The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-25
A Sweeping COnilagration nj Whites.
boro...Big Cotton Fire at Houston.
Andy WOlard Attempted Suicide at
Gatesville.
Other Interesting State New,
Austin.


Austin.
Special to the Herald.
AUSTIN, November 2.--Articles of incor-
poration of the Texas Southern Trunk Line
Railroad Company, and the Telegraph and
Express Company, were filed with the De
partment of State of the State of Texas, on
the 23d day of November, 1881. 1t is the
intention of this company to establish
complete narrow.guage system of railroads
all over the State, running to all places OF
any commercial Importance and transacting
q thorough express and telegraph business.
The incorporators are; j. A. Rhomberg,
J. r. Graves, w. G.. Waters, +, Walker, A.
l.. Rhomberg, Maurice Brown, Fred
Rumpf, of Dubuque, Iowa, IL. w. Mcneil,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; James McQuaid,
Manchester, England, A. Reiner, Frank
fort, Germsny;..Julius Runge, President of
First National Bank; George Ball, banker;
J. IL. Hutchings, banker; Leon Blum,
Wholesale dry goods merchant;
NJ. Marx, Wholesale grocer;
NJ. Laskin, wholesale grocer; G. Seeligson,
wholesale grocer; II. b. Hawley, wholesale
grocer; j. S. Brown, wholesale hardware,
all of Galveston; G.. w. Breckenridge, Pres
ident First National Bank; Gustave Gross,
banker; A. b. Frank, wholesale dry goods
and groceries, H. Greyiet, wholesale mer'
chant; Chas. Hugo, wholesale grocer;
n. J. Cosgrove, wholesale hardware
all of San Antonio; Hon. John Han,
cock, ex-member of Congress, oi
Austin; ex Governor Throckmorton
of Mckinney w. Clcmen, banker and
merchant, J. Faust, banker, q. PfeufTer
merchant, of New Braunsfels; j. L. Clio.
yer, banker, San Marcos; w. Wahrmund
merchant, Fredericksburg Hon. Barclay
Martin, II. b. Shepherd, merchant, OF
Round Rock; w. Kuhfuss,, merchant,
Boerne; Hon. ]. X. Fleming, banker
Cisco; J. l.. Leonard, s. ]. Adams,
j. G. 0'Connor, bankers; ]. Il. Schneider
wholesale grocer, A. Davis, wholesale
grocer; Alex Sanger, wholesale dry goods;
p f., Marsalis, wholesale grocer; j. r.
Elliott, editor HERALD, all of Dallas; J. =
Smith, banker and real estate A. NJ. Brit
ton, banker and real estate A. M. Var
|
Joseph IL. Brown, wholesale grocer; W. A
Huffman, agricultural implements, oil o
Fort Worth; c. NJ. Seeley, banker; X. w
White, capitalist; W. Cameron, whole
sale grocer; A. Hinchman, sgricul
tural implements; $. M. McCleiland
banker; Tom II. Jordan, wholesale dry
goods; Lessing Solomon, wholesale DRY
goods; Il, Rotan, wholesale grocer Il. Dick
ley, wholesale grocer; G.; Clark, wholesal,
grocer; W. w. Seley, banker, all of Waco
c. Schreiner, wholesale merchant, Kerrs
vile; J. NJ. Lindsey, banker. Gainesville
G. Cameron a. S. Marshall, d. Upthe
dent First National Bank Henry Fox
hardware; NJ. Uiimann, wholesale
grocer; j. l.. Ullmann, wholesale grocer; NJ
Lewis, Wholesale grocer; I. l.. Cochran
insurance and real estate, all of Houston
l.. J. Storey ]. Nix. Lockhart; j. A. Car
roll, Denton; NJ. +. Steele, banker Emory
Taylor, banker, Georgetown; J. C. Higgins
general merchandise; J. ID. Sayers, Bastrop
]. w. Ferris, Waxahachie; w. II. Daugh
erty, real estate, Gainesville; n. l.. Norton
Capitol Commissioner; I. ii. Bowman, Sec
retary of State, j. 5. Miller and Il. III. Aus
tin, Of Bolton.
The place from which said Texas South
ern Trunk Line Railroad Company and
Telegraph and Express Company shall be
constructed and operated is Galveston, in
Galveston county; Houston, in Harris
county, and running through Montgomery
and Gaines counties to or near Madison
ville in Madison county TO or near Cen
trevillc in Leon county; to or near Fair
| field in Frocstonc county to or near Cor
sicana, in Navarrocounty to or near
Waxahachie, in Ellis county; to Fort
Worth in Tarrunt county, through
Par ker county, Wise, county;
Jack county; to and through
| CLAY county; to or near San Thomas, In
Archer county; with branch from or near
| Centerville, in Leon county; to or near
Groesheeck in Limestone county; to or
near Waco. in McIennan county; to or near
Meridian, in Bosque county; to or near
Steyensville, in Erath county; to Eastland,
! in Eastland county; to or near BreCk-
enridge, in Stevens county; to or
near Camp Cooper, in Throckmorton
county; with branch from Corsicana, in
Navarro county; to or near kaufman, in
kaufman county; TO Grecnville, in Hunt
county; to or near Cooper, in Delta county;
| to Paris, in Lamar county also branch
from Greenville, in Hunt county, to Bon
branch from or near Waxahachie,
|
Dallas county; also u branch from Aurora,
in Wise county, TO or near Denton, in Den.
ton county, and with branches from or near
Denton td Sherman, in Grayson county,
and GAINESVILLE, in Cook county; also a
branch from the main line in Montgomery
county, through Liberty and Polk counties,
to or near Woodyille, In Taylor county also
a branch from the main line In Montgomery
county, to or near Hampstead, in Waller
county, through Austin county; to or
near laGrange, in Fayette county; to or
near Bastrop, in Bastrop county; through
Austin & Northwestern Railroad at or near
Round Rock, in Williamson county; 20 or
near Georgetown, in Williamson county; TO
or near Belton, in He'll county; to Waco, In
Mcl.enan county; also Il branch
from or near Bastrop, In Bastrop
county; to or near Lockhart in Cald.
well county io. or near San Marcos, in
Hays county also branch from or near