The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 16, 1883 Page: 1 of 5
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F SUBSCRIPTION.
Hurfray’s Steam Printing Office.
If. r. DHARING, MANAGER.
So. ii4 Mala Stmt
tot Eqalwad Jab Otto ta North Texas.
Unr Footer asd Pamphlet Printing * specialty.
VOLUME 1
We carry a vast stock of these goods and make
the broad assertion that we make lower pric-
es for the same quality of goods than any house
in Denison. We will refund the money on any
of the* above items if the customer finds any
where goods as cheap or cheaper than ours:
f Very Respectfully BEIR1TE & STEKSOIT.
To tub Citizens of Denison a\i> Vicinity :
At this early day I would say that I will be better prepared t
days. My stock is large already, but the assortment will be very ct
goods now in transit. The Gfratul Holiday Opening will
and would respectfully advise all desiring to make Holiday Presents to call at the openii
what you want, in connection with a large stock of Watches, Diamonds, Silverware and
Art Annex where you can find an elegant assortment of Bronaes, Paintings, Bi
Vases and fine French Clocks, in-both srilt And black marble. The nrice* orwruli
Wish to announce to their friends and the public in general, that in addition to their
Bakery and Confectionery Business,
They are receiving and will have a
fine and well selected
Of all Descriptions, consisting of Christmas Toys, Candy Toys, Christmas Tree
Ornaments, Firework Ornaments, Choice Confectioneries, Fruits, Nuts,
And everything suitable for the Holiday Trade. All of which
. will be opened for public inspection in due season.
SEMEHTS.
At the special session of the city coun-
cil Thursday night, Me>*rs. Scott, You-
ree Si Scott submitted another proposi-
tion for building a street car line in the
city, and the council instructed the ordi-
nance committee to prepare a. street car
franchise. “ It seems, however, that the
council is disposed to insist upon re-
striction that the above gentlemen deem
iatal to the enterprise. For instance,
the council insist upon specifying tha
streets on which the track shall be laid,
require that the roadbed be paved to the
distance of one foot each side of the track,
in all cates, whether the street is pared
or not ; and that this work shall be sub-
ject to the approval of the street com-
missioner, and also claim the privilege of
making out the time card.
Hie gentlemen who propose to invest
their money in this public enterprise do
not expect, under the moat tavorable
circumstances, that the investment Will
be renumerative for sometime after the
road is in operation, and, it is simply
confidence in the growth and business
developement of Denison that lead them
to submit their proposition to the coun-
cil. They are very candid in the expres-
sion of their views. They ear they can-
not submit to restrictions as to where they
will run their track, as it must depend
upon the patronage that offers, neither
do they consider it just that they should
be compelled to submit to the dictation
of one man as to the manner in which
they do their work, but think the coun-
cil the proper authority.
Considering the tone of the members
of the council was adverse to their enter-
prise they were disposed to withdraw
Yank Newell’s “Muldoon’s Pic-nic”
are in the state.
Florence Gerald is booked for Galves-
ton on the 30th.
The Royal Japanese Troupe and Mil-
ton Nobles are making this way. j
Fred Warde played in Fort Worth on
the i ath and 13th.
Ciars Morris plays in Galveston'Dec-
ember 27th, 28th and 29th,Jbr a gauran-
tee of #2500 for the three nights.
The State’s Attorney Comoination have
a splendid orchestra connected with the
company.
W. M. Paul’s dramatic company play-
ed at Whitesboro, Tuesday night, to a
large and appreciative audience. This
company is pronounced by Whitesboro
theatre-goers to be the best troupe which
has visited that city this season.
Haverley’s Gomedy Compann held the
boards at the opera house Saturday eve-
ning, but owing to going to press early,
we did not get a report, but will have
one next week.
Callender’s colored minstrels appeared
before a large audience at the ;McDougall
opera house last Tuesday evening, and
gave a very credible entertainment. Bil-
ly Kersands and the Soaaves drill . were
among the beat features of the perform-
ance.
Mr. Chas. P. Price, Business Agent of
“States Attorney” Co-, supporting John
Dillon, one of the finest comedians in
the land, was in the city Saturday even-
ing arranging for the appearing of John
Dillon and hia company nt the Opera
Do Hot Fail to Call and Examine Their Stock Before Purchasing Elsewere
2sTO. 309 iS&JiJCISr STREET.
S. J. BENNETT’S
for other reasons mentioned above,
which will clearly appear upon examini-
tion of the map.
