^"--^ 7# (lass / ^)AJ \ ^^l IMMIGRANT'S mOB, ^m — TO— J , <_^ , Z2 A<. ffi^, ^^ ■" WACO -AXD- McLennan County, Texas, SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT WACO. -BY ORDER OF- WAgO IMMIGRATION SOCIETY, AND APPROVED B\- * ■ City Council of^-Wago and ttie Honorable CouNtY CouRt bl'^'McLiN'MN "CbaHY. s- ( (. n. ni«.(.iN.~(iN. If. S. CARGILi:. £L HIGGINSON & CO., B .A. KT K: E I^ S , I'ourtli Stroct, iiiiilcr Pncitic Hotel, WACO. TEXAS. rtie Wai'O I\[alioiii^l Bank WACO, TEXA8. Special attention given to collections on all )ints. Ciipital SlOO.iMKi. Surplus $48,000. .1 yv. M.WN, I'Hwident. .1. K. ROSE. Cashier K. O. PIDCOKK, Viee President. WILEY JONES, .South 'I'liird Street, WACO/ - - - - TEXAS. IVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. Sitn'k I{(»U{^ht autl Sold. Wm. Cameron & f o., — Dealers in — MBER, SHINGLES, SASH, DOORS, HLINDS, t:TC. iinis at Waro, San Antonio, Oatesville, Ilieo •lin, Cleburne, Temple, Lampasas and •Mvood. Main office, Waeo, Texas. Tucker & Willis, Wholesale aiul Retail DIRXJOO-ISTS. I'H.VlOIAt ISTS AM) I'KKStKII'TIOMSTS, WACO, TEXAS. SEMI TROPICAL PLANTS lya < iirnosMs, ("acti. Olcimilcrs. Tiilic-rosos, iiAlas, Imlirelln ("iii/it'freciY YjmiwHlii- toxn. Salt Cellar. Al.tRiirm*. iwi*! o»liI-r*rf«'3i3 i.Ml plaiii.sMiiil Iluii2c.i,*l-J-.J!;* Vi^tji^jjijil V«»>J^'l*iyKr». .. ,i' ,.* iViKiI./refl;'.: I Citizens National Rai WACO. TEXAS. WM. CAMKRON. President K. ROT AN, Viee President. L. V. BLACK. Cashiir. DIRECTOR.^. Wm. Cameron, E. Rotaii, S. W. Slavden, Lacy, W. H. Grider, Sr., H. J. Canfleld I. .Moore, J. A. Solomon. Thos. P. Abeel CORRESPONDJCKTS. Mercantile National Hank, New York. ISank of Coniineree. St. Lonis. Slate National Hank, New Orleans. Kir.-t National 15ank. Galveston. Incorporated >Lireh 7, H»,s4. Paid lip <'apital. S1(X).0(H). .Vnthorized Capital, S.'>(H».()0(). Exchange bought and sidd on all poii Europe. R. E. BCRNHAM. .1. W. RIG .M. A. SCLLIVAN. Capital .... $100 Burnham Land, Live Stock and G Company, Buys and Sells I.uikIs. Improved and proved, in all parts of the State. Lands liste •-■ c\ 7 . rri' MIGRANT'S GUIDE -TO- Waco and McLENNAN COUNTY. THE SOIL, CLIMATE, MORALS OF THE PEOPLE. ADVANTAGES AND RESOURCES OF THE COUNTY. ]\LcLeiinau county is sitiialed about llu- ccDtre of that favored region known a« Central Texas, and we be- lieve presents more advantages to the imniig-rant than nearly any other sec- tion of the great empire slate, y.iiether he adopts cotton, corn, small grain, vegetables or fruit raising, it promises a rich return for his labor. To the manufacturer, wholesale merchant, or jobber, it stands out prominently as the only county in the state bisected by four great rival and competing lines of railway. SOIL. CLIMATE. AGFICCLTURK, FKX'ITS. ETC., ETC. , This is a favored region for wheat, the soil being precisely that which wheat most delights in. and the eleva- ted dry air exactly suited to bring it to the best maturity. It is equally adapted to cotton, corn, oats, barley, etc. It is a surpassing grape country, excellent for pears and good for 2 bounty, Texas, peaches. It is well timbered. All the creeks and rivers are heavily timbered on their margins with various kinds of oaks, hickory, pecan, elm. asji. cherry, sycamore, pium. cottonwood. gum;-', etc. Extensive belts or forests of post oak are ireciuent. There is nothin/r wanting in this region to make human life contented and happy. McLennan county is the vxealth.iest. and the most populous county in thi.> section of Central Texas. It likewise takes precedence in tlie line of educa- tion, intelligence and general social retinomeut. It is situated on 1>otli sides of the river Brazos, which divides the county nearly centrally from north to south, having various atiiuents on both sides, including the Bosque on the west, and the Tehua- cana and its tributaries on the east. Almost the entire surface is a high rolling prairie — -one of the most beau- tiful countries in the world. About one-tliird of the county is timber, con- sisting- chiefly of post oak. other varie- j ties of oak, walnut, pecan, hackberry and other woodij. The valley of the Brazos is heavily timbered. The soil of the upland is generally light, sandy or Avooded lands, black sandy loam, or dark, sticky or "hog wallow" on the prairies, and alluvial on the Brazos bottoms. All varieties are rich and exceedingly jiroductive. It has a soil capable of producing in abundance, all the various crops usually groAvn in this latitude, being well watered and ■* w mmmm Tin: iMMicKAM .•> <,rii>i>: ■'•^. V". ■/ ^^^y HON. GEOUGE B. EllATH. Koiiiulir of tl.o Citv of Waco. TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. timbered, and embracing within its limits a large portion of the richest valley, and some of the most fertile prairie lands in the state. It can safely be said that good health, good crops, and good society are the prominent features of this locality. The winters, if they can be called such, are short and mild, but suttt- cieutly cold to prevent the spread of malarial diseases, and the summer sea- son is tempered by an almost constant breeze, enabling the farmer to enjoy a delightful rest after his day's labor. It will no doubt surprise many of our readers when informed that this county has never been visited by an epidemic of any description whatever. It contains a population of about 48,- 000, which is so rapidly increasing, that it is questionable whether a single acre of good farming land will be ob- tainable in the near future, not less than live times its present value, from the fact that several of the most im- p(^rtant railroads in the state are be- ginning to traverse the county in every direction. The prairie lands are of a black, waxy character, and in- exhaustable, and equal in every res- pect to the best lan(ls of Ohio, Illinois Iowa, and Wisconsin and Missouri, Avhich readily bring in those markets from $50 to $100. but which can now be readily purchased here on the most liberal terms. It might be well to state the average yield per acre of the vai'ious crops grown in this vicinity merely to show to intending settlers the certainty of their securing, with proper effort, a competency which will in a few years place them beyond the possibility of want, and enable them to lay aside sufhcieut for the proper education and support of their children. The following may safely be regarded as the a^er- age yield per acre of the following crops. Cotton, from one-half to one bale; wheat, from 14 to 30 bushels: oats, from 40 to 100 bushels ; rxc, from 40 1o 60 bushels; barley, from" 40 to 80 bushels; corn, from 20 to ,00 bushels; millet, from 3 to 5 tons; Avhich, of course, is largely dejiendent ujion the mode of cultivation, which, in this country, we are compelled to say, is susceptable to great improvement. Our readers will naturally infer from the above that these lands, surrounded as they are with everything calculated to insure prosperity, and with unsur- passed raihvay facilities, are. beyond their limited means, but such is not the case, as they can now be obtained at merely a nominal figure. It is a matter of great surprise that many first-class farmers are content to re- main in the older states, as renters, earning barely sufficient to sustain life, when a perfect El Dorado is noAV open to them, Avhere PROSPERITY AKD HAPPINESS is sure to follow the proper cultiva- tion of the soil, and Avhere they Avill immediately emerge from serfdom to proprietorship. We can not under- stand why this should be the case. Can it be "that the northern farmer is still laboring under the exploded idea that his citizenship Avill be ignorecl should he locate amou": the soiithern people, and that he will be debarred from the enjoyment of his political rights? If such be the case the sooner he casts aside this unjust suspicion the better it Avili be for him. FRUITS. Fruits do remarkably well here, es- pecially the peach, plum, pear, and some variety of apples, the localitv be- ing sulliciently distant from the coast to insure their successful cultivation. There are many persons who have the impression that fruit can not be grown in Central Texas. This is a very great mistake. Peaches, pears, nectarines, apricots, figs, grapes and plums grow to perfection. Apples, so far. have not proven a success; but it is believed by many that even api)les can be grown successfully by raising varieties from the seed] which will naturally adapt themselves to our cli- uuite. It is a very common error, too, that fruit trees of the above varieties that succee;! are not long lived. This, too, is a great mistake. We knoAV peach, plum and pear trees that are TIIK IMMIfxRANrS GUIDE over fifteen years old, iii the orcliard of fraiiK's ^[. Andor>;(>n, Esq., witliin our iiiilo of Waco, tliat arc iiov.