The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-16

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Corsicana, a brother of Mrs. G.. c.
Groce of Waxahachie, two years ago
bought 10000 acres of this rich land
a few miles up the river from this
place. He has also improved several
hundred acres and says 1t is as rich
as the valley of the Nile. Mr.. Halbert
bought his land at $500 per acre,
and he now has handsome profit
| in his purchase. | saw ribbon cane
stalk grown here that was fourteen
and one-half feet long. Louisiana
sugar planters are here buying some
| of this land and they pronounce this
soil the finest on earth for growing
cane. There are millions of acres
Iup and down the Rio Grande and
| If it pans out like they think, it is
certainly an colorado, but the most
of this land has been bought up by
spectators and they will have to
canal this Rio Grande water ont on
he land and show what it will do
| before the man of moderate means
with hoe and plow can come and set
| tie on it.
The most independent farmers /
ever met were at Greeley. Col, a few
summers ago, and there they farm
|
| is evidently richer than that up there
and | certainly see no reason why
| farming should not be made a success
here. The lady we are boarding with
| has resided here for eleven years.
and she and others say they have
only seen ice form twice in that
period of time. So much for the
land proposition.
Brownsville has a population of
s 600 or 10000 and only one thous-
and of these are Americans. Until
! last July 1t was fifteen miles to a
railroad. There are many large and
| handsome homes here. A few of
these old settlers are quite wealthy.
The government has a large Federal
building which is used for q custom
house and postoffice. Fort Brown
is built right in the town and the
barracks for the soldiers and offiC-
ers' homes are large and splendid
buildings Three companies of troops
are stationed here and they frequent
ly have more than that at this sta
tiOn. General Lee, commanding the
/ department of Texas with headquar-
ters at San Antonio, visited this post
Friday. The troops turned out in
Il grand parade to receive him and
fired a salute of eleven guns from a
cannon, all of which We Witnessed.
Sunday morning we went to church
and heard a Methodist circuit rider
who travels the largest circuit Of any
preacher in the world. All the way
from here 10 Corpus Christi, one hun
dred and fifty odd miles. is his cir
cult. These MeXicans are all
Cafholjrs and thpv have fine rouvanre
and churches here. The nria-t~ and
sisters of charity are numerous here
We aIeo uff ftyo Rqusisf mission.
gvlr}z and short nav pro+a-farf ur5n-
afternoon yya crossed tat Rio c.au.8..
into NexfDo ana ti-irfd \Iara-re.g-
a Mexican rfrv of som, 5000 1r no.
oua Inhabitants mule car runs
from +ha ri,.r ia 1I4.4r-a.n. . 4.a-
ra1ca of ona mile Here ~, visited
fh.l1 crave ward and fr,y rar. .r.r.
SOME rtaeaff5raut tomb- All Or most
of them are au top OF the ground
When "a member ot family dies
they simply open tae vault slip the
body ln and then seal if uq THE
land iu fhe cemetery i- not sold. bun
the UEiEG relatives for all time 10
come paF ana annual rental 10 .Ee
priest for the privilege of al9uiu-
their dead 90 occupy these vaults.
When the relatives fail to pay his
/ loved oae7 are dag uu or taken uuf
oI the vaults aud r5s. into a. peL
made tor 'be purpose lu one corner
of .ha graveyard. We ana climbed Hn
aai looked over jutu this u0u, yaru.
"a there Dag tl. skulls and other
1meHt- ot tuHg. 1odle~. The pgN
.sH twelve or fifteen teet square and
Iu .. tHIet with Ho.e an least eight
/ oE .a fr,- deep. NF he side of tbJ~
/ eb .el hot,.s d. gsl were piles ni
/ old y1lfius fruM VG.h % the bones
were taken, QuHe rHmueI ot
| these old cottiuz .-u.-. ru have
| been made OF the very Herial