I would advise you to sink a well of
such diameter as, in your opinion, and
from the experience you have had in
Kansas and Texas with such wells, you
may think sufficient, and to the depth of
the gravel or to the so-called “pack sand”
found at Denison. If such a well, or
wells, do not give you sufficient water—
and actual experience will alone demon-
strate this—you can then avail yourself
of the other conditions. If you decide
upon an artesian well please remember
what 1 stated to you while at Denison.
I will repeat: The requisite geological
conditiona which are necessary to pro-
duce an artesian well are as follows:
1. There mutt be an impervious stra-
tum to prevent the escape of water be-
low.
2. A previous water-bearing atratu m
upon this to furnish the flow of water.
3. A second impervious layer upon
this to prevent the escape of water above,
it being under pressure from the foun-
tain head.
4. These must dip, and there must be
no adequate outlet at a lower level- than
the well.
5. There mutt also be a sufficient
collecting area in connection with the
porous stratum, and it must hare a
sufficient elevation to act as a fountain
head.
Under these conditions wells in the
west and northwest may be placed in the
following classes:
1. From the drift-gravel between clay
beds.
2. From the gravel between drift and
indurated rocka below.
3. Those where water is supplied
through fissures in the Niagara lime-
stone.
4. Those from the fissures of the
Trenton limestone.
5. Those from the St. Peters sand-
stone.
6. From one or all of these water-
bearing horzions in the Potsdam sand-
stone.
7. In Colorado, New Mexico, etc.,
from like conditions in eocene,_ mioqpne,
tertaiary, cretaceous, jura-trias drift,
(local) etc., carboniferous and Silurian.
The wells at Fort Worth are supplied
course through the interstces between
the particles in sandstone; through fis-
sures and caverns in limestone; indeed
always following a course of least res is-
tence to the force acting upon it, what-
ever direction that may be. If upward,
then we call the appearance a spring, or
il it flows from the edge of a hill, we
call it a spring, although the water of the
first spring may have-come from a thou-
sand feet below, being pressed from .hun-
dreds of miles away, and the water from
the other may be only a leak from the
lower exposed edge of a porous stratum.
The first sort could be tei med natural
artesian wells, and more of the surface
springs that we see are natural artesian
wells than many of us think.
Sometimes these upward seeking flows
are stopped somewhere in their course
by an impervious shale formation cover-
ing a Assure, as in the Pearsall well [see
my report to you on artesian wells, to
gether with note No. 4, referring to sim-
ilar conditions at Denison] which, al-
though bored but fiity-two feet, and from
which the water rises sixteen feet above
the surface, must receive its water from
at least 810 feet below, for not until so
low a plain is reached there, can, a por-
Is Where you will Find thi
ALL KINDS
OF WILLOW
To My Friends :
The best place to
bay your Holiday
Presents is from
S. J. Bennett, j
AND OTHER
ARTICLES TOO
NUMEROUS TO
MENTION
Call and See Stock and Prices
Special Prices te Sunday Schools:
House, Friday evening, Dec. 21st, 1883-
The Lillian Brown Jollities company
which has been sojourning in Sherman
during the past three or four weeks, on
account of the sickness of one or two of
their members, and where one died, gave
their farewell performance in Sherman
last Friday evening, when they were as-
sisted by some of Sherman’s amateur
talent.
• John ’Dillon in “States Attorney” is
the next attraction at the McDougall
Opera House, on next Friday evening.
Mr. Dillon has twice appeared before a
Denison audience, and will be remem-
bered as one of the best comedians
traveling. The piece he is now playing
was written expressly for himself, and is
said to be his very best piece • Should
you with to enjoy a pleasant evening,
remember John Dillon in “States Attor-
ney,” next Friday evening.
Ch as. L. Davis’ Alvin Jeslin Comedy
Company was met at the .opera house
last Friday evening by one of the largest
audiences of the present season, and if
we are to judge of the success of the com-
pany from the rounds of applause which
greeted them, we are certain Uncle Alvin
pleased the greater majority, if not all.
of those present. The orchestra and
band with this dompany are first class,
and the street parade eclipses anything
here thia year. The cornet trombone
and xylophone solos were especial fea-
tures, and each received several encores.
ous stratum be found that lies upon the
surface anywhere at an altitude suffic-
iently great to furnish a flow sixteen feet
above the surface at the locality of this
well.
A well drilled but a few miles from the
Pearsall well did not furnish flowing
many business men and property owners,
they leave their proposition open until
the franchise is prepared and they "have
an opportunity to examine it. They
went from here to Gainesville where they
will probably put in a street car line. * .
