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


In exports for the year ending, it exported
some 100000 pounds of wool; 81 800
600 pounds Of petries; 10000 pounds
of horse hair; 5000 head of cattle, and
10000 of silver bullion from Mexican
mines. These exports went TO New York,
New England cities, Havana, New Or
leans and Galveston. The aggregate sales
of imported articles, such as dry goods, gro
ceries, liquors and tobaccos ice, drugs,
paints, oils, crockery, etc, hardware, agri-
cultural machinery, engines, etc, and mis-
cellaneous articles, were all of 81, 750, 900, in
addition to which we can enum-
crate something near 100000 feet of
lumber imported principally from PEN
sacola, Florida, Calcasieu, Louisiana,
orange and Beaumont, Texas. coming
by schooners. Since railroad building has
been going on from Corpus Christi to the Rio
Grande and beyond, deal of railroad iron
has landed at the place, and cross ties and
bridge timbers in great quantities. OF
these imports New York supplies some 80
per cent; Galveston, 05 New Orleans, O5,
and Philadelphia and Boston and other
points some IS per cent.
BROWNSVILLE.
This is thecounty site ofCamcron county
Is on the Rio Grandc, twenty-five miles by
land above its mouth, with which it has
connection by railroad as well as by steam
boats on the river. Brownsville is an isoa-
ted city from the rest of the state having
no rail connections, and being dcpendcnt
u ~ oCeali EoitIS s'epllleIo nor Us imports
which was built by Major Brown of the
United States army, about 1915 or 1916, and
which is still a military station. The United
States district and circuit courts meet at
brownsville, and, being port of entry, it
the wear past il exnorted loo koirss
of cotton IA sol Mounds If wool 2 OOO o00
nonnds Of bidns and noItrios iii of yI,icb
went to New York The ogrregoto saIns
for the wear were of drv goods ciotbinS
bootsan shoes. hats and cars and millinery
81 1000, 600: of groceries, produce confSSc,,
tons, bagging and ties, 10000. of
liouors. beer and tobaccos, $40 600 of ice
Sl6 600. Of drnes naints oiIs crockcrv'
woodenware, etc, 100000: of hardware
agricultural machinery, engines, wagons
ETC S110 600 and Of miscellaneous article
$50 OSO These imnoris came from Nov
York and Euronean markets. from 81
Louis and Chicago, The latter coming Inv
way of New Orleans. There IS n
steamboat line plyinr on the Rio Grande
between brownsville and the month and
ns hiph I'm rs Laredo now. Brownsyilln is
about the only place in the state that has
made no effort for railroads. and. Situated
os IL is II 10 nerhans better off without
them, rs its ocean steamers give il facilities
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NEW BRAUNFELs.
This place is the thriving, industrious
county site of Comal county, and is Ger I.
man town in the midst of a large German
settlement. 1t is on the Comal and Guada-
lupe rivers, the Comal emptying into the I
Guadalupe right at the town. Both these
streams afford magnificent water power for
mills and manufactures, especially the CO.
NAL which is utilized in this direction to
some extent. New Braunfels is west of /
Austin 50 miles and is $50 miles from Dallas, /
and is in the hcalthiest and prettiest section .
of Texas, with magnificent and romantic /
scenery all aboutit. The inhabitants being
Germans in the proportion Of 80 per cent, |
they are handwriting, persevering, quiet, .
peaceful people, having comfortable and
substantial homes and giving evidences of
their thrift all about them. The place has Il
population of . 800 and since the advent of /
the International railroad few months
ago gives signs of new prosperity. During
the past year New Brauniels exported 1000
bales of cotton, 100 900 pounds of wool, 30O,-
600 feet of lumber, and the aggregate value
of other articles exported was $4,000. Gal
weston received so per cent of these exports
and % per cent went to other points. The
total value OIL mailuiaCtSrngs an Wv diIals ~
YA'0'''" 100 Ne''N
articles for the wear were Of drv goods
,lothing boots ana shoes Lnts and SSoSSson3
miIlincpy SG9 0oD' of Sroccri" anu r6Jn "a
,onfections bagpinr and ties SOB 0O0 of
liquors boer and tobaccos 5000 Of wood.
work lshinrles rough and dressed InmLor
ash etCA 70 ono. dr,rrs naints oiie crocir'
srv woodenwore etc AZ 600 Of hord,yore
,gricultural machinery. engines WAGONS