The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-05-02
correspondence OF the Union TINES
Letter from Texas

Edtor Union 7InsS-I hove ;uy, ,o,,,.
from Dallas, Texas. the inetrSpol;s or ,Io
| o'a'e, where Jay Gould has spent e;oIt -,
on uays looking after his railroad interests
mnioh ne VIII have improved greatly, soon
IL IL given ont that he will have ,,o,,L'o
tracks built from Fort Worth TO Dallas ond
tnat lie will make n connection into DoIIos
| WIN tue Cotton Belt which can bc dome L,,
oul!oihg branch only II or IL miles. and
,"rious improvements and changes. lie has
| SsP0". "rc'uy D or u weeks in Texas and old
'Aio'' Sha IL Is not reasonable to suppose
M a;i - -: uo"h mere Tor his health, though il is
| said his health has improved gre,tiy s;,a.
coming South. Mr.. Gould sees ,owe,h;m,,
anead which, when inauguratcd, wi Tkcly
orlng nm large profits, and it goes without
s'sioS 'lat hc knows good thing when h.
sseSh. lie has enjoyed this trip TO Texas
aoo'c all others, because he feels safe here
now; he goes our and walks alone on the
streets OF tho various towns he visits when
IL SUITS nm - to do. lie was seen wolkin.
up Elm Street III Dallas lat week o'one b4
some one vino knew him. A few wears 400
II M"' saiI th't the employees on the Texas
n" S r"'lhc drew deal line at Big
springs, ON said road, and vowed thsv wouIJ
mob him if lie crossed il and !, w, ,i
stated that he remained, when in Texas. East
oi Big Springs until their wrath moderated
nc went over the entire line from Tex
arkaha to I'll PaSo, "A distance of nine bun.
urea ('oo) mics without any molostntion
"hateFer. lie run over the Mexican Cen.
tral 10 the city of Mexico, some l3OO niIr. |
South from FL Paso, where he remained |
seVera' days. Before leaving and after rc. |
turning to Texas, he has visited nearly every |
lnrgc town IN the State. lie has spent most
y. ua ms !lme IN Dallas; where the people feel
very kindly toward him, and the Ballasitcs'
, "ou.o oihe' VINE and lionize him, but when
lo ,,niSheS the business with them he gen
era'ly goes to his private car the "Atalanta''
named no doubt for his Yacht. which il
always side tracked at the State Fair Grounds
III the Eastern suburbs of Dallas. Three
years ago jay Gould passed through DALLAS
,trIy one morning. just about the rising Of
lie sun, ami said to some one pcrhapS n
newspaper reporter, that Dallas was n great
own, and was destined to be a biz CITY and
great commercial centre. which was a signal
or boom, because. from that very day
'aliaS got "movc on her. and she has ,
nrdc progression in that length of time, ,
ome people down here think hc Isl prophet
u" 'hat whatever he says must hc and will
c. And many have so much faith in the
IAN that they go 80 far as TO say his visit to
cAas will 50 stimulate the people in and ont .
Texas that il will he worth millions To the :
tate. There are. Mr.. E,litor. no doubt. y
'illions III his visit, but don't you believe :
VIII get most of said n,illcrs jaw {
ould has his daughter, Miss Helen his I"
'nily phySician anil others in his party,
met Mr.. Worth duncan on nv WAY to
al!aS, who was on his way to the same II
lace to attend the annual conclaye of the .
nights Icmplar, to which he belongs. IIo u
tormcd me thar Byoktcr Goudclock. late II
Union, bu, now of Paris, Texas. was ~
arried, on 10th inst, to Miss Vcrnic "
ortham, daughter Of Il B. Wcr;l,qm, Of W
Danokc. Va. My. Gnudclock and his bride -
II immediately for Roanoke, where they !"
III visit the family of Mrs Gou,lclock. !"
'cr which they will 90 To Gowdcvsville.
.nion Comfy, II stay with w. l.. Gou,lc. ~ ~
* while, returning to Paris, Texas VI
nctimc III August. eS
have heard it said since have bee, &"
nc that Hon. Samuel W. T.. Lauham. rcr ~
sentative from the lth Texas District in ~
hgrcSS, represented more territory than "
y one man il the world so | looked to sc
what l could l'arn about it. and | find "'
II there arc - counties in his district oe
zen comprises more ;hln three times rs pa
ch territory AZ th""c :S Il. the state of "a
,r T or five mio;ths, has icit TOT her nUn'c i" cR
ro'na. 'SP>' y les