The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-01
THE CITY OF DALLAS, Texas,

A correspondent of the Pittsburgh
TsLegraDh writes the following highly
colored description of the city OF Dallas,
Texas As some West Virginiaus have
located there, their friends may Ike to
know in What sort of a place they are:
Dallas county has an area of about
600 sousre miles. VI The average soil is OF
excellent quality, we'll adapted to raising
whest, oats, barley, cotton and fruit, ana
ALI varieties OF vegetables. The county
is one-thld tim Der and iwo-thirds roll.
ing prairie. The location ofsthe CITY OF
Dallas, the county seat Is aomlred--oh
the Trinity river and IN the centre OF one
of the most fertile countries inthe Onlteo
States, with ipexhaustibie supplies or
water from the river, creeks. springs ana
wells. Fire wood Is at hand for genera
tions 10 come. With such surroundings
nv nature and such streets by ART,
and the energy of its 10000 busy go-head
inhabitants, daily augmented oy new
c,mers. the dullest mind must see the
future of Dsllss is bright beyond any
thin, else seen in the Southwest. There
ara already 800 fine brick business
houses. vet the great mass of the build
ings are of wood on account OF the cheap
ness and abundance OF lumber. IL has ono
of the finest stone court houses IN tho
Southwestern States A magnificent
iron bridge over the Trinity, large
and successful gas works, fourteen
finished churches, large elevator,
fine Touring mills, and creditsbie
theatres and Odd Fellows Hall, i've
market houses, splendid three story no
tells. two seminaries and u convent, with
q new and splendid cotton compress,
from which thousands OF bales are
shipped st reduced rates to the North
and abroad, having last season shippeu
over $4,000 bales. The beautiful tar
grounds of Dallas county are located
here, and the society are holding their
second annual exhibition, which com
menced on the I'D of this month and to
eud on the 30th. Governor Hubbard
will address the people on the subject OF
agriculture on the grounds tomorrow.
The hotels are all full, and the entire city
has holiday appearance. =.
In the past, Texas has had tradl'
tlonal reputation for bullies, blsckguards
snd bowIe-knives. Her present condl-
ton gives the lie to all such ISLANDERS,
and places her social system in most
enviablo position. 1t is doubtful II
more orderly and moral community can
be found IN America, than that which
occupies the territory through which
have passed since l have entered the
State. Villages, towns and cities are the
nuclei around which cluster the elements
OF higher civilization, where news
papers, schools, churches, lyceums, hora-
ries and other agencies are all the time
st work, dltiuslng Intelligence and ele.
waiting the standard of social, moral and
religious system. In the settled portion
Of northern Texas are more than
hundred thriving towns and well grown
cities, where good school houses and neat
churches are the first objects to attract
the travellers stteAliOn.
These glowing Inscriptions OF new
countries and western towns read well
bat they don't always do 10 tie to.
While much may. DC true there is a
species of information comes from those
lar of countries that has in 1t consider
able chatf and little grain.