The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-19
MIDLAND MITES.
TOM GREEN'S YOUNG DAUGHTER
Is Putting on Long Dresses Now and is
No More IA neutrality-suspicious. of
Interest Occurring There and
inthe Vicinity Thereof.

MIDLAND, July F.--,Correspondence. !
In answer to many inquiries | have a
few words to say about the Midland
Town company at the beginning of this
letter. Up to this time, excepting the
IOwn company Office and WELL every
Improvement made mt Midland has been
ny private enterprise and capital. OF all
the many improvements now going for
ward the Town company has no part
nor lot in one of them to the amount of
one honest nickel. 70 make this state
ment still more explicit, win say that
no member of the Town company
has ever expended one dol
lar toward the Improvement of
Midland and there is no apparent
intention of doing SO. There - alwoys
a great deal of blowing aut exa gera.
ton in the planting of a CIV tow i, Int
II is now high time thar the e n-.beat
ing, horn-blowing element mould be
eliminated from ST; enc a., concerning
Midland. The Town company has not
done anything; 1t never intended to do
anything. SO far as these weekly letters
are concerned, care will be taken that
credits are bestowed only where they
belong.
\ new enterprise of considerable i'm
portance deserves brief description, \
ride of twenty-five miles northwest from
Midland takes one over the borders Of
Andrews county, ana upon the south
cast corner of the Morris tract, pasture
OF one hundred and ninety-twO sections
owned by Morris, of Chicago. The
hrSt part of the work of improvement
consists in the boring of thirty wells at
proper distances apart to supply water for
work In Mo- u
to Mr.. w. Il. Stewart, of Big Springs.
Texas, and he has, SOiar, been entirely
successful. The wells are bored twelve
inches in diameter in the dirt, and six
inches IN diameter in the rock. The
first three wells were completed in
about ten days, powerful veins c.
fine water having been struck
at twenty, thirty nine and ninety-two
feet respectively, All these veins are
powerful enough to supply wind en-
ginc continuously. The deep one is an
excellent sulphur we'll and the water
rose thirty-One feet. When the thirty
wells have been completed, wind en-
gineS Will be erected over them. The
nest work will be to fence and cross
ieH'C the entire tract. The erection of
ranch buildings will he next in order,
anu several quite costly residences will
-.
AS early as September LIST proXimo
the first herd of ten thousand
graded cattle will be shipped via Midland
TO the ranch. The business to and from,
TINS ranch, business of no mean mag
mtude, will be handled ut Midland. The
water question will settle the future of
the Pan Handle for all time TO come.
Those who theorigcd on great, splendid
subterranean stream, can now hug them.
selves and scratch their backs against
posts in their joy because their theory
has been proved true.
Mr.. T.. Phillips, the COW ranch man,
arrived this morning safe and
sound with his cows Ia good con-
dltion. AZ | mentioned before, the
ranch Is only three miles from
Phillips will do what he can 10 furnish
ny with pure milk and butter and fresh
poultry and oggs.
Murphy, OF Dallas, also arrived this
morning with his livery stable outfit.
such AN establishment IN much needed
aud IL IL believed will do we'll.
We call, and one by ono our friends
answer US and como vast distances 10
supply our wants.
Within the last few months quite n
number Of very mysterious filings were
made upon school lands near Midland.
Our community, "a very peacable one,
waited serenely 20 sos II any violent
overt net would DO committed. There
has been a little hypocritical rot and as
sumption OF fairness, but nothing worth
relating thus far. These scoundrels ara
from Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Ohio.
Legitimate land sales arc good. c. ID.
Palmer, real estate agent, has applied
for a school section for Wash Cain, OF
Tyler. Inquiries for railroad sections
are humorous.
We are having light showers, which
are worry acceptable, though nothing was
suffering for rain.