'mm LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Shelf ,.r:.^^ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ,^!cE 3 5 Cents if TEXAS REAL ESTATE & COLLECTION BUREAU Dallas, ^xa^. DALLAS LITH. CO. E. P. TURNER, UNION TICKET AGENT, T. X P, M % K, X T. RfllLWMS, 506 Main St. and Brick Depot, Dallas, = = Texas, No Trouble to Answer Questions. prighl (riauo ^'ortes. Wlanufactured by -$I©.@©.@ McEWEN},!^ Gou'ral Offices and Warerooms: 9 West 4th^t^_J^^;^Y^^i^- Bra' ch Warerooms: 76 5^//, Avenve. Factory: Ao. 218 W.^ph Street. Send for Catalogue and Terms. ^SOPTHll^G ENT1RELY~NE1I^ OCClDErrAL Cheimical Go's Qemperamental Remedies. THE IMMIGRANTS GUIDEioTEXAS GIVING DESCRIPTIONS OF COUNTIES, TOWNS and VILLAGES, WITH VALUABLE Historical and. Statistical Information; A RAILROAD GUIDE OF THE STATE, ALSO A DIRECTORY OF PROMINENT ATTORNEYS, BANKS, COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS, HOTELS and REAL ' ESTATE AGENTS, PART tSECON A BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE CITY OF 'DALLAS, SHOWING ITS RAPID GROWTH, BUSINESS ENTER- PRISES AND MANUFACTURING INTERESTS WITH A PARTIAL Business Directory of the City. Entered AceonHug to Act ol'Congress, in the Year 1888, by LA. WILSON, PUBLISHER, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. WILMANS BROS., PRINTERS, DALLAS, TEXAS. (n to ■f'^ffWil'^i'-^-' RUINS OF THE ALAMO, 1835. -S'ee Pages 10 and 20. i- CQ ' Omissions and Corrections. lu this, our first edition oi: the "'Guide" we regret that we were com- pelled to Omit the descriptions of a number of good counties. After frequent requests to all county clerks to fill blanks, and to other citizens of the counties omitted, we received no information; while from some counties it was sent too late to find a place in this work. In the future we would be pleased if all county clerks would prepare a'short description, not to occupy over a half page in this work, and mail same to us during the month of August each year. Tlic^'Guide'^ will be published Annually and ready for delivery on the 1st day of October. Our next edition of 20,000 copies tvill appear October 1st, 1890. We will be obliged to any one noticing omissions or errors in this work to call our attention to the same. Any Attorney, Banker or Hotel in Directory, or member of our "Bureau" on the Real Es tate Agency list, failing to give business due attention, or failing to treat the business and traveling public with politeness and cour- tesy, will, if reported to us, be dropped from our list and others seciu'ed. PROSPECTUS. THE IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. An Enterprise lohich all should encourage who feel an interest in the advertisement and deoe.lopment of the resources of this great State. The facilities offered to those wishing to engage in profita- ble manufacturing enterprises, farming and stock raising need only be known, to bring a healtlii/ tide of immigration to our State. The Object of this Work Is not only to encourage iuimigratiou by attracting the attention of the stranger to our mineral wealth, the agricultural productions and many resources of the State; but also to make the business wants of the citizens better known to each other, as well as to be a 'Trit/de" to the traveling public, and a source of information and interest to every citizen in Texas. It Contains A Concise history of the State, giving descriptions and valuable statistical information of counties, cities and towns, alphabetically arranged, giving location, population, business enterprises, mills, manufactures, churches, schools, etc, A reliable Attorney's Direc- tory, Bankers' Directory, Drummers'' Directory, Hotel Directory, and the address of at least one reliable Heal Estate agent who is a member of the "Bureau." in each town in the State and a complete Railroad Guide of Texas. The City of Dallas. "Its History, Attractions and Future, with a partial Business Directory of Prominent Business Firms ahd Pro- fessional Men. We have gone to great expense in preparing this work to make it reliable axxd oi value and interest to all. The first edition for 1889 is 10,030 copies in neat pamphlet form, size 4x9. convenient for pocket use. The actual cost to us is about 25 cents per copy. The work is for sale by News dealers and on Railroad Trains at Only ."5 cents per Copy. In order that we may igive it a wide circulation and make it a val- uable advertising niedmm for Texas, we feel that all should assist in its circulation. We will furnish Free of Charge A copy to all Hotels, County Clerks. Postmasters, members of the '■/?nreait" and all others wlio have furnished information. Also a copj' to any one wishing to locate in the state, sending postage. Commercial Travelers Having headquarters in Texas, wiio will mail us their card or address a-nd the address of the firm they represent we will insert same in one line ia the "Drummers Directory" /?-ee o/ c/iarr/e. We realize the fact that the commercial traveler is not only well posted as to the capabilities of the country in which he travels, but is a great advertiser of its resources. To all who wish to assist in the Circulation of this Work We make the following liberal offer. If you take 100 copies of the "Guide" at 25 cents per copy (actual cost) $2.5, we will give one page in the work for your card: 60 copies and half page $15; .32 copies and 14 page $8; 20 copies and i-^ page $5. Business and address in black and onecopySl; business and address in small type 50 cents: single copy postpaid, 35 cents. The Right Page opposite Readinri Matter Re.^erved for Engravings and Cards. Engravings of Public Buildin(ts inserted free . All matter for the work should be mailed to L. A. WILSON & CO., Dallas, Texa.s. Office, in new North Texas National Bank building. N. B.— We desire the co-operation of all Real Estate Agents, in all parts of the United States . (3) INTRODUCTION. In presenting this, our first work on Texas, to its many readers and contributors, the author takes great pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of many letters and words of encouragement from prominent business and professional men, stating what they think of our present enterprise, and what they know of our past. Extracts from Letters and Testimonials. H. H. Dooley, Esq., real estate agent, Houston, Texas, says: "1 regard your enterprise as good, and can see no reason why it should not be a success." Hon. W. 0. Connor, Mayor of the City of Dallas, and President Merchants Exchange, says: "I have carefully examined your pros- pectus, and wish to add my endorsement to the 'Immigrants Guide to Texas' and wish it success." Hon. F. B. Chilton, secretary of the State Immigration Bureau of Texas. (Refering to pages of a work published by us in Missouri in in 1875,) writes from Austin, Texas, April 7, 1888: "Your printed matter enclosed me is good and a like repetition this time for Texas, would not only benefit the State but could be made of pecuniary benefit to you." How. R. D. Shannon. State Sup't of Public Schools of Missouri, writes from Jefferson City, Mo., June 16,1881: "Mr. L. A. Wilson has been personally and officially known to me for several years. He was Commissioner of Public Schools for the county of Cape (iii'ardeau in this State, and I found him courteous, pi'onipt, eiUcient and reliable in all relations." Sanger Bros., wholesale and retail dealers in Drv Goods, Clothing, Etc., say. "After reading your prospectus to the 'Immigrants Guide to Texas,' which you intend to publish in the near future, we must say that a book oi" ihis kind will undoubtedly be of great benefit to Texas and of much assistance to each and every one wno visits or locates in our State. We are indeed surprised that such a book as this has not been published and circulated long ago." Hon Barnett Gibbs, ex-lieutneant governor, writes from Dallas, Texa-, October 30, 1888: "I have received a copy of your prospectus and am much oleased with the plan of your "Immigrants' Guide." Correct and reliable information such as you propose to furnish, will do a great deal toward influencing a healthy immigration to Texas. From Rfd River to the Gulf there is much 'fine land unoccupied in our State. Wishing you success in your meritorious enterprise." 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I can truthfully say "Cacterine" has caused this wonderful change. Yours with best wishes for success of your remedy. F. T. Cha.sk. Corsicana. February 9. 1888. Cacterine Medicine Co.. Waco, Texas. Gents: — I suffe ed three years with chronic catarrh of the head and throat, which effected my hearing by continual roaring in the head. My breath was also offensive, and after four weeks" u.se of your "Cacterine" with small insufflator lam entirely cured. A. W. Cromwell. Address all orders to CACTERINE MEDICINE CO., WACO, TEX. Price $S with Pocket Insufflator Complete. (10) SKETCH OF THE Early History of Texas, SECTION I. In the short space necessarily alloted us, we can only glance at a few ot the more prominent events that mark the early histroy of Texas. We would be glad, did time and space permit, to dwell at some length upon the history of the settlement of this great State. The subject, indeed, demands more than a passing notice. In extent of territory, fertility of soil, magna- nimity of public spirit, in devotion to the great cause of education, in attachment to the great principles of liberty, in the just administration of equal and impartial laws, and all that makes a people liberal, cultured and refined, Texas Ts infe- rior to no State in the Union. She needs no eulogy. The heroic deeds of the early settlers, the magnificent achievements in no less arduous enterprises of her sons in modern times, the wis- dom of her rulers, the eloquence of her gifted sons who have adorned the National Senate Chamber, the House of Representatives, her own State Leg- islature, the bench, the bar, the pulpit; the indom- itable energy of her hardy sons of toil, who have subdued the impenetrable forest and wide prairie, and made her take a front rank as an agricultural country ; the energy, foresight and enterprise of her commercial men, and colossal structures for public benefit, erected all over the State, too well attest her greatness. And though the task would be by no means unpleasing to dwell on, yet it would be unsuited to the humble labor we have undertaken in the compilation of this work. HISTORICAL. Texas derived its name, says Kennedy, from "Tehas." A name given by DeLeon to the Nassonite Indians on account of their friendly ♦ (11) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. disposition. In their language " Tehas " signifies "friend." Tlie name " Texas," says Thrall, was first used in diplomatic correspondence in a con- troversy between DeAlarconne and La Harpe. The inhabitants in early times were called Texasians, Texicans and Texasites. The name is now written Texan. As early as 15S3 the Spaniards claimed to have sent a company under Espejo (^ays-pay-ho), who established missions on the upper Rio Grande at El Paso {ayl-pah-so)^ and other points. Itissaid in coming to this country the Europeans had two objects in view, the conversion of the natives to Christianity and the acc[uisition of territory. They believed by establishing missions both objects could be accomplished. Perhaps, one of the principal motives actuating European discoverers in imperiling their lives in the wilds of this then unknown country, where savage beasts, and more savage Indians roamed in the wild freedom of nature, was the hope of rapidly acquiring" immense fortunes by trading with the savages, who were utterly unacquainted with the intrinsic value of the commodities they barterea for such baul)les as the European traders knew would captivate their rude tastes. On the i6th of February, 1685, Robert De La Salle, and his remaining fleet, in command of De Beaujean, numbering two vessels and some three hundred persons, were landed about eight hundred miles west of the mouth of the Mississippi in a bay called by the French, Sj^n Bernardo, now called Matagorda. From which discovery the French laid claim to this country and La Salle gave to it the name of Louisiana, in honor of Louis XIV, It may here be of interest to give a short biographi- cal sketch of this great explorer, and the causes which led him to this country. La Salle was a native of the old historic town ot Rouen, in Normandy, France. He was of good family and possessed a liberal education. After he had, by some means not uncommon to young Frenchmen, lost his patrimony, he attached himself to the Jesuits. He was a man of indomitable courage, restless ambition, and great moral and physical strength. To will, with such a character, was to act ; accordingly we find him in Canada in 1670. Like other ardent dreamers of this ti le, he thought that a direct rout to China lay through the American Continent. He supposed that there was a river somewhere which, if ascended, would lead to a Northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean. He infected Frontenac, Governor of Canada, with his enthusiasm, and insisted even upon the necessity of France establishing a cordon of forts from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The Gov- (18), Wilson's immigrants guide to tkxas. ' ernor warmly embraced his schemes and sent him to France to submit his plans to the Government. He reached France : Colvat, the King's Prime Minister, approved his scheme. LaSalle was created a Chevalier with the Seigniory of Fort Frontenac. He returned to France after a short time, was received with favor and invested with additional powers. With him sailed from Rochelle, Tonteni^ an Italian, as his lieutenant, and thirty men. On his return he labored in rebuilding Fort Frontenac, now Kingston, in Upper Canada. In October, 167S, Hennepin joined LaSalle at Fort Frontenac. He was a Jesuit given to the wildest exageration in everything regarding him- self. His wild stories reaching the King of France, gave LaSalle much trouble. In Nov. 1678, Hennepin and LaSalle sailed from Fort Frontenac, and after four weeks tossing on Lake Ontario, landed near the Niagara River, where they diseml)arked and wintered. In 16S3 LaSalle again returned to France and having disabused the mind of the King of the false impressions, created by his enemies, he once more set sail from Rochelle with a fleet of four vessels to plant a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi. DeBeaujean was in command of the fleet and he and LaSalle had many bitter quarrels. They experienced a long voyage and a succession of disasters. Soon after their departure one of the vessels was captured by the Spaniards. In the Gulf of Mexico the fleet encountered a storm and lost another ship, in which were unfortunately- stored the provisions and other necessary articles, all of which were lost. Being misled by inaccurate charts the fleet landed, as we have stated, some eight hundred miles west of its destinatio-n. De Beaujean,thinkinghe haddischarged his duty, soon after set sail for France, leaving to fate the brave LaSalle and his companions. The Indians at first friendly soon became hostile and many of the brave adventurers fell victims to their tomahawks. For two years LaSalle hunted for the river that was to open the Northwest passage. During his wanderings he ascended a river which, from the great herds of buffalo upon its banks, he called Les Vaches (Lavaca), on the banks of which he erected Fort St. Louis, since called Dimmit's Point. Trouble continued to grow thick around his colony, manv were sick and some had died, while others exhibited signs of mutiny. Feeling that relief must be obtained, he started on the 22d of April, 1686, in company with twenty picked men to cross the country to the French settlements in Illinois, little dreaming of the extent of the country over which he must travel. The spring rains had set in and the numerous streams (13) \VU.SOx\ S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Were so swollen that he made slow progress. After enduring many hardships and much sickness, to add to his troubles it was learned that his ammu- nition was nearly exhausted and it would be neces- sary to return to Fort St. Louis for a new supply. The Fort was reached October 23d by only eight of the surviving party. Securing a new supply of ammunition he started again with a company o picked men for Illinois, which he was fated never to reach, being cruelly shot March 20th by one o his own company, named Dehault. After the death of LaSalle, Fort St. Louis with its small gar- rison of only thirteen men and seven women was attacked by the Indians, and all that remained of the first colony, planted by accident, on the shores of the country which is to day the greatest State in the Union, were either killed or held as prisoners. The King of Spain claimed the country under prior discoveries, and hearing of the French settle- ment at St. Louis, sent a force under command of Alonzo DeLeon (day-la-o/i), to dislodge the French. He found Fort St. Louis in ruins, but recovered trcm the Indians the surviving French held as captives, and kindly sent them to their friends. DeLeon again visited Texas in 1690, and established Missions at Persidio (pray-see-cle-o )on the Rio Grande, and made preparations for an- other at Fort St. Louis. In 1691, DeLeon was succeeded as military commander by Domingo Teran, who took measures to plant settlements in Texas. He brought into the province soldiers with laborers, who brought cattle for domestic purposes and seed for planting. In 1693 the settlement of the village San Fernandes, now San Antonio, was begun. In 1703 the Mission San Antonio de Valero was commenced on the Rio Grande, in 1715 it was removed to the San Antonio River and in 17 18 to the plaza in the city. The Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Mission Valley), was commenced by Don Domingo Ramon in 1714- He also established a Mission at La Bahia {JaJi- hah-hee-ah) ,'^ ncogdoches on Ayish Bayou and one at Adaes on the east side of the Sabine in 1715- The Mission of Golead was established in 17 17. November 3Sth, 1730, San Antonio was erected into a presidio. In 1731, under orders of the King of Spain, sixteen families, numbering fifty-seven persons, were transported from the Canary Islands to become citizens of the new city. The founda- tion of La Purisima Concepcion, the Mission La Espada {lah-ays-poJi-dah), San Juan and San Jose were all laid in 1731. In 1734 the San Saba Mission w as established among the Comanches. (14) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. A rich silver mine was discovered in this neigh- borhood in 1758. A large number of miners had collected here, and at a time when the soldiers were absent the Indians, to avenge some fancied wrong, fell upon the defenseless missionaries and miners and put them to death. The foundation of the Alamo at San Antonio was laid in 1744. The Stone House in Nacog- doches in 177S, and Lady of Refuge, Refugio {ray-foo-yeo), was commenced in 1790. This, says Thrall, was the last Mission undertaken by the Franciscans in Texas. They had labored for the civilization of the Indians for a century. Don Pedro de Nava, Governor of Chihuahua (chee-ivhah-ichah) , issued a decree on the 8th day of April, 1794, secularizing all Missions in Texas, transferring them from the control of the monastic orders to the clergy. Under the discoveries made by LaSalle France still laid claim to the country, but in 1762 trans- ferred her Louisiana possessions to Spain, all restrictions to trade were now removed and Texas enjoyed an era of quiet and prosperity. Spain retroceded Louisiana to France in iSoo, and in 1S03 Bonaparte sold it to the United States. At this time the population of the country was estimated at about six thousand, of which about two thousand were in San Antonio. There were also permanent settlements at Golead, Nacog- doches and other places. On the Rio Grande the towns of El Paso and Persidio had a settled population and enjoyed many luxuries. The inhabitants were well supplied with fruits and vegetables. Grapes grew luxuriantly and wheat was extensively cultivated. It is estimated at this period that not less than forty thousand horses and one hundred thousand cattle grazed upon the broad prairies. By the treaty negotiated between John Quincy Adams and De Onis, Feb. 32d, 1819, Spain re- linquished Florida to the United States, fixing the Sabine as the Southwestern boundry of Louisiana. Prior to this Texas was ruled by Governors, and the various changes of government and the numerous expeditions to this country were the cause of cruel wars, and many dark pages were added to the early history which we must pass by. Before 1820 the entire country was nearly de- populated. Nacogdoches was deserted, and but few families lived east of San Antonio. A small number of Mexicans were still at Goliad and San Antonio. The once pac'fic and populous tribes of the Cennis and Nossonite Indians had dis- appeared. From 1S30 to the breaking out of the Revolu- tion in 1834, Texas was a province of Mexico. (15) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. When Stephen F. Austin arrived with colonists, Texas and the Mexican State of Coahuila {co-ah- whee-lah), constituted one Government with their Capitol at Saltillo. Austin's first colony of three hundred families, as required by his contract, ar- rived at'San Antonio, Aug. 13th, 1S21. The coun- try chosen by him was the rich bottom lands of the lower Colorado and Brazos Rivers. He, later on, entered into other contracts, and many colonies were established, and the country in all sections was receiving immigrants. Randal Jones and Abner Kuykendall brought the first considerable stock of cattle to Austin's colony in 1823. Later Taylor White, on Turtle Bayou, and his neighbor Mr. Barrow, had some three thousand head of cattle and several hundred head of horses and mules, while the Mexicans in Western Texas owned large herds of cattle and hoises. In 1835 the first Cotton Gin in Texas was erected at the Groce plantation. The next was erected by the Austins at the mouth of Crow Creek in Brazoria county, the third in Matagorda county by Robert H. Williams. At this time cotton was packed in sacks and transferred to the Rio Grande on mules, a load constituted two hundred and fifty pounds. The first cotton transported from Texas was shipped in 183 1 from Velasco to Mat- amoras, and brought sixty-two and a half cents a pound. In 1830, Judge Williams, of Liberty countv, made in one year forty hogsheads of sugar. Considering the poor facilities for transportation and the sparse population, the commerce of the country was good. Even as early as 1834, Almdnte estimated the commerce of Texas as follows: Exports. Imports. Department of Brazos, $600,000 $335,000 '' Nacogdoches, 470,000 365,000 " Bexar, 10,000 Total, $1,080,000 $590,000 The law of Iturbide in 1S23 and the national col- onization law of 1834 guaranteed to foreigners set- tling in Texas, security for their persons and property. The law of Coahuila and Texas of 1825 reaffirmed the general provisions of the Na- tional law, which required colonists to become members of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church. In the distribution of land preference was given first to military officers holding claims, second to Mexican citizens and third to foreigners in the order of their applications. The applicant desiring to procure land was required first to present a certificate of good moral character. The land must be occupied and a portion brought into culti- vation within six years. After the commissioner gave an order for the survey, a patent was issued (16) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. on stamped paper, signed by the Empresario and Land Commissioner. This stamped paper, under the general law, cost from two to three dollors, makuig a league of land cost about $i8o. In 1832 the citizens of JBexar, in a remonstrance to the General Government, complained that in Texas a league of land cost from $100 to $300, while in other JNJeixcan States it only cost from $15 to $20. Under Austin's first contract in 182 1 the colonists were to pay 12 1-2 cents an acre; tliis, however, was never collected. Austin's printed forms of permits promised to each man 640 acres, to his wife 330, to each child i6o and to each slave 80 acres, who would settle on the Colorado and Brazos in the province of Texas. Austin was the "Empresario," the civil and military commander of the colony. When he applied to the Mexican officers atthe City of Mex- ico for a section of land for each family, they supposed by section he ment township^ and re- j:)lied that this was too much for one family, but they would give to each one a sitio, a league, 4,438 acres for grazing purposes, and an additional labor {lah-hore), 177 acres for cultivation. The empresario who would introduce one hundred families was entitled to live leagues and five labors of land. No one however, was permitted to hold in his own right over eleven leagues ; any amount above. that would revert to the government if not soon disposed of. One third of a league wa» given to a single man^ which was increased to a league if he married. To any one erecting a mill or making valuable improvements for the good of the public he was granted a handsome land sub- sidy. Town lots were given merchants and mechanics for stores and shops, and out-lots with grounds for family residences and gardens. The office of Land Commissioner was then of very great importance. He superintended surveys, to see that claims did not clash, and in conjunction with the empresario^ issued land titles. He laid off town lots, and was required to see that towns had four leagues of land, the streets to run parallel and cross each other at right angles. • To see that suitable squares were reserved for public build- ings, such as churches, schools, etc. He had the power to appoint alcaldes, regidores, and other city officers corresponding with those of mayor, recorder, etc. He also established ferries, and in conjunction with the empresario, exercised all the powers of civil government. Austin was empiesajuo in his own colony up to 1S28 and exercised all the powers and functions of military and civil government. He held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Mexican Army, and if necessary, to repel invasions or preserve the (17) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. peace, he was authorized to call out and com- mand the militia. He was also Supreme Judge. Parties not satisfied with the decission of an alcalde, in all amounts over $25, could appeal to the empresario. The King in Spanish Gov- ernment v/as the source of all authority. He established and proclaimed laws, appointed ol^cers, and held both oflficers and people account- able to himself. VVhde the source of all political power with the Anglo-American is quite the* reverse, being vested in the people. With such a different theory of government harmonious rela- tions under the same political institutions could not long exist. M. De Tocqueville, in his work on America says : "It is not to be imagined that the impulse of the Anglo-American race can be arrested. Their constant progress towards the Rocky Mountains has the solemnity of a provi- dential event. Tyrannical government and conse- quent hostilities may retard this impulse, but can- not prevent it from ultimately fulfilling the destiny to which that race is reserved. No power upon earth can close upon the emigrant .the fertile wild- erness which offers resources to all industry and a refuge from all want. Future events, of whatever nature they may be, will not deprive the Texans of their climate, their bays and rivers, or their ex- uberant soil. Nor will bad laws, revolutions, or anarchy be able to obliterate that love of posterity and that spirit of enterprise which seem to be the distinctive characteristics of their race ; or to extin- guish that knowledge which guides them on their way. Thus, in the uncertain future, one event is sure: At a period, which may be said to be near, the Anglo-Americans will, alone, cover the immense space contained between the polar re- gions and the tropics, and extending from the coast of the Atlantic to the shores of the Pacific." THE REVOLUTION. SECTION II. In October, 1S35, a decree was issued by Santa Anna, the President of Mexico, suspending the functions of all State Legislatures, centralizing all power in the Supreme Government at the Cap- itol. This left Texas comparatively without civil government. Austin who had been confined in Mexico, about this time made his appearance in Texas. The people were thoroughly aroused. Austin believed the time had arrived for the Texans to act with promptness. A council was held of which he was elected chairman. He advised the assembling of (18) WILSOX'S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. deligates from all municipalities for a general consultation. The revolution was near at hand. The first cannon of the war was fired October 3d, at Gonzales, "The Lexington of Texas" ; the Texans were the victors. During the fall of 1835, numerous skirmishes followed. On the night of October Sth, the Mexican garrison at Goliad was taken by surprise and surrendered to the Texans after a short engagement. The Mexican garrison at Lipantitlan, on the Nueces river, was captured. Nov. 3rd, the Con- sultation Meeting met at San Felipe and organ- zed by electing Branch T. Archer, President, nd P. B. Dexter, Secretary. On the 6th of November a declaration was pro- claimed, which asserted in the preamble that ''Santa Anna had by force of arms overthrown the federal institutions in Mexico, and that the Texans have taken up arms in defence of their rights and liberties ; that Texas was no longer bound by the compact, and did not acknowledge the usurpation of Santa Anna ; that she would continue the war until the Mexican soldiers were driven from the province, and under the circnmstances, she had a right to withdraw from the Union, but would still adhere to the Constitution of 1S34. " November i3th a Provisional Government was organized with Henry Smith for Governor, James \V. Robinson, Lieutenant Governor, and Sam Houston Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and an Executive Council was elected composed of one member from each municipality. San Antonio was attacked December 3d. and surrendered to the Texans on the morning of the 9th, and the entire Mexican army driven from Texas. The comingyear Santa Anna made preparations to exterminate the Texans. He advanced with an army of 7,^00 men, and on the 33d of Febru- ary^reached the heights overlooking the city of San Antonio. On his approach Col. Travis, with only one hundred and forty-eight men, took shelter in the Alamo. A summons was sent by Santa Anna to the little band to surrender, which was promptly answered by a shot from a cannon. The battery was composed of fourteen cannon, but only a limited amount of ammunition. A blood red flag floated over the church in the city, pro- claiming "no quarters." Early on Sunday morning, March 6th, 1S36, after a seige of thirteen days, the Mexican bugle sounded "a forward movement along the whole line." They advanced in three columns from the west, north and east. The Texans poured upon the advancing columns a deadly fire which caused them, for a time, to waver and fall back with (19 ) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. heavy loss ; they now wheeled to the right and left and formed one dense mass which soon suc- ceeded in scaling the wall on the north and forc- ing an entrance into the inclosed yard. About, the same time the column from the south made a breach in the wall and captured a cannon, which it is said, was commanded by Travis in person. It is supposed he fell early in the action, as his body was found near his gun. The Mexicans turned this gun upon the main building. The Texans being overpowered by numbers took refuge in the various apartments and buildings of the enclosure, and each apartment became a seperate battle field, until the last one of that brave little baud lay cold in death. Crocket's body was found with no other Texan near him, but a number of Mexicans lay near his corpse whom he had slain in the last conflict. Bowie was found slain in his bed, where he had for some time been confined in the last stages of consumption. It is reported he shot a number of Mexicans as they entered his room. Major Evans was shot while attempting to blow up the maga- zine. Lieutenant Dickinson, who had his family in the barracks, attempted to leap, with a child, from one of the upper apartments, but a volley of balls from the Mexicans brought both, lifeless to the ground. It is said a few Texans were found crowded in a room who appealed for quarters, but were immediately put to death. The only persons spared to relate the sad story were Mrs. Alsbury and child, and the wife and daughter of Lieutenant Dickinson, the latter known as the "Child of the Alamo." A negro servant belong- ing to Travis was also among the number who escaped. The Mexican losses in this slaughter are not accurately known ; well informed Texans report their losses from one hundred and fifty to two hundred killed and about twice that number wounded. The devotion and bravery displayed by this little band of patriots, has been most beautifully described in the following lines: "History will never record a more noble deed, a more daring stand, a purely self-sacrificing de- votion to the interests and liberty of their adopted country, than the fight and fall of Travis, Bowie, Crockett, Bonham and their gallant corn-patriots, when one hundred and sixty-eight men were ar- rayed against seven thousand five hundred Mexi- cans under Gen'l Santa Anna, and heroically did they wield the battle blade till the last man of that devoted band measured his length upon the earth. No quarter was asked or given. It was here that a gallant few, the bravest of the brave, threw themselves betwixt the enemy and the set- tlement determined not to surrender nor retreat. (20) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. They ledeemed their pledge with the forfeit of their lives ; they fell the chosen sacrifice to Texas' freedom. The defence of the Alamo was the bravest act that ever swelled the annals of any country. In Grecian history, we read of Lenoidas and the three hundred who fell with him at Thermopylae; but when the Alamo fell, a nobler than Leonidas, a more devoted band than the Spartans, sank amid its ruins ; they shed their blood for us, poured out their lives as water for the liberties of Texas. See ruins of the Alamo^ page 3. A monument ten feet in height was erected in memory of the heroes of the Alamo, and placed at the entrance of the State House at Austin. It was made by native artists, of stone taken from the ruins of the Alamo. The following is beau- tifully inscribed on the shaft. North front: "To the God of the fearless and free is dedicated, this altar, made from the ruins of the Alamo, — March 6th, 1836, A. D." South front: "Be they en- rolled with Leonidas in the host of the mighty dead, March 6th, 1836, A. D." East fix)nt : "Thermopyla; had her messenger of defeat, but the Alamo had none, March 6th, 1S36, A. D." West front: "Blood of heroes hath stained me, let the stones of the Alamo speak, that their immola- tions may not be forgotten, March 6th, 1836, A. D." About the time Santa Anna made his advance on San Antonio, General Urrea marched with an army along the coast, and on the 28th of Febru- ary, surprised Colonel Johnson and a small com- pany of Texans at San Patricio ; he with three companions were the only ones who escaped. The day following the Mexicans captured about forty Texans as they were returning from a scout, among whom w^ere Col. Grant and Major Morris. The officers and all but two of the privates were put to death. March 1 6th, Capt. King and a company of forty-one men were surrounded and captured near Refugio; after surrendering as prisoners of war they were marched back to the Mission and by order of Urrea all were shot. March 18, Fannin's small army was surrounded by a force of more than five times as large, under command of Urrea, and he was compelled to surrender. Under the terms of the suiTender it was agreed that after nine days detention at the Alission of Goliad, such of Fannin's men as wish to return were to be sent to the United States. On Palm Sunday, March 27th, iust nine days from the surrender, by order from Santa Anna, the prisoners, while in high spirits expecting to embark for home, were marched out in four columns and in as many directions, and at a given B (21) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. signal, without a moments warning, were halted and shot. Thus, three hundred and thirty more brave patriots perished ; twenty-seven made their escape. These prisoners being mostly from Georgia, were known as the "Georgia Battalion." After the massacre at the Alamo and Goliad^ Santa Anna considered Texas subdued and ex- pected soon to start for Mexico, leaving his gen- erals to re-establish Mexican laws, but was re- minded by one of his officers that the forces they had met and conquered were only recent volunteers from the United States, and that the real strength of the Texas army was yet to be conquered. He therefore decided to continue his advance. He divided his army into three different columns. He commanding the center ; the entire army at this time numbered about six thousand well equipped men. At the advance of such an army, and after the tragedy of the Alamo, and the sad fate of so many brave men who were murdered in cold blood at Goliad and other places, the country was panic-stricken. Houston at this time was at Gonzales with his little army of about five hundi-ed men ; feeling his force inadequet to cope with such an enemy, he ordered a retreat. Re- cruits continued to arrive until Houston's army numbered about fifteen hundred men. Two cannon were shipped as "hollow-ware" from Cincinnati via Galveston, and from there sent on the schooner "Kosciusko," up to Harrisburg, and received by Houston April 15th (these guns were at Baton Rouge, La., in 1S61, and were called the "Twin Sisters"). After various skir- mishes and maneuvers a division of the Mexican army numbering about sixteen hundred men un- der command of Santa Anna camped near Lynchburg, at the mouth of the San Jacinto, w^ithin a mile of a portion of Houston's forces, numbering seven hundred and eighty-three men. On the afternoon of April 3oth, a livel}^ skirmish took place. On the day following, Houston's army made preparations for battle. Deaf Smith had been dispatched by Houston to burn Vince's bridge across Sims' Bayou, over which the Mexican army had crossed. The "Twin- Sisters" were placed in position ; at noon a coun- cil of officers met; at three p. m. , the troops V were paraded for action, Burleson in command of the First Texas regiment occupying the center, directly in front of the Mexican breastworks. Sherman of