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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03
(SPER

ne town OF Jasper will room be 4
railroad terminus and new life is nov
ming to be infused into its people. TIL,
beaumont and Kansas City will
inning into the town by July Is. The
has an cnviabie name for its hospita-
IA intelligent people, its good schools
,hurches and the entire county teing
anton for the past twenty years. its
am from temptations OF all kind of
has given the town a great reputa-
Tor morality.
business men have always stood
Tor integrity and honesty. there not
a failure or assignment for the past
~. five years. 1t has always been \
Id,d business point. The present mer-
are w. ]. p. Adams. N. NJ. Hart,
pros. Scale & Scarborough, c. G..
Ibey. X. NJ. Curtis and w. @. Price.
r r. Stone and X. II. Hancock are
Shysicians of the town.
I baptist, Methodist and Primitive
II each have splendid buildings and
krgely attended. lg'
Sdy Greek, the prettiest stream of
|nsting water, runs through town. Dry
her has no effect on Its flow OF water
(awmills. gins and grist mills are run
II is full of fish of all kinds.
M the advent OF the railroad the town
he among the best educational points
= State. as the directors OF the college
determined to get full corps OF
hers, competent to teach the highest
thes Of everything. There is not
|hler or more pleasant place to live In
4. Z. ]. kellie.
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pOUMD ROCK.

I This town wes laid off one mile from
the old town o, Round Rock by SUR
vcyors of the Texas Land company in 1873.
The land company bought .21D atrcs Of
land at this point. surveyed the new town
and sold lots. thereby destroying the
business OF the old toxin. witch WAS rs
taillsaed in 1858. and was at the tins
referred TO iourishing village OF aoont
500 people. The present town has about
1000 people. thirteen business houses with
the usual number OF shops and offices.
BESIDES the old town broom factory, which
works from twelve 10 fifteen hands, we
have also line rna1nfactory, giving ems
rloyment 10 eight or ten teams and nsty
TO n hundred hands. On the north. south
and east az us the land is OF good quality
and maker fair crops while the post oaks
on the west are rock and unproductiye,
hut yield an abundance OF fuel for ordi-
nary purposes and also for burning our
limestone rock into Inns. ThiD industry
IL Only partially developed ara Offers great
~ men OF moderate capital.
a. the supply OF limestone is inexhaustible
md wood convenient chenp and abundant.
We have two lnrgs gins. capable of turning
ont jcIniIy feyeDly five bales OF cotton per
day. We have a lcrge number OF Swedish
fstmfrs In cur section, who are noted for
sidustry and sobriety. also quite number
y thrifty Germans. We snip In good sea-
ons abort can0 bales Of cotton. We have
! nnc school building. which will accom-
acdate 800 scholars: also. six churches.
And with reasonably good ciofi We have
opes 81 a large Increase IN population |
= the near future. =. NJ. May
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PISS.

Tho changes and improvements al
Sabine Pass In tho last twelve months
have been greater than at any other plact
OF double It's size In Texas.
The Sabine Land and Improvement COM
pany, which is largely interested in the
properties adjacent to Sabine Pass harbor,
commenced operations here last April, II
has constructed two large ships OF about
200 by 300 feet, using the excavations 10
| MI their property adjoining tho slips In
| the new port OF the town which Is termed
New Sabine This company has also
/ graded three large avenues between the
| old and new town, distance oil about
| TWO miles, in connection With the differ
| ont street work which has been done at
| the new town. Sidewalks. bridges, drain
| age canals, pleasure and light freight
| whsryes, ballast wharyes and mornings
have also been erected, Besides this the
| company has erected the Windsor. which
| la now being operated and which Is one
| Of the very best hotels for It's size In
Texas; also Clifton house. u comulodious
school building. an Office building, Il
wharanger's Office, n laundry building and
numerous Other small structures lncWuins
very nice Jail building This last. | am
glad TO say Is lis yet OF very little use.
The improvements by private individuals
have been propurtlUnately as extensive
Tany.
Major T. c. McReynolds has built two
fine store buildings and handsome resi-
dcnce; John q. j. Harris. u store building;
a. Hllebrandt. store building. j. J. n.
GiliInnd, n store building and large
warehouse; j +. Horizon. store building
ana dwelling, and Henry Noyps, store
building and timers shop, Quite
largo number of residences have been
erected In both old and new town. A
telephone and telegraph line has bscn put
In and the Southern Pacific railroad is
erecting quite n nice depot
Messrs Christie & Lowe, jetiy contrac-
tors, OF Chicago, have been in active OPP
Grafton here since last June and have
spent on an average Of about $4,000 per
month Of Uncle Sans money on the jsity
improvements They have a large and well
equipped plant for doing this work. a
large force OF mon are constantly employed
by this firm In the construction Of mats
and In placing rock on The 1eitcs.
The ietties are now maintaining full
twenty-four foot channel and will probably
give Sabine Pass thirty feet when the work
IL completed. about two years hence.
The shipping has greatly exceeded any
previous record and Is Mt present being
rapidly increased by the Kansas city,
Pittsburg and Gulf railroad from Sabine
Pass to Europe and Mexico by their two
lines OF steamers
One Of the most valuable improvements
that has been made here In the last year
rs The state quarantine station. This sta
ton, which Is located about n mile and n |
half south OF the new townsitr, IL ample |
for al requirements and viii be OF In |
oaloulnble value 10 Sabine Pass and the |
state at large during the coming season |
II properly conducted.
II would be safe 10 say that at the very |
least estimate there has been expended IN |
these different improvements AT Sabine
Fass over sjoo,0OO In The last year,
W. RI. Glllland.
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jacksonville.
MadIsonylllc, the county seatof Med

