Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28

| ward. Mr.. Kuteman, one of our promi-
mem millmen, told US the other day that
his shipments of lumber extended as far
north as Kansas City and southwestwsrd
to the far interior of Mexico.
Another important industry is coal
mining near Abba. on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway. A large ex-
tent Of the surrounding country Is UNDER
laid with coal of good quality. 1t Is
near the surface, easily accessible and
in good demand at rsmuuerative
prices. We learn from Mr.. Howard,
one of the stock holders of the mine, that
four carloads, containing FROM fifteen
to TWENTY-FIVE tons each, of coal, are
shipped out West from Abba every
week.
On the red hills, east of Quitman and
Mineola, are abundant surface iudica-
tions of coal and iron. And it Is thoHgt1t
by experts that q rich find will ille re-
ward some enterprising minersiogist in
the near future. The state sRg9skiss
might be proti,ably employed in tTffss6as
cality for awhile. I
A few years ago near large spring z
his plantation in this vicinity, our ell
known pioneer, Col. &. II. Haiues dis-
covered quite number of relics of &by-
gone age, including Indian potf1gy
beads and tomahawks and old gun U6es'
rels and silver coins of ancient date and
with Spanish inscriptions. ALI these curl
osi:ies are kept by Col. Haines in a
careful state of preservation subject TO
inspection by all inGuiring patriotic Tex
ans. His theory, and it is plausible, is
that the guns and coins were left at the
spring by the De Soto party OF Spanish
hD 81,
east in 1912 or '43. This might be an
interesting item to the future historians
of Texas.
MIneola, our commercial metropolis, Is
a bustling city of 1000 people, on the
Texas and Pacific railway, with fine
graded schools, and with several thriving
manufacturing enterprises already In
full blast. But the chief glory of Nine
ola is in being the best cotton market
in Eastern Texas. The higst
cash prices paid for = B6n
did the work, and tho erea
of the city has almost sd during
the prasent cot,on Id. Mlneola by
her libereli1nl FAIR dealing hs. in
spireds 1BRfor her commercial stand
k6d her supremacy as a cotton
Eniarket over all her rivals may be easily
sElaintained in the future.
: Besides her products of the field, the
forest and the mine, Wood county has
contributed something in the way of
men to the greatness of Texas. Among
the distinguished citizens who have
sometime resided here may be men,
toned Col. Herndon, lawyer and states
man; our late Senator Buchanan.
"faciie prluceps inter pares, cut short
in his useful career by untimely death;
and, last but not least, Governor eIect
Hogg, who laid in this county the foun-
dation of his fame and fortune.
For the better development of our
latent resources, our people recognize
the need OF immigration and of capital,
and both would be heartily welcomed.
1t is hoped, however, that with the
change of political power at Washington
will come the necessary relief
by removing in measure the
restrictions OF trade and furnish
ing more abundant money. In that
event will dawn upon the whole country
new era of good feeling and we'll being,
and Wood county will have her full share
in the general prosperity. The natural
advantages SO long neutraliZed by bad
legislation will fully assert themselves,
her great Industries will awaken to the
hum of a new life and her waste places
will blossom as the rose.