The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25
Texas News.

nearly unit for Greeley. i
The burnt portion Of the. town of
Caldwell is being rapidly built up with
good substantial brick buildings, and it
is generally conceded that the fire will
benefit the town, although causing q loss
to, some citizens: There is a healthy,
confident and buoyant as to tho future.
The Gonzales Southwestern Index
says,
from furnaces found, that mining opera
tions of some kind had at some time
been carried on, upon What is known as
this county and Caldwell. Recently
lead and silver, and perhaps other
metals, have been found there. This
fact, together, with other indications of
the presence of metallic ores. induced
some of our citizens to locate land in
the vicinity; They have commenced
silver in abundance. There is some eX-
citement on the subject. Coal in great
quantity, but as vet of doubtful quail
Ity, has been found in this county; and
porcelain clay, of the finest quality. is
known to exist in several localities. Who
knows that Gonzales county may not yet
prove to be rich in mineral wealth
The completion of the iron tie linking
the Bayou city to that of Dallas was
celebrated in the last mentioned place
with great enthusiasm.
The Houston Union says that Gov. e.
j. Davis favors the land grant claimed
by the Central Railroad under the decis-
General resists the claim, however, and
threatens forfeiture of the charter.
According to the Austin State Gazette.
the prospects of an immense immigra
tion during the coming fall promises to
be larger than in any previous year:
The same paper says that petition
Supreme Court by the International
Railroad Company against the Comp
troller, requiring him TO sign the bonds
sidy allowed by their charter. The case
was to be argued by the Attorney Gem
eral representing the State, and Messrs.
Moore, Bell, Shelley and Pease the petit
TONERS.
The Nayasoto Tablet says that Mr..
Fred Reinhardt, Internal Revenue Col
lector, is acting in bad faith towards
the people of Grimes county. A number
of indictments were found in the United
States Court in this city against persons
were not credited by him, for the pay
lnent of their licenses or taxes.
The cotton seed oil factory Mt Hemp
stead, in this State, it is said, works up
duces therefrom about 1000 gallons of
oil.
AS far as is now known. copper ranks
next to iron and coal in value among
the minerals in Texas. On Little Llano.
Mt a place about eight miles from it's
junction with the Llano River, the sur
or veins of copper. The vein examined
is from two to three feet thick, in the
8TaDlUe rocks OF the AIOlC period. Dig
RinEs in it at several places to the depth
of from three to five feet reveal an iron
one containing a large per cent. of cop
per, which, on exposure to the air, be-
comes more OF less coated with BLUSH
green color.
A private letter from n gentleman in
Dallas to the Galveston News says:
The growth of our town is simply
wonderful. Texas has seen nothing
like it. So soon as lumber begins to ar
rive by mail, the improvements will be
greatly accelerated. Several handsome
brick houses have just been completed
and half a dozen are under way. The
cornerstone for a splendid brick Ode
Fellows Hall was laid yesterday. TIL,
growth is scattered all over the mile and
half square of municipal territory
The old town is holding its own spl en-
didly, while east towards the prairie an1
between the Central and proposed Pa
citic depots new buildings are rising
with n rapidity which causes a either
who has been absent only n week to OK
claim, " Well, did you ever w
Dallas has an excellent population IL
| its old citizens, only they are a little on
i of line in the sense of unity and go
| ahead-ativeness. This will soon be al
| right. Our accessioDs embrace larg'
class of the very best kind-as merchant
| and mechanics. The lawyer aud doctOl
market is overstocked some must turT
ont or starve.
! hGeoree ERery, only son of Major g. w
| EgeTy, died at Corpus Christi on the 9th