Ivl Madisonyillc' Inc county seh' u Msu-
lson county. a thriving and enterprise
ING town of prosperous and law abidBy
citizens. with a reputation triple thai
OF fourteen years ago is evidence OF lis
rapid growth ard progress. Business inter
es,s cs.arally and the exports Of the coNn
tvs products shave largely increased during
this period Nov churches, new ret
dtncfs ard business Houses, with lively
weekly pepper, and the magnificent court
house erected In 1884. mark yislble stsp
OF progression The only nieaium OF new''
the for:ner weekly newspaper over 1pni-
weekly mail route. Is new extended 10
three daily malls aud telephone conncctisn
With Bryan, Huntsville and Jewett- The
nrst important factor. However. n the
building OF the town is Its educational IA
cilitics. Allen academy, with Prof y IL
Alien as principal. established In 1857, has
largely deyeIcpfd the town and county and
furncd out hundreds Of young men and T.
dies who are filling their professions with
honor 10 Themselves and their calling BE,
ing directly on the route OF the PROPOSED
waco and Sabine Pass railroad which, u
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DALESTINE.
palestine has been called land ju.

Palestinc has been called lapd Justly
sol the Queen City OF Eastern Texas
glance at itl pretty streets, refreshing
shade trees. beautiful lawns and sia,el,
dwellings, improsses at once with force and
favor the visitor who enters into IL
charming domains. The city was iIcor-
poratcd In 1886, and ever since her adj
yancement has been rapid and permanent
until today she ranks second to none 10
East Texas.
Palestine has never had boom, but her
progress has beea steady and sure, result
of her natural resources and favorable
environments coupled with the thrift. en-
ergy, enterprise and determination OF her
citizens.
Palestine is pre- eminently q railroad
city; the Gulf division and the san An
tonic dsilicn OF the International and
Great Northern railroad form junction
here. The building and repair shops ard
The general Offices OF the road are located
al this point. and this is general SUPPLY
point for the road.
The principal business ana general traf-
lie Is among the railroad people, and M
civ in The South can boast Of mora en-
lightened and intelligent claSs OF iahoring
men than can be found here. Palestine
Is The business center OF vast section OF
country enormously rich In natural and
resources. She has Two large
wbo,esaIe merchandising establishments
and another is being contemplated. Two
large electric light plants, oae OF fnsm
entirely OF home capital, thereby
assurIpc good lights ut reasonable prices.
An excellent sewerage system and natural
drainage facilifies. which account for the
excellent health OF her inhabttsntz The
public schools are the pride OF Palestine
The buildings are modern in structure,
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'pOCKPORT.

