The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 23, 1883 Page: 4 of 4
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Dinlrirt.
District Jwlsre.
I District Attorney.
Court convene* the thin I Mombv in
S"Til14041 HePte•uU', • «" *°*'y &
there i* a refreshing breeze from tbe
of Mexico. Which accounts for the
health of ti e county in a groat uin
usiw. r
TWijtfit of the land* of tills county are
state land*. Comprising school, asylum
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tonntj om
. Ftelier - - Comity Juileo.
hpeare. - District & Co. < h rk
- Simpson. Sherill & Tax Collector.
S County Treasurer.
f - - Tax Assessor.
- - - Inspector
County Attorney.
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.Comiuissimiur I'rvcitiet Xi
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s—The thinl Mlnduy
-The third
M .y, July,
- in February,
' V*p:"'r
tji TO
mmhi
A'-'fT.
"n<I #n:v>T tty lands. There is a large |
bodyot land known aft Peters" colony ,j to
also a large body of land owned by tlie
Franco-Texan Land Company, and r— 1
tract* and section* owneo hySacSv
| The alternate *cetfons ol whooflSnds
surveyor. surveyed by the different railroad com-
panies. are on Jheimirtet, at from one to
two dollars per acre, according to ap-
p<;iix-.ncni, which is governed by water
advantages. Asylum and university
lamty are appealed at one dollar and fifty
eents per acre, with ten years to pay in
annual installments; school lands can be
paid! for in twenty years in annual install-
ment, Eastern Texas railroad lands Me
lield at various fltrurcs, Ringing from one
dollar per acre to five (iollas. according to
quality..'. • .. ,!S':|s ,
The Pel ere' Colony and Franco-Texan
Company's lands are heki at from two. to
live dollars j-er at-rc, The Houston "aud
Texas Ceutral railway company have sev-
eral sections in the northwest corner of the
county. But few pre-canption surveys,
owing, to the fuet that the most of the
laud in the county had been surveyed be-
fore its settlement and organization.
WATUR amp TUIUMtT
For qtuilityaod.quantit.v of water Shack-
elford crnnot be. surpassed anywhere.
The Clear Fork of the tttyzos enter the
county near old Fort Phantom Hill, and
meanders through the northern part,
touching (it Fort Grittiu. The following
creeks pay tribute to this bold stream i i
its course through the county : Dead man.
Spring. Chimney, Long. Bluff, Swa<rer.
Fish, Foylc and Collins creek op tlie
west. The central, southern and past-
ern part« of tlie county aie watered by
Hubbard's, Deep and Battle creeks, with
■yea* 1881. the total assessed property of
tbe countr w for tbe amount of$75iJ,-
*OOt> ; and tortheyear lM fli,<«7,)luQu-
10; .losing an increase of $$<2,037.10.
A
fact
been
very j
•Wk
9m •'
showing in tbe fax of the
the large stocks of cattle hate
isbing by s;;le* and] removal
farther west. t Tbc above figures
y for the property on hand Janu-
ach year, ltis sate to figure the
tease since last January te be
not less than $200,000 from enhanced val-
ue of pioper.y in aud around Albany,
from new buildings erected, and the
great number of flocks of 6lie«p driven
into the county from New Mexico, and
other places. The lands oWlied by non-
lesidents have not been a source of as
gjeat revenue lor the county
they, should be. There is oertaii
fair discrimination made in permitting
non-residents to render ismls-at oik dol-
lar per acre, and less, when the same
lands are held by the owners aud agents
at from two to five dellars per acre. An-
other cogent reason why there should be
a more equitable assessment of this class
of lands arises from the fact that tl e actual
settler on school and asylum lands is
assessed at the loll adpraised value of «il
his land, and additional assessment for
every acre be may have umler few* or In
cnlttvatton.
Sheep are taking tlie place of cattle, and
NKKt fess than live thousand dollara. Ai- jpMdershould have * •■•n tin* l uge «\«g« <
Iwnv dues a considerable . amount of for- loads ol gun* ami iiinnnliion m-ehrtt nt
« ui ding anjil couimi**Iou business fur the tSat time by the Fort Urilbi. meivb.int*.
adjoining counties. liting on tbe direct TImb wrtter aaw imhieded tHt-re
in
than two hundred thousand dollars worth
of beef and stock cattle have been shipped
and duivexi from tbe couuty during 1SS2.
The Texas Central Kallway Company
have rendered for taxation for 1882 seveu-
t on tlie
tributaries.
U
of living water iu
county. There all
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W. M.
A. 'F. and
terMB
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r PYTHIAS,
, No. meets
AVatCn, C. C.
iiON OF Hi>NOR.
meets the second'
Commander.
