Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-02-28
tovn e we'll supplied with merchants

town is we'll supplied with merchants,
LAWYERS. doctors, livery men, carpenters,
blacksmiths, etc., IN fact, every
trade and profession usually found in
similar towns is we'll filled. The public
buildings of Seymour would be orna-
ments TO many towns OF fve times It's
nopuIation. They have splendid.
secure Jail, bull: of native stone, which
il fitted up both for the comfort and
security of its inhabitants. Their court
house is an elegant structure, situated
in the center OF the public square,
1890 feet on its foundation and III
feet high, of elegant design, dnd per-
feet workmanship. The inside arrange
meut is perfect and this house IL justly
the pride of the county. It 10 built OF
native stone, all Of which was procured
within one mile of the site OF the build
ing. It's cost, complete, is S4l 200. The
country Immediately around the
town is fast settling up with
industrious farmers anu lano
values are constantly increasing.
All land near town Is IN demand by IN
teIIigent farmers who wish to aVsii
themselves of the excsllent enurch anu
school facilities which the town ahords.
Seymour has two neat, Weiloulit anu
Christian. Besides these denominations
they have preaching regularly by the
PresbYtsrians and Baptists. The churches
arv well seated and the attendance US
uallY large. There is . strong religious
sentiment among the psoDls. The SAD
bath il strictly observed. They have
nous of the vices OF the larger eltles'
while they have all their advantages.
Good schools, good churches and pure
! moral atmosphere are some OF the Dsne-
tts'whIch they claim. The law Is Gu
/ forced, crime is scarce, and moraIity IL
universally rracticed.
Local option prevails in the county by
/ large majority.
Among tbe live business men ars suen
as Ransom s. Son, hardware merchants
who came to Seymour in 1850, from MIS-
souri,. They are now erecting large stone
business house which they will occupy
soon as completed; Hill & Craddock
carry q large line of general merchan-
disc, and do thriving business; Z. M
Love and r. r. McKeehan carry large
stocks of general merchandise, ana are
among the oldest business men or ths
ulacs; Montgomery & Woodyear' AM
Board s Dickson, are two large re1
estate firms, who have done grea'
deal IN DGllulDR up AuO OS'S'NPA, =,
county; DR.. +. G. Kenan Is one or th'
liveliest citizens Seymour possesses an'
is chuck full of statistics; his brother, "
l.. Denan, is county clerk, and what ~
does not know about Baylor county
not worth hunting up; Judge Newton
county Judge, is one Of those solid met
who would rather live we'll than be presl
dent of q railroad; Mr.. Isenberg, sttor
uev. is one of those ambitious lawyer
who had rather get one of Judge Ne"
toms decisions reversed than go to churcl
with the prettIest girl IN town. "
would have to take census OF Seynou
in order to mention all her good people
Two national banks are opening up al
, ready for business and possibly the thlr
will soon open up.
Messrs Brittou and Lomax, two gen
tlemen well known in Fort Worth, ar
the proprietors of one, and the other
by Hillsboro gentlemen, represented D
Mr.. G. A. Sullenberger, who Is no
here.
In every sense of the word Seymour ia
got q move on and if there is anything
surroundings shs is destined to become
, commercial point of no small note. e.