The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-11-22
[ vol. Iy.-NO. 2S6
About DALLAS.

From a letter written to the Cape
Glrardeau MOI Democrat, we make
the following extracts:
have not been here sufficient time
for Il stranger to write up the place so
az to convey To Others aa ADEQUATE
idea OF the rushing, pushing, go.ahead.
ativeness Of tho people and business.
Railroads, street cars, planning mills,
grain mills, machine shops, large
wholesale and retail establishments,
and streams OF wagons mile long,
laden with produce, all go 10 make
up n scene that impresses newcomer
with the business importance OF this
growing and thriving city. In the way
OF farming machinery this country Ia
advancing rapidly. went into the
agricultural depot OF r. V. Tompklns,
on the corner OF Commerce and Lamar
streets, this morning, through the
courtesy OF Mr.. w. +. Affair." one OF
the statesmen OF the firm. | was taken
over the house aud shown the stock.
They deal in everything in the farm
lug implement and machinery line
engines, safes, plows, sulky cultiva-
tors, roapers, mowers, wagons, wheel.
bhrrows, cotton-presses, gins, wire
fencing, seed.drilling mills, cotton
presses and gins, elevators, grain mills,
bagging and rope, pumps, and an end,
less variety Of smaller implements.
Connected with the house, also, Is Il
sample cottOliNroom, where buyers may
select the staple in quality and guam.
tity TO suit.
There are other houses In the SAME
line OF trade as Tompkins, but his Is,
| think, the largest in the city. There
are fifteen churches here; the schools
are not organized thoroughly yet, but
with such people as compose the place
II IL only question of time. Dallas
contains six banking establishments,
among them the Exchange Bank, OF
which q. NJ, Swink Ia cashier and
William McGrain is bookkeeper. Mr..
McGrain will be- remembered by many
Mssourians rs chief clerk for Auditor
Clark,
THE NORTH TEXAS FAIR,
held at this place, closed on last Satur-
day. II was well attended, and for u
beginning was very commendable.
The displays were very good In all the
departments. The display Of saddlery
by Messrs. Padgitt Bros, OF Dallas, was
especially noteworthy, aud would have
been ~ credit to the st. Louis fair.
Sanger Bros, wholesale and retail gem
eral dry goods merchants of Dallas had
az fine display Of goods Us ever saw
at any fair, 81. Louis not excepted.
The fair grounds are autifully To-
Gated just beyond the corporate limits
Of the city, on the east, and contains
siXty.tve acres of land as level az q
floor. Next year the fair will be- better
than IL was this, M by that time more
buildings will be ready for use than II
was possible to get ready for this
fair.
There are five newspapers published
here. The HERALD, Democratic, daily
and weekly, Is u morning paper, pub
lished by Messrs. simpson and Ma
lone. Mr.. IL. ii, English, Il Cape coun-
~ gentlemen, Is connected with the
Herald In the capacity OF book keeper.
The HERALD IL the leading paper OF
North Texas.
The Daily Commercial, the Mail and
the Intelligencer, are evening papers.
The two first are Democratic, and the
last Republican.
Among other Missourans | have
met here, besides those mentioned,
We're Mr. VIM. Wheeler, OF Richard
son, in this county, aud Mr.. j. A. IL.
Francis Jackson. l have not met
Walt Wheeler In my rounds. ex-
pected to meet him ut the fair, hut he
did not come down. His brother told
me he was too busy getting married.
Altogether, am well pleased with
the people, the country and the eli
mate. 4. u. w.