Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-09
TEXAS PROGRESS.

an opera house.
A corps of surveyors are busy now
laying off into lots two railroad sections,
as additions to Seymour, one on the easi
and one on this north.
Corsicana advertises the fact that she
! has $50 600 in cash to give to the frs!
company that will erect a 500 200 cotton
mill in their city.
The Bell County national bank has
been organized ut Temple, with G. l..
Mckay, president; A. F. Bentlv, vice.
president; H. d. Kone, cashier; F.
! Mcdowell, assistant cashier, and C. L.
Mckay, H. ID. Kone, A. F. Bently, DR..
Rogers, Jno. jackson, Worth Walton
aud f. Paulus as directors.
Enough subscriptions have been gath
cred at Tyler to bridge the Neches on the
Porter's Bluff road. The construction
will be extended on either side over the
sIoughs.
The cotton factory at Dallas will carry
%, 900 spindles.
Four new stone buildings are under
way at Decatur OH North Trinity street.
They will have frontage of eighty-tive
feet.
Improvements have been running rife
in RockdaIe, Milan county, consisting
principally ofcottages aud elegant resi-
ences witha few stores.
The corner stone of the large McLain
hotel at Seymour will be laid soon with
appropriate ceremonies.
Gonzales. Gonzales county, has or
ganiZed a board of trade.
public park will be opened at Tyler
at the terminus of the East Erwin street
railway, Scott springs, southeast of the
city. a pavilion will be erected there
for concerts and outdoor entertainments.
The Iron City national bank of Llano
opened its doors for business on the 4th
inst. and up to noon the deposits were
something over $4,000. The officers are:
W. I. Moore, Jr., president; j. A.
Rafferty,, vice president, and c. c. Nc
Cluer, cashier.
The national bank at Hamilton will
soon be open for business. The Hico
bank will remove its headquarters to
FloresvIlle.
A marble yard will soon be established
at Morgan, Bosque county, by Waco
capitalists.
The stonework of the imposing opera
house at Lampasas Is finished and the
interior Is being pushed to compile ton.
TExARKANA, Aug. THE city author
tiles OH the West Side have rescinded
their contracts with the gas company
and will furnish their own lights after
this month. The contract rescInded was
entered into for thirty years.
LUBBOCK, Aug. 6.-LubbocK county
now has about 100 population. A town
has recently been located two miles north
of the center on the east side of the yell
low house canon, on land owned by MIR.
j. T. Lotion of Fort Worth. Mr.. lotion
has let the contract for substantial no.
tel, livery stable and schoolhouse. The
county is settling up rapidly, as the shall
low depth of water, proximity to timber
and fine quality of the land offer superior
inducements.
TYLER, Aug. Ga contract has been
let to have the fair grounds east of the
city cleared and arrangements for fair
this fall will be carried through with a
rush. AS soon as the grounds are cleared
work on the buildings will begin.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The following
national bank was authorized to COM
mence business: First national bank of
Grandview, at Grsndview, Tex; cap
ital, $50, 900; president, W. e. Davis;
cashier, t. E. Pittman.
QUANAH, Aug. 7.-All of the arrange
ments have been made for the construc-
tion of large and substantial bridge
across the south fork Red river, about
seven miles north of Quanah. which will
unite Hardeman and Greer counties by a
safe aud easy roadway. Qunnah is by
far the nearest and best market for farm
products, trading and railroad oonnec-
ton for large portion of Greer county,
and the business relations between the
people of Greer aud Quanah are daily
becoming more intimate and extern i've.
The splendid agricultural lands of
and Greer counties are being
rapidly converted into splendid farms,
and correspondingly increasing in value;
but there are still large areas of as fer
tile soil here US can be fouId in any state
in the Union that can be purchased 1T
from IS to Sl2 per acre on
easy terms to actual settlers. Next |
week ground will be broken in
the construction of an elegant hotel, to |
consist of three stories, aud nothing Will |
be omitted that will contribute to the |
comfort and convenience of its guests. Its |
walls be entirely of stone from the quar-
lies, two miles from town, aud the best |
material of all kinds will be used in its |