Denison Daily Herald. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 19, Ed. 1 Monday, September 23, 1878 Page: 4 of 8
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Ar, je. Ms.tnixa, - ttujitum Matmgtr.
“our trade.
A Review of Denison’s Busi-
ness for Last Year.
A Nhovlnit Which We liuve
Every Benson to he
Proud of.
The birthday of Donison bus bo-
cornu looked upon us tho day on
which all public enterprises dale
from, and in speaking (if a business
year, wo of Denison do not count
from January to January as the
calender year is reeoned, but from
each 23d day of September to the
next. Tlio year which ended yes-
terday shows a healthy activity and
an increased volume oftrndons com-
plied with proceeding years. This
is but natural, taking into consider-
ation that our population has in-
creased fully twenty per. cent,
within the last twelve months. But
tho increased trade may bo ac-
counted for on other grounds. Tho
past year has been eignificont
to our city, and has opened
brighter prospects for her growth
and prosperity, in that it Inis been
an era of railroad building. Two
new roads, the Denison & Southeas-
tern and the Denison & Pacific,
winch one year ago were but a pros
peet and a hope, have now become
fixed laets and living realities.
These roads have opened to our
commerce new fields and enlarged
u scope of territory. Tho effects
liuve already been felt, and within
the next year must prove still more
protuirw tfcr
cash price Air bis cotton And boys
his goods fOr the lowest cash price,
which, with the roads in a much im-
proved condition, the inducements
offered by our compress with its
perfect system and management and
the certainty of highor pricos here
than can be obtained elsewhere. We
expect Urge receipts, and withal,
a most prosperous season.
The general merchandise market
shows a better stage of prosperity
than at any former time. Our
grocery trade has nearly doubled
in volume. For tho year ending
September 23d, 1887 the estimated
sales of groceries in Denison were
but 8385,000, while for tho year
ending yoslerday competent authori-
ties place the figures at 3700,000.
Tbisisan encouraging showing, and
is by no means exaggerated. Our
grocery merchants are live, enter-
prising men who curry largo stocks
and aro liberal in iheir dealings.
They have'decided advantages over
Sherman and other points, especially
in tho matter of freights, and
are ever willing to sharo those ad-
vantages with the country trade.
Within the last year the railroads
have been of great service to the
grocery trade, having openod new
avenues and new regions to our
merchants. Denison now chips gro-
ceries to Hunt and Fannin counties
by rail and reaches furtbor west by
wagon than ever teforc. The trade
with merchants in tho Indian Ter
ritory has also increased very ma-
terially, many in that eoclion having
discovered that Denison merchants
can successfully compete with St.
Louis and other western mar-
kets. During last fall and winter
salt was sold hero at nil av-
erage of lo-cents per barrel loss
than in Sherman or Dallas. We
might cite other instances of the ad-
vantage our geographical position
gives to the grocery trade here.
The wholesale trade is in tho hands
of experienced men who will push it
furtbor during tho coming year than
ever boloro. Under another head
say that nowhere in the 8tate are
worthier or more competent or re-
liable men engaged in any line of
business. Thero have been no es-
pecial changes in prices rocently,but
the advantage possessed by this
market io freights enables our mer-
chants to undersell those of any city
in Texas with tho exception of Gal-
veston and Houston.
The furniture trade is controlled
by F. Ledrick, and instead of taking
advantage of tho virtual monopoly
enjoyod by him in making his prices
high, he recognizes the fact that
ho must corapcto with neighboring
cities, and to do so successfully his
prices aro made in accordance.
Tho crockery business hasinevoas-
ed in favorable comparison with
other lines. The stocks usually kept
here are large. F. Ledrick and To-
bias Porter aro tho merchants in
that line.
Reference is made clsewhcro to
the lumber trade and the real estate
interests. They form a large por-
tion of our trade.
Reviewing tho Undo of tho city
for tho past year, and looking into
the circumstances that will gmdo
and control the future, wo havo
every reason for indulging in fond
hopes of increased prosperity and
importance.
D--ANOTVEBSAKY EDITION. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 28,1878
HISTORICAL.
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beneficial.
Tho M , K. &T, though Us liber-1 ft more extendod n0.
nl policy of giving low freght rales i of ^ blwincM ho0Be8 of
has placed it in the power of our
merchants to undersell rival cities
and io that road, tho guardian angel
of Denison, is duo n great share of
praise for the advancement which it
is our pleasure to record.