- in full A'i^or and exliil)it no indications of de- cay. Some varieties of his peaches attain one jionnd in weifjlit, and his pears are as i)rolirio and line as are g-rown anywhere. And not even ('al- ifornia can excel the ofroAvlh of cr head: good tarm work horses and brood luares, from !?40 to $80; good farm mules, from ii>(iO to $100; though fancy buggy horses and thoroughbred stock arc much more costly, ranging from S\M) uj), and extra heavy luuics, for drayagc and other special jjurposes, brin<: readily from $12.') to $17."). Hut good, serviceable slock, for farm and family purjioses, mav be safely placed at the lirst named prices. Xalive horses, known as the "mustang." are the hardiest in the world. \\ e have known them to be ridden from (Mghty to a hundred miles a day and be fresh and ready for use next day. FINK OU GUADKI) .STCK/K can be raised here as cheaj), if not cheaper tlian in any country in the world. It Jilso pays handsomely. Fine slock, horses or cattle, when crossed with the native slock of the country, i)roduces the healthiest and best breeds knoAvn. SHEEP. This business pays better than almost ajiytliing a person can engage in. One may safely calculate to double his money nearly every year if he gives his time and attention ])roi)erly to the bu.'-iness. Sheej) can be bought froiu$l..')Oto.$rJ.COper liead, according to graile. Immense fortunes have been uuide in this country in the sheep business. A sheep and agricultural association has lately been organized in this county and chartered l)y the state. The object is to engage in rais- ing line stock, sheep esiiccially. ^Ir. Jl. E. Conger, of this city, is the sup- erintendent of the association. THE I'lUCE OF TiAXl) ranges from $2 to .$10 per acre for un- improved and from .$S to .$80 for im- proved, according to (juality. distance from maiket, improvements, etc. It is rented usually on shares or for part of the crop, THE TEHM.S i'o KENTEHS lieiuf'^ one-fourth the cotton and one- third the corn, where the tenant fur- nishes himself; or one-lialf when he is furnished by the landlord. W'AiJES for farm hands range from .$!.') to .$20 per montli. or when hired by the day at about If) ceiits. Hailroad hands at from $]..'')0 to $2,2;") per day : meehanics from .$2..'')0 to .$.1. The Avages of clerks and men who are hunting for soft jobs is merely nominal, the market being overstocked with this class of goods. COIXI V FINANCES — TAXES, ETC. The county tax is lower in ^IcLen- nan than in any other county in the state, the rale l)eing only l/i cents for ail jiurposes on the .$100, and notwitlistanding this low rate of taxation, the county treasury has a cash surplus of over $G,000. The stale taxes arc HO cents on the $100. with the jirospect of au TO WAC(3 AND McLENNAI^ COl'X'l'V, TKXAS. immediate reduction, as at this rate the receipts largely exceed the ex])en- ditures, there being now in the state treasury nearly a half million dollars, making the total tax in this county 45 cents on the $100. In the city of Waco there is an additional cori)oratiou tax of 25 cents on tlie $100, and for the present a railroad tax of 25 cents on the $100, and a school tax of 50 cents on the $100. THE ASSESSED VALUATION of the land of the county is $8,227,842, an average of $4.90 per acre. In ad- dition to this there is 25,562 horses and mules— value, $766,863; cattle, 30,222 head. $151,110: sheep, 40,842 head, $122,596; hogs,' 15,342, $30,684; other property valued at $1,665,420; and the total assessed value of the couutv is $10,964,015, as against $2,527,428,the" as- sessed value in 1870 ; being the seventh coimt>' in tlie state in ])oint of wealth. We append the following table shoAV- ing the increase in taxable values since 1875 and the decrease in the rate of taxation down to the present time : Year. 1875.. 187G.. 1877.. 1S78. . 1879. . 1880.. 1881.. 1882.. 1S8.S . 1884. . Kate. Am't Taxable Property. 98 >^. . .»100 H2.59,G60 83K. 75 . 50 . 15 . 15 . 12K. 10 . 15 . 13 . 4,326,392 . . 5,529,817 . . 6,131,135 . . 6,282,397 . . 6,772,794 . . 7,312,660 . . 8,616,282 . .10,123,421 . .10,904,015 It Avill be seen by this that the linan- ces of the county have been admira- bly managed for the past nine years. During that period the countv has })aid off an old debt of $50,000," built a magnificent court house and jail at a cost of over $50,000, purchased a poor farm and erected tliereon suita- ble buildings, at a cost of about $6,- 000, erected bridges in all parts of the county, purchased and paid for the magnificent toll bridge over the Bos- (lue river, ami made it a free bridge, and inauguratetl and completed many other important measures||for the good of the county ; and yet in these years the rate of taxation lias decreas( d nearly ten timos less than it Avas in 1875, Avhile the taxable property has a little more tlum doubled. The ex- penditures of the county AviJl aA^erage about $22,000 a year, and yet the es- timate for 'expenditures has not, in these nine years past, during the re- gency of -Judge Gerald, exceeded the estimated income. In fact, all of this Herculean Avork above enumerated, has been performed, and the treasury at the regular August term of court (this month) Avill shoAV a clean casli balance of at least $6000. Think of running the county on 15 cent on tlie hundred dollars. Judge Gerald, the present County Judge, A\'ent into oihce in 1876 Avith tlie county lieaA'ily in debt. During tliis time there has iieen paid out for iiui)roA'eiaents over .$75- 000. We think fcAV' other men coukl make so good a slioAving. In the main the credit is due to him for tlie satis- factory manner in Avliich the finances of the county haA'e been managcvi. POPULATION ASiy OTIIEK AIA'PrERS. McLennan stands as thenintiicounty in the state in point of population, it haAdng increased from 13.500 in 1870 to 17,000 in 1889, and being noAv at least 46,000 and increasing more rap- idly than at any time in its liistory. The population of the city of Waco has kept pace Avith the rapid growth of the surrounding country. With a l)opulation of 1.7(K) in 1870, it had grown to about 8,000 in 1880, and for the past tAVo years, since tlieadA'cut of two additional grand trunk lines of raihvays, tlie increase has ])oen more rapid than at any time during its his- tory, and i;5 300 is its jircscut pojuila- tion. It is the fourth county in the state in point of taxable values, and the rate of taxation the lowest of any other countv in the state. Tin: IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE ^^.t^ HON. KICIIAin) COKE, ruitcd states Senator iVoni Ti'Xii> TO AVAOO AND McLEMNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. THE CITY OF WACO, Waco is the capital of ^McLennan county and inotro]>olis of Central Texas. Tlirou^h its very heart runs the two great rival railroad lines from the center of the United .States to the city of Mexico, and at right angles to them another great railway from the Pacirtc to the (lulf of Mexico. It has lately come to occupy a commanding posi- tion as regards trades, being now a railroad center of no mean preten- sions. For many j'cars the terminus of the North W(!St Branch of the Hous- ton and Texas Central, it is noM' a ])rominent station on tliat line ex- tended as it lias been to a i^oint tar beyond Cisco, iu the direction of the '•I'auliandle."' It is likewise on tli:' line of the Texas and St. Louis (narrow gauge), now" in active operation, and alfording Waco a direct outlet to the northeastex-u part of the state, as wel! as St. Louis. One branch of the Mis- souri Pacitic also touches this now im- portant commercial point; thus gW- ing the place several railway lines to the several points of the compass. The territor}' tributary to the com- merce of Waco includes several of the wealthiest and most fertile counties in tlie state. The character and extent of productions are shown by the an- nual exportations from Y/"aco. their chief shipping point, as follows: Cot- ton, 60.000 bales ; wool, 80.000 pounds : hides, ' 500,000 pounds; grain, 90,000 bushels; live stock, 6.000 head, aggre- gating $8,500,000 in value. As to the importations of Waco, the total annual amoimt of lier gross sales of merchan- dise in all lines, is estimated at $5,500,- 000, fully one-half of all stock, goods and merchandise having been piir- cliasod in New York, a few in Hous- ton and Galveston, the balance in Nev/ Orleans and St. Louis. The city i^ situated immediately on Die southern bank of the Brazos, and from the town stretches out in all directions a beau- tiful, high rolling prairie country. The place is built chiefly in brick, with many elegant public buildings and handsome i)rivate residences, con- structed in modern style. Since the coming of the Texas aiid St. Louis, (he growtli of Waco has l)eeu ac!