| Rockpcrt. the county seat OF Aransas
county, is situated on Live Oak pc.
, ninsula and on the west shore OF Aransas
bay, thirty miles northeast OF Corpus
Christi, fifteen miles northwest from
Arkansas Pass and I6o miles southcas,
from San Antonio. and is the terminus OF
one branch of the San Antonio and Aran-
sas Pass railroad.
There are five churches and a fine sys-
tenn of graded public schools here. The
city has fine new school building and
the average daily attendance is a little
over 200.
The total valuation OF property In Rock
port is sci,S95. and the rate OF taxation
is So cents per hundred,
The fish, oyster and game business and
market gardening constitute the main bus
mess OF the town.
The following figures, furnished by MIR,
ID. r. Scrivner, manager for Miller Bros.
and by Mr.. Louis Cobolini, manager for
Rockport Fishcrman's union, VIII give an
idea Of the business in the lines indicated.
Fish, consisting OF red fish and trou.
chiefly, shipped out In twelve Inon,as,
5aT,Sl pounds. worth here approximately
cents per pound, total, S2S,9le.ii. The
two houses have paid out for game, chiefly
ducks, since September ]. S51ao.10; and IN
the same time have shipped about 1000
barrels OF oysters. costing them about rs
cents per barrel. They handled about 80.
900 pounds of green turtle last season and
shipped about 1000 dozen crabs.
Hundreds OF tons OF vegetables. consist
ing OF cabbage, onions, cucumbers, toma-
toes, beans, melons, etc. are annually
Cabbage shipments began this
year on February 25. Beans have now
come in, and onion shipments viii begin
in April and melons in May and grapes In
June
The fine shooting tducks) and the mild
winters attract many winter visitors while
the cool summers and splendid fishing tive
have The finest tarpon fishing on carthJ
attract many summer tourists
liatcs Mcfarland.
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J On the Gulf of Mexico. at the mo

~ On the Gulf OF Mexico. at the mouth
OF the Brazos riyer,is situated the pic
turesque little city OF Quintsna, which S
deservedly becoming more popular e'ery
season as a health and pleasure resort.
Though ancient in name, the city is mod
ern in everything else. and is fast be
coming known as the Saratoga Of he
Southwest. The seaside here rarely irscs
In interest with frequent visiting, but for
him who for the first time gazes upon the
briny deep, the unfathomable waters
stretching out beyond the vision, the white
capped waves and sunshiny breakers, fur
nish an attraction irresistible as the ten
der loneliness ard bewitching manners Il
the maiden Just turned 16. A $500J0 Shit
house, fog bell and beacon light on the
jetties are among the recent improvements.
a railroad which VIII run from Waco down
the west bank Of the Brazos to this point
is among the possibilities.
Edwin Waller.
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DAlCE.

Situated on the Austin branch OF tx
Houston and Texas Cen fal :aii load,
fifty miles from Austin; has @5o inhabi-
tants, four merchandise storas, carrying
good stocks, two saloons, lumDer .i'd.
drug store, three blacksmith shops, one
wood shop and cistern factory confined,
one hotel, two cotton gins, ginning an
nually about 1000 bales OF cott1l. ~ r rf-
ganizrd churches and three church build
ings and two doctors The town Is limit
d,ately surrounded by black rEairia land
gradually sloytng into postoak and citcK
bottom farms, About three iif;hs II ire
surrounding population are Germans
Taken as q whole no mere thrifty nor tet-
ter contented people arc to be founl rny-
where than in and around Paige.
+. p. Taylor.
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HonneSeekers.

