The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1887 Page: 2 of 8
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Killtor mill I'rnprW'tor.
Thursday January I!? 1887.
AN EPITOME OF THE HISTORY
OF DALLAS AND DAL-
LAS COUNTY.
BY JOHN IIKSHV HROW.N.
In writing up Dalian it is impoHsi
bio to tlo moie than give it in brief-
since it has grown so rapidly and
beyond the limit where a full and
comprehensive history can be given
in one issue of a newspaper. The
endeavor will he to pick up the links
as the account proceeds so that it
will be comprehensible at least.
The '-Three Forks of the
Trinity" was the designation
in the earlier American days
of Texas by which this position of
the wilderness was known. It con-
tinned in its primeval state un-
touched by axe hoe or plow for
twenty-one years after settlements
began in the lower and coast country
under the colonization laws of Mexi-
co. Not till 1S41 did Americanism
feebly essay a foothold in all this
populous region. In that year or
late m liS40 a company of rangers
under (.'apt. liird of Red River Co.
cree'ed the block of houses known as
Bird's Fort on the north side of the
Trinity in Tarrant Co. Rut they
were three months men and only re-
mained a short time.
Not long before this in IS 10. a
B:nall detachment led by Kobt
Sloan of a company of "minute"
men in Red River Co. made a hasty
scout through this country and while
here one of the men named David
Chubb formerly of Illinois and a sol-
dier in the liluek Hawk war of 18:52
was killed by Indians at a small lake
on the Kim Fork of Trinity a short
distance above its mouth and below
the Keenan crossing. It has been
erroneously said that this man's name
was Samuel Chubb and that he was
killed on the east side of
White Rock Creek. Sloan
was not the captain of the Red River
company; but a leader of one of the
squads into which it was divided for
alternate scouting purposes.
In the fall of 1811 the families of
llamp Rattan and 31 r. (Gilbert with a
few men reached IJird's Fort and a
little later the fi;m ly of John Ree-
man. The two latter moved down to
where Dallas is in the succeeding
spring of 1812. But late in Novem-
ber 1841 a wagon was sent back to
Red River for provisions. It stayed
ho long that three men were sent to
llnd and assist it if necrssary. These
men wcie Alex. W.Webb (yet living
near Meson to. in Dallas country
Solomon Silkwood and llamp Rattan.
On tho cast side of Elm Fork alwut
a mile and a half north-west of where
Carrollton is while cutting down a
large ash tree to get the honey found
to 1)0 in it and on Christmas day
1841 Rattan was killed by a small
party of Indians. Webb and Silk-
wood killed one Indian and escaped
to reach the fort The snow was
six inches deep. It was intensely
cold and so remained for several
days. Silkwood from the exposure
endured fcickenod and died. A sin
gle man was again started to meet
the relief wagon. He succeeded
On the loth the days after the kill
ing the wagon reached the scene.
The body of Rattan was still guarded
bv his faithful dog. The remains
were conveyed to the fort and there
in a rude colfln made of nntdd wagon
body committed to the earth. His
brothers John and Littleton Rattan
had been in the fight of Village
Creek in the previous May or June
when Denton was killed. lie was
also a brother of Mrs. A. J. Witt
deceased of Dallas county and Mrs.
J. W. TLrockmorton and Mrs. Wm.
Fitzhugh of Collin.
Concurrent with these events
John Neely Rryan a single man in
November" 1841 camped on the
bank of tho Trinity at tho fxt of
Main street. He was joined the next
" spring by those mentioned as coming
down from Bird's Fort and later in
the year by James J. Beeman and
crh.ip8 one or two other families
coining down from Red River or
Bowie -ounty. Mr. Bryan subse-
quently married John Beemans
daughter. In 1S43 several families
arrived in 1841 a larger number in
184." a still larger number ami in
184(1 mere than in cither previous
year.
The county was created by the
first legislature of the State after
annexation on the 30th of March.
IS Hi and the first election of county
ollicers was held on the Kith of July
the day now set apart by the Old
Pioneer Association of Dallas county
as its anniversary.
