Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-16
TEXAS PROGRESS.

Work on the iron bridges in Runnels county
will be commenced in few days.
The Lavaca county national bank at HalIets-
vile has opened its doors for business.
The Cherokee Herald is elated over the prog
ress of Rusk In the last year. 1t mentions a
street car line, electric lights, ice factories, and
a large number of business blocks and resi-
dences.
Three handsome brick store-houses at Eacog-
doches going up the west side of the
square, owned by the Moore brothers and F. H.
Hoya.
Seymour. Baylor county, is rejoicing in the
prospect OF the So, 900 McLain hotel and the ex-
tensive brickyards which are now in operation.
The commissioners court of Bandera has
voted TO build new $40, 900 courthouse.
Floresville, Wilson county, has voted to in
corporate.
LEXINGTON, TEX, June I4.-Lexington is on a
boom. Three new stores, two brick and one
frame, are in process of erection and another
large brick will be built this summer. About
dozen new dwellings will go up this summer.
The town is alive with carpenters. We know of
no finer opening for business men. Wells of
Rockdale putting in fine machinery for gin
ming and milling purposes.
MARIENFELD, Tex, June 12.-The carpen-
ter's hammer is heard in the town as well as on
the ranch. The house-mover is busy moving
houses from lot to lot. New business houses
are being put in Marienfsld. People have
her boom.
held to-day to make arrangements for the lay
ing of the courthouse corner stone. The various
necessary committees were appointed Tues
day, the oath day of June. was designated as the
date for laying the corner stone with Masonic
ceremonies. Prominent Masonic and political
speakers will be on hand to address the people.
barbecue, good music and a dance will be
prominent features of the occasion.
Pa Try In h,,fl I'd
loan association held called meeting last night,
and the result is that at least seven brick build
ings will be erected at once in Bartlett Two
strong firms, one from Tay Tor and the other
from Temple. will open branch houses here as
soon as houses can be secured.
SUNSET, Tex, June 1.-THE mineral well
company have been busy this week surveying
their lands and will soon begin building the fine
i've style. aumor has It that the Union Pacific
will locate their hospital here, which is to be a
$40, 900 building. P. o. Sanders and DIR. S. A.
Mcdonald of Decatur have purchased the Beasly
tract of land consisting of 325 acres and propose
dividing it up into small building blocks of from
one to ten acres The land adioins the well
com pany's addition to the town and is as fine
fruit and gardening soil as could be desired.
BRowNwooD, TEX, June I4.-The Brown
wood board OF trade reorganized yesterday
evening, and the following officers were elected:
president; A. E. Noel, secretary; s. ]. walling,
treasurer executive board, s. P. Williams,
John G. Bernay, "; G. Morgan, q. t. Altman
hall on the. second floor in the Center
block for the purpose OF exhi iting
the different products of this county. There
will be exhibition in this hall samples OF all
agricultural products, oil, coal, iron and, in
fact, of all minerals of this county. The board
means business, and the town is getting a lively
move on her. resolution was unanimously
adopted that the representa- tives of the Frank
Leslie illustrate Newspaper, now travelling in
Texas, be and are hereby invited to visit Brown
I'D hat hey for ar11
through the great journals of civilization repre-
scented by them tell the world of the pleasant
and beautiful climate and productive soil of
this, the central county OF Texas.
CoMANcHE, TEX, June 12.-The Comanche
loan and improvement company have received
plans and specifications for nine new stone resi-
dences, and will begin work in few days
They expect to have them ready for occupancy
BY the Ist Of October NJ. v. Flemming is ex.
cavating the foundation on the South Side for
the erection of Q two-story building, 25x70 feet.
organized and ready for the transaction of such
business as may come before it and the town
offers one OF the best openings in the state for
is badly needed. In fact this is
fine field for any kind of business.
Among the new corners and capitalists who have
decided to cast their lots with the Comanches
recently are FIVE gentlemen from Brentwood.
six from Dublin end five from Gatesville. There
is not town in Texas which has labored under
greater difficulties than has COMMUNICATING
surrounded by railroads on all sides as she has
but every dog has his day. and this is
Comanche's opportunity, and the time is near
at hand when she will be the best town west of
Fort Worth. With her good society, hand
some churches, educational advantages, healthy
location, and the push and pluck of her business
men, together with the natural resources of the
country surrounding, she is bound TO build mp.
We expect TO have city in i've years with TO-
600 population. with electric lights, street rail-
way. waterworks, etc. This is no idle dream or
sps culation. The fact that she has sustained
herself under many adverse circumstances
gives us confidence that she viii prove herself
equal to any emergency,
GONZALES, Tex, June I3.-Last night our city
council had meeting for the purpose of grant
ing right of way through some Of the streets OF
our town in order to get to the Guadaloupe river
for the purpose of transporting brick AMI other
produc Is that may be manufactured there fter
some considerable difficulty they finally agreed
TO grant the right Of way asked for by our two
railroads to their lines through the streets
to the brickyard already in operation, and to
the one in contemplation. We have company
already formed FOR the purpose of constructing
dam across the river at this point with view OF
erscting an electric light plant here.
They expect to commence work in
the near future. When work is commenced
on the lam it win start up 81 oh boom as win
bring our town and county into notice, and viii
be the mears OF inducing many homeseekers to
hid their way 70 or town, and TO locate In cur