• See.
prairie artii valleys
th air i
good growth
In
ty feoolug was
and pickets, bm
talcing U)e preference. There is no fear
of a dearth of wood for ftiel for many
years henee.
enoDUcrnofcs. 'f
From the variety of soil it is bnt natur-
al to expect various products. The
1th is tlie grass of
'-J- i-
A.2sri>
line of the chttle trail, here oil tlxulrnvera
bi^,their ou li iS and supplies foe the au-
nu.-il drive to Kansas, Tbe drive for the
vear 1882 exeeeetled 220.000 head, and it
wilt probably be tnoie than these figures
for 1883. Pos eSfiu< all tbe advantage
hcreingennmer.t|ed. with a poptiki.iuuof
intelligence, enterprise jiul prt^iiiesBm.
it would bea safe piedlwion that in ten
year lAlbany will be the largest city in
northwest Texas.
house is about to lie built, uot fc eoimwtion
buflato hunt.
th* town o fort QnwnTX.r
i .
This town took Us name from tlie fort
which is adjoiuing. It is situated iu a
valley, on tlie south bank of the
| rl* of the Brazos, about sixteen
miles northeast from Albany The fort
1867, and named after
Grjffln, ot tlie U. S.
Army, at that timestationed at Gal eston,
and was abandoned in 1881. Tlie town
started shorily after the tort was estab-
lished. but did no' assume much propor-
tions until 1874. The first term of the
District Court for Shackc-lford county was
held here June 7,1875. The gni.ud jtuy
fonnd tiiirl -seven bills of indictmeut at
this term, principally mlsdemeanftrs, for
lomuuMhonstcorrect ble« of'he b.uimss In! thirteen uuorgnnlml conalh* atUehed
to liar <br judicial purposm. Oueot the
(IrsWtwCks to 'In- t-npid .raUsuu nt of tbe
count v was I the ex argerated i<-|M*rt< (Jf
deprecation* bv l tlitms from tin- Fort
Sill •enervation.- Her exposed conditio^
ninib' ber a kind of breastwork for tbe
counties e. «t and south; liut ivlfna the
army of bolt 1I0 bunU*rs went to itm front
there was a n«w pi otcHlou from tbesav-
«jtm. who ce.isetl their imtlato y raid*.
She can now point with the exultati n of
a proud mother to her prosperous prog.
tnfi fjr tho^e §re her children: Hte-
pliens. t allabati, Taylor. Throckmorton,
^uliell.Nol. 11. Jones and Howard coun-
ties. now established as independent
household"; 'Haskell. Ssouewnll. Kislier.
Scmrv. Botth-ii. Duwson. Andrews and
Caliies counties had also been attached
to liei1.
this character of offcndeis lieingui the
majority In all towns contiguous to fron-
tier" posts. The palmy days of the town
may be dated lrom 'he tall of 1875 to 1878.
dupng tbe floui isFijng times of the great
bufialp bunt. It was no unm^al occai-
In^raii,
■ "" ... . ' a time on tbe streets, all in with wagons
!!!£J for supplies amVamtmidoii. To lorn a
apportionment Of motive power and roll-
ing stock in the county at eleven Uiou-
sand, those hundred and five dollars and
ten cents. Tbe total state tax for 1882 is
at <mw ' time. Ive wnjrw# *>«* • * f
lead. With • l*tjf fMn l ou«f troups,
and a town eompo*>e«l pihirtpalty of all
nationalities and cob... It M#Mun«l to
supppoae diflluMWWMlltl^BMBd'
did,aud terminate JBJBK"" ,m
Icssness a"d eiime HHayyajj*)Wt
oMitity at this time, wbilf i\*lof some
foundation, was greetly emifgerHtetl by
tlie press.of liclghIk>ring eoimlitH. It is
true desperate elm meters made tiieir head-
quarters at Griffin, and plied tl.eli- u< f;,-
1 ions calliii"^, but there lived In and
around t he town at tbe tame tint", as law-
abiding, honorable and chivalrous gentle-
men. as auy eSuuty in tbe state could pro-
duce How ever much It may be depre-
cated that men will some time take the
law Into their own hands, and however
much it may he deplored that emergen-
cies occur that canuot be remedied by
legal means; still in truth, and to their
credit be it said, the vigilance commit-
tee of those days did not .make one mis-
take in selecting victims. Since the aban-
donment of tbe post the town lias dc-
cieused considerably In population a"d
busiuess* There are two good stores
thcie,yet, a drug stow one saloon and a
post o"* be. It will be tbe trading point
ot southern Throckmorton aud part of
tbe Clear Fork valley always. There Is a
good school house and a Masonic hall.
Liemenaut Cbsndler, U.S. A.,is stationed
there in ohatge of the Tonk ivva Indians.
wb«>s.'camp 1- n-.ir C tiffin. There is m
back line and daily mail from Albany.
htsckli.an lious.
