The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-12
SHERMAN.


Correspondence Of the Herald.
SHERMAN, August S, ISL got her
Sunday morning at 2 O'Clock n. nj. iron
Dallas and have been here till this evening
and for the information OF the general pub
lie shall proceed to tell in nutshell wha
sort OF town Sherman Is. Ii is seyenty-hy
miles north of Dallas, has a population o
about 5000, is located on an elevation sun
cient to give 1t proper draiuageis IN an opei
prairie country at the crossing OF the Zen
trail and Texas u Pacific railroads. has ga
WORKS costing about $4,000 owned herr
and at st. Louis. With regard to churches
IL has three Methodist, one Baptist, on,
Christian, one Episcopal, one Catholic one
Cumberland Presbyterian, ono Old schoo
Presbyterian. Two of these churches are
beautiful brick structures, and four OF them
are elegantly irescoed and finely hnlshed
The coiored churches consist OF two Method
list and one BAPTIST 49,
Its schools are Numerous anu laciiitle'
for education good They consist OF Aus
tin college, fine brick ediIlce three stories
high, costing $4,000, DR.. Palmer, presl-
dent; the North Texas Female college, a
fine two-story brick, Professor Nash prcsi-
dent, costing $4,000; the 81, Joseph Cath,
olic) Female institute (reCcntly built and
finely finished and equipped, costing ST.
600; The Sherman Male acndemy,
Professor lie Tillier, principal costing about
$4,000, besides many private schools ana
u few colOrcd schools, all well patrohlzcd,
well supplied, and well managed. -Four of
these largest are public free schools for
whites, and one public colored free school.
The foundation is now being LAID for an
other $50, COO free school. There are over
1880 resident children over scholastic age,
emitting them TO the benefits OF the school
fund. These excellent institutions OF learn
ing have pupils in attendance IRON All over
Texas, and many from other states. Some
OF them are old institutions, whose PROBES.
sors are famous. Sherman has charge of
her own public schools by vote OF the pco-
pie and runs nine months in theyear.
Three brick yards are running here (shlp-
ping brick to other points, ono immense
Ice factory, one collar factory, one factory
which is turning out cotton and corn plan
tiers, (also Il cotton chopper invented by II
negro here, one oil mill, costing $io,WO,
one compress costing $4,000. The court.
house is OF stone, l0i feet square, IS nicely
finished, has good town clock, and cost
100000. The pust-ollicc here is timely liked
up and furnished, at n cost of 600, ana Is
leased for ten years. Tho cltihehs
OF Sherman are under ohlBa-
tions to Major A. l.. Darnell,
CORNER postmaster and proprietor OF
the PATRIOT, for this fine improvement
ard convenience. There are also two iron
tollndries, four steam Touring mills, one
steam marble works, one large soap factory,
three planning mills, four lumber yards,
one stlect ear line, and about the linest OPP
era-honse IN the state. II isa two,story
brick, is most elegantly frescocd and finish
ed and cost $4,000. Its scenery and paint
ings We're al lexeouted by a ST. Louis firm.
The banking facilities OF Sherman are
good--onc of its banks being about the
strongest in the state, outside OF Galveston.
Its financial conditions is sound and solid
IL operate exclusively within It's own re-
sources--not only not using any borrowed
capital but actually pay ing Tor its own i'm
provements-and lending it's poorer and
needy neighboring towns money 10 help
them along. Its only debts are its bonded
debts for railroads, $4,000 for the Texas
Pacific and 100000 for the Central rail
road, both ben,ing7 per cent, running 20
years, and which debts have now been re-
dnccd 10 l6 years. Its taxable property is
$1,000 900. The county is also out of debt
and has S32,000 cash in the treasury.
More could be said OF this beautiful aud
refined city, but fearing | have already
been too lengthy, will close with the wish
that Sherman may continue TO grow aud
prosper and subscribe literally for the Dali
las HERALD.