Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-11
WISE COUNTY NOTES.
a Short Visit to willow Point, Boons-
vile and Aurora.
a Range in Fair 0onditio1-some Com
plants from the Oattlemen.
conesrondence oftne 800.

correspondence OF the GhDetto.
RHoME, TEX, Jan. 0.-Your CORE
spoudent has just returned from a visit
to Willow Point, in the extreme west
ern portion OF the county. He found
Willow Point misnamed IS far as our
observation went, for not one willow
did we see in the whole surrounding
country. The Jim Ned mountains or
Mills look down upon very level
nice plaza, dotted with six business
houses, surrounded by a number Of
DWELLING THIS is Willow Point,
proper The land appears 10 be thin,
and from the looks OF the stock the
grass crop Is short and viii not suffice
to winter the stock without feed.
We noticed an immense grind-stone
five feet in diameter on the south side
Of the plaza, and AT first thought con-
cluded that every body had an AK TO
grind, either politically or agricultuT-
ally. We were led to ask why il was
placed ia such q conspicuous place, and
were told that 1t bad been taken from
he hills near by, and was for puolic use
at that lime, although il belonged to a
private individual.
The next interesting thing that we
saw was ~ the pOstoilice, when the
mail comes in only twice week. Our
object was 10 see how THE GAZETTE
vas appreciated in that western vii
lage, and 10. when the largest package
was opened, we found it to be
the Weekly GAZETTE We
counted the names up to twenty
three ~ they were called and the pa.
pers delivered, and concluded that
free-grass principles We're predominant
around the Point.
Our next visit YVES TO Boonsville, q
/ nice little town south Of the Point,
and thence to New Hope in Jack
/ county, eight miles from Willow
Point We noticed many signs of i'm.
proyement5
| On New-Year's day we landed Ia
the busy little town Of Aurora There
we iound that the holidays had passed
OF very pleasantly for the young
! FOLKS, although = little duh tor the
business men, owing TO the miserable
weather before and during Christmas
week Our cold day's ride was amply
paid for by good supper and gOoC
bed at the Davis hotel The mex
evening we witnessed a surprise party
at the hotel. Several Of the charminl
dancers from the country aud town
among them Mrs Lee Reid, younl
matron, Misses Stanley, Emms sn5
Carrie Davis, Looie Hutchinson, Mis-
Hartman from Dido, and the Misse
LuiG Gates and Annie Crowley from
Rhome, accompanied by their escorts
began 10 trip the fantastic toe about
o o'clock and continued it until the we
hours of morning. it was most en-
joyable entertainment.
Aurora is elated over the idea, ant
Justly 30, of having an office OF tn
Erie Telegraph and Telephone com
r pany established in the town in a shOr
. time, which will give them communi
! cation with all the outside worlt
!. The good people there are anxiousl
4 hoping that the Gulf, Colorado
!, Santa Fe railway will conclude TO ru
= % their town and are willing to hel
l. them all they can.
Rhome has been very quiet durir
Ia the bad spell of weather, ss the Toat
" are in such bad condition that
would be almost impossible 70 freigl
l. grain or lumber.
D. Our cattlemen complain of the catt
, dying in the neighboThood, but not
~ an alarming extent by any means,
e the paBtursge around Rhome is bett
y than we have seen il anywhere else,