The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20
THE SISTER CITIES
or The Rio Grande-IIrswasviile and
MatamorOs.
Their Industries aud Attractions,
Wealth aud Wants.
Social. Personal aud General Notes.

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BEowssyiLLx, Feb III Correspond.
encs l-Bf0gnhyills. the oouniy seat alta
principal cltY oi cameron cpuntY, L. plea
hnly situated on tie sOrth bank of ia" kio
Gfande, tWenty-two milse by AIR line ifom
tne guilt The city presents an ntirHCtse
appearance; the strsels ara straight aud
clean, with good sidewa ks; tho hnsintfs
houses are neat and saDstsI tai, priuolp,lly
of brick, aud the residences present. a
pleasing nBpect. Many very handsome
aud ornamental houses, with beautifully
laid off ynrda ON which flowers bloom inc
year round. BrownsyllH with n pOpuls-
ton OF COCO, 10 the queen city ot tue RIO
pal polut OF entry on the rexss frontier,
and does 40 extensive business with the
numerous towns along the RIO Grando for
{ considerable ditt ance, and also has
growing trade with Matsmoras Gnd
tho Interior Of Mex'co. Every
regsnted. and many OF our stores woul I
olmpnro isvnrab Y wish other clues which
doTiya large benefits from an ex end d "a l.
way syaiem.
We nave two largo les factories In sue
cessiul operat on, which supply us with
| mis- necessary at the moderate price on
! "a cent per pound rtal.
started here a few mouths since by ono oI
| D.llas' young men, has proven its'li u
business necessity, and is we p.tron 20 :.
Oar court house aud all would cOmpsre
well with any county. Tney g'e hand some
brick structures aud cot $40
United States and dntrlct courts are hu1
here.
A word In passing In regard - the NOR
Atty Of this section. Peoil, away from
here have an erroneous idea, t1st Va ARE a
set o. barbarous ssvages aud that laslsss'
neso reign9 suvreme. visit U
this section would convince them OF theiI
error. The grand jury now 10 session ~
weeks have returned only three true b ! =
all tor horse stealing. Our p Ice arrests mr.
have some of the largest pastures Ia u
state, not q fence has been cut Travel II
perfectly cato In any direction. Unitt'
States m all ia carried for distance OF 2U
miles by. blackboard overland and neve
IN Tested.
The fac, is, we have quiet peaceabl
population. Society is as refined ~ yo'
would find in any city. We have IA spleu.
did system OF free schooling, ten months II
the year, we ! attended. Our city father
arc agiiating the question oi bonding tn
oitv to bnild $4,000 school ho19e.
We have two very handsome brol
churches, one Epi' copal, tie other Preshy
,erian. The Catholic cathedral u
very large brick itrAn'ure
Our military garrison Ia said [, h. "a. fnes
~, tho troniier. IL is BEAUTIFUL, laid OF
AZ nresent lie In manned by 80 companies
Itisat~slge company pos , and but n
the unlOi tuubts csl,mity Of Gentr Nc
K-uzie wo would have three more compan
ga II is 10 he hoped we viii ges them
.rvwav
A good live banker would do well.
a hrid,, connecting the two "lnierna
,ionat ciii.s woul nay a handsome inter
,r tb,. i,vsstme,t The river al differ
e,t nni,te ia from $50 TO $40 feet ia wiu b
Tho gross teceinte of the Jerry at present Il
en- nsr dov Most ofaI we need railfnnt
c,mmnnic.tiops with the interior OF Texas
4 - ,,ncn Tor R,owosv
1rA-.woRhs.
tho ,yino,,ol . ty vi,p- u "a of Tanmfll
nao m.rtrn ia n VALID cty OF lg 900 IN
hsbiientE. nleaeantly sit uated on tne ,ntl
vile The oity Ia nicely aid. the stree
Straight and sa1 s,, sa s srs p s,"
80 ,a,or;,a hIo,ks which make fin
n.vsma,t and last n llfe,ime. The bust
! pe,, bonees are pripcipa ~ OF brick an,
oressnt ysry handsome appearance, snt
ranu varv fine and ornarneptal real.
dsnrss rbe s,ures preo.nt a very brieh
snd a,traciiye eppesrapce, aId buslnes.
onsioor 90 GOOD The merchants do q
thriving bnsisess with the inr erior Of Mex
;cn and towts along the Rio Grande
Mach tast has hsen said of Brownsyi Il
ell anniv 10 Mutsmoras. They are
an,,, rhs asme as one CITY. MANY
,narcS., ;. hays stores in both cities. The
nos, friandlv fselinps exist between the
,uo c;,,es hath social, and commercial v
Mstamorss ia the center for the mort hern
a;rision ~ The Mer,con army with Gen.
.,i cam in command. Its the head Of
Inc no,thern div,sIon of the Mexican iele.
arsah ,;nes and aiso chief eeat for the Judi
e,s, novcra If The state,
, Thcrs a. everv nrobability that the seat
y, s,a,e povernment will be moved back 10
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