The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-01-21

LAscAsrtn, DALLAS Co., TExn(
January sth, 1879.

them individually, We have concluded To
economre time and address them through
the widely circulated Journal Leaving
Stanford at O'Clock Tuesday morning on
the 4ih inst, a rapid transit Of 81 hours
through Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas
and the Indian Territory, brought lis to
Dallas City at O'Clock y. m. on Thursday (.
We met all car connections, and never went
astray even in indianapolis, although a
legal gentleman Of your town was confident
that we cou' not fnd the right train in that
city, - he himself had been unsuccessful
thus proving the superior sagacity Of
Casey county -chool.teacher over Stanford
lawyer. II would take too much space To
attempt to give your readers description Of
all The fine country We came through, there
fore we will only give them some few items
about Texas. ~
DALLAS CITY.
The capitol 81 D,lIsr county, one Of the
widest-a-wake places you ever saw, is at the
junction Of the Texas Central. and Texas
Pacific Railroad and although FIVE year
ago, we are informed that Il contained only
some two or three huadred inhabitants, il
now brsgs Of having 30 900. In this plac'
everybody appears to he in hurry as Il he
had either some business to attend to, or
was seeking some vehicle TO carry his
mother-in-law home from a two weeks
visit ; the hum Of machinery is always in
your ears; wag, M would he always ra'tling
over the streets provided there was anything
bu, mud and dirt for them to rattle over.
Bill posters, cards. ETC., stare you in the
fee on every hand, showing that the gen
orally neglected race-the printer-is kept
fat by patronage. In fact everything ex-
plains that Dallas is alive and is moving
onward.
LAND, PEOPLE, ETC.
We had often heard and re ID Of tn
splendid prairies and fertile lands Of Texas
but on reaching here, our expectations were
far surpassed. We were not prepared to
find so much Of deep, rich, black soil and
so little Of poor lands. To give anything
like an idea Of Texas lands, it would take
a volume and not hurried newspaper ar
ticle, therefore We shall not attempt il.
Cattle, hogs, etc, are far better than we cx-
pected to find. Though cattle will not,
perhaps equal bluegrass short-horns, yet
they are fine and large; and Berkshire and
other hogs We have seen here which ap-
l~a'eu 'o US equa' 70 Ne"'ueSs "oe-' h"-
prove" asr'e"''u''' '"'p,e'"e"'s " AT N'"u
are IN general use fihe eh"rene' ano
soou 'ehoo'-ho"'es appear 70 oe premium
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Who, f,lIv d.v.,,,.J will bc ,,reater
'o
Farm hands get rom $40 70 =" per
- !, ,n.,, a.m,na tor
whether or not there Il much demand Tor
them. In regard to mechanical iaoorerS'
We are mol por'ed'
THE Markets.
Corn i. worth from 40 to SIS cents per
bushel; mea, pork is worth s cents per h.
shelled oats 40 cents; wheat sl.OO; aour,
best grades, from s.. .25 To 81. 30; beef from
A TO q cents. corn fed grass fed from 81
to 4 cents ; sweet potatoes from SO to rs
cents per bushel Irish from 81. rs to s2.OO.
Dry goods: Good domestic, s cents per