The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 22, 1883 Page: 4 of 4
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twi k rapel-v tUW-t «p wHh Hue
WKIUllw <d biyr d<lnN)W«iv <Nli uwf-
r-ti int* wuh most all of (Mr pood* by
wtowl —1'ijt t he to'"'W tnidf rar-
ou «Mi tWeeouuUes anrtii ami m.ri'-
Jm, tie (Uly train*. are laden with
ten to Ifloii ear lo*K of lumber. to mt**t
tjeriraled demand for building
n«i of tk fim*t
«u the kills in duaeprux-
Unity to town. Several hundred tftou-
of this rooJr w« shipped to
at Mmmf. f«« buildlu? I<ri<lp
piers and p*Tit« «h*iiliwuof that o ty.
thus showing its superiority over roek
A fpwut saving in
that it can be readily
the lull? without
Tiie jnvat boast
healthy Water. H*
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mmm
>. tprhteii
I'titf-the county §
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ttkc .of this • * «If are
-Comprising sehool. .oyluui
t^rity hueis. There is a large
iiwuji as Petew? jsolony ,
sho body of bind owned - by Ok
(^Wfiaa)', twt se* • r:'.J
tmwssjfoaltue* owned by individual*
110; showing an luereaae
! A very
? tact thai the large
from twelve to thirty feet on any lot fat
the town. By the liberality ami far^ne-
ingjtHt^nwnt of thef.mmlerv < f thi- town,
ample provision lias been made for Alba-
ny Jo he tin* nneleu- of a burge city.
Court House square is 430square;
an-100 feet wide, and are
SO feet wide. On the
Addition and Bane's
■•boost a town in it.
•elf—oti the eaM aud s—ttuast, Hixon's
lurasque sites, and
eligibly and eoaveuieutty situated.
to a laige city are well represented; well
selected stocks of general
hanlvfare and agricultural
drug store*, hotels, reatauruut*.
sMooasi, furniture
| . for the tub* of un i.«-
goods of all kinos. lie legal and
Albany Echo and the Albany
ie also two
Presbyterian aud Methodist. Tl* Baptist
is in oosr«e of
"Itiere is a JLisonk ,lod?c, Knight* of
Pythias aud legion of Honor, also a
I? A huge and comsiod
ouse U about to he built, not to
>h ii Ave thousand dollars. Al-
a considerable amount of for
DEALERS
HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS
ET
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assortment
j prices
^!£3®S
i y our motto
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Come to our counter, there is where
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assortment
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IB unsur
Oil
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purchasing elsewhere.-
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buttons put
. A
you|o examine our stock
Itisaaie to %"«>*!'
sr-ifi
ittfwjiHl diffiBrent r i)rxMii
utaricet, at from oue to
tier acre, awndu.f to p-
W'^awssl, jjj'WMiJ b> *i
Kite; ■'■■>.■■■ « and uaiiver ity
, lailn|tt unw >aed at one d 'liar and fifty
f.pSr .mm. with ten }«*rst*> joy to
■t—tsllui mi"ii K-^tool lands can be|
, p&i .for .In twenty yean in annual |
' MM..; Kaslwit Texas ralho^d «*««!► are
■! %« tariowi. ft iiiirmmfntl
ttv«
8*iir- . RH
The.iVs«*«" Cdtpey and Jf
t nre 1h-i. • at
Mvt kvjt.,. 'fh,
#1 • J railway
jmmmmaH.-hssr -.V. mm
ifrtwiiwioutenty
J-m IU
R
to ranges hither
show ualyjbrl
an 1 of«
aetuii] inerea^ since last Jaiiuary (e be
not less than $jKIQ,000 from eidi.moeu v«4-
y in aud araund AIUhh,
ildlngTi erected, nod the
grrat number of flocks of ib<-ep «iri\< ii
Into the county Drum Mew Mexico, and
other pUce*. The lands owned by few-
hare not been a source of at
line of Uie cattle trail, hare all the drovers
buy their outfits and supplies for the an-
nual drive to Kansas, The drive for the
MMffl bend, It
ly be nan than
for 1883. Pos*es*iu< all the adeanb^es
benlug «4nuuerated. with a population of
intellixetiec, ei ierpri e and projjresaiou.
it woidd be a safe hmUcuou thai iu les
yeacsl Albatiy will be the largest city In
northwest Texas.
THK TOWN or fokt oatrrix.
This town took Its name from tin- fort
:ks* S"
few
l- .v
Rock
fin
5 - - ' ,
ROSE & KEENER.
