San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-20
THE WESTERN TO WINS.
Bracket to Have Friedlander and Del
Rio an Opera House, Etc.


Mr. Charles Gracbner. one ofthe wide
awake young travelling statesmen from
this city, has just returned from two
weeks business tIip as far vast as Del
Rio and Eagle Pans. A LIGHT reporter
met him YESTERDAY and obtained the fol-
lowing little narrative Of his trip:
The first place l stopped was at La
eoste Station" he began. "LacoSte is
improving slowly, only small hotel
being built since my last visit there last
year. Otto Zuehl, the railway station
agent, is still there, and anybody step
ping of at LacoPte should by all means
see him If they want pleasant acquaint-
anCe.
"At Castrovilie all the excitement is
over the question OF running the county
seat to HOndO City. Both Castroville
ard HondO are making strong efforts for
the coveted boon, and HondO has a large
delegation OF wire pullers in CastrOville
working in her interest.
Along by IIOndo and D'Hanis the
farmers are all hard at work
-
very happy over the recent good rains.
Uvalde is very quiet. but shows good
business prospects for the future. Money
at present is all tied up, and there is
is very little cash on hand. Some good
buildings are going up, mostly resi-
dences, being built by Northern visitors,
who have come as lnVallds TO Uvalde,
and being benefited, have decided to
locate permanently. This city, as a
health resort, seems to be holding its
own. TO illustrate this, will state that
a coffin drummer for Cincinnati house
was visiting Uvalde at the time | was
there and called on a dealer to whom he
had sold a bill of goods one year ago.
He called again and found his customer
with the same old stock, excepting one
coffin, which had been sold for one man,
who had died a violent death.
SpOtiOrd Junction has lost IFS prospects
for becoming a popular town by not Sc
curing permanent water in any quantity.
Bracket is improving slowly but
steadily. All the improvements are of
Il solid, permanent character, the build
Ings being of stone. One large stone
is going up and large stone building is
being built now, TO be occupied by
Friedlander, the Fort Stockton post
trader or sutler, who intends abandoning
Fort Stockton and removing to Bracket.
AT the military post of Fort Clark there
are at least II new stone buildings being
erected. to be used as officers quarters.
All Bracket needs now is direct railway
connection with the outside world. |
have great confidence in Brackets
future, and my confidence is exhibited
by purchasing 10 lots in the town.
While in Bracket Mrs. Malloy, very
estimable lady of that-city, died after a
protracted illness.
At Eagle Pass all is quiet, but with a
good business outlook. l.. De BOna's
new building is nearing completion. |
heard the Juvenile band play and they
have improved wonderfully. They wish
very much TO again visit san Antonio.
Del Rio shows little Improvement,
though some buildings are being pro-
jeCted. A large stOre-hOuse will soon
be Quilt for LinGheim Bros, and another
one for Henry J. Ware. to be used for
an opera house. heard, too, that
Half & Bro. of San Antonio, and Mr..
Herman Brendel are soon to erect 26
cottage houses there for tenants. A
large fur trade was made while | was
there. Mr.. G. 5. Broadbent selling 800
beaver, wolf and fox pelts to a ST. Louis
firm.
Mr.. G. says the trade of these towns is
all with San Antonio merchants, and is
handled by San Antonio drummers ex-
A northern drummer being
rarely seen in them. For awhile the
merchants thought they could buy more
cheaply from northern houses, tried it,
but are now coming back to San Anto-
MO merchants, and no northern drum
mers need apply. Mr.. Graebner took
large orders for his house while en- route,
and says he did much better than he