The Goliad Guard (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 19, 1876 Page: 3 of 4
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GOLIAD COUNTY.
It A|rlenltpral, Educational
and 8«clcor Advantages.
.i msw wordsTto immigrants.
We give belpw a description of Goliad
and a portion of some other adjoining
a guide to those who are
homes in the Great State of Tei-
that the South-West portion,
wun her rlek and fertile lands,
bids fair to be the Gaxdek Spot of the
State:
Situation, Timber, dee.
Goliad is situated on the San Antonio
River, in "South-West Texas, about fifty
miles -from the Gulf of Mexico, in lati-
tude 28}, longitude 97, has an area of
about nine hundred square miles, cr near
six hundred thousand acres of land, of
which about three-fourths is Prairie—the
remainder is of timber of the different
classes that are usually found in this sec-
tion of the State, such as,Cotton-Wood,
Pecan, Burr Oak, Elm, White Ash,
Water Oak, Hackberry, Box-Elder, Wal-
nut, An aqua, Sicamore and Mulberry in
the timbered bottoms of the river; on
the uplands on the creeks can be found
Live Oak, Post-Oak, Black-jack. (Cotton-
wood and Pecan on some of the creeks)
Mesquet, Hackberry, and Anaqua. Of
Ml this variety of timber, the Pecan,
With that of the Mesquit, is among the
taost useful; the nuts that grow upon the
Pecan sell readily for from two to four
Hnllaa (coin) per bushel; the trees bear
from one to eight bushels, making the
business of gathering the nuts very pro-
fitablé; the timber is very useful for
nearly all purpose* The Cotton-Wood is
Used for fencing and building purposes,
being very large and straight timber. The
White-Oak and Burr-Oak is used princi-
pally by wheel-wrights. This class of
timber is increasing in quantity; andthe
same may be said as to the Asli.
Hackberry is used for rails, and does
well when not near the ground. Walnut
is very scarce, andthe timberis small and
of little value, except for the nuts. The
bears a berry that the hogs of
country get nearly fat upon, as they
among the first fruit of berry that
Post-Oak is used for rails and
boards, and is sometimes sawed up into
lumbei by the mills of the country.
Live Oak timber is in great abundance
on the creeks and uplands.
Hast, Wild Fruits, dee.
The Post-Oak furnishes an abun-
dant mast every year upon which the
hogs feed and fatten. (Last year there
was over a thousand bead of hogs ship-
ped to St. Louis from our neighborhood.)
The Black-jack and Live-Oak yield an
abundant mast; and while speaking of
the different kinds of mast upon which
our stock feed, wc will call attention to
several other species that grow upon
vines, small trees, and bushes, such as
the Haw, Wild Plum, Wild Peach, Mex
ican Persimmon, Currants, Sugar-berry,
Hack-berry, Dew-berry, Grape, and
large Btrong bean of the Mesquit tree
that horses and cattle feed upon, which
is nearly equal to grain.
Domestic Fruits.
Fruits grow finely where the orchards
are well taken care of. Tie have seen
pears here that equalled those grown in
California. Peaches of a very fine qual-
ity and in great abundance are grown
'any where in the county, specially on the
uplands. Plums, Stramberries, Bananas,
&c., are raised here without much effort.
Many new peach orchards have lately
been started in the county.
A4Joliitng Sections, dec.
The eastern portion of Bee County,
which lies south-west of Goliad, is epual
in fertility to any County of the West.
Its inhabitants are principally engaged
in the stock business. Many of ihem are
exclusively engaged in sheep raising,
which has proven very remunerative
the same may be said of the eastern
portion of Karnes County, which lies
north-west of Goliad. Refugio County
is due south of Goliad; its citizens are
principally in the horse and cattle busi
ness; but the lands in each of these
Counties are-as productive as any lands
in the State. The stock businecs
it is more, remunerative,
the country affording such a fine and
for stock.
Variety of Soils.