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f N. E. Cor. Court Square.
ii ' <m
mm
m
II the same
and agents
| acte. Au-
wby time sfaoukl be
tof this dafe
....
lar per
Md by the
mxut t
two to
val.ie of sll
'th Cfeitt' F
from the
Cwitral
for taxation (or
i tbirtaau
tew dolU
to«* In
a which is adjoining, b Is situated In h_
merqidt valler. on tin- sputh bank of the
dear Fork of the Bnutos. about sixteen
teds at one dwi- awlfi A^"9f The fort
eleven thou
nod ^ « dollars and
tai tor 1«W h
I Braaos
frurt ......
el« tiu i
■ The
bboi
UMa^m*
BMK Hwagar,
lKoj> «ad CoiHn* ff«+ 4M the
auuthent sod east- sand, tfw«e|
m .flKftf 'oMait^ri|||«i^. tenceou The
eiweV. «itk 9SJW1.SI.
Wfoutorie*. b w i do-1 .
t a petTM-j. < .
MPa. Of B
■«5r, nty. fi«.:
,4^ the various tr *u | f[ f^Hntl ani la three inllec
, «""" '
' 1 U «r plaoe fiillod to
Uric that wdfbwl MVeuty |«wo-tt>ircW of the vote polk
oouMy seat n*mained at Attasfl
Ant iar . of the jtistriet Oourt hald
a oemrrr skat.
rth peeng of Mill Crsak, or Mortb
ot Hubbard creek, as M Ml omet
'n*
p*«iu>,. suet, es
land asls pkaiti
I naHts «rr frii>| < d with
of p -..*n, elm, cettun
■ eu The
i • - ioioe pisoss hne« t
fesf 4* f
■ - ■,'i ;.i, ■
it entianiy of poets
JHxvk and ■ • «' art
I .'l-haMta <>o taar
of wood for foal for many
ife '##• w{jr5«y«
Albany we* on til* Lath of M
HCT6, Hhaefceliora eounty bslng tbsn In
U«e f>ld Thirty-fourth JmBekd dtatrint, J,|
vs v4.^It <<>idrwst ihe Albany of
mid the Albany of ti*« pceaau| ll
otily buddings ware tlie reakhwwof H-
atsl wet only weie they the
the town, hut for nsverai
Aibauy isnow the mrmhuw of
paewcnoMS,
' of soil Hit tat hstnr-
jwdhiete. The
iof woaltii M <*•" |ram of. |i;w4 sUwdy growth would be
> tho-UMW' may kt erf not appropriate In thl*
17mm fentiy. We Hodlea to eaeotlmi eeane of t|
bwUdfjUblfouiteeor Me
nheurlant | ^ a dlgiit
t>* 'ha fotwr, hoe- j fotuira. On He
>*f eli Msdh tfcrie* inMefbul ♦•i^lMor." Hem
[•rat aaleeftown Wa, In AuffmU MV«. baa
.—IriMvehemi e ^deri*ee
!*"•- uowwhrwto g OOI>. h*ie« *ai-|
Itfo^'MT., ,ut olra'IO* k«ld«g pmo Whhthr!
to9 a thirl'-seven bills of
in 1887, end named after
Krirartler <ieeerl Gr|IBn. ot the (J. 8.
Army.at that time stetlnued at 0«i ertou,
ami was abandoned in 1881. Tlie towu
started shortly after the tort was eeh)h-i
tieos until 1874. the flrat term of the
Ulatriet Court for UhacLeifoid oouuty was
held hme Jane 7,187S. The grand jury
Imttctinent at
a, principally ntfa-leuaeanore. for
aud keeling diaoiderly houses;
this ehaneter of offenders bring in the
majority in all towns ooudguous to frou
mats. Tbc nahnydayaof the town
be dated from be &U of 1876 to 1878,
during the flourishing Uinen of the great
It ws* no MUmmk iMMtfej
I those days to aee fifty hunters at
e time wo the streets, all In with wagons
on. To forme
doUer^. and en eorrret Idea of be hiimeoes business in
bunt, the
MUUKU.axuov«.
Shackelford ooufaty had it Que thue
thirteen unorganized oOuntke etteobod
to liar for ludlelal Diirijoxeti One ot the K
~ w j mm ana • > jwwmw jj^mM. ■
drawbacks to tlie rapid settiement of the
oouuty was the exaggerated reports of
depiedatiooe bv Indians from tHe i'urt
(Mil reservation. Her eximeed eooditloo
made her a kln.l of breestworii for the
non utir« eeat and Voutli: but when tlie
army of bufodo hunters went to the frout
there w..s a uew protectieu from the sav
that thue by the Port UriflSn mmhanta.
The writer MW uidoeded Hum
P , M®opfc
principally of all
colors, It Is uettuml to
county at thM time, while having some
wrs grmtly exaggerated by
of urichboriua anuutlm. M is
aces, who toetised tlieir predatory raids.