-elerated. and the population is now corapute(l by the late census at IH.^OO. 1 1 er prog- ress in the way of manufactures is- worthy of note; her iron foundries, Houring mills, .cotton-seed oil mills, carriage factories, woolen mills, cot- ton mills and other establishments do- ing a large and increasing business, Waco is destined to become one of the tinest and M'caltliiest interior towns of Texas. It is fast becoming one of the most important railroad and counuer- cial centres of Central Texas; its loca- tion can not be surpassed, and reflects great credit on the judgment and sa- gacity of its founder, ^dajor (ieoi-ge t). Erath, who seemed to see with a prophetic eye the future advantages of this location, not only as a eomnrer- cial center, but as a point Avhere man- ufacturing interests could not do oth- erwise than prosper. This charming city lies about 700 feet above the level of the sea, and overlooks some of the tinest scenery iu the state. The Brazos river ru;is directly through it. and is crossed by a sus})ension bridge Avith a span 475 feet in length — a mag- niticent structure, connecting East A\^aco Avith the main city. The court- house i§ one of the Mnest in the state, and is a credit to the county. The stranger upon entering the city is im- mediately struck with its M KTROPOMTAN Al'PEARANCE, and im])ressed Avith the live spirit of its citizens; its solid Ijlocks .of brick buildings, two. three and four stories high; its elegant churches, colleges, schools and private residences, which he naturally regards as sub.-laiitial ev- idences of cultivation and })rosperity. In its SOCI.A.Ii ASPECTS Waco occupies a position second to no other city in the state. Its churches rejiresent lUMirly (ivery religious faith, while all the benevolent orders arc well represented, and its colleges and schools are in a flourishing condition. TllE IMMl GUAM'S (iUlDE Tlio Icjiul and i^iodical prolt'.'^sions are also ably rcprcsonted, by Lreiitlomeii of iiatiuiiai reputation. Anioug^ the lead- in<^ industries of the eity there are many extensive M A X i: FACTUKI N O KSTA JJMSH M KNTS, l)riiu-ii)al auioii<^- \vliifli are the cotton mills, cotton seed oil mills, wliidi are taxed to their utuu^bt capacity and are totally unable to supply the threat de- maud uuide upon then). Tlie ciiy lias also a cottou compress, two excellent daily, two weekly and one mbnthly newspaper, a stirru]) and seaudess sack factory, live banks, six hotels, two ice factories, three llouriuving, as it gives an average of about one churcli member for every three inhabitants. In almost every neighborhood from two to three de- nominations w^orship in the same house, and this insures preaching nearly every Sunday in eace commu- nity. There are Sabbath schools in nearly every neighborhood, usually union schools. Of the churches and church buildings of Waco we enumer- ate as follows: THE GERMAN METHODIST is composed of some of the most tlirifty class of the German population of Waco. They have a neat brick house of worship, located on the cor- ner of Franklin and Sixth streets. They have a tiourishing Sabbath school. The present pastor is Ilev. T. T. Franz. KODEPH SHOLOM — HEBREW have one of the handsomest synagogue structures, onWashington street, to be found in Texas. The present pastor is the Kev. Dr. Suhler. The intelli- gence, morality and piety of its mem- bers compare favorably with other leading churches of the city. CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN. The congregation is not large, but it comijares favorably with other lead- ing denominations of the city. Mem- bers and friends of this church desir- ing to locate in Waco will lind a commodious house of worship, and an able minister, the Rev. Mr. Hodges. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH meetevei'y Lord's day to break the loaf and for w^orship and preaching. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night and Sunday school every Sun- day morning. They have a commo- dious church structure on South Fiftli street. The present regular officiating elder is Mr. W H. Goodloe. CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION — CATH- OLIC. Our Catholic population is compar- atively small and scattered — there are about 1,300 in the county. They have a neat Ijrick structure, on Washington street, and they are prei)aringto build a commodious and maguiticent cathe- dral (the walls are now up to the sec- ond story). The present pastor is the Rev. Father Dumont. The character- istic zeal and energy of our Catholic citizens gives the hope that the rever- end ])astor of the congregation Avill soon lind himself able to hold services in the new church editice, which we are confident will do honor to them- selves and credit to the rapidly im- proving city of AVaco. Across the Brazos river, tifteen miles northwest from the city, is quite a large Catholic settlement, who have a chajjel and a visiting priest. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH is located on Austin Avenue, between 10 TIIK I.MMKiU'AXT'S GUIDE P^lgbtli aiul Nintli .streets. It is a hir^o brick l)iiil(liiitr, one of the most impusiiio; structiires iu the state, a new hiiildino- not yet completed; but wlien c'omphited it Aviil bo one of the most eU'g-nnt in Central Texas, llev. Sam A. KinjiC. I). I)., is the stated pastor. The conjifre^ation is compostMJ ofsonie of the best and most relined people of Waco. THE EI'ISCOl'AI- CliUKCJr is QUO of the neatest strnctllre^^ of the kind to be found in all Texas. The building was completed and the lirst services held in it June ir.th. 1879. the lirst Sunday after Trinity, the Vloy. J. J. Clemens, Kector of Christ's Church. Houston, assistinjj: the llev. Mr. Sart well, who v>as then Hector. The buildinji: is a ma. H. Car- roll. I). I)., is tlie olliciatino- minister: he has served the church for the ])aht twelve years, lie has not his superior for learniui;-. piety, /.cal and elo(juen and liberal iu the support of all the enterprises of the churcii. On the 2'Jnd day of Feb- ruary. 1H77. the church editice was burned and a new one has been erected on the site of the old. rivals any similar structure in the state. It cost between $'J.'),000 and $80,000. THE FIFTH STUEirr ."M. E. CHLHCHJ SOUTH. j The present new church huildino-. j on the corner of Fifth and .lackson ' streets, was be>run in l,s74 and com- I pleted in 1879. The entire cost foots ' up .$17,0(H). The ])resent mcMubership i of the church is nearly four hundred. Services twice every Sunday; jirayer ! meetinjr every Wednesday* evenintr | and Sunday achool everv Sabbath I morninof. l{ev. James ]\rackey. D. 1).. is the oHiciatiiig minister. THE M. E. CHURCH has a small nu'ud)ershii>. They have a neat and commodious structure on Washington street, built of brick and covered in; but it beinji- yet unlinislK d services are held in thetiernian Meth- odist buildijiir in the afternoon of Sun- days. Kev. Jlr. Crist is the ])astor. THE .SPIRITUALISTS of the city have an organization, with reyidar meetinds and Norwegians. CONCUEiiATlOXAI.. 'I'here is at ju'esent neither organi- zation nor church building in Waco of this denomination, but arrange- ments are on loot to organize a church and l)uild a church structure, at an early day in the future which A\ill com))are with other similar l)uildings of the kind in the city. For particu- lars res])ecting this movement i;dl on Mr. J. K. Street, at the Kxaminer of- tice or on Prof.. I. II. 1 lurw ood. of the Examiner. COLORED CHURCHES. Churches of all the leading denomi- nations, anuuig the colored ])eople of Waco, are organized, several of them with learned and able ministers, among whom we uu'Ution Bishop TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. 11 Cain. Some of the cliiirch buildings are neat and commodious structures, tastily built and ornamented. THE SECOND (COLORED) BAPTIST CHURCH has a flourishing and growing- uiem- bership. THE FIRST l\r. E. (COLORED) CHURCH is located at the foot of Franklin street, near the Brazos river. It is lai'ge and roomy, and numbers one of the largest memberships of any of the colored churches of the city. THE CHRISTIAN (COLORED) CHURCH is located in East Waco. It has a large and prosperous membership. Services are held every Lord's day. THE SECOND M. E. (COLORED) CHURCH has quite a large uuMubershii); but Ave failed to gather the imrticulars con- cerning it. THE AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH has a handsome brick building, on South Second street, with a large, in- Muential and intelligent membership. The building is two stories and com- pai'cs favorably with other churches of the city. NEW HOPE (colored) BAPTIST CHURCH is a coiymodious frame building, situ- ated on North Sixth street, near How- ard (colored) Institute. It has a large and influential membership. WACO DAILY EXAMINER. BUILDING. 