The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-05
MARIENFELD.
A PUBLIC SALE OF TOWN LOTS
Announced 10 Take plaes in That Young
and promising CITY AT aa Early
Dats-A splendid New Section,
Recently Opened Up and
hapid'y Developing.

MARIENFELD, Nov. a. Editor
hERALD "A public sale OF town lots
Is Announced To tsSs rlae6 st Marien-
field on November Of. For Tho infor.
nation OF tlose WHO may desire to To-
case N Western Texas, or mako in
vestments there, we can state that
Msrienfeld ofYaIs excellent oppar.uui-
ties fer business ventures Of almost
every kind. A Touring mQl aud co.,
ton sin a7o very muoh needed. A
newspaper, apUmb0r OF general stores,
y butcher shop, hardware store, dealer
10 agricultural implements, shoe store
and Tu0l buyer osuld do s good busl-
nsss there. Marienield is Ina
county seat OF Martin county,
unG is l0cateG on tho Texas
d Pacific railroad, 800 miles west OF
Dallas, and is the trading point for
Msrianield colony, German agricul-
turSl setuemsnt estsblished on tho
Staked Plains three wears ago. Farm
Ing has proved profitable ia Martin
county, and soGs IS farms have been
op5ued within six miles OF tho town
site. MagnlhcenC crops have been
grCwn IN Marlin county, and tho sue
cesses achieved have brought about the
location Of Gormania and Mendoza
colonies in Martin county, and the
Bro0kvills, Malta sud Springfield
colonies, from Quo, III Tom Greon
county, ell OF which arc within ID 10 %
miles distance of Aarisnfeld, the
mother colony. Some 40 20 60 sheen
and cattlo ranches, el small,
have been located within easy
shipping distance within the
past TWO years aud considerable trade
has founa its way to the colony. No
enOIs was made on part of the former
ciIizsns 90 Martin county Co build no =
Town anu 10 consequence tho county
mas grown 20 such extent that good
trading point has become au imper-
alive necessity. Matlepfsld Station
was voted the county seat at The or
gspjzeLion OF the county aud siuce
then has acquired population Of
about go. Due effort have been
made on part OF tho few citizens 10 se-
cure further immigration, 20 further
tFG09 Ia tho opening OF roads and
trails 10 the different neirhbor.
ing colonies any ranches, and
particular effort vas made
within Lhe past six months TO open IN
the unorgauized Panhandle counties,
IN Lh9 Surveying OF reads as far north
IS che Quaker colony, in Crosby
county, aud opening roads south
through the new colonies in Tom
Green county TO San Angelo. Great
effort was made 10 interest," persons of
means IN tbs construction Of a harrow
gauge railroad irGm MerIenfeld north
90 O point III Andrews county, whore a
new town aud county scat is TO be laid
out in the near future, AS welt as q
road south to Springfield, in
Tom Gre9n county. These efforts
nave been auccos sful TO tho extent
th&t enough money is said 10 have
been secured 10 build portion OF the
r0ad running north. The
tWo colonization companies
in Ohio, TO whom sleam trsnsporta-
ton is OF thetutmost Importance, are
now making special elf0tts 10 rsiss
tho money necessary for the coustruc-
ton OF their ond Of the line. Accord
Ing TO present prospects the o0ustruc.
ton of tho road win begin in the nsar
future. AS this railroad is TO bs 4
homo enterprise all persons becoming
hereafter interested in MaIiontsld or
any Of the neighboring colonies arc
invited TO part in the Same to secure
It's completion. Hon. y. LESTER, OF
Marienfeld, will DO pleaaed to furnish
further information in regard TO the
railroad enterprise.
The first annual agricultural fair OF
the Stsked Plains is now being held
ut msrienfeld, aud tho products there
on exhibition ere equal in quality snd
quantity to thoso raised IN any othor
part Of the State.