As will bo seen under a separate
head, there havo been, within the
year, a large number of now build-
ings erected. Many of these aro
substantial residences, and they arc
iho monuments which aitost tho
permanence of our population,
During the past season the recoipts
ol grain have exceeded those in any ,
, . ; groceries may he toun.l at almost
previous vc"v L. .-...r column " * . ,
. every cross roads, it in a rare tiling
v. ,ii bo found an article on the cattle , ,
j to find u country store supplied with
mi, Owens & Co., mid Jno. J. Col
lins, who do the bulk of the whole-
sale grocery trade of the city. The
retail trade is in the hands of Gais-
man & Co , Jno. J. Collins, J. H.
Porter, Wood A Co., Fox & Murphy,
W. It. Bibb, E. B. Sims, J. C. Bru-
nei!, Nelson & DeBaiin, and a lew
others. Wo mako special rncnUOn
of these under other IiwpCs.
The dry goods business is a vast
and importiyW line of trade. If
THE BAR.
A Brief of Brief Sketches of
Cur Barristers.
The Defenders of our Itlshts
niui Liberties.
Tho city may be proud of its le-
gal talent. The practice of law, cs
pccially tho successful practice, re-
quires more than an ordinary
amount of intelligence and educa-
tion. Men possessing these qualifi-
cations naturally tend to do credit
to, and exercise a good influence up
on tho community in which
their lot is cast. Tho pursuit of le-
gal loro is an arduous labor, and in-
clines men to ways of industry and
usefulness. Among tho first of tho
profession to locate here was
O. (i. RAN1IELL.
fortfi it commercial law, And in that
branch of tbc profession ho has
made an enviable mark. He is
accurate, precise nud positive.
While be is not a Demosthenes in
eloquence, his addresses to juries
are comprehensive, clear and to the
point and gonorally those qual-
ities have rnoro weight with the
“twelve poors’’ tbno flowery figures
of speech or animated und passion-
ate vehemence.
UVALDE BURNS
is a piomlsing young attorney, a na-
tive of southern Texas, who has re-
cently made Denison his home. Ho
is woll read and practical. His lit
ernry attainments are highly spoken
of, und it is said that ho quotes po-
ctrv bowitchingly. Ho read law in
Galveston, stood a fiuo examination
and is a worthy gentleman. Ho has
effected a partnership with R. B.
Fletcher, and the new firm will
doubtless get their sharo of business.
11. C. FOSTER,
the talented attorney for the M. K.
& T. railway, is a native of Ken-
tucky, hut practiced law in Kansas
beforo coining to Denison. Ho is a
worthy citizen, a gonial gentleman
and a thorough attorney'. As an at-
torney' torlhe M. K. & T. and other
railroads, ho has shown himself pos-
sessed of tho highest ability, lie is
a successful practitioner,whose learn-
ing und experience havo made
themselves foil here and elsewhere.
F. N. ROBERTSON
is an excellent attorney and culti-
vated gcnlloman. He lias resided in
Denison for the past throo years,
and has displayed very convincingly
that lie possesses, in an eminent de-
gree, all thoso qualities which con-
stitute a good attorney. Ho is a
successful practitioner and an able
orator. His stylo is fluent and con-
vincing, and he can literally talk
law like Bishop can write it.
II. B. FLETCHER.
This young attorney camo hero re-
cently from Indiana, bringing with
him tho most flattering credentials.
He has lately been admitted to the
Grayson county bar, and in tho
short limo ho has practiced here has
shown himself possessed of marked
ability. JLc bids fair to make a high
reputation in the practice of his pro-
fession.
j. n woods,
Glancing Backward over the
Road.
Reviewing Incident*, Person*
mid Tiling*.
application and indefatigablo pur-
suit ot knowledge, besides the con-
stant practice which brings tho ex-
I reaches further than the grocery I porionce, without which the most
trade, for, while slocks of staple I profound learning is incapable of
making itself fo't, makes his youth
rather an advantage than an im-
pediment. Mr. Ran do II is a gradu-
ate of the University of Georgia, an
Able, scholarly and polished, lie Lf t{,e jaw firm of Woods, Fears,
soon took, and yet occupies a load 1 Wilkinson and A. B. Poison stands
ing position in tho profession to (pgi, (|)U profession. IDs talent
winch, he. is a credit. Mr. Ramlcll 13 0f tbc highest order and lus clo-
ts but a young man,but his continued ' q,|0nt,o )s effective. Ho has ro-
an assortment ot drygoods or clo-
tradc, showing a decided improve-
ment in that branch of our com-,
, | thing to sun all tastes. Hie same
merre. The shipments of flour from [
... , , avenues opened to, an mentioned m
tho uone Star mills have been equal t 1
, i connection with the grocery trade,
to thu capacity, and the mills have; , , . . ,
' . , , , . operate favorably for the dry goods
. .1 i. n l. i 11 * r! /'. <l-t\' ntivimr 11 ■ ■'
not been idle a single day during
tlnur working season.
