Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-04
SAN ANGELO.
stendy Importing Of Immigrants The
Earth In Good Condition for
Secd.Planting.
where tho Mustang 0ots It's Power % I'm
duranoe--Buiidtng, social, Religious
and PcrnvnnI Notes.
Correspondence Of tho ea.el.e.

arc 10 many events OF general interest
transporting In San Angelo, that 10 chroni-
Gle them all would require aweokly letter,
aud more space IN your columns for pub
location, than could be impartlally devo-
ted 10 any one Of the many Texas towns,
that look 20 THE 0AznrTE TO note their
progress, 20 from the well lillcd note
book only such itcme have been selected
as II IL hoped will DO Of interest to The
general reader.
After protracted drought that made
upland farmers apprchenslyo that seed
iIne had been indefinitely postponed,
and gave The rtockmen visions Of hard.
times, Mature 10 length rolcntcd, and
sent warm rain that m0iatenod thS
earth, and caused the dry grass TO spring
into new life, buoylDg tho people with
renewed hope Of continued prosperity,
as the clou6a give promise OF abundant
rain The winter has boon one Of warmth
and sunshine ia the ConchO country, ana
The loss ~ cattle has been 10 slight as 10
occasion no anxiety 10 stOckmcn, WINE
The wool Growers have been equally fortu-
nate, and no serious losses have been re-
ported NY any OF the large noCkm1atcrS.
There IL steady and Increasing Influx
of agricultural Immigrants into the Con
cho ynllica, and NO rapid has brenthc set
tlcmcnte near the hcad OF North Concho
that nn effort II being made ~ secure the
organization OF a new county from The
territory ~ Tom Green directly east OF
and adjoining the land OF Mldiandltes.
great dcal of oats and seed wheat have
hecn sold, and the statement contained
10 The "Standurdn that one llrn has sold
1900 bushels Of alfalfa seed Indicated that
tho etockmen regard agriculture az n
valuable auxiliary to grading An ablm-
dance u forage for winter cannot fail 20
enable tho stuckfncn 10 maintain many
more CATTLE III better condition than The
natural pastumgt VIII support,
The Arab horse mentioned IN your
Atlanta special as having been billed for
San Angelo by Wood peatoo on the day
be was Killed wua "Gipay,n snow
white Arnb mare, neary sixteen hands
high, weighing 100 pounds, aud valued
40 $4,000 Glpsy was brought FROM
Alabiu 20 England at two yoafs old AMI
pnt IN training school, In the hitter
country, from WhOl shd WIS brought 10
tho United States byathc6irlcalc company,
90 appear on the stage IN the play OF
MazeppR. The company west 10 pieces
IN Atlanta, aud Gipsey was sold With its
other effects, aud subsequently purchased
BY John X. Nasworthy OF this place The
marc iH powerfully built aud r. generally
acknowledged To be the finest animal ever
brought 10 Wost Tcxns.
During the war the endurance OF Texas
cavalry horses WINS mntter Of surprise
To perHons unacquninted with tho charac-
ter Of the mustangs May 10 not be that
their activity aud endurance are httrlbu.
table 10 their Arab orlgln2 II IA stated
thar horses were first introduced Into
Atu.nfga l.tfl .tt 4.
quest Of Mexico, and from these horses
desccndcd the mustangs, now represented
by tbs Texas ponies The Moors having
occupied Spain for several centuries
before the discovery OF America, 10 does
not seem improbable that Tho horses OF
the Spanish conquorors were from the
Arab stock Introduced into Spain, aud
that Ia the Texas mustang we hayea pure
barb or Arab brnnd that has not lost the
exccllcncirs Of the original stock.
building OF suns nntial character IL
N progress Ia San Angelo and vicinity |
the principal budding under construction
In tho town Us the cutHtonu front
business house ~ Measrs. Schwartz & |
RanA', Nub l'nllum has under contrnot a /
magnificent stone residence Just beyond |
the suburbs OF the town, and IL IN statod |
that Il. u. Sandcrson will soon begin the
erection Of q similar dwelling In samc
noighborhood. Jonathan Miles has con.
traoted for a large livery stable IN tho
North part OF the town, Other buildings
Of Importance ARE In contemplation and
since u VI defnitely understood that the
main llneol tho Gldf Colorado & Santa
10 rnilroAd IL coming To San Angelo, u H.
expected There VIII 10 no cessation OF the
building boom.
Tho fntVn hmm ,tn "A a .n,,ol ~ .l..,
entertainments which are always attended
with crowded houses. Tho Dramatic az.
ISOLATION promises to be i permanent In.
stltution OF the place, and IN the mem
bers become accustomed TO the stare
There Is noted marked Improvement ia
lhelr acting Where all are excellent com.
PARSONS ARE especially odions, but il
letfacts nothing from the merit OF those
VINO were assigncd minor parts, 20 saw
phAt MISS Ray ia Trough Diamond was
imply superb, and 'LoCr nlmltahIe
Tho musical entertainment ply0n by Mrs.
INNS pupils wu4 an agreeable surprise 10
those oven who were aware of their pro.
licinncy, aud was musical treat that
VIII not soon be- iorgottrn by our music.
loving citizens, San Angelo has some Of
The most highly cultivated musical talent 1
y the state aud 10 She pcrson Of Mr.. M.
Reynolds, Familiarity known on .'Micl.e
fhe Plper'' has the beat flutlsl.
The NinrodH vt The Fort, under eor,.
manu- 81 that veteran hunlaf Capt, Roea.
recently returned from hunt, In whics
IN two ttnyH they killed. thriy.nluc deer
phQ party consisted OF about three hun.
iars with the usual attendants. The onn.
lain Is said 10 bo the champion shot, nnd
70 think nothing ~ bringing Down deer
~ z thousand yards with Springfield
army rife. The party report prairie
chickens IL great abundance, bus consld.
itltely left them for the shotgun brigade.
There has recently been greet mum.
Ger OF religious meetings that reaulted IN
argc tccesainns TO the different religious
denominations represented la ran Angelo
nn index TO the grnwing Religious son.
tmnni, The report read as the first ami. ,
'ussaty Of the Southern Presbyterian
'hnIch AZ San Angelo, showed that an | ,
membership Of seven members ,
illa Increased lnfhc past year "a thirty. ,
* such results arc probably attribute. I
Ne 70 The fact that In this town ao,iarlau. ,
sm ~ fllhaervleut 10 Christian unity !
nd nnlteG effort for the accomplish.
nent o. q dcfnito pRrposo, sun 81 San
Ingelo, az in other new towns, compare.
Ively small portion OF tho entire isnnu- 4
alton attend preaching, Aad though there
e two huuday.schoois with large Nd. !
IndAncc, licfe are prolahly more plbl I
trh out Of ule Sandey-schools than afe \