Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-16
TAYLOR COUNTY.
sickness and Its Causes Impure Water
New Churches and business Houses
The Trade of Abilene.


sickness and It's Causes Impure water
New Churches and Business Houses
The Trade of Abilene.
correspondence OF the Gazette.
Abilene, September l4.--"Yes, sir
there is considerable sickness here at
present. said one of the citizens
'typhoid fever Is prevailing, and IL Is
( clearly traceabe to the abominible
water we are compelled to use.n
/ Few towns in Texas give evidence of
prosperity To- any greater degree than
I Abilene. On every side there il u
! bustling, busy and contented people
but to the Immigrant who proposes
settling in a locality IL becomes the
first consideration rs to the heal hful-
I ness of the place lac may have selected.
4 Abilene is | $40 feet above sea level,
surrounded by land every way fitted
J for high state of cultivation, pos
sesses an atmosphere of great purity,
/ and without some local causes
| cannot but be healthy. But
4 the citizen above quoted seems TO
/ indicate ytiie cause OF the prevailing
! disease. AS yet there are no wells i'm
I mediutely i'm Abilene. n mile from
! town there flows, (when it does How
! a sluggish creek not far from the mar,
| gin OF which several wells have been
! dug, From these some fourteen carts
haul water to the town and the supply
scarcely equals the demand. Those
who claim to know say that the wells
are necessarily supplied by seepage
from the creek near by and that the
water is impure. However that may
be 1t is knswn that the majority of
( those using water, (it Is said some do
not keep "a barrel near by filled only
! with FREE IN water, and being exposed
/ in SO small quantity rapidly absorbs
I atmospheric poisons and thereby
! breeds disease.
! Fifteen miles away there is large
! and perpetual spring known as Puck
etts, the water Of which is very
| highly spoken of. 1t is believed that
! if Abilene had the enterpri,e, as she
has the capital, ard would convey
! through piping supply of this spring
| water, nothing whatever would stand
in the way Of her rapid building up,
| far beyond what may in any event he
her natural expectations.
1t Is, however, lost sight of that
1 every newcomer to Texas must pass
! the stage of becoming acclimated, and
those coming from Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi, aurcbarged as they often are
with the swamp malaria seem pecu-
! larry subject toa spell OF sickness,
/ which is the simple result of II purif-
cation Of their systems by their new
! surroundings.
Probably there IS nothing better a
| railroad compady can do for
/ the towns on its line
than the building of neat
and comfortable station houses. Such
u depot as greets the stranger at Fort
Worth at once impresses him favora-
bly, with the enterprise of the place,
ana the reverse is true as at Dallas.
The railroad buildings at Cisco are not
inferior to those at the Fort The
railroad hotel and freight depot here
ut Abilene are such as to give to the
place dignity and attractiveness very
inviting to the prospector. Whether
such example is commonly followed
by the citizens of all places cannot be
said, but it certainly is here. On every
side handsome brick, stone and frame
buildings are being erected which wen
Despeak the prosperity of the mer-
chants.
The outward manifestations OF a
refined society are apparent in the
schoei houses and church spires. The
Methodists have "A very comfortable
building, well finished the Baptists
are completing fine house. The
Presbyterians have purchased a lot
and very shortly will build. The
EPiscopalians are soon to erect four
thousand dollar stone chapel. So. Won
may readily suppose, that where
money is being SO freely spent for re-
religious purposes, that the commu.
hlty Is prosperous and permanent
one.
Colorado City until lately held pref
" much all the trade from the Concho /
distrlct and IN the northern counties.
but much OF IBIS said to be drifting |
mere. Among the most encouraging |
signs here IL the amount OF mniber
SOFA 10 the surrounding country. Sub |
sIahtMi improvements of such charac- |
Ter are not soon to be deserted. and n
well seytled country round about viii
insurYa live and lasting town.
Ben Quisenbery of Coleman county
Is here looking at the fine bucks. and
lratt ~ Campbell of Haskell county
are here on the same business.
=, Messrs. Newman IL Turnboy of
Fisher county will buy bucks TODAY
ana tney VIII ship several car loads of
cattle To -. Louis and some to New
Orleans. They have good cattle
Mr. Hartsrove is here. He is ono
1,uuliong the largest cattle shippers hcre
me cattle men are all pleased with
him. "i'h
G.. II, Willard is through shearing
nls Hook of =, 900 ewes and has his clis,
on this market. wy
Louis Meyer Is also buying and so Is
IT turner. Both are local buyers
They have it their own way this folI
ana sheep and wool growers wonld he
glan TO have more competition by bav.
Mg Two or three more buyers around
sometimes. '"iu
NJ. 9. lambeth returned last nioh+
rom trip through this county. +aTtIv
on business and partly on nIeasura
NAV looks better after being out in the
open air and hot sun. He said he fool
Doc Crowns. '''''e i''ehd
we are given to understand tbo,
nur friend Doctor Cochran the 'Pre.h"s
Iran minister will fill his regular
appointment here next SUNDAY. Tb a
i DOCTOR has been quite sick. but has
nee.i on the streets for several DAYS
past, he Is much liked and Is ono ~
ne pest preachers in the PiesbyterioY
church. We are sorry To learn ~