Tho cotton trade for last year was. j
business. The jobbing trade in this
line is controlled almost entirely by
, , , , Sam’l Star & Co. and they are well
ovi rvtlung constdeied, very salts-i , ,, ,
i 'calculated to uphold the prestige
factory. iho season tins year , , , ,
, . ., ; gained by them in that department
..pons most piopitiously, and the ; ...... ' .................„ „
ccntly become a Denisonian and
commands a very rospoctablo share
of tbc legal business of the city and
county.
SAMUEL A. COOK.
though ]>:iHi the Ley-day of youth,
is comparatively u young lawyer,
having fust soared on the wings ol
legal eloquence about one year ago.
Time rolls onward and brings
many changes which It is the du-
ty of the historian to chronicle. The
task now before us assumes more the
aspect of a pleasure than a duty, for the
field to lie surveyed presents ouly bright
phase?, pleasing prospects and happy rec-
ollections. It is customary to celebrate
anniversaries of joyful occasions with fit-
ting ceremonies, and only (and perhaps
the most appropriate) manner open to the
journalist Is to give a sketch of the course
of events having a bearing outlie occa-
sion.
The birthday of individuals, when their
alter lives have been prosperous are look-
ed upon as the milestones on the journey
of life, where the traveler rests for a mo-
ment to review his pilgrimage mill note
the progress lie lias made. As citizens of
Denisons, we are to-day passing the sixth
milestone showing that Denison lias trav-
eled; over six years—years that we are
thankful to know are years of a prosperi-
ty which has seldom been equaled.
Six years ago Denison was a cotton
patch; to-day she is one ot the most im-
portant cities of tlio State. Tills briefly
tells a story of remarkable energy and un-
exampled industry.
The readers of the Rev. Lawrence
Stern’s “Tristram Shandy” will remem-
ber how Tristram came very near not be-
ing born. Denison had an ante-natal his-
tory of a similar nature, for had the peo-
ple of Sherman met ttie advances of -the
M. K. & T. ill a spirit ot co-operation Lit-
tle Denny would perhaps never have seen
tlie light of day.
The M„ K. A 1'., railroad, the father
of Denison, in anticipation of their en-
trance into the great State of Texas, be-
gan in 1S72, to east about fora locality at
the gate-way of the State.suitable lor ma-
chine shops, general depot etc., and, as
their charter required, a.sorl of general
office for the company. Accordingly
overtures were made to the people ot
Sherman, and as Grayson county, with a
view to obtaining material aid, but the
proposition was rejected by a popular
vote. Hence, although much misappre-
hension existed in the minds of the peo-
ple of Texas as to this fact,mid much com-
plaint has been made against the M., K. A
,T. railway for attempting to break down
the old Texas towns by the building of
new ones adjacent to them, the necessi-
ties of the railroad and the choice made
bv (Sherman left the company hut one al-
ternative and Denison grew to lie a fact
from the very necces.-Hics of the case.
In 1871 the ground now occupied by
tlio depot, the compress and the Alamo
hotel was a cotton field. Main street was
then a patch of prairie sod. Now how
changed. I he laiisy hum ot industry and
the noise and contusion incident to a
crowded thoroughfare, and tin; activities
of business and trade are seen on every
hand.
Viewed from this standpoint the rise,
well represented, who openly boasted oj
their ability to break down the Sale, and
scatter dismay among the friends or the
enterprise, but with that pldck character*
lsttc of the place the sale began. Col.
Shephard Sold the lots at auction, and Mr.
Nelson and Mr. Tone kept the records of
sale. The first lot offered was the one at
the corner of Austin avenue and Main
street, now occupied by the Grand[South-
ern Hotel, and the first bid—8100—was
made by John Quincy Adams Carter, (not
unknown to fame in Grayson county), and
after spirited bidding oUr Mend, Samuel
A. Cook, esq., became purchaser for $-»U.
-Ami the sales that day aggregated a
fraction over six thousand dollars, one.
half of which was chash in hand. So,
from that day to the present, Denison was
an established Institution. Not two hours
had elapsed nfter the sale, ere Fred Mill,
ler (an old Australian miner who has
been with us from the beginning), had
hauled lumber oil his lot, on Main Street,
lor his buildings, which were moved away
last spring to make way for the substantial
brick block which is a credit to the city.
