The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-27

an, io,Uu square feet on tho ground
nnor and 500 square feet in tbs
M"nan's department, up stairs. Oh
Eliott, state Gommissiouer-in-ch i,f
niued by nv,r 800 assistants, annointad
by the governor, and the able, eiIicient
ana unllrlng United STATES commits
sioher, Col 7. Z. Gammage, are deter-
hiined To exhibit tina resources and Ca
Pahli'ties 81 that great empire to tho I'm
90. poSslnie advantage. During the past
S"'hiher they succeeded in securing A
s.ea' amount of material, and show
over l0o ols'inci varieties of trees. g6O
varieties OF grasses, large number an
specimens Of ores, IRON, copper and also
Q al, 81 building stone. pr.n-
re, marble, sandstones, etc.
iohi eNhaustless quarries in Rurupt
NaI oaha and Travis counties: world
OF wealth In the leading agricultural
PRODUCTIONS. such rs corn, wheat oats
barley and rye, aud ~ cotton. wovl su'
gar, l00hcco, ricr, etc. Besides those
samples from cotton and WOODEN mills
hnur mills, of wOodenwHre, iron and
Uiner metal products, etc, NAV ba seen.
b!llS oi lading Tor over forty ear loads
OF material have been received, and the
receipt OF the latter is daily looked for.
Cu we space Is already a large supply
~ furniture lnhde In the Texas peniier.
unry' consisting OF tables, chairs, ward
iooes' ueNks' etc, Also "a lot of speci.
mems IN taXidermv that will perhans
surpdss anything ever seen in "A state
collective exhibit at any exposition.
ihey nave been mounted, bv the will
animals, BIRDS, reptiles, etc, by two of
us most eNlert and exlerienced taxi
uernlsiS In the United States
~ We ehtoinological exhibit comprises
1o'Uo specimens of Insects, butte flies.
nerties, bugs, worms etc. These ara
put, WIN the previous collection, in ele-
CANT glass showcases, some sixty or
u ore III humber.
IL botany Texas looms up immenseiv
with II 200 specimens from her own soil
rhese nave been mounted in the most
pnroved STYLE, and with the trees.
grasses, cereals, etc, what an iniuite
variety OF soil aud climate that gigantic
anu wonderful tate must possess, with
an almost bouud ess territnryI
In the ccntre If the hpace allotted
there IL alrt ady erected 10 foot diana.
yer ucLagonal ptguda which In dressed
with Texas products. Around the eiuht
panels, in tive-inch handsome pilt lot.
Itrs are the notices: AREA, y7i3i8
square mlle'i Population, 2,2l5,70g; Got
ION Production, l,i67,S25 bales; Co.
rear production, 0,2ll,4S5 bush
els; Lave Stock, l30IO ono
mead; public school furd. SsOUO OOn.
state tax, 70 cents on The 500; wealth
'aiuation. $l,0l5,3l7 1876" On the npper
emo isa two-room house made of Texas
curry pine, put up and finished COM
pleiely without nail or screw. This il
occupied as offices of the comm Is sionots
On the low or south end the Texas a
Pacific railroad company IL pu,ting mn
an exhibit ,qu To anything for uuioue-
'ess OF design and fine production ever
seen. WV
Texas adioins the space allotted to IN
Unittd States exhibits, aud has 'front.'
age thereon Of some 800 feet, with
width OF 81 feet. The 60 mmi-sioners
say that they require every inch of the
space. Col. Elliott remarked Ia the re.
porter, by way of illustration Of the i'm.
terest the Texas people are taking in
The exposition, that he was in recent of
from 900 to 100 letters month. lie
says he feels confident tha If the rail
ways will puS the round trim fares nj n
low price and make the II IL not less
than thirty days, at least 200 600 of the
citizens W uld come here within the
next six months