Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-30
MONTAGUE COUNTY

corrspondcnce q lhe Oasetio.

s'oprihg place III this western country
, ,,aS y NiNuylhg cii"ct Truly the
a'iet ietter gay OF a towns cilen-
, uur ~ we uay me hrst steam ear passes
sul1ugn' IN no instance " this more
,mvlc,uN .eriiieu than IN the town OF
nuwIs; a Stranger IN the place Is
n,Ha.u,aity supposed 10 be an unpreju-
usv ., observer, SO we propose 10 write
VI ,he lowh as " appears 10 one whose
vliy interest Is Una, OF u looker-on,
,puay descriptive pamphlet Tor city
uitec.orysl tel INTO my hands in
Wniun bowle IL entitled the Year
ulu Wnhuer OF the West The rapid
W WIN Which the Town " growing Il
surprising, anu as circumstances have
orought your correspondent for little
say IN bowie ne purposes writing the
uAAhIrE readers something of their
heiRhOorlng town. In the southwest
corner oi Montague county, siNty.eight
u,lles north OF Fort Worth, on the
FORT Worth and Denver railroad, is
situated Bowiei Town OF loo inhab-
itaiits, where eighteen months ago
grew heid oil waving corn, and even
yet, when houses are springing every
where, the rows whereon grew grain
may Toe plainly seen. The place has
SIN hotels, all OF which are constantly
ltiieu, anu the demand for private
boarding ho0ses'anu houses 10 rent, Is
something astonishing. Rents are
nigh. We were informed 10y reliable
parties that II lisa very difficult mat
Ter To rent furnished room, and the
lowest price Tor such room Is $40
per month, which price seems eaorm-
Gus TO one who ~ accustomed 10 seeing
neatly furnished hVe.room cottages,
with good out-houses and garden spot,
rent Tor little more In prosperous villa
yes IN the states. The dwelling houses
which are being built here are OF an
interior quality, merely light frame
buildings with two or three rooms, but
what Is lacking In quality Is made up
In quantity. Even in two months ~
maAy homes have been built as to
materially change the appearance of
the town. The same may be said of
the business houses that has been Of
the dwellings. With the exception
of two or three stone buildings, they
are very common light frame
structures, and IN case OF fire II does
not seem improbable, with water
scarce and no lire company, the whole
w 4ih''Aif WV f'''h'FN' FAA''Nt
would be burned ia few hours.
Apropos, last week fire did break out
In one of the houses on that street, and
caused considerable excitement. The
goods of several of the neighboring
houses were hurriedly carried out In
the street, but fortunately the fire
was eNtinguished and no damage
done. With stone qiarriea
M, il,l.. mud haupffftfl httklIln
stone In half and three-quarters of u
mile of this town and the cost OF aRood
substantial building not eXorbltant
IL seems poor economy 10 run up sucn
shabby houses. Let US hope the "lit-
buildings IA temporary arrangement.
The number of oisterns and wells have
been very limited ana most OF The peo-
Pile buy water at the rate OF twenty
cents per barrel. Now, however, we
notice number OF wells ARE being
bored. Bowie II favorably located In
the 'croes timbers,' iuel Delng plehu-
FIJI at two dollars per cord A large
amount of wood If shipped from this
place 10 Wichita Falls.
This Is considerable shipping point
for cotton, wool, wheat and hides. The
tbNll vi i'bNi' Nhn iH''i HN'h''h iHH'
month, and its inhabitants seem 10 be
a peaceable, law-abidlnB citizenship.
Christmas holidays have passed
quietly with no drunken brawls to
mar Bowie's first record of the season.
The town has "A good weekly paper,
the Cross Timbors, edited 10y Mr..
Davies. The people of Montague coun-
ly need not suffer for medical atten-
ton. Bowie alone, furnishes theln
pine NJ. DIS, who offer their profess
sional services. The other professions
are fairly represented. The Bowie
high school has IA full attendance.
As yet the town has no church. but
the school building Is used for divine
services every Sunday. The Metho-
dist denomination proposes building u
church at an early day.
Within the last three months ten or
twelve business houses and forty or
fifty residences have been built. Texas
people seem imbued with n go-a-head,
attend io-my own-buslness spirit,
which h infectious. There IN hustle
and change enough out West for life
never TO become monotonous nv in old
or states. Come from where you may, |
be the country ever so remote, |
van cnn scarcely fail in any T.Xns |