Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26
TEXAS PROGRESS.

| A fine flow of water has been struck at deptl
| OF 1852 feet near Seymour, Wilbarger county.
Work on the bridges in Bastrop county is be
| ing pushed. One of them will contain tn,
longest span in the state and is the first can't
| lever bridge to be erected here.
| The foundations for the $500. 600 cotton mil
Mt Denison are in and the walls are being run III
| rapidly.
| GATEsvILLR, Tex, June IA stock compan,
! has been organized and stock taken to construct
| system of waterworks. Gatesyille is improv
| ing rapidly.
| MESARDv1LLE, TEX, June I6.-At present We
| have no Geographic connection with the outer
world, but will soon be connected by telephone
/ with Balllnger.
LEONARD, TEX, June I9.-It' Is expected that
Leonard is soon to have national bank.
HUNTSVILLE. TEX. June 19.-work was COM
1nenced this week upon three new brick build
ings on the west side of the square. They are
being erected by Mr.. ]. B. Jones, one of our
largest merchants. and one of them will be fitted
up for the new post office. The Gibbs national
bank building and large furniture store. both
brick: are also under construction, which with
the ad djtion of ten new residence buildings lust
erected and others being built, shows Hunts
vile to Ue enjoying verita lie building boom.
GAINESVILLE, Tex, June 1.-THE work Of
building the street railway was begun to-
to wo rk blowing and scraping out the road bed.
while another set followed laying ties and spik-
ing down rails. When completed, Gainesville
Will have one of the best street railway systems
in Texas.
FLOYD, TEX, June ls.-Mr. j. Watts has sold
his stock of groceries to W. A Frazer. Mr.
Frazer will continue the business at the same
old stand. One of the many things we need
here now is a first-class srdware house.
WASHINGTON, June I9.-The First national
ban OF Rusk, at Rusk, Tex. capital $50 600:
president. E. E. Gregg; cashier, A. A. Sim,
mons, was authorized to-day to commence bust
ness.
CoLLNsvILLE, Tex, June I9-Collinsville is
Iubilant over the discovery of a mineral well
within her limits. Mr.. J. B King, the happy
owner of the we'll, has the water in great
abundance, and with an already good test upon
his own invalid self, as well as upon others, he
all the common ailments OF man. This place is
famed for having the best water on the Missouri
Kansas and Texas railway in Texas, and now,
with medicinal well besides, she will surely
come TO the front.
TEMPLE. TEX, June Is.-Another year has
nearly rolled by and Temple is the winner The
citizens and fire departments called q meeting
last night which was well attended, the object
being to arrange some kind of a programme for
the celebration of the ninth anniversary of the
city of Temple. Familiarity known the ''Prai-
rie City, June 80. The business men OF the
town have voluntarily agreed to suspend bust
ness on this day from 10 q m. to p. m, and
Il join in making this a day of pleasure and
fun. Look back nine years and the site where
now stands our beautiful city was then nothing
but cotton field owned by our most energetic
and trusty townsman, j. E. Moore. Life and
good fortune was with us from the start, and be-
fore we shall have occasion to celebrate many
more birthdays we hope TO stand among the
larger cities OF to-day, sale of 16l acres of
land, immediate to and adjoining the western
portion of this city, was made TO Boston, Gal
weston and Temple syndicate. Terms and
amount of the sale were not obtsinable. There
is in course OF construction now several fine
brick business houses, among them
is one nearly completed, the property
of j. d. Brannon OF Galveston, Tex
he proposes letting some for Office purposes
The private bank not long since opened By
Messrs. o. L. Mccoy and Henry d. Kone, both
leading business men of this place, under the
firm name OF Mccoy & Kone, with suitable
capital, is doing quite amount of the town
and county business. We predict for them un-
bounded success At the last regular meeting