THK PIONKKKH OF DENISON.
Our people should always hold iu gen-
erous reiuemberanco the pioneers o
Denison, who displayed great nerve and
energy hi uniting their destiny with the
place," even before it was surveyed. They
squatted, then In a row of rough build-
ings, tents, booths anil rude shelters ex-
temling along the slope In a line drawn
due West from the Lone Star Mills, to For-
est Dark. There tlio Texan, "wild and
Woolley hut not hard io curry,” met the
men ot the North and West, and If there
ever was such a thing as ‘ roughing it ill
the bush,” then and there it was done by
all. J. J. Collins and Eildleatcfn & Mc-
Cabe opened liquor houses. Dr. Quines
Johnson a drug store and office, I’. Mc-
Greevy a general store, Gov. Owing-a
livery stable, George A. Cutler the "Red
River Journal,” (the caption .of its lirsl
number was actually printed in red ink),
Munson & McElvauey a law and land of-
fice; George C. drown a bakery; besides
which eating houses, markets, und tim-
ber shops, etc., abounded.
The demand for and sale of lots ex-
ceeded anything known to modern times,
llie Town Company alone having dispos
ed of nearly $100,000 worth before the
close of the year 1X72, to say nothing of
those sold by Dumas & Cook, Miller,
Lnyne, 1’iirinton & Munson, in their va-
rious additions, all of which were even
then being rapidly settled.
For some months Main Street had for-
midable rivals in Crawford, Skidd,y and
Woodard streets. Among the pioneer-
on these were Belioist & Novels, Stone A
Guy, J. G. Gnasc, and Jacob Seliwcndi-
luan.ullof wliotne first, settled on Craw-
lord street, while Hanna A Rosccrants,
R. C. Crowell A Co.; and August Uldig
occupied the four prominent corners cm
Sklddy. At the same time Woodard could
boast ol N. S. Gilbert A Co.. J. M. Strat-
ton, and Deland A Bacon,and others. The
prominent pioneers on Mum street were
l-'red Muller, Uobt. L, Chandler, Water-
man. W id A i-tar, Gilbert Martin, Dud-
ley it Dexter, 11. Mozley, Clark A Tal-
lant. F. McGreovy. P. D. Pollard ; while
Hilly Wonlucott, J. R. McDougull, W. H.
Day, W. II. Hull. K. E Fuller, Nichol-
son A French, Pettigrew, and a score or
more of others whose names we could
mention, liuve been here from the begin-
cboaen were Inattgucated March is, 1871
Tho city chatter, was passed by the I .eg*
lstature, atlthOrflM the following named
persons to fill the City offices: L. 8.
Owlngs, Mayor; Cbarle* E< Maurice, Re-
corder; B.C. Murray, J- Mi Stratton, Fi
P. Baker, and W. H. Day alderman. All
qualified (except Baker, whose place was
filled by N. C. Taylor), and the city coun-
oll was dully organized at the date abotfl
stated.
At the first meeting, D. W. Kirk feat
chosen City Clerk ; J. C. McDowell, Mar-
shal, Joseph Perry, City Attorney ; and
tile Mayor’s selection of policemen wns
confirmed.
As has been stated. Dr. Cuticr started
tile "Red River Journal” In September,
1872, anil lie subsequently admitted F. P.
Baker to a partnership witli him in the
panel*, tn time the paper failed and was
removed to Dallas, Texas, and became
the “Commercial” of that lively city.
The second paper established was the
“Denison News,” which opened out dur-
ing Christmas week of 1872.
In the spring of 1873. the “New South”
was started bv Dan Webster, and after
a hard contest. It gave up tho ghost, nnd
wns succeeded by the “Denison Times,”
the Bakers rs proprietors, and the “Daily
and Weekly Cresset” succeeded In turn
that enterprise.
Oil the first of September, 1877, the Den-
ison Herald—the great and good IIeh-
ald—made its appearance. We may tru-
ly say that it is the best paper published
ill these parts, containing more local and
other news, and presenting tlio latest
news earlier than any paper in the city,
and we can say with gratification that it
Inis a larger circulation than any daily
paper in tlio county.