12 THE LMMlGiiA2sT\S GLlDi: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. Thoro are one hundred and two i flourishinLr public schools in the ; county and city under conijietent j teachers. There are ninety-six in the j county, about twenty-five of them colored schools. The public sthools of the city are under the nianajjement of the City Council. I'rof. J. ILCialla^ihcr is the city .Superintendent of J'ublic Instruction ; a gentleman of rare cul- ture and competency. There are six ])ublic schools in the city, three for wliitc, and three for colored students. The public school fund is sullicient to run the public schools about live months in the year in the county schools, and the city schools are run I nine months in the year, the city hav- 1 ing levied a s])ecial tax for that pur- j l)Ose. There are lifty-one private and dentjuilnational schools in the ; county aud city, mo.st of which are in j a prosperous conditiou. There are a i numl)er in NVaco. in tact so excellent I are tlu; schools t)f Waco that it may justly lay claim to being the chief e((- ucational city in the state. i WACO UNIVKKSITV I is under tlu; J'resiilencv of Kev. IJufus j C. JUirleson, D.l). IJythe charter, the [ "NVaco University is the property of the Baptist denoiuinalion in Texas, yet no sectarian dogmas arc taught i here. During the last fall term the j university matriculated more students than any similar institution in the ' southwest, and it lias now more board- ! ing ])upils, not including its l)enerici- | aries, than all the other schools in Waco. The following are some of the advantages and facilities otU-red j by this institution: First. — A full and : able faculty, under a jiresident who ; has hail thirty years' experience as a teacher in Texas. Second. — Ample j buildings, cauipus. library, aparatus and school furniture. Third. — Kxcel- lent boariling facilities, ."jirjO chca])er ' than anv slmlljir institution in the south of equal grade. Fourth. — llealthv location; the entire medical bill for" 1888 did not exceed *40. Fiftli. —Mild and firm dicipline. which ha> produced an excellent state of morals among the students — the vicious are sj)eedily retV)rmcd or (juietly sent home without exporure when jjos^i- ble. Sixth. — In addition to the regu- lar collegiate course, students have advantages of the "commercial school." " school of music.'' " school of art." "school of physical culture," etc., etc. For catalogue or other particulars ad- dress the president. Dr. K. C. Burle- son. WACO FK.^fAl.I-: COIiLEtrE. The present able president of the college is Prof. K. O. Kounsaval, A. M. The institution is under the pat- ronage of the Xorthwest T(!xas Con- ference, M. E. Church, South, and under the management of Professor Rounsaval and liis able faculty, it is one of the leading institutious of the country. It atfords every facility for a thorough collegiate course of instruction. It has a chemical aud philosoj)liical laboratory for demon- strating the sciences. The discii)line is Avell maintained and the system of instruction thorough and com]tIete. With such an institution for the edu- cation of young ladies. Texans netnl not send their daugliters abroad with the h()j)e of liudiug better educational facilities than are attbrded by this in- stitution. ACAI)K.MV OF THK .SACHKD IIE.VRT. Under the charge and direction (d' the Sisters of St. Mary, lliis institu- tion offers to young ladies and child- ren unsurpassed facilities forac(|iiir- ing a thorough uu'Utal and moral education. The Sisters of St. Mary came to NVaco in Septeudjcr. 1H7;5. aud oi)eiU'd a school of a few students in the Church of the Assumption, while their ])rescnt building, corner of Washington and Eighth street, was in course of construction, this they oc- cujded in Scptemljcr, 1874. The })uilding is nuvde of luick, tAvo stories high, lUx.OO feet, with spacious dormi- TO WACO AND iMcLENNAN COUNTY. 18 tories. recitation and study rooms, and a long wing to the rear for refec- tories, kitchen, etc. The Iniikling is very sul)stantial, admirably ventilated and atFords every acoommodatiou that can be desired. The institution was chartered by the legislature of Texas in 1875, Avitli the right of conferring the collegiate degrees. It is situated in the healthiest portion of the city, on rising ground, overlooking it; and it is surrounded by spacious grounds, which are divided ofl' into Avalks, play grounds and gardens, atfording every i'aciltiy for invigorating exercises. WACO SEV.ECT SCHOOL. Under the management of Prof. F. P. Maddin, assisted by his accom- plished Avife. Professor iNIaddin is one of the most eminent educators in Texas. He has taught in Waco for more than a quarter of a century with eminent success. THE KINDERGARTEX is under the managenunit of the Misses Carrol. It is, as its name indi- cates, for cJiildren , of tender years. We hesitate not to say that no school of the kind is better conducted than this. Tlie little ones are deliglited — entertained as Avell as properly in- structed. WACO BUSINESS COLLEGE. This institution is under the man- agement of Prof. E. 11. Hill. It offers every facility tM persons of either sex to obtain a thorough business educa- tion in every department of a com- plete commercial education. The rooms are admirably titted up for the purpose of practically demonsti'ating the various commercial pursuits, such as banking, insurance, real estate, rail- roading, post office, and mercantile in all its departments. When a young man or young lady graduates at this institution he or she is thoroughly and practically qualified to take charge of a set of books in anv })ranch of business. PAXIL QUINN COLLEGE is an institution reflecting great credit on the colored people of the African M. E. Cluirch, Avhose property it is. It is under the presidency of Cishop K. H. Cain, I). D., a man of scholarly attainments and ample educational ex- perience. The building is situated in East Waco. It is a handsome and commodious tAA^o story brick structure, the first of a series to be added to it in tlie near future, and when com- pleted it Mill be one of the handsom- est educational structures in the citv. EESIDENCE OF SANFOED JOHNSON. u HIE IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE RAILROADS CENTERING AT WACO. ^ % "Waco now has the best street rail- way facilities of any city in the state except Jloiiston. \\'e also have two .conii)eting' lines of steaui railways to (Jalveston, two to New Orleans, three to St. Jvouis. New York and the lOast. one to California, and two lsition in this respect ofany interior city in the country; and. considerinsi- the reniarlh the sujifar and rice rejrions of Jjouisiana, the niajiniti- cent |)ineri(^s of Ivist Texas, the sjjlen- did cotton rejrion of Central Texas, the Avlieat and frrain reirion of East. Centra! ami West Texas, and the stock re ;ind heavily pop- ula)"d co\in1ry the entire distance. and coiinectinj;- all tlie j^n>at diversi- tiod interests that are compelled to interchaujj^e tluMr products. The other line? is one running:- nejjrly north and south, from the mouth of the Ura/.os river, throuiih \Vaco to some ])oint north or northwest of ns. thus passintr through the valleys of the Brazos. Colorado and Guadaloupe rivers, throujrh the tinest cotton country of Texas. Two linndred miles south of ns woidd connect the J'almer-Sullivan cond)ination Mith the Texas and St. J^-ouis (lunbination of narrow j^uiiufe roads. The advantages of this line over ajiy other iJrojected Mexican route are that it ru!is ihrouo-h the best cotton i)roducing counli(>s of vhe state, and the ngricultural belt on this line extends nearer to the Kio Grande than upon any other; it woidd also have the heaviest population to su])port it of any other line, and, in addition would present fewer ditticulties to construction, avoiding as it does the heavy rock work and high tressels of tiu' lines to the right and the low. Hat. 'indrained and submerged routes on the left. The grades would be easy, the facilitie-. for securing tics along the entire line am])le. aiul the bridg- ing much lighter than on either of the other routes. Such advantages render it improljable that these routes should remain long without railways, and no- where can enterprise tind a more in- viting tield, or capital more certain and larger returns. The Waco Division of the North- western IJranch of the HOI ;sTON AM) TICXAS CKNTKAI,. from Ureniond, on the main line to lloss by way of Waco. 59 miles in length, was completed in 1S7(3, and may be considered practically as part and parcel of the Texas Central, whidi is now extended and comjihMed from Ross to Albany, and it will eventually l)e extended in the direction of the Panhandle. EiMigth of the combini-d line, from Ilreuiond to Albany, '2V2 miles. Like other ])ortions of the Central, the route is through one of the nu)st fertile tracts of country in this latitude; it follows the incompar- able rich alluvium of tlie IJr.