The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-18

The Onward IouTse az thr Inhhh''
aus Of Ihe Y0srmite Nnllfb ~ iFsH'
-ghe wonderful GFeNth ~ 'nif'nH"
"a tixtsen Monihs-ih" t''Td''''""
PARADISE,
CaLfuAN, lauuar, %, i'a.
10 the EliloJ ot mo ileiai.
RWur personally acquainted WIN YOU.
and knowing your mg'suu,rd diHlo7''
i,au io ste and assist oyn p'f'nr l'-''
and people iu au onward ''di' " l'.'
rsr,t, and notice. ! have presumed to-
H., and write up Coleman Tor q llN'
| benefit to herself aud people ahroau'
Who ma, chance 20 court Information
C,lem.n ,s not Ike majestic Rome,
,,atsl an his seven hills but n content
| tbat .he can boast Of u brnuulul Nailt}
g,r L,r rlsco Of abode. such us the ! o'
,.m,te 40 noted aud iWllmrd migGl
ann, This valley rs situated on Hoard n
creek about ditoon miles nom lH h'ld,
and eight miles from santa Anna peak,
rbi,h can distinctly he seen IN Hunih'
osslerly direction Coleman h now
about sixteen months old, and has u
n,ppltion of about three hundred oI
| mi. number / do not include an unset
fled and transient class 30 frequently
,nund an the frontier but actual cltl'
gens of a "goahcad" kind, who have
shown their rights to citizenship toy the
valuable improvements they have made
md ARE making The quality and style
Of houses, etc, in our town denote
rood and cultivated taste such ns
one would ho apt TO find near
ar Immediately on the railroads,
when lumber and building material
generally, is accessible Ihegoyernment
has built real nice and complete tclcN
prnph Office here, which we consider an
ocouisilion 10 Coleman The operator,
Mr.. Perkins, Is u genial, niceyoung gem
tlcman, and seems to humor the borlngs
of the enyious in m allable manner PEE
culiar to himself Prof W q Read will
omen school here on the first of Febvua.
~ The professor is Il thorough scholar,
and we predict for him success COM
plete We are automatically informed
that there will be m unusal large drive
Of cattle by this place in the spring, from
southwest Texas, en- route to Kansas,
A the "trHil" passes Immediately 10y
Coleman, her merchants look forward
to that event ~ productive OF an intcrN
esting and remuneratlve trade. Cole-
man county is at present, almost entire
" a stock county IL is estimated that
there are in this and Runnels counties
about one hundred and fifty thousand
head of cattle, besides many large herds
Of sheep, which seem 10 thrive here
Coleman county exhibits some of the
finest valley lands that | have seen IN
the state, stretching out ns far ~ the
eye can see, with nothing to obstruc
the view, with the exception of an occa
sional mesquite or live oak tree,
think these lands, when tried, vii
prove very productive, though i
will take capital to utilize them, owing
to the scarcity Of timber for fencing
etc. We have many fine rock quarrie
which will afford an abundant suppl,
of material for fencing and building
purposes We are to have brickyOr'
in operation now in short time. ant
then visitors will be surprised to Sc
large two.story brick buildings SO ia
'out west.
Company l. of the frontier battalion
commanded by Lieutenant Harrington
Captain }, c, Sparks having resigned
is stationed two miles above town OF
lIoards creek. Its members are nj
practical young men that have IL detes
alton for thieves, who are rcqucntl
made to feel their indignation by bein
caught and turned over to justice
We have plenty of lawyers, doctor
merchants, etc, but no editors Can
YOU send III one think the poopl
of this county would rally to the sup
port of good live paper. Who vii
undertake it ?