Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-25
TEXAS IMMIGRATION.

Prospectors are visiting the Abilene
| country at a lively rate now and land
| sales are more frequent than they have
| been for two months.
Seventy five German Polish emigrants
arrived at Galveston by the steamer Rio
Grande recently and will scatter about
! the interior of the state.
According to the Western Argus, Mon
tague couaty, new prospectors are in
| Nocona every day. There are several
buildings gong up now, and e'er long
| there will be several business houses of
considerable Importance start up.
Immigrants are coming thick and fast
| from the East, and are rapidly settling
| up Wil1arger county and the Panhandle
country.
The Ell Paso Herald has the following:
S. w. Russell has received a letter from
gentleman in Cincinnati ASKING about
property in our valley. He wishes to
locate colony of American farmers and
tradrsmen in this section. aud wants to
buy 5000 acres of land for that purpose.
Mr.. Russell feels satisfied that he can
accom- MEDIATE him, and is giving him
figures on property in this section, and
he will probably be here IN few days to
look over the ground.
Many prospectors and investors are
visiting Swisher county and locating the
lands around Julia. A good many heavy
investments are being made.
FRAZER, Nov. 23.-Immigrants are
fiocking 10 this county as If there vert
no other section of any worth in the
state.
FISHER. Nov. 23.-Scurry county,
which has been overlooked by imml-
grants heretofore, is now getting large
number of good farmers. Aspermont,
near the center OF Stouewull county, has
recently been given. Il healthy little boom
by the settlement of a large number OF
farmers near it. The Swede settlement
in the northeast part of Fisher county
has just received an addition of six
families from Travis county. This set
Element now numbers about fifty
families.
PECos CITY, Nov. 23.-Pecos City
while not or a boom continues to draw
farmers from the East. Mr.. J. w.
Prewitt of Crockett, came out several
days ago to look for location for him.
self aud several of his ne!ghbors. He
visited this place first and with the in
tentiou Of taking in the Panhandle and
Abilene country, but after spending
three or four days said that this was
good enough for him, aud Left for home
to dispose of his interests and will return
By January /. He SAID that on his re-
port would depend the removal of q
number of families who have besn con-
tending with the drouth in the less ia
vore6 portions of the state. MIR. Prewitr
is one of the most substantial men of
Houston county, and was skepticaI when
he started for Pecos City as to the sue
cess attending farming by irrigation.
Iowa PARK. Nov. 22.-In the increase
of population this has been a red letter
week i'll the history of iowa Park. About
twelve families arrived from different
places. Messrs. A. G. Watts and NJ. A.
Smith and families, from Iowa; MIR. s.
c. rrawgtha and family, Johnstown,
Pa. MIR. Akers and two other gentle.
men and their families Sixteen in ally,
from Missouri: Mr.. Flynn, Little Rock,
Ark, and Messrs. j. S. Nix. c. Nj.
Lawrence, j. n. T. Yates and Virgil
Nix and their families. all from Parker
county, this state. These men with
their ives, little ones and trunks, ara
here to locate. Others are reported on
the way.
CLAUDE, Nov. 2t.-Immigrants are
stu coming. MIR. j. w. Brooks, from
Jefferson, Tex. arrived with his family
to-day.