It cannot be denied Hint oiir nervy young
city owes much ot its successful career to
the press, for however much rival papers
may have warred with each otiier. tlio
oily’s outcome was the paramount object
of their laborious and successful endcav*
of trado in former yeais. At tho
beginning of this j'oar, it was
thought dry goods bad reached the
jirospi ets are fuir for largely in-1
(■rmsed receipts over previous years, i
By reason of tlio sufficiency of rain I , , , ,
, , , . ... .i Leu rock, and although rival mur-
the body nnd staple of the receipts^ ^ ( ( .
up to date is much superior to last
season, making it a great induce-
ment for spinners to patronize our.....
nun ket und we will he enabled to: t .
command jc. to !o. more Ilian other]
markets in consequence. Tlio crop
! kets maintained somo of tho juices
then ruling, and raised on oth-
ers our merchants wore enu-
vvvth the Eastern market in
'January of this year. A great
", ' decline took place in the Spring and
in the country contigious to this! ...
, , Denison merchants were selling
point will tiruve larg, r than last, , .
' , . . . , . .. ,, prints at 4} ets. that were bringing
icar, and bad it not been for the ap- 1 ,
* seven to 7’ in Sherman and hx ets.
peaianco of the boll worm tho yield
would have been much
in Dallas. This is an example of
. , , , , . i . tho enterprise that animates our
A largo acreage has hern devoted to 1
, . ,, | , , ... merchants, and wo may bo pardoned
cotton in die neighborhood ot tins ,
point, and particularly ,n the Indian ‘"r dwo,,.i"« U£°"
Territory, whence we expect very witl' l,lldc; 11,0 rvtml ,ra',B
much increased receipts ns compared 'll- g"°d ■ in 'his m,u,v, t iu in cx
to former yea,s. We receive from ]c,,|iunt hl,n‘k Sut'1' 1,8
remote points and command supplies s*'"»’1' Stiu" *^ 'o.M.Singer,J.Nevms,
„f the sta.ifo from Do .ton, J!*1’ Sorter, Ca-jur Bros., Bennett &
Co. and Maiidelbuuin & .Schwartz
would be a credit to a city ol twice
tho size. These houses handle
taguc, Clay, A rebel',Fannin and Col-
Jin comities. Our compress is now
in perfect working older and cui
east
annum. Q
IO European market-(to w 1,d-l, latter enterpn*.-and ncdvKy. Tho trade
points wt car, now slop direct under ln ll"’ lin” 1,119 ,m:r"a9'”1 <orl>"
through bills of lading)aro as cheap ' Pl'r (0nU ,n Ur' :“Hl Teor' “n'J ,1,c
i s from any other point in Texa*. ,or tt lu,thur incrau* >"
alma mater which claims as her sons i ^ Cno){ u ,, lho, on{?|, gentleman
some of the brightest intellects ol | and a puinBtaking attorney,
the century. lie took tho full law j
course, graduating in 1871 ''"'H is the eagle orator of our oily,
high hono,s, and carry,,,g away the | ^ flml llis le#rnir
debaters’ medal, an insignia, not on-
ly of honor, but of merit. JIo w as
a candidate two years ago for rep- |
rosentalive, and the cireumsianccs
which led to Ins def at are still too
tresli in the minds of all to need
repetition: suffice it to say that the
canvass ho then made displayed his
fine abilities. The time will yet
come when his fellow citizens will
c. li. smith
Ills
| style is faultless and his learning and
j talont of a high order. lie is not
at present actively engaged in prac-
ticing, but will, we learn, soon open
an otllco.
HENRY L. n.lYNES
THE DAWN OK COMMERCE.
'l’lie lumb'T trade of Denison was first
opened up on Owlngs street, by Boss,
Pinto and Jennings, and they combined
w ith that a large agricultural Implement
business. The Lone Star Mills—which
Gov. Stnmiril of Missouri, himself a mill
owner, pronounced the best west ot St.
Louis—were built by this firm atii cost of
forty thousand dollars, and their intlucnoo
on enterprise and business here is warmly
appreciated by our people. In 1872, J. P,
Luopnr & Co., also opened a lumber yard
on Austin avenue, while Cameron <t May-
field did so on Crawford street. Leeper,
Lingo & Co., scuceeded Leeper & Co.,
atid were In turn succeeded by Waples,
l.injfn & Co. John 1! C’nrf became a fix-
ture later in the history of Denison, hav-
ing established tlie Lane Star lumber yard
soon after Ins arrival.