Shackelford couuty liad at one time
The public buildings owned bv the
eountv«re the jail and court bouse.' The
court, house was built In 1875, of ct-dnr
posts at a co-t of $S00. and whs weather.,
boarded and Otbewise repaired at vsr. I
ious times siuce, which, with furniture,
*toyes.etc., would proliabjv amount to
$ 100, The jail is of rock, two-story high,
with chilled Iron cages n upper story.
The contract for building tt was let to
Thomas & Werner, of FOrt Worth, ©a
tlie 21th of Supreinber, 1877, for "
payments- November 1, 1877,
January 1. 1878. $14500; balance In
bonds payable in one,, two and thre«
years, with inteiest at -ten per cent
amuun. There were alteri"
which cost the
In the original plan, which
ty about $1,000 additional.
aioutpald for. or will be 1
of taxes for this year,4t it, expecieu a
suitable courthouse wiM be elected to
meet the demands of our Increased pub-
lie business. The county owns (oar
leagues of land In Motlfcv cotinty. but u
this is a donation from the state, for ed*
cational. purposes, the proceeds arising
from lease or sale, cimnot be expeinlw!
•for any Other purpose than tliat of «du-
eat ion.
Albany. Tex., Doc. 22, im
It te a no- $2,094.51. and for tbe cO« ty $8^71,63.
ALBAK Y—-TH K COUHTT 8JUT.
Albany, tiie coonty seat, is situated on
yond
m SHL
abundance of fish of the'Various tresh theiorth prong'ol Mill Creek, or North
w ater species in all of the&e streams. The Prong ot Hubbard creek, as, It *s moat
black bass, or .(as improperly
trout, is the
blue-tail
tlie Clear F<tfk that
s. Tlie otber
pendi,
ful. The pi
a dense growth 1
wood, back
generally called, and Is three miles
of the geographical center of the county.
An election was held December 81, 1875,
to move the county seat to Griffin, bnt the
place fidled to receive tb? necessary
irds of the vote polled, hence the
seat remained at Albany. The
first term of the District Court held at
Albany was on the I5th of November,
Shackelford* county being then in
the old Thirty-fourth judicial district, J.
P. Osterbout, judge. Tbe writer can
vividly contrast the Albany of that date,
and the Albany of the present. <■ T)ien the
VE
! C'tntnl),
i
S.,. . aboot -l.iO tnilea 1 ><m
ID miles from DiiIIhh; aud
)«Hng named towns on tlie Texas
are distant, from it. viz :
JHqfabout 18 miles; Bnir<!.
|b 18 in ilea; kblleue, «outbw«*< 15
■ - - '*-i! •
mo^tfitmni.
By act of February L the bouu-
of ttie oouuty «eri .*ublisht<j,
ami, vyttb the exception of some alight
are qtJU t)ie _lK>oi dary of
proper.
. of tbe legislature Febtuary 14,
it was atta^ed to Pak Pinto conn-
nd mi May I.
ut aA^aobed it to
lie miveuloMCK- arls-
sooii beotnne appa-
of Jack couuty. be-
dlatant) and the rdtl-
at Foft G
fly buildings were the rest den of Hen
C. Jacobs, sheriff, and thecouri, bouse;
and notonly were they the only bosses in
tlie town, but for several miles around.
Albany is now tbe terminus of the Texas
Central railway, and it is thought will re-
main such for a few years. To note
the same may be] many vicissitudes from Infancy to Its
generally. We present sturdy growth would be tediops,
Is, wild rye, and not appropriate In this brief sketch,
abundant Suffice to mention some of tbe prominent
itt^r, hor- features of its past and present history.
and a slight peep behind the silver, lining
of its future On its banner may truly be
lasorlbed "Excelsior." Never since the
first sale of town lots, in August 1875, has
kinds thrive
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nomunii,
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protiuw
i)t<>vt' rt'iiiu
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politics, "To tbe
POIIS." II) li"«li«"'li
Ittvate* th
lis county
bushels of
of the
IV-11*1
d««i#ilttted as the Mvnty ,ho
An ateetlw
umUatlopiWi and
to give
* licat to the acre, while some
Ifhbors did not have half that
I produces from
sis to the njere ; while oats lias
igh as one hundr
ola'to the acre. Cotton has
xceeded the expectations of tboae who
tried it experimentally a fow yean post;
to mticli so, that It now forms no ineon-
•ideraMe part of ohr productions. On
TWp creek there lias Jxtfn made one bale
to the acre, or iO thr cotton pirhmM! of
tlie older state*, a foil crop. Millet is a
Iflc article on tlie latin; and ba*
as iimny asjthree lull crops in
It 1* cut and saved for win-
gHI ' other crop that
are yet
ng the influx
l substantial
1 their iiapi/rt-
Turn I better adapteii •« small
UMwr|ii|t vallMfl along the
" tti* 'Itetxist ian«Uf«ra| • niium!
