Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-05
CISCO.
Eastland County as Grazing and Ag-
ricultural District-No Large
Land Syndicates.
Cisco a Business Center Of Vigorous
Growth-some of the Leading
Business Houses.

Special Correspondence OF the Gazette
CISCO, TEX, Oct. This is not one
of the booming towns that we read
of, but it is town of steady growth,
or city, rather, for it is incorporated
and although but three ybars old 1t
contains about 1900 inhabitants. Stu
ated at the junction of the Texas Cen
trail and Texas & Pacific railways 1t
draws trade from four or five sur
rounding counties, to-wit: Brown,
Coleman, Callahan, Stephens and
Shaekelford. Cisco has four or five
churches and free school ten months
in each year. Being over l40O feet
above the level of the sea, the eli
mate is salubrious and healthy.
EASTLAND COUNTY,
of which Cisco ia the principal town,
has its hills, which are only fit for
grazing, but two-thirds of the county
| can be cultivated. OF this less than
| one-half is under cultivation. There
being no large tracts fenced in by syn
| dicates the county is dotted with
small farms. Lands not cultivated
can be bought for about IS per acre.
| There are about 10000 inhabitants
In the county and Others coming
In daily. Last year 1000 bales OF COT
ton were hauled to Cisco. The small
grains all do we'll here, and the small
farmers are all doing well.
CISCO,
In the way of business, is much above
the average, and, unlike many towns,
business does not seem to be overdone
here.
The Cisco Live Stock and Mining
company was lately organized, but 1t
is not rs yet in operation.
Some idea of the business done In
Cisco may be gained by reading the
, following concerning few of its lead
ing firms:
The Cisco Land and Collecting
, agency was chartered on the 18th OF
last month. Capital stock, $50, 600; j.
II. Fleming, president; Henry
Up. billiard, secretary and
treasurer. This company sue
ceeded the collecting and land bust
ness of j. r.. Fleming & Co. The old
business is continued in all Its
branches. Banking collections arr
made a speciality. This new company
t renders lands for taxes, pays taxes fol
:, non-residents, redeems lands sold fo
/, taxes and buys and sells lands. L
D represents the owners Of the Peters
II Colony lands and does regular bank
= ing and real estate business.
II The M. Il. Jones Lumber compan.
e have branch ysrd here as well as Ii
Waxahachie, Kaufman, Lampasas
y Albany and other places. 1t carrie
shingles, sash, doors, blinds, cement
t. lime, cornice, holdings, etc. Tn
e stock here is valued at $4,000. An
nnal caIac yary larnQ
Martin & Maxwell, wholesale drug
gists, deal also in paints, oils, val
nishes and brushes, and carry ful
line of fine WHISTLES, wines and bran
N dies for medical purposes. They vii
- shortly greatly extend their business
10 when the stone store which they ar
De building is completed. 1t will be 2
by 80 feet.
m Park & Patterson, wholesale and n
IS tail grocers and receiving, forwardin
ne and commission merchants. This fri
does an immense business, and thei
w references are among the best. The
ID also deal in cotton, wool, hides an
i. other country produce. The
carry fence wire, wagons, lime, q
le ment, hay, oats, corn, etc. They al
lie the heaviest grocers In this part {
the state.
Id Blake a. son are wholesale anu n
a tail dealers in dry goods, clothinl
boots, shoes, hats and caps and mill
X merry, notions, etc, on an eXtensiv
Is. scale. This is the largest dry good
l house In the county and carries
ly stock that would do credit to Fol
Worth. Their large store Is built I
ce stone and Is fire-proof
re Porter 4 Worrell have just con
pleted a large stone roller ilourln
ed mill, which Is one OF the finest In ii
state. twill go into operation nel
week. 1t contains an automat
fity.five-horse engine and twelN
ha sets Of rollers, or complei
- system. It's capacity is 100 barre
" every twenty-four hours. They II
sc tend to furnish as finc flour as is mac
In the state,
Cisco has also a cotton gin ON q
az extensive scale and other mechanic
fnduat rieu and no idlera are 10 be see