Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-13
THE GAZETTE FORT WORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AUGUST s
until 1889, a. school teacher and sur.

veyor.
Mr. Landrum IL native of Virginia
where he was raised. He moved from
Virginia to Gillespie county, Va, In
1873, where he was = school-teacher.
In 1879 he moved to Tom Green and
first farnied and afterwards taught
school. 80
Both ofthese gentlemen are married
and live In San Angelo.
They have by hard work and close
application to business, bull, up n
large business, and have made money
for themselves in faithfully serving
Others.
DAVIDSON BROS, LAND AGENTS.
This firm, composed of Chas. Il.
Davidson aud NJ. q. Davidson, were
raised In Winfield, Iowa, and MIR. M.
q. Davidson was educated In that
state. In 1883 he moved To Tom q recn
county with his wife, where his broth
er had preceded him and had estab.
lished himselfin business.
Mr.. Chas. II. Davidson, who IL n
lawyer by profession, went from Iowa
TO California when he was boy
While there he attended the law school
Of Hastings university, San Francisco,
from which institution he graduate
ed. Though principally buying and
selling ON their own account, they do
also a land and live stock brokerage
business. They reside IN San Angelo.
j. Il. MIflsrAUGH.
This gentleman went 10 Tom Green
county among the first who settled
there. He moved there from the ter
ritory of Utah In March, 1879, aud
has lived there since as u government
contractor and post trader. He was
one of the commissioners who organ
ized the county In 1915. In January
last he organized the San Angelo Ice
company, and is the present and sole
owner. His Is one Of the DE 1.avergne
plants, and was contracted for March
10, 1854 The ice factory In san An.
gelo, is 4ixiO feet, double in all parts,
and three stories high. Ii hasa water
tank which holds 900 gallons, In the
tower, supplied by Davidson steam
pump from the North Concho river,
600 feet distant. The factory Is at
! work making first-class Ice. Mr..
I Millspaugh is preparing TO establish
4 system Of water works at San Au-
gelo, to have over three miles Of piping
| He will have two tanks 10 Mold rs 600
gallons each, weathei-roofed, set on
timber trestl.s seventy-tive feet high,
with stone foundations. The water
will be filtered by Hyatt filter, to
cost 81 900. The pump Is 10 ne "a
Worthington or Gaskili pump, and the
pipes will he six inches on the main
streets, four inch,s IN the other streets
and the service pipes will h- OF lead.
He expects To begin work in February
or March. The works will cost $25,-
600 and be controlled 10y "A joint stock
company, of which Mr.. Millspaugh IL
president, IL. Is, Sanderson, Vice -presi-
dent and &. B. Henderson secretary
The county commissioners of Tom
Green county have given the company
"a fifty years right To lay pipes through
the streets aud alleys aud across
bridges in San Angelo.
s. l.. S. SMITH, DRUGGIST
This gentleman IL n native of Louis.
vile, KY, and a graduate Of Ann Ar
Dor Medical college, where he devoted
especial attention TO chemistry. He
was an assistant surgeon In the Unit,
ed States Marine hospital at Louisvill,
for three years, and member OF the
board Of health Of that city. In 1877;
he volunteered AS surgeon during tn,
cholera epidemic In u United State,
government post at Lancaster, Ky
The same year he was appointed act
ing assistant surgeon OF the United
States army and served In Kentucky
South Carolina, Georgia and Texas. II
1877 he was ordered TO Fort Concho
aud In 1852 he resigned his place In
the army and established himself In
San Angelo In the drug business. On
the 10Th Of November, 1888, he war
burned out, but resumed business al
once. He now carries a stock valued
At 81, 600, and purchasing large quanti-
ties from such well-knoSn houses az
Richardson d Co., st. Louis. Thomp-
son 4 Armstead, Galveston, and s. X
Finley, New Orleans, he can and does
sell cheap, fixing the market value OF
goods In his line. He has with him
Mr.. Lee Weber, who las been seven
years connected with the establish
ment, and who Is thorough pharma.
cist He IL Just from the st. Louis
College of Pharmacy.
DIR. Smith carries full line OF drugs
aud medicines for family and ranch
use. a large line OF holiday goods, no.
tions, smoking articles, etc, newspa-
pers, magazines, school and other
books, stationery, etc. He IL live
man, and believes In advertising.
| NJ @. RAGsDALE, PHOTOGRAPHER
This gentleman was born in South
Carolina. moved TO Texas In 1858, and
| lived for several years In Bell county.
! He studied his business In Philadel-
phia and came back To Texas In 1877 u
thorough master of II Until 1882 he
was travelling over Western Texas,
and no photographer In The state is
more extensively nor more favorably
| known than he. He settled perma-
nently in San Angelo in 1882 and now
has one Of the most complete galleries
In Texas. He takes pictures by the
gelatine (instantaneousj process, and
his pictures taken In this way are very
superior. He Is now at work taking
and perfecting u large linc Of views
taken In Tom Green and the ndjoining
Counties which he will have IN sale
very soon. He Is married and lives In
San Angelo.
ROGERS, UPTON a. BARFIELD, LIVERY
MEN.
This firm IN composed of a. j. Rog-
ers. j. y. Upton and j. w. Barfield.
Thew are the owners and managers Of
tue Great Western livery stable, which
il the most complete and extensive es-
adjustment Of the kind Ia Western
Texas. The building IL 80 by 50 feet,
two stories high, and has capacity
for accommodating quite 100 head
Of hor-es. They have always on hand
full line OF buggies and hacks.
Mr.. Rogers has been cattle man In
Leon and Madison counties. Mr..
Upton and Mr.. Barfield are from
Karnes TO Tom Green. They are all
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