In November 184(1 a party of
Indians raided the upper part of
the countv. stole a considerable
number of horses and retired. They
were pursued by 22 men overtaken
near where Decatur now stands
defeated their chief killed by ('apt.
Preston with a bowio knife
and the horses recaptured. Details
must be omitted in this and other
matters.
Thenceforward passing over the
contests with the Peter's Colony Com-
pany about headl ight grants of land
which were finally settled to the sat-
isfaction of both sides the growth of
Dallas Ccunty was steady till the war
began in 1801. After two or three
elections Dallas had become the
County seat and in 'fil stood as a
prosperous village of solid citizens.
The county was almost a unit on the
Southern side and during tho four
year's struggle sent to tho front
nearly every available man h.cluding
'"any boys down to fifteen years of
age. It furnished Colonels JJ. nr-
ren Stone Nicholas R. Darnell Nat
M. Burford T. C. llampe fico. W.
(iuess and a large contingent in the
regiment of each. Lieut-Colonels
John T. Coit Crill Miller and many
ollicers of lesser rank. Half of Good's
battery commanded by John J.
Good.
The war closed but great numbers
of the men did not return. Poverty
bleeding hearts and more or less des-
olation confronted those who did re-
turn. Lowering clouds increased the
general gloom.
Let the curtain fall till the IGth
day of July 1872 when the whistles
of the first railway greeted Dallas
and the people gave an old-fashioned
barbecue. Hope long deferred
quickened the people's pulsations.
In the next year came the second
a continental road reaching for the
great plains of the AVest and the
shores of the Pacific. In January
1874 the last vestige of reconstruc-
tion passed to the rear the curtain
was rolled on high to fall no more
and an era of fraternity and good
feeling born of the better nature of
man pecamo a living reality des-
tined ere thirteen years should roil
by to transform everything around
and about us from a small village
and a population in the entire county
of about 17000 into a city including
its suburbs of from thirty to thirty-
five thousand inhabitants and in the
entire county of probably fifty-five to
sixty thousand souls drawn with
their muscles their skill and their
capital from every quarter of the
Union and partly from Europe. It is
a living truth to-day that largo num-
bers of our farmer "enemies in war"
with their capital skill aud enter-
prise arc our "friends in peace"
our neighbors co-workers and hon-
ored fellow-citizens.
This combination of agencies
in a locality surrounded by
a country of immense ag-
ricultural capabilities and other in-
herent advantages is what within
tiiese few yeuis 1ms largely made
Dallas an uno'maly in the march of
communities from moral village life
to that ol a city teeming with indus-
try and industrial enterprises giant
commercial houses manufacturing
establishments educational facilities.
newspapers ami iH'icodicals. supple-
mented by churches nearly three
hundred in number and various other
institutions which "live and move
anil have their being" in charity. To
these may be added tho bar able and
honorable and a medical corps justly
distinguished for learning and wis-
dom. To-day Dallas has in active ojera-
tion railways radiating in nine direc-
tions with three more under course
of construction. This sufficiently
suggests a gigantic commerce. The
needful capital to their construction
was supplemented by the lalxir of
thousands largely drawn here from
abroad many of whom are our citi
ions now. that they have lioen use-
ful in the great development already
attained none will deny. That they
are men of law and order who will
will gainsay when it is remembered
that during all the troubles turbu-
lencies and violences cleswhere pre-
valent in the stile in the spring of
the last yeaa not one sueU act was
charged' to the working Kople of
Dallas.
So stands Dallas to-day; but to-
morrow changes w ill occur rA the
next day and the next week month
and year and the year to follow sim-
ply lecausc of ever accelerating caus-
es in the higher sence of that pro-
gress which has already accomplished
so much and seems destined to make
Dallas at least tho second city be-
tween the Mississippi river and the
Rocky mountains.
Innumerable thoughts and inspira-
tions drew an audience but tho Her-
ald only requested a brief summary
for its birth day edition and this
with a grateful tribute to the memory
of John Neely Bryan and his asso-
ciats in planting civilization in the
heart of this then wilderness must
be taken us only a partial portrayal
of the grand and gratifying facts in
volved in such a review "Inity and
progress!" Let these be our slogans
in tne years to come.
