The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-25
HARDIN.
correspondence of the Herald,

Correspondence of the Herald
HARDIN, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS, May IA,
1Ss2.-In company with Colonel Mason, OF
East Dallas, we left the Union depot on the
$3.50 a. m. train, Wednesday for flying
trip through the pine woods OF southeast
Texas. We waited two hours at Kosse for
a culvert near that place to be repaired,
which had been washed out during the re-
cent heavy rain. Failingto arrive in Hous'
ton on time to connect with the 1851 p. M
train over the Texas & New Orleans road,
we registered at the HutChins mouse, and
next morning at $50 We're aboard the "ac-
commodation" with tickets for Beaumont
This train proved to be an accommodation
indeed, AS it frequently halted during the
day long enough to allow us to pick black
berries by the wayside, aud we made the
run of eighty-three miles IN nine hours, ar
irving at Beaumont in time for supper. Here
we found live lumber town, situated on The
west bank of the Neches river. Beaumont
has a population OF about 0O0inhaoitants,
who are chiefly engaged III saving, loading
and shipping lumber, most of which al
present goes over the Texas Il New Orleans
railroad to Houston, where it is distributed
to different portions OF the country. I'm
mense trains of lumber go out from this
place every day. My companion counted
fifty-three heavily loaded cars in one train
that passed us on the way.
Judging by the number of new houses
that have recently been built in Beaumont,
the population has about doubled III The
last six months.
The Sabine & East Texas railroad is
built from Woodville to Beaumont, dis
lance of fifty-tiye miles, and is building
south to Sabine Pass. 1t is already COM
pleted to Taylor's bay on, two miles north
of the pass, and they are under promise to
finish it to that place by the middle OF
July.
at fabulous prices, but from the
most reliable information we could
made at least one mile distant, as the rail-
road company own the land, and will, of
course, try to control the business on their
own land-at least for q while. The COM
pletion of the South & East Texas road 10
he Pass will give "a water outlet to the I'M
mense quantities Of lumber that are being
,awed at the many mills between Wood
vile and Beaumont and shippers Will not
then be altogether at the mercy OF the
Texas g. New Orleans road, as they now
are, and the competition ia treights will
over the prices of lumber, while at the
same time shippers will realize as good or
better profits. Lumber at Beaumont al
present is worth Sl2 to $l5 per 900.
We purchased tickets ut the latter place
or Carroll, new town on the East Texas
road, and arrived at that town in due time
10 connect with a Mark Twain hack line
Tor the town of Hardin, which
is the county seat Of Hardin
county, and only three miles from
Carroll. The resemblance of the said team
to that ofMaIk Fwain's 'Baalhec" WAS that
it was "magniiicent ruin" We have seen
l.. Il. haNV al
Ne were spirited away at the rate OF abou'
a mile an hour, and we finally reached this
quaint old town of Hardin, as aforesaid,
which, just now, presents quite dull and
dilapidated appearance, owing partly u
he close proximity of the railroad town OF
Carroll, only three miles away as before
stated, TO which place the connty-seat Will,
before long, doubtless be moved,
Very little of the land in this vicinity
heretofore in cultivation has yet been
planted aud is not likely to be this season.
rhe reason that would generally be given
for letting SO much tillable land lie IDLE, IS
has it is "to5 much trouble TO cultivate it,
Dat the true reason, as II occurs 10 your
pendent, is that most of these people
Town here are constitutiOnaly opposed t.
york; or, in otherwords, we're born tired. "
I'm looking through the county records in
he clerks Office at this place to-day, cams
upon an interesting DOCUMENT which ~
none other than a copy of the last viii, ana
testament of The late Lorenzo ID lmOnicp,
be celebrated restauIntuer of New YORK
city, who died last year. Ii il q limited in
.lrument and contains several pages OF b..
qu SITS to nephews, nieces. ct al; the cash
jcuuesls aggregatiug over sixteen HUNDRED
thousand dollars. II was filed br probate
here about six weeks or two months since
by a Mr.. Schneid, attorney in fact by APP
pointment Of Mr. Gordon, formerly book
eeper for the restaurant king, and one oil
he executors of the estate. Mr. Schneid l.
claiming for the estate large tracts of pine
and in Hardin county, comprising about
eight of the best river leagues. The records
t.C.c do not show how DC'monico acquired
ltle, but Il is said his title is of record IN
The adjoining county of Tyler, which II
will be the business of your correspondent
TO investigate at WOodville tomorrow.
The length Of this letter and the lateness
OF the hour Gdmonishes that | should has
ten 10 a close.
"As We 20 to press" or rather 10 prepare
TO press our pillow, the young ladies and
gentlemen OF the village have assembled al
the hotel to minge in the May dance 10
the stratus Of violin MUSIC, furnished by
Bod" Simmons, the elegant son of our
host Of the simmons House" We shall.
therefore retire t. rest, land let the reader
10 likeWise.) but not TO sleep ill the "wee
sma' hours have ayant the twa," and chased
the flying feet" to their respective homes
In the morning we are of for Woodyil e,
thence 10 Jasper and Newton, where, i
anything transpires Of peculiar interest,
may drop you another lire. q. W. Z.