The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01

'h' N1lNSVuTl dClllC exclusion 10 the south.
east. 1t has a population of about 1000
1t is one of the towns built since the Texn,
u Pacific started on its great western course
and il only some seven or'eight years old
1t Is seventy-eight miles from Dallas and
exported last year 1900 bales of cotton
5000 pounds Of wool; 100000 hides, Is.
OoOOO feet Of lumber, and an appreonts
value OF minor products of $4,000. The peI
9entage OF shipments is as follows: To New
YORK 70 per cent: st. Louis, % per cent.
NOW orleans, III per cent; Galveston, ~
per cent? Dallas l2l per cent, and other
points l2l per cent. The total value oI
mills and other manufactures, 1900, The
aggregate sales of imported articles is ms
follows; Dry goods, clothing, hats, caps,
boots, shoes and millinery, $4,000; grocer,
res produce, CONNECTIONS, bagging and ties
30 liquors and tobaccos, $4,000. ice
So,OVO; shingles 1,0O0,0 900 in number; drugs
pants, oils, crockery and wooden ware,
sow; hardware, agricultural machinery,
engines, wagons, etc, $65, 900; miscelanc-
gus, S9O,OOO' Its percentage OF
33l per cent; st. Louis, % per cent: New
orleans u IL per cent; Galveston 70 IL per
cent, and from Dallas 16 per cent. 1t shin
ped 900 900 ties has one saw mill and gin.
worth $1,000, and two gins worth 50 800
1t is the principal town in Wood county. If
has large freight depot and will soon have n
union depot, large brick stores and ware.
houses schools aud churches, and is in a
very thriving condition. The Gulf Short
Inc, from, Sabine Pass to Paris, and the
houston Texas Central road branch. arc
to run through the town. Mineola is pcr-
iectly healthy.
BIG SANDY.
This is station on the Texas & Pacific
railroad, and the Texas IL st. Louis narrow
gauge crosses the Texas e. Pacific at
this point. =, 1t is but a small station. is
some 100 miles east of Dallas. 1t has, per
maps, 100 inhabitants, and makes
no pretensions to commercial Importance.
Being but a neghborhood station IL ships
about 900 bales of cotton per annum, but
us lumber shipments are large aggregating
Tor the year past some 100000 feet. Tho
cotton goes principally to Galveston and
Dallas, and the lumber to Dallas and
other points westward on the Texas q Pa
cific railroad. 1t imports of dry goods,
groceries, tobaccos, ETC., amount to some
$4,000 per annum, which are purchased
mainly at Dallas.
LoNGvIEw.
This is the county site of Gregg county.
is at the intersection of the Texas &c Pacific
and International railroads. 1t is one hun
dred and twenty-three miles cast of Dallas,
and has some 2, 0O0inhabitants. During the
past year it shipped 1900 bales of cotton;
5000, pounds of hides and peltries; 500G
pounds Of wool, and 500O, 900 feet of lum-
Der. These exports went to New York in
the proportion Of 20 per cent; st. Louis, 10
per cent; New Orleans 10 per cent. and
Dallas and other points IS per cent The
aggregate sales Of imported articles were
OF dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, hats and caps, and millinery,
Sl5O,OO0; of groceries, produce, confec-
tions, bagging and ties, 100000,
of liquors, beer and tObaccos, $4,000, Office,
$500, of woodwork (shingles, rough and
dressed Lumber, sash, etc., $4,000; OF
drugs, paints, oils, crockery, woodenwarc,
etc, $O,0OOi OF hardware, agricultural Ina-
chinery engines, wagons, etc, $4,000, and
ofmiscellaneous articles, $4,000. The per
oentage OF these imports came in the proper
ton OF 10 from Now York; IS from st. Louis;
% from Chicago; D. from New Orleans, and
20 from Dallas and other points.
mARsBALL.
This Il tho county site of Harrison county
and was arst settled in 1912. Harrison
county wns then as largo as some of the
Now England states but has been reduced
since by taking its territory for tho forma-
tion OF other counties to about the oonsti-
tutionai Size Of 800 square miles. Mar
shall and Harrison county were first settled
by a refined, cultured, wealthy population,
and In the days Of slavery there were but
two. counties in tho state with more slave
wealth, The society has always been of the
worry best order; schools and churches, all
the denominations, have been encouraged
and well supported, and there has never
been moro desirable residence town i'm the
state than Manhall. 1t is on the
Texas Il Prolific railroad and is the
initial point ofthe Transcontinental
branch OF that road. 1t is tho
headquarters OF these roads, their machine
shops, round houses and business offices
being there. 1t is 1i6 miles east of Dallas
and has population of 1900. Splendid
schools and fine churches abound, and il is
q healthful place, its glorious freestone wa
ter its boast. During the year past Mar
shall shipped Ia 900 bales OF cotton; 200 900
pounds of hides and peltries; 5000 head of
cattle, sheep and hogs; !, 800, 900 feet of lum-
Der, and the aggregate value of minor pro
ducts shipped was 10000. 0fthese exports
81 Louis received y per cent. New Orleans
% per cent, and Dallas and other points %
per cent. The total value of mills and man
ufactories in Marshall is s275,OoO, The no..
gregate sales Of imported articles for the
year were of dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, hats and caps and millinery,
S2Jo'oWi Of groceries, produce, coniection,
bagging and ties, $l75, 0OO of liquors, beer
and tobaccos, $4,000; of ice, $1,000 of
wood work shingles, rough and dressed
lumber, sash, elc.,) S25, 00O Of drugs, paints,
oils, crockery, woodcnware, etc, SIS, 900; of
hardware, agricultural machinery, engines
wagons etc, $4,000, and of miScellancouJ
articles, $1,000. The per ccntagc of these
imports was IN the proportion of % from
New York; ~ from st. Louis, % from On.
cago - from New Orleans; 10 from tialycs.
ton, and 10 from Dallas and other points
There are ~ mills and manufactures in
Marshall, employing so hands, with capital
to the extent of $4,000 invested In them,
and giving gross product of $4,000 pcr
annum, There is q car mandatory, The
private enterprise of Joint stock company
that turns out eight Hat and box ears nor
diem, which manufactures It's own wheels
and oil other Irons of Texas material.
JEFFERSON.
This place Is the county site of Marion
county. II Is one Of the oldest towns Of
eastern Texas, and has, since about 1915,
when the first steamboat reached the place,
been the head Of navigation on the lakes
and Cypress bayou, on which bayou Il rs
situated. II has, since Il first became Il
place, had considerable commercial i'm.
portanoc. Prior 10 the war, and after the
war until the advent Of the Texas 4 Pacific
railroad, Jefferson was the great CONNER.
cia emporium and shipping point for
northeast, goodly portion of east, and
north Texas, But afer 1873, when the
railroad had reached H. and other roads had
begun to stretch their iron lengths through
The rich territory that had before traded at
Jeiierson the place began TO lose its prestige