We trust our city council will not act
hostily in this matter, nor hamper the
franchise with restrictions that will drive
capital from the city.. It it, of courts,
their duty to protect the city, but at the
same time they should hot lose sight of
the great benefits that would accrue from
a street car line, and that other fact, that
there is not a road in the state in a city of
the size of Denison, with the depots as
convenient to business and residence
centers, that pays mofe than a very mod-
erate interest on the investment, if in-
deed it pays at all.
I have a large stock of toys, confection-
eries, fruits and nuts that I am deter-
mined to close out cheap for cash. Call
earTy and get your choice.
J. A. Euper.
The infant son Of H. Casper wae cir-
cumsized last Thursday afternoon at taro
o’clock, at the family residence, in ac-
cordance with this very ancient Ieraelit-
ish custom. Rabbi Ruben, of Dallas,
officiated. After the ceremony attending
the rite, tha invited guests wer* served
with refreshments, and an hour was
spent in social enjoyment. The infantile
Casper is now Master Jeffe.
water until a depth of 800 feet had been
reached.
Sandstones sometimes drain into fis-
sures, fissures and crevices into larger
passages, forming subterraneous streams,
which in turn, may disappear through
some opening in its subjacent stratum,
and may be re-absorbed in beds of porous
material, the waters of which thereby
from the carboniferous and sandstone.
The formation at wells, top of section, is
the tertiary. In the absence of any state
®3c**For every Dollar’s worth of Goods bought of me from now until the first of Jan-
uary, a chance in a Beautiful Waw Doll will be given. *
survey or geological work of any kind
having been done in Texas, it is impos-
sible in the short time allowe d me to re-
port. to state definitely to what deptii you
would be obliged to sink a well at Deni-
son to reach the water-bearing stratum
from which the Fort Worth wells are
supplied. At the same elevation the
conditions are more, favorable at Deni-
son than Ft. Worth.
As I have alluded to the matter above,
I may assume permission to add here
that it is gieatly to- be hoped that your
state, which far exceeds in area either
France or the German Empire, and in
extent and variety of its mineral re-
sources is an empire in itself, will not
remain long without a scientific study,
and published results of such study of
her vast storehouse of mineral and agri-
cultural resources. I think I should
make an exceedingly mild statement in
saying that no One thing would add
more to the impetus of improvement,
and consequently to the revenues of the
state, than a thorough geological burvey.
J. H. Southwell.
these streams may come to the sur-
face and flow on as rivers or creeks, as is
the case at Barton’s Spring at Austin, or
Comal Creek at New Braunfeb, in your
state.
A large body of sand, porous sand-
stone, or gravel at or near the surface,
into which pressed water scatters itseII,
seems to me to be a suitable place in
which to sink a large surface well, for
the purpose of obtaining a continuous
and sufficient supply of water. The ter-
tiary sands and gravels around Denison,
both in a northerly and a southerly di-
iec’"'n from that city, seem to me to ful-
fill these conditions. And if a surface
well alone should furnish assurance that
would supply all that could be required
it might be a matter of littlFfooment just
where you might conclude to sink such a
well. But as there is not an absolute
certainty of obtaining in such a
surface well, a sufficiency of water at
Denison, I would beg leave to advise you,
for certain reasons which I shall men-
tion, to sink the well in the place of the
lowest surface altitude from which it is
practicable" for you to economically
pump the water to its destination. The
reasons for selecting the lowest practica-
ble point, are the following: You can,
if needed, utilize the water from any or
all surrounding springs that appear at a
greater altitude than the well. You can,
if deemed feasible, impound the waters
of (he creeks and ^branches, higher up
upon their courses, and lead it, as your
needs would require, by pipes and
through fitters, into your pumping well.
And lastly, the selecting of a low eleva-
tion is of prime importance for an arte-
sian well. You may not need the aid of
such a well, but in case you thought you
were in need of more water than should
be procurable from other sources, you
would then hsve to call in the aid of
such a well, and an artesian well at Den-
ison, if flowing at all, would.flow only
from the lowest possible surface to be
found near that city. (Should you think
of sinking an artesian well at any time, I
will give you, if you desire it, a detailed
study upon the subject, with remarks
upon testing flow, tubing, stopping out
objectionable water, etc.)
With the above reasons in mind, while
at Denison, I sought for a place of the
least altitude, near enough to that city to
be mule practicable in the manner men-
tioned.
