The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-30

Tho alleys The whole plan %lnsufes yentlL
comfort, convenience clcanliness
and health, and IN In strange contrast WIN
iho oonglomeratod mass ~ Inoongrultiesl
TANNED, orammed and smotheTe1
Of II city. Of Dallas
made beautiful by nature, but distorted
and made almost impossible Of cleanliness
by the Ignorance or cupidity on man. The
and admirable plan Of Albany
rendered II impossible for the filthy odors
of one house or establishment TO become
seriously offensive TO another. The proJec-
tor or projectors of the town should DC
itary commission, for setting such an exam
pie to town.makers. II Is impossible In the
nature Of things for y
to be a citizen Of such
a place without a feeling OF justiiiable pride
in il. | confess, most sincerely, TO the eI,,
hilerating influence Of such generous ana
intelligent liberality, and pray that others
throughout Texas, in founding townsi IN the
future, while land is cheap and liberelity
pays by inviting men OF taste and worm 10
settle in them, may adopt thei ideas OF the
fathers of Albany. The tow has, by actual
count, l07 houses. OF those fifteen are
store buildings, well built, and six are two
stories high. About twenty-five are busi-
ness houses, shops, etc, and the remainder
residences. A few of the residences are
nice frame or stone houses, but chiefly they
are plain, wooden buildings. The two
story stone jail is u splendid b~uilding-the
most secure jail, it IS claimed, IN leNas.
| There are three hotels, well kept, nice places
for the weary and hungry. One each by
! Mrs. Pool (late Of Tehuacana), Mr.. Barr and
Mr.. Buck. Each has all the modern "ldee'
of-"Dinner for one"
AT first glance. the country looks broken
and rather uninteresting at this termina-
| ton of a snow storm; but Oh examination,
it is found to be as rich in soil as beautiful
in landscape. 49,,
NV otherwise dull stay has been enlivened
by meeting many old friends from else
where. For instance, Joe Fisher politely,
| Joseph L.), an old friend and a Dallas-raised
boy, is the county judge, and lives as q
Christian ought to, in his own house n
boards at the same place." This, as
Mark Twain says, is quotation. But Joe
is here and prospecting all the same. Tic
came from Dallas to this vicinity, hye years
ago with his wife, babies and little else. To-
day he has a fine farm, and 800 acres of as
fine land as | ever saw, three miles below
| on Hollands creek nice residence In
town, another residence and three business
houses, several other properties. and to set
| off the whole, is the popular and acceptable
county judge, whom the people are
going, to re-elect spy
of n MSl5y 9 Ia is eon aad haGh on S' Of the M Teii'
able and prosperous land agents OF west
Texas. In Short, Joe Fisher, the Dalla,
boy, is on the upgrade. Another old BAL,
las county boy here in prosperity is jeff
that is, Thomas J. Grounds, fromthe Cedar
Hill neighborhood. l meet, also, Mr.,
Reeves, from Lavaca county, a man oil
means; Mr.. Boer from Caldwell county, also
| full handed; Mr.. Porter, from Tennessee
a practical farmer, and many others, whose
did country for wheat, barley, onions, Irish
and sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and un,
rivalled for sorghum and water melons. !
name only those products which have beer
tried from two to five years under a system
of cultivation necessarily imperfect.
I see cattle OH the plains, at the tail enc
of the winter, that have lived all their lives
on natures voluntary productions, which
Three miles below own visited to-day
unknown to him flor l have never seer
him), a 2,000-acre pasture and farm
belonging to Mr.. J. W. Ellison. 1t is en-
closed by a three-wire fence-plain wire
fastened on mezquit posts eight feet apart
and would resist the butting of a buffalo
bull. mfr. Editor: Please spell "mezquit'
as l write it. l nm as tenacious OH that
point Tsaatn;zsd as dmon am honest Tn OG ann
respectable people as a Texan, despite the
impertinent, stuck-up and maudlin squlbs
as that shallow-pated injection into news
paperdom in Austin, called the Texas
Squibs, Squills, Squirts, Squint-Eye, Squat
bles, or something of that sort.
l am requested by Judge Fisher, Drs
Powell, Durham and others to express tc
the people of Dallas their great esteem tol
H. No. ofCanror proc Tho nphlnladV W h(
volunteered to come here and nurse thu
smallpox patients. Her praise is in every
mouth, and l write the fact more freely be
cause of not personally knowing this goot
Samaritan, though she is known to thos'
next door to me.
The smallpox in a nutshell Six death
in one house; eight new cases; all convalesc
ing. No new cases for a week. The sicl
q~uaraDtined with good nurses, and th'
"'I HhnH \ March IA, 1@sS2.-in my hurried
note OF yesterday several items were omit
ted. | omitted to say that Mr.. W. G. Pace
ex.deputy sheriff in Dallas, is the esteemet
treasurer of Shackelford county, and tina
in the county Mr.. c. P. Alexander, from
Dallas, has a farm and ranches, while Mis-
Efie Martin, ex-Dallas, is happily mated t.
Mr., Charlie Searey, of this place q step.sol
of the old veteran, Buck Barry, of Bosque
BY the census Of June, 1886
Shackelford county had a popu
lation of 2,017. Judge Fisher ant
other close observers are confident it !
now, twenty-one months later, fully 4,0OC
and is rapidly increasing. The population
is exceptionally good; The report OF tn
grand Jury, late IN February, showed a ne'
but empty Jail, and adjourned with onl.
four indictments for misdemeanors anu on
for felony. The only occupant of the pal9
tial Jail now is a son of Adam charged wit
selling spirits frumenti without license.
This is a fine country, divided into mouI
tains, valleys and ia ble-iands, suscepti bl
of extensive agriculture, combined wit
courage. Water courses are numerous
water abund ant and good, and health
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