The lands of Goliad County are varied
in charterr-in the eastern portion it is
level,, well timbered and watered, and
the western portion is a beautiful, toll-
ing. rich soil; in the valley of the San
Antonio River it' is principally an ash
losm; in some portions of the valley
there is the black soil, but easy of culti-
vation, and covered with a rich coat of
the finest Mesquit Grass. The uplands
are of different classes, some of a
nature, others of the black mesquit or
hog-wallow and black sandy loam, all oT
which produces a fine nutritious
upon which the cattle that are sent to the
Pjp^fi&s. m. •
markets from
Louis and
and
lying upon
than any
one to
■**
for pastures. There are some fifteen or
twenty thousand acres of vacant lands
in the county, much of it valuable.
Crops, Vegetable*, &c.
The crops of the county are principal-
ly corn and cotton, but many other arti-
cles are planted that are profitable, such
as Oats, Broom-corn, Castor-beans, Irish
and Sweet Potatoes, Mellons, Peas, Cab-
bage, Beans, Onions, and in fact nearly
every thing that is planted does well,
with the necessary labor bestowed to
make crops do well in other conntries.
Vineyards, Grapes.
There are two or three vinyards in this
and adjoining counties, with others start-
ing, for the purpose of making wine,
and we do not know of any country in
which grapes do better in than Goliad
and adjoining counties. The Mustang
Gfrape, which is the native, and grows in
great profusion, is being made into Wine,
and by good judges has been pronounced
equal to the best .foreign wines. Also
several other choice varieties of grapes
grow well, while the vineyards and gar-
dens produce as fine specimens of the
more choice varieties as any section in
the State.
Water Facilities, dee.
There are eleven creeks of never fail-
ing water on-, the west side and nine on
the east side-of the San Antonio river,
which river runs through the centre of
the county, from north-west to south-
east. The rive, is a swift, bold stream,
with several places on it where the water
has a fall of several feet, which is suita-
ble for mill sites; in fact, the power is
sufficient to run, if properly utilized, any
kind of maehinery.
Inhabitants, Society, Churches,
Education.
Goliad County has five-or six thousand
inhabitants. The town of Goliad neir
two thousand—it is located near the cen-
tre of the county, on the east bank of
the San Antonio River, opposite the old
Mission of La Bahia. where Col. Fannin
and bis men were shot in 1836 by order of
Santa Anna,
The society of Goliad is as good as
can be found. They are a church-going
people. The following denominations
are represented here: Episcopal, Baptist,
Methodist Episcopal, Christian. Presby-
terian and Catholic. The Schools of the
County are taught by competent, and the
most of them by Christian, gcnt.-inen
and ladies. The principal school of the
County and surrounding country is Paine
Male and Female Institute, under the
care of a Board of Trustees, who see
to the employment of competent instruc-
tors. Prof. Brooks, the present Princi-
pal, has a wide reputation as an educator
of the first-class; as an evidence, he has
built up one of the most flourishing insti-
tutions of learning west of the Colorado
River, there being seven teachers em
ployed in the different departments, and
about one hundred and eighty students
on the rolls for the present year.
The Time to Come to this
Country.
Having given a description of the
County, and a portion of Bee, Karnes
and Refugio Counties adjoining Goliad,
we will now state a few more facts
about which we suppose the immigrant
would want information before starting
to locate a home in the south-west:
1st.—Which is the best time during the
year to come to this country?
Ans.—The best time is early in the
Fqll, when you could purchase your sup-
plies at lower prices than at any other
season—besides, if you Tfish to labor, the
farmer or stock men are ever ready to
hire at good wages.
2nd.—Are there lauds alreadv improved
for rent?
Ans.—Yes; lands can be rented on al
most any terms you wish—either for
portion of the crop or for money; money
rent varies from two to five dollars per
acre.. When you rent for a portion of
the crop, it depends upon what the own
er of the land furnishes—if it be land,
team, and also to feed the team, he gets
one-half and the renter one-half; but if
the renter wishes only the land he gives
one-third of the corn crop, one-fourth of
the cotton, and other crops in proportion
to the labor bestowed on them.
