The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-21
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SETTLER CROWDS SPECTATOR.
EIoursionists at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Notes
From Midlothian--A Day Doings in
sherman - business, Crop
and Personal Matters.
The EIcursionists,


The eXcursionists, after very pleas
ant trip to Waco, Austin and San Anto.
Mo, arrived here last Thursday. OF
course they could not have said they
had seen Texas without having seen
this portion of the "coming empire"
and Midland especially.
The ladies' and gentlemen both, wore
delighted with tho country hereabouts,
and with our young town. They at
once saw the clements of future great
ness here. They we're most favOrably
impressed with the general aspect of
the country, with our excellent water,
with the pa rity of the atmosphere and
the general sdiubrity of our climate.
-Four of them remained, and others
bought lots and will soon return and
build stores aud dwellings,. One gentle
man, ~ an Illustration, bought Il fine
site for a residence, another Tor atOro,
which he says he will have built and
well stocked with merchandise within
sixty days. Another gentleman selected
several lots and will erect u number Of
dwellings for rent. We need them badly,
A stock OF clothing IL now hore, Cochran
N Palmer have increased their stock Of
groceries and PROVISIONS, Allen Bros. &
Co. have increased their stock of lum-
Der, and so one by one our wants are
being supplied, though not In full meas
ure; but that will como in due time.
Meantime the country in every direc-
ton Is becoming populated with ranch
men at distances Of from fifteen to fifty
miles, leaving room for the farmers and
| others in our immediate vicinity, and
this class of mon are also coming.
Dwellings,, usually of an unproten-
nlIurnninr hAinp nrngfnn "a
distances of from ono TO five miles
from town, and soon they will ho oc-
cupiod by enterprisng families, who
rupturlng tender ties and breaking loose
from most pleasant associations, the
growth of many years, are content to en-
duro the prlvatlOns, necessarily attend
ant upon any new country, for tho
| almost certain bettermont of thoir for
! tunos, and especially TO enjoy our b0au-
| tiful and healthiul climate.
One lady, tenderly matured, cultivated
and refined, fit TO grace any society, and
now living in beautiful home, sur
rounded by hosts of friends
and all the comforts and lux
uries attendant upon an old
and beautiful city, writes her husband,
al will bless tho day when you return
to tako us to Midland. | know il is q
frontier town in its yonng infancy.
| know | must leave our comfortable
home, our dear friends and many adj
vantages and Injuries, which we shall
not onjoy again for many years, posi-
| bly, never again, but am convinced
that Midland il an unusually healthy
| place, far more so than this land without
| good health wa simply endure-hoalth
is truly the greatest OF all earthly bless.
ings."
| A uho ,yrtto, ,,,,,,, ~, ;ni. o,,J ,n,,1,
| Tho truth in thus respect is becoming
known to our decided advantage.
This reminds mo of II comment
which should have been made
when sending you tho mote
geological report for August. The
New York papers, with the thermom.
oter at ", say that all business wa:
nearly suspended in that city and thai
many had died from sunstroke. Or
tho same day tho maximum thormome
tor was about the same here, but MOI
were working in the sun all day and thu
most delicate lady would have though
IA fan useless appendago. The reason
briefly stated, is found In our altitude
2,770 feet, and in the fact that we have
gentle breeze almost invariably iron
the south or southeast, so that evapora
ton from tho body is rapid and coolnos
and comfort the result.
Mr.. Il. A. Rooster, of the land depart
ment of the Texas & Pacific rail
way, has generously offered {
contract for shade aud fruit trees for Us
obtaining them at mi nimum cost, an
we are intending to buy and plant a
Toast 1000 of them, there being no douh
that with reasonable care trees wi
thrive and that fruits can be raise
! abundantly here.
Mr.. Weller aud family have just al
rived from California and will soon stai
another dairy. We welcome him moi
cordially, as there is abundant room I,
, HMM fact, wa are of tho opinion thS
:. u dozen dairymen can mako mono
= hore,a and that Midland butter and cheoS
o will ultimately he quoted as high in III
market ~ is tho orange county dair
. products In the York market.
other interesting topics press (,
notice, but must go over till neXt weel