the second regiment occupying the left wing, and Hockley in command of the ar- tillery, supported by the cavalry, under Lamar and four companies of regulars under Millard occupied the right. At four ©■'clock on the even- ing of April 2ist, 1S36, all was ready; the bugle (22) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. sounded ; the Texas line shouted the battle cry, "Remember the Alamo !" "Remember Goliad !" and charged impetuously upon the Mexican foe. The Mexicans, after their succession of victories while advancing on a retreating army of greatly inferior numbei's, were at this time feeling secure and resting at ease, not expecting an act of such boldness on the part of the little Texan band. So completely surprised were they that before their lines could be formed the Texans had charged over their breastworks and captured their cannon, they fell back in confusion. With the massacre at Goliad and the Alamo fresh in the minds of the Texans but little mercy was shown them, and a fearful slaughter took place. The flying Mexicans made their waj^ to Vinces' bridge, but finding it burned they were slain or captured. A few escaped and succeeded in crossing the boggy bayou. A party ol Burleson's men on the day following, captured a soldier in private's uniform on the prairie in the tall grass ; noticing a fine gold button in his shirt, they supposed he'was an officer, but had no idea of the rank of their priso- ner until thev reached camp, when the Mexican prisoners cried out "El f*residente !" During the conflict, while in the midst of the battle. General Houston, unfortunately received a severe wound in the ankle, besides this eight Texans were killed and twenty-five wounded ; the Mexican losses were six hundred and thirty killed, two hundred and eight wounded, and seven hundred and thirty prisoners, including the private captured with the gold button, Santa Anna, the President of Mexico ; also, all their artillery and camp stores and the military chest, containing about twelve thousand dollars in specie, which was di- vided among the victors. Many complaints had been made against Gen- eral Houston for his policy of retreat, but the result of this battle immortalized his name and fully vindicated the wise course he had pursued. The battle of San Jacinto stands without a parallel in the annals of history. The Mexicans wei'e now completely demoral- ized. Santa Anna was held a prisoner until the 14th of May, when a definite treaty was agreed upon. TJie other divisions of the Mexicaft army numbering four thousand seven hundred and eighty men^ liegan to retreat, and in June re- crossed the Rio Grande, and the war of the Revo- lution was practicallv ended. (23) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. G. H, SCHOELLKOPF, The Only Exclusive Wholesale Saddlery House IN THE STATE, DALLAS, = - - TEXAS. (^4) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Texas an Independent Republic. ^'A NEW BORN NATION." The people of Texas having gained their inde- pendence by revolting against the tyranny of Mexico, and so bravely defending their liberties and rights, proceeded now to organize an Inde- pendent Republic. Texas was now recognized by the leading powers of the world as "a New Born Nation." General Houston having resigned his command of the army, was elected President in Septembej-, 1S36, and inaugurated October 22d. The first Congress of Texas met at Columbia. October 3d. The Constitutional Government was organized October 32d ; the Constitution having been adopted in September. March 3d, 1S37, the United States acknowledged the Independence of Texas, one year after its declaration. Lamar was inaugurated President at Houston, December idth, 1S3S. The seat of government was moved to Austin in 1S39. Hous- ton's second inauguration took place December 13th, 184 1. The inauguration of Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic, took pladj' December 9th, 1S44. During President Tyler's administration the United States made proposi- tions to Texas for her annexation, which were favorably received, the Agreement of Annexation was ratified by the Convention of Texas on July 4th, 1845, ^"*^' °^ December 39th, 1845, the Con- gress of the United States, by joint resolution, declared Texas annexed to the Union. The Area of Texas at this time was 376,163 square miles. In consideration of $10,000,000 in bonds in 1850 the State ceded to the United S^'ites its claim to Santa Fe, being all Territory '"eyond its present limits one-half of the proceeds of this sale was retained in the United States treas- ury to liquidate the public debt of Texas. In February 1S55 congress passed a bill appropriat- ing $3,750,000 in addition to the $10,000,000 previously paid for Santa Fe. It having been found that the $5,000,000 reserved in the United States treasury was not sufficient to pay the prin- cipal and interest of the public debt of Texas. After this liberal appropriation was made every creditor of the old Republic of Texas was equit- ably paid. The $5,000,000 United States bonds accumulated in the treasury and furnished means to defray the expenses of the State government (25) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. from 1S51 to iS57,and the legislature remitted the taxes to the various counties. Most of the coun- ties used this money in building court houses and jails. In 1S57 congress made an appropriation of $80,000 to defray the expense of making a survey of the north boundary of Texas on Red Eiver, vv^hich had never been accurately defined. Major Emory, of the army, was sent to mark the line. He at first contended that Pease river should con- stitute the line. This river flows into the main fork of Red river near the corner of Wilbarger and Wichita counties. The Texas commissioner objected to this and Major Emory finally consented to extend Texas to the North Fork of Red River. (This portion of country at the present time is in dispute and is known as the "disputed territory.") COME TO TEXAS Thu "Lone Star" is waving— the flag of tlie free— Tlieii strike for Texas, if men you would be. No idlers are wanted: the thrifty and wise, To wealth and high station can equally rise. We've corn, oats and cotton, the richest of loam, Which yields to the settler provisions andhome. Trees, of every description, arise on each hand. From alluvial soil to the rich table land. Here springs are exhanstless and streams never dry. In the season from winter to autumn's bright sky. A wide panorama of prairie is seen; Of grasses of all kinds per annually gi-een. Here millions of cattle, sheep, horses and goats, Grow fat, as if stall fed, or, pastured on oats. No poverty is found in our mighty domain. To the man who exerts either fingers or brain. Here are homes for the millions — the rich and the poor — While Texas open^ wide her hospitable door. I have hundreds of acres — yes, thousands — to sell, Yet, can point without cost, to where pre-emptors can dwell. My terms will be easy with those whom I deal, While security, all, in their title can feel. Buy land while 'tis cheap, and the finest select, 'Twill, young ma", prove a fortune when least you expect. Old man, for your children, buy, file it away; A God-send it will prove on some rainy day. Write letters to Gatesville, to Eoijkkt B. Wells, And hear what a story he tells. (20) WILSON S IMMIGRAIS^TS GUIDE TO TEXAS. -^^ ^ i)l,f ..m.^. COL. F. B. CHILTON. Office of Southern Inter State Immigration Bureau. \ Austin, Texas, January 1st, 1889. L. A. WiLsox & Co., Manofjers Texas Rfdl Estate and Collection Bureau, Dallas, Texas: (tF.ntlemen: — lu response to your favor in which you ask my opin- ion in regard to certain data, I have no hesitancy in saying that I have not in my experience found anj^thing more reliable. I also take pleasure in stating that [ have examined and heartily approve of the methods you have adopted whereby all real estate own ers may seeui'e certain means of advertising their properties. Real estate men hold the key to the immigration literature, let there be more activity xind advertising and they can unlock the doors that now impede the glorious onward march to population and pros- perity. You have my best wishes for your good work. Respectfully, F. B. CHILTON, General Manager. (27) ■ Wir^SON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. GOVERNOR L. S. ROSS. (28; WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. CRONOLOGY OF HEADS OF Froiiiiicial and (i)tate "Oepartnieiits. Provisional Government, Organized Nov. 12, 1835. HENRY SMITH, Governor, Nov. 12, 1S35, to Jan. II, 1S3G. JAMES W. ROBINSON, Jan. 11, 183G, to March, 10, ISoG, installed by a nnanimons vote of the Council. Presidents of the Republic. DAVID G. BURNET, inaumirated March l(Jth, l^SC, !?--Mi»' (ijovernment, ad interim.) SAM ''HOUSTON, inaugurated Oct. 22, under the first constitutional government. MIRABEATT B, LAMAR, inaugurated Dec. 10, 1838. SAM HOUSTON, inaugurated second time, Dec. 13, IS-tl. ANSON JONES, inaugurated Dec. yth, 1844. Governors of Texas. J. PINCKNEY HENDERSON, inauiiurated Feb. 16, 1846. GEORGE T. WOOD, inaugurated Dec. 21, 1847. P. H. BELL, inaugurated Dec. 21, 184'J. E. M. PEASE, inaugurated Dec. 21, 1853. H. R. RUNNELS, inaugurated Dec. 21, 1857. SAM HOUSTON, inaugurated Dec. 21, 185i». LIEUTENANT CLARK became governor March IG, 1861. F. R. LUBBOCK, Nov. 7, 18G1. PENDLETON MURRAII, inaugurated Nov. 5th, 18G3. ANDREW J. HAMILTON became provisional governor Julv 25th, 18G5. J. W. THROCKMORTON became governor August 13, 18GG, removed from office July 30, 18G7. E. M. PEASE appointed governor, second time, July 30, 1867. E. J. D.VVIS, January 18, 1870. RICHARD COKE, inaugurated Jan. 13, 1874, remained in office till 187G. R. B. HUBBARD, 1876 to 1879. O. M. ROBERTS, 1879 to 1883. JOHN IRELAND, 1883 to 1887. L. S. ROSS, 18S7 to 1889. State Officers, Elected 1888. LAWRENCE SULLIVAN ROSS tloveruor. THOMAS BENTON WHEELER. .Lieutenant Governor! HENRY M. HOLMES Private Secretary. JOHN M. MOORE Secretary of State. JOHN D. McCALL Comptroller. FRANCIS R. LUBBOCK State Treasurer. RICHARD M. HALL, Commissioner General Land Office. JAMES S. HOGG, Attorney General. OSCAR H. COOPER, Supt. of Public Instruction. WILBUR H. KING, Adjutant General. L. L. FOSTER, Commissioner of Insurance, Statistics, History and Agriculture. DR. R. RUTHERFORD State Health Officer. GEN. W. P. HARDEMAN, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. JOHN T. DICKINSON, Secretary of Capitol and Peni- tentiary Boards. Hon. F. P. Alexander, Speaker House of Representatives SUl'UEME COUKT OF TEXAS. HON. JOHN STAYTON, Chief Justice. HON. REUBEN R. GAINES, \ Associate Justices HON. JOHN L. HENRY, / Associate Justices. COURT OF APPEALS. HON. J. P. WHITE, Presiding Judge HON. J. M. HURT, } a .soriatp Tnd> time of extracting. Benevolent Institutions.— The state has very liberally pro- vided for its bliud, deaf, dumb, destitute and fallen, and has made ample appropriations and erected magnificent structures for their care and keeping. At Austin is located the Blind In- stitute, the Deaf and Dumb Asyhmi, and State Lunatic Asylum —a branch of the latter is also located at Terrell. The Orphans Asylum at Corsicaua; the House of Correction and Reform is located at Gatesville. The various counties have also provided for their destitute. There is no need of professional beggars in this great State with millions at its command and with unbound- ed resources. BoiS D' Arc is found in Collin, Dallas, Delta, Ellis, Fannin, Gray- son, Hopkins Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Red River, Rockwall, and many other counties in small quantities. It is the most lasting wood known and will not shrink; it can therefoi'e be worked either green or dry. It is used for furniture, wagons, fence posts and for paving purposes. The priuripal business streets of Dallas are leaved with this "everlasting wood " Building Stone.— Granite of various tints and colors is found in a number of counties. The red or pink variety, of which the State capitol is mad", is found m Burnet county in vmlimited quantities. It is susceptible of the highest poli.sh: it weighs 164 pounds to the cubic foot, and sustains, by actual test, a crushing strain of 12,00(1 lbs. to the square inch. Verigated and gray granite is found in abundance in various sections of the state. Scotland, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont or New Hampshii-e cannot produce granite more beautiful or of finer quality than is found in Texas. Marble of the most beautifid and finest quality is found: the crystalized limestone, the coralline, or shell variety, the mahogany colored, the 'orange red and stellar ^ or blue crystaliue are unequalled in fineness of grain and beauty * of tint. While marble is found in various localities, in the coun- ties of Burnet, Travis and San Saba it exi.sts in the greatest quantity and of superior quality. Sandstone and Limestone of excellent quality exists in miles of acreage; extend- ing from Lamar, Fannin, Grayson aid Parker counties on the north through the entire State to Travis and other counties in the Southwestern portion of the State. The coloi's of the sand stone alternating from yellow to gray and black to brown. Extensive quarries are found iu Parker and Travis counties . Many large buildings in Au'ultry, 3 medical, (i edu- cational, 6 real estate, 2 immigration, 3 law, 6 temperance and fra- ternal. 3 trade review; 15 are in Gemran, all weeklies except 2; 3 iu Spanish, etc . Several of these paper companies own the buildings in which pub- lished, and some of them are costly structures, that of the News of Galveston, an elaborate fire proof,* being valued at ^100,(00. Tlie finest and latest presses of improved patterns are in use . CAPITAL NEEDED IN TEXAS. Owing to the limited amount of money in Texas, the rate of inter- (iS) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. ■est is high, and the banks readi-j' secure 12 per cent per annum on the best of security . As 11 ustrative, take one city to represent the case of very man/ others. DaUas has grQwn smce 1880, from a place of only 10,363 population to a wonderfully thriving city of near- ly if not quite 4f).OO0 and from a property valuation, then of about i?4,003,000to ,< 1 5,000,000 today, with a like prospective ratio of in- creasie f or the future, being a centre from which great railway lines railiate to '^ten different points of the compass, traversing the wealthiest and most i roductive portions of Texas, and making di- rect connections with national trunk roads About the same state- ment of prosperity can bi made of the thriving city of Fort Worth, her neighbor. thes3 two, possibly, outstripping all others. Because of this unexpected and rarely paralleled sold growth, there has been and is a constant and h<^avy demand for money here Ijy all the en arging departments of industry and trade. Hence it is, our proportionately few, financial institutions are taxed to the straining point for Wans on the safest of securities, arid are enabled readily to oljtain 12 per cent, per annum interest. SEABOARD AND SHIPPING. At several points along the 500 miles of Gulf shore, Texas pos- sesses most eligible sites for harl)ors, shipping facilities and superb cities. Already some of the latter are established, and for years have addrd to the reputa' ion and lustre of Texas abroad . Galveston one of the handsomest cities of its .size in the world, is an extensive shipping port, with the Mallory Steamship Line plying semi-weekly between there and New York, with a fleet of ten steamers. Besides these, other lines run to the various trade points in EurotJe. while in the safe harbor are seen in the shipping months miles of m.'ists of sliips, barks, etc., that traverse the oct-an with thousands of bales of cotton, wool, hides and other products from the interior, and in return come with freight across the Atlantic and from the northern ports for distribution all over Texas. Connections are made with Brownsville, Corpus Christi, ludiauola, Roekport, etc., all of which are likewise ports of prominence and increasing interest. The great difficulty under which these ports all labor is the lack of deep water thrnu?:h the bars whic'h prevent the entrance of the heavier draft vessels. The whole State, however, is intensely aroused oq this all important, vital subject-matter, and if adequate Congressional appropriations can not be obtained, Texas herself will undertake at no distant day to raise the money for the purpose from her people. It is calculated that, her increased domestic and foreign trade, especially with Europe, Vvest Indies and the Central and South American countries v>-ould soon fully compensate for the outlay." J. D. ROBERTS. W. E. WIGGINS. J. D. ROBERTS & CO., PICTURE PRRME8 and MOULDINGS, No. 717 Elm Street, DALLAS, TEXAS. l39) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Texas Statistics. KECAI'ITULATIOX. ARRANGED BY THE Texas Real Estate and Collection Bureau, OF DALLAS, TEXAS. AREA OF TEXAS, in acres, 175.587,840 AREA OF- TEXAS, in square miles 274,356 ASYLUM LANDS, 100.000 acres ea(!li. Blind. Deaf and' Dumb, Lunatic, and Orphans 490,000 ASYLUM LANDS, valued at $12,000,000 AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND, 1887 2,285,457 CATTLE number of head, 7,081,970, valued at 51 008,550 COTTON RAISED in 1887, number of bales 1.3.i2,:i77 COTTON, No. of acres in cultivation ,4,(00,000 CORN raised in 1887, number of bu^shels 63,410,300 CORN, No. of acres in cultivation ■ 3,000,000 FARM PRODUCTS valued at $172,000,000 HIDES, number of pounds exported iu 1SS7 60,000,000 HIDES exported in 1887 valued at $5,400,000 HOGS, No. of head, 1,P40,929. valued at $1,241,055 HORSES and MULES, No. of head, 1.2^9,090, valued at.. $33,160,329 LANDS of PUBLIC SCHOOLS controlled by counties, number of acres 4,237,596 LANDS of PUBLIC SCHOOLS, controlled by State, No. of acres 40,000,000 LIVE STOCK shipped in 1887, No . of head 1 ..500,000 LIVE STOCK, total value $150,500,000 LIA'E STOCK,No. of head, 12,000,000 MINERAL LANDS, No of acres 20,000,003 OATS, acres in cultivation (average per acre 42^ bushels) .375,000 O.-^TS, No. of bushels raised iu 1887, 14.810,100 PINE and CYPRESS LANDS, No. of acres 20.000,000 POPULATION, in 18S8-9, estimated 3,000,000 RAILWAY LINES, miles in 1887,9,500, in 1888 10,780 RAILWAYS, estimated value $315,600,000 SCHOOL FUND, in bonds and lands, valued at $147,709,202 SCHOOL FUND ^ available in 1887 $2,285,451 SHEEP and GOATS, 4,878,301 head, valued at ■ • • ■ $5,601 ,280 STATE AGRICULTURAL and MECHANICAL COL- LEGE endowment fund $500,000 STATE UNIVERSITY LANDS, number of acres. 2,221,400 STATE UNIVERSITY lands and bonds, valued at $13,844,316 STOCK SHIPPED in 1887 valued at $10,000,000 TAXATION rate on the $100 27i^ cts TIMBERED LANDS, area of acres(per acre from S2 to $5) 40.302,500 Total assessed valve of property iu 1883 $.527,537,300 Total assessed value of property in 1 884 603,060,917 Total assessed value of property in 1885 621,011,989 Total assessed vahie of property in 1886 030,525,123 Total value of real estate 1887 $425.604,.327 Total value of personal property 1887 228,808,074 Total assessed value of property in 1887 05(1,412,401 WHEAT, No. bushels raised in 1887 4,374,000 WHEAT, No. acres in cultivation.... 400,000 WOOL, No. of pounds exported, 1687 8,000,000 WOOL, value exported iu 1887 $1,600,000 (40) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. :Th:k= Cloxi -^^^^l+T hluna (and (^ Owns and Offers for Sale to 10 per cent No trouble to answer questions or to accommodate. Call on us. Correspond with us. \Vc have special arrangements with a gentleman thoroughly ac- quainted with the fan Handle country, who will take pleasiire in showing purchasers and giving discrijrtion. metes and bounds, and all i)articidars of the lands. Also, reduced railroad fare has been secured. 'l^'A.RK DRUG STORB.' THEO HOFFMAN, Prop. Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Perfum- ery, Toilet Articles, Stationery, Etc. Physicians Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Day and Night. TELEPHONE CONNECTION. Coi". Ervay and Marilla Sts., Dallas, Texas. W. n. Phather . A. C. Ardrey. PRATHER & ARDREY, Rea.1 Estate Agents and Collectors. Buy aud Sell Land and City property, furnish Abstracts of Titles, Render Property for Taxes, Negotiate Loans etc. 74-1 Elm Street, Dallas' Texas. (53) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. year* ©f miserable existence before dying, not dreaming tliat tlie climate would heal, though hoping it might help. The names of scores of such people can be given on application to any reputable physician in this city . To show the healthfulness of San Antonio as compared with other cities all over the country the following comparative statistics are given: CITIES. POPULATION. DEATH RATE . San Antonio, Texas 45,000 17.^2 Cleveland, Ohio, 200,4^9 40.04 New Haven, Conn 75.000 30,03 Baltimore, Md 408,5:30 19,73 New Orleans, La 2:^4,000 24.00 Cincinnati, Oliio 325,000 24.02 Nashville, Teun 60,000 2fi.4G Chicago, 111 630,0(-0 '~8 44 Norfolk, Va 20,188 38.30 St. Louis. Mo 400,000 55.C8 Milwaukee, Wi.s 160,00' 18.67 Wilmington, Del 54,000 :iOM Detroit, Mich 165,000 28.40 The death rate here given for this citj-, 17.22 per thou.sand, in- cludes the deaths from all causes. If from the total deaths should b3 deJiictel, as would be proper, those who came here to3 late to receive any benefit and died in the citj', and thus the actual death rate among San Antonio residents only catalogued — it would be seen that the legitimate death rate of this city for 1886 was a fraction be- low 14 in every thousand of the population. Within the past few months an unusual interest has been manifes- ted in the matter of sanitarian homes for the people who are asking concerning this city . The spacious hotels which now house so many from the disagreeable cimates of the north and east, are recognized as destined to hold but a small part of the health and pleasure seek- ers who are looking with longing eyes upon the advantages and com forts of a winter residence in 'balmy, breezy San Antonio."' Active measures are on foot for the opening up of large bote s upon the highest grounds which environ the city and give so much charm to its surroundings. Thosa who have tested the benefits of San Antonio climate need no persuasion to turn their migratory faces southward when the chilliug northern winds begin to blow. HER INTERNAL CONDITION. In her commerce, her educational institutions, her social life, her pleasure resorts— her opportunities for business, enjoyment and improvement — San Antonio offers many attractions. Her missions and her gardens are replete with all that challenges attraction, and in so far as historical suggestiveness is concerned she has no rival in the south Her business houses are substantial structures, and the volume of her busine:^s is best seen in the fact that this city with its population of 45.0J0 souls, almost without manufacluries and large creative in- dustries of any kind, outside of her breweries, maintains that popu- lation and constantly increases it, despite the most destructive drouth that has ever visited the great sheep and cattle ranges of the State. Her bauUing institutions are the pride of the city and elicit favor- able comment from all quarters. Her wholesale houses are the source of supply for an immense area of country. Her breweries furnish the product which now quenches the thirsty, far over the bordc r and in every city and village of southwest Texas. The value of her real estate reaches nearly $13,000,0(jO as shown upon the as- sessment rolls, and thai value is doubling every decade. The semi- tropical fruits grov<- luxuriously in this climate, and grape culture IS destiued to be a lucrative industry of i he very near futiu-e. The drives about the city are picturesque, and many delightful observation points are found north and east and west from the higher grounds overlooking the city. The West End Company ami others are laying out and beauiifying the most sightly localities around the city ami preparing them to become the homes of comuig thousands. Natiu-e has provided bountifully for the water supply of the citj-, and the gas and electric light companies have no intention of leaving (54) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Laredo Real Estate and Abstract Co., LAREDO, TEXAS. Has a large list of City property for sale. Has the ouly complete set of Abstract V)ooks for property in the City of Laredo, and iu Webb and Encinal counties. Furnishes authentic abstracts of titles buys and sells property on commission , perfects titles, pays taxes, rents buildings and negotiates loans of commission. SEND FOR CITY MAP AND PRICE LIST. JVf. Goodii^nn. Jr^ ROOM NO. 4, ADOUE BUILDING, CALVERT, _ - _ TEXAS. M. M. Tei^pfeioii A Co<5 General © L,find ^ A^^eiits, Wichita Fallz, Wichita Co , Texas. Write or call for other information. Postoff ce box Jl. CORSICRNSI^MDIIPESTMENTCO, Rooms 1 ^ 2, 3 and 4 Johnson Building, CORSICANA, - - - TEXAS. J, W. LAWRENCE & SON General LAND AND CLAIM AGENTS, Austin, TerAf,/.AS. _ _ _ . rjSATAS Mrs. A. M- Napier, Dealer in FANCY GOODS, ART NEEDLE WORK, PAINTING Hammered Brass and Paper Flower Materials. 739 Elm Street, DALLAS, TEXAS Sfcampiuii- Outfits, One Dollar and Upward?;. POOLITTLE &MAliAl>JA ARCADE STORE. Wholesale and Retail dtiiiiaware.Slassware.'lVQodenware, TINWARE, WILLOWWARE, NOTIONS AND TOYS, 833 and 840 Elm Street. Dallas, - - Texas, Prices Guaranteed as low as any market in United States. W. a. ARMSTRONG, J. H. ARMSTRONG, T. J. EVANS. rmstronailiiii QJ^^DEAT^ERS 7A';s^Jve yMiMMEFs Shinolks. Sash, ©Gors, Bliuds ^-^ 3/lcuLclincs. ' o OFFICE AND YARDS Cor. Sycamore St. and Pacific Ave- DALLAS, - TEXAS. WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. of about 7^500 and an area of 900 square miles. It is situated near the center of the State. It has an average deviation of 1,900 feet above the sea level, on the western boundary of the county it reaches 2,100 feet. The surface of the county is rolling table land. The soil is of various shades and ranges from the lightest sandy to the heaviest stiff loam. The most fertile soil is found on the mesquite Hats, being a dark mahogany or choco- late loam. It is unsurpassed forwheat, oats, bar- ley and r) e, while the sandy soil on the elevations in the timber is best adapted to cotton, corn, veg- etables and fruits. Almost all varieties of fruits will grow, but the peach and the grape will do the best. About one-fourth of the county is covered by a growth of oak timber, which answers for fencing, fuel, etc. Many elevations of the county are covered with scrubby cedar, which makes the best fenca posts, and always command good prices in the prairie sections of the county. On the margins of the streams in the valleys the elm, hackberry and pecan grow, to great perfection. Pecans are sold in the local market trom $1.50 to $^2.50 per bushel, and quite an ex- , tensive business is done. One of our local mer- chants at this writing has in his warehouse about 2.000 bushels of these valuable nuts. The county is watered by numerous streams, springs and wells. A good supply of water is found from 15 to 40 feet. The financial condition of the county is unsurpassed by any county in the State. The total assessed- valuation of the county in 18S7 was $2,301,^^26; total State and county tax on the =S>iooo, 87.J cents — less than one per cent. Cash on hand, -$20,000 ; outstanding bonds. 1=33,000. The county offers unusual educational advantages. Belle Plain College for young ladies, and the Tex- as Military Institute for young men, are located in this county, at an altitude of 1,900 feet above the sea level, and in point of healthfulness the moun- tains of Virginia do not excel it. In addition to Belle Plain College, there are 27 organized pub- lic free schools. The stranger need not fear the society of Callahan county; it is settled bv the best elements of the older States. The H. & T. C, and the T. & P. railroads pass through the county. Living expenses are as low as in any other portion of the State. The healthfulness is unsurpassed. Baird, the county seat, has a popu- lation of over 1,000 and is one of the best towns in Western Texas. \ We are indebted for (lata nsed in the above to Wchb d- Webb, Heal Estate A^/ents, Daird, Texas.] Camp County Was organized June 20, 1S74. Its area is 286 scpiare miles. Its present population is 6, 165 — (Gi) I WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. J, F, JUNES & CD,, "Wholesale and Retail And General Musical Merchandise. a29 Commerce Street, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. Davidson, Potter & Taylor LAND AND LIVE STOCK BROKERS, lianoh Lunds and Stock Farms for Sale. SAN ANGELO, - - TEXAS. Real Estate Brokers and General Bgeiits, EL PASO, TEXAS. Real Estate, Fire Iiisiir?.iiceaiiflLoanApts, GREENVILLE, TEXAS. JOHN M^^nToODY, Sole jiropri.vtor of Moody's Addition to the Town of Midland. Also owns ] ,900 acres of land adjoining the town, which he offers for sale iu lots to suit purchasers. MRS, L. M, SNELL, Proprietress FlatDniEj - - -' Texas. MUNSON &. BRO', .DEALERS IN Real Estate, Bonds ailfl Other Securities 301 Woodard S t., Denison, Texas. Beat Estate .-^genif^ Loan broker, San Antonio. Texas. Mrs, R, R, & N, A. Pepper, Props, TEmpls, - - - Texas, Jolno Thireadgill, Real Estate and Collectino' Agency TAYLOR, Wiliiamson Co., TEXAS. (63) • WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. whites, 3,107 ; colored, 3,038. Its scholastic pop- ulation is 1,696. The assessed valuation is ^'933,- 231 ; the per cent of taxes on the I; 100 is 1. 03 1-2; the available funds of the county, none. Its bonded debt is *i 1^500 ; the number of acres of improved land is 33,109; unimproved land^ 66,476. It has about 6-[^6^6 acres of tim- bered land^ includincr the foUovvino- varieties: Different varieties of oak, pine, hickory^ ash, gum, etc. It has about 1S40 acres of prairie land. Its average farm productions per acre are : Wheat, 10 bushels ; corn, 17; oats^ 12 1-3; sweet potatoes, 133 ; Irish potatoes, 100 bushels. The following fruits are successfully grown: Peaches, apples, melons, grapes and plums The following minerals are found: Coal and iron. It is watered by springs and wells. It has two lines of rail- road ; East Line and Red River railway and the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas, passing through the county. It has 45 churches, 40 schools, 19 mills, and i manufactory in operation. Pittsburg is the county seat ; its present popula- tion is about 2^000. The courthouse is valued at lio.ooo ; the jail at 17,000. The above is prepared with gi-eat care and may be relied on, T. E. Russell, Co. Clerk. Cass County Was organized in 1846. Its area is 926 square miles. Its present population is 20,122 — whites, 13.010; colored, 7,1 13. Its scholastic population is 5,700. The wealth valuation of the county is ^4^000,000. The assessed valuation is 13,164,- 224. The per ce*it of taxes on the $100 is .72 1-2. The available funds of the county are rf;i,ooo. Its bonded debt, none. Number of acres of school land in the county _, nojie. The number of acres of improved land is 104,000, valued at $3 per per acre ; unimproved land, 407,030, valued at $2 per acre. It has about 407,030 acres of timbered land, including the following varieties : Oak, pine, hickory and ash. Its soil is sandy. Its farm productions are cotton, corn^ wheat, etc. The following fruits are successfully grown: Ap- ples, peaches, pears, grapes, etc. The following minerals are found : Iron and coal. It has plenty of water. It has three lines of railroads (See R. R. Guide) passing through the county. It has 100 churches, 123 schools, 100 mills, and one manufactory in operation. Linden is the county seat; its present population is 1,000. The court- house is valued at $20,000; the jail at 10,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. D. D. Dodd, Co. Clerk. Chambers County Was organized in 1858. Its area is 851 square (64) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. BAKER & DECKER, CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEX. Abstracts FurnisjLed. Titles Investigated and Perfected. Careful appraisements made, full reports furnished of any par- ticular lands as to location, general character, timber and water supply, soil, etc. Lands rendered, taxes paid, rents collected, and large trac's sub- divided and sold at auction or private sale. Will furnish reliable information to investors and settlers in regard to Texas lands generally, and especially the counties of the Panhandle Will make application to General Land Office for the purchase of school lands . PHIL H. CLEMENTS, LAND and LOAN ACT GOLDTHWAITB, MILLS CO., TEX. W. K. JONES. (COUNTY .JUDGE VAL VERDE CO.) LAWYER AND LAND AGENT; DEL RIO. TEXAS. JOHN WABRENBERGER, Real Estate Agt. & Abstractor, MONTGOMERY, TEXAS. Has the only Complete Abstract of Land Titles of Montgomery Co . lOON L. CROOME, SR., REAL ESTATE AGENT, WHARTON, TEXAS. l7 FULTON^ ATTORNEY -AT- LAW, Den ton, Texas. BROWN & MOORE, Real Estate % Collecting A gts, WHII^NEY. T EX ^S. H. W. HUNT, Atlorney-at-Law i\i Real Estate Agent, 8T. JO, TEXAS. CHARLES A. DAILEY, Land and Loan Agent, San Angelo, Texas. (65) VVriSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. miles. Its present population is 3,000 — whites, 2,000; colored, 1,000. Its scholastic population is 534. The wealth valuation of the county is $1,500,000. The assessed valuation is $700,000. The per cent of taxes on the lioo is .65. The available funds of the county are $500. Its bonded debt, $9,850. The number of acres of school lands in the county is 48,000. The number of acres of improved land, about i-8th of the land, valued at $10 per acre. Unimproved land is val- ued at$i to I2 per acre. It has about one-fourth of area of timbered land. Its soil is gray, dark, sandy loam. Its average farm productions per acre are: Cotton, 1-2 bale ; corn, 25 bushels; po- tatoes, 150 bushels; cane, 2 hogsheads sugar. The following fruits are successfully grown: Grapes, plums, ligs, peaches, pears, and some oranges. It is watered by Trinity bay, Live Oak, Double, Turtle, and Cedar bayous. Trinity and Old rivers. It has no lines of railroad, and really needs none. It has 8 churches, 15 schools, 5 mills, and 9 manufactories in operation. Wallis- ville is the county seat ; its present population is 300. The courthouse is valued at 89,850; the jail at $1,500. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. Jno. R. Wooten, Co. Clerk. Cherokee County, Cherokee county was organized in 1S44. Its area is 1,000 square miles. Its population is 28,- 000 — whites, 24,500; colored, 3,500. Its scholas- tic population is 5,274. Its assessed valuation is $4,106,000. The per cent of taxes on the $100 is 62 1-2 cents, State and county. The' available funds of the county are: School funds, $28,000; county funds, $12,500. Its bonded debt, none. Number of acres of school lands in the county, 600. Number of acres of land in the county, 640,000. Improved land, 128,000 acres, valued at from $3 50 to $40 per acre ; unimproved land, 512,000 acres, valued at $2.50 to $20 per acre. It has about 250,000 acres of choice timbered land, including the following varieties : Pine, oak, hickory, walnut, elm, gum, etc. It has all the different varieties ot soil *to be found in the State, from the lightest colored to the blackest ; also red, and every other color and quality. The average farm products per acre are: Cotton, 1-2 to I bale; corn, 30 bushels; oats, 40 bushels; potatoes, 125 bushels. Apples, pearfe, plums, etc., are successfully grown, while for peaches it is certainly the garden-spDt of the uni- verse. The town of Jacksonville (in the county), in 1887, shipped to northern markets 8r,ooo boxes of peaches, from which was realized, net, (06) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. ' R NEW^^NTERPRISE, There is a new enterprise in Dallas in the way of a Sample S^ioe Store. There are but two in the United States, one in Dallas, the other in Nashville, Tenn. The goods are retailed at wholesale rates after drummers are through with them. We refer to the Sample Shoe Store of W. C. Gillespie, 818 Elm St. F W'. Kirn. Fritz Mitohei^l. KIRN & MITCHELL, BlaiT^l-c Boolvs. Agents for St. Louis Republic.— Delivered to any part of the city. 745 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas. E. P. MARSHALL, AHori|ey>xa^->La\i/^9 804 Elm Street, DALLAS, TEXAS. J. E. MOOI^E, Real Estate and Live Stock. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO XEHVEFLE OIX'2' r>IiOFESlT^X'. Correspondence solicited. TEMPLE, Bell Co., Texas. Sparine MoTJLse, ALVARADO, TEXAS. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. Ji?"Goo(l beds, polite attention, first-class waiters, best meals obtainable in the city. Large sample rooms. Hotel centrally locar- ted. Af jRS. ,T. C. BRAlSJS^OlSr, l^rnprietress. Jenkins <& s^opektsoN, Attorneys and Land Dealers, Meridian, Bosque Co , Texas. Wc own the only Abstract of Laiul Titles for Bosque County. THE TURNER CnTTAG-E, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS. D. H. Turner, - Propeietor. Good Rooms and First-Class Fare. Commercial Travelers will be well Entertained. W. L. Blanton, ,T. M. Wright, Oeo. T. Yates, AttcTH-ney and N. P. Attorney. Mg'r Register Pub. Co. BLANTON, WRIGHT *» YATES, GA^I^i^BSVILLE, CaoUe Co., TB.VXS Lock Box, 59 I . OfTice West Side Square. COMPLETE ABSTRACTS OF LANDS IN COOKE COUNTY. (67) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. $25,000. It is watered by Mud creek and Neches river, and eight or ten other small streams. It has two lines of railroad, the Internateonal and Great Northern, 30 miles Irom ea.^t to west, and the St. Louis, Texas and Arkansas railroad, "from north to south. 