-izos bot- tom northwesterly as far as Whiliu"\, thence nearly due„west to a junction with the 'JVxas J'acilic at Cisco. 'l'hi> road, in reality is, in conjunction with the Texas racilic. a continuous line from the Pa«itic to the Texas Gulf Coast. Counties occupied by the comphded jiortion of this brandi are Falls. Mcl>ennan. Jlill. Boscpie. ilam- ilton, Erath. Comaiu-he and Eastland, with an aggregate i)opulation of over 100.000. having increased 60.000 since b'^70 and the l)uilding of the road. Total taxable wealth in bS70 was S;r),t0H.0O(); now .fC^O.OOO.OOO in round numbers. In ad'. The best crop of potatoes iu Michigan or Colorado is equaled in this rail- way regiriutend the erection of their mills, and wlu'ii it is said not one yard of gooils was lost, it is sufticient to show that, when TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS, 19 Mr. McCrady gave the word to turn tlie wheels, fill was ready. The mill is now running on full time, and its products are giving satisfaction to producer and consumer. R5PRESENTATIVE MEN OF WACO: BRIEF PERSONAL MENTION Waco is remarkable for the number of her tirst-class business men, men of public enterprise and push, to whom, in a great measure, is tlue the rapid groAvth and i)rosperity of Waco. We have not room for more than a brief mention of a few : Mr. Peter McClelland, senior, is one of the oldest citizens of the county. He came to Waco in 1853. He began his labors in "NVaco village.'' as it was then kno\^'n. with a capital of aboiat $300. To-da>' he is worth about one million dollars. He is the President of the State Central Bank. His in- come per month on real estate amounts to about $4,000. He has con- tributed largely of his means to build up AV'aco. A man of broad views and pra«tical good sense. J. W. .Maun, the President of the Waco ]S'atioual Bank, is an excellent gentleman, a man of good judgment and an enunent tiuancier. He is one of the largest real estate oAvners in the county. He is comparatively a yonng man, not yet forty years of age. He came to Waco, before the war. a pen- niless boy. and he has made his for- tune by the shere force of his oavu character. Hon. E. A. Sturgis, ex-Mayor of AVaco, is another one of the large real estate owners in the city. lie made his money in AVaco. lie was for many years "a leading dry goods' merchant of this city. Mr. Wm. Cameron, the President of the Citizens' National Bank of AYaco, began life a poor boy. IFe is yet in the ])rime of life, not over forty-tive. He is. perhaps, the wealthiest man in the confttv. He made his money in the lumber business. He is knoAvn as "'I'he Lund>er King" of Texas. His headquarters are at AVaco with large lumber vards at AVaco, San Antonio, tratesville, Hico, Dublin, Cleburne, Temple, I.ampasas and Brownwood, besides, yards at a number of other towns of" less importance. He is also a member of the large wholesale gro- cerv and drug house of Cameron, Cas- tles & Storev, and of the hardv,'are firm of Ho'rsful & Cameron, Mr. Cameron is one of the most public sj)irited men in Waco. His name usu- allv heads the list of any enterprise calculated to advance the interests of Waco and this section of country. Major George B. Erath is one of the oldest settlers in the county. He is now a resident of AVaco. but for many years he was a successtul farmer and stock raiser. He may justly be called the? founder of Waco. He laid out the citv in 1849. For many years Alaj. Erath represented this district in the Senate of Texas, and previously was Senator in the Republic of Texas. He has also fought many battles with the Indians. To him. as much as to an\- one man in Texas, now living, is due the civilization which we now en- joy. We present his portrait in this pamphlet. ' , Hon. l^ichard Coke is one ot the ef.rlv settlers in AVaco. having emigra- ted ' here from A^irginia soon after his graduation in 1852. and for years was a successful and leading iawver of Texas. He was twice elected Governor of Texas. He is now one of the United States Sena- tors from Texas. He has a national reputation. He is one of the most braiuv men in the senate. Kev. Kufus C. Burleson is one of the oldest living educators in Texas. He is now and has been for more than a quarter of a century, the honored President of AVaco University. He is now at the head of the largest and most popular educational institutions 20 . TUE IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE in Texas. We present the portrait of this distinguished gentleman in this issue of the Guide. Mr. W. H. Grider is the proprietor of two large cotton seed oil mills, one of thorn located in AV'aco and the other in East Waco. They are the largest mills in the state, and they are justly the pride of AVaco, as tliey are among her leading manufacturiuginstitut ions. Mr. G. is a man of broad and pro^res- ive views and ever ready to heli) along every public enterprise. Mr. Mike Guinan, of the tirm of Eaton «fc Guinan. wholesale grocery and produce dealers of Waco, is an example of what ability and energy can do in Texas even without capital. Mr. Guinan is a native of Canada and came here a few years ago to seek his fortune. He found a situation as an humble clerk in a bakery, soon after a clerkship in a grocery house and then as a traveling salesman. He is to-day partner in a wholesale house doing an immense business. Guinan possesses line business ability, but his indefati- gable industry is the striking part in his character. He is business all the way through from the time his eyes are opened in the morning till they are closed at night. Mr. (iuinan is a member of the Executive Committee of tiie Waco Immigration {Society. To him, Mr. W. D. Lacy and Sandford Johnson, the other two members of the Committee, is due the publication and dissemination of 20,000 copies of this pamphlet. Among our Avholesale merchants we mention the dry goods tirm of Ees- sing, Solomon & Co. This tirm does a Avholesale business secontl to none in the state. Each member of the lirm are noted for their public spirit and taking hold of every enteri)rise calculated to advance the interest of this section of country. Mr. Ed. liotan, President of the Street Car Company, Vice-President of the Citizens' (Waco) National Bank, and a member of the lirm of Kellum & Potan, is another evidence ofAvhat l)rain, energy and pluck can do. The writer kucAV Mr. liotan about twelve years ago, when he first came to AVaco, a young man just out of college, and with no capital except that above enu- merated, brain and energy. He en- gaged for one year in teaching and subsequently as a clerk witli Mr. Kel- lum, his present jjartner. His busi- ness qualities so commended him to Mr. Kellum that in a short time- he Avas admitted as a full i)artner, and to- day there is not a grocery house in Central Texas Avhich does the amount of business that floes the Avholesale grocery lirm of Kellum & Potan. Mr. \V. I). I^acy, proprietor of the AVaco Compress, is a gentleman of great force of character, energetic and public spirited. He is untiring in his devotion to the public institutions and to public measures calculated to ad- vance the interests of the community in Avhich he Ua'cs. He is a leading business man of Waco, a young man, not yet thirty-liA'e years old, but Avho, by his OAvn energy and perseverence, has amassed a comfortable fortune. Col. W. A. Taylor is the I'resident of the proposed Texas Midland Pail- Avay. The survey has been made, and the road Avill be built from AVaco to Palestine in the near future. Col. Taylor is also the principal owner of the AVaco Cotton Mills. He is a man of large fortune, Avhich he has amassed by his oAvn energy since the Avar. He is an open hearted, open handed, pub- lic spirited gentleman. Mr. Sandford Johnson is another of the representative men of AVaco, Avho has auuissed a comfortable for- tune in AVaco Avithin the ])ast ten years, principally in the beef and cat- tle business, ills latest venture is a magnificent Driving Park, adjacent to the city, Avhich is one of the tiue^t in the South and valued at $20,000. At the last Fourth of -July races in this city it dreAV one of the largest croAvds ever seen in AVaco. Among the leading Avholesale j)ro- duce lirms of AVaco is that of Tripis tfc Kemcndo. They ilo a very large busi- ness throughout Central Texas. Hav- ing commenced business in Waco on a small capital and grown to their TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY. 21 present rank and proportions. They are another evidence of what can be done