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

Dallas, ana to other points. The total
value, of mills and manufactures nj
I TINS place is $4,000. The aggregate sale of
imported articles were, of boots and shoes.
nat hats and caps and millinery, SIPS,
600; Of groceries, produce, CONNECTIONS.
bagging and ties, $4,000; of liquors, beer
and tobaccos, $30,000; of ice, $500: of wood
work shingles, rough and dressed lumber
sash, etc., $1,000; of drugs, paints, oils
crockery, wooden ware, etc, $1,000, and of
hardware, agricultural machinery, engines
wagons, etc, $4,000 The per centage oh
these imports were: From New York TO-
from st. Louis, so; from Chicago, O6; from
New Orleans, 10; from Galveston, 05; from
Dallas 10; and from other points, 05.
DENTON.
Here is the county site of Denton county,
IS distant from Dallas 80 miles, and has two
railroads; the Transcontinental branch Of
the Texas d Pacific which passes through It,
and the Dallas d Wichita of which IL Is the
terminus connecting it with Dallas. IL isa
handsome, compactly and substantially
putt place, and has a population of 1000.
1t has good and ample banking facilities
and is in the midst of magnificent and
well populated country. During the year
Denton exported 800 bales Of cotton, 30
Of hides and peitries; 1000 bushels
OF small grain; 10000 head of cattle,
sheep and hogs, and the aggregate value OF
minor products exported reached $4,000.
Of these exports 10 per cent. went to New
York; Is per cent to Galveston; IS per cent.
to Dallas, and 10 per cent to other points.
The total value OF mills and manufactures
IN the place is $4,000. The aggregate Of
sales during the year was, of dry goods,
clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps
and millinery, $225,000; in groceries, pro-
duce, CONNECTIONS, bagging and ties, $l90,0Co.
in liquors, beer and tobaccos, $1,000; in ice,
5000 in drugs, paints, oil, crockery,
woodenware, etc, $4,000; in woodwork,
(shingles, rough and dressed lumber sash,
etc. $4,000; and in hardware, agricultural
machinery, engines, wagons, etc., $4,000.
" these imports %per cent. came from New
York; u II per cent. tnom st. Louis; ~ ~
per cent from Galveston; 40 per cent from
Dallas, and l0per cent. from other points.
LEwIsvILLE.
This is pretty little town of 400 inhabi-
tants, in Denton county, on the Dallas Il
Wichita railroad, and % miles from Dallas
II is in most excellent country, well set;
tied, the people being industrious and
thrifty, and with an abundance of this
worlds goods about them. The past year
Lewisville shipped 1900 bales of cotton
5000 pounds OF wool 5000 pounds of hides
and peltries; 800 bushels of small Grain;
$50 head of cattle, sheep and hogs, aid the
aggregate value of its minor products ex-
ported was $4,000. st Louis received 12i
per cent. of these shipments Galveston,
IA and Dallas IS per cent. The lue of
mills and manufactures at the place is
$1,000. The aggregate Of sales of imported
articles for the year were, of dry goods,
clothing, boots and shoes, hatsa caps and
millinery, $4,000; of groceries produce,
CONNECTIONS, bagging and ties, $4,000; OF
liquors, beer and tobaccos, $500; of ice
500; Of woodwork, (shinglcs rough and
dressed lumber, sash, etc., $1,000; OF
drugs, paints, oils, Crockery woodenware,
etc, 5000; and of hardware, agricultural
machinery, engines, wagons, etc, 5000.
The percentage of these receipts were from
st, Louis, 25 Dallas, IS per cent. There is
a Touring mill in Leyisyille in which Is in,
vested $1,000, and II does most excellent
work, turning out superior articleoi Hour
AyBSoER.
The town of Avenger is in Cass county,
and is about 200 miles from Dallas by the
line Of the railroad now reaching IL, but IS
nearly on direct line through the county
by at least fifty miles II is but small
place-a railroad station on the Texas East
line narrow gauge road running from Jei,
tcrson TO Grcenvillc, In Hunt county, OF lO
inhabitants, and was named in honor OF inc
late DR.. Avenger, on whose land 1t was
built, and who was ex-senator from that dis
trict. He was a merchant and practising
physician, and leading and Influenza,
man in his immediate section. IL exported
during the year past 500 bales oil cotton
1000 pounds of hides and pctriosi
10000 feet Of lumber. The percentage
Of shipments have been, TO New Orleans
% ITO Galveston, % 10 other points, includ,
ing Dallas, 90. The total value of mills ana
other manufactures Is $500. The dry
goods, clothing, hats, caps, boots aud shoes
and millinery IN the place per unnum VIII
aggregate $4,000; of groceries, produce
connections bngginr aud ties, SDOOOi OF E
tobaccos, no liquors nr beer being sold
5000 ice, $50. of wood work, (slinglesi
rough and dressed lumber, sash, etc., Slt,'
ON; of druqs, naiilts, oils, crockcry, wooden,
wnru. CITE, 5000; of hardware, agricultural
machinery, engines, wagons, etc, Slo,WV
The per cottage Of imports are from Calves
ton, % other points 20.
pASGgariTtp.
This town Is the county site Of Morris
Il Is one nf the old established
places Of the state, and prior to the creation
OF Morris county WIS hut a ncighhorhood
hamlet In Tituscounty. II Is on the Jefferson
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