Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-20
HOT SPRINGS.
visitors Pouring Into the Springs
Probsfor Texas--The Curc-Ail
for American Diseases.
The Routine OF the sick n-InsurAnoe
Risks-Dlscovery Of Goid and
silver.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
IIoT SPRINGS, ARK, March lG.--Since
the list OF March, visitors have been pour
ing into this place. The hotels are rap
idly filing up their rooms. Tue Texas
delegation is more In proportion TO the
size Of the state than the population II
contains, and as Hot Springs In nndoubt"
eddy the best business barometer III the
country, the probabilities Tor Texas are
Fine weather, clear SKY, with Slight
showers from the south and east-or, Ia
other words, stock will command good
prices, crops viii be iine, and there Will
be demand for land After long
struggle with adversely, on the first ap.
proach OF prosperity the weary business
man, nervous and unstrung, know
ing that the crisis has passed,
hasteps TO recuperate himself, by g
course OF baths aud q months residence
In these othe Ozark mountains 10 is
astonishing The number OF gray, young
men YOU see here, and the discusses are
of the purely American kind, nervous
ness, insomnia, paralysis, all brought on
bya reckless disregard Of health IN men
who sacrifice comfort and even life FOR
n Is the visits OF these men that make
Hot Springs q business barometeri as
soon as tho clouds OF the night Of deprcs-
sion begin 20 lift they rush here In swarms
to recupemte And I'm good heart with
renewed health, are back 40 their posts
in time 10 take the first adyan-
tage Of the good times coming"
The routine here is, yislt to yonr ply
Asr LA In al asl ffsh "a M
according TO his Instructions, rest for a
couple Of hours, dinner about p. m, az
ter which everybody disappears until
about 4 p. M, when all turn out for a
scramble over the hill, ride on horse
nack or drive, light supper IS taken
about dark, and the evening generally
offers diversity OF amusements. The
best hotels alternate In giving hops, read
ings, rectations, music etc, aud during
the season the place Is seldom without
good dramatic or other troupe. Seaman,
as Shane-na. Lawn, has been playing 60
crowded houses for several dGyspast. The
opera-hOuse IS one of the handsomest
and most complete In the Southwest, and
IL a great fayOritc with the theatrical
fraternity Hot Springs also has the
reputation Of being good "ehOW town
A few days ago the ladies of the Epis-
copal Guild gayo selections from
"Mkado' ut the Avenue hotel and iiu-
ished the evening with a hop. Last week
the same entcrprislng ladies had an en-
teTtalnment consisting Of songs, recita-
lions and scenes from opera, at the Ar
liugion the evening ending la the inevi-
table hop.
Tho Are on Thursday night, while doing
al mi N
prove blessing. Theburut district con
sisted OF number Of cheap frame houses
occupying the very center Of the town,
the owners of which could not get any
insurance on them, aud the occupants,
mostly merchants, could get but very
small risks taken on their stocks, for
which they had to pay from : TO per
cent lhe IRE limits of the town include
this portion Of It, and II will be built up
in brick and iron
A mining excitement Is causing gen
Tie ripple OF agitation among both resi-
dents and visitors. The find Is situated
at Bear Mountain, sixteen miles from
Hot Springs, and Is spoken OF by an en-.
thuslastic Investor as "Just like black
mud, SIR We have been driving
over 1t for years, aud did
not dream OF the wealth
under our feet" understand
1t IS a species of graphite, carrying n
small amount of silver and trace of
gold. At other places the ore lies in
pockets, or veins, easily traced for some
distance on the surface, and OF varying
widths, some veins being as much as
one hundred feet wide. As yet there has
not been enough work done to determine
att nm to- hA nN la
ore, two parties OF large means and eXpe-
rience are at present engaged IN develop
ing properties there, and their action will
determine to Il great extent the value o.
the new mineral district. OF course Will
the discovery comes the usual crop OF OLE
settlers stories and "reminiscences OF tn,
times when Indians from the Olarl
mountains traded silver bullets for lead
the silver being too hard for use, ais,
when they found the remains of prlmitiv,
smelling furnaces, old shafts, etc, etc
The discovery OF this lead and silver dc
post Is turning the minds OF the peopl,
TO the building of another railroad, to b,
of standard gauge, extending from Littl
Rock TO Fort Worth via Hot Springs
From the energy OF the people who ar
advocating the road, and the character o
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Judge II will be but short time unit
definite action Is taken in the matter; thi
road would be simply an extension
of the Brownwood or Fort Worth 4 ri,
Grande railroad, In which yonr peopl
are taking so much interest. \ glance a
the map viii show you that Brentwood
Fort Worth, Paris, iocksboro, lilo
Springs and Little Rock, are ON the al
line, and route easy OF construction
hut as the route and It's advantages ar
worthy OF letter will leave 1t until IN
next, as also description OF the men
beers OF the wheel, or the wheolers--
new political organization, made up Of
combination OF farmers and wage worl
crs, VINO have SO far swept eyerythin
before them In the line OF the election ,
county officials IN this state
scotrs Emulsion of Pare Cod Liver oi