The first hotel erected here war the Nel-
son House. 1......... and Rush, from Fort
Scott, Kansas, proprietors,jind lew hotels
ot our knowledge ever did a larger busi-
ness for tlio room it had. Scverel hotels
of lesser note followed, and they were
well patronized by the traveling public,
'l’lie Alamo Hotel, which had been in
course of construction from about tlio 1st
or October. 1872. was not completed, ow-
ing to the laet that the lumber in it was
nearly nil brought by Wagon from Caddo
station, Until tlie 22d of February,
1873, at which time it was duly
truly marvelous, and hut for the post!- j ison oil Nov. 1st 18iJ. with t . " . L|,0 uov proprietors. Messrs, Hyatt Si
fence that walks in darkness and the do- a* postmaster, and Tone as W'pu.v, . Kn|,er #nd rllsh 0fbu»lncss tlicre was
struction Unit waited at noon-day coup-j on whom the labors of the office r,“ ,'11' I nnexamplcii in the hotel line. Tho Ala-
lt was «r*t.locafell at the 'town ( o,n-
pany’s old office, then moved to the Com-
pany’s office on Main street, hut shortly
afterwards moved to Skiddy, where it oe-
Viewed from lids standpoint flic rise, mg. 1873, at which time it
progress and growth of Denison lias boon i The po*tnfifec was bst.i 111 | opened with a grand
i... i........ i. >.,. 11 I vi, r U 111, * Delia i i -1,! i o o \ o V. 1 s t 181 J, with ( . - ■ 1 * ' , i. ............ i .., _ XI..... .
fed witli the great panic ol 73that follow-
ed her first nmfiveisnry. Denison might
to-day be far in advance ol her more la-
yered rival—Dallas. Yet enough has
Peon done and that within the last three
years to warrant the assertion, that all
things fairly considered, she stands to-day
without a rival in the Slate—perhaps the
Union—for the grit, energy and intelli-
gence of her people, the ability she Ini
mo soon alterwads passed into the pos-
sos-ion ef Jno. G. Taylor and S. G. Eddy,
who for a long time presided over Its lies*
tildes and made it famous all over tho
copied a room in the building next to tin, ^ as ft cla?< hotel. They were
old San Francisco saloon, w deli was Ur- i ... ., mrtml2cmcnt by W. II.
0 s:u,n"'- " ,....., , succeeded in the management by
Th,. postoffice has been ...... .......-
strove,! by lire. The nostnmee na- | ,,vnc & Co>, who can„. from Quincy, 111.
moved ottcu since then, baving 11 wirjy jn t),c current year. Due month
since the hotel again changed hands, lie-
moved often since
cited in the store now occupied by M. 11.
ltrown. then in the store now used by
exhibited to take care of her own inter-1 IV. M. Leo, the hardware merchant, then
rsts, ami the amount of business done in j in one of the buildings adjoining Hanna s
proportion to her population.
Dun ison is a fixed fact and
Ing now conducted by Waddil A?
iSelunuekcr, young men of energy and
....... . ... i business tact, who will keep up and add
drug store. From that plncc t »e o im* , ,,restjge ot the establishment.
. . l.i.,,.l- in ivHikmi ' 1
| was moved to the Bank block in which |
sooner her rivals and opponents , Jno. J. Collins now s(,rv,,stlie public with
throughout the White comprehend j groceries at wholesale ori u‘tul \ ,
FOREST 1-ARiC.
Tlie Town ( ornpany, with coimnenfia*
,s an attorney from Missouri, having ttc wM1 b(! forthen _lo n,e Pettigrew building where it bids fair' hie good judgment, and * wise reference
" 1 to remain for a long time. F. P. Baker, to t he comfort and convenience of the in-
lived here about three years. 11
lias exhibited niucli legal acumen, is
a fluent speaker and 1ms had some
as a journalist.
ask Mr. Ran dell to devote himself I experience
to tho public service, for it is oil c. L. Jordan
stlch sic: li rig material that statesman is an attorney of much experience, j jiWt|0|1 W11. 1IL,V(,,. perfected, and after-
nre made. As city attorney, a po- ! having practiced in Texas for many I wards was entirely abandoned by its pre
sition bold by him for some years, j years.
it can make but little dilV- reucc.
ORGANIZATION OF TOWN COMPANY.
Iii tin* timiMcr of !s72 a Town company
was formed und the name given to the em-
bryo city was Red Kiv r City, by which it
was known f ir and wide, but that organ*
wu
Mr. Randefl has given the highest j and has lived in Denison about
satisfaction. Thero is scarcely a j threo years.
He is also a notary public hectors. Subsequently the Denison Town
Con,lainy was lorn,ed and articles ot In-
corporation filed at Austin, on the 24th
ease of importance litigated in or ol
this city that Mr. Randell’s services
arc not retained in.