She can now point with t he exultati >u of
e pr-Hid mother to her prMperous prog-
eny ; for these an; her children: hte-
pheua. CeUahan. Taylor. Throckmorton,
Mib-hdl.Nohui, Jones aud owardcoun-
Uei. now eetablielied as ludepeodent
; Haskell, Stonewall. Fisher.
Scurrv, Borden, baweou, Andrews end
Uidues couuties bed also been attached
to her. ' -
The public buildings owned by tlie
muty are the jail and oourt house. The
court house was buQt In 187ft, of usdar
posts at * wd of MHO. end was weather
repaired at var-
whlch. with fondtfre.
mount to
M of reek, two^utory higif>
With billed bou cages in upper story J
the •ontrset for butidtn* it wss let to
Thomas A Wmuer. of Fori Worth, on
the 2tth of beptmuber, 1877. for $*.000;
payments- November I. 1877, $800;
Jam tit ry 1. 1878, # U00; balance In
heads payable in one, tVo and throe
years, with inteieet et ten per eeet
r anumn. There Wen
the original plan, wfaleh oost the
|IH4e the jail Is
for. or will he after collection
of taxes for this year, M hi expected e
house eHl he erected to
at ibMBn,and piled
| lived In
.tl.tt.A-.
,
Good tn an iters are among the
greatest charms a person can
}K 6ses6, and everybody should
cultivate ibetn, especially young
people. They are something
money cannot purchase, for
there is oply one way ot ob
Utiniug them, and that is by
hablitul practice.
We know a good mother who
used to aay :
"Always use good manners at
home, and theu When you go
among strangers you need nev-
er be alarmed for It will be per-
fectly natural to be polite and
teepecrful."
This is true and we have al
ways thought that the best and
easiest way to do anything
lie business The|
leagues of ieod In Metier oosinty. but as
this is a donation from uie state, for edu-
tlm pVMflMs .'iPHltfI
mMJ aiiVMrvw from U'mm* ur Mite cHimol b«* ••xiM r <U d
hi the stau> eould pro- for any other pun*ae then that^f ed-
it may be depre-
A wife not liking the publlci
ty of obtaining a divorce souk
ed the kindling wood in water
the night before, and then plat-
ed a eatt wf keroeeue near the
siove. la the morning the
hoehand attempted to bblld the
Hie, and his widow, It ifl report-
ed, was parried within six
right was to gut into the habit
of doing it right.
ELrdly anything ia of more
importance than good manners
and politeness in a hoy or gitL
They render those who posses*
them favorites with their rela
tious and friends, and prepoe-
sees strangers towards them
Politeness costs nothing aud at
the same time is of ibe greatest
value. i: ~_jr •' 'V'. J, •
——m s na . '■
"Never mind, my young kid,
Fm going up to eee your mother
about this." "That's all right,"
yelled back the small boy,
"you |uat go right along bp
there. Fa tilled a man lull of
buckshot the otter day for go
ing to
an acquaintance, and then lie
came and borrowed all the mon-
ey 1 had, save $15, so I would
not Speud too much. He's a
kee,n one. t It* gi/v'itor is I", |
• The Karl of Devon, who owns
a large estate ia southern ire-
land, offers to sell out to Itis
tenantry. For such a part of
the puicbftee money as they are
unable to pay, by borrowing
from the government under the
not to assist tenants to }vy
their holdings, he proposes
they should pay him 4 per eeat.
until they aan pay it oM, he, of
course having a lies on their
farms ontii that ia dope. 11m
tenants are of a superior order,
the estate haa been excellently
managed fur Abe last fifty years,
•and the relations between land-
lord and tenant oootinue to be
most satisfactory.
"Presence of mind," said Mr
Uowltt, "wby my father's got
more presence ol mind than iny
man In the city. The other
uight we met at the restaurant
Peter, the bead waiter, <1 Id n't
know we were relsilves, aud so
moots after the sad tragedy oc- he look no precautions to avuW
it. 1 was with a ballet girl, the
gov'nor «ras with Hiorue gir«.
euned. This is the story they
toll, but It la probably untrue,
as no one ever hesrd of M mar
rled man getting up to build
'. j the ftrs. j * y ^ ^«
Yictor, LiMr i A,
U4M0FACTURKMJS OF
' ({$'/ '' ' ' f"' '' "■ V'" '
CHEWING ADO SOOKMft
tobacco,
LYHOEBOEO,
"SUQAS MAI*LI,"
''iMoBSIOSt,"
SAILOB KMOTB/*
"LADY riNOIRS,
•TOLAB KISSCS-*
vmou-
M •*
' JW
Keprese-tted in Texas by
DICK HeLEOD.
hid he give away our relation-,
shipf Mot much I lie simply
told his lady friend that 1 was i
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Robson, G. W. The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 22, 1883, newspaper, December 22, 1883; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393439/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.