Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-27
HOUSTON COUNTY.
An Amateur Musicale--A Military Com.
pany and Brass Band-Local
and Personal Notes.

Correspon dence OF the Gazette.
CROCKETT, May 20.-An intelligent
assembly greeted the amateurs OF
Crockett last night at the opera house
under the leadership of Prof. Charles
Herring. The performance was given
to raise money towards paying Off
charge on the opera-house piano,
recently purchased In New Orleans,
Which cost the sum of $1,000. The
entertainment consisted OF vocal and
instrumental music, tableaux, ETC., the
young people acquitting themselves
creditnbly. Prof. Charles Herring
touches the violin with "a fine Italian
hand" and last night surpassed his
former efforts,
The programme shows the following
members of the organizations Prof,
Charles Herring, Mr.. Smith Wooters,
Craddock, Mr.. Buford, Miss Gossett,
Miss johnson, Miss Arlington, Misses
Aldrich, Mum, Corley, Aldredge,
Daniel, Bayne, Hail, and number OF
others.
Since the Interstate drill at Houston,
the Joung men of the place are can
wasting the ida of organizing a rifle
company. There Is perhaps no better
material In the state for military
company than in this city. A num-
Der OF young men have attended mill
tary academies and are well ac-
quainted with the tactics.
An intelligent gentleman is here
today endeavoring to organize brass
band. There have been times in
Crockett, so. we learn, that nc town
in the state could boast of better band
music than this place, but like Grant
d Ward, they have suspended 1t
is hoped that city Of Crockett's
prelensions, with IL handsome tenn
PIE OF justice and splendid opera hall,
will resurrect the band, and keep pace
with her enterprising sister cities.
The continued rains In this county
make the crop prospects gloomy
indeed. Unless we can get
a few weeks of dry weather all hope
is gone for Houston county, This
county Is heavily timbered, with
about one.fourth prairie. Consequent
ly there is little grain sown hero, COM
pared to your country. Ours Is cot
ton, corn, potato and vegetable section.
Considerable attention Is given to oats,
millet and various kinds of grasses,
but little or no wheat Is sown. A
greater abundance, and finer water IL
not to be found than in this county.
Compared with former years there
are but few cattle here. The Western
cowboy has secured the country and
driven them tothe prairies. However,
with the decline of numbers, the quail
ity is improved. Much attention Is
given TO the raising Of fine cows,
6orses and mules. The Durham and
Jersey are the fi,yoritc cattle. This Is
great hog section Of country, and
many fine breeds are to be seen. The
sheep, like the cattle, have pretty much
all been driven to western ranches, and
wool here constitutes small article of
commerce.
Local politics IL waxing warm here.
For the legislature four gentlemen
consent to serve the people. There
are ID. +. Frymier, member OF the last
house; w. b. Page. a school teacher;
N. b. Bar zee, a,d Mr.. Cater, the latter
resident of Lovelady In this county
All of the candidates were down 10
Loyelady to-day, fourteen miles dis.
tant, to attend a picnic and present
their claims to the people, but as IL mas
been raining all day, the presumption
IL Inc WnOlt team hIe uio" Sue'
i Your correspondent sec ,nds the
nomination Of Hon. 4. y. Wheeler
for Acknowledgements. Though not
personally acquainted with Judge
| Wheeler, 1t Is safe to say that from his
recognized ability as q jnrist, his sterl-
ing honesty, and his unflinching dev0-
lion to duty and to principle, no
better selection could be made than
that Of Judge Wheeler. The West has
called and Tho East has answered, ana
now let North and South thunder
along the name Of Hon. !; il. Wheeler
~ the next man to preside over the
deliberations OF the Texas senate.
1t certainly Is great misfortune for
Fort Worth that you have no Dettei
hotel Recommendations. This can be
the only substantial objection urged by
the visitor to your splendid city. MANY
here think Fort Worth the comiut
metropolis Of the. great West, and u
getting to be HI ImiiIating TO TIE fstend
| OF the place to realize that II has n
hotel Ia ke' sping with Its cnterprls,
and push. Let us hope that stool
company, nrmed Of your enferprisin
capitalists will not much longer dei
Fort Wo tn the glory ofa great hote
mol sur passed by any 10 the southerl
countr q.
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