Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-26
p.,S, nArrNAS. W, 9. nA1xuAS.
Established lseSl
BATEMAN & BRO,
Wholesale Gr0Cers
Am
Commission Merchants,
Nos. u. a. Rana IS west second street. cor.
ner rhVckmorlon,
WORT WORTH,
NOLAN COUNTY.


BUSINESS 0i SNcctNa,cr.
Correspondence 80 tho Gasoita
Sweetwatcf, December - Sweet
water Is "a beautifully inertrd aud
A0prishimg tnwn OF some 500 OF | 900
inhahiranls, situated on the feNss y
Pacific railroad latv.two miles west NJ
Ablleuv. This Is the county seat vi
Nolan, a county which has enjoyed
very little newspaper noluriety, but
which, nevertheless. Is one of the best
OF the cattle and wool producing dis
iricls, The sOil OF Nolan county l. an
exceedingly rich sandy l0am. and tie
Vegetables raised In the garden patch
esp Ia and around SwUctwatcr testify
Ia It's great ful,ilitN. tarining to any
extent has rot been tried here yet
but, however dlsapre0nhle the
truth may bc to- the average
cattle raiser, the farming Interests OF
Nolan county VIII douhtloss one day
iiguic ronsp,cuously IN the summing
up ol its resources and attractions o.
Immigrants. We want 10 distinctly
undemlood however, that the time
has not Yet come, lor the Hcaaous will
not vet afford the required nourish-
ment, and, although gradually I'M
proving, II will probably be q number
OF years before farming can hc carried
ON here with any certainty OF success
Swcetwater has the prettiest loca'
tion OF any of the snialiWcstern towns,
The business part of the town IL built
upon n hillside, and consequently TIL,
drainage IL perfect, Tho soil Is nt sucl
| a character as 10 never mNkt
any mud. no matter how great th,
( r1in.inll may be, Su the city mther
and the city taxpayers, when sweet
water becomes n city, which Of cnurs'
Z uXery West Texas town VIII IN iilhe
VIII never have 10 bother tlleir head
aud their poclSet-hoolIs about grading
/ the sucpts.N
Sweotnhter hhs. The neN,rst and best
planned uft.huusc Ia ANY reSa'
1 town, of anywhere elep, considering
the cost, THIS building was plnnuto
aud pui up by a Dallas ardhlteot1 unt
/ H. Architectural beauty aud finish hN'
! been the Auhlcct al comment Tor al
( visitors 10 the town, Hnu oven pnssers
~ Oh tbVsstsa A4,as. y 'lts cost ~ th'
I courl-house Was faS,00h, and Of III
I excellent Jail near BY, tloOO0, Ih'
/ contrast between these buiidiuEs hn'
T the usual run OF square VothsIlo
{
! county commissioners II very striking
/ II ia 10 lu hoped Ihat tue ilrw T. iit
| houses soon 20 w. uulit IN several Yves
| Texas towns viii bc 40 cr,dlMble an,
~ ornamental to The SAID towns lls Y
I the Nolan county co't'i Rouse htNNett
/ water.
The cattle nnd sheep men OF th'
county are, many of Them, buiitlni
] ~ lfi 4
are locating thcir families mere poti,ll'
ncuilN. The principal frhHons Iur tn
are the healthy location ana the hupe
/ rinr school advantage of SwcetwhiU
! We have here u most excellent school
4 with nearly 500 pupils enrolled nn'
about lN now "a aptunl dali
be greatly increased SO snol
AS the winter season hrgiur II
January, The town h incorporate,
for tcluol purpose, and three mol,
teachers have charge of the school
! two ~ n salary Of 500 per mouth Caci
and the third nt 500. The HcliuO
building IL Il twoHiory frame, viii
plenty of room, aud II WILL wheI
painted, present "A very crodllnble np
penrance.
Two neat and roOmy church build
ings have been erected here, one %,
/ the Christians aud one by the Baptists
! The Methodist have the money ra'so'
and the lumber on the ground for tliei
church, which will probably son b
completed.
Sweo,wAter shipped nboui Sl5D0O
worth Of cattle iiiis ycur ana fdl!
500, 900 pounds OF wool Next yen
/ she viii do grent deal better thal
This from present indications.
The merchants here carry larg
stobks Of goods, ns they always IL
! whore the cattiemen tfadU. aud scent
! lpgly are doing q pOod business. rber
ls6ue bank here, that of Thna. Tram