Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-21
MIDLAND.
The New Arcadia Of the Southwest
the campiue- Ground Of Hunt
ers and oattlemen.
Wild Horses, Buffalo, Panthers aud
Mountain Lions in Abundance
Recent Town Improvements.

NAAbAAaNhf AhaAtf Sdus ~ W ntu
the citizens Of Midland meet to talk
over the events oftho last six months,
and congratulate themselves and the
state Of Texss on the large number or
Fl iurishipg ranches that have been
planted around Midland In half year,
they all remember the large number Of
land seekers, who, In leaving thetown.
have turned their attention 10 the
Northwest. The gentlemen comp,
ING those little parties were not much |
| given 10 talking, They asked and |
answer d a few Ques tions, purchased n |
few necessary supplies, babe good bye
\ I, our huspitable ii tie town aud dro e
away in the direction OF Las Vegas,
New Mexico. Some OF the spies who
have returned talk little more Than
when they went away, and their ac-
counts Of this new promised land are
quite Interesting stories for the
camp fire, and not bad
for the grocery store when we can find
a seat near the apple barrel and yet
good pine box to whittle. The strip
Of country that has been and now 10
attracting the attention hertinbefore
mentioned lies aiOng he west liues II
Andrews, Gtues, Yoakun, Cochran
and Bailey counties. Texas, and the
east lines Of ID ma Ana and Iiueoln
counties, New Mexico. 70 a stranger,
a novice, "A tender foot, IL might seem
that the difficulty OF as ertaiuiug
} whether the explorer Is In Texas or
New Mexico gives interest and fascin-
atiou to the enterprise, but as an un.
biased historian 1 feel II my duty to
-trangle this unworthy thought in ita
Infancy
This new Arcadia Ia becoming the
campiUg grounds aud home OF huut-
ers, cattlemen, horspmen and hogmeu.
We read great amount of pathetic
writing about the exterminstion of the
D buffalo, aud yet on this neutral
4. ground butfaloes are found in
. LARGE numbers. American sportsmen
a need not pine for the tiger jungles
p If India as the neutral ground will
= furnish psnthers and mountain lions
= sufficient in number, si2-, frrUcity
!. agility aud marvellous beauty To aat-
1 isfy the most ardent and romantic
+ sportsman We often read In Eastern
: papers would-re sensational accounts
of supposed wild horses seen in the
Adirondack or ON Mount Katahdin.
) The more j4w-breaking the names the
better Why, BLISS heir bucolic, sim.
pie. souls diy's mule journey from
e Midland, there are herds OF Wild
E horses as beau 'iful as tue "dssert-
: born" that carried poor NJ izeppR TO
his death. Most of them are by,
z though some are glossy black 81
: len ~, steadily the terrible, treach
= er, us barbtd wire Is inclOslng these
n wild beauties of the plains, and very
I coon an effort will he made to break
# them ~ the saddle and the barnes
/ In our new Canaan the cattlemen tiuc
J. many arid sand-bills aud grassles
I'll aius, but b,st of all
q they find abundance of gooG
y wafer and shelter for cAttl
+ aud rs yet no scramble nor dispute re-
II garding possession.
n Last, but not least, come the hcl
re rancnes An Illinois man WIN sup
r posed himself -windltd IN buying
le tract of TINS border land, sad:
4. own seven Thousand acres of timbe
N land, btRsd, ami hog can eat acorn
" II the top vi the highest tree, begad.
II THIS gentleman was describing "A trac
ar Of land covered win speci 3 OF war
OAK, vAriously k, own Us shin, shinn.
and shinuery. Humble aud ample
tending IN stature, IL produces pro
digious number of immense acorns
which are exceedingly sweet and nu
ia tritiuus. The disguised gentleman
from the Sucker state honestly, bu
ignorAntly, ridieultd much finer
richer mast for fattening hogs han th
=" everlasting corn of ILLINOIS. b. nue.
10 for district hat has so far ESCAPED al
n tention. So much for band OF BRAY
men who notified US in advance thH
"A Ia rtr nf M
y bA-p operations.
re Mr.. Valentine Guet2, by trade shoe
IA maker. came here from viii. POin
~ ABOUT len days ago, bought lot, pu
D. up one of tue fiuest shops 10 the plhc
aud is now ready for hu-ine-e. MI
Il, Goe owns two sections Of due land /
III this vicinity.
~ Mr.. Anderson, saddler, has com
We here to 20 into business and will Il
is the present rent from Mr.. Goelz
to Mr.. Payne, from Tennessee, Is bull
ing a fine slore on Abilene street.
ge Is Understood that Mr.. Payne will carr
ar a general stock Of merchandise, .inclu'
re- in several lines Of goods not now kel
here
So Big Springs undertakes 70 "r'
state the Midland trouble Xxi oil
hermit me to referto the matter agaiI
I'd A cowboy committed breach Of u
me- reace, and, much as the citiz ns love
20 him, they attempted 70 arrest hiu
Gu aud he and his three cpmpanioI
pr mounted their fiery steeds aud e
en- capped TO Midland. A warrant vi
Of sent TO Midland for the arrest of Il
CHI chief offender. A parley ensued b
.ly tween the cowboys aud the ranger
~ The cowboys gave their parole Of no
nv or to wait the arrival Of Lieut.. Bra
ci bury, then broke their parole md IA
he way. Lieut.. Bradbury Il my authe
lie ity for saying that the chief offend
ats returned 10 Big Springs and paid b
fine.
an MILLSAP.