Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14


The fair opens promptly at O'CLOCK on
the morning of October z.
Four new stone buildings are under
way at Decatur on North Trinity street.
They will have frontage OF eighty-hve
feet.
The corner stone of the large Nolan
hotel Mt Seymour will be laid soon with
appropriate ceremonies.
Gonzales, Gonzales county, has or
ganized board of trade.
A public park will be opened ut Tyler
ut the terminus of the East Erwin street
railway, Scott springs, southeast OF the
city. A pavilion will be erected there
for concerts and outdoor entertainments.
The Iron City national bank OF Llano
opened its doors for business on the 4th
inst. and I'D to noon the deposits were
something over $4,000. The officers are:
W. 7. Moore, Jr., president; j. A.
Rafferty,, vice president, and c. c. Nc
Cluer, cashier.
The national bank at Hamilton will
soon be open for business. The Hico
bank will remove its headquarters to
FloresvllIe.
A marble yard will soon be established
at Morgan, Bosque county, by Waco
capitalists.
The stouework of the imposing opera
house at Lampasss Is finished and the
interior Is being pushed TO compile ton.
ALvORD, Aug. 4-Messrs. Thomas &
Rolling are building two-story brick
building, 50x75 feet, where their old
house stood, which was destroyed by the
recent fire here. The upper story OF this
building will be neatly fitted up for
hotel. This will give Alvord one OF the
best hotel buildings north OF Fort Worth.
TEMPLE, Aug. 4.-The Bell Coun-
tv national bank was organized to-
day with capital of $50 900. e. L.
Mccoy is president; A. p. BARLEY, vice.
president; II. d. Cone, cashier; w. l..
Rogers, John r. Jackson, l.. F. Paulus
aud q. w. Walton, Jr. directors. This
makes three national banks for our city
of 5000.
GRAHAM, Aug. 4.-The Beckham ma
tioual bank, apital 500 900, organized
to-day and elected the following officers:
w. p. Beckham, president; X. f.
Arnold, first vice-president; S. R JEFF
fiery, second vire-president; f. b. Nor
man, cashier; J. NJ. Norman, assistant
cashier. The directors are w. p. Beck
ham, R. F. Arnold, s. r. Jeffrey, E.
b. Norman, John E. Morrison, J. B.
Norris and W. S. McJimsey. All of the
above named are citizens of Graham,
aud in their respective occupations have
been financially very successful.
The First national bank, capital $780,
900, R. e. Mabry, president and
William Houston, cashier, will COM
mence business in very few days.
WACO, Aug. 6.-The contract to erect
the Provident life insurance building
has been relet to Waco parties as re-
suit of the failure of the former cOu-
tractors TO comply with the terms. John
Tenant has the stone contract. j. h.
Harrison the brick and 7. B. Barton the
carpenter work and material. The
building will be finished Immediately.
TYLER, Aug. 5.-About 1000 feet of
street railway was laid to-day on West
Erwin and Spring streets.
The city national bank building is 60
ing up rapidly.
TERRELL, Aug. 6.-The Gaffney hard
ware company was awarded the contract
for the cOrnice TO the new school build
ing at Vernon, Tex.
The prospects are now fair to put In an
electric plant in Terrell. Some of our
en.erprising capitalists have taken the
matter in hand.
DALLAS, Aug. 6.-The contract for the
Dallas county courthouse was signed this
afternoon. Mr. R. L. James, the con-
tractor, secured the final bid and will
erect the building according to specitica-
iions out of Little Rock granite, for
$3.50 900. 1t will take about two years
to complete the edltice.
LUBBOCK, Aug. 6.-LuhbocK county
now has about 100 population. town
has recently been located two miles north
of the center on the east side OF the Yell
low house canon, on land owned by Mr..
J. T. Lotion of Fort Worth. Mr.. Lotion
has let the contract for substantial ho-
tel, livery stable and schoolhouse. The
county is settling up rapidly, as the shall
low depth of water, proximity to timber
and fine quality Of the land offer superior
inducements.
TYLER, Aug. GA contract has been
let to have the fair grounds east OF the
city cleared and arrangements for fair
this fall will be carried through with q
rush AS soon as the grounds are cleared
work on the buildings will begin.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The following
national bank was authorized to COM
mence business: First national bank of
Grandview, at Grandview, Tex; cap
ital, $50, 900; president, w. G. Davis;
cashier, T. E. Pittman.
QUANAH, Aug. 7.--All Of the arrange
ments have been made for the construc-
ton of a large and substantial bridge
across the south fork Red river, about
seven miles north of Quauah, which will
unite Hardeman and Greer counties by a
safe and easy roadway. Quanah is by
far the nearest and best market for farm
products, trading and railroad connec-
ton for a large portion of Greer county,
and the business relations between the
people of Greer and Quanah are daily
becoming more intimate and eXten i've.
The splendid agricultural lands of
Hardeman and Greer counties are being
rapidly converted into splendid farms,
and correspondingly increasing in value;
but there are still large areas of as fer
tile soil here as can be found in any state
in the Union that can be- purchased ut
from So to Sl2 per acre on
easy terms to actual settlers. Next
week ground will be broken in
the construction of an elegant hotel, to
consist of three stories, aud nothing will