Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-21
WICHITA FAILS
Railway Magnaton in r.,.
ing the Fort Worth l y, =. !
Recent Improves
Rival Candidates for The oo..,. !, Q
hArdoman County rGs y, i'd
OF the Panhandl,


special 10 tho Gazette. III
WICHITA FALLS, Tx \.
Webster Snyder, genera N be
the Gulf Colorado 4 saui. n
and Col, Brltton, state on,I,.' i ,
In by a special train ioN,' X
former, 1t is said, has his e.s' I
the Fort Worth Il Denys,
latter is ON a tour OF inspeclIo'
same. Col. Frost, genera \
tendent, accompanied tho n,a' !
conceded that the Denver n
managed and equipped rus D
state.
Our new railroad agent N,
and his able assistant, MI jeb, !,
ron, ARC giving satisfaction ~
people and 10 the compasv
gentlemen are both from M
and have come here TO stav
reports that business Ia goa
increasing daily. w
The large two-story dool
building Of Ward & STANLEY ii
avenue, IL receiving tho
touches and Will be o,e, f
these gentlemen IN SIS
days, with n complete stock n
rloa and dry goods.
The firm of Kemp & Slenpe
under way a large brick
which will soon DO finished.
a move Ia now on loot t. uq
water power by dnmming Ia
the Wichita river. This, wbe
Will add much 10 the town and
Prominent among the
rivals here are Mr.. \, L.
OF Hamburg, Ark; George Id
weston; A. j, Fry, San Anton
Gordon, Dallas; u. A. Deats
w. j. Byrne, Now Haven, On
Brooks, New Orleans, aud b. c
son, 81. Louis, Mo.
The ilrst.nGmed gentleman "a
chased property TO the amb x
S850O and VIII make this his Ind 0
Or. EHstland, our leading rhjI
reports the health of the toi95
trcssingly good. The doctor B
our most active and enterpha
2ens, and has made "a host Of M
hUro since his arrival from Dl
former home. "a
THE GAzErTE's readers n 3
ready been advised OF the orgr
of n new county In NOrthw@
namely Hardeman. The nal
I'm order Is the selection of
scat for the new county. It'd
two candidates In the field, va
licotho and Nlargret, with The
I'm favor of the first named.
ganlzation of this county IL gpa
dence that the tide OF immlgn
turning to the great NWsf
! Wichita, Wilbargcr an.
domain counties are consldssN
good agricultural counties n
the state. Wichita county hat
been added 10 the list OF wfs
counties, and considering The n
only two years have elapsed sina
first furrow WIS ploughed Ia The |
| tY--outslde OF the small sottlemeI|
Red river--it Is safe % predict vi
or nearly all of the vast a.
known as the "PUnhandlei Vi,
due time, be as thlclSly popOis
any old settled county in lha
Asa gentleman who has tzl
the soil of this and other counts
| Joining II, remarked yeh
"rhere Ia ny good and protadia
and IA great au abundance q
uuoceupied In Texas, especially 4
northwest part of the state, a. 4
that which IL now under a hlgi
OF cultivation The people
Worth have certainly = bright
before them, for as Northwel
Increases I'm population and 4
80 will Fort Worth. AnYi
that benefits this secla
our state naturally adds V
strengthens the Fort,
Speaking of this county and 7
riculturRl Interest, one firm V
last spring zoo plows, which vi
mostly In this county. Ths
what We're sold by other hozl
proof that u fair start has been
The crops raised this season hsi
couraged those already here 70 I
the efforts made last year IS
TO induce many new settlers
their lot In Wichita county
To money being close, lands :
had In this county very &c
fact, cheaper than they VIII &
again.