Dallas of To-Day.
Dallas in tho commercial center of
North Texas drawing its trado from
beyond its borders in every direction
along tho Texas & Pacific Houston &
Texas Central Gulf Colorado &
Santa Fc Missouri Pacific and Texas
Trunk; also from tho Dallas extension
of tho Santa Fo to Paris and Sanlo Fe
extension to Greenville and Indian
Territory which havo just been com
pleted; also the Dallas & Greenville
road whoso cars began running on
the 1st of January this year. Tho
completion of thoto roads with con
templation of the speedy building of
the Gulf & Pacific settles for all time
to come tho point of: "What town in
this Stato shall bo tho great railroad
center between tho Mississippi River
and the Rorky Mountains on this
parallel?" . No city in tho south has a
moro perfect system of railways. No
city can Hiecccd as a groat commi-rial
and manufacturing center without a
largo number of railroads. That
point has been gnineil. Other rail-
roads will eeek Dallas Instead of Dal-
las seeking the railroads. This is in-
evitable and it is necessary to impress
this fact upon tho mind of men seek-
ing locations in which to invest
money and establish merci ntilo houses
or manufactories. As lias been shown
in the opening article in this paper
how Dallas was brought into exist
ence and how It parsed through tho
different epochs of its brief exisiencc
arriving at its present strong and vig-
orous manhood it is but necessary to
peak in brief ol a lew commercial
points to show its present status. We
arc a city now of 80000 or 8fi000 in-
habitants. THE JM MICH A NTH OK DAM. AH
arc umougtiio most enterprising in
the commercial world. The whole-
solo dry goods houses in this city em
ploy about iM) men ami women l he
ales aggregalo perhaps between
$t ooo.ooo and ."ji.1ooo.ooo per annum.
There are lilteen dry goods (Inns cm-
ploying as many more clerks with
aggrcjiiilcd soles of over loooooo dol-
lars. Tho eicht or ten boot and shoe
establishments will aggregate in sales
perhaps fooooo dollars; milll.iery
stores sell about loo.ooo dollars
woith of troods yearly. Tho
clothing trade is very large and in
proportion with other saios thero be-
ing severs the largest aud hondioniost
west of St Louis. All these mer
chants buy from importers and manu-
facturers. Several of tho wholesale
groceries are conducted upon exton-
lvo ana luantfuinccui plans ah oi
thc8o merchants began business upon
small capitals not perhaps exceeding
$1.1000 cash aud to-day three of these
can miiko a showing of yearly Miles in
tho aggregate ol (oooooo.
J here are lw retoii groceries in inn
city doing a business approximating
1000000. 'I hey are conducted upon
tho some accommodating plan as in
older and larger cities. Their rooms
arc neatly kept as a rule and tastefully
arranged a greater part of tho num-
ber uso the telephone.
Tho liquor beer cigar and toloeco
trade ot'dio city in the whole will
aggregalo Hi'J(KK)000; hardware and
iifcr cultural implement trado are
8000000. In the miscellaneous trade
of tho city includiug drugs crockery
and many uniill shops will swell this
class of trado to sales to the amount
ol 20.000000. Of course muchol this
is calculated trom information gained
from reliable kourccs and much es-
timated from the best information ob-
tainable. This estimate docs not in-
clude sales of manufscturerswhich are
given tinder its appropriate head. Tho
object in givingthese estimated figures
is to give outside people a knowledge
of what tho inside people are doing
and to convince tbo world of our true
pos tion as a :ity a"d then tako etir
stand as a leading western metropolis
growing at a wonderful and unprece-
dented rate.
home of tho buildings in Dallas
would do credit to any city in the
Union. Tho magnificent four-story
brick block of BlankeiiRhip & Block
the massive and beautiful Merchants'
Kxchangcbuildingthe Texas & Pacific
mammoth building for jrencral officers
etc Schneider & Davis wholesalo
grocery house T. K Marsalis & Co.'