A. B. PERSON
has been a res’dent of Denison over
tiro years. Ho is a lawyer of com-
manding ability, and possesses a
rare talent for his profession. Uf
an analytical turn of mind, he sel-
dom expresses an opinion without
fathoming the lowest depths of the
question under consideration. Mr.
W. M. WOODS
is a lawyer of enlarged experience
and deep penetration. Ho is an ef
11 , , , . ___ | nanv were : George ue»>sou, ;mr mm
feciivc speaker and has a fair prnc- • was liniI„.,|>, H. s. Stevens, 1
tico.
STAFF OF LIFE
Ih Biiuufirlnrrd *»y lina fey A
ilslknhsck.
Tln-se young men are proprietors of the
( ity Bakery, an Institution that they.
_____ ^ Person is gifted with a power of ora- through close attention to their business.
Iv handle oveHOO.OOO bales p- r cv‘ rV conceivable style ot dry goods ,ho „.fl(tcnce of which is often have mad,-popular with our ......pfc. 'limy
Freights to the nulls und ! al,:J t,n ned «ood account J., Htirrinff np- j 0^0^.nn.-t:
pcais to n jury. He is from Missis- c.oromend.,tlo„ for the superior quality of
making 11 to the interest of the buyer
to patrol,ibo our tna,ket. Farmers
good.
The
herd a.are trade is I y 110
may re y therefore on fullest prices means an unmiputunt agent of our
ami dial they will teceive fullest trade. It is in the hand, of solid
we'ghts lor theT cotton when ; merchants, fnriher reference to
brought hero for sale. .V >w that 1 whimi is made elsewhere. Iu
the drumming Business has beer, of- this line, as in others, the groat
feduallv squelched, they can takeadvantage, possessed by Denison
their samples and offer 11, m to t|>, merchants in low freights is upper-
highest bidder, without reference to lent in the prices, which nre Imt ore
sippi und left behind hint in 1,is old
homo an enviable reputation as n
faithful advocate and capable advis-
er. He has recently made an ad-
vantageous connection with the
Sherman law firm of Woods, Fears
| & Wilkinson, and has, in connec-
tion with Captain J. D. Woods,
of that firm, openod an office
hero under tlio stylo of Woods,
Fiare, W>lkiin-on and A. B. Person.
W. M RECK
bread. They have a Hr«t-elaM baker and
use none hut the very best grades of Hour.
They deliver bread promptly and in other
ways earn tho confidenee ot their outruns.
But they do not confine themselves to the
bread trade Mime. They aro large dealers
in confectioneries ol every kind, nnd al-
ways carry a Very complete assortment of
candies.They invite country merchants to
examine I heir stock ol sweetmeats before
sending or h-rs to HI. Louis nr elsewhere
as thev arc confident in their ability to
upply Ho! trade at very close prices. Tbc
marked ........... of thi- enteprising young
has been a resident of this city fur «"» t«"*>3 to show
business will always meet Its propel re-
ii.T 10 1,11 P'^Des • !,avm' MK:a,tl'5 “ 1 ° ’ M'J with G. G. Ha,.dell, and the ti, m of [ t],eir store-room, nnd are daily receiving
\ ‘irtj must redonud to tin Ben nre at tho bond of this line of, Randoll A l’cck has been more than ; their large stock of confectloncric
t ol' the producer in the end,] basinc.d in Denison, and it is safe to | ; liuarily successful. Air. Peck’s I ers, etc., direct from the mam,fa
conco
iiitcerst of the proiluc
crack-
mtnufacturers.
with the law, a certificate was issued by
the Stale.Government to that effect.
The first Directors of the Town Com-
Gcorgc Denison, (for whom
the pine-
IV. .Shepherd, Charfes W. Nelson anil G.
M. Walker, and shortly after, under the
friendly shadoof the elm tree, then ad-
joining the Town Company’s old office,
an organization was effected bv the elec-
tion of R- 8. Stevens as President, and
( has. W. Nelson as Sccetary. Messrs,
Shepherd and Nelson, who were tempor-
arily authorized to act as agent* bv Mr.
Stevens, wore confirmed as agents of the
Town Company.
FIRST HI'RVKY AND SALE.
George M. Walker was charged will,
the duty ol surveying the new city and
with hir. party—the locating engineering
corps of the M. K. A 1. Railway, of
which our amiable Coffin was a member
-.began their Work, in August, 1872. at
Bn, corner of Main street and Fannin
avenue, and the same was *0 nearly com-
pleted by the 23d day of September fol-
lowing. that the agents were enabled to
commence the sale ol lots 01, that day.
