Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-11
OLD GRAYSoN.
THE PoPULoUs AND POWERFUL
COUNTY OF TEXAS.
rs Wealth and Presperify--A Wandering
wayfsret'. views Of >hermau-A City
Of Culture aud steady Progress.


Worth ani breakfast in sherman,
ninety miles distant. one the ceutral
ihnb nfthe State, the other the hub Of
Northern Texas. the wheel Within a
{ wheel as II W, ~. To accomplish tais
( little feat. however ijis necessary that
one should make sacrifice Of his
murhing nap. and the result is tina;
numbefless curses not deep but loud
are mutt, red agai al a schedule which
REQUIRES the unfortunate passenger to
hustle out Of Oed at i:5Q q. la.
Away US In the centre of the agri-
cultural belt of Northern Texas, j. Sit
mated
SHERMAN,
the county seat of Graysou county. 1t
is penetrated by two railroads,
itbc TIansconiinental branch OF
the Texas q Pacific and tile
Houston Il Texas Central. II is the
end Of division of the former, which
has round-house here. The railroad
interests Of Sherman are not, however.
the sum and substance of its merit. IL
WAS not c.eature of their creation.
but might be said to have been almost
growing gray with age when the first
foot OF track was laid in Texas.
There isn't any family bible
to fall back on. but
from the oldest inhabitants and
where could be found better authori-
ty?j gather that the town is OH the
shady side Of fifty. Like all of the
Texas towns whose natural advantages
matured them before the commence
ment Of the railroad regime, it is re-
markably well built up. In fac, this
correspondent has yet 10 find the place
in the state, even allowing a large
excess of population, which
compares with it in the
extreme excellence of both business
and residence buildings The town
has population which might not be
5 olJ. but is a. apt to reach over a.
under that figure. 1t is one of thos.
places where no great appearance of
present growth is visible, and yet has
that secure, serene and settled appear
ance that bespeaSs defiance u the
mushroom offspring of circumstances.
The ss,ssed valuation of Sher-
man is 81 900, 600, which gives ext
dence Of increasing wealth and pros
peIity.
Grayson county, Of which sherman
is the capital, is noted particularly IL
possessing a larger population than /
any other in the state In 1880 the /.
census gave ii near 40 .00O, and that /.
figure is the lowest estimate which /
can be placed on il ut present.
The population ot the several towE- 1
ships within its border contrib te .
largely to swell the total number. 4
Denison has 1850; Whitesbcro 1900;
Collinsvilc 800, and other villages
which | cannot remember enough TO
complete 10000, which, added TO
Sherman, would give town popu.
laiion OF $1,000 The county
Is large, containing $50
square miles and very thickly settled.
Along the western border skirts the
cross-Jimbers, and at intervals all
through the county the swelling
prairie is broken with small strips o
forests, vet by far ths larger portion of
the territory is open. The land i
very fertile, producing alike abdnd
anfly grain, cotton ANA fruif.
and Is in a high state
Q! cultivation. Choctaw and
Mineral Greeks with thoir tributaries
afford sufficient supply Of wafer.
The financial valuation OF Grayson
III lSs2, as taken from the assessors re-
port, was STILES. That uflical an.
uclpates swelling those figures u S.
5tW,0 $50 this year. The financial c0nii.
ton OF the county is excellent; the
county tax IS but twenty cents on one
dollars. and yearly
are being made, The
,cl.ol, sti population outside of Sher-
man, DvnisOn and Whittsboro. which
control their own public schools. i
}, az. The people prosper individually
rs well n collectively the yarme :
largely own the sol they cultivate
anu are free from debt Prrhaps this
: 20 be attributed in IA measure I, the
United sovereignty OF king cotton
lere. The peoplr are heavily In
crested in grain, AID white the tieecy .
iaple Is widely cultivated it has no,
y any means monopoly on public
avor When the t!me arrives that
owns commercial standing will bo :
et-ured lay It's grain shipments ana
lnt IT, cotton receipts, the FARMER may
hess his iiilleiium and commence :
smelling his debts. =
Its almost work OF sur ererorot;on i
o state hat sherman i, good bysi. :
ess point. The local seat OF govern
ient of such county gives il graut
ommercial prestige largely icrras, 4 o
y its railroad facilities, its natural p1- h
antages and the advantages winch n ii
,eallh OF enterprise aud enterprjsn \
wealth combine TO aiyr. The II
'wn commands II large trade beyond 1 y
ne bofd rs Of the coauty. reachin,, b
zen 10 the Nation. Tor its sun ,orf -
he cotton receipts for the tnst season
'gresaied Tb1ut -, O0l bales. :; .varnI
leicllants do good iobbing businpss
lH iiiis department OF trade is steadily
IaIging
All me aecoutrements of the thriy-
leNas city are found here, except
Thereare gas.works. ;ae
oIhs ahd street railway 10 minister
'nc coIiilort ana convenience OF the
,,,AenSi the latter being nearly three
uii business aud residence street.
: pound day. Among t6e~imsin.
terprises there are the Eaple FIoiIr;,,,,
Ills, L. Ii. NAPLES x Co. nronri..,arI
Inc three story brick building i'm ill.,
stern portion OF the civ. III, NJ
M mills, owned by Stjnn.tr
ieKer, located near the forne4 ma
other establishment of no sa,na
ld run by Phillip & WarrIcll TSesa
'ee mills do an immense bnsineSs
thousands OF people many miles
N sherman "ehewn their products d
8 sherman foundry and'th Mash. I
ION iron works eefnnrjse 4
establishments of Mis- /.
'I"'eh y cotton comnr.-s q
g excellent facllitie. for the hand ]
al TINS product. a broom faetorv q
'rds unlimited possibilities of a
rs Tor wives With naughty Lu,. 2