3rd.—After arriving, what will it take
to s tarty the average family and keep them
up until their farm will sustain them?
Ans.—Two hundred or two hundred
and fifty dollars. First perchase would
be one yoke of oxen, 30to',40 dollars, or
two horses, 75 dollar#; one hundred bush-
els of corn,'75 dollars; two hundred lbs.
bacon. 12J cts. per pound, 25 dollars, and
then sugar, coffee, and other necessary
articles, will run it up to two hundred
and fifty dollars.
Preparation for planting commences in
November and the first of December.
Corn is planted in> February—cotton in
March.
Tnose wbo wish a home in Texas where
fandf are eheap, near a market for all
produce, good society, chuichea and
school, aitd health unsurpassed by any
country on the American continent, will
do well to come now, while thrf price of
ands are so' low (bat constantly, on the
the rise.) COME AND BEE.
For Sale or Rent!
THE store room formerly occupied by
Carrington & Co. as a Drug Store,
next door to J. D. Denham's.-
For particulars, enquire of
3. H. EWELL, -/
At Denham's store,
Goliad, July 22, 1876. tf^
ESTRAY NOTICE.
Estrayed before John B. Olfer^J. P.
DeWitt county, Precinct "No. 1,
j 19, 1876, by J. C. Lamples. s¡ cer-
tain dun horse branded witli IC, 8 half
circle over the I, both letters cUibe to-
gether and a bar beneath them,'on the
eft shoulder, about 18$ hands high, 9
years of age; also a red roan horse bran-
ded JTF connected on left shoulder and
on lfet thigh, also Spanish brand 0:1 left
thigh, about 13 hands high, 8 years of
age; also a bay horse about 13 hands
high, 8 years of ape, branded A An left
shoulder; appraised at $25.00 each by
. E. JfcDonald and J. if. Dawlearm.
Bob Thomas,
C. C DeWitt county.
Per F. A. JfcLain, deputy.
July 20, 1876. 4t
abb. líyi. ht. lett. 6. a. levi.
.*<BáNKERS,
AND DBALERS IN
EXCHANGE,
Victoria, Texas.
Apr. 15,1876—12m |
d. i* tally,
With
"1 fiat's IVhafs the Matter
Rill Jones."
— J
Rock Masonry of all Kirfds!
fTIHE undersigned has removed to town
A and is now prepared to coat/act for
any and all kinds of
STOKE MASON V,
from the building of a simple stc 3 wall
to the most perfect finish of an
UNDERGROUND CISTERN.
All work guaranteed, or no money re-
quired.
To be found for the present at the Case
Hotel: W. R. JONES.
Goliad, June 17,1876 . 6m
Tally & Davis,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
goliad texas,
WILL BUY. SELL & PAY TAXES
OJV LA-N~DS.
A Residence of Twenty years in the
A. West, has thoroughly acquainted
us with the people and the
CHARACTER,& LOCATION
OF 2L.A.TSII5&
Information furnished in reference
to the sale or purchase of lands, or the
payment of taxes on lands, furnished
on application.-
Uiif Storr.,
ar n O. Owens
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer I.
Fancy and Staple Groceries,
f
Liquors, Tobacco and Cie.uts.
Commercial Street,
Opposite W. J. McNamara's
Victoria Texas
Refers by Permission, to
Moody & Jamison, Howard & Iglehart
Heidenheimer Bros Galveston, Texas,
Thos. Simms & Levy New Orleans
T. D. Lorrance, Cleburne. Texas
consignments respectfully solicited
and
Cash advances made an Same
Your attention is respectfully ca led t<
the following low rates of ehargi s, foi
handling freight, viz:
For advancing, receiving and forward
ing, on all money actually paid; out, 5$c
forwarding with
cash in hand, £}$c. _
By calculation it will be dis&lvered
"" ' tke
that the above rates are a- saving, on
old barrel rate system, from 15 to 17icts,
on each barrel, making about from two
ingi
irodu
and a half to five cents for receiving and
forwarding per bbl. Handling produce,
one and a quarter ^)c.