wholesale grocery house Kaln &
Campbell's stores Sanger Bros.wholo-
tnlo ai d retail dry goods house ag-
gregating hundreds of thousands of
dol'ars; a Sl'.ooo court-house fire
proof a county jail costing Sl.ooo
Tcxss A Pitcifia dpot .Vooo Dallas
Car Factory 7ooio Catholic Couvent
and school building 6oooo a govern-
ment conrt-honao and postnffics three
lories high built of stono 1.10000
and many other buildings costing
from uuo.tKio to si'O.oou J hero is
Merchants Exchange Board of Trado
aud Cotton Exchange in tho city be
sides building aud loan associations
and real estate agcucios which do im
menso business
1MIXA8 BTATK FAIK8.
Last year tho people of Dallas dif
fering in opinion sua not Doing auio
to agree divided into two parties aud
tho conscaucnco was that Dallas had
two fair and exposition grounds mnir
iiiflccut. massive and complete. Tho
Dallas Stuto Fair grounds are very
level and handsomely situated. There
are enclosed 90 acres; tho fencing is 8
lect high extending entirely around
tho grounds with lour entrances one
on each side; tho exposition buildi g
is 200x800 Icet two glories; machinery
ha 1 75x800. raeo stables '.'00 box stills.
stock stables 4.10 stalls errand stand
50x250 two stories with a seating of
8000; raco track one nine; judges stanu
three stories prlvilego booths about
loo: tho whole cosiiujr nocoo
stroct car track aud Texas & Pacific
railroad extend to tho grounds.
KIKE DEPARTMENT.
Dallus is particularly forrunato in
having a first class paid tiro depart
incut besides a very largo number of
lire nyujums mere are iwo mctim nro
engines ana hook and ladder nppor
atus. There are to bo very shortly
four moro hose stations otter which
no town anywhere will bo better pro
tectcd against tho ravages of lire.
EI.ECT1UC MC111T.
It is only a matter of time when
tho city will bo lighted entirely with
e ccfric light. A proposition is now
pending beforo tho city council and
it is only a matter of' who gels the
contract. There ore a number ot pi I
vato electric lights now in different
parts of tho city.
WATEK WORKS.
Dallas has n system of water works
yet inadequate to the domain!. As
Ihrns 1 hey go they aro good. They
aro owned and control. ed by thocitv
very satisfactorily to tho people. In
tho spring these works will bo en-
larged and when completed will bo
fho finest in tho Statu and as lino as
found auywhero.
OI'KKA HOUSE.
There is an opera houso which cost
.f5oooo and will seat looo people. It
is handsomely built of stono and
presents an imposing appearance. It
is comfortable and very handsome.
The stone facilities mid appliances are
modern and a. play can bo put upon
the stage perfectly satisfactory to any
company.
STiuurr RAILWAY'S.
Tho city is well provided with street
railways. There is 0110 that ent rely
enciicles tho city called tho Bell
Lino." Tho Main street line runs from
near the court houso to tho Dallas
St-ito Fair grounds a distance of
neatly three miles. The Ervay street
lino runs also from near tho court
houso to tho city park. Tho Com-
merce street Hue just completed runs
lrom tho western part of tho city to
tho Union depot Tho San Jacinto
lino runs from tho corner ot Main and
Austin streets to a point uciir tho old
fair grounds connecting with the
Main Hrect line. These with other
roads that will bo built will give all
tho slreet railway accommodations
required.
1'IMILIC KCJIOOI.S.
Tho ward schools aro all two story
frame buildings. The High School is
an oleaaut two story brick .building
formealv known ns tho Dallas Fe-
male College. It was purchased by
tho city nearly a year ago. Tho school
fund is suillcient to keep tho schools
runniugahout eight mouths a year and
have money lott. liio city haa n'o"
so rapidly tho past two years that
what was good aud largo enough then
does not answer the purposo now.
There arc movements on loot at the
prWnt to increase tho capacity of Hie
school buildings to a much grca'ir
magnitude which when completed
Dahas wil tako another forward
move Tho school fund for this year
amounts to 83785 dollars and 67 routs.