It was. however, with no little trepi-
dation. in view of the fierce assault made
bv the city of Sherman and other parties
nnfrbnuly to tho railroad so rapidly ap-
proaching the n-w pis-,-from the North,
that the agents rod - from their office with
their el rk. Mr. Tone, to begin the sale,
fla re were not less than three hundred
people assembled on the occasion, per-
haps as motley a group as the Argonaut -
of old were. The excitement ran high,
- | postmaster Nelsoh, and was in habitants or Denison, set apart that fine
turn -u -eecded by Frank Schrader. R. I tract of 12 acres familiarly known as
M Grubbs was the next postmaster and : Forest Park, which has proved one ot
was-neeeeded by Capt. Dan. Webster. ' the most popular and best pntromzod in-
W I Scott tins' present incumbent has | stitutions of the city. The handsome feiicn
1 which now surrounds this sylvan grove
was built bv the Texas Gift Concert As-
sociation in tx7U. Tills park will some
1 lay, when the Goddess of Fortune wears
more pleasant smiles than at present, be
laid off in gravel walks and Hie choicest
of nature’s lloral gems will give forth
sweet fragrance; pleasant fountains will
refresh fin; air—ami all that sort of tiling
—in tlie sweet bye and bye. Tbc park
will then he ns depicted in our illustra-
tion on the first page.
CIIOO-CHOO I ClfOO-CHOO !
Christmas day. 1872, saw tlie first train
of M. K. A T. Railway elite, the city, for
the energy of Steven* to plan, ot Seullin
been in charge of tlie office for tbe last
year.
From the first, the post office was a
popular institution, and Hie amount of
business transacted may lie Interred from
the fact that when the office received its
day of September, 4872, and, in accordance , _ f ^ M a,mum_oll ,|,c first of
...til. tlx*. low -i w.ts 1)V ‘ n . .........
April following, it took rank as a second-
class office, and its salary and perquisits
(except to Nelson and Tone, who received
for their half-year’s services the niggard-
ly sum of five dollars! lmve been sufficient
to make it the “bone ol contention” even
unto this day.
temporary governmext,
On account- of a serious defect in Hie
laws of Texas, we could obtain but the to execute, nnd o’ Woodard to operate,
ordinary county precinct law s and officers j made this an accomplished fact.
—deputy “licrlff. constable and justice- Prior to that date, all goods, merclian-
imlilaelty charter should be obtained. ] disc, lumber and other Weights, boili -nut-
Tliis required time and much labor to se- going and Incoming, had to be hauled
i from (Jnddo, and (as the road progressed)!
' "’Tlie motley character ot tlie Inhabitants ] intermediate stations in the Indian Terri*
1 1' tori', and the completion to this place
of tho»e early days made it absolute } me-, ;
cssary to have some system of HU*or-1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
was,
became n lively rival to Shormni), and the
superior advantages given her in tho
Way of freights, etc., have enabled *4 little
:............ **l ...........»":■ *.....* i n *"■
were as common as blackberries in sum-
mer. and lliis was very effectually accom
pfished in the employment, by tbe agents ....... . .
1 ,, ...| , Dennv to irain upon that older sister,
of the Town Company, o! I.ee Hall, and • ,
... * .. . until she now «tands a lread and srionl-
.1, (j. McDowell, who, for over three . . .
months con........... then,selves, (a, dep- «»bo*o lu r as a business point, and
otv sheriffs), the affairs of sheriff eons,a-1 «valry g virtually at an end.
hie. recorder, marshal and police, general-
ly. wllti plenary powers of judge, jury
RANKS.
The first har.k opened in Denison was
and executioner, on special occasions, pul In operation by IV, L. Hull, a banker
ami they were many,—and. in short, run from Fort Moot!. Kansas, in October, 1872 ,
the town.
'and located on Main street, a few doors
It is. pcrliafis, unnecessary to say to j west of the Nelson liohsc ; bnt. as hnsi-
tliose who knew the men, Hint Denison ness centered in the other direction, lie
w as never better governed, for less money ] slim tly nfter changed Ills location to a
(?4.T0). than dining that eventful period, building on the site of the Muller block*
Tim city charter , prepared by Charles IV, Hull’s career here was a lively one. Af-
Neison and Joseph Ferry, was pns-ed hy j ter doing a her share of banking luisi--
niurning the dtpoiilors a a ok
and rival Places and rival interests were the LegisUnire, and the first city officers mss. one
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Burson, J. W. Denison Daily Herald. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 19, Ed. 1 Monday, September 23, 1878, newspaper, September 23, 1878; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth722229/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.