in Waco, where one is possessed of energy and bnsiness tact. Mr. S. T. Mallory is a representative of the clotliing- interests of Waco, his establishment being one of the largest and most complete in Central Texas, and the house is the pride of Waco and an honor to the man who runs it. Mr. T. R. Jordan is one of the rep- resentative retail drygoodsmen of Waco. lie, like most other of the bnsiness men of Waco, has succeeded in building uj) a large business from a small beginning. Mr. W. W. Seley is the cashier of the AVaco State Bank. He is a youuo- man imder thirty years of age and came to this State and city from Prairie du 'Chien, Wisconsin, with his father, CM. Seley, and their familes in 1876. The Seley s' brought with them ample capital, and -January, 1877, opened the Waco State Bank on the corner of the Plaza and Austin street, the present site of the bank. The bank has grown to be one of the very strongest and most prosperous banks in Central Texas second in business to none. The prosperity of father and son have been enviable. But it has been a prosperity not of blind chance or lucky accident; it has grown strong on the exercise of qualitications which in Texas are always honored. They are men of broad and liberal views and of scrupulous integrity. In the con- duct of the banking busines they have shown through seven successive years a spirit of accommodation and have injected even into business transac- tions a suavity which is natural to them in their private character. In public enterprises they always have been for AVaco tirst last and all the time, and no movement of progi;pss but has met with a hearty response from them. Identitied with the country in home and possessions,they have borne their full share of the bur- dens in those undertakings by which a city is lifted into prosperity. Mr. W. AV'. Seley is what might Avell be termed a successful vouug man. His tine business tact and ability, his suavity of manner and modesty of demeanor combined with a generous, obliging disposition have made him popular in business circles and in society, and have been great elements in building up both the prosperity of the bank and his iirivate fortune in outside enterprises. Outside of the AVaco State bank both father and son are, in addition to several farms and valuable city property, the two chief owners of one of the finest ranches in this section, containing sixteen thous- and acres highly improved and which with the stock of cattle on it is valued at $160,000. Mr. AY. AY. Seley is also the sole owner of the great grain ele- vator of this city, and the business which handles nearly all the grain of this section. Both father and son are largely interested' in the stock of the St. Louis & Texas railroad in which C. M. Seley is one of the directors. They are both representative men and Mr. AY. AY. Seley, a representative young Texan. Itis the highest testi- monial to the general esteem in which they are held to say that in all the fence cutting epidemic when there seemed to be no discrimination as to the just and unjust, that not a single Avire of the fences around their great ranch was touched by the maddened shears. The mention of the leading and in- fluential citizens of AYaco Avould be incomplete Avithout the name of j\Ia- jor J. VY. Downs, one of the most ster- ling gentleman and liberal citizens. AYhen our city Avas yet in its infancy and scarce recovered from the shock of a bloody Avar that j^rostrated all her energies and robbed her of many of her most promising sons, Major DoAA^ns, embarked .upon the sea of journalism Avith a A'ieAV to making- known to the Avorld the prospects ancl advantages of this section. His tirst venture was the Examiner and Pa- tron Avhich Avas founded in 1867 and this proving successful and being ac- corded the warm approbation of the l)eople he A'entured further and in 1870 commenced the imblication of 22 THE EMlvnGRANT'S GUIDE The Daha" Ex'amtnkr. "Wielding- a of tlie city, and liis universal i)0))ii- trcuchant i)en, expressing' the most larity will tloubtless secure him lliat pronounced sentinients and always position again sliould he olier for it at advocating the honored jtrinciples of the close of the present term. ])ure J)emoerapy he soon |)laced the Dr. NVilkes is a i)rominent Mason Examiner in the forpniost rank of in this State. He has tilled all of the the papers of the State. Major otHces in the Subordinate I-.odge. Downs is one of natures noblemen — Hoyal Arch and (,'liapter. ami we brave, honest, courteous, and gener- believe one or two jtositions in the ous. he stands as one of ourl)est eiti- (J rand Ltxlge in the >tate. zens as justly he should stand. JJt'fore the war Dr. Wilkes atliliated Dr. Wilkes is the Mayor of the city with the Whig party, but since that, of Waco. Jle is among the most (lis- with the Democracy. He is a promi- tinguished citizens of Waco. Jle im- neiit man in his paity, anil were he migratetl to Waco from Cornersville. an (trtice seeker might till any jjosition Tenn.. in 18G8. He was born in .Mis- in the gift of the ])eoi»le. any of which sissippi in lf<;38. His father died when he would grace and which he would lie was about one year old. when his be fully competent to till, mother moved to (Jornersville. Tenn.. Col. It. IJ. I'arrolt a\ as born in New where Dr. Wilkes was raised. His Glasgow. \'irginia. October IGth.. 1S4H. mother was one of the noblest women and was rean-d in N'irginia. Jle eu- of Tennessee. She'early instilled into joyed, during his boyhood, a liberal the mind and heart of her son those "education. He was during: his youth, noble iiualities for t\hich he is distiu- elected ("a))lain of a comj)auy of mi- jCuisluHl in this community. litia. and at the beginning of the civil Dr. Wilkes grailuated in medicine war ollereil his services to his country at the Nashville College. Tenn., in which were declined, on account ot IH.'i.'i. He i)ractice(l meilicine in his his extrenu' youth, upon which he en- native village and at .Mooresviiie, an tereil the liiiversity of \'irginia. ami adjacent town, until the beginning of completed his education. In ]M:i he tlie Avar, which he entered as a i)rivate. graduated at the I'niversity aiid Jle was soon elected to the i'a]>- entered the Confederate army under taincy of his compaii\ . sub^ecjuently the comunuid of Colonel Mosby. and l^ieutenaut-Colonel and liually Colonel servtrd his country faithfully until the of his regimiMit. In each case he was close of the war. Soon a Iter entering elected by the unanimous voice of the the army he was made Lieutenant and men he commanded and not by reason then Captain. He came to Texas soon of being in the line of i)romotion. after the close of the war, and landeil As a citizen of Waco he has, from in Waco, without nuMins and ;in ab>o- the time of his residence here, occu- lute stranger. He had. however, en- pied a prominent i)osition a> one of ergy, earnestness and ambition, and the leading physicians ofthe city and procured employment as anin.-«urance ])rominent in political and social cir- solicitor. In this subordinate capac- cles, Jle is an accomplished and ity his industry and aliiiity soon be- polished gentleman of commanding gan to uud8 Oat;, bushels shipped 520.000 Oats, bushels on hand 00,000 Wheat, bushels shipped 270.000 Wheat, bushels on hand 40,000 Hides, pounds shipped 720,000 Hides, pounds on hand 21,000 Wool, pounds shipped 725,000 Wool pounds on hand as follows; In Woolen Mills 175,000 In Ware houses 50,000 Cattle shipped 9,500 Horses shipped 1,500 WACO AS A WOOJj MARKI-rr. Of late years Waco has steadily 26 THE IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE gainod as a wool niarkot, both in the (|iiantity roceived and in prices paid. It coiniiiands (he liighest prices here of any town in the State. Tlie fact that wool growers have been able to obtain more for their Avool here than in other markets, has induced a larg'er trade in that line than would naturally have found its way here. Eastern buyers have kept their agents here, and as shipments can l)e made from Waco on as favorable terms as from any otlier ]»oint in the State, they have been able to ])ay good j)rices. The wool buyers of this ]»lace have been content with small profits, and therefore they have uniformally i)aid the very highest mar- ket values for wool. The i)rlncii)al wool dealers of the city are (i. H. llau- ,ot)o ('i«ar.s and Tobacco, :!7.(khi DruKs .'