Although at a point marked 63s upon
the accompanying topographical sketch,
the surface o t the ground near the main
creek or branch thereon sketched, is trifle
lower than any other point, still it may
be rather too far away. And it seems to
me that the surface near the point indi~
cated, at or near 61a upon the map is
DEH80H WATER SUPPLY.
and at widely scattered localities, is in all
about five miles. But at no one locality
have all these formations been found;
and those formations that do exist at any
given locality are never all found of their
average thickness; and, sometimes, none
of them are equal to the average thick-
ness of their formations. In consequence
of the tacts last mentioned we rarely
find the depth irom the surface down to
the archcan to equal one mile. The ac-
tually measured depth varies considera-
bly at different localities. At St. Louis,
tor instance, from the surface there, at a
level of high water in the Mississippi
river, down to the granite, is 3,533 1-2
feet- In some of the peaks of the Rocky
mountain system, the granite rock is the
surface, consequently the thickness of
the stratified formations in such cases is
reduced to zero.
Over the surface of the country various
of the fifty formations form the local sur-
face rock below the soils or drift-clays.
These rocks may be concealed over
large surfaces of the country, and their
presence is only to be ascertained by ex-
pert study at many and distant localities;
measuring st all places where exposed,
their thickness and observing and nodng
their dip, strike and tread.
In many, I may say in most, of the
states of the Union, the foundation for
special information of the formations of
any given locality is laid in the pub-
lished results of geological surveys of
such states. And for the territories—Ex-
cept the Indian an Alaska—over the
lands of which the United States still has
control, excellent work for present and
future needs of their inhabitants, has
been done, under the auspices of the va-
rious departments of the government,
by the surveys of King, Hayden, Wheel-
er, Powell, Fremont, Macomb and oth-
ers, furnishing data for the geologist to
work from, when necessary to do so for
some individual or company, primarily
for its own benefit, of course, but it goes
without saying that whatever benefits the
individual in causing an increase of his
property, usually benefits the state.
I may be trespassing upn jour time by
so much of a digression from the subject
of this report. Your state has never
made a scientific survey of its domains,
and of course United States government
has done nothing there, having no prop-
erty interests in your public land*—ex-
cept that done by the geologist accom-
panying Capt. Marcy and LeiuL (now
Gen. Geo. B.) McClellan, in their sur-
vey of the northern boundary, the Red
river, and by the geologist with Emory
in the survey of the Mexican boundary.
For such reasons you have had to wait
longer for this report, the artesi an well
data, and notes on the same, than y ou
would have been obliged to wait, had I
been able to obtain as elaborate an ex-
position of the geology of Texas as now
lies upon my table, just completed and
issued by the state of Wisconsin—a state
containing 300,000 less of population,
and notone-fifth the area of Texas, and
whose mineral resources are so small in
comparison with what your state prom-
ises, that a comparison can scarcely be
made.
To return: The usual materials, and
the ideal section of the natural order of
sequence of such materials in each of the
fifty formations, are, b< ginning at the
bottom—sandstone, shale, limestone.
The rule Is, that in no one place do all
these appear in the same formation ; but
it is also the rule that a thickness of
some hundreds of feet of stratified rocks
will contain some of each. Upheavals
and depressions from the shrinking of
the earth’s crust, and earthquake rolls
will leave their effect upon these mate-
rials. The limestone will break and re-
main broken, and water will, in time,
wash out some of the cracks into larger
fissures and caverns. The sandstone
will break, and the sides of the cracks
will run together, and sometimes ~ partly
heal and form.avenues of least resistence
for pressed water, and sometimes great
quantities of the sandstone, where brok-
en, will run into the fisssures and caverns
of a subjacent limestone formation.
The shale will crack, and sometimes,
being somewhat plastic, the cracks may
heal, and tt sometimes acts to the upper
or lower openings of a limestone fis-
sure in the capacity of a .bottle stopper,
sealing them and keeping/ the water in
them, or from getting into them, as thi
conditions may exist,
I will now discuss the effect that cer-
tain physical conditions of the materials
and formations mentioned above, have
in controlling the action of subterrane-
an water.
The material at about two and one-
half p:r cent, of the thickness of strati-
Baport of Professor J. H. Southwell, of
Illinois.