Tho tax payers and people generally
are In favor of public schools. A city
council could not bo elected that was
not known to be entliuaiuMlcly in
favor of such schools. Besides these
thero aro at least a dozen
schools whore a largo number of chil-
dren are taught. By tho time another
twelve months rull around the Epis-
copal Church will havo a 4oooo dol-
lar female college building nearly it
not quite ready for occupancy.
SECRET OIIDKRH.
Tho Masons Odd Follows Knights
of Pythias Knights of Honor Ameri-
can Legion of Honor United Work-
men Hibernian Organizations. Chos-
en Friend beside a host of other or-
ganizations too mimeron to mention
aro well represented in Dallas.
PAlf.Y K FWM'A PFJtK.
The Dallas Morning News the Dal-
las Evening Time and tho Dallas
Evemno 1 1 KKAt.D are the daily news-
papers piibl shed in thU city. There
aro about twenty weekly aud month y
tiewspopcrs and periodicals published
in tin citv. Dallas is tho centre of
all publications great or small: and
ihero is scarcely a month passes that
some new publication is not started or
re 1 oved lroui ome other point to
Dallas.
IWT OKKTE
As oue of the best evidences of the
volume of business in my city bfing
the bnslnes done by the pot oilice.
we append tho rono' t of tho postmas-
ter of Dallas for th; past year which
speaks for itself.
1880: '
For lirst quarter w ! -J ft3 4aOiM
Knr f.Miiid mmrffti
izuiu no
HIJIM OT
ror uuru quarter w
For fourth qnurter ;:;
UWi 21
Total receipts tor iS 9A!I403 17
Th number of letters and packagos
registered at tho postolllco:
First quarter ending March 21. '8(1 S2ftftS
Second qearter ending June HO 2170
Third quarter eudlng Kept. u0 212
Fourth quargr ending Dec. Ill 2100
Totul registered for 180 '..
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Tho county affairs aro attended to
bv a court of commissioners presided
over by tho county ju'go. Asa speci-
men of how business is done tho re-
port of tho lato superintendent of tho
Poor Farm is reproduced which in
substuuee is as follows:
Products 46 bales of cotton I860
dollars; 660 bushels of wheat Coo dol-
lars; 8000 bushels of corn lfioo dol-
lars; 6 hogs 2oo dollars; 11 calves
loo dollars; total 416o dollars.
Expenses Dry goods and groceries
looo dollars; superintendent's salary
600 dollars; guards 44o dollars; ma-
Iron Jfio dollars; physician 800 dol-
lars; total expense 219 dollars; profit
to tho county 162o dollars.
Thero is a system in this county of
working tho county convicts on the
highways; vagrants aud small crimi-
nals aro sent by tho justices' of the
peace when they aro tillable to pay
their fines to tho county farm; these
aro taken in chnrgo by competent
parlies aud aro put to work ou tho
highways and tho result of this sys-
tem of working county convicts re-
sulted last year as follows: It i esti-
mated that they built 2oooo dollars
wortn of roods in 1886. These roads
furnish the farmers a good road to
town and tho merchant as well was
benolittcd. Tho cost of guarding
clothing and feeding theso convicts
and the miles they worked together
with the interest 011 tho invesimunt on
tho animals aud machinery amounted
to 471o dollars showing a net profit
to tho couuty of I6.2.I0 dollars
Don't fail to let it be known At this
office when our carriers tail to deliver
tho Herald.
THE CHURCHES.
Talicrnselo M. K. Church 8t. Tuul and
Main street. Hev. .1. U. Wolf pastor 'resell
ers and aeholiirs' Prayer meeting every 8al-
biith at U:.'U1 a. 111. : Sunday-school 11 1 10 a.m
morning srrvieo at 11 a. in.; Class-meet lug
limnerltiilely alter morning service ; Young
People's I'raycroieellnx p. in.: eve
ning service 8:!.
Floyd Street M. K. Church South Iter.
O. i Thomas nastor. l'reaelilng at It a.
m. and 7:110 p. m.; Sulihath .School ut U :'!!) a.
