San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-06


Eve OF a Big Boom.
Special 20 the / .'nr.
BEEvILLE, TEXAS, July 9TH, 1859.
The Beeville danciOg academy has
closed for the season. The exercise,
wound up with o competitive dance
and the youth and beauty Of The young
metropolis ere out in force. w. o.
McCurdy, the popular and talented
young editor of the Beeville Bee, and
who is also one of the leading social
lights Of the city, captured the gentle
mans prize for fire leg moving, and
Miss Glarissa Little, handsome
young lady Of the city, captured the
lady's.
The movement of new corners into
this fine part of Texas seems to have
commenced in dead earnest, judging
from what can be seen at Beeville.
The city is on the verge Of regular
Kansas boom, new faces appeal every
day and real estate has commenced
to move at a lively rate. One gentle
man alone bought twelve lots in the
Walton addition and will erect a fine
residence at once, and Capt. A. G..
Jones disposed of fine pie,e of city
property this week. A five thousand
dollar residence is being erected by
A. p. Racial, a wealthy ranchman,
and two others of similar cost are
about to be started, besides number
of smaller cottages are building or afe
about to be commenced.
The Gulf, West Texas & Pacific
railroad is new about thirteen miles
away from the city but will not reach
large streams are in the way and will
have to be briiged. The Southern
Pacific company will stop the road at
Beeville for an indefinite period and
will erect a round house and make
the city division headquarters. The
company has announced determine
ton TO encourage the development of
the country around the city by bring
ing in farmers.
Capt. A. G. Jones is making a hot
fight to have heproposed new insane
asylum located at Beevil,e. He has
offered ID donate one hundred acres
Of well located land in the suburbs
and will give other Inducements f
the Austin authorities. He IS strong
ly backed by the public sentiment of
this section. BeeViI3 is now q rail-
road town and is the natural center
of vast scope of country and no bet
ter location can be found.
President Harrison has not vet
made any change in the pos tofice
here. He seems to be moving slowly
in this section and the democrats are
still allowed to luxuliate at the pub
lie trough. 1t is the general opinion
fhnt Nnl tnr Inl Ia
pointed when the change is made.
The movement to erect q college
here has again been put under way.
Ten acres Of land have been set aside
for the purpose in the heart Of the
city, and our citizens desire to estab-
lish an institution of learning of high
grade to meet the educational de-
mands of Bee and other tributary
counties. The movement is backed
by the substantial citizens of several
counties who are now under the
necessity of sending their children to
distant points.
Col. ID. r. FAINT has bought the Geo.
West ranch of 10000 acres in Live
Oak county and proposes to divide
it out to farmers. He, like many
other land owners in this section, is
coming to the conclusion that ranch
ing on the big scale is dead. Col. Ma
lone, of Skidmore, is another big land
owner that is tired of the cattle busl-
ness and is making arrangements to
have his rich lands settled and
farmed.
Letters from home-seekers in other
parts of Texas and distant states are
reaching Beeville by the dozen and
the indications are that there will be
regular immigration rush by fall.
Rains have fallen all over this sec
ton and the crops are splendid and
the farmers are all happy.
The Kansas farmers who have loca-
ted near Beeville are the best pleased
man in craa tiOn 7, &