The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-07
tho Kiusdom Of Heaven, by hIs sOOd work

the Klngdom OF Heaven, by h.t 5000 wcf'
--wors,ed aud OtherNisr.
10 roiurn 10 the town, another 'trlkinl
example OF enterprise II Roanoke, Vrglnln
wblch IL not on most otthe maps vet, rn'
vss igboren In the census al 1880. Jus
four ypars old. II has between ak aud sever
| thousand inhabitnn'P, ons OF tho ureitifa
ard hest kent hotels In this country, hull
on the SUMMIT OF o lofty hill, and moiin'
for amusement, tduoa ion nnf spiri ul in
\ s,ruoion. The nldeet inhsbltHnt IL but a
mouths old, and delights % relate ho~ 4
has been HIS lot 20 Welcome the stranger
every DAY since his advent.
The demand Tor house. 10 greater thar
the supply, though building IL COINS
steadily or, and the better class ~ reslden' u
are ruiting no flna residences. Next 70 u :
scenery OF Roanoke the most delightful and
even more necessary thing " the water
which comes from remarkable spring ~
he aide OF bold hill near the towp. IL u
I early a. cold as ice, clear ~ crystal. rnd
sbsolntoly pure IN taste. II bubb l sdiroct
| ly from under moss grown ro.k, spreads
itelf in a silytry pool, rejecting ike
mirror the
WILD rLnvEns, FERNS AND GRACEFUL rREr'
on its border, aud gurglrs on through
pipes to supply the thirsty town.
Another place In which nature aud man
ioipsd hands 10 produce fairy creation IL
A nniston, Q yesr.old town In Alabama
A few wears ago M Sam Noble, Nh on
ergetic. enterprising Englishmsn, struck
by tho immonte iron resources IN tho VI.
emily, determined 20 settle tho'e' ana
b. gan by buying M about II " square
miles ~ lard, putting no furnaces, aud
briiSia~s comm odious house Tor himself
~ pntty valley oLclroled by huge hills.
The working people and the stores 30 sup.
ply their vents soon formed the nneleus OF
y village, ard later car and csrwheol works
ara machine shops we'o started.
T. til sysur aco Mr.. Noble re'nsed 10
sell n inch OF land, but by that timr hey-
iug laid on. tbs town and put every thug
In working order, he threw open the gates,
and a. II ny magic s 600 people stepped 10 ,
Oh whom $500 are working lrie.Bni
Atrressut there II being built one 81 tho
finest hotele ia America. II will coat 800.
600, Ia v-rv large, and 10 style mndernizsd
Queen Anne. The decorations of the din.
iny.room alone will cost $4,000, aud the
designs are more beautiful than any ho'el
In New York can boast OF. Every room In
tho house hos large windows each OF
which, owing 10 the site Of the hotel COM
msnds a beautiful and picturesque view.
The furoiture will be solid nud handsome,
the table appointments o. the best cut
glass. de .ornicd china, and Irish linen,
BLING ESPECIALLY MANUFACTURED FOR 1T.
Naturally strangers are wonuor.struck NJ
ths .izs and expense OF this bulldog IL a
new town, but Mr.. Noble. who Is certainly
iustiled in his expectations no Ter, believes
that in few years il will b. none too large
for the needs OF the city AnnisIoD is *.
peeled to DC.
The newelt Of new towns, however, Is
Sheffield, the sale OF which has lnely
created such sensation among laud tp'cu.
lstors. At prese't there Ia nothing morr
than tents and lofty shade trees TO mark its
location, but II L. presumed 1t will boom
into exisiei O. eocn VI plans for works and
manufactures oil all sorts ard kinds and
houses are ali indication, -[Cress, In Inter
OseGn.