Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-01
NOLAN COUNTY.
Derivation OF sweetwater's Name Hotels
The Pioneer and the Bicyciist Court
House General Notes.

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House General Notes.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Sweetwater, January %. This town
takes its name from II stream called
that. Why any one ever conceived
such an appellaton for this stream is
more than any ordinary amount of
reasoning can explain. The water
here Is GYPSUM except that To be
had here and there out of clstern.
Drug men are liable To continue to
do good business in astringcnts here.
Here we find the enterprising firm OF
Elliott Il Roe. lumber men, with Il
large stock of lumber OF every discrip-
ton. Their business is eli the increase,
and they advertise through your pub
iications.
This town is only just sprouted Se..
| There Is some excellent gentlemen sell
ing goods here, who show the usual
enterprise of the Texas merchant.
| They have yet 10 learn that a iudicious
use of printers ink is the safest and
/ best paying Investment that man
can make. Their kind attention to
| the stranger bespeaks that genial hos
| pitality that is so admirable always in
the host.
Hotels in Sweetwater abound in an
unusual number. Fort Worth or
Colorado either would do well to bet
ter by Sweetwater's example.
Wandering through the streets can
be seen the hardy pioneer hunter,
dres- ed in his comfortable suit ol
cayotc skin, and only Il few feet dis
tant you may notice the prairie dog ~
. he cunningly avoidsa collision with the
fast young man who whirls by you OF
! his inanimate charger, the bicycle
r Much comment Is made by stranger,
. about the magnificent court house il
{ course of erection here. 1t is really ,
Q more elegant building than the on
: one YOU have in Fort Worth and look
= very much like n stranger in thi
Q neigbborhood This is piece o
{ Texas extravaganza that speaks wei
, of her citizens. a little extravaganza
I in that direction is more eXcusabl,
= than to squander money on some jol
c that pans out nothing.
: This is point from which goo,
II many cattle are shipped during tina
= season. Quite number of stock mel
u Of one kind or another are to he foun
l. here every day. If 70
are stranger prospecting throug
q Texas you can obtain any informatio
q desirable concerning northwest TeXs
&c by calling on Messrs. Cowan Il Pose,
i attorneys ut law and land agent
e whose card can be found elsewhere /
u this paper. These gentlemen combiI
n the qualifications necessary to- const
e tute nm intelligent firm of lawyer
II Modest, yet positive. their pleasal
u tries are not allowed to overbalance
l. sound discretion. Ii Is indeed IL plea
y ant fate to he compelled To spend II fe
q moments with such congenial spirit
Il The wind Is blowing almost hurr
= cane here and Il mans eyes must
- cast iron or stone-bind to face IL
" sand rs IL comes beating again
l. Won like 80 many needl,
D pricking you. A good raj
n Ii very much needed Just now, b'
, there Is nothing to be made by hazar
!. ing guess about when 1t will come.
- A serious and perhaps fatal accidei
:, occurred at Colorado City on yeste
- day afternoon. A Mexican, who W
; on freight train, fell or was knock,
y under the wheels when they run ov
!" his right arm literally making Jelly
:" his whole arm.
T. Sweetwater is improving with SUI,
nd buildings as are n credit To any cou
~ try.
n The citizens are genteel, intellige
Vt and hospitable,