Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-16
MIDLAND LETTER.
A Good Word for November Cap
turing the Excursionists.
Around Town Improvements The Wool
Shipments Increasing
cnrron nndenne on tho anEelto.


MIDLAND, TEX Nov. Al confess
to a feeling Of real sadness in being con-
strained to say few words in favor Of
November Among poets and novel
lists November has had n shocking
bad reputation for centuries. Bleak,
dismal, dreary, rainy, comfortless,
hateful, and many other adjectlves
have been constantly used to describe
month that came laden with dlscom-
forts, dlsappolntmenta, discourage
ments 10 love and dlabolical
hindrances TO happiness. Now
don't suppose that am
unable TO sympathlze with those love-
lorn English maidens who are accus-
toned 70 go to their chambers and
bawl during the rainy days of Novem-
Der. can already hear the cutlery Of
my readers, "There goes Central Tom
Green again. That fellows geese are
all swans But all the same I shall
Insist that thus far we have had some
OF the most beautiful November days
that ever delighted the human heart
No, my dear caviling friends, Midland
maidens don't go away and yawl like
cats on roof because the month hap
pens TO be November.
Another excursion left us yesterday,
or rather n part Of II. Midland always
keeps fair percentage Of those who
| come. Mr.. Davis OF Michigan, a gen
tleman Of means, has decided 20 make
| Midland his home, and has already
applied for two sections Of railroad
| land. He will invest in town prop.
erty after he has studied us up little
longer. Ispac r. Hit Of Chicago, Ru
other excliisiOnist, may be almost
called Texan, he spends so much
time with US He has large interests
here and elsewhere IN the state, and
knows how TO manage them, Judge
townsend Of Abba, Iowa, another eX.
! cursionist, was well impressed with
the country, and talks OF bringing u
colony Of forty families To Midland
or the many kinds OF work now go.
ing ON In Midland, can mention only
IA few. Fine cedar pests are TO be set
Mt block corners throughout the town
with the block numbers engraved upon
them. Four hundred trees have been
ordered for the public square, school
grounds, depot grounds and excursion
headquarters, Some twelve or fifteen
acres around the headquarters are u
be fenced, cultivated, irrigated and
used for experimental purposes. MIR.
Reesler, OF the Texas ~ Pacific land
department, will send AN extensive va
riety Of seeds and grain for the pur
pose. Well boring Is now goirg ou
very rapidly and successfully. G. d
Palmer has had well bored on How
ards addition. IL Ia ninety-five feel
deep, and has two fine veins OF wate
rising lifty-two feet In the WELL Tn,
same parties, Stewart Brothers, hav,
bored good well at the residence o
! Mrs. Weller. and are now engaged
upon one at the excursion headquar
tiers.
] shipments to and from Midland arr
very rapidly increasing in volume an'
3 Importance. do not dare to tell yol
our receipts, but we are rapidly risinJ
To the dignity OF n iirst-olass station
Our ranches are all new but shipment
of wool and fat sheep and cattle frOu
: this time 10 spring Will be quite heavy
One OF the next things 10 provide fu
this community will be wool store
house, with loading and unloading
platform, Correspondence in rcgar,
!. to II IL now going on with very heav
n Boston wool house.
r Our outlook IL very bright. Mdlen
d Is lively, merchants and lRborers aT
all employed, and the health OF TIA
people IL good.