JSP Highest market price paid fto silver,
and exchauge given on Galveston, New
Orleans and New Yotk.afpaii .
Nov. 15, 75
w.
JOHN
state agency <
Wli IS,
. -¥«aBS«llP8PH
Brook's Wrought Iróü Screw
COTTON PR6S8,
Gullett Improved Light-Draught
Oilsr,
Bearing Horse Elgtae,
—ok—
GIN HOUSE RUNNING GEAR,
Matthew Cotton Tie Stretcher,
COLEMAN'S CORN AND WHEAT HILL,
Simmon's Belt
COTTON PRESS,
Corner Tremont and Mechanic St*.,
Q4LVEST0X TEXAS.
April 15,1876.
6m
BTAN Ac GEARY,
(J. 'Jft. 'Martin, Atyent,)
LUMBER- MERCHANTS,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Lumber, Shingles, ¿«or
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
Side and Head Lights, dsc. Ac,
ST. MARTS, TEXAS.
House Bills Cut to Order, and cargoes of
Fencing landed at all accessible points
on Aransas Bay, at lowest market prices.
Address all orders as above.
St. Marys, Texas, May 18,1876-6m
THE! TIME
I IH
NOW IS
to get a
FINE
FOB TBS
fflHE unders:gned offers One Hundred
X and Fifty tine Merino Backs for
sale. These Bucks wereÉ '-«id liy ice,
and are of imported antiii frSv-'-tocfc,
Will sell one or all '
Drice for which fine
— at the low price of
r. t. davis
Rt USE
crop in the uiber
Agents will put all increase in the two
last named brands—use one brand upon
the left hip and the other upon the right
Address,
TALLY & DAYIS,
JOS. GETSWJLLER,
SvurgeoTX & (Physician
Goliad Texas.
Office at the City Hotel.
Examinations frite of charge. All ac-
cute cases, no cure no pay.
£W Special attention given|9urgerj. |_ JF
v7n841y
SMITH TAYLOR & Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAI1
sealers in
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES
HARD-WARE & TIN-WARE
Beeville, Bee Co. Texas.
will keep constantly on hani
A Well Select ed Sioci*
N
of
DRYGOODS,
OF THE LATEST STYLES
and
F
A|S|H|I|0|N|S|
WtU also keep on Hand
the best grades of
family
G R OC'IO RIES.
consisting of
COFFEE, SUGAR, FLOUR,
And all the innumerable requirement
Of Hocse, or Hotel Keeping,
We would say to one and all, come ant
examine our stock before purchasing
elsewhere. jan. 23,75-v8-nS ly
Heal JEsiate
And Land Aeency
J. W. Kutney & T. P. Lenoir,
SURVEYORS AND CIVIL
Engineers,
GOLIAD TEXAS,
WILL LOOK
sell Land and
Taxes, and act as
owning lands any
Texas.
Dec. 11.1875.
collect, and pay
Agents for parties
where in western
v9-nl.6m.
Strayed or Stolen!
A MEDIUM sized dark horse, thinly
built, branded on the hip PHIL, the
P and the H connected, the shoulder of
the P turned to the left; has, also, a
Spanish brand on the hip. He disap-
peared from my house six1 or seven
weeks ago. His return, or information
of him will be suitably rewarded.
H. G. HORTON.
Goliad, July 22, 1876. * tf
NOTICE.
THE entire stock, heretofore belong-
to Mike O'Meara, has been pur-
chased by me, and: I warn all parties not
to sell, drive, or in any way handle any
of said stock without a regular power of
attorney from me. Al\ brands and marks
belonging to said stock are of record in
the counties of DeWitt, Victoria and
Goliad. R. P. Cars.