{.s.iKHH) Si'wing Machines, liSAKH) hiqllurs .'it'.ll./HIO llnnu'ss and Saddlerv -JKLlKK) Other Wholesale Trafles, IfrJ.tXK) Total Wholesale Trade, ^j.'i'iL*, JOO ' RETAIL TRADK. Groceries Dry Goods Driigs, Jewelers Liquors Sash, Doors and Shingles Brick Sales, ( 'ifjars and Tobacco, SewiiigMachlnos, Lumber, Rough and Dressed, Boots and Shoes Harness and Saddles, Books and Stationery, A grlculturel Implements, Furniture Butchers' Meat Sales, Hardware Stoves, Tin and House Furnishing Goods Other Trades, $3,810,000 4,537,500 560,000 70,000 2ft"., 000 109,:>00 47.080 65.000 54,000 .020,500 121,000 .31,000 .38,000 :«0,000 97,000 106,500 275,000 110,000 221,000 Total Retail Trade Sll.091,680 To this may be added the cotton, wool, hide, ami grain sales, and we have the following SALES FROM AGRK'ULTI'R AL PROnfCTS Cotton -. S1.20.".,S20 Oats ]21,t)00 Wheat 24S,000 Barley, 52.500 Corn, 2.SU.000 Wool 200,000 Hiiies, , 222,500 Retail trade ll,091,t"KSO Agriccltural sales 2,612.r>.)0 Total sales, all sources $18,926,8:50 I't'HLIC 1.'\I1'HoVE:MKNTS. Notwithstanding tile ])ast year lias been, compared Avith other years, a dull one, yet the following ligures will show that there has l)een more buihi- ing and improvements in Waco than any year of its history. The Waco Uuilding association has erected 169 buildiuirs at a total cost of >}! 1 OHjB.'iO; the numlier of l)uildings erected by other iiarlies 'JIX. at a cost of .SSH.'),?'-'.^, makiiiir from Scjitembcr 1, 1SH;{, to Sei)tember, 1. ISSt, the total number of buildings erected ;is7, at an aggregate cost of $48^,386. Besides TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY. TEXAS. 27 this there are in course of construc- tion 16 brick stores and f).'} residences, pie we certainly have cause for grati- tude to the (river of all ffood. Let us the total cost of which will foot up be thaidcful for the blessings we have. ^97.<52r) when completed. and hopeful for a prosperous and These facts and tigures give the liapi)y future, most gratifying results, and as a peo- ' COL. R. B. PATMU)T1\ INfanager Texas benevolent Association. 28 THE IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE TOWNS IN Mclennan COUNTY. T>esides the city of AVaco there are a mmi])er of other nourishing towns in tliis county of Miiicli we make the follow intf brief nientit)n ami to which Ave append the names of prominent citizens at each place to whom the reader can refer for anv information or veritication relative to the matter ! church buildiuti-. Methodist Episcopal, sired by the immigrant. References: -I. C. Nailor. dealer in grain and agri- cultural implements; J. L. Fuller, mer- chant, and J)ixon Counally. farmer. CRAWFORD. This is a beautiful little village, located on the Santa Fe railway, about live miles north of ^fcGregor. It is surrounded by a line farnnng country antl a thrifty clas.s of farmers. It has a number of well-to-do merchants. It has a flourishinsf sdiool and a new published in this paper. MCGREGOR is situated eighteen miles south-west from Waco, at the junction of the Texas and St. Louis (Narrow (iauge) and the Santa Fe railways. Mc- (iregor is not (piite two years old, but •it is the leading town in the county, Waco excepted. It has a nund)er of business houses, about thirty in all, riourinji' nnll. yood hotels, churches South, though other denomination.^ I hold services in the college building I every Sunday. There is a number- j one ilouring mill at this ])lace. Jlefer- jences: Nichols ilc IJoberson, U. Tad- I lock and W. C Wallace, merchants; J David McFaddin. C F. liewlev, Col. < Phil. Noland, A. F. Herring anil J. II. ; IJaker, farmers. I WEST ' is the name of a beautifvd little villajre and a tlourishing school, also a good ; in the northern portion of the county, weeklv paper, the Plaindkai.kr, A. I It 'las churches, schools: is situated in D. Ilust, editor and proprietor. It is i a si)lendid farnnng country. , The peo- surrounded bv a thrift v class of far- i ple are intelligent and retined ami im- u»ers. and the" i)coi)lc of" the town and ' niigrants will tind it one of the most adjacent to it are mostlv of the better : ilt'sirable portions of the county in chiss of peoi)le,manvof"them wealth v,;^vhich to settle. References: Tom retined and educatecl. making the so- r^VPi^t' ini'>'t'l'«"t : ('apt. Bill Jieed and cicty excellent and desirable for i»eo- | D- M- Jfuueson, farmers. ])le who estimate these intluences and, j R()B1n.SOX which will hell) them i» the choice of : is located about six miles south of a new home. The reader is referred Waco. It has two good schools and to the lt)llowing prominent citizens of | three church buildings. IJaptist, Mel h- J. Cautu'ld, lartfe:odist and I'resbvterian. It is sur- the section. ranchman and cattle dealer; Veates tt Crain. merchants; Theo. Uland. W. F. Christie and Andv Wvnne. farmers. rounded with a liuckly settled, well- to-do class of farmers. The laud is rich and productive. Jieferences: .Mr. Joe Robinson and Capt. Wm. Evan.s, farmers. LORENA tlie ^Missouri Pacific railway, Moonv is a flourishing town, next in impor- j tance. six miles south of Mc(iregor, on- the Santa Fe railway. It is sur- rounded ])y one of the linest farming lu^arly soidh of Waco; anda few miles sections in the Stale, 'i'lie soil is not lieyond it are th(> towns of Masters- surpassed for wheat and other small ' ville and Fdd>-. Each of these three grains, and corn and cotton are the places are growing towns on tlie Mis- staples; the soil for these hitler not souri Pacilic railway, located in the being excelled, excei)t in the river l)ot- j midst of s])len(lid farmiftg lands, tom lands. Every church and school References : at Eorena, C. A. AVest- facility is ottered that could be do- 1 brook; Maslersville, Hon. L.N. Bruce, TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. 29 and at Eddy, Jones Connally, There are OTHER POSTOFFICES in the county, viz: Axtell, a station on the Texas and St. Louis railway ; Geneva, on the Missouri Pacitic rail- way; Eoss, on the Texas Central; China Springs, Speegleville, Patrick, Bosqueville, Elm Mott, Harrison Switch and Mart (the last two on the Central railway), South Bosque and Calindo. References: Axtell, T. J. Harper; Geneva, W. F. Thompson; lioss, Kev. J. P. Speakman; China Springs, H. E. Conger (sheep raiser) and Dr. J. H. CaldAvell ; Speegleville, Hon. Seth Mills; Patrick, Dr. T. J. Womack; Bosqueville, Kirt Eiddle; Elm Mott, W. T. Joines; Harrison SAvitch, John Shackelford ; Mai't, J. L. Caldwell; South Bosque, S.M.John- son; Galindo, E. H. Hatch. Most of these last named postothces are thriv- ing little villages Avith the usual stores and other conveniences of small towns. FACTS FOR IMMIGRANTS. We desire to embody in this article an answer to the many questions that have come to us from all parts of the United States and other countries. For want of space we must be concise. AV'e will suppose that the emigrant has his home in the states. To get to Texas bythe best and most expeditious route depends upon your proximity to either of the folloAving cities: St* Louis, Memphis or Ncav Orleans. If St. Louis, get your ticket to Texas, via the Missouri Pacitic Raihvay di- rect to Waco, no change of cars. You can get through tickets to Austin and San Antonio via Waco ; on this route you pass through Denison and Fort Worth. If Memphis is your starting- point, get your tickets to Texarkaua, and then by the Texas and St. Louis railway direct to AV'aco, about the cen- tre of the ftate. If New Orleans is your starting point, get your ticket "by the New Orleans and Houston and Texas Central railway, to Waco; by ^this route you pass through Houston, Southeast and the central part of the state. BUILDING MATERIAL. The very best of rock for fencing, lime and building purposes "is to be found in this county. Three largo brick manufactories are operated in this (yty. No better brick is made in any country. Brick are put into the walls in biiilding in this city, at $10 per thousand. The best of ash and oak timber abounds in the county. The railroads connect uS with the tinest pineries in the world, and pine lumber for building and fencing is comparatively cheap ; but for the latter purpose only one board to the pannel of fence is used ; this, with tAvo strands of barbed Avire, renders tlie farm cat- tle proof, hogs, sheep and goats not being alloAved to run at large. THE IMMIGEANTS' QUESTIONS AN- SWERED. Waco has over 13,000 inhabitants — three competing railroads, and is a groAving toAvn. Money can be safelv invested here at 12 per cent. There are several manufacturing enteri)rises started here, but room for several more. DAvelling houses rent at from $7 to $80 per month OAving to conven- iences and distance from business. Business houses, from $.50 to $1.50 per month. The city is beginning to leave the Plaza and Main streets, and is branching out on side streets. Enter- prise will decide the direction it Avill take. Good prolitable investments could noAV be made in city lots by men who have foresight enough to guess at the direction business is go- ing to take. Living in Waco is as cheap as in any place in