Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-30
CLARkNDgN.

a Visit to tho Largest Town in the Texas
Panhandle.
CLARENDON, TEX, March q, 1883.
TO the Editor of the Gazette.
Three d Us in the largest town IN the
Panhandle, everybody Is here. 1t is the
greatest plsce in the world to meet peo-
pie from every where. No wonder tn?
population are liberal-mlnded and pro-
greesive.
Mr.. Stocking Of New York, brother OF
DR.. J. D. Stocking. is here prospecting.
He expresses himself as pleased and be-
wildered with this strange new town.
General q. c NJ Cuiloch hiss his head
quarters here. He thinks this will be one
of the best points on the road between
Denver and Fort Worn. Speaking Of
Dolley comfy, he says sales m d. in
D0nleY county under act Of 1887, are
eleven, but there are good may appli-
cations to purchase tbat have been sent
to the General Lsnd Office and ere not
heard from. There are ia agricultural
sections now on the market for sale, and
q good many sections sold under the act
of 1888, that do not appear among the
classified lands.
There is little band of pioneer Chris-
tIans who hold religious services at the
residence Of Mrs. Grant every Sunday
afternoon, and are doing much good to-
ward keeping moral element in power
and throwing some restraining influence
upon the natural inclination to 60 wild in
this go-as-you-p please town.
The excursionists took supper here last
night and were enthusiastically greeted
and given the freedom Of the city. Quite
crowd joined them here for Denver.
Everybody seems happy and prosperous
hare, with plenty Of money and high
hopes for the future OF the Panhandle,
in fact, there seems to be something in
the air that makes p-ople hopeful here,
Chief Engineer Bissell will lay off the
ground for the rail way repair shops here
soon. Four more railroads are coming
and people are still buying lots and build
Ing.
Mr.. Faker, formerly master mechanic
at Greenville, is here ostepsiblY to take
charge of the same department here,
while it Is said that Mr.. Jack Davis Of
GreenVile will have charge Of the repair
shops.
Trinidad coal passes through here
every day by the train losd, and it is es-
timsted thst the Fort Worth and Denver
will take large share OF the Missouri
Pacific coal trade and reduce the price Of
that article. Chesp coal Is what the Pan
handle needs to bring farmers here, who
are not slow to zee their own interest
There is gentleman here from Ellis
county to day looking for location for
seveTsl families.
The telegraph operator at Wsshburn
will take q section Of land at that place.
he is here negotiating with General Nc
Culloch to-day.
The repair shops will employ abous l75
hands here and they will all buy and
build. They cannot do otherwise, for
Clarendon like every other railroad oivis-
ion in Texas has no houses to rent.
II Is said to be demonstrated fact that
the high lands of the Panhandle are
splendid for fruit and small grain, that
underneath the grass which is chief
known IS bunch grass there Is q loose
sandy loan that Is moist enough to sprout
seed at the dryest season. Of the year.
What atvast garden Fort Worth will have
to gather fruit from when these undula-
ting pfairies are made to blossom like
the rose. lRRNH.