Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-06
TEXAS PROGRESS.

| The Brady Sentinel says Mr. Pete King
| has purchased the lumber to build a new
house. F NJ Campbell has lumber on the
| ground to build a house.
Albert Coveny is building handsome
| residence in Quintana.
Lockhart has just completed a $4,000
school house.
The new Methodist church at Cleburne
! will be finished by September l.
The iron arrived for the court house Sat
| urday night and work was resumed Mon
day morning. 1t will now be pushed to
| completion Coke County Rustler.
Work is progressing on the schoolhouse
| addition at Brady.
Miss Mary Grasof is having new store
| building, 24X3i feet, erected at Sinner.
All the bridge material for the Clear Fork
bridge has been hauled out and work on it
will be pushed rapidly, as the cottonwood
bridge has been tnished.-[ Fisher County
Call.
Work has been commenced on the. new
Methodist church At Orange.
The contract has been let and material is
being placed on the ground for the new
hotel The building will cost 5000
Haskell Star.
The Trippet building at Waxahachie is
nearing completion. The front will be one
of the most attractive in the city.
The Kerrville News says Capt. Schreiner
is having an additional stone building 26x
30 feet and two stories high erected ad-
joining the first one. The lower part of the
new building viii be used for bank and
the upper story for an opera hall.
Bottoms third artesian well is down 700
feet.
A new lumber yard is to be opened up at
Claude shortly.
STEPHENvILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEX,
Aug. 1.-The contract for the new SO, 900
courthouse will be let in several weeks
The old one will be sold and torn down. The
commissioners have already adopted plans
for the new structure, and it will be amply
large to accommodate the needs of this
great and rapidly growing county. Stephen
vile was burned out last spring and L num-
Der OF her merchants ruined, hence there is
lack of business houses at present to &c
commOdate the trade of this section, but
the owners of the burned district have de
ciGed to put their lots on the market, so as
To induce those elsewhere who are anxious
to secure good locations for business. to
come in and locate. This precinct is well
populated, having cast $40 votes at the cleo
ton of July -, ami the town enjoys Il heavy
trade from the adjoining precincts. The
great bulk of the trade of this county goes
to Fort Worth Dallas comes in for a share,
but Waco has been nearly left in the cold
since the completion of the Fort Worth and
Rio Grande to Stephenville. If you have
any good, live merchants over at the Fort
who are anxious to secure good business
locations. Just send them over to Stephen
vile and let them inspect our trade area.
COLORADO. MITCHELL COUNTY, Aug. .
The Commercial Club building was COM
pleted this week and turned over by the
contractors to the committee The hand
some furniture for the club room is begin
ming to arrive, and within two weeks
Colorado can boast of the most ele-
@antly appointed club houses west
of Fort Worth The commodious new post
Office has been also finished this week, and
Postmaster Hazard will move into his new
quarters on Monday. The room is 40x40
feet, to be used exclusively for postotfice
purposes, and is equipped with 4 very
handsome outfit of Yale lock boxes, win
dows, desks, Distributing tables, etc
Louisville will have seven new brick
buildings, and an excellent school. two
story brick hotel and bank this year
TLewiSyille Times.