The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-23

business men TO provide for it on arrival
In wet weather the place becomes villain'
ously muddy. Save one, the stores and resi-
dences of the place are all wooden buildings.
The exceptional brick belongs TO the Order
Of Odd Fellows, and has store room below
and u hall above stairs. The building used
for courthouse is also of brick, and might
be called AN imposing structure-decdedly
imposing on the patience Of all who are con-
cerned in the administration of justice as
well as on the pride of the county. But
within year hence II is likely that the
county will havea new and suitable temple
of justice, there being already such a fund in
the treasury for that purpose, as will 20 so
far towards erecting the new ediiice that the
county will not become seriously indebted in
raising the additional amount requisite.
Town property is held at high figures but
with the prospects OF the place the rates are
not reasonable. Since more people wish to
rent than to buy business buildings, rents
are comparatively higher than real estate.
Tnus far no great impetus has been given
TO the erection Of buildings. Several parties
are making ready TO put up bricks. Proper
tionately few have the means to do this I'm
til the East Line comes in from the pneries,
lumber will be scarce and dear, and since the
great majority Of people have to content
themselves with wooden houses, most of
those who wish TO build must needs wait UNI
til then. Several parties have brick
kilns in operation, and new brick-men come
in continually prospecting A fair Texas
brick is made IRON clay in the. vicinity.
Wood and water are convenient to
the clay beds, which are near
the Sabine, and from mile to
mile and half Of town.
Greenville has no bank. While this has all
the tine been serious inconvenience, it is
now more so. Trade is gradually but per-
ceptibly increasing; strangers are all the time
spending money in the place; the circum-
stances of the people living here have been
greatly improved. From these causes, TO say
nothing of the tide of business that will
sweep in with the advent of the railroads.
the demand for q bank is becoming impera-
tive. Every afternoon the hacks coming in
from the different points bring greater OF
less number Of visitors. Most of these are
prospectors. All the various lines Of bust
ness are represented. Merchants, traders,
of all sorts, the ubiquitous drummer and
divers birds of prey Among these latter
are attorneys, dentists, medical specialists,
and perhaps few adopts at draw poker
The town is healthy. The local force of
physicians is about half dozen. The ills
OF the spirit seem TO exceed those of the
flesh; for while six or eight doctors grappe
successfully with the bodily ailments Of the
place, the other requires the anxious
illustrations of between twenty and
twenty-five attorneys. The ministerial force
is small but efficient. There are several well
built and handsome churches, representing
all the leading denominations except the
Catholics. Better than this, the churches are
all said to be paid for and out of debt. In
the matter of schools, the place is not so
we'll forward, but measures are on foot to
supply this want. The people here have nm
excellent set of county officers. Politeness,
efficiency and punctualty arc the rule, and
if there are any exceptions nothingis said of
of them. The administration OF justice is
not yet attended with the stiff and rigid rules
and formalities that are observed in some of
the counties. County court has been in
session this week. His Honor, the
presiding Judge Is popular with the bar and
with the people 1t would hardly be fair to say
that the court house has not been swept dur
ing the last quarter; yet there is quite an nc
emulation of torn paper and dirt upon the
floor and under the seats. Here and herein
grievous swarms Of fless do congregate and
when stranger appears upon the scene the
wicked little wretches issue forth from their
lurking places and attack him with ferocity
that does credit to their species. The attorn-
eys have free and easy time of it, The
building is close and warm. Those who are
busy divest themselves of their coats and
tackle the woes of plaintiffs and defendants
in the good old way. Such as are not busy,
puff away with their pipes or white sticks as
umor suits. Meanwhile the scales of JUS
tce are held as evenly almost as if the blind
goddess herself presided. So much in gen.
eral way for the town.. Now for the country.
Hunt county is fine agricultural region.
There is splendid diversity of timber and
prairie The northern half of the county is
black waxy land of the very best quality. In
the southern half there are heavy belts of
timber; the soil is productive, but is not so
good as the black land. In the eastern por-
ton the soil has more Of sand in its compost
ton and produces freely, all the crops com.
mon to Northern Texas. The general sur
face of the county is beautifully undulating
neither billy nor aat Timber and prairie
are conveniently intermixed, much more SO
than in most of the counties. Land is cheap,
quite cheap. Almost any reasonable person
wanting land can suit himself in quality,
price and location, viii timber sufficient for
fencing and other purposes convenient
There is a general scarcity of good water
almost over the entire county, except where
cisterns are provided. Wells do not furnish
such quality of it as answers Cor drinking
and domestic purposes. The creeks furnish
an abundant supply for stock in ordinary
seasons. In a word, this is strictly first
class county, one that offers more than ord-
nary inducements to the settler. A great
deal more might be said, but this sketch,
though imperfect, is already too long