45 miles, and cross- ing the I. and G. N. at Jacksonville, near the center of the countv- Rusk, the county seat, has a population of about" 1,500, fifty business houses, an f 18,000 jail ; a $40,060 courthouse in course of erection. The East Texas penitentiary is located one mile north of the town, where the State has two furnaces in operation, making the finest iron in the South, from native ore. New Birmingham, a new iron town three-fourths of a mile southeast of the town, has just recently been laid off. Purchases there are being made daily from all parts of the United States. Buildings are rapidly going up, the streets are being graded, and it now bids fair, in a- few years, to be the "Pitts- ^ burgh" of the South. Jacksonville, the leading town of the county, has a population of 1,500; seventy-five business houses, mostly brick ; and, owing to her superior railroad facilities, together with the natural resources of the country sur- rounding the town, and productions in the way of fruit, and the iron ore, and location as to health, etc., she is bound to be the metropolis of the county, as she now is in her infancy. The town of Alto, in the south end of the county, is a live town, with 700 population, surrounded by a fine agricultural district. The town of Mt. Selman, in the north end of the county, is a live little town, also, being situated on the railroad and in a hcalthv locality, and a fine agricultu- ral as well as a fine fruit-growing district. In addition to all those things above mentioned, there is, in the countv, 75 ^^"''ch^^' 100 schools, 60 steam gins and grist mills in operation, and the county owns and works an $8,000 poor farm [Weave indebted for the above to M. L. Earle, Grocer, lieal Estate and Insurance Agent, Jacksonville, Texas.'] Clay County Was organized in 1S73. Its area is t,io6 square miles. Its population is 5,035 — whites, 4,950; colored, 85. Its scholastic population is 1,336. The wealth valuation of the county is S3, 935, 980. Assessed valuation. $3,340,000. Per cent of taxes on the -f 100 is 80 cents. The avail- able funds of the county are $5,734. Its bonded debt is $36,000. Number of acres of school lands in the county, 330. Number of acres of improved land, 37,523, valued at ^-8 per acre ; unimproved land, 680,353, valued at $3 per acre. It has about 20,022 acres of timbered land, including the fol- (68) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. lowing varieties : Post oak, cottonwood, j^ecan, ash, elm, blackjack, and hackberry. It has about 660,330 acres of prairie land. Its soil is red loam and dark sandy. Its average farm productions per acre are: Corn, 35 bushels ; wheat, 20 bush- els; oats, 40 bushels ; cotton, 1-2 bale ; millet, £ 1-3 tou8. The following fruits are successfully grown: Plum^, peaches, apples, grapes, apricots, nectarines, and berries. The following minerals are found: Coal, copper, and silver. It is wa- tered by Little Wichita, Big Wichita, and Red rivers, and their tributaries, and tributaries ' of West Fork. It has two lines of railroad, the Fort Worth and D. C, and G., H. and W., pass- ing through the county. It has 6 churches, 31 schools, 3 mills, and i manufactory in operation. Henrietta is the county seat; its present popula- tion is 3,000. The courthouse is valued at $40,- 000; the jail at -18,500. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. G. W. Ford, County Clerk. Coieman County Was organized in 1875. Its area is 1200 square miles ; present population, 7,000; whites, 6950, colored, 50 ; scholastic population, 1,386. The wealth valuation of the county is 16,637,310; as- sessed valuation, $3,313,987; percent, of taxes on the -t 100.00, ^2 1-3 ; bonded debt, 128,746.63. The amount of permanent school fund in the county, $61, 100. 85 ; number of acres of improved land, 3400, valued at $15 per acre; unimproved land, 176.000, valued at i>3 to $5 per acre. About one- third of the county is timbered land, including the following varieties : Pecan, hackberry, elm, cot- tonwood, live-oak, black iack, post-oak, cedar, mesquite. About one-half the county is prairie land. It is prairie land, hog wallow and its soil sandy clay loam. Its average farm produc- tions per acre are, wheat, 33 ; oats, 77 ; corn, 37 ; cotton, 3-4 bale ; barley, 35 bushels ; rye, 30 bush- els ; sorghum green, 15 tons, and millet, 3 tons. The following fruits are successfully grown: peaches, plums, apricots, pears, grapes, and mellons and pecans ; the following minerals are found: coal and iron. It is watered by Colorado river, Home creek, Hord's creek, Jim Ned, Pecan Bayou, and numerous tributaries. It has one line of railroad completed, two projected, passing through the county. It has all protestant church- es. 33 schools, 8 mills, and 4 manufactories in op- eration. Coleman is the county seat ; its present population is 1,250; the court house is valued at $35,000; the jail at $9,000; poor farm at liooo. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. H. D. Walker, County Clerk. D (69) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. ij- p. olIvei^ & CO., DEALERS IN WALL PAPE^R, PAINTS Glass, Artists' Materials, T i dur e'Fr amesiD/L ouldi ngs 7 37 Elm Street. DALLAS, - . TEXAS. Write for Samples and Prices. HNGLO-TEXRN l^flND and \m CO ., no Sycamore St., DALLAS, TEXAS. Real Estata Baught and Snld, lu all parts of the State. Money Loaned. Auction of lots every Saturday. ^S. S, LONG,-4>^ " ^^^ NDTARY PUBLIC, 723 Main Street, - DALLAS, TEXAS. J"- Id- IE3Ia.wes, Wholesale and retail Furniture Dealer, 725 and 737 Elm Street. This is one of the best known and most popular establishments in the city. All visitors should call and see the extensive stock and compare prices before purchasing. At the Fair and Expositiot a display will he made of the pro- ducts of the varicais ct'Ur.ties Id the State; also a display of the minerals, soils, clay aud textile fabrics— in fact any ard everything that could be profitably n anufactured. This di.'-plf.y will shew the State iu niiniaiure, so tliat parties def-irirg to raise a given crop or manufactujeany special article can here determine what section of the State is best'adapted to the business he wishes to follow. DEALR IN eal}Lstate audi^iYeSteclCj Special attention to Temple City proiwrty. Correpondence Solicited. TEMPLE, - - - TEXAS. ^ D. M. Prendergast, Pres. M. Storey, Sec. W. B. Gibbs, Treas. M. E Roberts, Vice-President. ^-^MKXIA^^-c^ ^ MEXIA, TEXAS. (70) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Collin County Was organized in 1S4O ; is bounded on tlie north by Grayson and Fannin, on the east by Fannin and Hunt, on the south by Rockwall and Dallas and on the west by Denton. Its popula- tion is estimated at 37,500. It is about 33 miles from east to west and about 33 miles from north to south, having an area of about 700 square miles or 458,000 acres. Almost every foot of soil in this county is susceptible of cultivation. The soil is black waxy and over one-half the county is in cultivation. Cotton, corn, wheat and dats are the principal products, and no county in the State can produce a greater average per acre, or a better quality. Vegetables, peaches, plums, grapes and other fruits do well. The county is mostly all prairie land, but is well timbered along the streams. It is watered by East fork of the Trini- ty river, Pilot Grove, Rowley, Wilson, Honey Grove and other creeks and streams. It has four lines of railway passing through the county, the H. & T. C, G* C. & S. Fe, M. P., and St. L., A. & T. McKinney, the county seal, is located near the center of the county on the H. & T. C. and at the terminus of the Jefferson branch of the M. P. It is a thriving little city with a population of about 3,000. Colorado County- Its area is 960 square miles; its population is 17,353, whites, 9,954, colored, 7,399; scholastic population, 4,631 ; assessed valuation, $5,043,630. . The per cent, of taxes on the $100 is 53 1-3 cents. State, county and special. School funds, county, $11,000; from State, $30,000. Bonded debt, none ; county school land, two leagues ; improved lands valued at from $5 to $50 ; uLimproved val- ued at from $3 to $15. It has 173,051 acres of timbered land, consisting of pin-oak, live-oak, post oak, pecan, walnut, hackberry, elm and many other valuable trees ; 136,530 acres in culti- vation, crops consist of corn, cotton, oats, pota- toes — sweet and Irish, sugar cane, soi'ghum, mil- let, hay, broom-corn, grapes, wheat. Rivers — Colorado, 100 yards wide, Navidad, Bernard ; creeks, — Miller, Rad-gate, North Sandy, South vSandy, Scull, Golden, Roe and others, which afford at all seasons a never-failing supply of water. Wells are easily obtained in all portions of the county. Mean annual rainfall 39 inches. Crops never suffer from drouth. At Columbus, the county seat, the Colorado river makes a bend in the shape of a horse-shoe, which is 14 miles around and returns to within 900 yards of the point of its deflection. Competent engineers have determined by careful survey that by cutting a (71) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. canal across this bend at the narrowest point a fall of 17 feet could be obtained, and water power of immense capacity be cheaply secured. The Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio railroad passes through the county from east to west, crossing the Colorado river at Columbus, from whence a branch road extends north and connects with the H. & T. C. at Elgin, in Bastrop county. The San Antonio & Aransas Pass railroad runs through the southern portion of the county. Col- umbus is about 118 miles by rail from Galveston, and the same distance from the ''mouth of the Brazos river," where a copious land-lacked har- bor is soon to be constructed, a company of monied men having already obtained permission from the United States and State government to do the work. There are t\5^'o cotton seed oil mills in the coun- ty, one at Columbus, the other at VVeimer. Both have the latest improved machinery. Columbus has about 3,000 population, and an estimated trade of !!>6oo,ooo annually. The town? are Weimer, Eagle Lake, Borden, Ellinger, Osage and Frels- berg. The people are industrious and thriving. The soil on the rivers and creeks is a dark loam, is very deep and noted for its great productive ca- pacity and enduring qualities. The black land of the prairies is also fertile, and stands drouth well. About three-fourths of the county is well adapted to the purposes of cultivation, and will yield from 1-2 to I 1-3 bales cotton per acre, from 25 to 50 bushels of corn ; oats, from 40 to 60; Irish pota- toes, 100 ; sweet potatoes, 150; and every vege- table known to the temperate zone is raised in great profusion. Peaches, plums, grapes, apples and all kinds of berries are grown with success. Game, such as deer, turkey, ducks, geese, prairie chickens, etc., are abundant. All kinds of fresh water fish are to be found in great numbers in the rivers, creeks and lakes. The general health is good. There are churches and schools in every neighborhood. Obedience to the law, character- izes the population. The rights of all citizens are equally protected. [We are indebted for the above to McLean S: Munson, Beat Estate Agents, Columbus, Texas.] Comal County. [We are indebted to F. Hampe, of New Brannfds, dealer in general merchandise, for the foil Giving] : Its naine is derived from the beautiful Comal, a tributarv of the Guadalupe river. Comal is an Indian name, meaning griddle. Comal county has an area of ^66 square miles, and a population of 7,000. The surface in the southern portion of the county is 750 feet above the sea level, its altitude gradually rising to the northwest up to (V2) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. about ijioofeet. In the south the surface is undu- lating, with occasional hills^ while in the north it is mountainous, with table lands and rich val- leys. The soil in the upper section of the county is of a calcareous nature, in the valleys a yellow clay mixed with sand ; in the southern portion a deep, heavy, black clay, called mesquite prairie. The soil in the valleys, which are very extensive, is rich and very productive. The whole territory is of the tertiary formation. Limestone and gyp- sum furnish an abundance of material for building purposes. All kinds of native grasses cover the slopes of the mountains, the hills and plains, with luxuriant verdure, furnishing ample pasture for cattle, horses, sheep and goats. In the valleys, along the narrow streams of pure, ever-flowing water, almost every variety of trees are growing ; the cypress, pecan, walnut, hickory, elm, live oak, sycamore, hackberry, bur, oak, mulberry, poplar, cherry, and boxelder ; on the prairies, mesquite, occaciafarnesiana and plum ; on the mountains, live oak, spaniSh oak, post oak, black jack and cedar. The agricultural productions are of great variety — cotton, corn^ wheat, oats, rye, tobacco, sorghum, millet, Hungarian grass, and the cereals ; sweet and Irish potatoes, and vegetables of every variety. Apples, peaches, pears, plums, figs, grapes and other fruits are produced in abund- ance. The land yields from lo to 20 bushels of wheat, 80 bushels of oats, g.o to 35 bushels of corn, and from a bale to three-fourths of a bale of cotton per acre. The climate is delightful. The balmy and salubrious atmosphere produces an elasticity of spirit. The fine prairies, which admit of a free circulation of air, and the total absence of swamps, render the country free from debilitating fevers. The assessed value of property in the county: 328,291 acres of land, valued at $1,212,310; other property, $523,000; total, $1,753,320. Besides the city of New Braunfels, which forms a school district, there are nine organized dis- tricts in the county, with twenty-one schools for white and two for colored children. The scholastic population is 2S3 in the city and 105 1 outside the city ; total, 1334. The school fund derived from the State is $1,471.60 to the city and $5,465.20 to the county schools. The county has sold a portion of its^ school land and the money placed on interest, but still owns three leagues and a half in Brown and Callahan coun- ties. The interest and principal on school lands is flowing into the county school fund, which is steadily increasing. This county is principally settled by an industrious and frugal class of Ger- mans, who make the very best of farmers. New (73) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Braunfels, the county seat, has a population of about 3,500. It is beautifully situated at the foot of a hill, on level ground slightly sloping toward the river. Its public buildings are the courthouse, jail, academy, Catholic and Protestant churches. Besides its numerous mercantile establishments ; it contains one iron machine shop, three tanneries, several saddle-tree factories, one reliable bank, two flour and grist mills, three brickyards and one cotton gin. The Comal river, the main spring of which gushes out at the foot of Comal moun- tain and forms a small rivulet, which by innumer- able springs in the first mile of its course, swells to a mighty river three hundred and fifty feet wide and ten feet deep, where a dam turns a part of the water into the ditch of Lando's mills. Turning itself in wide bends, the stream passes Koester's mill and after receiving the water of Comal creek and Lando's mill forms an expan- sive and deep pond above the 225 feet long solid dam built for a large factory. Through the gates of this dam 22,000 to 25,000 cubic feet of water rushes every minute with a fall of nine feet, thence meandering and passing by (beforeempty- ing into the Guadalupe), the WOOLEN MILL AT NEW BRAUNFELS, which is located on the bank of this beautiful river and has a fine water power of about 100- horse power. Thus far steam has been used to run the mill, but the water power can be utilized whenever it shall be deemed advisable to do so. The mill is a two-story frame building with a stone basement, dye house, finishing room, store house and office, and has all the machinery used in manufacturing fine cassimeres, blankets and yarns. The principal machinery consists of self- operating jacks (spinning machines of 1,000 spin- dles), two sets of cards, and eight broad fancy looms on which any fancy pattern can be woven, fulling and finishing machinery^ etc. The mill has the reputation to manufacture honest all- woolen goods and has a capacity of about 500 yards per day, medium weight. Peter Faust & Co. have built a fine flour and grist mill and cotton gin, running eight gins, by water power, from the Comal river. The above information is extracts taken from sketches of '^ Comal County,^'' compiled by H. Seele, and is about as reliable as can be obtained at this time. Comanche County Was organized 1S57. Its area is 900 square miles ; present population, 10,000, whites 9,995^ colored, 5; scholastic population, 3,436; assessed valuation, $2,954,774 ; per cent, of taxes on the $100, 57 1-3 ; available funds of the county, $15,- (74) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. ooo ; bonded debt, none ; number of acres of school lands in the county, 150 sections all taken ; improved land, 60,000, valued at lio per acre ; unimproved land is valued at $3 per acre. About two-thirds of the county is timbered land^ includ- ing the following varities : post-oak, black jack, pecan, Spanish oak, etc. About one-third the countv is prairie 1 tnd. Its soil is mostly sandy. Its average farm productions per acre are corn, 30 bushels; wheat, 20 bushel; 1-3 bale cotton. Peaches, plums, grapes, and apricots are success- fully grown. Some coal is found. It is watered by the Leon river and tributaries. It has 75 churches. 70 schools, and 10 mills in operation. Comanche is the county seat; its present popula- tion is 1,300; the courthouse is valued at $15,000, the jail at ^7,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. T. R. Hill, Land Agent, Comanche, Texas. Cooke County. This county lies on the north boundary of the State, between the 33d and 34th degrees of lati- tude and on each side of the 97th parallel of west longitude. It is separated from the Indian Terri- tory by the Red river on the north, is bounded on the east bv Grayson county, on the south by Den- ton and Wise counties and on the west by Mon- tague county. It was organized in 1S49, but on account of its remoteness from railroads and water transportation up to 186 r, its population did not exceed 5,000, and during the war it was almost depopulated by hostile Indians that made raids into the county^ killing people and driving off their stock. Its area is 933 square miles. Its population in 1870 was 5.315; by the census of iSSo it was 30,391^ and from the best sources of information that can be obtained 40,000 is a cor- rect estimate of its present population. It has^ in cash and bonds belonging to the perma- nent school fund_, $22,687.86; it has, in land notes given for land donated to the county by the State, $40,976.70; its total permanent school fund, $63,664.56. It has, outside of the city of Gaines- ville, ninety public schools. Most of these schools have neat, comfortable houses and are taught by experienced and capable teachers. There are three lines of railroad passing through the county. Denison and Pacific; Gainesville, Henrietta and Western, and Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe ; the latter road forming a connection with the Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe system, thus forming a thi-ough line from Kansas City to Galveston. (75) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. ^f'^'j-^V mm ■-*fiti ' 'i^ 'il ^m COOKE COUNTY COURT HOUS E. (76) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Each of these roads pass through the city of Gainesville, the county site of Cooke county. The soil in the southern and southwestern poition of the county is a black, rich loam ; in the east a light sandy, and in the north, along the Red river, a rich, red soil. It is what would be denomi- nated in any country a rich agricultural region. Land is valued at from $5 to $30 per acre. About one-fourth of the county is timbered with oak, hickory, walnut, pecan, elm and gum ; the balance is prairie. There are but a few acres of the total area of this county but what is well adapted for cultivation. Cotton does well, the best land in the countv producing a bale to the acre. About 30,000 bales are raised each year. Corn is one of the staple crops, 50 bushels being the average to the acre ; wheat, 15 to 20 bushels, oats, 40 to 75 bushels ; barley and millet yield heavy crops ; alfalfa clover grows three or four crops a year; sorghum yields immense crops; Johnson grass flourishes. Apples, pears, peaches, cherries, and other fruits, grow well. All kinds of garden vegetables are grown in abundance. The climate is genial and inviting; not too cold in winter or too hot in summer. The social, edu- cational and religious standing of the people of Cooke county are as good as can be found any- where in the Southwest. To the prospector we can say no more in this liinited space, only that we believe vou will find it to your interest to visit this flourishing countv and judge for your- self. • ^ Gainesville, the county site of Cooke county, is situated on the Elm Fork of the Trinitv river, near the center of the county and just above the lower cross timbers. It is seven miles south of Red river. It is a beautiful, com- pact little city of about ten thousand inhabitants. The business portion is built up solidly with good, substantial brick houses, and out from the business part of the city are numerous beautiful and costly residences. Its streets are kept in splendid order, being well graded and graveled, and arrangements are now being made to pave some of the principal business streets with stone. It has several miles of the best cement side- walks in America. It has an extensive system of street railways, a telephone exchange, electric lights, gas works, and one of the best and most complete systems of water works in the South. The water comes from the Elm Fork of the Trin- ity, which, at this place, is a beautiful, clear, running stream, with gravel bed. It has a first- class fire department, composed of three compa- nies, and is, by the underwriters, rated for insur- ance as first-class. It has a cotton compress (77) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. which can handle 600 bales per day. There is, also, an iron foundry and machine shop. There are two roller patent flouring mills, an ice factory, a broom factory, and a soap factory ; also two planing mills, press brick works, and the usual number of blacksmith and cabinet shops. There is a large and well arranged city hall, erected at a cost of $10,000; four brick school buildings that cost $So,ooo. There are ten churches, four of them elegant brick struc- tures; a Masonic hall. Odd Fellows hall. Knights of Pythias hall, and several elegant club rooms. There are two daily and two weekly newspapers. There is a Young Men's Christian Association, and a public library. There are three National banks, with a united capital and surplus of $1,000,000. The annual trade will average $8,000^000. The society is equal in elegance and refinement to that of any of the older cities. There is now in course of completion an opera house^ that will be ready for use by January ist, 1SS9. Gainesville is only thirty miles south of the Ardmore coal mines, now being developed by a rich corporation. The headquarters of this corporation is in Gainesville, which is to be the point for general distribution. With an abun- dant supply of the best quality of coal almost within its gates, Gainesville has reason to feel assured of a prosperous future by the influx of capitalists seeking places in the South where water and fuel are inexhaustible, for manufactur- ing and domestic purposes. This inland city^ sitting out in the prairie in the fork of the Elm and Pecan creeks, tributaries of the Trinity river, has communication with the busy world by three lines of railroad, to-wit: Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe ; Missouri Pacific, and Gainesville, Houston and Western^ and two other lines^ to the southeast and southwest, it is thought^ will be built during the spring of 1SS9. Further particulars can be obtained by address- ing Blanton, Wright & Yates, Attorneys and Real Estate Agents^ Gainesville, Texa . Coryell County Was organized in 1854. It is 40 miles square ; its population is i6,3oo whites; colored, 200; its assessed valuation is $5,345,281 ; the per cent, of taxes on the $100 is 12 1-2 cents, county tax; county out of debt and $14,000 in the treasury; 6,000 acres of school land in the county; about one twentieth of the land in cultivation ; improved land valued at from $6.00 to $20 per acre; unim- proved. $1.50 to $10; plenty of timber for fire- wood and fencing. The soil is black and yields (78) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. about two-thirds bale of cotton ; 30 bushels corn ; 80 bushels oats ; 20 busbels wheat, and 200 bush- els potatoes. Peaches, plums, pears and grapes are a success. It is watered by the Leon and Cowhouse rivers and several creeks. The Santa Fe railroad passes through the county and the St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas road terminates at Gatesville, the county seat, which is sjtuated in the center of the county on the east bank of the Leon river. Flowing water can be had in and around Gatesville. The State Reformatory is situated three miles off and is in view of the city. Gatesville has a population of 1500, a good court- house, jail and poor farm and as good people as live in any country. The above is prepared hurriedly, but will bear the test. R. B. Wells, Co. Clerk and Real Estate Agent, Gatesville, Texas. Dallas County Is bounded on the north by Denton and Collin, on the east by Rockwall and Kaufman, south by Ellis* and west by Tarrant county. It was organ- ized in 1S46; is 30 miles square, and has an area of 576,000 acres, of which there is under cultiva- tion 279,437 acres; in prairie lands, 30,120; in timber lands, 25,380; in pasture lands, 225,673; in meadow, 15,400. Total number of acres, 576,- 000. The population of the county in 1870 was 13,314; in iSSo, 30,288; in 1888, 77,323, a gain of 47,035 in eight years. Its present population is estimated at over 80,000, of which 50,000 are in the city of Dallas, leaving a population of 30,- 000 inhabitants in the county outside of the city of Dallas. While the city has outstriped' all others in its wonderful growth, it may be seen from the above figures that the county, too, has grown at a rapid rate. The principal qualities of timber are post oak, water and Spanish oaks, ash, bois d'arc, cedar, walnut, pecan, sycamore, hickory, hackberry, cottonwood, and many other varieties. The soil is alluvial and easily culti- vated, being principally blcUj;k waxy in the valleys and level prairie lands, and gray, sandy loam on the more elevated lands, and yields enormous crops of cotton, corn, wheat, oats, barley, hay, sorghum, etc. The cultivation of vegetables and fruit of almost every variety has proven very prof- itable, the city of Dallas always affording a good market. The farm pi'oducts for the past year are valued as follows: 69,490 acres in cotton, valued at $1,043,350; 46,710 acres in wheat, valued at $570,339; 87.S60 acres in ^orn, valued at 1701,- 426; 40,670 acres in oats, valued at $563,686; 3,040 acre^ in barley, valued nt $35,164; 1.183 acres in rye, valued at $17,730; 1,325 acres in (79) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. ^, JH.III NOW IN USE. n ; 'H K +-> ^: bfl: ARE YOU THINKING =SS==SSSS=OF BUYING A=SS=SES^== Qewino VT^chine? — ) J^\^ If 80, Yoll Want ttic Best. s — 6>7~=^ — >—»--y- (£, — I Wb lA/illbE PleasEd tn have you ExaminE thE AndTBst ItsMErits mmw NEW HOME SEWING PCHINE GO, 755 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas. Albert N. Nlann, Nlanager ^80) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. sweet potatoes, valued at $100,000; 1,165 ^cres in Irish potatoes, valued at $102,520; 251,442 acres in farm products, total value, $3,133,205. 27,985 acres in fruits, vegetables, etc. Garden products, $19,920; mellons, $9,- 200; peaches, $23,100; apples, #4,320; plums, $6,160; pears, $1,400; grapes, $11,650; wine, $4,500. Total, $80,250. 279,427 acres in culti- vation ; total value of products, $3,213,455- i5'' 400 acres in meddow, produce sorgbum vakied at $7,000; millet, $105, 064; hay, $170,025; bjcoom corn, $14,480. Total, $296,569. Total value of all farm products, $3,510,024. The county is well watered by the Trinity river and its tribu- taries, also by lakes and springs. When we con- sider the location of Dallas county, in the heart of the most productive and wealthies portion of the State, where for a radius of from 100 to 300 miles, it is surrounded by as fine a farming country as can be found on the face of the globe, settled by an industrous and enterprising class of citizens, and penetrated by a perfect network of railroads, we need not wonder at its marvelous growth. We may in the next ten years look back with even greater astonishment. The era of progress has but fairly begun. At no distant day we will see the thousands of rich pasture and unimproved lands teeming with Iruit and grain, our muddy thoroughfares leading to the cities good macada- mized roads, the many log cabins and cribs sup- planted by commodious residences and barns. This is indeed a progressive age and a people favored by so many avenues to wealth cannot long remain idle, but must yield to a progressive spirit or give way to an ever restless tide which time cannot stav in its onward move. See part Second, The City of Dallas. Delta County Was organized in 1S71. Its area is 274 square miles; present population is 11,000 — whites 10,- 000, colored 1,000; scholastic population, 1,200. The wealth valuation of the county is §3,298,698 ; assessed valuation, $1,649,349; per cent of tax on the $100 is(state and county )82 1-2 cents ; bonded debt, $7,000; numberof acres of improved land is 80,000, valued at $20 ptracre ; unimproved land, 8,000, valued at $8 per acre. It has the follow- ing varieties of timber: Various kinds of Oak, ash, hackberry, bois d'arc, hickory, etc. It has about 2,000 acres of prairie land. Its soil is four- fifths black waxy, the remainder sandy loam. Its average farm productions per acre are 35 bushels of corn, three-fourths bale of cotton, etc. The following fruits are successfully grown : Peaches, and all other fruits. It is watered by North and South Sulphers and their tributaries; has two <81) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TKXAS. lines of railroads — Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe and the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas — passing through the county. It has 103 churches, 87 schools, and several mills in operation. Cooper is the county seat ; its present population, is 8co. The courthouse is valued at ^'6,500 ; the jail at ] $^7,000. I The above is prepared with great care and may ; be relied on. R. F. Spearman, Delta. Denton County Is 30 miles square, and hence contains 900 square ; niiles^ or 576,000 acres. \\ hen the census of 1880 was taken the population was 18,135. Since then there has been a steady immigration, and it is es- timated that the population will now reach 33.000. The three great railroads of the state lun through the county — viz : The Missouri Pacific, Texas & Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. The Dallas branch of the Missouri Pacific con- nects the City of Dallas with the mainline at Den- ton, county seat of the county. Connection is made at Whitesboro with their Henrietta Exten- sion, and through trains are run from Dallas via Denton to Henrietta, giving the county practically j four lines of railroads. The surface of the county is undalating, with some broken lands on the streams, and the whole county, except a very small per cent., is suscepti- ble of cultivation. The county is known as a prairie county, but the "Lower Cross Timbers," a belt of excellent post oak timber, ten miles wide extends through the county from north to south. These timbered lands, when cleared, make excel- lent farms. Many of the best farms in the coun- ty are on them. The soil is "red sandy," very easily worked and quite as productive as the prairie, and for fruits, berries and grapes they are the equal of the best in any county. There are three principal varieties of soil in the prairie, "black waxy/' "black sandy and a "cho- colate" loam. These soils, including the "red sandy" of the timber, are all of sufficient depth and strength to wear well, such a thing as a worn out farm is not known, although there are faims in the county that have been in cultivation tor more than twenty five 3^ears, and have been plant- ed every year without regard to rotation of crops, and w'ithout fertilizing. The principal products of the county are wheat cotton, corn, oats, rye, barley, sorghum, millet, Hungarian, Johnson grass, Irish aand sweet pota- toes, peanuts, apples, pecans, pears, plums, apri- cots, grapes and the small fruits, berries and veg- etables. The county is well adapted to the raising of live stock. The herds of ponies and long horn (82) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. cattle that a few years ago run wild on the prai- ries have given place to improved, stock. The assessor's rolls for 18S7 show that there were in the county 14,303 horses and mules, valued at %53'3i5; 51 '3^7 cattle, valued at I356.571 ; 9,117 hogs, valued at $10,457, ^^^^^ 4?328 sheep, valued at ^4,180. The winters are generally so open and mild that stock, horses and cattle, are carried through practically without feed. Good living water is obtained from natural springs in many places, and an ab^mdant supply can be obtained anywhere in the county by dig- ging wells, at from 15 to 40 feet from the surface. Besides artesian water has been found wherever sought for, and fine flowing streams obtained. The depth of these wells is from 150 to 700 feet, the supply inexhaustible and the water sweet, pure and soft as rain water. According to the annual statement of the com- missioners' court^ made January 34, 1SS8, the total indebtedness of the county was $38,000 and there was a cash on hand to the amount of $14,000. The rate of taxation is #8.75 per $1,000, and the total assessed valuation of the county is $6,369,843. Unimproved lands, prairie or timber, can be bought at from 1*5 to Sio per acre, and improved lands from -Sio to $18 per acre ; and the immigrant will receive a cordial and hearty welcome from our people. Denton, the county seat, is situated on the west line of the "Lower Cross Timbers," at tlie jiuict ion of the Dallas Branch of the Missoui'i Pacific with the main line and the Texas and Pacific Rail- road; is 38 miles from the city of Dallas, and 37' miles from the city of Fort Worth; has a charter from the State and controls her own mimicipa' affairs, inchiding the free schools. The population is about 4,000. All branches of trade are represented. Denton has two flouring mills, an ice factory, two potteries, two National banks with a paid up capital of $50,000 each, a planing mill, three nurseries two weekly papers, a fire department— in fact nearly everything that goes to make up a city. The Court House is an elegant brick sti'ucture, built on a knoll inthe center of a large square, and the grounds surroimding are enclosed with an iron fence and planted with shade trees. The school building is a three-story bi'ick of handsome design, with modern improvements, and contains twelve rooms. The school, as well as the building, is the pride of the city, and a peer of anj* in the southwest, and free for all the resident cliildreu of the city between the ages of Gaud 18 years for 9 months in the year. Its annual enrollment of pupils reaches more than 600. Tliirteen teacher.s are emploj'ed. The Baptists, German Baptists, Christians, both branches of the Methodists, German Methodists, Presbyterians and Cumberland Presbyterians have church organizatioBS, and all except the Ger- man Baptists have tasty and commodious church buildings. Be- sides these, the colored population have two organizations and two church buildings. [The above information was furnished by T. Tf . Abney, Heal Estate Agent, Denton, Texas. De Witt County Was organized August 1846, Its area is 918 square miles ; present population 1 1^953 ; whites (83) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. 9,388, colored 2,564; scholastic population 3,119; wealth valuation of the county is not less than f 6, 000^000 ; assessed valuation 1888, 14,575,839; per cent of taxes on $100^ state 22^, county 35 — 57^; available school funds of the county are: 6 per cent interest on $31,000^ permanent school tund $42,370, $11,000 not out at interest; bonded debt $28,500 ; number of acres of school lands in the county unsold, 640; number of acres of im- proved land: pasture, 333,815, farm 48,810, valued at |)3.50 to *20 per acre ; unimproved land, 141,729, valuecf at $1.50 to S12 per acre. It has about 225,258 acres of timbered land, including- the following varieties : Elm, ash, pecan, syca- more, Cottonwood, hackberry, post oak, black jack, live oak, etc. It has about 240,286 acres of prairie land ; its soil is prairie black waxy, black sandy, generally rolling ; timber land, sandy loam and sandy ; its average farm productions per acre for 1887 are corn 19 bushels, oats 19J, sweet po- tatoes 65 bushels, cotton 415 lbs. The following fruits are successfully grown: peaches, plums, grapes, figs^ pears and melons of all kinds. It is watered by the Guadalupe river, Sanders creek and tributaries, Coletto and tributaries, McCoy, Brushy, Cuero, Irish and other small streams. It has two lines of railroads. Southern Pacific 14 1-8 miles, San Antonio & Aransas Pass 45 miles passing trough the county. It has 33 or more churches, 55 schools, 13 mills, and i manufactory in operation. Cuero is the county seat; its pres- ent population estimated at 3,500. The court- house is valued at about $4,000, the jail at 15,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. Compiled from assessors report filed for 1S87. J. P. Baker, County Clerk. Eastland County Has an area of 863 square miles. Its present population is 15,000 — whites 14,980, colored 20; per cent, of taxes on the $100 is 6"] cents; num- ber of acres of school lands in the county, 40,000; improved land is valued at $8 per acre, unim- proved at ^3 per acre. About two-thirds of the county is timbered land, including the following varieties : Oak, pecan, elm, walnut and hackberry ; about one-third of the area is prairie land ; soil is black waxy, sandy loam and sesqueit prairie. Its average farm products per acre are: wheat 22 bushels, oats 55 bushels, corn 40 bushels, cotton half bale. The following fruits are successfully grown : Apricots, peaches, apples, pears, cher- ries and blackberries. The following minerals are found : three kinds of coal and four kinds of iron. It is watered by the Leon river, Sandy, Battle, Colony and Labanna creeks. It has two (8i) Wilson's imimigkaxts guide to texas. lines of railroads through it — T. & P., and T. C. It has 12 churches, 63 schools, 4 mills, and 3 manufactories in operation. Eastland is the county seat; its present population is 250. The courthouse is valued at $40,000, the jail at $2,000. Cisco, the principal city in the county^ has a pop- ulation of 2,200. Its altitude is over 1, 600 .feet, the land is rolling, so that it is a healthy country and has a delightful climate. It is the junctioB of the Texas & Pacific and Texas Central radroads. The Rock Island railroad was surveyed to Cisco in March, iSSS, and will probably be built within a year. The Aransas Pass railroad is built to Kerrville and will probably connect with the Rock Island at Cisco. Live stock do well, and it is not necessary to feed in the winter. Four kinds of iron ore are here in abundance. Coal is mined I mile from Cisco. Lime-stone is plentiful. Fine sand-stone building- rock on the town site. Brick are made hei'e. We have timber and prairie. Five churches already built and two other denom- inations have secured lots. As good a graded free school as in the state. Free schools in every neighborhood. [ yVe are indebted for the above to J. E. Luse, Real Es- nte Aosnt, Cisco, Texas. Ector County Was organized in March, 1S87. Its area is 900 square miles. Its present population is 122 — all whites. Its scholastic population is 15. The assessed resident valuation is $118,486. Per cent of taxes on the $100 is 60 cents. Its bonded debt, nothing. Number of acres of school lands in the county, 192,000. Number of acres of im- proved land, 100, valued at $10 per acre; unim- proved land is valut-d at I2 per acre. Its soil is a chocolate loam. Its average farm productions are good. The following fruits are successfully grown ; Every variety of deciduous fruits, Eu- ropean and North American grapes, English w'al- nuts, almonds, and French prunes. It has one line of railroad, the T. and P., passing through the count}'. It has one church and one school. Odessa, the county seat, is the only town in the county. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. B. K. Brant, Dep. Co. Clerk. Ellis County Was organized 185 1 ; its area is 900 square miles ; present population 35,000 — whites 32,000, colored 3,000 ; wealth valuation of the county |>20, 300,000 ; assessed valuation $13,300,000; per cent of taxes on the $100 53^: available funds of the county $38,000; bonded debt, $16,000; number of acres of improved land 440,000, valued (85) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. at |!20 per acre; unimproved land 186,000, valued at 1 10 per acre. It has about 70,- 000 acres of timbered land ; about 555,000 acres of prairie land ; soil is prnicipally black waxv^ balance black sandy, and sandy loam; average farm productions per acre: corn 30 bushels, vs-heat 16 oats 37 bushels, cotton 1-3 bale. 'Ihe following fruits are successfully grown: peaches, apples, pears, plums, grapes and all kinds of berries, It is watered by Trinity river; Chambers, Mill, Richland and Red Oak Creeks ; has 6 lines of rail- roads, Houston & Texas Central, G. C. & S. F., Ft. W. &N. 0.,C. T. & N. W., Dallas and Waco and Central Texas, passing through the county; has 150'churches, 100 schools and'31 mills; the courthouse is valued at ^So,ooo ; the jail at •1i5o,ooo ; poor farm $12,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. Phillips, Cole & Co., Real Estate Agents, Waxahachis, Texas. Ellis county has some 75 or 80 miles of railroad^ S weekly newspapers ; assessed value of property^ nearly ^12,000,000 ; four banks^ 2 at Waxahachie and 3 at Ennis. Oak of various kinds on creeks and rivers; hackbeny, ash, elm, pecan are found on the creeks and branches and used almost en- tirely for firewood, as Bois'dArc and cedar post and barbed wire is all the rage for fencing. Some little good building stone is found ill the county, out of which our substantial court house was built some years ago. Good building brick are made in all parts of the county. Educational interest of Ellis is equal to any county in the state. Daily mails to all the principal towns of the county and majority of the towns connected by telephone. The health of the county is good, in fact not sur- passed by any good farming county in Texas. Fruits are principally peach and pulm, some few apple, s pears, and most small fruits flourish especially on the sand)'^ lands of the coun- ty- A large variety of vegetables are grown generally throughout the county. Price of lands of the county from I5 for rough rocky and over- flow rain bottom, up to 820 per acre for unimprov- ed ; improved and partly improved range from |i^ to $50 per acre. Cattle, horses and hogs are be- ing rapidly improved by grading up, with Hol- stien, Durham. Polled, Angus, Hereford and Jerseys. Horses with Norman. Clydesdale, Per- nhon ; hogs, berkshire, Essex, Red Jerseys and others. Waxahachie, tlie couuty seat of Ellis county, has a popu- lation of some 3,500 and is a live town; good schools, churches, Jfive planing mills and soon will have two railroads. Ennis, the next largest town, is 34 miles south of Dallas on (86) WILSON'S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. the main line of the Honston & Texas Central railroad, and 15 miles nearly east of Waxahachie. Has a population of nearly 2,000; a fine graded school and school building; cotton compi'ess and prospects for a canning factory . We are indebted for the above information to C. T. Hogan Land Jobber, Loan Agent and Abstractor, Ennis, Texas, El Paso County Was organized in 1S67. Its area is 9,000 square miles. Its present population is 17,410. The wealth valuation of the county is |ii,ooo,- 000. Assessed valuation, '1;io, 000,000. The per cent of taxes on the $100 is 90 cents. The available funds of the county are $60,000. Its bonded debt is $118,000. Nunaber of acres of school lands in the county, 17,813. Number of acres of improved land, 30,000, valued at I35 per acre ; unimproved land is valued at at $2 to $3 per acre. It has about 80,000 acres of timbered land, including the following varieties : Cotton- wood, tornido, mesquite, etc. Its soil in valley lands is universaUy rich and fertile; otherwise, sandy and stiff clay. The following fruits are successfully grown : Everything excepting oranges, banannas and lemons. The following minerals are found: Gold, silver, copper, iron and coal ; in fact nearly all kinds. It is watered by the Rio Grande Irrigation System. It has five lines of railroads; T. P., S. P., G. , H. andS. A., A., T. and S. F., Mex. Cent., and White Oak is now in course of construction, passing through the county. It has 11 churches, 13 schools, 4 mills, and 5 manufactories in opera- tion. El Paso is the county seat; its present population is 10,700. The courthouse is valued at $91,000; the jail at #31,000; poor house at $1,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. F. P. Clark, By M. J. Clark, County Clerk. Deputy. El Paso, El Paso County. El Paso is located iu the extreme western corner of Texas on tLe east hank of the Rio Grande which separates the United States from the Republic of Mexico. It is four miles from the extreme southern corner of New Mexico, and is nineteen miles south of that portion of the same territory which lies on the east side of the Rio Grande. The city is about ecjually distant from the cities of St. Louis, San Francisco, New Orleans and the City of Mexico, the number of miles being in each case about 1,2C0. The population is between 10,000 and 12,000. On September 1st, 1SS7, the town had fully 2,000 buildings, of a supeiror class to any town of its size in America, Five grand trunk lines centering here from all parts of the com. pass, and surrounded as we are by the vast mineral deposits of New Mexico, Old Mexico, Arizona and Texas, this city is beyond a doubt destined to become the great conmiercial metropolis of this vast re- gion of the southwest. El Paso enjoys special advantages, in the variety and cheapness I'f the building material which can readily be obtained. (87) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Brick— Are selling at a lower figure than in any other important point in the United States. Good building brick are selling here for S8 50in the wall. Lumber.— Framing lumber is selling in El Paso at $25, and finished lumber brings $50. Redwood Fhiugles sell for $5, and doors, sasli and blinds, which are made here, and also shipped from eastern manufactiiries, are sold at very low figures. Stone. — There are extensive stone quarries in Franklin nicuntain, adjoining the city, and building stone costs only Sd per pf rch (llij^ feet) laid in the wall. The situation of El Paso on the extreme border of the Wild West has not prevented the rapid spread of religious teachings in the city and church matters have progressed as steadily as commercia affairs. Tiie border ruffian has long since disappeared, and a mor quiet, orderly and religious community cannot be found in any o J;he older settled states . The followin.g churches have organized and ha,ve large congrega- tions wor.shippiug in handsome edifices here: M.E. South, Baptists, Episcopalian, Pre.sbytei'iau M E., Christian, Roman Catholic, besides missions and chapels maintained in connection therewith. El Paso county owns school lands valued at $l.'iO,000 to $200,000; and in the city of El Paso an additional tax is levied for the support of its schools. The city now has a splendid school building which cost $20,000 yet the growth of the town has been so rapid and so miny families added, that even with such accommodations now existing, the school board have seen the approaching necessity and have bi ught two new sites on which they propose to erect, th" coming year, new buildings at a cost of $20,000 to $30,000, one in the upper and one iu the lower part of the citj^; the school census showing an increase of 25 per cent, in attendance this year over last, and none but the very best teachers that cau be procured are employed. Schools are maintained ten months of the year. The city is now expending nearly $28 per annum for the education of each child enrolled in her public school-?. Besides the public school, there is a C itholic school which has just been completed at the cost of $6,000, and is under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy. The assessment rolls for the present year show an assessed valua- tion of property within the city amounting to $5,229, 6GG, the county of $11, .500 000, an increase of more than three and a third millions over the valuation of 1886. Paso Del Norte has a population of be- tween ten and fifteen thousand, and the bulk of the trade of that city centers in El Paso, hundreds of its citizens thronging the streets of this city daily; and the supplying of the wants of these neighbors forms no inconsiderable part of the retail trade of our merchants. El Paso's primitive adobe buildings of past days have given way to subst'intial and costly brick and stoue blocks. There are 150 mercantile houses that do a shipping business in the city at the present time. The wholesale trade of the city runs high in the millions of dollars annually. Besides these there is a large number of retail stores, commission and forwarding houses, three National banks with an aggregate of $757,041.56 of deposits and !Si59i,'^51 .66 of loans, according to their unuthly statements as pub- lished August 1, 1887, one of these b.anks being a U. S D-pository, three lines of street cars, two smelters, gas, water and electric light works, six churches, four pub ic schools, an eighty tliousand dollar opera house, two bridges across the Rio Grande river and another pr.ijrtctel,two reduction works, two ice factories and many smaller manufactories, two stock yards, three public parks fair grounds, etc. More than three hundred brick dwellings have been" erected this past year. The government has i)'U'clinsed th- site and will shortly commence the erection of an iiiunense building to meet the dem iiids of the business done through the Custom House. The following table will give the total importations of precious metals and ores only, for the year ending December 31, 1887; Silver bullion $2,].3fi,606 " coin 7,619 484 " ore. .50,000 tons 3,274,3e7 Gold bullion 285 3R2 " coin . .580 774 * $13,897,563 (88) Wilson's immigrants guide xa ix^s. Space does uct permit to give a full list here, Init when it is known that the ore importations have increased from le.ss than 4,500 tons in tlie year ending June, 1885, to 50,000 tons in the past year, or more tliau ten fold in two years and a half, Nothing more is needed to be said on the Mexican trade . The statistics of the exportations are not at our command, but the fact that the bonded warehouse at this place had from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 pounds of freight pass throu}.h it daily during the past three months (October, November and December, 1887, (going into Mexico, and of which, as it was in bond, no other record appears in the Custom Hous-e, will be sufficient to give some idea as to the mag- nitude of that trade. It is useless to open up the subject of mines in a pamphlet of this kind, as it would be mipossible to do anything like justice to the un- bounded wealth of our mineral surroundings. Suffice to say that more ore is shipped to tliis point from Mexico alone than comes from foreign (.ountr es to any other point in the United States. We have at present two of the most extensive smelters in the coun try. and thej' are doing an immense business Good well water is found at a depth of from fifteen to twenty feet anywhere. For irrigation, water is conducted in canals from the river tuall parts of the valley. The soil of tbe Rio Grande valley is an alluvial deposit of a choco- late color, underlaid with a strata of sorrel and clay, and exceed- ingly fertile and productive. The soil is from one to three feet deep- The Rio Grande valley at El Paso is about four uules wide on the American side. The products that are known to thrive and produce well in this valley are as follows: Corn, wheat, barley, rye and oats; amongthe grains, broom corn, sorghum and hops. Alfalfa does especially w^ll among the forage plants. The list of fruit embraces all the varieties grown in the temperate zone, as grapes apcles, pears, peaches, plums, prunes, apricots, nectarines, quinces, cherries figs and pomgranites. All the small fruits do remarkably well. Among the nuts. English walnuts, chestnuts, filberts and pecans can be cul- tivated. Vegetables of all kinds are grown successfully This val- ley has become fam.ous for its fine onions, sweet potatoes and cab- bages. Shade trees, shrubbery and flowers of every variety grow well with ordinary care and attention. The following are samples of what proper cultivation does in our valley : Apples measured 15}^ inches in circumference; weight, 31 ounces Peaches measured 10J4 inches in circumference. Quinces measured HJ^ inches in circumference. Oats measured 6 feet four inches high. Pears measured 12}4 inehe,* in circumference; weight, 23 ounces. Millet measured 4 feet 6 inches high. Beets measured £3}^ inches in circumference and 26 inches long; weight, 25 pounds. Carrots measured 13}4 inches in circumference. Onions measured 18 inchts in circiunference. A bearing vineyard thrte to five years old on good land is worth from $300 to f.500 per acre. It is a profitable business to plant a vine- yard, and it is an iudu.>5try that can never he overdone inthis valley. Strawberries by actual experience will yield an income of $350 per acre . The grapes of El Paso are superior for table purposes to those of California. They are very sweet, have little acid or astringency, and are entirely devoid Of the (foxy) taste of eastern grapes. Mildew ii- unknown. A three-year-old vineyard will produce sixty thousand pounds of grapes to the acre, and will yield s-even hundred to eight hundred gallons of wine that sells tor one dollar i^er gallon. Vine- yariis at five years are worth eight hundred to one thousand dollars per acre, and will pay fifteen to twenty per cent, per annum on that investment. The mission grape is the leading variety. The a titude of (he va'ley here is 3,700 feet above the gulf, giving it an atmosphere dry. pure, invigorating and healthful. [We are indebted forinformntionfrom El Paso to the Mer- chants'' Exchange Bank, Cullection and Brokerage Co., also to N'eirnian d- BttsseU, Beal Estate Agents, El Paso, Texas.] (89) ^yjLc-oON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. STANFIELD © & © BARRETT, TERRELL, TEXAS. JOHN OOLJLIBR, Attorney at Law, Land Agent #-^ Notary Public, PILOT POINT, - - - TEXAS. Attorney at Lw am Real Estate A&est, ROCKWALL, TEXAS. G. W. MORRIS, Proprietor. LARG-E SAMPLE RDDM For the accommodation of Commercial Men. Terms reasoual)le Eye, Ear and Throat Diseases, Nasal Catarrh, Artificial Eyes. DR. J. R. BRIGGS, Cor. Main and Murphy Sts., Over Palace Drugstore. DALLAS, _ . - - TEXAS. Also Editor of TG2^as Healtli JoiirnuL ^enn3/tiitualilifei]nsurance(L 0- Of Ptiilacieiptiia. H, F. BURT J ilECiAiri&IiNnn^rtirTKrAS. Chas. Matt. O. B. Steen. l^eal Estate and Investment ^ecUrttie^. EXCHANGE BUILDING, Rooms 335, 33(J and 337. lloUs^oii <& Texas Ceii^ral R'y- R, T, G-. MatthEWSj ticket agent . 614 MAIN ST. i3-^x.x...».s, TiE^c^s (90) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Falls County Was organized in 1850. Its area is 900 square miles. Its present population is 30,000 — whites, 13,000; colored, 7,000. Its scholastic population is 4,700. The wealth valuation of the county is $10,000,000. Assessed valuation, 14,613,571. Per cent of taxes on the -iiioo, 85 cents. The available funds of the county are : $18,152. Its bonded debt, -l8o,ooo. Number of acres of im- proved land, 388,000, valued at $30 to 'S25 per acre; unimproved land, 388,000, valued at #10 to $15 per acre. It has about 150,000 acres of tim- bered land, including' the following varieties: Oak, cedar, cottonwood and pecan. It ha§ about 288000 acres of prairie land . Its soil is black waxy and sandy loam, about half and half. Its average farm productions per acre are: Corn, 40 bushels ; cotton, 1-2 to 3-4 of a bale ; oats, 75 to 100 bush- els. The following fruits are successfully grown : Peaches, pears, plums, grapes and apples. It is watered by Brazos river and other small streams. It has two lines of railroad: 34 miles' of H. and T. C, and 3 miles of M., K. and T., pass- ing through the county. It has good churches, good schools, and mills in operation. Marlin is the county seat ; its present population is 3,500. The courthouse is valued at i6o,ooo ; the jail at $13,000; poor farm at $3,000. Geo. G, Slater, Co. Clerk. Fannin County Was organized and its first court held February 36, 183S. Its area is 930 square miles ; popula- tion, 45,000. Its wealth value is about $15,000,- 000; available school funds, $42,000. Improved lands are worth from $10 to $50 per acre, unim- proved from $5 to $30 per acre. About one- fourth of the count}'^ is timbered land, the varie- ties including bois d'arc (the most valuable of all timber for posts and pickets), ash, post oak. black oak, black jack, eedar, hickory, wilnut, pecan, elm, cotlonwood, cherry and sycamore. One railroad runs through the center of the county from east to west, one through the east end of the county, one crossing southwest part of the county, one extendm:^ from the southeast corner of the county running northwest to Sherman, and one from Denison to Bonham being graded ready for the ties. Streams are Red River, Caney, Bois d'Arc and the Sulphurs. Bonham, the county seat, has a population of 5,000. It has three col- leges, ten churches, a compress, tobacco factory, carriage, wood, mattrass and broom tactories, 135 business houses, and buys from 30,000 to 30,- 000 bales of cotton annually, and has the finest courthouse in the State of Texas. [We are indebted for thp ahnve infornvif.ion to Evnnf i'i If' ■'■"' " HS'iJ.VWlJlJ'ijSIKBIHiUI Largest ^^^ Best Stock in North Texas Send for Prices Before Purchasing Elsewhere. CHICKERIN& r>i^ ^-^- WH*EELDCK,. V^lANOl). MATHUSHEK ^ — ' — ^ Masnn & Hamlin/^- WBstGrn CDttagE/Qt^©/\rsI(i). Kimb a J 1 I— SL Importer of Musical Merchandise; ^^ ^ny piece of Music, wherever published, can be had by orderiug fro^n (110) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. 50,000 acres of timbered land, including the fol- lowing varieties: Post oak, live oak, pecan. It has about 200,000 acres of prairie land. Its soil on the prairie and in the mountain cove is black waxy, in valley rich and alluvial, and the high table lands a chocolate colored loam. Its average farm products per acre are : Half bale cotton ; corn, 30 bushels; wheat, 15 bushels; oats, 45 bushels. The following fruits are successfully grown: Peaches, apples, plums, nectarines and pears. It is watered by the Colorado, Lampasas rivers^ Sulphur Fork of the Lampasas, and sev- eral big creeks. It has one railroad, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, passing through the county. It has about 35 churches, 50 schools and 10 mills. Lampasas is the county seat ; its present popula- tion is 3,500. The courthouse is valued at '$45 '" 000; the jail at ^35,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. H. N. Key, County Clk. Lavaca County Was organized in 1S46. Its area is 950 square miles. Its present population is 17,000 — whites 14,500, colored 3,500; its scholastic population is 4,516. The wealth valuation of the county is $16,000,000. The assessed valuation is $5,000, - 000; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 60 cents ; available funds of the county are $18,750; bond- ed debt of the county is $14,000; number of acres of school lands in the county, 10,000; number of improved land is 80,499, valued at $8 per acre ; unimproved land, 537,601, valued at I3 per acre. It has about 446,366 acres of timbered land. Its soil is black, stiff and sandy ; its average farm productions per acre are: Cotton, 1-4 bale ; corn, 40 bushels; potatoes, 50 bushels; millet, i ton; oats and rye. The following fruits are success- fully grown: peaches, plums, pears and grapes. It is watered by the Lavaca river, Navad and their tributaries. It has one railroad, San An- tonio & Aransas Pass, passing through the county. It has 40 churches, 50 schools, and 35 mills. Halletsville is the county seat ; its present popula- tion is 1,000. The courthouse is valued at $35,- 000, the jail at $35,000. Llano County Was organized in 1S56. Its area is 900 square miles. Its present population is 8,000 — whites 7,975, colored 35. Its scholastic populatic popu- lation is 1,400. The wealth valuation of the county is $4^000,000; assessed valuation is $3,- 560,000; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 77 i-3 cents ; available funds of the county are $10,000; bonded debt $13,000. 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Real Estate Apits -VE5i:isroKr, tex:-A.s GOSE. BONNER & GOSE, CoininerGial Lawprs and Land Kgents. Decatur, ., - Texas. TAYLOR & CKMPBELL TEXARKANA, TEXAS. a 12 J WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. acres of improved land 75,000, valued at I5 per acre; luiimproued, 501,000, valued at ^3 per acre. It has about 300,000 acres of timbered land, including the following varieties : Pecan, hickory, post oak, live oak and mesquite. Its soil is black and red sandy, and chocolate, with a small proportion of black waxy. Its average farm prodvictions per acre are : 35 bushels of corn, 40 of oats, 18 of wheat, 1-2 bale cotton. Peaches, grapes, apricots, almonds and plums are success- fully grown. The following minerals are found ; Iron, silver, lead, gold, manganese and asbestos. It is watered by Llano and Colorado rivers. Honey, Pecan, Six Mile and San Fernando creeks. It has 10 churches, 40 schools, and 10 mills in op- eration. Llano is the county seat ; its present population is 1,000, T^.e courthouse isvalued at 130,000; the jail at $7,000; school-house at $15,- 000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. E. C. Bonham, County Judge. Extracts from a letter 1)1/ Geo. W. Wakefield, Milwaukee, Wis.: Llano Iron District-— The district that I have taken hold of down there comprises an iron belt, commencing about sixty miles west of Austin, and continuing: in a northwesterly direction throug'h IJanoand portions of Mason counties, and the quality and quantity of the same is not equaled in any other district that I have any knowledge of, on this or any other continent In addition to the iron, which is of the finest Bessemer quality, there are manganese, water power, limestone, etc. This undertaking will require all the means and energies that I have for years to come, and I .annot take part in anything else. I shall probably undertake later the building of a railroad, to get some outlet for an iron district that I claim will, with three years' mining, produce, without trouble, -4,000,0^0 tons per year. I write you of this district jnore fidly, perhaps, than you will cai'e for, but I know from the tone of your letter and the document sen me that you are a 1 ve man and have surrounded yourself with that class of men in your undertaking, and I am not at all afraid of the outcome. You will certainly meet with success. In my under- taking it will require more time and a larger amount of means. My estimate is that from |S,000,000 to SlO,000,i;Oo of capital should be in- vested in Llano and Mason counties in the manufacture alone of iron and steel, ard if I live I expect to see it invested and the manu- facturing carried on. lam simply perfectly surprised that such a distrirt should re- main for years undeveloped, and esisecially as it has been known to some of the leading men of Austin." Messr.s. Wakefield & Co. have since September last had diamond drills at work on various portions of their property in Llano and Mason rountie*! to discover the extent and depth of their deposits. The borings have corroborated Prof, McCracken's conclusions as to the continuity of the ideposits. The drill has, in every instance, struck the ore, and the thickness of the deposits range from 10 feet upwards. Mr. Wright, the mining expert who .superintends the boring op- erations, informed the writerthat the extent and depths of the de- posits are fully up to Mr. Wakefield's most sanguine expectations when he first visited the country, and the quality of the ore improves below the surface. Messrs Geo. M. Wakefield & Co. have .steadily increased their purchases, and now own some .34,000 acres of mineral lands in Llano (113) WILSON'S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Laredo Real Estate X Bhtract Co., LAREDO, TEXAS. Has a large list of City property for sale. Has the only complete set of Abstract Books for property in the city of Laredo, and in Webb and Encinal Counties. Furnishes authentic abstracts of titles, buj's and sells property on commission, perfects titles, pays taxes, rents buildings and negotiates loans on commission. Send for City Map and Price List. (114) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. and Mason counties; and the explorations made by tliem have dem- onstrated that the extent of the deposits on their lands are practi- cally inexhaustible, and there are many thousands of acres of land with ore of as good a quality belonging to other parties which have not yet been explored. The following is a list just received from Geo. M. Wakefield from Milwaukee of anal.yses recently made by BIr. Davenport Fisher and the North Chicago Rolling Mills of ores taken from different loca- catiouB in Llano county: Iron. Silica. Phos . Mang. Sulphur. b9.30 3 83 .034 trace none 67.05 2.89 .024 trace trace 69.17 2.90 .009 trace none 60.49 15.67 .OiO trace none 63.74 WMS .018 trace none 67.27 4.83 .018 trace none 70.25 1.23 .014 trace none 60.27 2 81 .047 trace trace 68 82 2.52 .038 trace trace 67 43 4.03 .059 trace trace 71.1.T .2o 008 71.27 .24 .018 70. J 6 .19 .001 6r..97 3.04 .001 65.43 4.01 .018 67.28 1.91 .020 A manganese sample from a deposit in Llano county was assayed by Davenport Fisher and yielded the following results: Iron 3.30 Silica 21.12 Phosphorus 0.024 Manganese 48.54 Sulphur trace. Marion County Is situated on the northwestern border of the State and has the following boundaries: Morris and Cars on the north, State of Louisiana on the east, Harrison on the south, Harrison and Upshur on the west. This county was created from Cass and Harrison counties in i860, and named in hon- or of francis Marion, of revolutionary fame of South Carolina. It is a fine agricultural county. The soil is of the black sandy loam and produces all kinds of small grain and cotton in great abun- dance. The timber consists of all the varieties of oaks and yellow pine which yield on an average of 6000 feet, board measure, per acre ; cypress, walnut, hickory, sweet-gum and a great many other varieties of timber. The water courses are. Big Cypress river. Black Cypress and Little Cy- press bayous, with Caddo and Clinton lakes on the southeast. Big Cypress river and the lakes are navigable nine months in the year. Before the railroads were built in the west Jefferson, which is at the head of navigation, was the dis- tributing point, and this river and the lakes the arteries of commerce for all the country west as far as the Colorado river and south as far as Hous- ton. A number of perpetual running creeks and springs furnish all parts of the county with an abundant supply of pure free stone water. This county is rich in the brown and yellow himitite and red oxyde of iron, and now being developed by northern capital. The ore is pronounced to be of superior quality and in great abundance and (115) Wlf.SON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. T. P. MarsiIali., DEALER IN Staple €^ F^ancy Groceries .0 6" 0° .0 A? 4"" 0° Coi". Ervay &Hi ckory Sts., Dallas, T EXAS. T elephone 396. FINE VARNISHES A SPECIALTY — < ^-. ( 2>— . r . ^ .IH^.@ i,HIELtS)i),l. JDEALER INL \J/mclow C^late Mlass^ -^ Willi © WMWMJ^ ETC., EXO. 633 Elm Street, DALLAS. - TEXAS, FARMS and RANCHES In large or small tracts. Improved Farms ane Unimproved Agricultural Lands for sale at l^easoi>ab)e Prices ai^d Teri|ts BY THE J, B. WATKIN8 LAND MORTGAGE CO. 733 Elm Steeet, DALLAS, TEXAS. (116) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. yields trom 53 to 75 per cent, of iron. The man- ufacturing of lumber and farming are the princi- pal industries of the people. All varieties of fruit grow here in the greatest quantity. Can- ning factories could be made very profitable here. There are two railroads running through the coun- ty, the Texas & Pacific and the East Line and Red River railway. Both roads pass through Jefferson, the county seat, and has a mileage 29 miles in the county. Jeflferson had a population in 1870 of 18,000; in 1880, 6,000; in 1889, 3, SOU. It lias one private baalv and one national bank, two weeldy papers. The estimated value of school houses in the county is $17,000; total tuition revenue trom all souice.s, $i7,tt3.93. The •ounty contains 418 scjuare miles; population, 10,8<18; assessed value of property in 1887, $1,405,834, which is about one-fourth the true Talue. Improved lands sell from $3 to $5 per acre; unimproved, from $1 to $3 per acre; State school laud in the county, 1280 acres. The Pre-byterian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and Catholic churches are represeiiled by church organ- ization. [We are indebted for the above to Haywood Bros. & W eb- ster Beal Estate t,and Collecting Agents, Jefferson, Texas.'] ^BS^C^T'lliSi Mason County Eel Lies west of the Colorado river ; is well watered by the Llano and San Saba rivers, tributaries and numerous springs and creeks ; 33 per cent of its area is mountainous, covered with nutricious grasses, where cattle, mules, horses or sheep grow larger and keep fatter than in its valleys. Soil in valleys is black, red and gray, sandy loam, very fertile, yielding, when seasons are good, corn, 25 to 35 bushels ; wheat 18 to 35 bushels ; oats, from 40 to So bushels ; rye, 20 to 40 bushels; cotton, 1-2 to I bale to the acre. Peaches do well — nev- er grow finer ; potatoes, beets, beans and onions do well. Mason county is included in the drouth stricken district, and yet it has suffered far less for want of rain than many of the counties much farther east of it. Last year when other parts of Texas raised nothing on account of the drouth Mason county raised sufficient crops to carry its people through the year and during the present .year crops have been fine. It is thought that it" mountains, covered with scattering trees anc grasses, elevated 2,000 feet ebove the sea cool th( vapors, which the south winds bring from th< Gulf to the point of condensation, causing fre quent showers in the mountains of Mason, whei the open plains are parched with drouth. Fini springs abound, and wells of fine water at a depth of from 18 to IGO feet ; building stone of fine qual- ity and several varieties. As for stock raising, this is the county. It is known by twenty years experience that this is probably the best place in America for health, and especially for consump- tives. The air is dry and pure, the climate mild. "Northers'" are greatly moderated by the moun- F (U7) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. tains and forest trees, so that infirm and feeble people can live in the open air three hundred days in the year. The summer nights are delightfully cool, with stiff south breezes. Lands in Mason county are cheap ; ranch lands, fenced with stone are worth $2.00 to $3.00 per acre; unimproved valley lands, suitable for farming purposes, $3.00 to $5.00 per acre ; improved farms, $5.00 to $15 per acre, according to location and improve- ments. Mason, the county seat, is a beautiful village of probably 600 people . Buildiags are mostly of stone, good and substantially built, and beautiful. The people are intelligent. There are six chin-ches, viz: M, E. South, Presbyterian, Disciples, Episcopal and Luthern. Mason is in a school corporation of three miles square, with a good school house, with ten months school during the year, in charge of a first-class principal, and five good assistants. The county has 900 voters, of which about 300 are good, quiet Germans. The law is well inforced, and we have come to stay. Any further information wanted as to cattle, horses, mules, lands or town lots, will write to J. D. Bridges, Attorney at Law, Mason, Texas . Matagorda County Has a population of 3",776 — whites 1,263, colored 2,514. Its scholastic population is 899. The as- sessed valuation is $1,660^157; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 35 cents. Improved land is val- ued at $5 to $20 per acre; unimproved at 1^2 to $5 per acre. About 3-3 of the county is prairie land. Its soil is principally rich alluvial, and cannot be surpassed any where. Its average farm productions are one bale of cotton per acre, 40 bushels of corn — always make a crop^ drouth or not. The following fruits are successfully grown : Peaches, plums, figs^ pomgranites. It is watered bv the Colorado and Trespalacios rivers, Caney, Lynville^ Big and Little Boggy, Caranchna_, Wil- son's and Peytons creeks and tributaries. It has 15 churches, 35 schools, 16 grist mills and 22 cot- ton gins. Matagorda is the county seat ; its pres- ent population is about 500. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. J. H. Selkirk, County Treasurer. . McCulloch County Was organized in 1S76. Its area is 900 square miles. Its present population is 2,500 — whites 2,490, colored 10; scholastic population is 500. The wealth valuation of the county is about $4,- 000,000; assessed valuation is 11^564,803; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 45 cents ; available funds of the county are $2,316.41; bonded debt, $14,500. Number of acres of school lands in the county are 128,000. Improved land is valued at $10 per acre, unimproved at $3 per acre. Its soil is sandy and black chocolate. Its average farm productions per acre are : 35 bushels corn, 12 of wheat, 75 of oats, 1-2 bale cotton. Peaches, (118) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. plums and apples are grown successfully. Coal and iron are found. It is watered by the Colo- rado, Brady and San Saba rivers. Has 6 churches, and 2 mills. Brady is the county seat; it has about 500 population. The courthouse is valued at $30,000; the jail at $10,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. VV. McShan, County Clk. McLennan County. (See pages 3 and 45.) Waco, the county seat of 3IcLennau county, is practically in the geographical center of Texas, and in the far-famed valley of the Brazos. The population of the city is about 22,000 and is rapidly increasing. The climate is mild in the winter and is made pleasant in the summer by the "Gulf breeze." The death rate last year, ac- cording to official statistics, was ten in every thousand population. No better showing can be made by any city of its size in the United States. In addition to the pure atmosphere that surrounds it, as a guard to the health of the people, there is a good surface drainage supplemented by a comprehensive sewer system, now reaching the central portions of the city, and ultimately to extend throughout all its streets and alleys. Waco is not relying solely on the .splendid agricultural country that surroudds it for growth of populntion and increase of wealth, but is turning her attention to manufacturing, and though scarcely out of her teens, she already boasts nearly 50 manufacturing establishment that are adding daily to the wealth and prosperity of her inhabitants . The only woolen mill in opera- tion in Texas is in Waco. It runs full time the yoar round, and pays out over $4,000 per week to over two hundred employees. Observ- ant visitors declare that the mercantile business is less overdone in Waco than in any other city in Texas . There are about 40 whole- sale houses doing special line's, and representing every branch of trade done in the country. Besides these there are some 300 estab- lishments doing a retail and general business . Besides Baylor University which is under patronage of the Bap- tist denomination of Texas, and has a pledged endowment fund of SjSOO.OOO; Waco Femeale College under the patronage of the M. E. Church South, in Texas; the Academy of the Sacred Heart, under the charge of the Sisters of St. Mary of the Catholic church, and the Paul Quinn College for the higher education of the colored youth of Texas, Waco has an excellent system of public schools, owning 8 buildings, constructed for the use of ward schools, for white and colored children. Whilst laboring and spending liberally to secure the best facilities for intellectual culture, Waco has not been negli- gent in providing for the moral training of the people, without which all other schooling is a failure. As a result the investment in church property is over $200,000. Strangers who visit here remark on the character and number of the chvirch edifices, for it is difficult to look in any direction and not see the spires of one or more churches. The Waco churches, as a rule, are costly for a city of this size. Nearly all denominations, .is will be seen by the directory are represented, and it is due to the pastors of these churches to say that they are severally men of learning, jjiety and a most en- viable personal standing. The following is a list of churches in the city: First Baptist Church, Fifth Street M. E. Church South, Church of Assumption, Austin Street Presbyterian Church, St. Paul's Church (Episcopal), Christian Church, Cumberland Presbyte- rian Church, German M. E. Church, Temple Rodof Sholem (He- brew), St. Pauls A. M. E. Chnrch (Colored), New Hope Baptist Church (Colored), Scandinavian Evangelical Lutherian Church. Wacoites love learning and religion, and they are also fond of fun, and for social amusement they have organized the Waco Chess Club, Our Unique Circle, the Philo Literary Club, Young Men's He- brew Social Club and the Philharmonic Orchestra. Between January 1, 1887, and April 1, 1888, about ,500 frame resi dences have been put up in the corporate limits of Waco, at an ex- (119) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. pense varying from $500 to $15,000. A few cost less than $500. In addition thereto, some just outside the city limits, of course with the usual proportion of barns, stables and other buildings. In the same period there were built 46 brick buildings, some double and triple, co-stiug together $800,900, not counting stables, smoke-houses or other appurtenances to residences, nor the brick work of frame buildings. The list is furnished us by the contractors, each of whom we have interviewed. Every one of them acknowledges he may have omitted the mention of some buiding. There are four building associations in the city, with an aggregate capital of nearly $1 ,000,000 that aid persons to secure homes and pay for them in monthly instalments. Asa result a large propor- tion of the inhabitants of the city own their own homes. There is no reason why any man should not own his own home in Waco. The Brazos river is a source of supply for many purposes other than drinking or cooking. The Waco Water Compaay supplies many families with water from pure wells, whilst others rely on pri- vate wells and cisterns. Artesian wells are being drilled on the hills south of the city, from which source an additional supply of deep well water is expected . The St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas (Cotton Belt), the Missouri Pa- cific and the Houston & Texas Central railroads have been built and in operation through the city a number of years. The San Antonio and Aransas Pass, the Atchison, Topekaand Santa Fe and the Dallas and Waco railroads are expected lo be built to the city within the next twelve months. There are 8 miles of street railway in opera- tion in the city. Two compresses prepare cotton for shipment to the Eastern markets. There are a number of weekly newspapers published m the city. There are two daily papers, the Waco Day and the Evening News. They are both published by a com jany of able and exjierienced newspaper men, who supply their readers with a most excellent journal. They keep abreast of the times, and we reconmieud those seeking reliable information to subscribe for the daily and weekly editions. [We are indebted for the above to J. B. Gilmer & Co., Beal Estate Agents, Waco, Texas. Mills County. Was organized September i2th, iSSy. Its area is 700 square miles; present population 5,000, whites 4,950, colored 50; scholastic population 1,278; the wealth valuation of the county $2,500,- 000; assessed valuation $1,750,000; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 50; available funds of the county are $5,000; bonded debt 9,000; number of acres of school lands in the county 30,000; num- ber of acres ot improved land 30^000, valued at $4 to $7 per acre; unimproved land valued at 11,50 to $3 per acre. It has about 50^000 acres of timbered land, including the following- vaiieties post oak, live oak and pecan; has about 250,000 acres of prairie land; soil is of various qualities; its average farm productions per acre are corn 25 bushels, oats 60, wheat 20; the following fruits are successfully grown : peaches, plums, grapes. It is watered by Colorado river, Lampasas river, Pecan Bavou and tributaries. It has one line of railway, G. C. & S. F., passing through the coun- ty; has 5 churches, 30 schools and 4 mills. Gold- thwaite is the county seat; its present population is 800. The jail is valued at lio,ooo. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. Phil H. Clements, Real Estate Agent, Goldthwaite. (12«) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Mitchell County Was organized on the lothof January, 1881. Its area 13900 square miles; population about 4,000, population of Colorado City, the county site, 2,500; assessed valuation, 11,500,000; character of soil, chocolate loam, black sandy and red clay with just enough sand in each to make them easy of tillage, depth ol soil is 3 to 5 feet. Plenty of timber for fuel; cedar posts purchasable at Colo- rado at 10 to 15 cents each. The following streams traverse the county : Colorado river, Camplin^'s creek, Silver, Morgan^ Beal's, Wild Horse, Willow, Deep Creek and Lone Wolf. The country is undulating prairie with her broad fertile valleys. The Texas and Pacific railway passes through the county east and west, having besides Colorado City the stations of Loraine, Westbrook and latan. Six church organizations, three of which own their places of worship, large and well built structures; a splendid city school with an average attendance of 225 pupils besides schools in the county. Salt is the only mineral so far discovered and this is being manufactured suc- cessfully by one company who have expended $40,000 in machinery; other salt conipanies are organizing. Unimproved land is worth $2.50 to $4 an acre. There are about 60,000 acres of school lands subject to purchase by actual settlers. Earnest & Shepherd, Land Agents, Colorado, Tex. Montague County. Was organized 1S5S. its area 189x5 square miles; present population 20,000, whites 19,995, colored 5; scholastic population 4,300; wealth valuation of the county $6,000,000; assessed valuation $3,971,000; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 63; available funds of the county, $6,200; bonded debt $25,000; number of acres of school lands in the county 129,054: number of acres of improved land 10,000 valued at ''!i5 to lio per acre; unim- proved land 413, 144 valued at $3 to I7 per acre. It has about 210,239 acres of timbered land, in- cluding the following varieties : Oak, hickory, pecan: elm and walnut; it has about 270,000 acres of prairie land; its soil is red sandy loam. Its average farm productions per acre are corn 30 bushels, wheat 10, oats 40, rye 20 bushels, cotton -i- bale; the following fruits are successfully grown: apples, pears, plums and peaches; the following minerals are found: copper, iron and coal. It is watered by Red river, elm, Denton, Clear and Sandy creeks; it has 2 lines of railroad. Fort Worth and Denver, and Mo. P. passing through the county. It has 10 churches, 100 schools and 30 mills. Montague is the county seat ; its pres- ent population is 1200. The courthouse is valued (121) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. C. C, McKWEN, Manufacturer of General offices and Warerooms: No. 9 West 14th- Street, Factory, 218 W. 37th Street. Branch vvarerooms, No 70 5th Avenue, NEW YORK CITY. A. E. DoiAglasSj Real Estate and CallEctin^ ilgentj Rooms 14 and 15 Gibraltar Building, F. MARTEN. M. COERVER '■"""^-ca.cui. 81iowCa5B8,OffiGB,Bank I Store Fixtures WOOD M:ANXELS and All KindsofFAJ^CY CA^IMETWOCkK 3 I 4 and 3 I 6 Camp Street, Dallas, = - = Texas. Haywood Bros. & Webster, Real Estate # CnllEcting AgentS; Jefferson, Texas. Edgar & Shannon, Haiiiiltoii, Texas, " X. C. IVLOORE, LilNDe^^INSURANCE AG-ENT Rtasl< - Texas. (122) VVII.SOX'S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. at $35,000, the jail at $8,500, poor farm at $3500. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. S. P. Strong, County Clerk. Nacogdoches County Takes its name from the Nacogdoches Indians. La Salle was probably the first European who set foot upon the soil of Nacogdoches, which was s'ome time in 16S6, while attempting to cross the country to the French settlements in Illinois. The remains of the old stone fort in the town of Nacogdoches, erected in 1778, is one of the principal objects of interest to the stranger. It is made of stone indigenous to the country around Nacogdoches, though the quarry from which the rock was taken is not known. The building is a two-story, twenty feet in breadth by ninety in length ; the wads are from two to three feet thick. Over this antique building the flags of five different governments have waved — Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States and the Confederate States. The county of Nacogdoches contains about 15,000 inhabitants. Since first organized its di- mensions have been greatly red viced, the coun- ties of Angeline, Cherokee, P'annin, Harrison, Henderson, Houston^ Hunt and Upshur having been created from it. Lands that wdll produce every variety of vegetation and fruits can be pur- chased from li to |io per acre on easy terms. The soil is varied, being of almost every variety, cast and character. The red sticky, red sandy and the gray. Corn yields from 10 to 40 bushels ; small grain, with good seasons, yield from 20 to 100 bushels per acre; cotton in seed from 500 to 3,000 pounds per acre ; vegetables grow to great perfection. It is probable that this county has no superior in the state_, in diversity and quantity of timber. The yellow and long leaf pine, all varie- ties of oak, walnut, chinquepin, mulberry, elm, linn, cherry, etc. Fruits of almost all varieties do well — grapes, peaches, apples, pears, plums, apricots, quinces, pomegranites and all kinds of berries grow luxuriantly. Water of the purest character is found all over the county; thousands of springs are constantly gushing out cool, pure water, forming numerous streams and rivulets, and it is found in wells at depths from I3 to 50 feet. Several springs of mineral water are found the medicinal quality of which is pronounced expert chemists equal to any of the mineral waters of Virginia, or the Northern S '^n oil company has recently developed two flowing wells of pure petroleum and lubricating oils, at a depth of only one hundred feet. The mineral re- sources of this county are inexhaustible and un- (133) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. told millions lie imbedded under the surface of her bosom. Good school advantages, churches and good society exist throughout the county. The public school fund goes a great way towards educating the children, and in connection with them many good private schools exist. The Houston, East & West Texas railroad runs through the county, a distance of 35 miles, mak- ing direct connection with lines for Shreveport, La., Houston, Texas, and all markets of the country. [ We are indebted to Jones & Crouch, Nacogdoches, Tex., Real Estate and Iminigration Agents, for informa- tion furnished. Navarro County Is located in about the centre of the State. Cor- sicana is the county seat and it is located about the centre of the county. The county is watered by the Trinity river, Chambers, Richland, Post Oak and Rush creeks, and their various tributa- ries, furnishing both water and an abundance of timber for the farmer. The county is chiefly prairie, principally black waxy, black sandy, light sandy and chocolate, all of which is found in almost every portion of the county. About one-tenth of the land is in cultivation. Within its bosom is concealed untold wealth for the steady and industrious tiller of the soil. No county in Texas can make such a showing as Navarro coun- ty can financially: Assessed values for 1887 fS,- 700,000; tax levy, general purposes i5cper$roo; roads and bridges 5c per $100: total tax 20c per $100. The county is out of debt, pays no tribute to monopoly, her scrip is at par, tax levy lowest in the state and constantly decreasing, pays cash as she goes, and has several thousand dollars in the county treasury: 1S80, assessed values, -^4,- 832,000. tax levy 60 cents; 1885^ assessed values $7,200,000. tax levy 40 cents; 1887 assessed values $8,700,000, tax levy 20 cents. Permanent scliool fund of the county 165,000 ; State scholastic age from 8 to 16; average number of school months taught 6 ; number of free schools in the county 113. There are school houses and churches in every community in the county. All of the denominations are represented. The gen- eral elevation of the county is about 7^0 feet above the sea level. There are few low lands in the county, and hence malarial diseases are almost unknown. The products of Navarro county are varied and steadily increasing. There is no one crop raised to the exclusion of others. Thus far the leading products have been cotton, corn, wheat, oats, millet and potatoes. All the semi- tropical fruits grow in abundance. The follow- ing is an approximation of the average yield of (124) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. principal crops per acre: Cotton f to i bale, corn 40 to 60 bushels, Oats 40 to 100, wheat iS to 35, millet 20 to 1^0 bushels. Corn is usually planted by the first of march, and cotton by the first of April. Corn is harvested in vSeptember, and cotton picking beg-ins in August and contin- ues until December. The county is well watered by streams already enumerated. Good well water is secured at a depth varying from 20 to 50 feet. Corsicana is situated near the ^utre of the county, her school system expansive and complete; the lowest insurance; the best school buildings; the best equipped fire department and water works system. Five railroad outlets over the trunk roads, and two others to be bui't in the near futuro. Within the past five years botli population and taxable values have doubled. It has now a population of 10,127 made up of the very best elements from the old States and other nationalities. Goods of all kinds, including lumber, hardware, wire and such ar(> sold as cheap here as auywhere'in the Koulhwesf. The State Orphan Asylum; Widow's and Orphan's Home, estab- lished by the I. O. O. F. ; the Grand Temple and Grand Lodge of T. O. O. F. of the State of Texas are located in this city. The farmer will find a ready market here for everything he raises on his farm — from a bale of cotton to a cabbage head. Most of the manufacturing is done in the city of Corsicana, and the success of the institutions already established furnishes abun- dant guarantee of what may still be done. Among the leading en- terprises in this line in Corsicana is a Cotton Compress with a ca. pacity to compress 1 000 bales every ten hours. A Roller Flour Mil' with a capacity of 250 barrels per day. with an elevator with a stor- age capacity of 100,000 bushels, making a home market of highest prices for all the wheat grown in the svilTounding country. A mill manufacturing chopped feed of all kinds, also Graham flour with ample storage, creating a good market for wheat, oats, corn, rye and all other small grains which can be sold for cash or exchanged. Two .good machine and repair shops conveniently located where machinery is repaired cin short notice at reasonable prices, A gin factory, unsurpassed in the United States for quality of gins turned out and for facility for repairing at low rates, keeping constantly on hand all parts of gins liable to break or become worn out An extensive broom factory, creating a demand for broom corn, which is a very profitable jrop and easily sold. A Bottling Factory, which if not superior, is unequalled in this State, where is manuf.'^ictured vinegar, soda water, blueing, jellies, etc., and the bottling of min- eral waters, ciders, cordials, etc This institution will also add in a department for canning fruits. An ice factory, with a capacity of twenty tons per day, with extensive cold storage accommodations for keeping meats and vegetables cool during the summer season, and where ice can be purchased in any qauntities at low rates. The harness and saddle mtnufacturing business is well represented, there being two first-class houses in the city. Several large brick yards. A large Oil Mill plant, costing some 9100,000, and affording a market for all the cotton feed not nsed on the farm. Two large lumber yards, each of which has a first-class planing mill, with moulding machines, scroll saw, lathes, where both hard and soft woods are manufactured into all forms necessary for building pur poses. The city has both gas and electric plants. The finest system of water works in the State. Blacksmith and repair shops nre lo- cated in every section of the countv, and do every character of work demanded bv the farmer. Hundreds of cotton gins are located throughout the county and of easy access to every farmer Custom corn anil flnir mills are also we'l located, where the farmer can have his wheat and corn ground which he doesnotcnre to sell. Corsicana has a foundry which manufactures all goods usually made in that line. [We are indebted to Evans & Hoover, Real Estate Agents, Corsicana, Texas, for information furnished ] (125) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Wewton County Has an area of 875 square miles. Its present pop- ulation is 4,500, whites 3,000, colored 1,500; scholastic population is 1,156. The wealth valu- ation of the county is $800,000; per cent of taxes of the ^100 is 50; available funds of the county 16,700; debt 12,500; number of acres of school lands 115,114; number of acres of improved land 16,000, valued at I4 per acre ; unimproved land is valued at $2 per acre; it is all timbered land, includino^ the followfng varieties : Pine, and oak of all kinds; its soil is sandy, some black land. Its average farm productions are corn iS bushels, cotton ^ bale. The following fruits are success- fully grown: Apples^ peaches, pears — all kinds do well; is watered by numerous streams. It has 35 churches, 48 schools and 30 mills. Newton is the county seat, its present population is about 150. The courthouse is valued at '^3,000, the jail at -151,300. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. R. M. Campbell, County Clerk. Nolan County Has an area of 900 square miles and contains 576,- 000 acres of land. The county is traversed from east to west in its northern part by the Texas and Pacific railway. Thie cast line of the county is 185 miles west from Ft. Worth, and its west line is 400 miles east from El Paso. The average elevation above sea level is 2,000 feet, and the average annual rainfall is from 30 to 40 inches. The county was organized in rS8i. Population in 1887, 5,000; taxable values when organized were $'98,800; in 1S87 they were nearly ^'s, 000, 000. The county is adapted to both grazing and farming. The general aspect of the county is that of gently undulating prairies, broken at intervals by water courses with wide valleys, or by ranges of low hills generally of uni- form height rising abruptlv from the plain. The soil along the valleys and bordering the streams is generally a red alluvial or chocolate colored loam, changing in places to black sandy soil or dark waxy loam very fertile. Grain, grasses, fruits and vegetables of every description are suc- cesssully grown. The average yield per acre be- ing oats 40 to 90, corn 20 to 40 and other in like proportions It is watered by Sweetwater, Bitter, Mulberry, Valley, Fish, Champion and Oak creeks. It has an abundance of small timber, consisting of mesquite, live oak, hackberry, pecan, post oak, cedar, mulberry and china. The county has about 60,000 acres of unsold school lands. The raising of beef, mutton and wool are as yet the (126) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. most prominent sources of wealth in this county. Total exports for 1887, $334,800. Sweetwater, the county seat, has a population of about 1000, is situated iu the center of the county east and west and about 5 miles from its nortli line and on the Texas and Pacific railroad. Sweetwater controls the trade almost exclusively of both Nolan and Fisher counties and is the distributing point for a much larger ter- ritory. The school and church facilities of Sweetwater are simply unequalled by any town of its size in this portion of the state. We have a $6000 school building, built of beautiful stone with all modern appliances. The attendance is large and the corps of teachei'S able and efficient Alto several good private schools well patronized. Of cluu'ch buildiugs there are three, Baptist, Christian, Methodist; the Cumberland and Old School Presbyterians also have an organi- zation. They all have good congregations, flourishing Sunday schools and able pastors. Nolan county has a ^30,000 stone court hou-se and a good jJ9,000 jail. Neuces County Was organized in 1S46. Its area is 2845 square miles; present population 7,669, whites 7,019, colored 650; scholastic population 4,000; wealth valuation of the county $5,750,000; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 47^ ; available funds of the county $6,000; no bonded debt; number of acres of school lands in the county 34,000; number of acres of improved land 3,000, valued at $20 per acre; unimproved land 1,046,000, valued at $1.50 per acre; has about 25,000 acres of timbered land and about 250,000 acres of prairie land. The fol- lowing fruits are successfully grown : Grapes, peaches, figs, melons, etc. It is watered by the Neuces river and many smaller creeks; it has 2 lines of railwav, Aransas Pass and Texas Mexi- can, passing through the county. It has 16 churches, 35 schools and i mill and two factories in operation, Corpus Christi is the county seat; its present population is 4,600. The courthouse and jail are valued at 1 125. 000. The above is prepared with great care and may be reliedon. R. G. Blopman, County Clerk. Orssnge County Was organized 1S53. Its area is 396 square miles; present population 4,000, whites 3,600. colored 400 ; scholastic population 446 ; wealth valuation of the county 1,500,000; assessed valuation $1,083,000. 15; per cent of taxes on the $ioo is 65; its bonded debt is $8,840. The number of acres of school lands in the county are 36,853 1-15; number of acres of improved (cultivated) land, 1-997 ^"3' valued at $7 per acre; unimproved land, 86,537 1-34, valued at $1 per acre. It has about 46,635 1-4 acres of timber land, including the following varieties: Pine, cypress, oak, hick- ory and ash. It has about 41,889 3-8 acres of prairie land. Its soil is rich, sandy, producing cotton, corn, vegetables, fruits, etc. ; average farm productions per acre are 20 bushels corn, WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. A. P. DAVIDS, iVl. O., PhysicianL and Specialist 909 Elm St., DALLAS, TEXAS. Devotes special atteution to surgical operatious ou the Eye. The radical treatment of Hemorrhoids, Fistula, Fissures, Uleeratious of the Rectum, Tumors, Oancers and the treatment of hernia,radically. Agrentforthe Dr. C. B. Judd Electric Belt, Electric Abdominal supporters. Electric Chest Protectors, Trusses and Electric inhalers. GVXRT^R © VAOT^\ T. B. CARTER, Proprietor. Headquarters for Commercial Men- S\:.vAP\W\RS V-\OT^\ D. F. Phillips, Proprietor . Cor. Main & Murph}' Sts.. 0pp. Santa Fe Depot. Rate '11.50 per day. Special Rates by the Week DALLAS, TEXAS. The Sewing Machine News, An Independent, Illustrated Journal of the Setc- ing Machine Trade, published monthly by Charles W; Handy, PrnpriEtar. lO Spruce street. New York. M, R, HDPPnCK, No. 9 West 14th Street, NEW YORK. (138) "■ WILSO.y's IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. 1-2 bale cotton, sugar cane 4 barrels. The fol- lowing fruits are successfully grown : Peaches, pears, grapes, figs and plums. It is watered by Adams, Cow and Cypress bayous, and several other smaller streams. It has two lines of rail- roads, the Texas & New Orleans and the Louis- iana Western, passing through the county. It has 12 churches, i^ schools, 10 saw-mills and i man- ufactory in operation. Orange is the county seat; its present population is 3.000. The courthouse is valued at $7,000; the jail at $7,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. C. L. Goodman, Count V Clerk. Parker County Was organized in 1S56. The land of Parker county comprises 576,000 acres. About two-fifths of the area is covered with timber and three-fifths is prairie. Its population is 23,000, of which one per cent are colored ; scholastic population is 7,500. The wealth valuation is $7,119,074; as- sessed valuation, 1^5,339,306 ; per cent of tax on the f 100 is 63r,. state and county included. The available funds of the county are $40,830.85 ; school funds, $20,830.85. Has no bonded debt. The timbered lands include the following varie- ties : On high or up-lands, black jack and post oak predominate ; on the low timbered bottom, walnut, pecan, elm, hackberry and cotton wood are the leading species. A belt of timber from three to seven miles wide^ known as the Cross Timbers, extend across the county from thesouth- east to the northwest corner, with arms of timber leading out at various places, making fire wood accessible to all portions of the county. The soil embraces several varieties. The Brazos red loam lands on either side of the Brazos river and extend along the meanderings of the stream for nearly fifty miles in this county, and are especi- ally adapted to corn and cotton. There is also a chocolate colored soil, stiffer land, found in the creek valleys that not only produces corn and cot- ton equal to the red loam, butyields equally if not superior to the black waxy. We have twelve creeks in the county, v^^ith beautiful, broad vallevs on either side, with dark loam soil and clay sub- soil, with enough sand to make plows shed satis- factorily. Land generally produces from one- half to one bale of cotton, corn from 35 to 60 bushels, wheat 15 to 25 bushels, oats from 30 to 100 bushels, millet 2 to 4 tons, sweet potatoes 75 to 150 bushels per acre. Peaches, apples, plums, pears, grapes, apricots, berries, and in fact any kind of fruit grows successfully anywhere in the county. Vegetables of all kinds grow in abundance. Coal (136) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford. (130) Wilson's immigrants guide to Texas. and iron and other minerals abound in the western part of our county. We have two lines of rail- roads, the T. & P. passing through the county from east to west and the G., C. & S. F. entering the county from southeast corner and terminating at Weatherford, Texas. We have 91 schools, for which there is expended $22,500 annually; about 191 churches, and all denominations are well rep- resented. Weatherford, the county seat, is located ou a high healthy point, sit lated on the headwaters of the Trinity river, 62 miles west of Dallas: has 7 churches, Methodist, Baptist, Old School Presby- terian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Christian, Catholic and Episco- pal, and three weeklj'^ newspapers. We have electric lights and waterworks; have two banks, with an aggregate capital of $388," 000; good hotel ^accommodations, sufficient to meet present de mands. It also has 4 roller flour mills and two in northern part of the county, making 6 in all, and one Castor oil mill. We have central school building and ward school buildings, built at a cost of |25 000; court house at $55,5,55.55: county jail at $17,.500. Our county is also the banner county, having taken same at Dallas State Fair. The above has been prepared with great care and pains and can be relied upoU as being correct in every particular. J. B. PRICE, Notary Public and Real Estaie Agent, Weatherford, Texas. Pecos County Was organized in 1S75 ; its area is 7, ^00 square miles; present population is 1,006 — vv'hites 1,000, colored 6; scholastic population is 174. The as- sessed valuation is $3,385,021 ; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 15 cents; available funds of the county are $1,500 ; bonded debt, $13,000. Num- ber of acres of school land in the county, 17,000; number of acres of improved land, 3,000, valued at §7 to $10 per acre; unimproved land is valued at 75 cents to $2 per aore. Three-fourths of the county is prairie land, balance hilly. Its average farm productions per acre are : Corn, 30 bushels ; oats, 22 ; barley, 25. It is watered by the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers, Commanche,Escondido, Santa Lueia and Independence creeks, Agua Bo- nita, Monument, Meyefs and Gaddis springs. The G., H. & S. A. railroad passes through the county. It has 3 schools. Fort Stockton is the county seat; its present population is 100. The courthouse is valued at $34,000; the jail at $10,- 000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on, Geo, H. Lewis, County Clerk. Polk County W^as organized August, 1846; its area is r,ioo square miles ; present population is a little over 10,000 — whites little more than 2-3, colored nearly 1-3 ; scholastic population is about 2,3000. The wealth valuation of the county is about $2,- 500^000; assessed valuation is $2,195,672; per (131) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS, cent of taxes on the $ioo is 72^^ cents. Its bonded debt on courthouse and jail, is $20,000. Number of acres of school lands in the county is 32,000. Improved land is valued at $2 to $20 per acre ; unimproved at $1 to $5 per acre. It has the fol- lowing varieties of timber: Pine, cypress, oak, pecan, hickory, ash, etc. Its soil is deep, black lime lands, rich bottom lands, hammock and light sandy laud. Its average farm productions are: 1-2 to 3-4 bale cotton to the acre, 15 to 20 bushels corn, and other crops proportionately. The fol- lowing fruits are successfully grown: Peaches, apples, pears, plums, grapes, etc. It is watered by the Trinity and Neches rivers, and numerous creeks, branches and springs. It has two lines of railroads, H. E. & W. T. and T. & S._, passing through the county. It has 50 or 60 churches, 64 schools and 17 saw-mills in operation. Living- ston is the county seat; its present population is between 600 and 700- The courthouse is valued at $25,000 ; the jail at $10,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. T. F. Meece, Land Agent, Livingston. Red River County Was organized January, 1S3S; its area is 900 square miles; present population is 25,000 — whites 19,000, colored 6,000; scholastic popula- tion is 5,279. The wealth valuation of the coun- ty is 86,500,000; assessed valuation is $3,831,737 ; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 87^ cents : avail- able funds ot the county are $30,000; bonded debt 189,000. Number of acres of school lands in the county, 28,737; ""ii'^ber of acres of im- proved land, 288,000, valued at I7 P^^' acre; un- improved land. 288,000, valued at $1 per acre. It has about 280,000 acres of timbered land, in- cluding the following varieties: Tdeedy and Hammock with all kinds of oak, ash, walnut, pine, etc; has about 150,000 acres of prairie land. Its soil is black waxy and ^ray ; average farm pro- ductions per acre are 1-2 bale 'cotton, 30 bushels of corn, 40 bushels oats. The following fruits are successfully grown : Grapes, peaches, pears, apples, plums, and all other varieties. It is wa- tered by Red River, Sulphur, Cuthand. and Two Pine creeks. Bayou Recond, etc. One railroad passess through the county from east to west, the T. & P. It has 164 churches^ 130 schools, 70 grist and 8 saw-mills in operation. Clarksville is the county seat; its present population is 2,500. The courthouse is valued at 165,000; the jail at $30,000 ; poor farm at $500. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. Rainey & Teee, Real Estate Agents, Clarksville, Tex, (13-2) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Reeves County Was created out of Pecos county, in 1884. It is 50 miles ^ide by 100 long and is bounded on the east by the Pecos river. Pecos City, the county seat, is located directly on the Y. & P. R. R. The face of the country is level ; the soil as fine as can be found in the world, being on an average from 10 to 30 feet deep and of several varieties: The chocolate, the black and the grey. All these soils are pro- ductive, growing all crops common to the temper- ate zones; fruit growing in the county, so far as tested has proved a success. The grapes espec- ially, are equal to the far-famed El Paso variety ; Cabbage are grown in the Pecos Valley, weigh- ing from 10 to 50 pounds ; sweet potatoes from 10 to 25. Mr. Dan Murphev from the sowing of one bushel of oats threshed 106 bushels, without a single rain ; 30,000 pounds of Irish potatoes have been raised from one acre of ground. I state here that the irish potato is indigenous to this valley, having been found growing wild by the earliest settlers. *rhe population of the coun- ty is sparse, there being but 2 or 3 settlements in the county, numbering about 3,500. I will state here for the benefit of those seeking new homes, that the most extraordinary farm products I ever saw, were raised in the Pecos Valley. No farm- ing is done without irrigation. In addition to the Pecos river, which runs more water than any river in Texas ; flowing wells can be had any- where in the valley, from iSo to 250 feet ; one well will irrigate 50 acres of land. That inquirers for good homes may form an idea of our soil^ I will state that you might blindfold a man and let him pick a 160 acre tract of land within 30 miles of Pecos City and he could not select one that would not make a good farm. The Pecos river is a continual fertilizer to lands irrigated by it, and they grow richer every year, Lands can be bought at from $2 to S3 per acre on 40 years time at 5 per cent; the climate is equal to any in America, entirely out of the north- er belt, equally removed from sunstroke and frost bite, winters mild and delightful, blizzards un- known. No country could offer greater inducements to settlers. The citizens cordially invite home seeke is to look at Reeves county before locating elsewhere. J. J. Inge, Ctiairman Reeves County Im. Com. Pecos City, Texas. Robertson County. Robertson county was organized 1838. Its (13S) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. at the Dallas PJllR m EXPOSITION A. display will be made of the products of the various counties in the State; also adisplay of the minerals, soils, clay and textile fabrics— in fact any and everything that could be profitably manufactured. This display will show the State in miniature, so that parties desiring to raise a given crop or manufacture any special article can here determine what section of the State is best adapted to the business he wishes to follow. ESTABLISHED 1872. John S. Witweri General agent and dealer Studebaker Eros ^If'g Go's celebrated Fam & Sprlii WapDs, Carriages, Bniies, ^^, fi PK/ETONS, I -I - .--wYg -.- . . — -.. "^'^^ ^^ ZTTZtJj 'j Buck Boards, Eoad (^^^^^^^7/(^^?^^''^in^^ ^^'^ barbed wire. Other ^\>^l^^///.^^^^ V '/^^ makes and cheaper ^'" ^"^~"^'"'^^^ stock. 713 Elm St., Dallas, Texas. HOBSON &. McCULLUM. Proprietors. FarmErsvillEj - Texas WEIR PLOW CO. Of MONMOUTH, ILL. Produces the finest line of si^gri cultural iJmplemerits lu the world, composed of Steel plows, Chilled plows, Combination plows, Rod and Moldboard Prairie breakers, Brush and Road plows, three wheel Tongueless Riding and Walking and Gang plows. Three-wheel Tongue Riding plows. Sulky Plows, Black Land plows, Sandy Land Plows, Corn Plows, Corn drills, Cotton drills. Single Listers, Combined Listers, Riding and Combined Cultivators with and without springs. Walking cultivators, tongue and tongueless, wood or steel beams, wood or steel wheels; Post's Tongueless and Capital City Cultivators, Cotton Planting Attachments, Middle breakers, Scotch, Trisectional, Wood and Steel Reversible and Wood and Steel Lever Harrows, Wood, Iron and Steel Double and Single Shovels, Sweep stocks. Five-tooth Cultivators, Drag and Wheel Scrapers, Pumps, etc. From its branch houses besides the full line line of Weir goods, sells Bain, Tennessee and Racine Wagons, Amesbury, Buckeye, Danville and Davis Buggies Carriagas and Cabriolets, Road Carts, Hay Rakes, Wheat Drills, Feed Cutters, Corn Shellers, Hay Presses, Feed Mills, Cider Mills, Steam Engines, Threashers, Barbed Wire, Binder Twine, etc., etc See Lithograph of Dallas Branch House (134) WILSOX S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. area is S6o square miles ; its population is 30,000, whites 14,500, colored 15,500; its scholastic popu- lation is 7480 ; the wealth valuation is $8,500,000; the assessed valuation is $4,833,000 ; the per cent of taxes on the $100 is 57 1-2 cents, state and county; the available funds of the county are: School funds, $30,130; county funds, $25,500; its bonded debt none ; the number of acres of school lands in the county, 1200 ; improved land is valued at $8 to $-|o per acre ; unimproved land valued at $2 to $20 per acre ; it has about 200,- 000 acres of heavily timbered land, including the following varieties: Oak, hickory, walnut, pecan, elm and gum ; it has about 50,000 acres of prai- rie ; its soil is from light-sandy to richest bottom loams of the Brazos and Navasota rivers ; the average farm production per acre, cotton 1-2 to 1 bale ; corn 35 bushels, oats 50 bushels, pota- toes 100 bushels. Peaches, pears, grapes, plums and apricots are successfully grown. The fol- lov/ing minerals are found : coal and iron. It is watered by Big Brazos, Little Brazos and Nava- sota rivers, and nine creeks. It has 2 lines of railroads passing through the county, Houston and Texas Central 47. miles from north to south, International and Great Northern 37 miles from northeast to southwest; it has 65 churches, 117 schools, 75 steam gins and grist mills in opera- tion. Franklin, .the county seat, has a popula- tion of about 1200; the court house is valued at $40,000, the jail at $12,000 and poor farm at ^$6,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. (Signed) A. M. RusHiN, County Clerk. Per H. B. Heurt, Deputv. Runnels County Was organized In 1879. Its area is 990 square miles. Its present population is 3500 — whites, 3400 ; colored 100. Itsseholastic'population is 400. The wealth valuation of the county is 85,000,000. Assessed valuation, 1^3,000,000. Percent of taxes on the *ioo, 871 cents. Its bonded debt, $30,- 000. Number of acres of school lands in the county, 3,560. Number of acres of improved land 128,000, valued at 1^8 per acre; unimproved land 448,000, valued at $3 per acre; it has about 40,000 acres of timbered land, including the fol- lowing varieties : Mesquit, Post oak, live oak, pecan, elm, hackberry, etc.; has about 500,000 acres of prairie. Its soil is dark loam and red chocolate ; average farm productions are oats 60 bushels, wheat 25, corn 20 bushels, cotton -^-bale. The following fruits are successfully grown: peaches, pears^ apples, grapes. Is watered by Colorado river. Elm, Valley, Oak, Bluff, Coyote, (135) WILSOM S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Mustang, Grape, Pony, Fuzzy, Flag, Fish, Willis, Indian, Flat and a number of smaller creeks, all permanent water; has one line of railway passing through the county, the A., T. & S. F. It has 22 churches, 9 schools, and 2 mills in operation. Ballinger is the countv seat; its population is 2,000. The courthouse is valued at tS'35,ooo, the jail at $19,000. [ We are indebted to Willingliam, Harris dt Winter, Real Estate Agents, for information furnished.] Rusk County Was organized in 1844 ; present population 20,- 000 — whites 13,000^ colored 7,000 ; scholastic population, 4,853. The wealth valuation of the county is $3,085,245; per cent of taxes on the$ioo is 72 1-2 cents. Its soil is red sandy, sandy loam, and black sandy. Average farm productions per acre are 20 bushels corn, 1,000 pounds cotton, 30 bushels oats, and 20 bushels wheat. The follow, ing fruits are successfully grown: Apples, pears, peaches, berries and grapes. Iron ore is found. It is watered by running streams and springs. It has one line of railroad, the I. & G. N. ; has 150 churches, 129 schools, 100 mills and 2 manufac- tories in operation. Henderson is the county seat; its present population is 2,000. The courthouse is valued at $30,000 ; jail at iS,ooo. The above was furnished by Arnold & Thompson, Real Estate Agents, Henderson, Tex. San Patricio County Was organized in 1846; its area is 6S5 square miles; present population is 1,100 — whites 1,060, colored 40; scholastic population is 300. The wealth valuation of the county is $2,107,906; as- sessed valuation, $1,405,271; per cent of taxes on the 8100 is 12 1-2 cents ; available funds of the county, $1,756.59. The number of acres of school lands in the county is 640 ; number of acres of improved land 3,000, valued at $20 per acre; unimproved land 435,400, valued at ^5 per acre ; has about 60,000 acres of timbered land^ includ- ing the following varieties: Mesquite, ash, live oak, elm, quisache, mulberry and willow. It has about 378,400 acres of prairie land. Its soil is bright sandy, black loam and black waxy. Its average farm productions per acre are 25 bushels of corn, 1-2 bale of cotton, 10 bushels beans (two crops), 60 bushels sweet potatoes. The follow- ing fruits are successfully grown : Grapes, plums, peaches, apricots and figs. It is watered by the Nueces river and Chillipin creek. It has 2 lines of railroads, S. A. & A. P. (52 miles) passing through the county. It has 2 churches, 7 schools and I mill. San Patricio is the county seat; its (1S«) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. present population is 150, The courthouse is valued at |! 