Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-23
BELL COUNTY.
[1,o,cI Old Days and Early
history Political Chat.

Xetfrf Oh ult uhlV''N'
| s,,.A .. The tearing down of the
m has given the old residents OF
sre opportunity to narrate
,,,r.. inthe eaIly history OF the
| AZ reductions OF the good
sS,s money was plenty, aud all
| te.,,. When neighbors were not
,stw or ten mites; when catl
4, vortn their hide and tallow;
{.j.,pd churches were unknown
/ ,hi 10 70 iily miles 10 mill, anu
-, ihs nearest trading point.
L,IIr have the old residents enjoy ed
1 M ey,nls Of these early times.
n he present., 1t sounds more like
,s,Iou. Of ancient history
va II really was
.l,l,tHenre Of hardy. active, ener-
Eer, Those were the days that
iSseTts and souls, and tho early
Ek,@vere 0ithe ella IS OF men who
IN, OF u such trials brighter,
| rntser han before. We can but
III n olthe veterans have Teen
SnW The present good times and
a With Us. For with
h lespsct and reverence
Slegtd memories that the veter-
3 4 those good old times the
laas that these are better times
! lsal enterprise the Bolton Jour
81 JNTared = series OF articles on
sSto.y Of the county. These arii-
m rad with ayidiiy by new as
Htltr. From them CLEAN the
~, which may prove OF interest
safesder
.anlaud distrie. comprised Mi
~ williamson, Bell, Falls and
Ulniiis and all the territories
n and d considerable portion of
n t5iih and east Of the BraZos
llsllme Bell county was unor.
D attached 10 Milan for judici al
heerlsun's colony founded by
~. ROBERTSON, the father OF the
sc Robert on included all this
p ls5t the brave and hardy
'saAisAr west rs the present
dB.ll county. Tie town OF Bel.
1ls9 upon the extreme western
aNieon's colony. the Spanish
iSseli 10 Mrs, Matilda Z. Cornell
y, lsN The next league below
% nser was titled TO Judge OR.
ief, an honored citizen of Bell
residing 10 saladc. Actual occu.
a@ldlllon Precedent in obtain
pony titles. Moses Griffin, Robt.
John Waugh, Wiley Carter, -
| \, Y Sparks, John FulclIer,
81 ahi bis soDS William and JEFF
ige Doueheriy, Jesse and David
Ioldsby ChildeB and his sons
Thomas and Pryor, the
~, were settlers cn Lit.
W, time. The colonistS were
sian Early day by the indians.
49, ~ ,Asioh oil l'3j broke up
.nte me whole Texan frontier.
nlltd BY Mexicans or indians
Permanently settled in The
POPULATED counties, but quite a
llsl a. 6 renewed the struggle
a sI,' a1qs, and Bell county as al
'u,ssiel, Is one OF the everlasting
'i'hssuccess Of their heroic eff.
y marrl,d Thos. i. Allen. snd
untsrled q deed conveying TO
' 'Ss.tes 81 land in consideration
'I ,.1a location of the county seat
Sethe county was organized
Z, enlei Justice; John raylor.
u feitr Banta and lanes X
~ Y commissioners: VIM. Reed
s.r ma county clerk; Stephen
, ssafef and VIM. +. Hin. asses.
III ,o. Az The first regular term.
y. iuseph Dennis, a man emf,
IN ~ ms strict integrity. ster.
xase and sound Judgment
uun IsrOt. olihe commissioner.t1
$500 "a. and also his action ms
ya,asss 10 surveying and sell
sigls. 'ose'her with Il
~,,ssayihe name of the co,,,r
,.as,on Nolandsyllle IN Rei.
sst saion the county records.
-. .i i, q prosperous and hapny
IEa ln Z, 81 Bell county, | lenvss
En- sn,.. Chairman OF the Dem.
sayse,Inal,ii Issued a call for
.lr,snanon 70 meet on H., iV,
iaTs , nv SO icitcd by a number
lsTili S vii ne changed the date 10
/ % issne lhe soyereigns more
sii. Tbe a., MINDS AS TO who and
b b ~ y sentiment in this coun.
Il n iayor OF but one
II, =. =, 2 election, but t,,, anis.
b. nv seem 70 have crysiaIilevsir
tsdIsr,,.. ms, Interest seems Ia
eiy saS,s' alaseshlp. Two atto W
faaIoi,es,,ee already announced
A. !. Ha,s.,,w week declares in ~,
seanCsd' fb TaG has not been
\ is / ,t sornei and Lsmp s.,es
t4fs. 81 "a, , named counties viii
'issiiag Ole. 'aee VIII probably