Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-06
COLORADO.
A General Business Revival Noted
The Storemen Ready for a
Good Holiday Trade.
Heavy Cattle Shipments - Numerous
Building Improvements Making
Other Notes.
orroapondonce Of Inc Geaotto.

and invest In brick and mortar. Turn
where you will, the eye rests upon
evidences Of substantial improve
ments. Instead OF quarreling with
would.be rivals over the the number of
votes polled at the recent election, our
citizens are bending their energies to
make Colorado in fact as well as name
the queen city Of the West.
In conversation with such leading
firms as Mr.. Jay Schrader, druggist;
Gilliland & CO., dry goods; Burns,
Walker & Co., Joe Brown, and Mccall
Bros. & Co., learn that business has
improved greatly within the past thir-
ty days. In fact, sales are reported
to be unusually large. Shipments of
beeves TO the Eastern markets foot up
many thousand for the month of Mo-
vember, and still they are being rushed
in.
Col o. j. Wren shipped TO the East
ern markets this week one hundred
cars of fine, fat beeves.
This is the largest shipping point on
the Texas d Pacific road, and II IL adj
mitted and conceded that there will be
100, 600 cattle shipped from here this sea-
son Among cattlemen there are COM
plants of % lack OF transportation.
This will probably lead TO suits for
damages against the railroad company.
Mr.. II. b. Robertson has Just re-
turned rom his ranch. He says he
shipped twenty carloads of beeves
from Pecos.
/ met Mr. Campbell, manager of the
Matador Cattle company, on the
NJ 10 n lag
cent illness, and has been busily en-.
gagged forwarding their beeves to mar
ket. The range Is reported good, and
stock cattle viii be In fine shape for
the winter Sheepmen say their
ti0cks are doing we'll. They Rntici-
pate better prices for wool next spring.
Trading In cattle and sheep Is not
very lively, yet hopeful feeling ex-
ists as TO the future.
Several Of our stOckmen who attend
ed the great convention at
ST, Louis have returned home.
All say they had "a royal time, and
think the meeting will be productive
of good results to the cattle interests OF
Texas.
The contractors are now roofing in
our new county courthouse. When
completed 10 Will be u handsome struc-
ture,
A visit to the temporary courthouse
on Oak street yesterday found county
court In session, with Judge II. A.
Pearson presiding and j. l.. Hooper,
the newly installed clerk, at his desk
and he looked as If he might have
held said office for ears. also found
that the commissioners court had
made small appropriation, and work
men We're quite busy in putting all
the offices in a good and comfortable
condition for the wiuter. The Inn
proyementa add very much TO the ap.
pearance OF the house, and in very
great degree to the comfort
| Or. Lee OF SweotWater Is erecting a
large two-slory brick store on the corner
OF Second and Oak Atreets. When
completed 1t will be occupied by Mr..
| Fred w Braun, one NJ our druggists.
Opposite this MIR. Geo. Major has let
the contract for n large brick building
The 81 James hotel Is about finished
and adds very much to The appearance
of our city. 1t is finished In tirst-class
style, will be elegantly furnished and
will soon be opened TO the public.
The Dardanelle is another new
hotel, under the management OF
MessTs. lack Williams and Lee Lips
comb.
The Renderbrook aud Pacific
houses are doing an excellent business
From indications Santa Claus
is collecting n beautiful assert.
ment of presents for the
children at Christmas. One of hip
agents, Mr.. Jay Shrader, says he can
please the most fastidious taste and
has all his arrangements completed Il
supply all who cpll ut his elegan store
J Messrs. Preston Il Newklrk, our popu
, ular news dealers, have also been com.
missioned by Santa Claus TO have OF
hand any and every thing child o.
grown up person can wish for. Theil
store is model of neatness and beau
ty. They tell me THE GAZETTE con
tinues to lead all daily papers sold here
They say for the month OF November
they sold 1870 copies of Tn
GAZETTE TO SOL of the Dallal
Herald and las OF the Galveston News
Somehow the people will read TIL
GAZETTE In spite of its free grass rec
ord, IL Ia now and has ever been tn
' champion and friend OF the interests q
, West Texas. When the Legislature
meets the lease-law advocates will re
spect its teachings and eiface the In
/
We have some beautiful private resi
dences IN Colorado. They tell In un
mistakahle terms the taste aud refine
: ment of our people. In point OF ele
gance, of finish and other surround
ings the brick cottage of Col Win
Z field Scott IL the most conspicuous
/ He has spent large sum OF none,
upon Its adornment and shown ex
qulslte taste in furnishing IL. TIL
rooms arc beautifully papered aud TIA
furniture OF the latest aud most ele
!, CANT design. Col Scott visited 81
, Louis and tells me he selected ever
article himself. Men, as "A rule, are no
!, supposed to be adopts In such matter,
J but he has proven an exception TO thi
|. rule. The furniture and finish OF n
I, two rooms are alike, yet there Is sue
= harmony as TO make the whole con
I, plete, lie has erected a large barn an
3 stable with every convenience; has
= double buggy aud span OF beautif.
horaes fos his own driving; also.
I. pony-phaeion for the use OF his haot
% elor CD friends. / asked Col. SEQ