1,800. The above is prepared wijh great care and may be relied on. Steve. J. Lewis, County Clerk. Scurry County Was organized June. 18S4; its area is 30 square miles; present population is 500, all whites; its scholastic popnlation is 150. The wealth valua- tion ot the county is -^1,500,000; assessed valua- tion is $1,200,000; per cent of tax on the f 100 is 82 1-2 cents; bonded debt^ $17,300. Number of acres of school lands in the county, 231,000 ; num- ber of acres of improved land is 12,594, valued at $10 per acre. Unimproved land is valued at $2 to $3 per acre. It has enough Mesquite timber for tire-wood. Its scil is dark sandy loam, and black and chocolate. 75 bushels of oats are grown to the acre. It is watered by tributaries of the Colorado and Brazos rivers; has two schools. Snyder is the county seat ; its present population is 300. The courthouse is valued at $20,000, jail included. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. H. B.Patterson, County Clerk. Shackelford County Was organized in 1876. Its area is 900 square miles; present population is 1,763 — whites 1,615, colored 14S ; scholastic population is 415. The wealth valuation of the county is about $3,000^- 000 ; assessed valuation is $2,000,603 ; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 75 cents. The avail- able funds of the county are $5,000; its bonded debt '^64,000. Nnumber of acres of improved land 7,1 15, valued at $3 to *io per acre; unim- proved land 373-835, valued at |i to $4 per acre. It has about 5.563 acres of timbered land, includ- ing the following varieties : Pecan, elm, cotton wood, hackberry, post oak, etc ; has about 35 1,595 acres of prairie land ; its soil is principally sandy loam and some black. Its average farm produc- tions per acre are wheat 30, corn — , oats 65, cot- ton 1-3 bale. The following fruits are grown: peaches, grapes and pears ; coal is found. It is watered by Clear Fork of Brazos. Chimney, Hub- bard, Deep and Battle creeks. It has one line of railway, the Texas Central, passing through the county. It has 6 churches, 10 schools and 3 mills. Albany is the county seat; its present population is 700. The courthouse is valued at |!6o,ooo, the jail at 4,000, poor farm at I500. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. Sam Spears, Deputy County Clerk. (137) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Smith County Was organized in 1S46 ; its area is 900 square miles. Its present population is 32,000 — whites 18,000, colored 14,000; scholastic population is 6,948 ; wealth valuation of the county is $10,000,- 000; assessed valuation is $5,750,000; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 83 1-2; available funds of the county are $25,000; number of acres of improved land is 59,600, valued at $15 per acre; unimproved land 519,000, valued at $2 per acre; has about 576,000 acres of timbered land, includ- ing the following varieties : Oak, hickory, wal- nut and pecan. Its soil is gray, dark gray, yellow and red loam ; average farm productions per acre are: cotton, one-half bale; corn, 20 bushels; oats, 20 bushels; cane syrup, 200 gallons. The fol- lowing fruits are successfully grown : Peaches, pears, apples, grapes, berries, etc. Copper and iron are found. It is watered by the Sabine river on the northeast, Neches river on the west, and by numerous creeks and springs ; has 3 lines of rail- roads, the St. L., A. & T. , the International route and the Kan. & Gulf Short Line^ passing through the countv- It has 150 churches, 150 schools, 75 mills and 2 manufactories. The courthoase is val- ued at 840,000; the jail at $20,000; poor farm at $5,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. V. S. Smith, County Clerk. Tyler, is the county seat of Smith county, has a population of about 7,090. It is beautifully located on high, rolling ground, iu a well timbered country. It is a thriving little city, noted for its busi- ness and manufacturing enterprises and its raili'oad facilities. It has good schools and churches, and the best of society. Turner Moss & Co., real estate agents, at Tyler, Texas, do an extensive business in all parts of the state and will take pleasure in furnishing strangers witli information. Stephens County. This county was organized in 1876; contains 700 square miles; has a voting population of about 900. The taxable values of property for r8SSare: Realestate $1,489,945 ; horses $107,. 537: cattle 178,184; other property 55,391; Brekenridge, the county seat, has a population of 600 ; a court house worth $40,000 ; jail worth $8000; public school building $3000: besides handsome churches, private residences &c. The county is diversified prairie and timber; about half of each ; soil embraces different grades from the black sandy loam to the black waxy prairie, like in Dallas and Ellis counties ; while in some portions of the county the red chocolate predomi- nates. Cotton, corn and all small grain do ex- ceedingly well here ; fruits^of all kinds except ap- ples succeed well; coal and iron in paying quanti- ties is to be found indifferent portions of thecoun- (13b) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. ty — notably at Crystal Falls, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos, in the northern part of the county, where a line article of coal has been fonnd and is now being marketed and used in the public offic- es at the county site, and also in neighboring towns where it can be transported without too great an expense. The surveyed line of the Rock Island R. R. passes through the county, and through these coal fields, and when built will solve the problem of cheap coal for the State. The above was prepared hy Wm. Veale & Son, Attorn neys and Heal Estate Agents, Breckenridge. Tarrant County Was organized on the first Monday in August, 1850, with ail estimated population at that time of 450 whites, and 35 colored. The county of Tarrant is a favored one in many respects. Its fine rolling surface elevation, water facilities, and diversity of soil make it^so. A geographical analy- sis of the county shows that it is located in north latitude 33 degrees and 40 minutes, and west longitude 97 degrees and 15 minutes. It compris- es 900 square miles of territory, and an area of 576,000 acres. The soil is black waxy, black loam, chocolate, and gray sandy, divided as fol- lows: A three and one-half mile strip of black waxy prairie on the eastern border; a timbered belt S miles in width running nearly north and south through the county^ as shown on the map ; and the balance west, gray sandy, and chocolate prairie, except a narrow strip on the northwest- ern border, which is skirted by the upper cross timbers. Both the upper and lower cross timbers, as the two belts of timbered lands are known, run in a southward direction from the Red river on the northern boundary of the state, to the Brazos river, about 50 miles of south of west from Forth Worth. These timber beltsvary in width from S to 3o miles, and are otten varie- gated with beautiful undulating valleys and prai- rie table lands, sometimes of many miles in ex- tent, so that the home seeker even in the small compass of our single county, may have his choice of a home and fruitful farm, on the broad prairie, in a beautiful sequestered valley, on a high roll- ing prairie, or on a wooded plain of miles in ex- tent with just enough incline to furnish natural drainage. This great variety of landscapes ren- ders Tarrant county strikingly beautiful, and at the same time immensl}' popular, as each indi- vidual may gratify his peculiar taste in the selec- tion of a home. There is but little waste land in Tarrant, and yet there is much that is not in cul- tivation. Tarrant county is beyond question, one of the best watered counties in Texas. Throughout the (139) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. ^l]aw©^ © JjlaylocK 'RUBLISHERS^ ^'C^cas (Kristian Qldyocate Drgan af MEthndism in Texas Drgan nf the G-rangE, ThESE PapErs are the Ybtj BbsI Advertising 3\/tEmu¥s Tarnach thsir CnnstituEnciEs te- spEctivEly. ThEy Cannot bE reachEd in any othEr MannEr, RBTES FURNISHED on PPLlCflTlOII (140) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. gray and chocolate belt of prairie lands, which^ comprise more than half of the county, artesian wells can be found in every community. In the timbered section, an abundance of good water for domestic purposes can be had at an average debth of forty teet. Figures furnished by the Gounty Surveyor show 179 miles of running water, and in their location, the 26 streams are perhaps as conveniently distributed over the county, as can be found anywhere. The taxable values of the county, are below the real value of proporty rendered. Tarrant county has 96 pub- lic free schools in operation, outside of the city of Fort Worth. Fort Worth, the county site of Tarraut county, is iituated near its topographical center, and is 617.7 feet above the level of the sea. She has seven National banks with a working capital of over $2,300,000; has over 200 artesian wells; has permanent water power on the Trinity river, with one of the best systems of holly water works for supplying the city; has one of the best fire departments in the State; has 60,000 acres of coal lai d within SO miles of the city has a system of gas works and first-class electric plant building; is erecting the finest board of trade building in the southwest; has forty miles of water mains; 20 miles of sewerage: 20 miles of street railroads; seventeen churches; 60 miles of graded streets; has be- tween $100,000 and $200,000 in public school buildings; has a good system of colleges and private schools; is handling nearly 40.000, OCO lbs of cotton annually ; has large grain elevators, and Hour mill ca- pacity of 1200 barrels per day; a refrigerater, capacity 500 cattle per day ; has a social club with the finest library rooms in the state; has $1,250,000 worth of new buildings in course of construction and under contract; has two iron foundries using Texas iron laid down at Fort Worth cheaper than St, Louis or Chicago can buy pig iron. It is the most public spirited, go ahead, stirring city in the south- west, and its citizens have given away over $1,000,000 in donations to railways and other corporations to locate here, as the constitution of the State jirecludes the voting or granting of subsidies. We are indebted for the above to W L Malone, Man- ager Ft. Worth Gazette, assisted by B. H. Sellers & Co. Real Estate aud Loan Agents, Fort Worth. The writer of the above failing to mention the 'press" of the city of Fort Worth, we desire to add that quite a ntimber of well edited and interesting journals are published, among which is the Fort Worth Gosc^fe, published by the Democrat Publishing Co., estab- lished in 1K72. W. L. Malone is its managing editor. The Gazette is one of the leading dailies of the State. Like the city in which it is published, it is noted for its enterprise and public spirit. It has done much to advertise and build up the the state, and to it the city of Ft. Worth owes much for its phenomenal growth. Throckmorton County Was organized 1S79. Its area is 900 square miles; present population, about 890; whites. 875; colored^ 15; scholastic population, 16S ; wealth valuation of the county, about 12,500,000 ; assessed valuation, about $1,500,000 ; per cent oi taxeson the f 100, 65 cents; available funds oi the county are about $6^500; number of acres oi school lands in the county is about 15,000; num- ber of acres of improved land about 5,000, valued at $8 per acre; unimproved land, about 570,000, valued at $2,50 per acre; has 2,000 acres of tim- bered land, including the following varieties: Post oak, live oak^ pecan, elm, chittim, hackberry, etc.; has about 57^,000 acres of prairie land with 2 2 V Id UJ O 5 S -• >- "^ 1 2 W O O ^ « -T-' <'^ CD X ^ < O CO £t o < X f- WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. mesquite brush. Its soil is dark loam. Its aver- age farm productions are:Corn, 35 bushels; oats, 50; wheat, 20 ; sorghum, 5 tons. The following fruits are successfully grown: Peaches, plums, grapes, etc. ; some coal is found in the county. It is watered by the Brazos, Clear Fork, Elm and Paint creeks. It has 3 churches and 4 schools. Throckmorton is the county seat; its present pop- ulation is about 500. The courthouse is valued at about $300; the jail at about 14=^0. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. J. B. Massie, County Clerk. Tom Creen County Was organized in 1S76; its area is 3,648,290 acres. Its present population is 5,000 — whites 4,700, col- ored 300; scholastic population is 1,500. The wealth valuation of the county if $10,000,000; as- sessed valuation is 16,171,891 ; per cent of taxes on the lioo is 57 1-2; available funds of the county are $65,000, this year; bonded debt, $80,000, due 10 to 20 years. The number of acres of school lands in the county in 900,000 ; number of acres of improved land, 10,500, average value $10 per acre ; unimproved land^ 2,637,790^ average value $2 per acre. It has about 13,476 acres of timbered land, including the following varieties: Pecan, live oak and cedar; has about 2,634,813 acres of prairie land ; soil is black and red loam, and mixed sandy . Its average farm productions per acie are: 23 tons millet, 40 tons hay, 20 bushels wheat, 26 bushels corn, 44 bushels oats, 20 bushels barley, 200 bushels sweet potatoes, 2 tons sorghum. The following fruits are success- fully grown : Peaches, apples, plums, apricots, mellons, grapes, pears, and all kinds of nuts. Iron, lead and all kinds of fine building stone are found. It is watered by Main Concho, North Concho, Middle Concho, South Concho, Colorado, Spring creek, Dove creek and Pecan creek, all bold run- ning spring streams. The A., T. & S. F. rail- way system runs into the county. This county sheared 99,743 sheep in 1S87 — 680,613 pounds of wool, valued at $130^000. We have fully 200-, 000 sheep in the county; cattle 227,000, valued at $2,016,000 ; horses 9,200, valued at $230,000. It has 10 churches, 18 schools and 2 mills; has good water power. The courthouse is valued at $72,000; the jail at $20,000. The above is prepared with great care may be relied on. Charles F. Potter, Real Estate and Collecting Agt.^ San Angelo, Texas. Note — Six counties were cut off from Tom Green county by Legislature of 1886-7. San Angelo, the county seat, has a population of 3,550. It (U4) WILSON''s IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. is one of the most enterprising little cities in the State. It draws its trade from a large scope of country, and has some very extensive business establishments The climate is delightful, and its location could not be more desirable. Travis County Was organized July 35th, 1S40 ; area, 1019 square miles; present population, 37,233, whites 5'5'^ families; colored 1,928 families; scholastic popu- lation-is about 10,500. The wealth valuation of the county is 114,000,000 ; 40 per cent, added. The assessed valuation is $14,000,000. The per cent, of taxes on the $100 is 57 1-2. The availa- ble funds of the county on Jan. i, '88, was $3,- 963,58 ; bonded debt on Jan. i, '88 was $95,700.00. The number of acres ot improved land, 97^117, valued at $15 to $30 per acre. Unimproved land 154,273 acres, valued at $6.50 per acre ; has about 86,329 acres of timbered land, including the fol- lowing varieties: oak, cedar, elm, black jack and white and pine oak, pecan and walnut ; has about 30,649 acres of prairie land. Its soil is black waxy and black sandy. Its average farm pro- ductions per acre are 1-2 bale cotton, 40 bu. corn, 50 bu. oats. The following fruits are success- fully grown: peaches, apples, plums, grapes and all others grown in Texas. It is watered by Col- orado and Perdonales rivers. It has three lines of railroads, I- & G. N. , Texas Central and Aus- tin & N. W., passing through the county ; has 50 churches, 50 schools, 3 mills and 6 manufactories in operation. Austin is the county seat ; present population, 22,000. The courthouse is valued at $90,000; the jail at $50,000; poor farm at $20,- 000. Austin, the county .'^eat and the earital of the State, is set upon a cluster of hills beside the Colorado river, with an ele- vation of 700 feet above sea level. It is 800 miles from St. Louis and 150 miles from the Gulf of Mexico; in latitude 30 degrees, the same as that of Jacksonville, Horida, and a little south of Los Angeles, California. The atmosphere is remarkably dry, dense, invigorating and absolutely free from malarial ard other miasmatic diseases, For invalids suffering from diseaf^es incident upon the colder and damper climates of the North and Eas-t, such as con- sumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, and nervous diseases, it is the best climate in the world; so pronounced by eminent physi- cians. Hundreds of our best citizens are living monuments of the restorative power of this climate. Austin, with its magnificent granite house of State; a University of the first order; a public school system that challenges criticism; the finest and best equipped hotelin the South; its large number of elegant churches and pala- tial residences, make it at once the home of education, culture and refinement. "Austin Illustrated," containing information, will be sent free on application to the Secretary of the Austin Board of Trade. The. above is gotten from our county assessor who is the best in the state and the fgnres can be relied upon. The figures regarding the scholastic j)op. is gotten from the county superintendent of public schools, amH paid out in Travis county for school purposes is f 40,000 or more, or ^4.00 per capita. J. VV. Lawrence & Son, Real Estate Agents, Austin, Tex. (145) .¥r^ . 'fcBf(0. • '■ )Ve U'-.i -UF,E SPRING WATER I' ^A^ i^-" r/.^T * -,■ .]'. , - , '^^'•' ^^Pt QW^J NATtiRA L 5PRIN G5 '(^'.^fisf^Z^'' '""'' '"'^ ^ -^ " Texas. (Jit 2: O O o o ■"-^'■"■'S^'r^ WILSOX S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Trinity County Was organized 1850 ; its area is 800 square miles ; its population is 8, 000; whites, 7,000 colored; 1,000; scholastic population, 2,000; wealth valu- ation is I4. 000. 000 ; assessed valuation li. 500. 000 ; the percent of taxas on the $1.00 is 58 cents, state and county; the number of acres of school land in the county 30,000 ; improved land is valued at from 1 10 to $20 per acre ; unimproved land valued at from 1^1 to I5 per acre. The majority of the area of the land of the county is heavily tim- bered, mostly with long leaf pine ; interspersed with almost every other species of timber, such as oak, hickory, walnut, gum, &c. Its soil is from light sandy to the richest bottom loams of the Trinity and Neches rivers. The average farm production per acre : Cotton i -2 to i 1-2 bales; corn, 40 bushels ; oats, 50 bushels ; Sweet pota- toes 150 bushels. All kinds of fruits are success- fully grown : Coal silver and lead are found. The county is watered by Trinity river. White Rock creek, Piney creek and Neches river and any number of small streams. It has two lines of railroads. The Great Northern and the Trinity & Sabine; Trinity, at the junction of the Trin- ity & Sabine and Great Northern railroad, is a flourishing town with a population of about 1000 ; Groveton, the county seat, is a town of about the same population as Trinity ; at Groveton is lo- cated the court house and jail, valued at $35,000. The manufacture of lumber out of long leaf pine is the great industry of the county; on the line of the Trinity & Sabine railroad, on which railroad is located 20 saw mills with a capacity each, of from 20 to So thousand feet of lumber per day; the daily average of the lumber that is shipped over said road is not less than 5,000,000 feet. No county offers better inducements to immigrants in the way of cheap and desirable lands, good water, and health than Trinity county. Schools and churches in every neighborhood. We are indebted for the above to SamT. Robb, Real Estate Agent and Attorney, Trinity, Texas. Uvalde County Was organized May 12th, 1856. Its area is 1500 square miles ; present population^ 4000; whites, 3,900 ; colored, 100. Its scholastic population is SSo. The wealth valuation of the county is $2,. 500,000 ; assessed valuation is $2,150,508. The per cent, of taxes on the $100 is 47 1-2 cents. The available funds of the county are $7,000,00. Improved land is valued at $5 per acre ; unim- proved land at $2.00. It has about 640,000 acres (148) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. ■of timbered land, including the following varie- ties : post oak, live oak, pecan, cedar and mes- quite. It has about 320,000 acres of prairie land ; soil is varied, loam--sandy black, etc. Its average farm productions per acre aie, corn 35 bu., oats 40 bu., wheat 20 bu. The following fruits are successfully grown: peaches, plums, grapes and figs. The following minerals are found : coal, lead and silver. It is watered by Nueces, Sabi- nal, Liona and Frio rivers. The Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio R. R. passes through the county. It has 19 churches, 15 schools and 3 mills. The courthouse is valued at IS, 000 ; the jail at $8,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. A. J. Spencer, Co. Clerk. Webb County is located on the southern boundry of the State of Texas; fronts on the Rio Grande river one hun- dred iniles ; contains 1552 square miles and has vast agricultural, manufacturing and mineral re- sources. Webb county owns 1,466,575 acres of land; 474,840 acres of school land; has 4,77^ horses; 13,829 cattle; 366,015 sheep; 97,868 goats. Webb county has large coal mines which produce over 3,000 tons of coal per month, and five times that amount could be mined should the capacity be increased ; a market is readily found for this very necessary and staple article all over the State. Sheep and wool are very important fac- tors in her commercial make-up. The soil is a rich loam, and in the Rio Grande Valley corn can be raised without difficulty, as irrigation is not nec- essary, two crops can be cultivated annually, and from 40 to 50 bushels to the acre is a low esti- mate. All kinds of vegetables flourish, and with early and late gardens, those who engage in this business are able to supply the northern markets the whole year. Dairy farming is carried on with considerable success; the climate is the most mild and salubrious in the southwest, the summers are long and there are no real winters. Laredo on the Rio Grande river is the county seat of Webb county, Encinal county is unorganized and is at- tached to Webb county, for judicial purposes. The four railroads centering at Laredo furnish splendid transportation facilities for the products of Webb county. Unimproved lands are worth from $2. 00 to I5.00 per acre. Native grasses grow in great luxuriance; the first fat grass fed cattle that are sold on the Chicago market, are from Webb and adjoining counties. Such in a few words are some of the advan- tages and opportunities that are open to those wishing to secure cheap and profitable homes in a (149) _r5'i''-V ^((iHHf(i(;liiriiuj((). • 'I — I : '— ^i^^'i=-^Jv^ANUFACTUF^E:f^5"D■P*-*^=*-- \//k Gicler,GingerAle,CQt5iip5 Sauce jellies, vl-il > 1 «, ^ it DALLAS COUNTY COURT HOUSE. WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. county that is fast developing her resources to the fullest extent. Laredo, the county seat of Webb county, is located on the American bank of the Rio Grande riyer 160 mi 'es west of the Gulf of Mexico, bounded on the north and south by the river bank ; is laid out in a northerly and easterly direction on a beautiful undu" lating prairie, containing over 10,0J0 inhabitants, and is the Gate City of the largest State, and the two greatest nations in the world. The most salubrious climate will be found here at all seasons of the year The city is free from malaria, and has a natural drainage to the Rio Grande river. Its population is homogeneous, but they are €ver ready with their ability and means to develop industries and widen the avenues for commerce and trade. Laredo has n splendid system of water works, an electric light plant, a concentrating works, four railroads, two banks, two ice factories, street cars, two colleges, good hotels, and the Mexican National machine shops, which are probably the largest west of the Mississippi river. Such Is a brief resume of a few of her substantial and important enter prises, while as a commercial center she is without a rival. Through her hands come all of the ores from the rich mines of Mexico; he coal mines furnish the surrounding country with an excellent qual- ity of cannel coal. Her annual wool shipment is 3,000 000 pounds; her annual out-put of brick is from 12,000,000 to 15,0.'0,000. The growth of Laredo is due to the increased facilities of commerce. AVithin the past year she has broken away from ' old fogyism, and donned the mantle of true American enterprise. Her suburbs, which a few years ago were uninhabited, are now the scenes of ac- tive, bustling industries. The whirr of advancement and progress have taken a firm hold on Laredo, and like the "survival of the fittest" she stands pre- eminently the foremost city in Southwest Texas. [See lithograph page.] [We are indebted for the above to the Laredo Heal Estate WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. G. N., Taylor & Bastrop and the exiensiou of the M. P. R. R. Has a populatiou of 3,000 and is one of the most enterprising cities of its size iu the state. We are indebted to J. Tlireadgill, real estate agent, Taylor, Texas, for the follo-wiog: "This part of Williamson county has long been famous for its unrivalled fertility, the beauti- ful lay of its lands, its abundance of excellent water in springs, wells and streams, the wooded valleys of the latter affording fuel timber, its magnificent range, and its high standard of health and salubritj'. For these reasons, conjoined with the fact that owing to the peculiar conditions favorable to that lucrative industry, gre^t success and notoriety has been attained in i-aising blooded stock, it has by common consent been distinguished as "The Blue Grass Re- gion of Texas . ' ' Wise County Was organized in 1S56 ; its area is 900 square iiiiles ; present population is 18,750, whites 18,671, colored 79; scholastic population is 5,213. The assessed valuation of the county is $4,379,000; per cent of taxes on the lioo is 62 1-2 cents- Its bonded debt is $75,000/^ The number of acres of improved land 297,209, valued at $5 per acre; unimproved land 278,791, valued at $2 per acre; has about 239,501 acres of timbered land^ including the following varieties: several varieties of oak, elm, pecan, ash and Cottonwood. It has about 114,357 ^cres of prairie land. Its soil is black waxy, black sandy, and red loam. Its average farm productions per acre are 25 bu. of corn, 12 bu. wheat, 40 bu. oats, 1-2 bale of cotton. The following fruits are successfully grown : Grapes, plums, peaches, pears and ap- ples. Coal is found in abundance. Itis watered by west fork of the Trinity river and its tributa- ries. Fort Worth & Denver City R. R. passes through the county. It has 50 churches and 103 schools. Decatur is the county seat ; present population is 2,500. The courthouse is valued at $50,000; the jail at $20,000; poor farm at $10,- 000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. H. L. Ward, County Clerk. Young County. It contains 576,000 acres_, about 216,000 acres of which is timbered, mostly open post oak ; 360,000 acres generally smooth, undulating mes- quite prarie — red loatri, chocolate and gray sandy soils predominate, of good depth, on red clay subsoil. About 120^000 acres are inclosed past- ures; 57,000 acres are in cultivation of corn, wheat, oats, rye, sorghum, millet, cotton, etc., their respective average yield in average good seasons about 35, 21^ 70 and 20 bushels, four and two tons, one-half bale per acre. This year, i§88, equals the best of any former seasons ; therefore, should you contemplate a move any- where, come here and verify the harvested crops, and you can personally find fields which have pro- duced more per acre of each product than above stated. It is watered by about 120 miles frontage (156) r WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. of the Clear Fork and Brazos river, and by Spring, Flint, Deep. Elm, Camp, Pleasant, Fish, Rust, California, Brushy, Salt and other creeks. .Vlong most of the strfiams is pecan, hackberry, I elm, China and Cottonwood timber. Water is ^ generally to be had from wells from six to forty teet in depth, mostly soft waters; many wells afford varied mineral waters of excellent medici- nal qualities. Its natural resources combine good qualities of coal and iron ore, zinc, nickel, sa- lines, gas, petroleum, and excellent clays for common finish and fire brick, splendid quarries of limestone and brown and gray sandstones, also deposits of pigments and marble of several col- ors, scarcely any of which have had material de- velopment as yet. Estimated population, 6,500 ; about eighty per cent, of which, wholly or in part, till the soil. The religious denominations em- brace the Episcopal, Methodist, Primitive and Regular Baptist, Cumberland and Old-school Presbyterian, and Christian. There are eight post-offices, four mills, five cotton gins, thirty-six public schools. Zavala County Was organized in 1S84. Its area is 1200 square miles ; present population is 1500 whites ; scholas- tic population is 300. The wealth valuation of the county is $2,000^000 ; assessed valuation is $1,- 300,000; per cent of taxes on the $100 is 82 1-2 cents. The available funds of the county are $8,000; its bonded debt $12,000. The number of acres of school lands in the county are 44,000; improved land 40,000 ; valued at $3 per acre; unimproved land 368,000 valued at $1.50 per acre. It has about 500,000 acres of timbered land, including the following varieties: Pecan, elm, mesquite, cat claw and live oak; has about 200,000 acres of prairie land; its soil is black waxy and sandy loam. Its average farm produc- tions are per acre 30 bu. of corn ; peaches, grapes and figs are successfully grown, It is watered by the Leona, Nueces and Frio rivers, and various small creeks ; has several organized churches and three schools. Batesville is the county seat ; present population, 600. The courthouse is val- ued at $8, 000 ; jail at $5,000. The above is prepared with great care and may be relied on. J. B. Ross, Co. Clerk. (isr 2 cr- Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Cities and Towns and Their Locations. POP. Abilene, c s, on Rio Grande div T & P R'y 4,000 Albany, c s, terminus Waco & N W div H & T C r'y . . . , 1 ,500 Alexander, H & T C r'y, 12 m s e Steplienviile 800 Allen, H & T C ry, 8 m s e McKinney 200 Alpine, El Paso div G H & S A ry, 2bm FtDavis , 400 Alto, K & G Short Line ry, 1 2 ra Rusk 350 Alumcreek, 7 m Bastrop 200 Alvarado, Mo P, & G C & S F rys, 12 n e Cleburne 2,500 Alvard, Ft W & D C ry 1 2 ni n Deca:ur 400 Anderson, e s, 10 ni Navasota 575 Annona, 8 m e Clarkesville, Trans C div T & P ry 400 Anson, c s, 28 m Abilene , 750 Archer, c s, 25 ra Wichita Falls ; 300 Arlington, 14 m e Ft Worth on T & P ry 750 Athens, s, on St L A & T ry 1,200 Atlanta, on Mo Pry l(j m n eLinden 2,300 Aubrey, on Mo P ry, 1 1 m n Denton 200 Aurora, on Ft W & D C ry, 15 m s e Decatur 500 AUSTIN, State Caiiital, seeTravisCo. and city of Austin... 27,000 Baird, c s, on Rio Grai-de div T & P ry 1 , 1 00 Ballinger, on G C& SFe ry Temple div 1,500 Bandera, 25 m from Boerne 850 Bartlett, 18 m ne Georgetown on Mo P ry 500 Bastrop, c s, tn T & B exten.sion and Gt Northern ry 2,250 Beaumont, cs, on G H & S A ry 3,500 Beeville, c s, on S F & A P ry 28 m w Go'iad 900 Bells, 16 m e Sherman on T & P & Mo P rys 1 ,000 Bedville, c s 15 m s Brenham on G C & S Fe rv 1,200 Belton, c s,8 m w Temple on Mo P and G C & S F rys, p 48. . . 6.000 BenFranklln, 10 m n w Cooper on GC& S Fry 500 Big Sandy, 23 m Longview on T & P and St L A& T rys 300 Big Springs, c s, 37 m Colorado on T &P ry 1,200 Black Jack Grove, 13 m Sulphur Springson Mo P ry 1,275 Blanco, e s, 35 w San Marcos 1 ,000 Blossom, 12 e Paris on T & P rs 1 ,200 Blum, 14 ms Cleburne on G C & S F ry 250 Boerne, c s, 31 m w San Antonio on S A -, 14 m 8 McKinuey ' ■. ... 1,60C Plt-asentou, c s, 35 m from San Antonio 40C Point Isabel, (p o at Isabel) t_enii Rio G ry, 22 m Brownsville. 30O Port Lavaca, c s. 3 m from Lavaca sta ou W T & P ry 350 Pottsborougb , 9 m s Denison on M P ry 300 Presidio, on G H & S A r.^r, 72 m from Marfa 200 Puti am, 12 m from Baird on T & P ry. 225 Quauah, ou Ft W & D C ry. 27 m from Vernon 525 Queen City, ou T & P ry. 3 m n Atlanta 1 ,000 Quitman, c s, 10 m from Mineola 200 Rancho, 20 m from Gonzales '. 250 Ranger. 20 m from Cisco on T & P ry 350 Ravenna. 8 m fi-om Bouham 200 Reagan. 8 m f '-om Marliu on H & T C ry 400 li 'fugio. c s. 30 in s Goliad 50q Rliome. 1 5 m se Decitur on Ft W & D C ry ' 250 Rice, 10 m n Corsicnna on H & T C ry 200 Richardson. 1 2 m n Dallas fn H & T C i-y 200 Richmond, on G H & S A and G C & S F ry 1 . 500 Rio Grande City, on Rio Grande river, 90 m from Pena sta. . . 2 OOO Roan Oak, 16ms Df-ntnn ou M P ry 300 Rockdale, on I & G N div M P ry '. /. 2.000 Rockport, c s, on Arausa-^ Bay, 30 m from Corpus Christi. . . 1.000 Rockwall, c s on M K & T ry 1,300 Rogers, 1 3 ni se Temple ou G C & S F rv 250 Roma, ou Rio (iraiid>' river. 1 6 m n Rio Grande City 400 Rose Hill, 7 111 from Cypress Top 200 Rosenberg .Junction. 3 m e Richmond on G H & S A and G C&S Fry 200 Round Rock, .iunc Georgetown branch and I & G N div MP.. 1.200 Round Top 1G m from LaGrange 300 Ro.v>*e, 9 m ne Rocicvab on M P ry 400 Rusk, on K & G S L ry, page 68 1 ,600 Palado, 9 m s B-lton "500 San Angelo. 22 m B die 'ger terminus G C & S F ry, page" lit 4.000 San Antonio, c s, see page 50 47,500 San Augustine, c s, 35 m e Nacogdoches by stage. '800 San Di'.go, e s. 57 m w Corpus Christi on M N ry •. 2,000 Sa- Marcos, c f. on I & G N div M P ry 2,000 San SaVia. c s, 24 m from Goldthwaite '.. I'soo Santa Arm.a. 8 m from Coleman '300 Savo.v, 1 1 111 from Bon ham on T & P ry 400 Schulenburg, on G H & S A rv ... 2 ooo Sealy, 13ms Bellville ,iunc G C & S F and T W N G ry "soo S-^guine, cs. on G H & S A ry -' I.SOn Seymour, c s, 55 m from Wichita Falls . . .k...... 600 Shelby, 14 m from Burt f>n ;." 200 Shelby ville, 7 m from Center ... 200 Sherman, c s, see page 06 13 ooO Sipe Springs. 20 m nw Comanche .'.'... '500 Springtown. 18 m ne Weathreford ' 800 St .Jo, oil M P ry 1 3 m e Montague '.'."' 650 Station Belden, 1 8 111 from Mt Pleasant ' 400 (165) H «o B h co u I O CO 1 t— 5 X CO 7 ULI OO OO s OO OO OO s •a 1 CO X UL4 1 5S A 9 1 1 ffl ^^ ll 13; 11 \ I'lriinaiiniFT «*4 V 'a- LLiH^liJlIDJ]. -^' ?EAL ESTATE AND COLLECTING AGENT 07 ELM ST. ^ND Js( otaryT^ublic, Wf TrTffnrrtfrTrTr' ,, Irrriiriifrrrrr 1 (fnR[[|Prjrrrr '' 1 AST. „.4 MANUFACTURER OF AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN 533 MAt-N ST 322 EAST 63^ST. DALLAS ,TEX . NEW YORK. CITY. POS/T/V£UY NO SOOOS SOLD AT RETAIL. ORDERS SENT ErmER TO NEW YORKOR DALLAS, TEXAS. W/LL RECeiVE PROMPT ATTehfTION WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Stepheoville, c s, 12 m n Alexander by stage 1,200 Strawn, 22 ni from Palo Pinto, ou T &"P ly 300 Snip lur Sp.iug-i, c s, Jeffersou branch div M P & S A & T rj'S 4,000 Sunset, 1 9 m u vv Decatur on Ft W & D C ry 400 Sweet vVater, c s, on T & P ry, page 1 .7 600 Tascosa, c s, 1 00 m to Ft Bos'cam. N . M , by stage 200 Taylor, on I & G N and extension M P rys page 1 53 . 3,000 Temple, on G C & S F and M P rys, p^ge 48 4,500 Teuaha, on H E & W T ry, 1 2 ni from Center ... . : 350 Terrell, on T & P and H & T rys. 1 2 m n Kaufman, page 1 07 5,000 Te.'iarkana, c s. on T & P and St L A & T ry . ... 6,000 Thornton, on H & I' C ry 8ms Groosbeck 500 Thorp Sp'ings, 20 m from Weatherford by stage 500 Throckmorton, c s, 38 m from Albany by siage 500 'Tildeu, c s. 50 m from Ootulla ' . 350 Timpsou, on H E & W T ry, 1 4 m from Center 700 Tioga, ou M P ry, 5 m n Pilot Point 200 Toy ah, ou T & P ry, 191 m from Colorado 300 Trinity, juuc I & G N aud Trinity branch 800 Troup, June I & G N and div M P rys 750 Troy, ou M P rv, 9 m from Temple and 16 m ne Beltou 250 Tyler, c s. ou I & G .V, K & G, Hi. L .\. &T rys, page 138 8,000 Uvalde, c s, on G H & S A ry. 93 m \v San Antonio 2.500 Valley Mills, on G C & S F ry. 28 m se Waco 500 Van Alstvn, on H & T Cry, 16 Sherman 600 Vernon, 6q Ft \V & D C ry 1,000 Victoria, ou U W T & P aud N Y T & M ry 6,000 AVaco, c s, see page 119 22,000 W tlnut. on H & T C r V, 12 m from Meridian 1 .000 Waxah:vchie, c s, on H & T C and Ft W & N O rys page 8(i 3.500 "Weatherford, c s.on T & P ry page 131 5.000 Webberville, 8 s Manor aud i 7 tn from Austin 300 AVeimar, on G H & S A ry ,15m w Columbus 152 West, 15 m s Hillboro ou M Pry 200 AVeston, 12 m from McKinne.y 200 Wharton, c s. on N Y T & M 'ry 700 Wnite.sb;)ro. .iunc Te.xas extention M P & Trans, con. div 1,500 Whitewright. on M P ry 1,000 Whitney, on H & T C ry 800 Whitt, 20 nw Weatherford by stage 350 Wichita Falls, on Ft W& D Cry, page 15.5 1,800 Willis, on ] & G N din' M P ry. 28 m s Henrietta 75.0 Will's Point, on T&P ry 1,500 Winchester, 1 6 m from LiGrange 250 Winnsborou2rh, ou Jefferson b'auch BI P ry 1 ,000 Wiuona. on St L A & T ry 200 AV,.)lfe City, on G C & S F and St L A & T rys 1 ,200 Woo dville. on G H & S A rv, 55 from Burnet 500 AVooten Wells 200 Wortham, on H & T C ry, 8 m n Mexia. . 