substantial and thoroughly equipped and
furnished. Efficient teachers are u
charge Of all departments. and altoget her
Palestine has one OF tho best school sya-
TENS In the State.
We have three banks. all in cxcellcn.
condition and doing good business Auder-
son county has a fine substantial court
house built at a cost OF Sa5, oOo. We have
two excellent hotels and one OF the hest
volunteer fire departments In the South.
These and other industries and en,or-
prises too numerous TO mention combine
to make Palestine one OF the best and
most important cities In Texas.
u. sgiss l.. l.. KERN
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I tonic and Arkansas Pass railway. II Is To-
Gated In the southwestern portion Of
karncs county and IL beautifully situate
4 upon hill overlooking the valley OF the
San Antonio river on the west.
The town Is a little over ten years old
and owes Its existence to the building
OF tho San Antonio and Arkansas Pars
railway; II has grown from single build
Ing, surrounded by vast pastures. TO q
town OF 1900 people, surrounded by hun
drcds OF well cultivated and productive
farms. and carrying on large trade with
all the country for twenty-five or thirty
miles around.
The town has bank newspaper, two
gins, two lumber yards and many stores,
large and small. and In addition has four
churches and handsome $4,000 schooi
building. In which is conducted a first-
class graded school OF nearly 800 pupils.
Good health. good society. good schools
and good lands ara the Inducements to
settlers that have built up tho town aad
community aud these influences are con-
unuing their good work.
saa,e+s n n ,it,...
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|Kirbyyille is the terminus of the
Gulf. Beaumont and Kansas City
kay and is situated fifty-five miles
of Beaumont in the county of Jas
Kirbyville is only three years old
has eight general merchandise stores,
drug stores. two blacksmith shops, two
stables and two hotels. There will
steam gin erected here for this years
and it is now an assured fact that
Will be large saw mill put up here
near future; in fact, the future for
thriving little town is brighter at this
than 1t has ever been.
3e land surrounding Kirbyville is
farming land and especially adapted
kuit and vegetables. Tobacco grows
here, of which there is quite good
planted Good range for both cattle
(hogs and abundant streams of ever
Ing water. The timber resources are
baustible almost, with the finest Of
IN pine and hardwoods of several va
es, and our latch string will be found
he outside to welcome all good people
|may wish to come and locate with US.
j. r. Faircloth.
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\ GRANGE.

La Grange is one Of the best towns
In South Texas. 1t is also the pref
with beautiful live oaks covered with
on every side. 1t is situated in a
fy near The Colorado river, surrounded
country as fertile us the valley of the
Inc people are thrifty. energetic.
Uprising and LIBERAL. American, Ger
ana bohemiaus. all of the better
I'VE together happily aud do bust
mithoht clash or factions. A school
an attendance or 300 children. Is sup
~ py TIE people. In La GraDgo there
~ paupeFs and no milllonarSs. Four
prayers arc published hertz. two Eng
herman and Bohemian, all work
'Yse,ner Tor the coed OF the town. II
eplehfid compress with the latest
I,,',eneh's, owned by a stock company
In b''sns WIN a capital stock OF $4,000.
nas uaiiv capacity of 500 bales.
J "Nluehds have been declared since
ven IN operation. Another public
mse owned by the citizens Is an oil
"n.en runs the year round and is a
IL, Il. Investment The water works and
nsnt supply are we'll nigh fault
i, Two banks, whose stock is now
H. sl'io' are doing good business. An
|'stoiy' Two betting works, two whole
n,lses, Il candy factory and sixty
L,,o ouslliess firms are doing well
|eS eouhiy's court house is uLsur-
architectural beauty. 1t was
~ loso at cost OF 500. 600. Tne
[Los Recommendations are far better than
'Aterlor towns. 1t has two rail-
n 'Se Missouri, Kansas and Texas
rp,, southern Pacific. Recently spleen
fsa.'e peis have been opsned UP with.
|h miles of the town. Plenty OF
nna CT fuel is causing the citizens
mase the question OF building a cot
&, G. Lowroy.
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CEALY.

~ Sealy. Austin county. Texas. Is sit
ua,cd forty-nine miles west OF lious.
ton and nincty-four miles northwest Of
Galveston, at the junction OF the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fo and Missouri.
Kansas and Texas, two great trunk lines
TO the North and Northwest. and contains
population OF 1000, The town ls sur
rounded by splendid farming aud fruit
lands of nearly every variety. Corn.
cotton and oats grow abundantly, End
the land is especially adapted to early
gardening and truck farming. This your
there viii be several hundred acres Of
melons planted which viii be placed on
The Northern markets. Sealy has good
W. Ter. natural drainage and Is one Of the
healthiest places IN South Tesas. ,rhe
CHURCHES OF tho various denominations are
well attended. The town has an excsilsat
and well pptronized public school syHtem
Seniy Is slowly but steadily pushing TO
the front She has this division Of the
Santa Fc one splendid weeklr newspaper.
five hotels. saddle and hal fsss factory,
cotton mattress factory. bottling works,
two well equipped steam gins, tanneiy.
wagon and repair shops and many large
houses, and long distance tslc-
phone. Tho country surrounding Is high
and well drained BY the Brazos and Hsr-
nard rivers and numerous small creeks.
Sealy contemplates putting IN an cleo.
trlc light plant IN the near future. 49,
r. H. Costletors
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~ LIE,

