Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-27

large dealers in furniture, house fur
nishing and undertaken goods. They
carry SIS, 900 In stock aud sell $4,000
worth of goods annually.
GORDON ARLINGTON, DRY GOODS,
ETC,
composed Of ID. Gordon and j. s.
Arlington, both of whom reside IN
Abilene. Mr.. Gordon was reared In
Matagorda county, Tex. In 1883 he
moved To Taylor county. Mr.. AIRING
ton IL from Alabama originally, stump.
ter county. He moved TO Columbus,
Tex, when boy and was reared In
this state. He was for many years
identified with the well-known busi.
ness house Of Senftenberg Bros. n Co.,
Columbus, Tex. The firm carry n
large and very handsome stock of dry
goods and ladies' and gents furnishing
goods, valued a; 900. Their annual
sales are about 81, 900.
y. II. CARTER, DRUGS.
Mr.. Carter, the proprietor and mana
ger OF this business, resides with his
family In Abilene. He was reared In
Lincoln county, KY, came 10 Texas in
1859, settled In ELLIS county; themes he
moved to Buffalo Gap, in Taylor
county, In 1850, ana In January, 1852,
he move? 10 Abilene. ne carries a
full line of drugs, chemicals, etc, and
does large business. In 1850 he sold
but $4,000 worth Of goods, but In 1857
sold S25, 900.
FIRST NATIONAL DANR OF ABILENE
This institution succeeded the late
T ylor Coun ybank ofSmith x Stefi,ns
ana has II paid up capital OF SGT, 900
Its officers are q. w. Merchant, presi.
dent; Otto w. StefIeps, cashier, with
Hon. Il. l.. Odom, q. A. Kirkland, H.
w. Wylio, ID. Fl. Martin. J. III. Para.
more, G. w. Merchant, Brooke
smith and Otto Stefiens as directors.
TIE Sank offers TO depositors as lib.
ier.n terms m are consistent with pru-
idence and conservative bsnking, and
does safe and extensive business. Its
stockholders are among the wealthiest
men of Western Texas.
TIIEoDSRE ItEyCK, COMMISSION MER-
CHANT, ETC.
Thig- gentleman. well known In
TexBs-for thifty-two years, WAS born
and reared 10 manhood In Hamburg,
Germany. lie came 10 Texas In 1852,
first settled In Galveston and in 1858
moved To Lavacca. In 1872 he moved
back 10 Galveston and remained there
until 1880, when he moved TO Abilene.
before the railroad was constructed
that far west. He has been doing
business In Texas an commission
man and receiving and forwarding mer-
chaDt since 1853 and thoroughly un-
derstands IL. HIS warehouse ~ very
extensive establishment and he does
An Immense business.
TORKEY, DAVIDSON 4 GBosscrP,
WHOLESALE oEOCERs,
Composed of VIM. 1'orrey, George i
Davidson and Fred Paul GTosscup
Mr.. Torrey Is from Philadelphia u,
Texas, but was reared In Skuylkill
county, Pennsylvania. Mr.. Davidson
moved 10 Texas from Troy, bradford
county, Penn. Mr.. Groscup Is from
Columbus, Ohio. TO this state. The
hrm carry large stock OF groceries.
which they sell at wholesale only.
They are sole agents for Texas Of II
NJ. Bishop d Co.'s cigars, b0ttlers Of
fine Kentucky hand made sour mash
WHISTLES. and dealers In foreign and
domestic gins, brandies, bottled alet
and mineral waters. They also keep
q full line Of wooden and willow ware,
-four, hams, bacon, etc. Their sales fol
1854 Will foot up $500, 900.
CHARLES !. EVANS, LAWYER.
This gentleman was born In Nox
ubee county, MlH. AIN 1854 hs
moved 10 Texas and settled In Burle
son county. He w. educated n
baylor univsrslty. Iudspsnds ncs
Tcxas, nDd graduated Ia law IN 1851 u
the Univeplty Of Virginia. III 1897
private In thu sscoud Tsxes infantry,
and served Ia Tennessse and Mis-
sissippi from tho battle Of Shiloh 70
the tall OF yicksburg. Later hs was