ha'
been our good fortune in the past few
years.
The trip home was quickly and com
fortably performed, and we were al
delivered safely ut the head OF LANAI
efrnot nhout a y NJ. well satisfied with