Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-28
DUBLIN.
obituary-Masonic Installation An
other Railway Wanted.

Correspondence OF the q lLette.
DUBLIN, Ten, June 26.Our town
and county have lately been scourged
with first and second edition OF
measles. Few cases have been severe.
Mr.. VIM. Dubolse, aged seventy.two
years, died yesterday evening OF paral'
ysis at the residence OF his son-in-law,
Mr.. A. A. Chapman of our town. Mr..
Duboise had improved and stocked q
fine ranch near our town and also
owned extensive stock Interests in
Preside county, from which place he
mad lately returned after spending the
winter. Himself and family have
done much for the prosperity OF our
town and community. Previous 10
his settlement here some two years
ago he had resided al Elgin, ILL.,, where
he still had large business interests.
The Masonic fraternity celebrated
the occasion OF the annual installation
OF officers of Dublin lodge on the 9th
in an appropriate manner. \ rare in
tellectual treat afforded by an intelli-
gent, chaste and eloquent lecture from
Hon. &. X. Bell OF Hamilton was sup.
plemented by an excellent dinner, To
which the members OF the mystic
brotherhood aud their invited friends
did ample Justice, and all present felt
that IL was good to be there.
Our people are preparing to cele-
brate the GLORIOUS Fourth" on next
Thursday, the I'd, by grand temper
ance rally and picnic at this place.
All are invited, even TO Fort Worth.
ha
under the management Of Prof. j. l.
baltimore and his excellent wife anu
daughter, closed on the 10Th. Prof.
baltimore has given full satisfaction
and will be retained another year.
Our scholastic census for the present
year as Just taken by the city assessor
shows l57 as against 81 last year.
The columns OF THE GAZETTE are
eagerly scanned for any item OF news
in regard TO the Fort Worth d Rio
Grande road. We are still sanguine
and are ouly waiting for the Fort to
give the signal along the line and she
will find us ready, waiting aud Will
ing
Having lately travelled over the
country from SAltillo, Mexico, to
Memphis, Tenn, and taken some
time for observation on the whole
route, we Jme TO the conclusion that
we have just here some very material
advantages, Occupying H. we do the
dividing line between the agricultural
and grazingdistrict Just between cotton
and cattle, our country u well
adapted to either pursuit. We are
lust outside of the negro and the dead
beat and inside Of the frontier rough
where cheap lands, good health, good
schools and good society are the rule
We secure the advantages or both the
Il ast and the West, while we avoid the
local disadvantages OF either. Westlli
have plenty OF free grass, while
farming interests are Ms well protected
here as anywhere in the state. The
railroad facilities for our town are now
az good AS can well he afforded by any
one road, aud the Fort worth
a Rio Grande. when built, Will
have 10 go around us 10
miss us. as our depot IL not one thou
sand wards from an air line from the
court.house in ComAnche 10 the court
house ia Stephenv lie, NO town on
ALI the prof. cted line has more rlch
and productive country around II nor
better local trade For the asst Two
years we have hAadled nearly fupo
bales OF cotton each year, besides plt-
ting up some valuable herds OF cattle
each spring. Our wool shipments are
very respectable item, while our houi
has gone out over quite a portion oil tht
state, and our poultry, butter egg
and small fruits find a market from
Galveston TO FL Psso.
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