Cuero, Texas, July 22,1876, 3m
ESTRAY NOTICE.
Estratsd before L. B. Wright, J. P.
of Precinct No. 8, DeWitt county,
stallion, blind in right eye, 10 or
of Precinct No. 8, DeWitt county,
I in right eye, 10 or
years old, i5i hands high, branded
on right shoulder; taken up by D. P.
Yates, this July 8,1876.
July , 1878.
-v
" ¡Kgp&cV
\
Bob IfeoKAS,
XT. C. DeWitt County.
it
STOCK BRANDS-
R. MILLER'8 CATTLE BRANDS.
Milk ottrhill crop in
Oue ear ¿it.d u oeibuit
9
cm
Murk rameas above
(DO
hi]
P-
I hereby wattl all peí
terferring with stock ib my brands.
:rsons against in-
cKinnr *
Address Goliad Tekas.' v8n23
N
On hip
S3)
Purchased of Andy Newman, All pre-
vious authority, is hereby revoked.
w Jos. Taylor.
Address, Goliad Texas.
NOTICE
WE have purchased of Lazarus Nich-
ols his entire interest in cattle
every where. Agents are requested to
brand increase HlCon right side, and
~ on left hijx
Mark
Cd^2>
WORD &
Gotiad, June 24, 1876.
GREEN,
ly
S. A. DUKE AND BROTHER'S CAT-
TLE-BRANDS.
T> 1 Mark—Upper and under bit in
JO J.TL each ear.
T A Marks—Swallow fork in the left
J. A and under bit in the right. Un-
der half crop in the left and two under
bits in the right ear.
IA
Same marks ag, above.
TT7 Marks—Swallow fork and ov-
X\. er bit in the left. Second mark
Swallow fork in the right ear.
Cattle in the above Ijrands are not for
sale, and when sold, only by those hav-
ing direct powers of attorney from me.
No agent has power to make other agen
cíes, except where it is specially named
in my powers of attorney. Hands off, or
rue the consequences. Address, Goliad,
Texas. v8n44yl
a. W. HITCHIXtiS' HORSE bit AND.
th
Anv information regarding stork io
above brand will be ¿uiiublj rewarded
Addresa, Goliad, Texas. v7nt0jl.
NOTICE.
ALL Powers of Attorney heretofore
give:, by me for managing or sell-
ing cattle in the following brasds, viz:
LO, 313, IB4U, Q BXB,
Except that to A. Villmcr, arc hereby i
voked. Those Scting as my agents here
fofore will settle with Messrs. Payne A-
Lane. Any one interfering with cattle
:n these brands will be prosecuted with
ihe ntmost rigor of the law.
CATHARINE JONES.
May 13, 1876. 6m
N
OTICE—"Whereas it baving come to
my knowledge that one Henry Da
Goliad county has baa my
on' the lefi
on the jaw
the Clerk's
County.
rfdson, of
riorae brand, thus
moulder and 7
recoi ded in
office of Victoria
(I
This is to give notice that said horse
brand is mine, and that I warn all persons
not to buy from said Davidson or sell by
my authority from him. under penalty
of the law, any horse stock in said brand.
Chas. C. JON 38,
April ¿-v9-nxvi8m Beeville, Bee co,
ONLY ON2 DOLLAR.
Every Family Cm Afford It
THE CHEAPEST PAPER IN TEXAS
—is the—
Weekly Houston Telegraph
It is a Splendid Family Paper.
Is chock-full of the latest jiews
It is devoted to theg bicultural
Interest.
is the oldest paper in texas
Is thobodghhl y Democratic
Owing to the hard times, and that no
one may have an excuse for sending out
of the State for a first class newspaper,
the price of the ¡Weekly Telegraph has
been reduced from this date, as follows
Single Subscription, one year, $ 1 50
Club of Twenty, " '• 25 00
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Specimen copies sent iree on ap-
plication. Send for one and judge for
yourself.