The following report on the question
of water supoly for the city of Denison
has just been received by Messrs. Drake
Si Orton,, the representatives of the Holly
system of waterworks, who, it will be
remembered, were here with Prof South-
well some time ago making examina-
tions* %-
The city has granted a franchise to
these gentlemen to build works, and
judging from the following report the
works will veiy soon be in process of
construction.' We learn from Mr. Drake,
who permits us to publish the report,
that Prof. Southwell is one ot the very
tew thoroughly competent and exper-
ienced geologists in the country; and
the only one who has made
artesian wells a life study. This report
is valuable to the state as well as to Den-
ison, lor the information it contains, as
well as for the suggestions msde, that a
geological report made under competent
supervision, would be of incalculable
benefit to the state. The following is
the report in full:
Messrs. Drake fit Orton, Agents Holly
System of Water Works. Denison,
Texas i ^
Gentlemen :—It may be proper for
me to preface my report to you upon the
probabilities of a water supply for Den-
ison City, with some preliminary re-
marks upon surface and subterraneau
hydrology.
The thickness of the whole crust of
the earth is known only in theory. But
fifteen miles ot the lower formation,
known as archaean has been measured.
This formation is composed of rocks of
the Granyte family. Upon this last
named formation the stratified rocks of
the earth’s crust aie deposited, which
system of rocks, for convenience ot in-
vestigation and study; are divided at
their most pronounced lines of bounda-
ries, above and below, into from six to
eight ages, subdivided into about twenty
periods, which are further subdivided, in
all, into about fifty epochs or formation*.
The average thickness in the western
. continent of these fifty formations,
measuring each at its' lull development,
Wilkinxon’a.
Present for youi Fathers, Brothers,
Husbands and Sweet Hearts.
Fine Silver Smoking Sets.
“ Gilt Smoking Seta.
“ Silver Shaving Sets.
“ Sets Razor in Cases.
“ Gold Lockets.
•« “ Studs.
“ “ Rings.
“ “ Chains.
“ “ Scarf Pins.
“ “ Cuff Buttons.
“ “ Diamond Collar Button.
You can find all the above goods in
large.quantitles and low prices at Wilkin
son’s Mammoth Jewelry Store.
For a box ot choice candy put up in a
neat box go to J. A. Euper’s.
Holiday Attractions.
The weli known and popular drug-
gists, Guiteau & Waldron, have just re-
ceived a choice stock of goods for the
holiday trade. A beautiful line of the
finest goods are displayed in a large and
novel open cabinet, so arranged that it
can be opened out so as to expose the en-
tire contents for the scrutiny of the visi-
tor. They have elegant toilet sets of
various designs, in stamped leather and
gold and plush, with tasty trimmings,
ranging in price from two dollars to
twenty-five dollars; perfuming cabinets
of various styles, unique in this market -
Choice and fashionable perfumes for the
handkerchief, including a foil line of the
celebrated Lubinn extracts; stationery
cabinet*, with the latest designs of sta-
tionery ; ladies’ bisque powder boxes, la-
dies’ shopping satchels in all styles; hail
brushes, combs, pocket knives, etc. But
it is useless to attempt to enumerate.
We advise oar readers to cull and look
at the legant display for themselves.
The Denver Spook Again. »
A few months ago there was pub-
lished in the Gazetteer a startling
account of ghostly visitations to a
boarding house in Denver, Colora-
do, tor which Col. James Leonard,
formerly of this city, was the agent.
Thia week we give an account of
other visitations of the mysterious
man who appears and vanishes at
will in broad daylight.
The Supreme court has affirmed
the judgement ot the court below in
favor of the Jefferson Daria* con-
tested will case of Mrs. Dorsy who
left her property id Davis.
Lanham has introduced a bill in
the house provided for a settlement
fied rocks, is water, held by the other
substances of the formation, as a sponge
holds water.
Upon every square tuile of country
over which the annual rainfall is twenty
inches, there falls during the year ah out
fifteen million gallons of water. If t he
surface of the land u eon which the fall
occurs, is composed of porous soils and
subsoils over sandstones and cavernous
limestones a great portion of this water
enters the porous strata to which it ca n
gain access, and displaces water already
of the boundary of Greer county.
The bill is said to be prepared with
great care, and provides for the ap-
pointment of n United States com-
missioner to co-operate with a state
commissioner in the matter. It has
received the approval of the entire
I delegation.
Mr. A. F. Platter, of the Arm of Han-
na, Platter Lingo, of Denison, will bs
united in the holy bonds of wedlock
Wednesday, the 19th, with Mis* Fannie
Wsples, ot Sherman.—Gainesville Reg-
ister.
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