Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-12
CLAY COUNTY.
Topics of Town Talk at Henrietta
Review of the Days News.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Henrietta, AZ rll 1o.-Henrieita is on the eve
OF a big boom. the new court house and y, hool
house being now Il cure Thing oil being built
Immediately. which makes all OF our citi-
zens and especially our real estate owners
feel better, ana real estate is changing hands.
The contract for building one oil The finest
school houses IN North Texas, capable OF ac-
commodatipg four hundred scholars, VIII he
let in few days and IT Is intended 70 nave
IL ready for occupancy by the flrst OF Septem-
Der, When buili and completed " ~ the aim
of our citizens and the school trustees TO
have one OF the best schools In Texas.
our cily Is elated over the prospects OF Sc
curing tue railroad from Dallas via Denton
and Mont que TO our ely, and thence nee, 70 sey-
mour. In Baylor county. There VIII DC
meeting very shortly To take steps 10 luduge
the Mcpherson, kingmnn fort worm r'll-
road ,, from y' M,ni, ansas s@ sonth tbrounh
the indian Territory 10 our city, ana CONNIE
here at Henrietta with the fort worm
of Notthwe EST Texas, fort Wortn) and with
a railroad already prol,c from Sihmo, W
kasiiand county on the Houston Texas
Central road. via Graham, Young county, 10
onr cit, and then with the extension OF the
Missouri Pacific west from Gainesville 10
or thriving city, lookout flr u Guy WITHIN
the next twelve or eighteen months OF a pop
ulation of Ten or twelve thousand people. we
are bound 10 hays them all and many other
thugs II money, pluck, energy anu Work
Our new Bapiistchutch is nearly finished
and VIII be dedicated next sunday. Inc hIe
bell, weighing 759 pounds, purchased oy tne
ladies OF The Baptist denomination, i1f
which they deserve great praise from our
eitizsnR, has arrived and has been placed ~
the cupola, and you can hear us SWEEP ring
ing ZONES for miles around. 49,,
The Methodists have pnrchased hne
church bell and II will be put IN posib'oh US
There is considerable building going on
here. and several parties are talking OF pnila-
Ing. Mr.. VIM. Mott Is erecting a peat COT
tage-honse In the Howeth a ,,y h ,oayn ~.
erecting "a new house In the Bns.ir niltouu
addition. Tom Aikinson's iine residences J"
nearly completed ana IN ,an ,eT u1 from JaeE-
boro 10 our city. IL Will look sooa 70 see ane
smiling contenance Of Tom on our streets
hearty welcome. There Is talk on our streets
OF parties building a large hotel In the ciiy,
wifi h Is much needed. .u, i,
brick yesterday, and they proved TO be OF
very fine quality, and there WIZ DC use ior
all That can be manufactures me coming
summer here In Henrietta.
The newIy-elccted city officers were sworn
In on Monday last, ana our new ,nhyor. W.
A. saniles. and city seefe r arr eflieisni
city attorney ID. 4. BoDar, WIN our CITY
marshal. John Mcclure 70 elected 70 Keep
tbein all straight, bear their ho.ofs very pe-
comipgiy. Our newIy-eiecied city engineer,
q. scrlyeDer, has not yet oualined, Dut whem
he does. look out for good atreets, mat VIII
orr CITY council i, composed lof j. a. wor.
sham, r. n. ',leary. new aldermen elected
from the Fist ward. and Clin Easily. a. new
alderman from the Second ward, with Louie
Uady, an old member elected rom The sec,
0nd who kee ps The whole council
In line nndf makes ~ do lts work,
lei tile chips all wnere, they may: john
AIN il % been reappolnied special pol iesnian
10 assist our efficient marshal IN the dis-
WI rh a. new ne Stone building being built
on The soutseast corner o. ne square l,n ey
,,iet,.d. Tine y ew galvanized iron cornice ar
rived today. and VIII be pa' on g,,. h
flalneiii 10 our city and a credit 10 ifs owners;
"; u Curtis, president q or NAL nal'o asl
popular iownsIncp. are taking IN The lub 81
North Texas attending the races.
There Us talk OF organizing an eiticisnt IRE
depaft ment hers rnmcdia,eiy'which Is much
needed.
Tho council at It's meeting last evening APP
poiofcf the following gentlemen ~ trustees
OF our public school j. N Johnston Judge
W. II. Plemnons aud AIphus Eelsler from the
Second ward. and DR.. 4. Mc6ec, A. II Butltr
aud Ward aisley from the First WARD. They