Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-25
TEXAS PROGRESS.

Ground was broken last week at Iowa
Park for a handsome brick building. and
residences are going up in and Sround the
town.
The Bell County poultry and stock asso-
citation met at Holland and elected officers
for the ensuing year. The object of the as
ISOLATION is the promotion Of the culture Of
thoroughbred poultry.
Mr.. Good of Quanah and citizens OF Clar-
endon are working to establish a bank in
the last mentioned city. About $50 900 has
been subscribed, and it is thought the bank
viii be in running order by the first of
April.
Ceiling and other lumber TO finish the
Methodist church at Kimball is on hand.
and it is expected that the building will be
ready soon for occupancy.
The water Of the well at Hotel Velasco is
now distributed in different parts of the
city. The Snider building has now the sec
ond story framing in position and the other
work is progressing well. There are now
in the town five brlckyards with a capacity
of $4,000 bricks day.
Abilene now has Holloway chemical
fire engine.
The ladies of Blossom are giving series
of entertainments TO raise money for build
ing parsonage.
The people of Sunset in mass meeting de-
cided that the town should take steps to in
corporate for school purposes.
The Quauah lodge a. Z, and A. NJ. now
occupy their new hall, and report number
of applications for membership.
The building and sheds of the Tyler roll
ing mills are being painted with red heme-
tite found at the plant just under the sur
face of the ground.
The commissioners of Hardeman county
are considering the propriety of having
built tire-proof vault, for better protec-
tion of the county records than the court
house affords.
The commissioners court of Denton
county has settled. all claims for building
the new Jail, (which cost $40 OOO The con-
tract to supply the city of Denton with
waterworlls mas been closed, ana the CON
tractor is of the opinion that they will be
in operation about the middle of May.
Claiming, Hartley county, although not
two years old, has good waterworks sys-
TEN and many of the progressive features
Of older settled towns
There has been started this year near
Hale City the first nursery on the plains
for the propagation and sale of fruit trees,
vines and shrubbery.
During the past year there has been
graded In Cooke county $50 miles of road
bed, twenty-five bridges built, one of them
costing $1,000, and S2335 of county indebted
ness paid OF.
The money necessary for the improve
ment of Arkansas Pass harbor has been
subscribed, amounting to about $500, 900.
-Brisco, new county in the Panhandle, is
to be organized in March.
The contractors for new Touring mill at
Memphis, Childress county, are pushing
the work and expect to have it ready for
grinding within six weeks.
At Nolanville-Mr Walden of Bolton is
making preparation for the Glilding of
new cotton gin. The plant will cost not
less than $4,000, and its picking capacity
about forty bales per day. Mr. William
Cunningham has almost completed his new
residence, north of the academy, and will
move his family into it in few weeks.
The new Methodist pastor, Rev Mr.
Roberts, preached his first sermon last Sun
day, with which the congregation was well
pleased.
The citizens of Beeville are moving to Sc
cure an Oil mill at that place. Nearly $50, 600
has been subscribed for the purpose.
The full amount requisite for an electric
light plant at Brennan has been raised.
The Canadian Valley bank building will
soon be completed.
The finances of Childress county are in
good shape. All outstanding scrip issued
before January l, 1892, is about paid.
The commissioners of Foard county have
accepted bid for the building of a court
house at CroweIl
The site for an oil mill at Gainesville has
been selected.
Mrs. Mollie Turner, principal of the
school at Trenton, has purchased the school
building and is one of Ill Texas teachers
having life certificates.
a new bank tho City national, has just
been established in Gainesville with j. r.
Saunders. president; J. W. Saunders, vice
president, and j. S. Corley, cashier.
Mr.. John Sargent of Bay Prairie was in
the city Tuesday. and shipped by the
steamer Alice Blair fifty head of beeves
from the shipping pens at Quintana. This
is the beginning of new and immense
business.