Address, A. C. GRAY,
Aug. 8-v8-n-36 Houston Texas.
For Saleor Trade,
For One Half it Coti,
MY BOUSE AND LANDS, the house
contairing, if finished, 14 rooms
and three balls, with good water, good
stable and lot, within one hundred yards
of the Court House square. Enquire im-
mediately of
Apr 15, '76-tf W. E. CAN FIELD.
C. Hi BAKER,
GOLIAD TEXAS,
dealer hf
Drugs, Medicines, Faints, Oile
Fcaicv Toilet ArtixiLejs
SroNGES, BRUSHES, DYEWOODB,
Dyettulh, Etc.
Mc licines warranted genuine, and of the
*17 in891?
CASE HOTEL.
F. S. TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR-
The proprietor 01 the above popular
Hotel, would respectfully inform his old
friendB and patrons, as well as the i>iil«-
licin general, that he is prepared to give
First Class Accommodation s, to regu-
lar and transient boarders, on moderate
terms. _ The building has been repaire.1,
re-furnished and thoroughly renovated ;
rooms ventilated and every convenience
provided, neeessary to the ease and com-
ort of guests. The table will be well
supplied with the best the market affords.
A Livery axd Feed Stable, is at-
tached to the premises, and the best at-
tention will be paid to animals and vehi-
cles. Goliad, Aug 14 '75, v8-n371y
J W. BRASS!LL
i / ft I AJÍ AND SUHG&ON
Tchktowk, Dewitt Co Texas.
WILL Give prompt attention to all
• Calls—Night or day.
Oct. 16, '75. v8-n46-ly«
SIMMONS & BROS.
GOLIAD, ;. .TEXA8.
jyjANUFACTURERS and dealers in
Saddles, Bridles, Harness,
Halters, Ecf.
Whips,.
Repairing done neatly and cheap. All
work warranted. We arc also prepared
to trim
BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES.
Orders through the mail will receive
prompt attention.
Goliad May 15 '75. 25-ly
W. m. Cole, J. W. Cole, G. W. uoi.e.
W. M. COLE & BROS.
FAMILY GROCERS,
and
DEALERS IN QUEENS WAR®:
WOODEN WARE, ETC. E1C.
At KilexleiN old tan ,
Goliad Texas.
Full market price paid for all kinds of"
Country produce.
We respectfully solicit the patronage
of the public, and oifer to sell Goods, a*
cheap as the 1 heapest.
Goliad, Auf 7, '75. v9-n3G-lf.
B. O. STOUT,
Host respectfully Informs lila
friends and tbe public gener-
ally that lie has opened a
WELL SELECTED STOCK '
New deo$*r
Boots, Shoes, Hats,
ry G-oods,
CLOTHING,
—and—
GROCERIES.
He is constantly receiving additions.to >
his large stock, which he will sell'
CHEAP FOR CASH.-
Thanking his friends for past fv
he hopes, by strict attention to
tosaer* ■ continuation
Br ■"■
6in:
AIS. LEVI.
A. Levi &
Wholesale G*OCl
anp dealers :
Stoves, Furniture, Plotc y*
ware, Hardware, n
Victoria. Texi
Full maket price paid for
all kinds. We solicit the
country merchants, and 0]
goods as cheap as the cheapest \1
V
Take N . tice.
THERE is yet one live Butcher in tl e
Market House at Goliad, under tl <•
sign of city market stall No. 1, win re-
you can get a nice beaf steak at 4 cents
per pound. Feeling ever great ful f¡ 1
pivst fwoie, -if ivnrtliy I <.j jj
eit your favors.
Come one, cojne all vou will find mc -.s
ever, RICHARD MILLER.
May 22. 25-ly
J CAME TO STAY.
■F. W. V
House, Sign and
And Paper
Shop ovei A. Peikert1
IBUGGIE^ AND
raimed to oraer
Work
Prompt attention,
Goliad, 3m. 28,11
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