111. W. Jj. aiiglian.siiperintenueni; gcuerai
prayer meeting every Wednesday night.
First M. K. Church South worship Id new
huilfling cor. Commcree and Prathcr Kev.
T. It. Tierce pustor. Sunduy-school M a. in.
Services 11 a. in. and 7:!W p. m. Prayer-
meeting Wednesday evening at 7:80 p. m.
Trlnltv Church Corner of Trinidad and
Phelps itretta I. 8. Asliliurne pastor tier-
vices every Sunday at 11 a. in. aud 7::t0 p.m.
Sunday school at 11:30 a. u. Thursday even-
ing prayer meeting.
Fast Dallas Methodist Kpiseopal Church
South. Mission Kev. 1.8. Ashburna pnstor.
Preaching every otlier Sunday uaiibatn
School every Sunday at a p. in.. W. L.
Vaughn superintendent.
First Presbyterian Church eornor Maia
and Uarwood. Kev. A. P. Smith pastor. Ser
vices every Sunday at 11 a. in. and 7:) p. m
Sunday-school at 0:30; Wednesday evening
rrayer-ineciing.
Second Presbyterian Church Wood street
between Krvay and Uarwood Kev. War-
ner H. Kiggs pastor. Services at 11 a. m.
and 7:110 p. in.. Huaday-school at 9:.'0 a. m. :
rrayer-iHccting wcunesuaya ai 10 p.m.
Free scats aud a cordial welcome Jo; all.
rimilirlnrl Prealivtertan Church. TTar-
wood slreet between Live Oak and Krvan.
Kev. W. (1. Temnleton pastor. Preachlna;
ever Sunday at 1 i a. 111. and 7:.'tn p. ni. Sun-
day school at 0:tri a. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening.
First Christian Church corner of Pearl
and Itrrnn streets (Jen. K. H. (iano pastor.
Service's at 11 o'clock a. in. and 8 p. m. Sun
dav; praver meeting Thursday evening at 8
o'clock; Sunday school at )M a. m. It. B
1$. Uarwood superintendent. All Invited.
Commerce Street Christian Church Rev.
8. Kendrick pnstor. Sunday-school 6:30 a.
m Uf.rvli.na nn Hfltiilav at. 1 1 a. m aim 7!:HI
p. m.
First Bantlst Church corner of 8ycamor
street and Patterson avenue. Rev. R. T.
Hanks pastor. Sunday school at 9:4ft a. m.
Mr. J L. Williams superintendent. Preach
lng at U a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
fit. Psul'a Presbyterian Church (German).
Services at 11 a. m. and IM p. ra. by Key. K.
L Heller pastor. Hucday school at p. m.
at No. 131) Commerce street.
f IIP lyUIIll.....l ........ " .
an and Uarwood streets Key C. I. Scofield
pastor Services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. : Sua-
rUr arhool at 6:30 i. m.. Mrs. C. T. Dickin
rtwl PAniMiHtlAiiftl ftmmtt Antr tlrv
son superintendent.
Chnroh of the Incarnation corner McKin-
nle and Uarwood. Kijward Wirkena priest
in charge. Sunday school at 10 a. m. U. W
11 Sutton. Sup't. Holly communion drat
and second Sundavs at 7 a.m.; service every
Sunday at U and t:30; service with addresa
every Friday night at 7; cbolr practice ev-
ery Friday night at 8.
St. Matew'a Cathedral. Commerce street.
Rev. Wm. Munford dean ; Sunday-school
9:30 a. m. : mornln prayer litany and ser-
mon services beglnlng at 11 a. m. : eventna:
prayer and sermon service beginning at 7 -JO
p. m.
Chinese PundiV School. L. R. Wrleht
superintendent; held every SaM.atta at 1
p. in. at the Second Preahyterian Church
on Wood near Uarwood street.
Gamma Pelta Soclctr. 4. K. Conlthnrat
president. Miss Nettle fioles stcrelary Rev.
W. H. Wars Instructor meets every alter
nate 1 nUraT l tVfl p. in in-mir
room of th second Presbyterian Church.
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