250 Wvlie, on G C & S If -.vud St L A & T rj's 600 Yorktowu, ou S A & A P rv. 1 6 w Cuero, 600 Ysleta, on G H & S A and S A & R G div M P rys 500 Zephyr, ou G C & S F r.y, 14 m from Brownvvood 200 Pi. L. McOREGORj Cor. Beaumont & Crosthwaite Sts., Dallas, Texas. Dealer In j Taucy ^ S.taple Sroceries^ (Produce^ Tobacco^ Cigars^ Etc. Pine Teas, Coffees, Jellies ^^ Preserues. Telephone Orders Receive Prompt Attention. W. M. CROW. J. F. PIERCE. ^l©i^ow@(i©i@i£:t^©£l^ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Land and Commercial Practice a Specialty. NOrll Texas Nat'lB'nK BHiWini. Dallas, Texas. Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. 'W^ILSON'S '^Aimm (aUIDE, Austin & Northwestern Railway. STATIONS X 1 5 6 8 11 13 ir •2) ■24 •2(5 28 J^ a a; STATIONS a S-5 o S 2 S "J H a- a S 1-2 4 1 ; 4 3 4 Leander . . 32 35 39 4o 50 55 60 65 70 74 76 4 H X- T Crossin Cemetery Ptittersohs G-ljriel Hiver Liberty Hi II C <'velund iJertraiu 3. 4- & Stanle^ s 5 Waiteis lUiriK t McNeill Gates r^ CummiiigsJ Woodland" Cedar Park Roberts . Hollowa^ .s Granite Citv Marble Fall's 5 4 2 Denver, Te xas 6 i, Ft. Worth 1 ^'y. 7 15 31 S9 48 52 5« 64 72 78 82 87 95 100 112 118 125 U6 1^9 133 139 H5 151 lb2 170 174 185 194 aoo 204 211 2l5 225 237 a50 254 . 361 2i9 276 -.86 296 804 315 3-5 343 8 8 8 8 9 4 6 8 i; 4 5 5 ' 12 6 1 3 4 1 r> li (') a 8 4 11 9 (i 7 ' 4 10 12 13 •1 1 8 10 i 10 8 11 10 17 353 864 3i4 385 4i«3 417 429 434 448 459 473 486 498 509 5i7 528 535" .'41 547 558 566 577 585 f.94 60". 614 CS7 642 658 665 675 681 691 700 710 716 726 737 746 754 759 765 771 780 79] 801 805 11 Faiwell Dallam Mat ock 11 Oorouado. 10 11 Parker's Hartley . ..... Rivers Chf yeune. 18 Hill Top 14 Elizabeth 12 Tascosa Fie d . . ■. Sanbfirii Elbert 14 11 14 WasULuru 13 Bierstadt 12 Mauitoii Junction. Goodnisht ll 8 Clarendon Lelia .. , K( we 11 Little Biittes f> Pueblo Salisbury 11 H Carey.. . n 9 Salt Creek . ! 11 Quauali Ciiillicoi lie 9 13 Apache Cuehara Junction 15 Hairold 16 Apishapa Bariic.-. . . Ruth'finl 10 Iowa P.iik Wichita Falls Canyle Henrietta Alma 6 Chicosa j 10 El Sloro 9 Trinidad 10 Beshoar .... (> Barela 10 Adair Triuchera Bowie' Sunset 11 9 8 Emery Gap Alps Cowen 5 6 Folsom 6 Des Moines Rbome 9 Grande Cal-f, ... 11 (ireenville Hodge Ft Worth 10 4 Clayton Fort Worth & R io Grande R 'y. Fort Worth Primrose 12 15 22 25 12 3 3 Santa Fe Crossing Chapin 26 SO 38 40 1 4 8 2 Cresson (169) i-Ar- DALLAS, TEXAS. Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio R'y. STATIONS, STATIONS a I' 9 Houstou to Pierce's Junction . Stafford Walker Richmond Rosenburg Junct'n Randon East Bernard. New Phi adelphia. Eagle Lake Ramsey's Alley ton Smitli's Junction . . Columbus Cxlidden. Borden Weimar Schulenburg Grassey Valley ... Flatouia Peach Creek Wanlder Sandy Fork Ilarwood Luliiig Kingsbury Seguine Marion Converse San .\ntonio I & (t N crossing.. Alazan Withers Andrews Lacoste Baldwin Hondo. .... D'Hanis Sabinal Chatfield Uva'de Nueces Cline. Waldo Anacacho Snofford Junction Kinnev Newell. Bucknor .... Johnstone Del Rio McKees 9 9 20 11 2(i 6 ! 33 7 3(5 3 ; 43 7 r,-i 9 {32 10 75 6 81 6 Hi 1 S.j 3 8G 1 03 9 101 6 110 9 116 6 l'J2 6 13L 9 13.5 4 Ui 7 US 6 157 9 itin 12 1 178 9 190 12 202 12 216 14 2-M 4 ! 221 1 j 226 5 23.i 9 242 7 257 15 266 9 27.5 9 287 12 298 H 309 n 31.5 6 327 12 :^33 6 34i 349 ( 3i.' 8 364 ' 367 378 12 1 386 S 395 9 Devil's River . . Musquez Comstock Flanders I Painted Cave. . . iSlium'a jLaugtry jOsinan Samuels . . .-. . . iLozier |vvatkiris [Thurston iDryden E dridge Feodora Sanderson Emerson Lo"gfellow. . . . . R.>st'nfield Ma von Springs. Taber Haymond Warwick Marathon Lenox Altuda StroV)el Murphysville .. Tororito Paisano Marfa Aragon . Ryan Valentine Wendell Ohispa Hasked Dalberg Torbert Grayton Sierra Blanca. Ktholen Malone Finley ■\Tadden Cam?) Rice . . . . Porter -. Rio Grande Faben's ' San Elizario. . . . Piv<'ra Ys'eta El Pa-o 4iil 6 412 11 422 10 432 10 440 8 4n0 10 461 11 472 11 481 9 490 9 4118 8 Sno s ol3 7 520 7 525 5 534 9 542 8 550 S 558 8 567 9 574 7 .581 7 587 6 594 7 603 9 6 7 620 10 (525 :5 63! 6 639 8 (552 13 662 10 672 10 688 16 696 8 704 8 719 15 728 737 1'^ 756 770 n 76,) 10 787 795 8 803 8 811 820 827 832 836 848 La Grange Branch. Columbus to 1 1 lEUinge.r 19 1 16 Smith's Junction. 1 3 : 3 La Gr.ansre ro 31 i 12 Gonzales Branch. Harwood to 1 1 (Gonzales 1 12 1 12 Harrisburg Branch. Harrisburg to i j jl Pierce Junction. .. 1 8 j I 1 II 1 1 8 Atlant'c System-Eagle Pass Branch. Spoflford June to.l 1 ijEaglePass 1 34 1 Darling | 13 | 13 ' | 21 Pacific System —Southern Pacific Company, El Paso to . Deniiu Lords burg. Bpiusou . . . . Tucson . . . . Maricopa. . Yuma, Colton ... 88 8^ 148 60 262 114 308 46 398 90 I 556 1.58 746 ion f.i 'S Angeles . . . Newhall Mojave Tulare M'dera Lathrop San Francisco 804 834 904 l03f 1101 1192 1286 58 30 70 131 66 91 94 (172) WILSON S IMMIGRANTG GUIDE TO TEXAS. G. H. &. S. A. R'y. Continued. Sabine and East Texas Division. STATIONS. ,I> fl a> O a; c Q^K STATIONS. Sabiiie to . Beauniout . Concord . . . Nona Kountz . . . . 30 30 40 10 .^1 11 55 4 Villiage . . Longs .... Hyatt Woodville Rockland . 66 70 8.i 104 Galveston, Sabine & St. Louis R'y- Lougview to. Tally I Wiikens iTatums. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R'y. MAIN LINE. Galveston Machine 1 3 6 U 21 'Ji» 38 42 53 36 43 44 46 ."50 ^A 58 94 100 102 107 116 119 126 136 138 141 1.53 160 163 169 179 181 185 190 197 200 204 205 213 145 151 157 165 169 174 183 188 197 204 •2H 218 226 235 243 254 262 273 1 2 3 7 6 8 9 3 10 7 6 1 1 4 4 3 4 5 10 5 12 6 2 4 8 3 6 9 3 11 6 3 6 9 1 3 4 ' 3 3 8 3 6 6 4 5 9 4 9 7 7 5 8 9 7 10 8 '0 Og;es Lometa 1 282 290 298 312 322 334 340 347 356 369 372 378 383 393 400 409 417 426 435 444 225 2.33 243 250 259 270 280 i87 294 304 309 317 328 33() 345 357 .325 333 345 353 361 369 376 382 391 400 405 410 422 432 441 449 459 468 480 487 494 501 5'-9 516 323 331 334 33:1 8 8 siiop.s Pool\'ille Antelope Gap Goldthwhite ;\Iullen 8 13 Virginia Pt 10 Hitchcock Ilaiis Zephyr Kicker 12 6 Alvin Houston Bkaxch. Brownwood Bangs 6 9 Mark Belt Erin Houston Santa Anna Coleman Junction Colenniu V'alera. . 3 5 Mu.stang Arco a Talpa Xoi'wood . . 9 Dnlce Balliuiicr 8 House Tliompsons ... Rowena Miles 8 8 I'ritcliar.ds Hortcnse 8 Orabb San Ansrel • 9 Bichniond Kos-nberg Over . ..... . 3Tain Jjine . Pendleton Mood V 7 7 Wa'lis Burroughs... .'^ealy Millheim McGregor* Crawford . Valley Mills ....'.'."' Clifton...., 9 6 9 U Mill Creek... Bellville [.".'_ Konnev .. Meridian Morgan '..'.'. 10 7 Phillips Blum '.'.'. '.) Brenliani . 5 i/j< O ri i/i Tj > G Z 5 ^ ^' 5 ^ " ® WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. G C. &. S. F. R'y. Continued. STATIONS j: X c •-1r ■* STATIONS Midlothian... Cedar Hill .. Duncanville Hale Sparks Dallas East Dallas . Reinhai'dt . . GiTland Sachse Wylie 344 4 353 8 358 5 303 4 366 3 370 4 373 2 378 r^ 384 5 389 5 393 4 Copeville . . Farinersville. . Merit. Celeste Wolfe City Ladonia Honey Grove . . . Ben Franklin. Roxton Ambia Pa. is 402 409 415 422 431 4ni) 451 451 456 461 469 Gulf, Western Texas & Pacific R'y ludiauola 12 35 M3 12 13 8 38 55 59 67 Thomaston 17 Plaeeda 4 Guadnhipe Cuero .s Houston East & West Texas and Shreve- port «S6 Houston R'y. Houston Kleiber San Jacinto. Phillips Spencer . . . . Presswox)d . . Ashe Midway East River. . Cleveland. . Keno Rawhide Neidigk Shepherd. . . Mi Hedge. . . . Goodrich . . . Long King . .Sawyer Livingston. . Millom Freeman . . . Leggett Seven Oaks. Chink Berring. .'. . . Moscow Bender Holshousen . Lotie Star. . . 13 13 17 5 24 7 37 3 38 1 30 3 36 6 38 3 43 5 46 3 47 1 54 7 55 1 57 3 03 6 07 4 70 3 71 1 , '5 4 78 3 79 1 SO 1 83 3 84 1 97 3 88 1 90 3 91 1 93 i.9 100 l(i2 103 1(6 no ii.s 13(i ]?,! 135 1,38 U4 147 150 154 lf.8 159 166 167 Gagiie i 169 Corrigaii Fant's Easom Chambers ... Kenciva Seiiey Burke Lufkin Acgeliua Lola Garner Nacogdoches . R^dfie d App ehy Sterne Fitze Garrison Attovac Shelby Timpson. Rovve . Tenaha. Brysnt. . Eagle. . . Hicks... Joaquin. 174 176 181 185 1S7 188 LogaLsport j 193 Shreveport & Houston R'y. Shreveport La Rosen. . Keithville. . Aliens Preston „ .^ 13. lii 3 19 4 K achie. . . . Ay cock. . . . Long.street Franks Logan sport 34 5 29 5 32 3 36 4 40 4 Houston & Texas Central R'y. Houston Chaney Junction. Eureka Gum I»laufl Thompson's Cypress Hock'ey Waller Hempstead Howth Courtney Nava.iota Millican Wellborn College Bryan Benchley Sutton Henrne Calvert 1 G 5 13 7 18 5 20 8 30 HI 41 5 51 10 50 5 02 71 9 80 9 88 8 94 6 99 5 107 8 1 115 8 ! 121 1 12s 8 (Hammond. . Wo tan . . . . Bremocd . . . Kosse Thornton. . . Groesbeeck . Canaan Mexia vVortham. . . Richland . . . Angus Corsicana. . . Carl Rice Alma Enni« Garretf Palmer Ferris W'ilmnr 137 139 143 153 101 170 170 181 188 ,li8 204 210 217 221 225 231 234 238 24() ^50 (176) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. H. &T. C. R'y.— Continued . STATIONS 05 ^ ai a STATIONS S a 2 .2 +^ 03 Hutchins . . . Miller Dallas Carruth Richardson. riauo Allen ., 254 > 4 260 (i 2'-A 4 270 i; 277 7 282 5 ,. '288 G Mckinney [ -,96 Melissa I 3113 3(18 313 319 328 338 Auna Vau Alstyne. Howe Shei-mau . . . . Uenisou Western Division. — Hempstead to Austin. H ilIStijD Hempstead Cliappeil HilL B -enham Mill Creek.... Burton Carmine L':>dbetter (iiddinss . . . . 51 51 (12 11 72 111 78 ti '! 85 7 92 7 98 'i 1 l.)ii 8 Paitre- . , McDade ElsiQ . . , Lit tig . . .Alaiior . . Daffan. . ''urrie . . Austin. . 118 128 139 144 151 154 l.'i9 165 Waco and Northwest Division. Houston to. Bremond . . Reagan Mariiu Perry Harrison . . Waco Ro>s Aquilla . . . . Whitney. . . . Fowler Morgan 143 143 152 9 lliO 8 l(-8 8 178 10 18'> 8 197 2>8 219 liiSi) 240 Walnut Springs. Iredell Hico Alexander Dublin... Mount Airy IteLeou Carbon Cisco Erath Vesta Mban.y Fort Worth and New Orleans Division. Texas Cen tral. Northeas tern Div. ■Garr Kauf >tt to. . man . :::-:;:l 28 1 .. II Terrell. llRoberts. .... I 39 52 1 11 13 ' Houston to Garrett 234 240 246 250 234 i\ ti 4 I.Midlothian Manstield 2(18 27ti 28..1 11 Jeffries Waxaliachie Sardis Kennedaie Fort Worth . 8: 10 Culf Divi sion -C.H.&H.Ry Galveston to Virginia Point Highland .... 8 14 22 2ti s 6 8 4 Wbesterville, Genoa 29 35 41 44 r-0 3 G 6 H irrisburg Houston to 3 Clear Creek 6 International & Great Northern R'y. Houston to Longview Houston to Cross! imbers. Praii'le Westfleld Spring Hartley's Haltoiii jMedley Grand Lake .. Ayers Conroes, . . . . Gibbs Wi lis Spillers Gilinans Waverly Angle KcUeys Phelps Dodge Riverside Inmans Carters Trinity 4 4 13 9 19 6 23 4 26 3 27 1 33 6 35 37 2 39 2 43 4 47 4 49 51 '> 55 4 59 4 61 66 5 71 5 79 8 80 1 84 4 85 1 Red nraucli. Love ady ... . Pa.so ' ....... Crockett - Stark Grapeland . Elkhart (.;roniii Palestine . . . . Suggs Neclies Prices Earls Popes Jacksonville. Reynolds . . . Healy Troupe Jarvis Overton Thoniiisons. Kilgore Footes Longview .. 94 99 107 113 119 126 1.^8 142 150 157 162 167 168 174 178 1:<4 190 196 203 210 218 22J 228 232 (177) -.Tf immn ■■m I'T 'm 11 ^ a 3a ■ ^*mm . -^"S^ 'IfPliiiiPliiiilpEtoi' ^4 . hill If it l^;;.i!^^^::5^yiij:|t . R^?i^'i^r5t■ Ss&-iiS— ' E^^ e. SMITH a BRO. UNDERTAKERS AND ^ '. EMBALMERS. • ■ • 1031 MAIN ST • ^ DALLAS TEXAS. K^ Ji 3 J'' ~^^^^' "1 1" n i It i9< JIJl ju! J'~T,in'n If mnn , t I L '■M^ bRU V1BA ^ ■» 1^ y /'//m V/jyrr. WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. I. &. G. N. R'y. Con, San Antonio Division, I. & G. N. Pnlestine to Laredo. R'y. STATIONS 73 6 3 2 Sua 5|.2 STATIONS _2 o a « a 4) a «5 5^^ *=i •^alf stine to 9 18 9 9 Hunter 219 7 Tuclier (ioodwin 225 230 G Oakwoods New Brauntels .. 5 Keeche 27 9 Corbvn 237 - Buffalo 3.T S Davenpoi't 243 6 Jd'wett 4i Witmcre '/ '..'iO '- Marquez 55 n Adams 256 (•) Lake ]i 261 Franklin 77 11 Medina 274 13 Elliott 84 — : Lytic 277 ;») 100 110 G I'l 10 294 301 315 17 Gauze Moore. Miiaiio Junction. : Pear.sall 14 Rockdale 119 9 Derby 224 9 Rome Viit ].'52 445 1.'53 I'l 3 13 8 Pillev 331 338 348 356 -r Millett 1 (otuUa •■ Tavlor 10 Hutto 1 Tuna s Round Rock 162 9 t Twoliig. 361 f) Duval IfiO 7 ; Buri'o 370 9 Austin 181 12 : Encinal .. 376 6 Kouns 180 5 1 Cactus 385 9 JNJanacha 192 i; 1 ebb.. 394 9 Buda 196 4 ; Green. 4\') n Kvlc. 2.)3 212 7 9 '• Sancliez 410 5 San Marcos Laredo 415 5 Mineola Section. Troupe to Wliitehonse Tvler 9 19 9 1 ) Swan Lindale IMinenla . 27 SI 45 8 4 14 Columbia Branch. Houston to Pierce Junction.. Areola Junction Areola Sandv Point . . . 6 6 19 13 ,^ 28 7 bin a Grove beuaugo . . . . Oyster Creek. Columbia Henderson Branch. Overton to Henderson ... 1 16 Georgetown Branch. 1 lu Huntsville Branch. 1 S Kansas & Gulf Short Line Ra ilway. Tyler to Aschcroft ... Flint Bullard Mt. Selman. . . Smyre Jacksonville. . Independence Bradshaw ... 5 •'5 10 5 16 6 21 5 1 25 4 •-•9 4 33 4 41 8 Rusk. . Linwood Stephens Alto Comer. . . Forest . . . Wells .... LufUiu . . 45 4 51 (! 54 3 57 3 K5 8 67 2 72 5 89 17 Mexican National Railway. Corpus Chrisii to. Rogers Banquete Collins San Diego Duval Benavides Sweden Realitos 12 12 24 12 40 16 52 12 67 15 7G 6 85 9 Pena Los Angeles Agnilares Prescadito Brennans Mexico Junction'. . BondedWarehouse Laredo <'8 115 130 143 153 158 159 160 Galveston Branch. Galveston to ... . Gartenverine Stringfellow . . 2 1 2 ..4 2 Seaview Lake Garfield 7 9 14 i s 1 2 ! 5 (180) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Mexican National R'y. — Con. Laredo to Sa'tillo. STATIONS 5 a 'i STATIONS Laredo to Nuevo Laredo. . Sanchez Jarita Huisaohito CauKirou , , . . . RCKlnguez Blojiua Lainpazos Solome Botello. (ioliiiuirinalb . . . BiisUiiilante .. . . Villaldama Alamo Palo Blanco La Cantera. , . 1 1 1 10 •1 IS S ■..".1 11 I 44 s IH 71 14 84 i:i 1 >(1 7 ]().j 14 108 ■i 116 8 124 8 1S2 8 Morales Salinas Topo Rauiou Treviuo Monterey (Jonzalitos San Geronimo. . Laona Santa Catariua. Garcia Rinconada Los Muertos lOjo Caliente . . . Santa Maria Ramos Arispe. . ISaltilo 142 14G l.")S lti2 1G7 16S 170 172 174 187 202 210 214 230 234 234 Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. Denisou Pottsboro. . . Deaver Wliitesbnro. Collin.sville . Tiosa Pilot Point.. -Vubrey Jling-o Denton Argyle Roanoke. . . . Keller Wataea Ft Worth... Burleson.. . . Alvarado . . . 9 1 n 1 10 25 31 37 43 .50 57 61 4 6S 7 77 9 82 87 5 !:6 9 no 14 123 13 Grrandview Itaska Hi Ksljoro Abbott West Waco.. Loreua Eddy Troy- T'-mpl ' Jiinction. Erbo Junction. . . . Liril - Kiver Holland Bartlett Granger Taylor 132 139 1.50 KiO lti5 184 198 204 211 210 222 220 235 241 247 208 Belton Branch. Echo to B Iton. Dallas and Denton. Denton (Jarza L'^wisville. . . . Triuiiy Mills. Carrol ton Farmers Branch. L'-toits Da las Dallas &. Greenville Ry. Dallas 1 9 5 S!8 33 37 45 54 -;- Dallas E\-t Junct. i Tate 5 Fisher . . . 10 21 4 Garland Pleasant VaUey . Caddo Mills Greenville S 9 Cainesvi lie, H enrietta & Western Div. Whitesboro 15 32 40 7 8 5 6 6 8 Bonita 48 .^6 63 72 79 85 8 Woodbine 8 Gainesvide Be.'cher Lindsey Doss fl I\Ivra Hazle Henrietta. Sr Jo Mineola Section. Deuisou Norton Bells Whitewright. Trenton Leonard Ce'este Kingston . . . 7 1 7 13 6 20 7 27 7 33 6 40 7 43 3 Greenville. Dixon Lone Oak. Emory Albia Golden Mineola. . . 52 59 66 80 89 96 102 Taylor, Bastrop & Houston Ry, Taylor. . . . Coupland. Elgni Sayurs . . . Bastrop. . Upton 8 8 16 8 26 1) 35 9 41 9 Smithvi le Westpoint LaGrange Fayettville Boggy Creek Tank (181 1^ o2^ycE| WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. M. K. & T.— Jefferson Section. STATIONS STATIONS Jefferson . . . . Kelleyviile. . , Lassater French's Aviugr-r Mondays . . . . i/ughes Daiugerfleld. CAson Faker Pittsburg, . . . Lei^sburg . . . . Scroggins. . . 5 5 12 7 16 4 18 2 22 4 27 5 34 7 iO (i 45 50 57 7 08 6 i Winsboro Picktou Como Sulphur Springs. Wise Rlack Jack Campbell Greenville. . . .... . Floyd Farmersvill-- Wilson McKinney 82 U2 911 105 112 121 130 137 145 151 M. K. AT. -Trinity &, Sabine R'y, Trinity White Rock Bissell Sarou Wassons, . . . Groveton . . McDuffl"s .. Saunders . . . Willard Caraioua . . Asia Gall - 5 1 7 2 51 2 15 6 r 1!) 4 1 22 •^ i 2 [ 2 1 ■ 30 4 |j 35 •J j 37 2 C'orrigan. . . . Kurih Stryker. .. . . Bowers Baruum . . . . Mulyey Flemmings . Chester Skidwav .. . . Mobile Bil'Mun Oolmesi eil. W ew Y ork, Texas & Mexican R'y Rosen uigJuuciii ^largaret .... Huugei-ford Wharton. WcKav 15 15 1 19 4 1 1 S.'5 6 1 -iO 5 [Prau-ie Lduise . . , Kdna Victoria Rio Grande & Eagle Pass Railway. Laredo to . Sanchez . . . San Isabel \Himfz Mine Santa Thomas Rio Grande Railway. Browusvilli^ to Point Isabel | 22 Sa n Anton io & Aransas Pass Railway. Co. San Amonio to, , Berg's Mill Elmendorf Calaveras Labatt Floresville Beauregard . . , Brackeuridge . , Indian Crossin.g. Kenedy Nichols () IG 10 21 5 24 3 30 (! 42 12 45 3 53 8 (12 9 (i8 6 Petlus Walton Beeville Skidniore June, Papalote Siuton Mesquital.. Gregory June .. Corpus Christi. . Ingleside Si 1)4 105 112 123 131 139 142 149 Aan Antonio to, Robards Leon Springs, , . Balcouls Boerne Welfare Waring Comfort Ganahl Kerrville Runge York town 9 9 19 10 25 (> 32 7 41 9 44 3 ' 52 S (iO 8 70 10 1 71 1 ! 87 ir, Wesciioff Cuero Edgar Yoakum Swt'Ot Home Hallettsvil e. , Sublime May'.s -'pur Stafford's Ranche, Eagle I^ake Fickliue Wallis 95 103 112 120 120 137 147 154 KiS 176 187 19.S 131 141 10 150 9 Muldoon 1 159 West Point 1 109 t 1) 10 Flatonia Skidmore and Klebere Division. Skidmore to. Mathis Wades I Reynolds . Driscoll , . Kieliert;- , , Gregory and Rockport Divison. 101 ;21 10.5 4 12.5 20 144 I'.l 148 4 \m 10 16; 8 Estherwood Rlermenteau Jennings Welch's Pine Grove Lake Charles West Lake Charles Edgerley Saljiue Orange T-rry 171 178 183 193 20.5 216 219 234 245 259 267 (:85) 0:3 LJ Q_ Q -< O LJ ^ 7.^ O ■•, — fjl 5C CL. s 3t ' S ° I^i a , « ^ h- CO C3 '^ s -s < _) -J < Ld r ^ r~^ Q i£ 1 ii\ O -S t S' -n ^. '^'f ^^^-^ ' ■"-■'Slv'^ff^''" WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. T, &. N Ry — Con. STATIONS ^ ^ „■ c 0) a § STATIONS Beaumont . . Pine Island. . China Grove Sour Lake . . Devers Ames , Liberty 277 '" , 28" 10 1 293 6 297 4 i 307 10 ! 316 9 I 319 2 1 Dayton Cedar Bayou . Crosby (Sheldon Greens Bayou . 'Houston 325 332 340 344 352 361 a 0) o Texas & Pacific Railway. Texaikana to Goi-don o2o Arg:o o 3 Coal Mine 339 4 T. 6. Junction — 5 3 Strawn 333 4 St L A & T Cross'g Polk 8 9 3 1 Canyon 340 345 7 Tiffin 5 Buchanan's 13 4 Ranger . . . 348 3 Sulphur 15 19 i Duroc . . 354 358 Alamo Eastland 4 Forest . 22 23 2.3 3 I Lem .... 362 378 375 4 Springdale Cisco Lanark Delmar 7 Queen City 28 3 Putuam 181 t; Atlanta. 31 2 Vigo 387 (j Gal) away 36 18 5 Bttird 393 399 6 Bh'ins Clvde 6 Kildare 44 49 .«2 68 65 6 5 3 6 7 jj^imdii le 4 8 313 421 430 436 8 Abilene Tebo 5 Stairs Jefferson Mertei 9 WoodlawH Trent 6 9 Marshall 74 9 Lscoia 445 Abnevs 79 . 87 5 Sweetwater Visia 455 463 10 Hallville . 8 10 Lansius Loneview.. .^. . . !tl 4 ] 6 1 473 482 491 50 i 512 522 532 Ci-iZorado 9 9 Willow Springs . . . Camps 101 104 4 1 latau 11 Gladewater. .. 110 6 Signat Mount 10 Red R-ck ... 111 1 bigSpnngs Wilkins Neal's . 114 3 Alorita 10 117 ■^ Marionfeld 542 10 Biff Sandy....."!! Hawkins 120 ^ Germaiiia 552 10 125 134 143 9 1 9 Midland Warfleld Odessa 561 572 582 9 Lake Fork. . . 11 Mineola . . 10 XaekVs 146 149 150 3 ! 3 Donro Metz 592 - 602 10 Silver Lake... . Grande Saline . . 10 Sand Hills 612 10 Bolton 161 5 -Uonahan's 017 y Stevenson 165 4 Aroya 622 5 16li 173 1 Pyote 632 641 10 wiir.s Point .;;;■ ' Quito ;i Cobb's . . 179 183 18a 193 6 4 6 4 Pecos City Hermosa 654 663 673 684 13 Elmo '.) Terrell Toyah Gomez 10 Lawrence 10 Fornev 201 8 San Martine 694 10 Mesqnite 209 8 Kent 705 11 Arnold 213 4 Boracho 616 11 H 140 10 147 Morrows Bunkie Cheney ville... Lecompte Lainorie ... Morelaiid Alexandria Rapides Boyce Lena Chopin Dertonne Prudehoniuie Provencal Robeline Marthaville Sodus Oxford Mansfield Grand Cane Gloster. . ... Stonewall ...... Reif or Shreveport Junctn Shrevfport Shre\eport Jnnetb .lewella Beck's (lireenwood AVaskom JonesviHe scottsville Mai-shall 1 5a ]()S 171 179 182 188 1!!G 204 210 ~ir 2Jii; 247 254 200 209 ^79 287 295 303 309 ••^17 32fi ;i27 .^29 .•132 33(i 342 :'4S 351 359 :'r,7 S PS. 10 8; s c 8 6 1 2 4 Texas, Sabine Valley & Northwestern R'y. LoDgview Fords Talleys .... Easton Cherokee. . Flanagans. Tatums ,s S ' 12 4 14 ll> 2 1 18 2 1 22 4 1 Mineral Springs. C'haueys Bledsoes Beckville Haysland Moufhes i' Carthage'. ...... Texas Trunk R'y. Dallas Elam R.ylie.... Kleburg. . Simonds. Seago 11 17 20 3 22 2 Crandell's.. Dougherty Kaufman . . Kemp Cedar Tsxas Western Ry. Houston Westheimer .. Piney Point. . . Habermacher. AVimberly 1 22 10 30 s Leslie Pattjson . . . San Felipe. Sealy (189) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. THE PACIFIC EXPRESS CO. Operates over iS,ooo miles of Railway ; has over 2,000 Offices, and offers the Safest, Quickest. and Cheapest Transportation facilities to and from all parts of the United States, Canada and Europe. It has more offices in Texas than all othet Express companies operating in the State. LIST OF TEXAS OFFICES. Abbott Abilene Aledo Alvarado Alvord Anueta Aanoua Argyle Amorilla Arlington Arnold Atlanta Aubrey- Aurora Austin Aviuger Bagwells Baird Bartlett Bastrop Beeville Belcher Bellevue Bells Belton Benbrook Bertram Big Sandy Big Springs Bivins B Ik Jack Grove Blossom Prairie Boerne B jnham Bowie Brackenridge Bonita Brazos Brookston Bruce Buda Buffalo Burleson Burnet Caddo Mills Calaveras Campbell Cason Carrizo Childress Chillicothe Cisco Clarendon Cheyenne Chester Clarksville Clear Ci-eek Collinsville Colniesneil or Ogdeu Colorado Celeste Columbia Comfort Como Couroes Corpus Christi Corrigan Cotulla Crockett Cuero Daingerfield Dallas Davenport Decatur DeKal b Deuison Deuton Detroit D vine Dickinson Dodd's Dodge Duck Creek, or Garland Dusbury, or Bonita Eagle Ford Eagle Lake Eastiaud Eddy Edgewood Egan Elgin Elkhart Elmeudorf Elmo El Paso Emory Euciual Fayetteville Farmer's Br'ch Fanner vi lie Floresville Forney Flatonia Fort Hancock Fort Worth Franklin Fate Gainesville Galveston Gause Georgetown Garland Ganahl Gladewater Gordon Granbury Grand Prairie Grand Saline Grandview Granger Grapeland Greenville Gregory Groveton Hadettsville Hall vide Handley Harris burg Harrold Hawkins Hearue Heude«-son Henrietta Highland Hillsboro Holland Honey Grove Houston Hughes Spr'gs Hunter Huntsville Hutto latan Itaska Jacksonville Jefferson Jewett Jouesville Keller Kenedy Kent Kerrville Kiklare Kilgore Kingston Kyle La Grange Laucasler Laredo Lawrence Leauder Lassater Leesburg Leonard Lewisville Liberty Hill Lindaie Lock hart Lodl Lone Oak Lougview Loreua Lovelady Lytle McKinney Mauchaca Marienfeld Marquez Marshall Merkel Mesquite Midland Milauo Millsap Miueola Moulton Monahau"s Moore Myra Neches New Baden New Boston New Braunfels Nacona Oakwoods Odessa Overton Palestine Paris Pan-H'ndleCity Pearsall Pecos Pettus Petty Pilot Point Pittsburg Pottsboro Putnam Quanah Queen City Ranger Riverside Roanoke Rockdale Rockwall Rock port Round Rock Royse Ruuge Ruthford St Jo San Antonio San Elizario San Marcos Sauto Salisbury Savoy Sherman Sierra Blanca Shiner Skidmore Smithville South may de Spring Springdale Strawu Sublima Sulphur Sulphm- Spr'gs Sunset Swan Sweet Home Sweetwater Tascosa Taylor Temple Terrell Thorndale Texline Tioga Toyaii Trinity Trinity Mills Trenton Troupe Troy Twohig Tv!er Van Horn Vernon Virgile Waco Wallis Warfleld Waskom Watauga Washburn Waring Waverly Weatherford West : Whitesboro West Point ^Vllitewrig•ht Wichita 1 alls Willis Will's Point Winnsboro Woodbine Yorktown Ysleta Yoakum (190) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAWS OF TEXAS Relative to the Collection of Debts, Pre- Emption, etc. [Pbkpared BY Crow & Pierck, Attorxeys, Dallas, Texas.] Accounts.— Wheu atiy actiou oi- defense is foiiuded upon an opou Hccuuat, claim, etc., supported by tlie affidavit of the party his agent or attorney, taken before some ofllcer authorized tc. and minister oaths, to tlie effect that such account is, within the lecretes himself so tnat the ordinary process of law cannot be served on him; when debtor has secreted his property for the purpose of defrauding his creditors; when he is about to secrete his property for the Durpose of defrauding his creditors; when he is about to remove his property out of the State without leaving sufficient remaining for the payment of his debts; when he is about to remov^t his proijertj-, or a part thereof, out of the county where the suit is brought, with intent to defraud his creditors; when he has disposed of his property, in whole or in part, with intent to defraud his creditors; when he is about to dispose of his property with intent to defraud his creditor;? ; when hejs about to convert his property, in whole or in part, into^money for the purpose of placing it beyond the reach of creditors: wlieu the debt is due for property obtained under false pretences^ At the time creditor makes his affidavit for attachment he must uive bond with two or more sureties, payable to debtor, in double tiie amount claimt-d in the affidavit, condiiioned that the creditor will prosecute his suit to effect, aid pay all damages that maj- be adjudged against him for wrongfully suing out the writ. Garn- ishment niay Issue acter an attachment issues, and in any other case after final judgment without bond. Garnishment may also issue before judgment on bond in doubl'^ amount of bebt bi-ing given, together with affidivit, provided no current wages for per- sonal services shall ever be liable togarDishinent. Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes.— Three days of grace allow'ed on all commercial paper. The general rule is that the holder of any bill of e.xchange may fix the liability of the drawer or any indorser. without protest or notice, by insti- tuting suit against tlie acceptor before the first term of the court to which suit can be brought after the right of action accrues; or by instituting suit before the .second term of court, and showing good cause why suit was not instituted before the fir.st term; or bj' Ijrolest in usual form. Chattel Mortgages.— Every chattel mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument of writing intending to operate as a mortgage of or lieu upon personal property, which shall not be accom- panied by an immediate delivery, and be followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the property mortgaged or pledged by such instrumeit, shall be absolutely void as against the creditors of the mortgagor or person making- same, and as against subsequent purchasers and mortgagees or lien holders in good faith, unless such instrument or a true copy thereof shall be forthwith deposited with, and filed in, the office of the county clerk of the county where the property shall then be situatHd, or if the mortgagor or person making the same be a lesident of this (191) WILSON'S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. State, then of the county of which he shall at the time be a resi- dent. Commencement of Suit—Pfoeess issued out of tlie district, couuby, or justice court must be served at leatt five days before the first day of court, except in cases of service by publicatiua for uon- resident debtors, whicli requires a pidjlicatiou of foiu- weelvs before the first day of tue term of tlie court. When service is made Isy puljhcation, judgment cannot i)e liad till the following term . Consignments.— If a consigee fraudeutly misai)plies,or con- verts to his own use, the consigned goods, he is guilty of embez- zlement, and, if the goods exceed twenty dollars in value, may be punishable by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than ten years. Contract^ of Married Women. -Separate property of married women is not holden for (lel)ts of husband. For neces- saries of family under certain circumstances it may be held: all property owned or claimed by her before marriage, and that after acquired liy her by gift, devise, or descent, rests absolutely in her, but imder the control of her husband, but he cannot charge it with debts. She cannot convey her property without consent of her husband, nor can he convey her real estate witliout her joiuiug in the conveyance. Dower. -Not known in Texas. Estates of Deceased Persons.— ah claims against de ceased persons, wlietlier notes or accounts, must be j^roved by the affldavit of the owner. The nffidavit must include the following: "That the claim is just, and that all legal offsets, payments and credits known to the affiant have been allowed." This affidavit if made outside the State of Texas should be made before a com- missioner of deeds for the State of texas, or some notary public, clerk, or judge of a court of record having a seal. If claims Hgainstan estate are not presented, duly authenticated under oath, and allowed by the administrator, and approved by the Probate court within twelve mouths from the granting of letters of ad- ministration, they are postponed until others duly pi'obated with- in that time are paid. If the administrator has ))eeu absent from the State dm ing the twelve montlis, the time of his absence is not counted. In case of a trust deed duly executed, with power to sell, and which at common law. and in most of the States, is irre- . vocable on the death of the mortgagor, a different rule obtains in this state, owing to the statute law regulating estates of deceased persons. The Supreme Court has decided, with reference to a trust deed and a mortgage with power to sell that upon the death of the mortgagor the powers of the trustee cease or are revoked: that the claim which the trust deed is intended to secure must be proven up allowed, and approved as other claims, and that the lien must be enforced, and the sale effected by the court. Trust deeds can be foreclosed without suit; mortgages must be fore- closed by suit. Therefore, deeds of trust are most common and jtreferable. Exemptions.— 'I'o every citizen, householder or head of a fam- ily two hundred acres of real estate, including homestead, in the country, or any lot or lots in a town or city, used as a homested, not to exceed $.'i,000 in value at the time of their designation as a homestead (subsequent increase in value by improvements or otherwise does not subject it to forced sale):" all household and kitchen furniture, all implements of husbandry: a cemetery lot; all tools, and apparatus, and books belonging to any trade or pro- fession, the family library, portraits and pictures, five milch cows and calves, two yoke of work oxen, with necessary yok^s and chains, two horses and one Avagon, one carriage or buggy, one gun, twenty hogs, twenty head of sheep, all provisions and forage on hand for home consumption, and all saddle.s, bridles and har- ness, necessary for the use of the family. To every citizen not the head of a family, one horse, saddle and liridle: all wearing aj)- parel, and tool's, books, and apparatus of his trade or profession. In case of death of husband, the court wiTl set aside to the widow and children other property or money to the value of the forego- ing exemptions, if the estate has not got the specific articles ex- empted. Interest.— The legal rate of interest shall not exceed S per cent per annum in the absence of any contract as to the rate of interest : and by contract parties may agree on any rate not to exceed Vi per cent per annum. Judgment, Execution and Stay of Fxecution.— .Ttidgment can be had at first term where there is no defence, ex- cept when service is made by publication in cases of non-resident debtors, when a term must intervene before final judgment. Ex- ecutions returnable to next term of court after judgment. There is no stay of execution except in justices' courts, and then ninety days on good security. Jurisdiction of Courts.— Justices' courts have jurisdiction if the debt does not e.xceed .fSOO, exclusive of interest. County WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. court has jurisdiction when debt exceeds $200 and does not ex- ceed $1,000 exchisive of interest. District court has unlimited jur- isdiction above S-iOO: justices" court convenes monthly. Limitation of Actions.— Accounts, two years from time cause of action accrues: notes, four years: domestic judgments, ten years: foreign judgments, four years. Written aclvnowledg- ment signed by the debtor only will revive the debt: payment of part will not. Mortgages and other collateral liens aie barred with the claims the.y secio'ed. Suits for recovery of real estate are barrevt'iuents, at the sum of one dollar per acre Any person desiring to ju'e-empt such lands shall present to the .surveyor of the disti-ict or county in which the land is situated his ap])lication in writing, designating the land which he claiius, and stating that he claims the same foi- himself in good faith, that he is not the proprietor of Jtii) acres of land in this .State and that he has no re.sidence on lands of his own , a)id that he has actunlly settled on the laud which he claims, and that he believes the same to be Aacaut and unapproi)riated public domain. Said application shall be made within thirty days after settlement thereon, aursville riatonia Ft Davis ' W P O verbv i El Paso 21? m . Franklin j'^immous &Crawfordi E a Decherd (private) Fiedericksburg'JT Estell Gainesville . jBlantonA- Wright Galveston IFoster Rose GatesVille . . . Georgetown . . Giddings Gihner Glen Rose Go'.dthwaite. . Goliad Gonzales Graham Granbury Greenville. . . . H illettsville. . Hamilton Hearne Hempstead. . . Henderson . . iifrtnrietta Hillsboro Honey Grove. Houston Hubbu-d Huntsville Itaska JeffersonJ Kaufman Ladonia' L'iGrange Lampasas . . . . Laredo T D Smith. 1st Natl, GainesvilUe Natl.Red River 1st Natl, Island City Savings, Natl of Texa, Adoue & Lobit, Ball. Hatchings & Co, J R Sanderson & Co. Steele & Sparks. atBrenham, 20 mi. at Pittsburg, in mi. at Morgan. D H Trent, banker. L A Moltz & Bro; Victoria20m Miller &Sawyei-s,G N Dilworth W C Beakam & Son. 1st National. 1st National. F Simpson, banker. . Geo F Perry, banker. . W T Watt, private band. T S Ruse ! 1 J A Felker, banker. Arnold & Tliompsou A ettermark & Co. Weddiiigtoii.Slatoii&Seiirs Citizens, C W Early. ^ Tarlton & Tarlton. . iFarmersNatl.HillCfunty Natl Sturgis Natl 1st Natl. Exchange. 1st Natl, Commerce Natl. H B Allen & Co. S Gibbs, J B Jones. at Hillsboro. Citizens, Natl of Jefferson. 1st National. C WT TFeldon. 1st Natl, irhite & Bradshaw 1st Natl. J H & L W Galbraith Milmo Natl, Belden Bros., Com R B Wells T B Cochran ER Sin ks,IIi Bowers J L Canip, .Tr J B Early Dan H Triplett Patton & Flye Harwood& Harwood E S Graham Thomas T Ewell .... Perklii.s.fiilbert & Terkins RFSkrahot Edgar & Shannon J p: Bishop Cirpeuter & Gross.. Mai OTHart see lH'aco ... J S Besser J B Murphy W T Armistead Clark, Morrow & fios.sctt A J Hodson W S Robson MCFarland &. Mcrarland H G Dickerson Llano Longview . . . Luling McKinney . Marlin ...... Marshall. . . . Meridian Mexia Midland . . Midlothian' Mineola Morgan Montague. R H Lanuing T 31 Campbell J W Wilson ... Jenkins & Pearson.. W A Patrick Lane & Wilson ... Jenkins & Robertscm T J Gibson D E Decker J H Peebles Gate & Tegarden •T Elm Hawkins. . . .. 'Sparks X' Smith. Montgomery .. B II Powell Mt Pleasant. . . C L Dillahunty Mt Vernon Stringer it Glass. . . (lltC & Exchange. Moore, Foster & Co. A E Clemmons & Sons. Johnston & Lipscomb, 1st Natl, and Collin County. Falls Co,B C Clark,HG Carter 1st National. Bosque County . 1st Natl. Pendergast,Sniith&Co at IJano. at Dallas. Bank of Mineola. at Cleburne. 1st National. at Navasota or Houston. Mt Pleasant Bank. Mt. Vernon Bank. Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Nacogdoches Navasota . . . New Bostou . NewBrauust'els Kiew Biriiiinsrbiiui Oakwood . . . Oraugre — Overton . . . Paint Rock . Palestine . . Palo Pinto. . Paris Pearsall Peeos Pilot Point... Pittsburg . . . . Piano Port Lavaca . Quauah Queen City . . . Richmond . . . Rockdale Rockport Round Rock . Rusk Salado San Angelo.. San Antonio . San Marcos . Schulenburg. Sealy Seguine Seymour Sherman • ATTORNEYS . GH Mathews J E Preston Sn 111 II Sanders .... T I) (iuiun McClure & Gibson. F i^ Loouey J I' Hart C C Leverett . G H Garland Gainmaffe& Gam'age .M L Garrett V \V Hale WT Jleriwether. Gage & Walthall. John Collier A Wettermark & Son E F Baxter at Texarkana. Clemens & Faust. at Rusk. at Palestine. D Call & Sou. J R Irion at Balliiiger. 1 1st Ntl, G Ash at Weatlurfor nil Robinson Bros l,3:i mi. ist Natl, Farmers&Merchants, Paris Exchange, at San Antonio, 54 uii. Johnson. Geosoii& Co. Pilot Point Bank. Hooper & Thompson Camp County Bank R T Shelton / Piano National . \V H Woodward W Torrty W S Horsley Parke & Peun N II Tracy... T G .Andrews E E Di,'gs. . . McClure & Gibbson A J Harris Potter &Taylor.. Lane& Mayfleld. John T Waters Trinity. Troupe Troy .. Tyler Uvalde Van Alstyne.. . Vernoti . ". Victoria Waco Walnut Waxahachie. . Wefitlierford . Weimer AVharton .... Wiiiresboro .. Whitewright . Whitney AV'ichita Falls Wills Point It Victoria, ."0 mi. It Wichita Falls, 85 mi. at Atlanta. :i mi. It Hf 'list on. J S Perry at Corpus Christi, 30 mi. Williamson & Co. W F Bonner & Son. Beltnn, 9 mi.; , ^^ ^, Concho Na'l, Sau Angelo Natl, Vick. Sterrell & Co. San Antonio Natl, Texas Natl, Traders Natl. . .-.. Ward& Murrav. N L Mf-Kinuon Proetzel, Holchak & T1 otipka J J Walker at BrPiiham. :i2 mi- J B Dibrell iK Nolii cV; Sou. Mart Stark lat Wichita Fa) s, .w mi. Hare ..<; Hare H'itv Natl.Merchants&Planters National, at Comanche. 20 mi. at Weaihcrford. at Gainesville. AJFrey. ,st National. Thomas Trammell & Co. 1st Natl. Taylor "atl. 1st Natl, C L McCoy. The Harris bank. 1st Nat . Texarkana Natl, at Crockett, 28 mi. at Tv'er. 1'.) mi. at Temple, ;» mi . 1st N;d W.. Dallas, Tex,... Dallas, Tex.... Dallas, Tex.... Dallas, Tex Henrietta, Tex Ft VVorth, Trx Dallas, Tex ... DesMoines. la. Dallas, Tex.... Dal as. Tex.... Dadas, Tex.... Wax^hachie, T Dallas, Tex.... Dallas, Tex. .. Wichita Falls,T Tyler, Tex .... Dallas. Tex.... Dallas, Tex . Dallas, Tex. .. Dallas Tex... Austin, Tex . . . Waco, Tex Dallas, Tex Dallas, Tex... Corsicana, Tex Waco, Tex . . Brentwood, NH Temple, Tex,.? Dal as, Tex . Dallas, Tex.... Dallas, Tex . . . Dallas, Tex.... . C'm ksville,Tex San Antonio, T D.l'as. Tex .. Ft Worth, Tes Chicago, 111 . . . .Atlanta, Ga . . . Sherman, Tex. Dallas, Tex.,.. Indianapolis, Id St Louis. Mo,, , Galveston, Tex Dallas, Tex Chicago, 111 . . Breuham, Tex Houston. Tex, Quincy, 111 Dallas. Tex.... Ft Worth, Tex Dallas. Tex NTew OrleaDS,La Sherman, Tex. Ft Worfh, Tex Dallas, Tex..,, fTonston, T . . , Ft Worth, T, . , Dallas, T .... REPRESENTS FIRM OP Nashville Lumber Co Union Mnfg Co Emerson, Talcott&Co Boreu, Davidson & Stewart S Davidson , Weir Plow Co Hughes Bros Chamberlain & Co.. Francis Pendrich,,. Vacum Oil Co John Finuegan & Co WDCrowdus DrugCo Scarff& Q-Counor., Wm Deeviny Tex W A w6od M & RM'fgCo The Brown Tob'o Co Deere, Manser & Co . , Clarke & Courts Alcott &Mayuor Keating I & M Co , . . F H Baurn Gainesford Carriage Co MolinePlowCo Will A Watkin & Co, Pianos P J Mills & Bro ... Early & Finks The J C Ayers Co... FII Fort Frank Nathan GHSchoellkopf. ... Goslin"s China Hall W H Garrettson Dallas Marble and Granite Works Bartley, Johnson & Co Frees & Son W C Gillespie FT Jones & Co Rosskum, Gertley & Co Edel Bros Walter A Wood & Co Cullers & Henry . , . , Ft Worth Grocery Co Alcott & 3Iayuor \ McCorinick Har- -, ve -ting Mac Co.. (Eagle M'fgCo A& L Gans& Co.... A Benjamn & Co. . . Ft ^Vorth Granite Roofing Co CohnBros&Co... Geo Koemer & Co . . John Wyeth& Bros. Jos T Hair & Co. ... . Sime'n Farwell & Co Si "th'rn Sp'g Bed Co E Epp>tein & Co Da' las Marble and Granite Works •Dr A R White P J Peters S & H Co A Baldwin & Co . , , . Keating I & M Co . . . The Butler Co Frieling Kline & Co Japhet &- Co Comstock Castle Stove Co Stewart, Ralph & Co Johnson &' TaVy . , Huey & I'hi'p A Baldwin iV; Co B C Evans Co Waterb'ry Watch Co Schneider & Davis . L Burger Flint & Waling Mfg Co Scarff & O'Connor.. Nasliville,Tenn Toledo, O. Dallas, Tex , Dallas, Tex. Henrietta,Tex. Dallas, Tex. Dallas, Tex, Des Moines, lo. Dallas, Tex , Roches tar, N.Y Hoii.stou, Tex. Dallas, Tex. Dallas Tex. Chicago, 111. St Louis, Mo. Blontgomery City, Mo, St Louis. Mo. Galveston, Tex Dallas, Tex, Dallas, Tex, Galveston, Tex Cincinnati, O. Moline, Ills, Dallas, Tex. Galveston, Tex. Waco. Tex, Lowell. Mass. Temple. Tex. Dallas, T&r. Dallas, Tex. Dallas, Tcj. Dallas, Tex. Dalla.s. Tex. Louisville. Ky, Dallas. Tex, Dallas. Tex. Lynchburg, Va Philnd'lphia,Pa Richmond. Va. New York . Sherman, Tex. Ft. Worth. Tex Dallas, Tex. Chicago, Ills. Davenport. lo. Philadelphia, Pa Houston, Tex. \ Ft Worth. Tex. Cincinnati. O. San Antonio, Tx Phila, Pa. Chicago, IPs. Chicago. 