The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-23
FROM GAINESVILLE.
THE COOKE COUNTY METROPOLIS.
Something About It's Trade and the
Wealth Of Its Traders-AlI the Nod
ern COHveniences, With Good
Schools and Churches.

GAINEsvIGhE, Nov. 2l,- Editor HER-
AID But few Of your readers, opiue,
know what city we have hereinnorth-
west Texas. Gainesville is assuming
metropolitan proportions,a and is now the
acknowledged centre of the cotton trade
of this section of the state. With pop
nlation OF from 5000 to 5000 inhabitants
and rapidly increasing, IL will DO
but a teW wears before our city VIII be
tho metropolis of all Of northwest
ieXas. our wholesale trade extends
west 800 miles, north throughout the
whole of the Indian Territory, and
south to within lew miles OF Fort
Worth. The city is built OF substantial
Two and three-story brick buildings and
every day the erection of some new
business house is commenced. This
city Is considered the wcalthest in the
state for its size, being the home of the
rich and prosperous Cattlemon Of this
section, We nave as citizens such
wealthy and substantial men AS the Adj
dingtOns, the Wilson's, II. j. Hall, L. NJ.
Dougherty, G. II. Smith, John Stone,
Charles Rumrll, Judge NJ. Lin say,
and others, each of whom are worth
from S2jO,OO0 to Sl,0OO,0OO. Our city has
street railways, gas-Works, water
works, tho finest race course in tho
state goJd pavements, fine churches,
an elegant Opera-hOuse, an imposing
courthouse, large aud handsome public
school buildings, tureo daily papers,
wholesale houses, retail stores with i'm
mens0 stocks Of goods, arJ schools .
commercial college, the Lindsay hotel
ttho pride OF our cIty), and iunumerabla
other classes Of business In u short
time cotton factory viii be erected
here, which Will add greatly to our bus
mess, and will be the means of bringing
into our midst Other manuiac-
tories Our prospect, too, for
the United States federal court
building Is tlatterng, the fight having
now dwindled down between Gaines
vile and Denisou. Our congressman,
Hon. j. W. Throckmorton, fayors
Gainesville, which viii aid our city very
materially in scouting the location here.
This is also the home Office of tho cole
brated Galoana Gold and Silver Mining
Hon. A. l.. Matlock is pres
ident u. Kowsky, Vice-president,
A. Wasson, Secretary, Capt. Il. M.
uougherty, treasurer, and Capt. w. N.
MCkamy, perintondent, with a board
of directors composed OF suCn mon IA
William Worshanl, cashier of the FIRST
National, Capt, Dougherty, president Of
the First National bank, Is. Il.
Farley, w. Il. Wilmington and other
wealthy capitalists. Several DallaB
business men have etOck in this COM
pany. yesterday, the secretary, Mr..
WATSON, received direct from the mines
a brick Of gold valued at $500. This COM
pany, without having any Of the inn
proved nachinery, are shipping bullion
every month, and that from ore that the
Mexlcans had regarded as Of too low a
grade to work. In short time the COM
psny viii have their improved mschin-
Sry on the ground to work, and with
this machinery aud tho saving OF gold
and silver chat in now lett in etki!-
ngs the shipments will be large and tho
stock iS detained to become very vRli-
able. The Off 'ers are " our own people
who have induced their friends 10 taks
stock in this enterprise. believing that
the Investment will we'll repay them for
their outlay. These mines, located US
they are on the western slope OF the
Sierra Madro mountains, and in the
rich mineral district I'm which the Justly
ce'sbrated mines of Boss shepherd aud
Polk are located, together with the adj
vantage Of their valuable water power,
will make Thorn second 10 no property in
our sister republic.
Already our citlgOus Sre talking about
the approaching city election, and the
names of Judge John Y. Waller, Mayor
| Dodson, Maj. G. *. HcClaiu, j, Il. Jack
son an others are cSnyssBed for tho
| may orally. If all those gentle
men slsko the race, the Repub-
llcnus viii unite upou one OF their party
and defeat tho Democrats, Hence tho
independent, tho Democratic organ OF
| tins city, Is suggesting the holding OF Y
| convention 10 uOminste u ticket.
| 4 man by the uamc OF Hudson sur
| rendered himself 20 tho sheriff yest-r-
! day for killing man named utson 81
! Pilot Point In August, 1858 siGteen
wears ugu, lle claims that the killing
was done la aclf.defauss. Our sheriU
took him to Denton county tsis morning
To-day over 400 bales OF cotton were
brought into orr city, the price ranging
from g2j tu g75.
| our county court Ii Ia session, tryinG
civil cgHes.
Tho little 5-yoar.old daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. GIN Rollins died yesterday
The arrival Of the Herald is ann
iously looked for every day by our citi
cons. Tho HERALD Ia popular with oui
citizens and IL incrOssiAg In circulation
The weather has been cold and 4
prenent II loOks like fall Of the boauti
ful snow might visit us.
Fred Warde played 10 = large audi
once at tho oporN-houss night hefsr,
last, appearing in tho play OF Damon
and PythiRS.
Rev. MIR. Coleman, tho eminent Ms
son, deliveries fine lao.urt In Masonic
hall lsst evening
No news has beon hsnTd from Goorg
Lindsay, the missing cashier Of th
Gainesville Gas company.