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

cry, $4,000; of groceries, produce, con
iecuons, bagging and ties, 500 900. n
liquors, beer and tobaccos, $3.50 600: oiice soO0
OF woodwork ishingles, dressed lumber. sash
etc., Sl2,OOOi of drugs, paints, oils
crockery, wooden ware, etc, $50 600. az hard
ware, agricultural machinery. engines, WAC.
ons, etc, $4,000; and of miscellaneous arti.
Giles $4,000. The percentage of these i'm.
ports were, from New York, 10 per cent
81. LOUIS, To; New Orleans, 10; Galveston Id
and other points TO- There is one mallufac.
turing establishment of local character.
empl1yihg lour hands, its gross product
amou ting to $500 per annum.
PARIS.
In the long ago before the war, Paris tbe
county site OF Lamar county, was founded
laid OIL and became q town, Until II GO,
cured railroad facilities, being on the Trans.
continental branch of the Texas u Pacific.
1t was but pretty, lively little country
town IN the midst of rich and prosperous
county. 1t is ll0mileS from Dallas bv rail
and has 5000 inhabitants, doing a consider.
able trade in outside counties. In the wear
past Paris shipped 1900 bales of cotton,
D,OO0 pounds of wool, $4,000 pounds of
hides and peltries, 5000 bushels of small
grain, 5000 head of cattle, sheep and hogs.
and its minor products shipped aggregated
In value 5000, New York received 20 per
cent, OF these shipments, St. Louis 10, and
other points 60 per cent. 1t has mills and
manufactures OF the value of $4,000. The
aggregate sales of imported articles during
the year were, of dry goods, clothing, boots
and shoes, hats and caps and millinery
$5OOOOO; OF groceries, produce, coniectiOns
bagging and ties, $425, 900; of ice, $4,000; of
liquors, beer and tobaccos, $4,000 of wood
work {shingles rough and dressed lumber
SASH etc., $4,000; of drugs, paints, oils,
crockery, woodenware, etc, $60,OOO of
hardware, agricultural machinery, engines,
wagons, ETC., $4,000, and of miscellaneous
articles, $4,000. OF these imported ar
ticles there came from New York per
cent, from St. Louis AZ per cent, from
Chicago per cent; from Galveston pcr
cent. from New Orleans % per cent, and
from Dallas. and other points 10 per cent.
There are nine manufactures in Paris en-
ploying, 80 men and with $50, 900 of capital
invested in them.
HONEY GROVE.
This place is in Fannin county and
years before the war was thriving neigh
borhood village. 1t is 10Y miles from
Dallas and is on the Transcontinental
branch of the Texas & Pacific railroad. 1t
has population of !, 200, and is well-to-do,
handsome town with fine, substantial
houses, good schools and good society.
This year past Honey Grove exported 5000
bales of cotton; $1,000 pounds Of wool 90
600 pounds of hides and peltries; $4,000
bushels of small grain $40 head of cattle
and sheep, and the aggregate value of its mi
nor products exported was $4,000. The per
centage of these shipments was to New
York rs, and to Dallas and other points 25.
The total value of mills and other manu-
factories at Honey Grove is $4,000 The
aggregate sales of imported articles during
the year were, Of dry goods, clothing, boots
and shoes, hats and caps and millinery,
$l45,0 600; of groceries, produce, CONNECTIONS,
bagging and ties, 800, 900; ofliquors, beerand
tobaccos, $1,000; of ice, $500; of woodwork
etc., $4,000; of drugs, paints, oils, crock
cry, woodenware, etc, $35 200; hardware,
agricultural machinery, engines, wagons
etc, $4,000, and of miscellaneous articles,
5000. OF these imports 10 per cent were
from New York, so per cent. from st. Louis,
10 per cent. from New Orleans, per cent.
from Galveston and 25 per cent. from Dallas
and other points. There are in Honey
Grove five manufactures of local charac,
ter, employing twenty-five hands, and with
$4,000 capital invested.
poDp CITY,
This is q flourishing railroad station on
the Transcontinental branch of the Texas &
Pacific and is in Fannin county, distant
from Dallas 95mileS. II has i00inhabitants,
and for the year past exported $500 bales Of
cotton; 10000 bushels of small grain and
'ne aggregate value OF MINOR products ex-
ported reached $1,000. OF these exports 10
per cent. went to New York; 30 per cent
to st. Louis; 20 per cent to New Orleans !;
10 per cent. TO Galveston, and 80 per cent
to Dallas and other points. The total value
of mills and manufactures in the place is
SlWO. The aggre, of sales of imported
articles Tor The year We're for dry goods
clNhng, boots and shocs.hats and'caps and
millinery, $4,000; groceries, producee, con-
iiecllons, bagging and ties, $500; liquors,
beer and tohaccos, $1,000 ice, $500; wood
work, shingles. rough and dressed lumber,
crockery. wooden ware, etc, $1,000 hard
ware, agricultural machinery, engines,
etc, 1000. and of miscellaneous articles,
5000. OF these articles 40 per cent. were
imported from st. Louis; 10 per cent from
New Orleans; 10 per cent. from
Galveston; 20 per cent. from Dallas,
and 10 per cent. from other points.
BoNHAM.
Bonham is the county site of Fannin
county, and is handsome, well-to-do,
thrlvlng town, of 900 population. Its res
licences are neat, handsome, and comforta-
BILE, and its business houses solid, substan-
tlal, and commodious 1t has IN air of
thrift all about it, and the people Sow that
they. arc not only comfortable, but refined
and intelligent. II abounds in good schools,
fine churches, and affords as excellent So
cioty as the state can boast IL supports
two large and most splendid weekly Jews
papers, and is good town general :, in n
good county. 1t is distant from
Dallas by. rail nincty-ono miles
and is on tho Transcontinental branch
of the d Texas Pacific railroad During
the year past II exported of cotton 1900
bales; of wool, 5000 pounds; of hides and
psltries, 5000 of small grain, mostly
wheat, 5000 bushels; of cattle, sheep and
hogs, 800 head, and of cotton seed, $1,000
bushels. The per centagc Of these ship
mients went, TO St. Louis, % to New Or
leans, 10; to Dallas, %; to Other points, 80.
The total value of mills and other manuiac-
tories IN the place, amounts to $4,000.
There were sold in Bonham during the
year, of dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, hats and caps and millinery, $225-
GOO; OF groceries, produce, CONNECTIONS, bag
ging and ties, 10000. liquors,
beer, and tobaccos, $4,000; ice, $1,000;
wood work (shinglcs, rough and dressed
oils, crcckery, wopdcnware, etc, 10000;
hardware, agricultural machinery, engines,
wagons, ETC., $4,000, and of miscellaneous
articles, $4,000. The percentage of these
imports were, from New York, 10: st. Louis
d0 Chicago, 8; New Orleans, is; Galveston,
TO- Dallas, 10; and other points, s. There
are four manufactures In Bonham. employ
ing thirty hands, and with capital invested
to the amount Of $2l 900