111. Atlanta, Ga. Sherman. Tex, Dallas, Tex, Indian'p'lis,Ind St Louis. Mo. NewOrlc'ns,La Dallas, Tex. Chicago. 111. Galveston. Tex. Houston. Tex. Qiiincy, III. Phila, Pa, Ft Wortli, Tex. Dallas, Tex New(^rle"ns,La Ft Worth, Tex. N. Y. City, Dallas, Tex . Houston, T, Ft Worth. T. Dallas, T (199 WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Killian, G W C Kindred, J M . . Kolling.H W.. Kyle, John M . . Lake, Geo A . . Laiijg, J W Lamar, Veruou Lasker,LiKlwig Law, Z C Leachman, J S Leucht, A Levy, IP Liebiiiau,R, . . . Lilibridge, F C Lindsay, W J . . Lisuian, T P. . . Lloid, W H-... Lockett, Ed F Longini, Leo . . Lovejov. E VV . McClung, E L. Maddox, AD.. 3Iagnus, L L . . Martin, J L Mason, G P Mathewis. J H Maxfield, PA. Mays, Brook.s . McFerriu, R W Mc.Mannis.J \V 3leMiirchy.G F Waco, T . Dallas, T. Chicago. Ills. . . Waco. T. Deuison, T Council Bluffs. Houston. T N Y City Dallas, T Dal as, T Newark, NY.. Gainesville, T Dallas, T Ft Worth.T .. Chicago. Ills. . Vernon, T. . . . Houston, T . . Ft Worth, T. . . Galveston. T. Atlanta, T. . ArkadelphiaAr Gainesville. T. . Dallas, T Dallas, T KansasCitv.Mo Lampasas. T .. Dallas. T Dallas, T Baton Rouge La Dallas, T Dallas, T McRea, H M... Galveston, T.. McWhenney, H Meisterhaus, C Metoyer, F B . . Mellersh, Geo.. Merchant, G W Metcalf, W A.. Miller, L G . . . . Miller, W K . . Mitchell, EB.. M'tgoniery.J G Morgan, J H. . Morgan, J M Multord, BE.. Murphy, J B. . . Murry, .1 V — Myers, Seyin'r Nash, Theodore Nathan Jr. Ed Kavra, L J . . . Nettletou, E W Nicholson. H G Norton, M . . Owen, John D Phillips, J D . Pillsbury J A. Preston. P i> Puetz, .1 C Quin, J N Randall, \h. Randle. J H . . Redtteld, David Richardson, F Ritchie, A G. . ■Richards, W E San Antonio, T Dallas, T Dallas, T Dallas, T . . . Dallas, T Sherman, T . . Dallas, T Dallas, T . . . . Dallas, T Waco. T. Dallas, T . . . . Washington, T .Memphis, Tenu Greenville, T. Caldwell, T... Dallas, T Galveston, T . St. Louis, Mo . Dallas, T Waco, T Dallas, T Chicago, Ills. . Dallas, T Ijouisville, Ky San Francisco FtWorth.T .. Ft Worth, T.. Houston, T. . . Dallas, T Houston. T . . . Cisco. T Dallas, T Auburn, Ky. . Galveston, T. REPRESENTS FIRM OF ADDRESS. Eagle Mfg. C >. . . . McCormick Harvest iug Mfg Co — Halls Safe & Lock C Joseph Burnett & C. Slayder Kirksey Woolen Mills ... W S Blackshear & C< Wm Broadhead & Sons DrunaneBrickly& Co F Mauniau & Co . . . Chas Wright & Co. . . Keating I & M Co . . H R Morey & Co . . . Chas Scheuber & Co Dallas Paper Co . . . Chas Scribner & Sons Richardson Drug Co Nayes & Tish Martin Brown Co Schneider & Davis. . . Wies Bros Paul Jones Manewal, Lange Cracker Co Stephens,Kennerly & Spargius S Straus & Co Will A Watkins, Pianos Woolson Spice Co. .. Weir Plow Co Wni Deerneg & Co.. Will A Watkins, Pianos Co'umbus Buggy Co Win Plow Co . . . . John Dwight & Co Island City Clothing Factory White Sewing Mch Co W J Lemps S K & J C Meat Morris Newberger & Son Geo W Merchant . . Sidney School Furni ture Co Padgitt Bros Mlcott&Maynor.... Boren. Davidson & Stewart — Si'vden - Kirksey Woolen Mills Hughes Bros Mfg Co J M Morgan & Co J A Monks & Sons Distill Western i ile & Index- Co P J WilHs & Bro Sanger Bros. . .. J S Brown Hardware Co Rosenheim. Levis & Co . Goslin's China Hall Harring & Co. . . P J Villis & Bro Philips, Dodge & Palmer f 'o. . . Single Center Spring Bugg.v Co Hegan B os .... Lei)enl)aum Bros .V F Shapleigh & Co Sprague, Warner & Co National Oil Works PP Martinez Diebold Safe & Lock Co Clinton Pottery Co . Woodburn Sarven Wheel Co.. Gus Shelton Hat Co N D McDonald & Co (200) Davenport, la Chicago, 111 St. L' uis. Mo. Chicago, Ills. Waco, T. Waco, T. Jamestown NY Vew York. New York City Detroit, Mich. Dallas, T New Y^'ork, FtW^orth, T. Dal as, T. New York. St Louis Boston, Mass. Ft Worth, T. Dal as, T. Galveston, T. Lovisville, Ky. St. Louis, Mo. Galveston, T. St Louis, Mo. Dal'as, T. Toledo, O. Dal as, T. Chicago, Ills. Dallas, T. Columbus, O. Dallas. T. N Y City. Galveston, T. ^t Louis. Mo. St Louis. Mo. New Y'ork. Philadelphia P Dallas, T Sidney, Ohio. Dallas. T Dallas, T Dallas. T Waco, T. Dal'as, T. Waco, T. St . Louis, Mo . Chicago, Ills. Galveston, T. Dallas, T. Galveston, T. St Louis, Mo. Dallas, T. New York. Galveston, T. Chicago, 111 • Evansville, Ind Lousiville, Ky SanFrancisco C SC Louis, Mo. Chicago, Ills, Houston, Tex. Dallas, Tex Canton, Ohio C inton. Mo Indianapolis, I St Louis, Mo Galveston, Tex WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. NAMES. ADDRESS. REPRESENTS FIRM OF ADDRESS. Ritter. A Phi adelphiaPa Pfaezler Bros & Co Philadelphia, P Robbins, Ed . . Roberts, Jess Dallas T PP Martinez Dallas, T Dallas. T .... 'P P Martinez. . . . Dallas, T Roberts, WM. Dallas, T ... IDallas Marble i ' Granite Work Dallas. T Roode, F L . . - . ,\lbion, Mich HSBiicklen&Co .. Chicago, Ills Rosen, A L . . . . San Francisco. Cal McAfee Bros . SanFratici.scoC Rosenfleld, J G San Antonio, T Tex Frieberg, Klein Rousseau, T (t Galveston, T .. & Co Galveston, T Clark & Courts Galvebtou, T Rswlett, JO.. Edna, T Bhie Ridge Tobacco Works Liberty, Va Rumboldt,W A St. Louis, Mo.. Dodson Mills MfgCo St Loiiis. Mo Russell S A . . . . DesMoines, la hV & W H Crow & Co Piqua, Ohio Saader, E F... Dallas, T ... AC McClung& Co.. c:hicago, 111 Sargent, J G . St. Louis, Mo.. Mound C!ity Paint & Color Co. St Lruis, Mo Scott, John Waco, T Pitkin & Brooks... Chicago. Ill Scott, T P . . . . Dallas, T 51ankenship& Blake NewOrleans La Co Dallas. T Scruggs, Dan'J The Finger Mfg Co.. New Orleans Scruggs, T L.. Dallas, T Will A Watkins, Dallas. T Pi'anoes Dallas. Tex Sears, J H . . . Deere, Mansur & Co St I.,ouis, Mo Seymour, W S NewOrleans La Flash. Preston & Co New Orleans, Ij Shanks, D W.. Memphis, Tenn HostetterMfg<'o. ■ Memphis, Tenn Shepherd, AR Greenville. T.. Scott Jones Hat Co St Louis, Mo Shenim, W W Kansas City Mo Saker Wire Co Des Moines, lo Shelly, J H . . . . Dallas, T fiuck, Stone & Rogue Waco, T (!o St Louis, Mo Shick, FM .... Waltei- A Wood M & RMchCo HosiacFallsNy Shell, E P Houston, T... Flock, Preston & Co New Orleans, L Shugart, AC. Ft Worth, T... A J Anderson Ft Worth, T Simpson. H S . Cincinnati, O.. Comptor Ault & Co tiincinnati, O Smith, Freem'u LittleRock Ark Richardson. Layter &Co St Louis. Mo Smith, MM ... Cincinnati, 0.. Western Paint Co . . . t!incinnati, O Smith, R P Houston, T Cleveland Rolline Dallas, T Waco. T Mill Co t!leveland, Somers, J S . . . Sanger Bros Dallas, T Stagg, J H . . . . >Ioore Bros & Co . Waco, T Stief el. Max . . . Galveston, T .. Ullman Lewis & Co Galveston, T Strother, W D Dallas, T PF Collier New Yoi-k City Swain, C B — Indianapolis, In Hall & O'Donald Co Topeka, Kans Swartz, Ike . . . Dallas, T New York Vendig j5ros Dallas. T Switzer, J W. . H B Claflin & Co.... New York City Taber, A B ... Dallas, T Deere Mansur & Co St Louis, Mo Tatum, C U . . . Sherman. T Schneider Bros Sherman. T Taylor, E E . . Dallas, T Alcott & Mavnor Dallas. T Theakston, A . San Antonio, T Tex Riekei- & Lee . . Galveston, T Tandy, CW ... San Antonio, T Huber& Wook Mill- ing & Stock Co Senaca, Mo Thomas, JW.. Dallas, T Staube Eshlemon & Co New Orleans, L Thorpe, N Dallas, T Emerson, Talcott & Goldt,hwaii,e, T Ft Worth, T . . Co Dallas, T Townsend. L G L T Maves Houston, T Tucker. S P . . . . Seth P Tucker Ft Worth, T Tucker, W R. Greenville, T . Weaver Jones & Co. KansasCity Mo Utterback, J F St Louis, Mo. . . Hamilton Browa Wichita, Kas . Shoe Co St Louis, Mo VaaDeabergJ.^ Kansas Sash & Door Co , Wichita, Kan Vernon. W N . . Dallas'. T Wallace & Waggoner Dallas, T Walker, DA... Weatherford.T Geo D Barnard & Vo St Louis, Mo Waus. R T . . . . Dallas, T Keating Implement & Machine Co Dallas, T Warren, JT. .. Dallas, T Standard Stamping Co St Louis, Mo Wear, G F Dallas, T .... C H Edwards Dallas, Tex, Wenar, L Dallas. T Dallas. T E Bauman Dallas, T White, A JI.... Keating Imp & Mch Co Dallas, T Whitworth.WB S^ewOrleans La Columbia Refining Co N Y City Wilson, L A... Dallas, T ( TexR E&C Bureau - Pub Immigrants ( Guide to Texas Dallas, T Wilson, HA... Dallas, T A J Betterton & Co Dallas, T Williamson, CN Dallas, T J C Manheimer & i 'o Kansas City Williams, SW. Bonham, T Grannan & Shettle- worth Lousiville, Ky Wild, Fridoliu San Antonio, T Tex Hugo & Schmcl zer San Antonio Witcher, H NewOrleans La Price Born & Co . . . NewOrleans, L Wood, A Dallas. T . . Weir Plow Co Dallas, T Woods, J T.. Dallas. T Winf ree Sons & Man Woody, W B. Rockdale. T... pin vansas Mfg Co Lynchburg, Va Leavenworth K Worsham, W J Dallas, T Clever Bros & Co. . . Dallas, T AVright, J A . Dallas, T Herring Safe & Lock Co New York (201) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Hotel and Real Estate Agents Directory. Names iu italics are Meiubert of the Bureau. Cities and Towns. Abileue Albauj- Alpine Alvarado Andersuu Ausou Archer Athens Atlanta Aurora AUSTIN— Capital. Baird Bastrop , Balliuger Beaumont Beeville Belhille Beltou Big Sprinp^s Blanco Blossom Boeruc Bonhani Bowie Braclcettville Brazoria Breclcenridge Brenioud Brenham Brownsville Browuwood Bryan Burnet Caldwell Caddo Milis Calvert ( Jamerou Canadian C/'auton .. Castroville Cat Springs Center Cisco Clarendon ClarkesviUe Cleburne Coleman Collinsville CoiniesQeil Colorado C'oluml)ia Columbus Commerce Comanche Cooper Corpus Christi CORSICANA CotuHa Crawford. Cuero Daiugerfield DALLAS-Metrop. Decatur DeKalb Del Rio DENISON Denton Dublin Eastland Eagle Lake Edna EL PASO Emory Ennis Fairfield Farmersville Flatonia Fort Davis FORT WORTH... Franklin GAINESVILLE . . . GALVESTON Gatesville Georgetown Real Estate Agents. /. M. C'line & Co Webb. Campbell & Hill. . . . ir. ir. Turner / A. Patton W. W. Meachum Huie & Hanna L. W. Hart Richardson c& Watkins Adams & Allday A C Hill J. W. Laiorence &. Son .... Webtid: Webb F A Orgain IVilingha m , Haris& Win ter Rachford <& Bordages ... Jno. W.Flournoy M. M Kennedy Harris & Saunders S. H.' Cowan C P. Boon ... HLByrn dt Co F. W. Scluveppe F J Abernathy J R Frost Solan Stewart. H Ma-^terson Wm Veale dJ Son J C Roberts Harry Haynes J B WelLs Goodman & Clavland W G Taliferro Timberlake & Watson A W Mclves Cannedy & Peters M Goodman, Jr B I Arnold Baker <& Decker Alex Burge Powell & DeJIantel Wm Viorack R L Parker J E Luse ... McClelland Bros Rainey&Tell Scurlock & Rutledge McCord & Lindsej' J J James S J Saunders Earnest & Shepherd Shapord, Stephenson & Co McLean <& Munson King & Jackson T R Hill R F SiJearma n Jno B Mitcliell <& Co Evans d' Hoover F B Earnest John B Nichols W H Graliam Moore & Hart Texas R. E. & Collection Bureau. Wilson, Diamond & Co.,ilIiin'g'rs Gose, Bonner & Gose Br W W Sanders W K Jones Munson Bros T W Abney Harris & Travis C M Connellee J J M ansfleld See Victoria Merchant, Teel c& Wilcox H W Martin C T Hogan O C Kirven LC Clifton G G Moore Jas Stewart R H Sellers & Co T J Simmons BlantoH, Wright d: Yates H M Tnteheart d; Co RB Wells Brooks & John (202) Leading Hotels. The Palace Melton House Murphy vilie Sparks House Anderson. Star Black's Micham Beckham House '.'. Commercial Driskill, Hotel Orr.... City Hotel Hoppe House Hotel Gay Crosby Ellis Manning House City Hotel R R Hotel,(T & P) Hamilton Bvu'ke Boerne .... Crocket House Lockard House Terrell House Westervells House . . . Boyett House Corle.y House Exchange Closed (Restaurant). . . Fitzgerald Barnes, Central Central Caldwell, City Johnson House Grand Central Kaulkuer House Sutherland Phoenix Baetz Hartmanii Welcli ..: Wilson (City) Windsor Donoho Hamilton, Cleburne . . . Florence House James House Commercial St James Harris House Kulow House St George City Caldwell St James Commercial Burk House Crawford, Tadlock... Muti Hotel Terry House Gd Windsor, St George St James, Arlington. . . Denner House Wvse House Del Rio McDougall, Colonnade Oatman Dublin Planters' House Mersfeider "Lone Star' GdCentral, St Charles Emory Hotel GIobExchange,Comrc'I Star Exchange, Cai-son St Louis Hotel The Stftwart House El lis, Pick wick, Mansi'n Overall House TurnerCottage.Linds'j' Beaoh, Tremont Commercial Slayton House WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Cities and Towns. Giddings G ilnier Glen Rose Goldthwaite Goliad Gonzales Graham Graubury Greenville , .. Hallettsville Hamilton llearne He!np^^tead Henderson Henrietta Hillsboro Honev Grove HOUSTON Huntsville Jacksonville Jell'erson Kaufman Ladouia La Grange Lampasas Laredo Lewisville Livingston Llano Lougview Lxiling 3IcKiuiiev Marlin ' Marshall IMason JUridiau , Mex-ia Midland ^Midlothian Milford Mineola Mineral Wells Mfiiitague ^loutgoniery Morgan iMount Pleasant . . . Mount Vernon Nacogdoches Navasota New Boston New Birmingham New Braunfels Oakwood Orange Overton Paint Rock Palestine Palo Pinto PARIS Pearsall Pecos Pilot Point Pittsburg Piano Port Lavaca Quanah Queen City Ranger Richmond Rockdale Rockport Rockwall Round Rock Rusk Saint Jo. Salado iSan Angelo SAN ANTONIO . San Diego San Marcos San Saba Schulenburg Seal.r Seguine Seymour SHERMAN Sipe Springs... . Spriugtown Stephen sville Sulphur Springs . . Real Estate Agents. / H Bowers Camp Sc Camp JB Early Pliil H Clements Patton & Flye Harwood dt Harwood. . E S Graham Thomas TEwell Elide d- Hun-is R F Skrahot Edgar & Shannon J E Bishop Ru.se & Thompkin.s . . ._ Arnold (ft Thompson,..'... Wedington, SlatondtSears Reavis & Youcg Carpenter & Gross H H Dooley J S Bessar or E L Angler. . M L Earle Haijivood Bros & Webster Clark, Morrow ct Gossett.. E W Camneus HBKaulbach Key & McFarland Laredo R.E <& Abstract Co See Denton or Dallas TFMeece R H Laning A ■S' Taylor J W Wilson Jenkins & Pearson IV'. 4 Patrick A K Starr McGinnis & Bridges Jenkins — - — Index to Cards and Lithographs. PAGE Aldridii!*, A D & Co, stationers & printers, 023 Elm st.205 Auiilo-Tt'.'.un Lund & Loan Co, 110 Sycamore st 70 Arcade, Doolittle & Mahana props, 838-840 Elm st . . . 61 ARLINGTON HOTEL, J W Welborn pr,905-907 Main st Armstrong!; & Evans, lumber. Sycamore st& Pacific av. 61 AUTM AN, MILLER & CO., agtl imp. Wood & Market st Babcock, Foot & Brown, grocers specialties, 876 and 882 Pacific ave. Live Oak, 23 and 29 186 BACK & HARES, grocers, 824 Elm st BLESSING, S T, picture frames, etc, 1063-1065 Elm st B0EDEC;KER& MILLER, candy mfgrs, 813 Main st BOllICH, P S, sign mfd;r & painter, 209 Sycamore st BRIGGS, DR J R, over Paluce drug store (oculist). . . 90 Burt, H r, ins agt, Penn Mutual, N Tex Natl bnk bldg 90 Buckelew, O O, roofing & paving contrctr, 829 Main st212 CHINA HALL, D Goshn, manager, 802-804 Elm st City Hall and 4th vi'ard high school ithosraph 162 CITY PARK GROCERY, C D Ingram prp,Ervay&Orr Cole, Wm P, 731 Elm St., see card 112 COOPER, S L, feed store, Ervay, btW od & Jackson CRADDOCK, TH, Groceries, etc, 803-805 Ervay st Crow & Pierce, attorneys, N Tex Natl Bnk bldg 168 Dallas Co. court liouse, S B Scott, county clerk 151 Dallas Dental Parlors, P. Cheaney, D. D. S, prop,' 709-711 Elm st 209 Dallas & Galveston News, A. H. Belo & Co., prps 43 Dallas Lithograph Co., Commerce & Akard sts 42 Dallas Cottoii & Woolen j^lills, H W Fairbanks, supt.145 Dalhis Show Case Co., 314-316 Camp st 122 Dallas Soap Mfg Co., 110 Broadwav,R H Porter,supt..l41 Dallas Tin Mfg Co., J W Wilson, pres 197 Davis, Dr A P, specialist, 909 Elm st 128 DAVIS, ISAAC, wholesale anfl retail trunks and sew- ing machines, 940 Commerce st DICKEY & SCOBEY^ DRS, specialists, 804 Elm st DOWNS & HAUGHTON real estate a^ts, 725 Elm st. DOYLE, GEO L, feed store, 721-723 Elm st EdAvards, C H, music house, 733-735 Main st 110 Elsas, Keller & Co, 822 Main st, (Texas Paper Co. successors to) 1"! Empire Mills, W C Howard, pres. Elm & Broadway. .158 Eureka Steam Laundry, W L Logan & Bro 145 Fakes A Co,furniture,729X-731 Elm, &734-736 Pacific av 163 Fellman, Grumbach & Harris, 842-848 Elm st 179 FLEMING, JAS, feed and produce, 801 Ervay st FISHER, JNO, jeweler and watches, 830 Elm st Fourth National Bank, 733 Elm st 187 Gillespie, W C, boots and shoes, 818 Elm st 67 HALL, W K, insurance agent, 711 Elm st HALL, EMORY, jeweler and watches, 757 Elm st. . . . Harry Bros, 629 Elm st, see lithograph 182 Hawes, J K, furniture, 727 Elm st 70 Hayes, Mason, fine stock breeder : 01 Hillyer, H B, photographer, 701 Elm st 112 HILT, GEO E &C0., boots and shoes, 848 Elm st. . . Hughes Bros Mfg Co, Ervay st 151 Julian & Vaughn, real est agents, 737 Elm st 53 KELLEY, WM, furniture, 828 Elm st _ Kirn & Mitchell, stationers & booksellers, 745 Elm st. 67 KNEPFLY & SON, jewelers, 616 Main st Kouzouris, Geo K, groceries, Ervay st, near Jackson LACK, G T, dyer and scourer, 705 Elm st (206) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Levy, J J, wholesale liquors, 833 Main st 167 LINSKIE, P W, imdertake ,1135 Main st Louii) S S, attorney at law, 723 Main st 70 LOUDEN, G W, new a second hand inrniture, 822 Elm Marshall, E P, attorney at law, 80-1 Elm st ....... . 67 Marshall, T P, sirocer, Ervay & Hickory sts 110 Matthews, ticket agt H a- T C ry, (JU Main st 90 McUride, S H, real est ast, 1307 Elm st 167 McCOKMlCK & SPENCE, attorneys, 803 Main st McCounnell & Roudhonse, real est agts, 100 Sj'camore McGrosor, H L, srocers, Beaumont & Crosthwait st . .168 McROSKY HARDWARE CO., 834 Elm Moore, F G, dooBS, ■ ash, etc., 709 Elm 183 North Texas National Bank, 700 Main st .... Kapier, Mrs A M, fancy goods, 73!) Elm st, . . . ' 61 NAT'L OIL WORKS & MILL SUPPLIES, 818 Wood NEW HOME S M CO., A N Maun, mgr 80 Occidental Chemical Co., 1st inside cover at bottom. Oliver, R B & Co., wallpaper, etc, 757 Elm st . . 70 Pacific Express Co 190 Padgitt Bros, wholesale Saddlery ] jly'^ilJ^^g"" ^H -174 Palace Drug Store, Shook & Boykin, props, Main and Murphy sts . . 142 Park Drug .Store, cor Ervay and Marilla sts . 53 Plowman, Geo H, attorney, cor Main and Poydras. . . .171 Prather A Ardrey, real est agts, 741 Elm st 53 QUEEN CITY ELECTRIC LrCHT &POWERCo,823 Elm Railroad Planing & Moulding Mills, Pac. av &Pearl st.lSS RICK, GEO, furniture, 741,)-751 Elm st 49 Roberts, J D, wall paper, etc, 717 Elm st 39 ROBINSON, B T, Penuy Store, 832 Elm st, genl mdse ROBINSON, GEO, bill poster,506 Main, state contracts Sanger Bros., wholesale and retail \ 512-616 Elm st. } general merchandise } 509-511 Main ,?t \ Schoellkopf, G H, wholesa e saddlery 24 Shields, K, window plate glass, 633 Elm st .116 Single Center Spring Co, last inside cover 92 Smith, R S, 829 Main st, see card 204 Smith, Frank J, Iron Fence Works, &c 113 Sycamore. .213 SMITH & CO, stoves, hardware, etc., 711 Elm st Smith, Fd C & Bro, undertakers, 1031 Main st 178 St James Hotel, cor Main & Mnrphy sts 128 The Dallas Engraving and Mfg Co, E G W Williams 7 Blum Land Co., Leon & H, Galveston 41 Brown & Moore, R E & Col agts (jS Cacterine ?4!ediciMe Co., Waco 10 Capital Hotel, Houston, G B McGinley, prop 57 Carter, T B, prop Carter House, Quanah 128 Clark, Morrow & Gossett, Kaufman, R E & Col agts. . 57 Clements, Phil H, land A- loan agt, Gol'dthwaite, Tex. . G5 Come to Texas L>(; Collier, John, atty & land agt. Pilot Point DO Corsicana Land & Invest. Co., Corsicana 55 Croom, John L, Sr., real ■ state agent, Wharton (15 Dailey, Chas A, land .'c loan agt, San Angvlo, 05 Decker, W S, (successor Baker & Decker) Canadian. . 05 Dooley, H II, real estate agent, Houston 57 Douglass, A E, real est & col agt, Kansas City, Mo.. .122 Early & Early real estate agts, Paris, Tex 51) Edgar & Shannon, land agts, Hamilton, Tex 122 Edwards, N C, atty & real est agt, Rockwall yo Elliott & Sitterley, attys & real est agts, Vernon 112 p]ude & Harrison, real est, ins & loan agts, Gi'eenville 03 Fulton, L, attorney at law, Denton, 05 Gammage & Gammage, law & land, Palestine 51 Goodman, M Jr, atty & land agt, Calvert 55 Gose, Bonner & Gose, attys & land agts, Decatur. ... 112 Graham, Henry F, land & col agt, Boerne, Tex -lit Harwood & Harwood, attys & land agts, Gonzales... 59 Haywood Bros & Webster, r est & cagts, Jefferson. .122 Hill, T R, real est & loan agt, Comanche, 5;» Hilton, W E, r est & loan agt, San Antonio, 03 Hogau, C T, land jobber, Ennis, '57 Home Seekers • 44 Hoppock, M A, real estate agt. New York Citv 128 Hunt, H W, atty & r est agt, St Jo, Tex ". 05 Jenkins & Robertson, attys & land dealers. Meridian. 07 •Jones, Dr& Miss, props Hotel Cottage, SulphurSprgs 51 Jones & Crouch, land & col agts, Nacogdoches, 5!> Jones, W K, atty & land agt, Del Rio, 05 Jones & Co., J F, pianos, etc, San Antonio 03 Laning, R H, land agt, Llano, . 51 Laredo Real Estate & Abstract Co., Laredo 55-114 Laredo Seminary, Hotel Hamilton & Webb Co. C H. .147 Lawrence & Son, J W, land & col agts, Austin, 55 Lerch, Frank, land agt, San Angelo, 51 Littlejohn, Prof|E G,4th dist city school, Galveston . . . Marshall, B A, laud & loan agt, Mexia, 55 Matt, Chas & Co, r est & invsmt agts, KausasCity,Mo 90 McEweu Piano Fortes, N Y Citv, (front inside cover) . . 122 McLean & Munson, r est agts, Colnmbus, 57 Melton, Prof W O short-hand, Carbondale, 111 112 Merchants Exchange Bank Collection & Brokerage Co , El Paso, Texas 55 Meyer, Bob, prop Hotel Bellvue, Wichita Falls 59 Mexia Evaporating & Canning Co., Mexia 70 Mitchell, John B & Co, r est agts. Corpus Christi. 57 Moody, John M, 'and agt. Midland 63 Moore, J E, r est& live stock. Temple, see pages. .07-70 Moore, T C, land & ins agt, Rusk (^New Birmingham) .122 Morris, G W, prop Morris Hotel, Rockwall 90 Munson & Bro, r est agts, Denison 63 Newman & Russell, r est brkrs & loan agts. El Paso. . 63 New Central Hotel, Mrs R R & N A Pepper,prs Temple 63 (208) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. Patrick, W A, atty & re estagt, Martin, 4!) riiillips, Cole & Co., real est agts, Waxahachie 51 Potter & Taylor, attys & land a?;ts, San Aniielo 03 Price, J B & Co, land & loan agts, Weatherford, 51 Bachford & Bordajjes, r e.st agts, Beaumont 55 Kainey & Teel, land agts, Clarkesville, 51 Sidney School Furniture Co., Sidney, 4!) .Single Center Spring Co., Evansville, lud., J I) Owen, state agt,(see inside cover , ',t2 Snell, Mrs L M, prop St Louis Hotel, Flatonio 63 Sparks House, Alvarado 67 Sparks (t Smith, attys & land agts, Montague 57 Spearman, R F, atty & r est agt. Cooper 57 Stanfield &: Barrett', attys & hind agts, Terrell 90 St James Hotel, Wm IMggio prop. Corpus Chisti 59 Stephenson,- C' B & Co., r est & loan agts,SulphurSpgs 59 Taylor & Camp ell, real est agts, Texarkana 112 Texas State Fair 49 Templeton, M M & Co., land agts, Wicliita Falls. . . . 55 The Sewing Machine News, Chas Handy prp, N YCity 128 The Hotel Carson, Ilobsou & McCullum, proptrs, F'armersville 134 Threadgill, .John, r est & col agt, Taylor 63 Trueheart, H M & Co, real est agts, Galveston 59 Turner, D H, prop Turner Cottage, Gainesville G7 Turner, Moss &Co., r est & col agts, Tyler 59 Wahrenberger, John, rest & abst ast, Montgomery. . . 65 Webb & Webb, attys & r est agts, Baird 59 Weddington, Slaton & Sears, r e agts, Henrietta. ... 51 Wells, Robt B, r est & col agt, Gatesville 26 Willingham, Harris & Winters, .attys & real est agts, Ballinger 51 Wolfe, M C & W H, r est agts, Wolfe City 57 p.cheaneyTd.d.s., l^roprietor. 709&711 Elm Street, Ballag, clExag. None But Skilled Def|- tists Employed, At the Head of his Profession. From Texas Heal Estate and Immigration Journal, July 23rd, IS 87. Strangers who have been in the habit of patronizing first-class dental establishments in Eastern cities will be glad to know that we have an establishment in Dallas wliere they can obtain as fine dental work of all descrip- tions as in any city in the United States. We refer to Dallas Dental Parlors, 709 Elm street. This elegant place is fitted out in handsome style and provided with all of the improvements of modern dentistry. The pro- prietor, Dr. Cheaney, is a graduate of the oldest dental college in the world, and makes a specialty of the finer grades of dental work. Persons desiring to have their teeth attended to will consult their interest by calling and making engagements in advance. Appointments can be made by telephone. His parlors are delightfully cool with southern exposure and good breeze. (209) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. PART SECOND. THE PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Exhibited in tFie Marvelous Growth and Wonderful Development of THE CITY OF DALLAS. The inhabitants of every city feel a particular pride in that one in which their associations and interests are identified, and from this cause are liable to overestimate the home of their na- tivity, or adoption. We will divest ourselves of this feeling naturally leading to exaggeration in description, and prefer rather lo aim at a truthful statement of facts than clothe with the semblance of reality the creation of imagination. It is usual to affirm, and indeed with some show of truth, that a spirit of boasting forms one of the characteristics of the American people. We boast, and with reason, of the rapid growth and development of our national life. We point with pardonable feelings of pride to the fact that thirteen colonies, having a sparse and scattered population of a few millions, suc- ceeded in wresting the acknowlegement of their independence after a tedious and long-contested war from the richest and most powerful nation ojn the face of the earth. We point with feelings of more than complacency to the conquests of our^. early pioneers over rugged na:ture, subduing a virgin soil, clear- ing impenetralDle forests, conquering by the force pf their genius the rapid torrents of tempestuous and swift-flowing rivers, gov- . ering this vast continent with an iron net-work of railroads, covering the oceans with our commerce, strong at home with- out hardly the semblance of a standing army, and respected by the nations of the earth. All this has been attained in the brief space of one hundred years, within almost the memory of some men yet alive. But, in nothing, perhaps, has the pro- gressive spirit of the American people been more prominently called for and exhibited than in the marvelous growth and de- velopment of our great cities. While we have many cities on this continent which can lay claim tq their magnificent busi- ness and public structures, palatial residences, as well as their nxany manufacturing enterprises and commercial avenues to wealth, none, perhaps, can show a more marvellous growth in so short a decade as that of the little city of Dallas, the me- tropolis of Texas, which, in a work of this kind, deserves more than a passing notice. We regret that we cannot here make personal mention of its many enterprising business establish- ments which have so liberally contributed to this, onr first work on Texas, as may be seen by referring to the numerous litho- graphs and cards. We can only briefly review a few of the im- portant factors which go to build up great cities, from which the reader can form his own conclusions. The city of Dallas, from its central location in the garden spot of the greatest state in the Union, penetrated by a perfect net-work of railroads, with inexhaustible minera' and agricul- tural resources at its doors, including iron, buiiding stone, marble, timber, coal, cotton, wool and grain, is destined not only to be the metropolis of Texas, but the southwest. Dallas in 1870 had a population of about 2000 ; in 1880, 10,000 ; at present it is estimated at over 50.000, showing an increase in population during the past two years of over 35 per cent. The number of real estate transfers in 1886 was 3,739; in 1887, 5,784; in 18S8 the ratio has increased; the aggregate real estate transactions for 18S7 amounted to f 9,378, 1S4. i2W\ Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. In 1887, 695 buildings were erected ; in i888.f 2,988,780 was expended for buildings erected in tne city and suburbs, showing an increase over the expenditures of 1S87 of .fi, 713,915. The assessed valuation of the city in 1887 was if!i4, 000,000 ; in 1888 $16,000,000, an increase of $2,000,000 in one year. The city has about 1,000 business establishments, including some fifty or more wholesale houses ; over 2,000 clerks are employed, re- ceiving an average salary ol ^53.70 per month ; over 100 es tablishments are engaged in manufacturing industries ; 2,950 hands arc employed, receiving an average per day from $1 to $3.50. Total capital invested in manufacturing industries $3,587,605; value of raw material used per annum, about $3,872,650 ; the annual output, or results, from sales of manu- factured goods amount to about $9, 176,475. The manufac- turing industries of the city in detail will show a wonderful in- crease over that of the past year, which we here give in alpha- betical order: I axe-handle and 3 broom factories, 6 blank books, I brewing, 27 boot and shoe, 4 brick, 3 baking pow- ders, I blueing, 6 candy, 5 cigars, 2 cistern builders, 2 cloth- ing, I cooperage, i corn mill, 3 cornice — galvanized iron, etc., I cotton and woolen factory, I cotton gin, 2 cotton press and machine, 49 dressmakers, 2 electric light and power c&mj a- nies, 2 fence factories, 2 flour mills (i-oUer patent), 3 found- ries, 4 furniture (furniture, bed springs, etc.), 2 ice factories, I iron works, i lithograph company, 3 marble and tombstone, 9 millinery and fancy goods, 10 merchant tailors, i oil com- pany, 4 jewelry mfgrs, i paper and cloth bags and tags; I paper box, 4 plaijing mills, 4 picture frames, 6 saddlery, harness, col- lars, etc., I screen, 2 shirt and men's underwear, i showcase, * I soda, I mineral water, syrups, etc., 2 soap, 3 stamping pat- terns, etc., 2 stamps, stencil, plates, etc., I stoneware and pipe, I stone artificial, 2 table condiments, shelf goods, etc., I tinware, I vinegar; ^otal 198, about one-half of which do an extensive manufacturing business. The city has 20 public schools, with an enrollment of 3,060 pupils for 1889, an in- crease of 43 per cent over last year; employ 51 teachers with a monthly pay-roll of $3,629.60 ; has over 20 select and private schools, colleges and academies ;has 38 chuches — 25 white and 13 colored — representing the various denominations ; has a Young Men's Christian Association, and a Young Men's He- brew Association ; has a public library with about 2000 vol- umes, and numerous journalsand papers; has 4 masonicorgan- izations, 3 Odd Fellows, 4 Knights of Pythias, 3 Knights of Honor, 4 Knights of Labor, i Legion of Honor, 3 Red Men's lodges, 5 military organizations, 10 Hebrew organizarions, and over 40 other miscellaneous societies and organizations, and some 20 church societies. Among its public buildings may be mentioned a new 4-story club house, a merchants' exchange, opera house, new federal court building and post office, new city hall, court house, etc. It also has an elegant six-story, granite front bank building, the largest and finest in the state ; the city has beautiful fair grounds covering an inclosure of 120 acres ; the exposition hall is 200x300 feet, three stories high with niachinery halls and other buildings ; it has 100 stables and 500 stalls for cattle ; the grounds are beautifully adorned ; cost of improvements, ^^240,000 ; receipts last fall, $78,906.52 ; It has done much to advertise the resources of the state and to bring many strangers to our city. It is under the management of able and efficient officers ; see pages 170, 134, 70 and 49. The city is also one of wealth as well as enterprise, culture and re- finement. It has over 50 corporations, institutions, etc., with an aggregate capital stock of about '*59,820,ooo ; has 12 build- ing, loan and investment companies representing a capital of over $1,000,000, nine banks with an authorized capital stock of over .5'2,ooo,ooo. It is the home of many of the cattle kings of Texas. It is the headtpiarters for commercial men ; headquarters for 30 wholesale agricultural implement dealers, representing over 160 northern and eastern factories and firms. It is headquartei"s for the State Farmers' Alliance, who have (211) WILSON S IMMIGRANTS GUIDE TO TEXAS. erected a magnificent building for their wares and offices. It is headquarters for many prominent railroad officials and em- ])loyes. The city has also beautiful and attractive parks, a complete fire department and hre alarm system, good hotels, 8 miles of rapid transit, an elevated railway to Oak Clift, about 20 miles of street railway, the West Dallas rapid transit railway from foot of Main street, 3 miles through West Dallas ; the streets are lighted with electric lights and gas ; has extensive water works and sewerage system ; the principal business streets are paved with bois d'arc ; it had, in the spring of 1888 227 streets and thoroughfares, since which time many new additions and streets have been opened up and laid off. About 60 real estate agencies are located in tbecity, and the transfers of property in- crease daily ; the press of the city is doing a good work, about 30 interesting papers and journals are published, and doing much to advertise, instruct and enlighten the people of our city and state. There is nothing that marks the substantial charac- ter of a city more truly than the press and its educational facili- ties. The newspaper which takes its growth with a city yields a power to both its business and intellectual interests, acting as a guide which indicates the character and prosperity of its people. We are indebted to our efficient postmaster, Mr. John H. Cochran, for the following report, which will show the growth of the city by the increase in postal matters for the past few years : POSTAL RECEIPTS. 1880 1880. 18S7. 141,730.29 153.610. 17|64.745.77 72,105,73 1888. From this it will be seen the receipt;^ aud lirowth of the business of the office have not been spasmodic', but of a rapid and continued healthy character, and since fanuary 1st, 18S1J, to date the same ratio of increase has been fully preserved. Tabulated statement of the business transactions of the Money Order department of the Dallas, Texas, postofflce for the vears 1885, 188G, 1887 and 1889. Number of Domestic orders issued " paid " luternatiunal " issued " poid '■ Postol Notes issued '■ ■■ " paid 1885 12,326 27,136 522 119 5,8.55 12,001 1886 14 701 29 0.o4 56(5 132 7 770 13 3lu 1887 17 514 40 429 755 140 8 895 18 071 1888 17 642 47 187 812 170 10 108 21 478 Totals 57,959 66 133 85 804 97 397 O. O, BUCKELKW, l^oofin^ I "Paving ©ontr(actor Office 829 Main Street. DALL.AS, - - XEXAS, Best Paint for Tin, Iron or Felt Roofs. Especial attention is given to Repairing Gravel or Metal Roofs. Refers to the Todd Mills, Keating Implement and Machine Co., Howard Oil Works, Schneider & Davis, The Empire Mills. (212) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. ^ipi^ANl-^ J, i^MiTH.l^ -DEALER !M- ^WKite Bronze DylonumeRts Statuary, Etc. iANDE LAWN @ KURNITURE, 113 Sycamore Street, Dallas - = Texas. (213) Wilson's immigrants guide to texas. Index Accidents, lo Announcement, 6-7 Attorneys, Bankers, etc, alphabetical. . . . 195-204 City of Dallas 210 Cities and towns, alphabetically 160-168 Collection laws and pre-emption 191 Counties, alphabetically 45~^57 Dallas business directory of cards, etc 206 Governors and Heads of Republic and State 26 History of Texas, early sketch of 11 Miscellaneous directory of cards 208 Home Seekers 44 Omissions and Corrections 3 Railroad Guide, alphabetical 169-189 Texas Statistics, alphabetical 40 What Texas has and where located, alph. . . 33 SPECIAL NOTICES. (40c per line.) New Home Sewing Machine Co., 755 Elm St. is doing an extensive business thrcughout the State. Over 1,000,000 machines now in use. See the beautiful new style cabinet on p^ge 80. The Dall ^s Engraving & Mh J Co., in Sycamore st. ma.ji^i^'acture rubber stam s, stencils .hotel and baggage ch'^-^ks, badges, etc, w'ee litho- graph on page 166. Texas Instalment Co. carries an immense stock and are prepared to furnish and tit up a house with every article needed at low prices, on the instalment plan. Office and salesrooms 751 and 753 Elm .:;t. , warerooms 746, 748, 756, 753 Pacific ave; factory, old Armory Hall ; page 150. The Texas Paper Co.^ successor to Elsas, Keller & Co., manufacturers of printed wrapping paper, paper bags, flour aved grain sacks, twines, stationery, &c.^ are located at 822 Main st. See lithograph on page 171. The ice factory of Mr. S. Q. Richardson, cor of G. C. & S. Fe Ry and Ervay st., in south Dal- las, has a capacity of about 16 tons per day; is hands are employed, receiving from $2 to $4 per day for skilled labor and l>i.5ofor common labor. The market for the product of this factory is Dallas and neighboring towns. Dallas Marble Works, 1022- 1024 Elm and 10 19-102 1 Main sts — Davoren & McKee are the proprietors of these works, and began busi- ness here in 1880 though the works were estab- lished in 1873. Their premises runs through from Main to Elm street, and embrace 50x200. feet of ground. The capital invested is iio,ooo. They» consume |io,ooo worth of raw material annually, the output being worth 830,000. They employ 7 hands, paying $3 for skilled and $1 75 for un- skilled labor. Their market embraces a scope of country with a hundred miles' radius around Dallas (214) Q ingle (Tatre Qpring ( o., £\>Qn5ViUe, Indiana, Sole Owners and Manufacturers of the Single Centre Spring We confino ourselves to the manufacture strictly of a tirst-class vehicle in every respect. All hand work and made of the best material throu^hont that can be produc ed. The one spring vehicle, as they are familiarly called are the easiest riding and best on earth. Be sure and ex- amine our goods betore buying elsewhere. Try one. g^"N. B.— You can join the "Single Center Spring Buggy Club" and get 18 months time at spot cash club prices delivered on payments of $3 per week. Write to JOHN D. OWKN, Traveling State Agent, P.O. Box 168. DALLAS, TEXAS. 0iM^m ^h< - I S -o z t m >- z >- ►- ^ « ^ § § S fe ^ i £ i t^ '.TW»^ UBBABY OF CONGRESS I "" 0W6483975 ^■|l,-if ; <*'.', Wk'^ m^Ky;''" Bi