The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-01


There arc about 1000 head Of cattle In
Connnohe. The financial condition a en-
oollont. The county town Is Comanoho'
o0HcnO.
(Area, 1000 square miles. Population about
1900, all white)
ConchO Ia q western and new county,
with varied surface OF hills and valleys,
and rs yet no farming Is carried on. Inc
supply of water from the Concho ana many
other streams Is abundant, and the grasses
are plentiful and nutritious, and stockrais-
Ing and strengthening have m0nopolized at
tention. There are about 1000 cattle,
800 horses and mules and about IOOOo
head Of sheep in Concho. This stock re-
1uires no winter feeding and cost but little
TO bring to maturity. The demand for
herders Is good and the wages, paid are
about 800 per month. Lands sell from co
cents to So per acre. There are two pri-
yate schools, and free schools three months
in the year. There is Presbyterian, also a
Methodist congregation in Concho county.
The health of the county and the entire
section is excellent. The average price OF
cattle is SIG, horses $40, and sheep Us.
CoMAL.
(Area 575 square miles. Population about
5000, blacks numbering 2oo)
Comal, of which New Braunfels Is the
county seat is rolling prairie in the east
ern, and mountainous in the western por.
ton. One.fourth OF the county Is arabic,
the soil being black loan. The rest
pastoral lands. The county is watered by
the Guadalupe and Comal rivers, the water
for domestic purposes being obtained from
wells. The section OF country around
Comal, Kerr, Bexar and adjoining countic,
ia noted for its attractive appearance ana
healthfulness. There is strong German
population throughout the section. Schools
are taught all over Comal, and Lutheran,
Catholic and Methodist churches are estab
lshed. Water power is good, and the che
industry is manufactures, principally OF
wooden goods, also saddle-trees, leather anc
-four. They are very successful, ana =
cotton factory is projected; Wlld ianas SCI
500 per acre. Agriculture and STOCK ano
sheer. raising are also pursued. The crop
are corn, cotton, wheat, etc., Vegetapie
and peaches, grapes, pecan and other !rult'
are raised in abundance. There are lo,oo
cattle, 5000 horses, and 2OOOO sheep IL
Comal. The International railway passe'
through the county. Prices for 1--we stoct
and living are about the same asiound over
the state.
AREA 900 square miles. Population, 2Z,GoC;
proportion of blacks to whites, l-|D
Cooke, with Gainesville as the county
seat, is one of the best and most hourishllf
counties in the state, lying along the heo
river, and contiguous to the Indian TERI,
tory. The soil is black and gray sandy cyan, ah,
yellow loan, and two-thirds of the county
| is arabic, The timber is blackjack. pos
| oak, pecan and cottonwood, and the water
courses are Red River, Trinity, Clear ant
Spring creeks; wells and cisterns furn!s'i
the domestic supply. About one'lttn o.
the land in the county is under cultivatloh'
The native grasses are abundant ana very
| .cti ant n
cotton is very heavy, and stock -raising, DOH
cattle, sheep and hogs, is Cookies principal
industry. The trade of the county goes
chiefly TO st. Louis. There are as yet nc
marked manufacturing interests IN the
county, but the demand is good for oil
kinds of skilled labor. Wild lands sell
from about 50 to IS per acre, while Guilt
waited range from So to SO. rents are
about So, or on shares The county is out
Of debt, and taxation is 30 cents on the $lOO
The health OF Cooke county is excellent
Cotton, corn, wheat, and all kinds OF yege
tables are raised in abundance. some
% coo bales of cotton, 100000 bushels o
corn, and 500,0 600 bushels of wheat were
handled in Cooke this season. There ar,
about 10000 head of cattle, some ll,0O'
head of mules ana horses, 1000 sheep, anc
about $4,000 head of hogs in the county
Stock Is very healthy In Cooke. The ave
rage price for cattle is about $l5, OF horse
so5, and mules $40 There is good waite
power in the county, but it has not as we
been utilized There is no necessity for lrri
CATION. Good free schools and all denoml
nations of churches exist, and tn,
scholastic population, reaches 3'oOo
The moral tone of the county is eX
cellent. The Missouri Pacific rail
way runs through the county, Gainesville
being the terminus of a branch. Abou
three fiiths of the county is prairie, the res
timber Upon the whole, Cooke is one o
the most favorably conditioned counties II
the state.
coRYKLL.
AREA oGC SQUARE miles. Population 1850
the blscks numbering about 9OO)
Coryell is west of McLennan directly
lies between the Brazos and Colorado rivers
lis of a diversified SUFFICE, hill mountain
prairie and valleys, with about one-third O
the county covered with timber; The sol
is black waxy and black sandy. bottom
lands. and Coryell is well supplied Will
water the domestic demands being met b!
natural springs and wells and cisterns
Farming and stock-raising are the chic
pursntts. There are 2,JD head OF cattle
"a 900 head of sheep, sou hogs, and sou
lhorses and mules. This stock can all b.
bought as cheaply as anywhere else; Crop
of cotton, corn, oats, wheat and all KINDS o
gnrlsn vegetables are produced. Lands SCI
improved. The lands produce very well
The cost OF living and other things " abou
the same as Is general in central 1eshs
There are no manufacturing lntere5Ss II
Corfell and no demand for skilled labor
If cash is paid the average wages are Sl2.V
pcr month. The financial condition OF IN!
/. county is good, and the educational taclll
ties and church conveniences are good
Chills and fever prevail In Coryell and tina
section generally, but the general health o
the county is good Otherwise. The grasse
Of Coryel, are plentiful and very nutritious
and stock require very little winter feeding
> Che Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railwa,
/ masses through the county. The Texas
} 81. Louis road will also run through sec
ION Of CoryeH.
! AREA 900 square miles. Population 3S,Ooo
the proportion Of blacks 10 whites Dein
about one SIXTH
, Situated little north Of the imaginar.
me dividing central if6m north Texas, an
bout centrally located with reference :
p he eastern aud western limits OF mort
rexas population and business, Dallas mo
iruly be said TO be fine type OF the create
nortion Of the state, when seen at its besl
It's $50 miles OF more west oil the Iouision
line and about 200 miles from Abilene an
he western limits OF population. IL
,i,out IS miles south OF the Indian Teri
orv. 1t partakes, therefore, OF the gehers
-airter Of all the counties extending ~
tiles som il in either direction, ano Nnle
institute the garden spot Of the great stat
4 Texas. What may be said OF 'Dalla'
. zen, 81 county, leaving out OF consdei
on a superior market, such as IS ahorde
. - a large CITY in lis. midst. larger pOpuli
on and greater raisfoad facilities, may b
.nerally applied 20 the country within %
dius, as suggested, Of 100 miles. Ontsid
e city OF Dallas the pursuits OF thep people
. products. the character Of soil, and IN
.ctiliarities and customs Of the people, ~
The main those 10 be found In the create
a-tiou IL the state. The climate OF DAila
one Of the finest and most salubrious
e world, the cold never in winter becofr
z more severe than 1T the heezing poiu
A the thermometer never running abOF
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