With the advent of the international
and Great Northern railroad, the
tiful little city of Kyle was
bllshed on the fertile, far-stretch-
black-land PRAIRIE twenty-one miles
b OF the Capital City OF the State.
bong the first citizens to engage in the
fantile business were men of undis-
d business sagacity and with a faith
OF acumen and intelligent perception
are still identified with the business
rests of the place, and are among our
extensive property owners.
r several years an efficient system Of
kr works has been in operation, fur
Eng an ample supply OF pure, good
fr from the Rio Blanco.
Pc undulatlng prairie farms that lie
cent to the place are highly produce
and as shipping point for farm
|uce. stock, etc, Kyle takes rank sec
10 none In this section.
p the GROWING feature OF the place Is
culture, refinement and morality of
people and the bright dawn of a rose
future already begins to pencil in
ms OF radiance the horizon of Kyle's
liant destiny. w. b. Sloan.
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Ad AMOR.

IH Muhor, located on the Austin
branch OF the Houston aud Texas
Central railroad fifteen miles cast OF Aus
tin, is situated In the famous black land
belt. 1t has III estimated population OF
l2oo, has been a local option town for tic
past fifteen years, supports five schools
and seven churches, has forty business
houses, TWO lumber yards, two large gins.
one livery stable, one newspaper. two ho-
tells. and needs a bank very badly. Its an
nuai shipment of cotton is 1900 to $4,000
bales and 200 to 300 cars Of cotton seed
Work on the artesian we'll Is still pro-
crossing. having reached depth OF $500
feet, with free flow OF water. but not OF
good quality. j. W. Davis.
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leXas owns that Are Situated Rich Productive Coun-
acknowledgements that

constructed this town promises to be
among the first OF Southeast Texas; bu,
Mionout this advantage, surrounded as Il
is by productive and undeyelopel coil.
adapted TO the greater variety OF fruits and
farm products, including tobacco. witch
crows spontaneously fine pasture lands,
innamerablc strams OF water, inexhausti-
Die timber and hrs;thful climate, the per-
fcct school system and church organizations
rrcsent 10 MadiscMille a bright and pros.
'rerous future. j. NJ. Brownlee .Jr. 4
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DUSK.

The town OF Rusis is the county seat
of Cherokee county. II has about a5ot
Inhabitants. There are two 5o-ton FUR.
naces for manufacturing pig iron aud one
ASTON furnace and a pipe foundry within
two miles Of this place. The c5-ton FUR
mace and pipe foundry is owned by the
East Texas pcnitentiary and is using and
turning out the best OF iron. Tho people
hope to have tho other two 50-ton furnaces
running some time. The iron IL the best
quality and the supply is inexhsustiblo.
Farming land is good and cheap here.
Truck farming is being carried on hero
very profitably. such as tomatoes, beans.
etc. together With tho tobacco raising.
This place has four churches ethodist.
Baptist. Presbyterian and Cumberland
Presbyterian. II has good public schools,
aud the East Texas Baptist college is also
located here.
The hope OF this place is in the manu-
facture OF iron and II is believed by all
well informed people that in d very few
years the furnaces hero will be In full
blast and many other enterprises will then
follow. l.. ID. Quinn.
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.CHINER.

~ Situated on the San Antonlo and
Arkansas Pass railroad at tho Austin
Junction, In Iavapa county, t6is Iowa w
laid out 10 1857 and incorporated ~ ~
lowing year. It is surrounded by ! sasRIsls
country unsurpassed BY any II fho Gtate,
a good system Of water works o4ne1 N
the city, private electric Itgbt p)on<s
five firms IT prtsent arr epSnapd - GQnr.
eral merci3 ndislng, kSal1ee i n,a1n> ~
minor Embellishments, clla t4lH. ~ oc41x
House. oil nal1l, 4eef ~ ga6t foqtc1( :. q
factory. two deaie1. - Aqil9ln e,
factory. tour cotton G1n6, G6& &
and IND hett}e mi - r = r. +;
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in Texas; can accommodate seventy two
prisoners, with room for doubling its ca
racity' Steamboats, win be landing at tho
wharvss here within the near future Old
Fort BEND viii be the banner county OF
inc coast country within Ave years
7<41sstES M n Eieldg
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OUNCE

OUNCE.
This place Is situated IN Karnes
county seyenty-onc miles southeast Of
San Antonio and 1877 miles southwest Of
Houston, on the main line Of ibe San Ap-