Texas. The soil is good for gardens. On a lot 50x165, fruit and vegetables enough to supply a family can easily be raised; corn usu- ally s^ls at 25 cents a bushel. Our city laAvs do not prevent families from alloAving a coav to run at large. We have the advantage of railroads, and groceries and all family necessaries 30 THE IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE are as cheap as can be had in any inte- Texas. We make the folloAvinjr su care in liavin«r titles at their pla«/e of destinatiun by the examined will ensure a jrooil title, tirst of .January. soastubcginthcirpre- Farms can he rented either for r^\sh parations for tlic apprcjachiug season, or for part of the crop. Avhere land I'niess a location lias been selected owners furnish teams, etc.. half crop beforeliand. it is best to come in the is usual rent and Mliere tf^nants fur- nish evrrythinjr. one-fourth cotton, one-third corn. Our roads in the summer and fall are maj^nilicent. in the winter are bad. heavy. Our soil is sandy. black sandy- h()<:"-wallow. black waxie. Laiuls tail— say in October or November, especially if the i>arty expects to go u]>on an unimproved place. May rent land for the first year. Improved lands can l)e liad in any of the settled counlics without much dilliculty. When n)oney rent is paid the price is ranjic in jirice from -i^o to ;f<3() ]>er jrenerally about thrciMlollars per acre. a<-re. accoi-dinN'e will give fidl particulars. TAXKS. The taxes for the state are only HO cents ou $100. McLennan county has TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. 31 about $5,000 in the Treasury and is out of debt. OKDER AND PROSVERITY. No community in Texas can justly claim better preserved order and a greater degree ofprosperity than that of Waco and McLennan county. The laAvs have been so tirmly and impar- tially enforced, tliat the citizens gener- ally have cause to regard any other condition than that of the very best order as an exception to the rule. The rapid increase of the population and Avealth of McLennan county in- duced the building of a large and com- modous Court House, at Waco, in which the citizens generally feel a just pride. This improvement though made at a cost of $8.'),000, has been paid for, and several other minor im- provements in the county have also been lately made and paid for, and the county has a surplus fund in the treas- ury of |;5,000. The taxes are there- fore of no perceptable Aveight on this county, and will not be again. The low rate of taxes assessed hereafter will be sufficient to build turnpikes and bridges wherever needed and keep in good order every road. The presiding officer of the commissioners' court of this county has declared already that it will be the pui-pose of that court to look specially to the im- mediate improvements of the public roads of the coxmty. We cau safely offer these as an additional induce- ment to those looking for homes in Texas, the advantages of a healthy, county treasury, low taxes, line roads and safe bridges, and the very best of political and social order. INDUCEMENTS TO IMMIGRANTS. The state of Texas offers induce- me'its to immigration which can not be surpassed in many respects, and ar 1 rarely equaled by any other coun- try on this continent. These comprise excellence of climate, soil and Avater, agricultural, grazing and commercial advantages, and educational facilities ; and in additicm to all these, cheap lands. The settler, who comes into the state now, has not necessarily to undergo the hardships of a pioneer life, as Avas formerly the case. lie can, if his inclinations point that Avay, still ffnd l^rge areas of unculti\'ated pasture lands in the extreme Avest and nortliAvest, where his flocks and lierds may roam at Avill, but at least one- third of the territory of the state is about as well populated as many of the states east of the Mississippi river. Mills, gins, stores, schools and churches are met Avith aluiost eA'ery- Avhere, and opportunities for social in- tercourse are at the command of cA'en those in the most sparsely settled neighborhoods. THE II03IESTEAD I.AAV. The following is the laAV goA'eruing homesteads in Texas : ''An Act DEFiNiNCf the Homestead AND Other Property Exeaipt FROM Forced Sale in This State. "Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the homestead of a family, not to exceed two hundred acres of land not included in any city, toAvn or vil- lage lot or lots, not to exceed ffA^e thou- sand dollars in«value at the time of tlieir designation as a homestead, and Avithout reference to the value of any im})rovements thereon, shall not be subject to forced sale for debts, except for the i)urchase-money thereof, or for taxes, or for labor and material expended thereon.'' LELAND SEMINARY, This school is a private institution* presided over by Mrs. Fannie Leland, a lady of rare culture and one of the most successful teachers Avho ever taught in Waco, Mrs. Leland con- ducted this school in Waco for eight years. For the past two years she has not taught. At the time Ave wrote the article on "The Schools of Waco and McLennan County," she liad not de- tei-mined to resume the school, and tliat is Avhy the notice of it did not appear imder that heading. This school re-opened Monday, Sept. 8. 32 THE IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE ARCHITECTS. — ~>»^ — . — W. W. LARMOUR, Waco is celebrated for the symme- try of its bnihiinirs, and most of them ^vere designed })y the above arcliitect who is a i)erfeet master of Ids art, and a gentleman of genuine talent. Two of the largest court houses in the State are builtfrom his designs, one at Austin and the other of large dimen- sions and splendid architecture now being l)ulU at San Angelos A large nuiid)cr of i)ublic buildings all over the Slate are from his designs, plans and specifications, notably the public schools of Corsicaua, the most elabo- rate and elegant i)ublic school build- ings in Texas. Tlie reputaticm of ^Mr. Larmour is wide-s])vead, and he is constantly, witii a large corps of as- sistants, employed in designing and drafting for buildings. b pro- fession of architects and furnishers of jtlans and specifications of buildings. Many magnificent specimens of Mr. Dodson's skill and <|ualifications are to be seen in and about Waco, and in many of the leading cities of the State. One notable instance of recent date in Waco is the Inuadsome structure on Austin street. abo\e Eighth, whose graceful towering spire, points heav- enward in honor of the Christian re- ligion. The new Presbyterian Church, to which we allude, is one of the hand- somest buildings in the State; in fact it is an architectural beauty. 'J'lie new court house at (ireenville, which ha.s just fallen a j)rey to the lire liend was another, while many of the elegant and comfortable residences which adoru our beautiful city atVord am])le evi- dence of the skill and accomplishment of these gentlemen. They draw i)l{uis, ! furnish designs and specifications for all kinds of buildings, i)u.blic and pri- , vate, and superintend the construction of tlio same. They have now under contract some of the handsomest work every seen in the city in the way of resi dences, etc. They are among the best known anil most skillful architects in the State and Waco is proud to own them as citizens. LUMBER DEALER. A. J. CARUTHERS. Xo industry has grown to such di- mensions or plays so important a jiart as a material aid to the growth and improvement of our city, as the lum- ber tratle. Within the past few years the demand for lumber and building material has grown so much that the yards in existence befoi'e were not equal to the enu-rgency, and others were opened until tlie supply became equal to the growing (leuuiud. As thc||city grew and prospered, people turned their attention to the con- struction of strong, |i(^rmanc>nt antl comfortable houses. In order that tiiesc eould be so, hunber of good (juality was necessary, and this !.■< un- doubtedly found in the i)roiluct of the long leaf yellow pine, which ranks aoove all other lumber in the construction of houses. Such lumber can always bo found at the well known yard of A..L Caruthers, at the corner of Fourth and >lary streets. 5i.r. C makes a specialty of handling the very choicest long leaf pine lum- ber which is ])roduced from the mills of the state, and his extensive patron- age and wide trade show that people have learned where they can get just what they want. The long leatyellow [»ine is acknowledged to make the tinest and most desirable lumber for building purposes, and^Slr. Caruthers is ])repared to supply it in all lengths and sizes. 1^1 LIBERAL PUBLICATIONS NDEPENDENT PULPIT- \ MON'IIILV 1)K\ OTKI) TO LIBERALISM ADD FREETHODGHT. 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