Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-09
TEXAS PROGRESS.

Eastland, in Eastlanu county, has fair
| prospects for q new bank. to be put in
there by Eastern capitalists.
Denison Herald: 1t is intimated that
syndicate will be formed in this city for
the erection of q SIS, 900 opera house.
CHILDREss, Oct. 5.-The laying of the
corner stone of the new $40 900 court
house of Childress county took place
yesterday in the presence of an immense
gathering of the people of the surround
ing country. The ceremonies were by
the Masonic lodge of this place, District
Deputy Grand Master James n. Brown
ing of Clarendon officiating, and also
orator OF the day. A number of visitin g
| brethren from Vernon, Quanab and
other points were in the procession. A
detachment of Knights of Pythias from
Vernon, knights of Honor and the
Panhandle Cavalry of Childress were
in the procession. Quite a number of
| relics and momentos were put IN the
stone, among them being a copy of the
Bible, copy of the first issue of the
Childrsss County Index and a copy of
THE GAZETTE by your news agent here.
The increase of taxable values of Ken
dali county is over $40 900, mostly in
newly opened farms.
SEYMOUR, Sept. 29.-The city council
has closed a contract with the Sun Vapor
Light company, Canton, Ohio, to illumi-
nate our city by placing fifty gasoline
lamps on our streets. The company pro-
poses to have the city lighted up on the
first day of November.
ABILENE, Sept. 29.-The artesian well
now being sunk here has attained depth
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ing nicely with every prospect of success
Two national banks are being spoken
of, while one Ia almost assured, which
will give our town five national banks
with IL capital of S475, 900.
HENRIETTA, Sept. 29.-The contract
for the waterworks and electric light
plant has been let and work is now pro-
crossing. The works are located be-
tween the Fort Worth and Denver rail-
way and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railway, and are expected to be COM
pleted IN the next ninety days.
A stock company is being organized to
run street car line here. charter
will be applied for this coming week.
Kerrville has erected about eighty new
residences and business houses since the
first of the current year.
Corsioana's main street will be paved
from END to end with bois q arc blocks
in short time.
Beeville is to have a new $1,000 Masonic
temple. Work begins in thirty days.
The same contractor will put up another
large brick building.
The little town of Abbot, Hill county
is rapidly improving. Several new
houses have recently been erected, and
three new business houses are q GER
tainty.
A new bank is to be Established in the
new town in the center of Crosby county
and be ready for operation in few
weeks.
Three or four miles of street railway
will be laid in Gainesville next month.
The waterworks will be extended to
Boston Heights where the street line
leads. Work of grading and prepars-
ton is already in progress.
San Antonio has expended during the
last Six months the sum of S87 500 in
street i'm provements.
The Denison Herald: "we are in the
midst of q great building boom,'' said q
prominent architect yesterday. 'It
knew the number of new houses in course
of construction in the residence part and
outer suburbs of the city. We all know
of the principal new buildings being
built, as they are seen every day, and in
measure attract our attention from
those smaller residences, which are of
vast Importance to a growing city. 1
make it a rule to go over the entire city
once q month, to see what Is going on,
having done SO for the past year, and I
can say from personal observation that
more new houses have been built in the
last two months than In any four months
previous.
Another Panhandle county, Ceilings
worth, has organized. Her election for
locating the county seat and the selection
of county officers came of last Tuesday,
the 30th ult. Wellington and Pearl City
were candidates for county seat. Well
Ington was elected by majority of
twenty The election for county
officers resulted as follows: County
judge, W. L. Smith; sheriff and tax
collector, Ed W. Bromley; district and
county clerk, John W. Anderson; asses
sor, n. B. Adamson; treasurer, Fred
Ewing; surveyor, f. E. McAlister; ami
NAL and hide inspector, Lawrence Angel.
The company owning Wellington being
Childress capitalists, our people are re-
joicing over their victory.
The railroad company Will probably
put in two additional switches at this
place, the increased business here de-
mandiug it.
Itasca is to have national bank, all
the stock has been taken and It will soon
be ready for business.
WACO, Oct. 1.-TWO six Brush West
inehouse >dynamos and sixty alternating
current arc lamps have been added to
the electric light plant in this city. The
new power house of the electric street
railway will have its dYnamos and en-
gines in place on Tuesday, the 14th inst.
The gas company. which also controls
the electric system, Is about to estab-