The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-01
THE BUSINESS BUDGET.
THE RAILROAD TOPIC ON TOP.
Bowie Wants to Hear from Dallas-Pro-
gress OF the Fort Worth n Denver
New York Cotton Exchange
How the Stocks stand.
Railroad News.
ROWIE CALLS ON pALLAs-

BOWIE CALLS On DALLAs-
BOWIE, April 3O.--[Special. THE cit
liens last night held mass meeting at
the Academy building for the purpose
of taking proper preliminary steps,
looking to Bowie's securing the benefit
OF the proposed railway from Dallas
through Northwest Texas. A committee
OF citizens was appointed TO confer with
the citizens of Dallas, and lay before
them the advantages attending the
building OF their contemplated road from
Denton to Bowie,and the value and inn
portance TO such road of such route, as
also the commercial value OF Bowie in
this connection, Messsrs. w. A. Mason,
and j. M. Strong, two prominent bust
ness men, were appointed conference
committee, and these gentleman Will
leave for Dallas shortly TO attend TO the
business committed to thom.
MARSHALL Il NoRTHwEsTERN
MARSHALL, April so. - Special. -
Winsboro is making seductive pro-
posals to the promoters of the Marshall
Il Northwestern 20 bring their road to
that thriving town. Vioe-p president
Heartsell and Manager Lloyd have
gone up there to see aboutit.
THE FORT WORTH 4 DENVER EXTENSION
QUANAH, April 30.-This station is 20
miles west OF Wichita Falls and eight
miles from Harold. This place is
named after the Comanche chief Quanah,
who Is son of Cynthia Ann Parker,
who was captured by the Indians when
eight years oldand became the wife of
Pretoc SOcone, q Comanche chief. In 1860
after being with the Indians rs years,
Texas rangers under Gen. Ross, OF
Waco and a squad OF the Second
United States cavalry sent out with
Gen. Ross, by the late Gen. g, III, Thomas
who then commanded Camp Cooper on
the Brazos recovered her. She was never
reconeiled with her people, and tried to
return 70 the Indians, where she left
two boys, Quanah and another, who af-
forwards died. She lived but little
over year after her reoapture and Pre-
toe, her husband, when he found she
was held captive by the whites went
| into mourning as If she was dead and
did not survive her great while.
President Morgan Jones is here look
ing after the work on the extension
The track will reach Harold on Tues.
day. O. q. Allen, of Galveston, and r
Il. Montgomery, of Fort Worth, were
here to-day aud went to Harold. This
country is rapidly filling up with tar
mers.
| SAN ANoELA'S PROSPECTS,
SAN ANGELA, April, 30. Especial. J.
Property changes hands every week
Mr.. w, l. McCasesland and others from
Lampases are here and have purchased
Is acres of land adjacent TO town, pawn,
for the same 1880 If the Santa Fe roacc
does not come via this point the town Il
80 geographically situated, some othel
road will be liable to pass through her,
In the future. Several prospectors ar,
here looking around.
THE VOICE OF MONTAGUE.
MONTAGUE, April 30.-[Special.l III
the Daily HERALD of the 2Sth instant il
noticed the connecting clause of an edi
torial, which is very gratifying to tn,
citizens of Montague. IL is in thes,
words; Montague is one of the fines
counties in the state, and il deserved,
attracting large share Of immigra
ton"
The aboYe remarks OF the HERALI
are true, and when Montague county /
compared TO other counties in mort
Texas, 1t has very many advantage
over many of the surrounding counties
in water, timber, soil and health, an,
I the finest building stone in the west
in tact have everything needful but
railroad. Time after time has this cor
respondent urged, insisted-yes, begged
through the columns OF the HERALl
and otherwise, to inaugurate rail
road boom from Dallas to thu
city of Montague, but lik
the earnest and eloquent appeals of tn
HERALD they have been pa ssed silentl,
by. Dallas needs tho extension of tn,
Denton branch 70 some point snt
Montague not only needs a railroad, bu
is going TO have one. The citizens are
willing, anxious, and able to secure I
road If an opportunity is offered. Dalla
wants the road. Then why wal
longer. ProcrastinntiOn may work defea
Montague presents the best prospects
for large gain TO some railroad of am
county in the stats and the trafic woul(
not DO confined TO the county, but would
drain Indian Territory north of tn