Vbm ' i- no Iw ah Id'1
r, "ami U h> Is not
WO 'ipHilr Ibat during tin- Win er
I^ VVo... I • to <leg-
idoin -<|ng mi low as tbe
asr«lX timing 1'"' norttH i«,
to
m from
tlit Pl11lit
. MPM
MUl I
n
rttlv
baa been Made ben fo
at the old iUlt-sWorks
from Al' any bi the south-
west part of tbe eo«M y,on 0a bead ol
Salt Prong of llubbard creek. Tbe salt
Is Kodin-wl by evaluation, mid In
strength and <|aallty flivoraJWy
with Mverpoel aolt. Thoy are Idle at
preacut, awl la-re is a,good opiarrtunity
for protitab(e bivestui^iit.
Then hua been h tine erdpof peeans
this aeaaon. asd tne H,d« realised several
thousand WWs. , .
Stoek-fnlsWlg, wWeh Ifcelmhe wttb.
dterptboraaK. muh«, bogs aud goats, I*
the prlwe||Ml Industry Of I be county.
wjiAt.-m.
No Iwttor fvidnwa <C 0 p pH)irWr 1
the county enn Is turn Was I tbMi by com-
purtsmi ol tbe taxable value* of tbe p*ws-
ent v«ir, with Omar# Ibc |ta«t In bm
, with Inflated v.il
wltli the
surrounding country,
with its growth, and streagtheo-
strength, until tier popular
lias reached about one thousand.
beau-
her suburbs, while the business local-
are being rapidly filled up with fine
of large dimensions. Our mer-
chants receive moat all of their goods by
car-load, owing to the Immense trade car-
ried on with the counties north and north-
Tlie dally trains are laden with
ten to fifteen car loads of lumber, to meet
Oic •eiwedenled demand for building
► material. Building rock of the finest
y is found In the hUis hi dose prox-
1 and twem Imlty to town. Several hundred thou-
sand tons of this rock tvas shipped to
Houston last summer, for bulldiug bridge
piers and |*vlng ti Im itnwU of that city,
thus showing its superiority over rock
much nearer Houston. A great saving In
haudllng this rock Is tliat It can be readily
quarried from tltfhderfOf the hills without
of blasting. Tbe great Ixmst
of Allisnr 1* Its pare, healthy water. The
CfWll ['has living water *U the year round,
being supplied by never-foiling aptings.
mid well water oaxi be found at a depth of
from twelve to thirty fret on any lot 1"
the town. By tbe liberality and lar-s<-<>
ing Judgment of tbe fouaders of the town,
ample provision las been inadp for Alba-
ny to.he tbe nueleuK of a large elty.
Court II OtH** SQUare is 480 fret square;
all the street- are 100 feet wide, and are
intersected by alleys *) feeMrlde. On tbe
north is U e Ball road Addition and Barra's
Addition' the Utter almost a town in IU.
wolf—on tbe cult and southeast, Nixon's
Addition ; ami on tl^e west Jacobs Broth*
era' Addition; all pietureaque sites, and j
most eligibly and oonveoisnrty situated. ,
AII tlie brandies of business pertaining
te a large elty are well represented ; well
selected stocks of general merehaodlse-,
hardware and agricultural Implements,
drug stores, ho tots, restaurants, meat
markets, livery stalHeSi ssloans, furniture
aforss, ami stores for tbe a^le of mlsoeila
neons (Qtsh of all kinds. '1 lie legal ami
medical profiesious aK wsil repnswilwl,
ami tiiem are two newspapers pubtisl cl
liere—the Alimny BoiSd ami the Albany
fHar. There we also two churches
Presbyterian and Methodist. The Baptist,
church Is In sourse of . onstna-Uon.
There Is a Maaonlc todjie. Knights of
Pythias ami 1/egWm of Honor, also a aor-
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At Allmmj, the Caturty Metst of SluMkeMM
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DKV02ED TO THE INTERESTS OP THE TOWN, COUNTT, ADJOINING
COUNTIES, TO THE BUSINESS OF OUK HOME PEOPLE,
OUH PATRONS AND THE PUBLISHER.
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county and frontier, and
Having for a number of year* pa«t been a citizen
MortifM with lb.tr tuttnata uid Man o .tr.Bg„ a, th. a^|.jia j,|S.M,£,, l ll
utl.fi«d w. know th* Kqulr,u,.nt, „f (h. ,„d (hRM(b (he ^
Echo shall strive to supply them
Subscription;
S2.D0 Per 7etr.
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