The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-10-07
NIINEOL.A.
Chatty, Pleasant letter From n Live
Thriving Town-An Item for Our
Fair Managers.

Fair Managers.
MIsEoLA, October O, 1876.
This place, the shipping point on
the Texas and Pacific railway for
Wood county and considerable
scope Of the surrounding country, Is q
thriving little village, OF perhaps eight
hundred or thousand souls, pleas
antly situated In dense growth OF
post oak timber, sandy soil, and alto.
gether Is one of the brightest places
Just now that | have seen on this road.
1t Is the point OF junction OF the La.
ternational and Great Northern rail-
road with the Texas and Pacific, tho
| line OF the former road branching 40
Troupe and running northwest via
Tyler, to this place. Cotton shipped
here have the choice OF three routes to
market, Wis: via Texarkana to st.
Louis and the East ; via the InteIna.
tional and Great Northern to Houston
and Galveston, or via Dallas and the
Central road to the coast cities. The
receipts have commenced quite
briskly, and merchants are eager after
the fleecy staple, here as elsewhere,
sometimes paying q price that would
seem TO make 1t loosiDg BUSINESS,
with the present downward tendency.
Last year Mlneola shipped about
eighteen thousand bales of cotton, and
az the receipts this year so far are con.
siderably In excess. OF what they were
at same time last year, II is presumed
that the shipment the present season
viii 20 beyond twenty thonsan q baSer.
There are several heavy houses here,
in the various branches Of trade, all or
whom seem TO be doing q thriving
business. The town, | am told, IL
growing steadily and permanently,
some brick buildings having already
been erected and Others In c0ntem-
plAtion and notice q number Of
handsome and tasteful private resi-
depces.
/ found here an old friend, Mr.. ]. A.
Sanford, formerly OF the Crntchiield
House, Dallas, and now OF the Sanford
House, Tyler. He Ia keeping the San
ford House at this point, and being but
few rods from the railroad, has the
run of most Of the travel. / found there
a comfortable bed and excellent fare.
Another familiar face met here was
that of Colonel j. A. Cumby, who
commanded O company In
Greer's Regiment of Texas Cavalry,
which was organized In Dallas the
first year OF the war; Captain Cumbry,
on the promotion of Colonies Green
aud Lane, succeeded to the command
of the regiment and served till the end
of the war. He made many inquiries
of old acquaintances In your city
Judge Burford, General Good, and
others. Colonel Cumby Is now a resi-.
dent of Sulphur Springs, Hopkins
county, and Is the owner, think, OF
the stage line between Mineola and
that place.
The HERALD Is known and appre.
ciated here, as 1t Is all along the line Of
this road. Its subscription list Is in
creasing and Its influence among the
people appreciated.
The Mineola Reporter, published
here, Is well edited weekly sheet aud
has good patronage. / was pleased
to form the acquaintance Of It's editor,
Mr.. Rayland, a clever gentleman and
spicy writer.
The Saturday Night Whigzer Ia
another sheet of small dimensions, the
first number of which has lust made
ils appearances. ~ Is a humorous paper,
MADE up OF local mis- tnat are appre-
olated'
Inc nrft annual iair OF tne North
Texas Association 10 oe neld IN your
city on the last week OF tnis month, Is
considerably talked OF oy the people IN
this direction, although II has not been
near as wen advertised, az, IN my JUG
ment u should be, In all my trip
rom dallas, along ,he inc o, tns
Texas AID Pacific railroad this Tar,