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DiscriptionofES8isCo«Tex 
 
 Ellis county is S'tuated west of Ti;inity g 
 river, and is one of the most Southerly jg 
 counties considered as in Northern Tex- ^^ 
 us. The Houston and Texas Central o 
 Railway, passes through the county from S 
 eight to ten miles from its Eastern bouii- a> 
 dary— the Trinity river — . Ennis, Pal- ^ 
 uier and Ferris, are the railroad towns ^ 
 of the county- Ennis,- -named for Col. a 
 C. Ennis, a Director in the Central R.R. ^ 
 Co. —is located on Black Sandy rolling ^ 
 prairie, 231 miles from Houston, and 34 e 
 below Dallas, and has now a population ^ 
 of 1003, and is one of the most a> 
 nealthy and beautifully located towns on (^_^ 
 the Central Railroad, or in the State, d 
 was selected and located h} the Central S|-^^»|^ 
 Railroad Company vvith a* view of con- 5" 
 trolling the trade' and trans[)ortatiou s 
 from one of t'le best uplaad farming sec- 5" 
 tions m the State. Palmer and Ferris, ""■ 
 respectively tight and fourteen lijiles td 
 North of Eiiuis, are well located for con- § 
 venience of the fine farming section ad- ^ 
 jacent. V/axahachic, our county seat, o 
 was. located in 1S50, on 'the beautiful 
 white rock creek of same name, and is p 
 thirteen miU's nearly West of Ennis, S' 
 with an energetic and enterprising popu- ^" 
 lation, of a few hundred more than Ennis, tr* 
 is a he;;.U!iy, and handsoinely located cs 
 town, and boasts for Ellis County, of one 5q" 
 of the neatest, and best yellow stene ^ 
 Court houses in Texas. g^ 
 
 Lands of the county are principally • 
 black waxy rolling prairie: unimi»roveJ 
 
2 
 farming lands from $3 to $8 per 
 ^ acre. Uuimproved superb lots, around 
 g the two principle towns of the county — 
 M Waxahaehie and Ennis— from fifteen to 
 sixty dollars per acre, in acre, or fractional 
 o" acre lots. Improved lands from ten to 
 ^ thirty dollars per acre, owing to size of 
 •^ tracts, and class of improvments; and 
 *-^ just here we would touch upon 
 
 ^ LAND TITLES, 
 
 ^ the great buobear of many good and sen- 
 
 O sible immigrants who come into the 
 
 J- county andexpect to find our abstracts 
 
 3f titles already prepared and in order 
 
 •-' as it is in older states; instead, thereof, 
 
 ^ we have in most counties of our State a 
 
 .'::i well kept public record of transfers, each 
 
 Q,. Book indexed besides a general index, 
 
 J2 find it IS the privilege and right as well as 
 
 ^ lawful duty of every man to examine or 
 
 'rt have examined said records before i>ur- 
 
 q3 chasing real Estate. Our laws are plain 
 
 § and simple, relative to titles of lands. A 
 
 ^fi complete chain of title is one when 
 
 'S every link is on file or on record in our 
 
 § General Land Office at the city of Austin, 
 
 ■^ or recorded in the records of county 
 
 ^ where land is situated. The great buga- 
 
 ^ boo of Mexican or Spanish grants has 
 
 3 nearly all been settled in courts of 
 
 ^ the country, or by statute of limitation. 
 
 ;X} Our present defective titles result prin- 
 
 rj3 cipally from carelessness and failure o 
 
 ^ purchasers to record deeds and transfers 
 
 J and suicidal neglect of purchasers in not 
 
 g examining, or having examined the pul>- 
 
 pq lie records before buying from ignorant 
 
 ^ irresponsible parties and agents of 
 
 ^ doubtful character. No honest man will 
 
 ^ flinch from a prying into his character 
 
 o and reputation, so try him thoroughlv 
 
 ^ before purchasing. Examine lands on the 
 
 ^ gr(u.ind in person, or by responsible proxy, 
 
 and have it distinctly understood who is 
 
 >-: to i)ay surveying fees, and have an eye to 
 
the taxes. See that a complete chain of 
 title is on file aud of record. Buy from J^ 
 no surviving party of a coverture iinles« *< 
 he or she is authorised by law to sell; and § 
 'with but rare exceptions the purchaser" 
 will remain in peaceable possession un- ? 
 disturbed. As to the condition of the '<: 
 present titles of marketable land of Ellis § 
 county, I do not think I exngerate when ^' 
 I say good titles can be had to five s.xths 2! 
 of the quantity in market, and I believe 2 
 the land men, land lawyers of the county ^ 
 will reiterate the above statement. As ^ 
 a kind of farewell in the title question, p 
 show me the man in Texas, that croaks S- 
 most upon defective land tit'es, and I ^ 
 will either show you a man without land g 
 sense or ordinary good judgment or I ^ 
 will show you the partmn-, aider and ^ 
 abettor of some scoundrel that is trying '^ 
 to swindle in lands and only drawing you ? 
 away from the influence, and out of reach ^ 
 of honest men in order to swindle you. ^ 
 Wxvrr.ii, ^ 
 
 principly lime, and obtained by digging g 
 or boring wells from ten to fifty feet deep. "^ 
 Some very fine springs in portions of the "i^ 
 county but none of sufficient power for ^ 
 manufacturing purposes unless it be on ^^ 
 a very small scale. Stock water and for 2 
 generating steam, is '»btained principally S-. 
 from artificial ponds and tanks at various w 
 costs, from fifty to tw<» hundred dolhirs. p 
 TIMBF.i;. ^ 
 
 Oak of vaiious kinds on a.nd near Trin- ^ 
 iiy river, hackberry, ash, red and white '^ 
 elm, pecan, walnut, chittem or gumelas- Q 
 tic, honey locust, wild china, boxeller'^; 
 and r(!d haw, on Waxahachie and Cham- ^, 
 bers creeks, the two principal large -^ 
 creeks passing through the county. The . -* 
 former with its tributaries, furnish drain- hh 
 agcand tim ber, (principally fire wood) o^ 
 to the central porti >n of the county. The ^^^ 
 lalt'^r and tributaries furnishing drainage :3 
 
■^ and timbei'tp the Western poi-tion of tlie 
 OS county, and iiO doubt that tiiuuer grow- 
 ;$ ing, such as walnut, pecan, black locust, 
 
 .2 and other durable, and valuable timber, 
 > will find many advocates after the coun- 
 ^« tyis settled, and men learn that t atience 
 
 ;p and porseverence in that direction will 
 '■~i bri!i<^ rMiornious profits compared to in- 
 5 vestments in dry goods, notions, 
 S etc. And just h<?re a hint to those 
 p that poissess ponds and springs 
 
 2 would not be amiss. Suppose a quar- 
 ^ ter or half acre of the osier or bag- 
 's ket willow v/as set around your springs or 
 '%. tank; the; secon4 year you can commence 
 
 - cutting to make baskets, and instead ot 
 •r; our buying all of our market, fruit, 
 *S clothes, and ladies work baskets in New 
 o, York, Boston and Philadelphia, w^o could 
 o turn the tables on thenj and furnish those 
 •5 and other cities with Texag manufacture. 
 r: A little patience perseverance, and a few 
 '^ skilled workmen m that direction wdl re- 
 ■^ suit in a large income to our county, and 
 ■^ give employment to. many of the lame, 
 o blind and halt, 
 
 — • IMPROVEMEXTS. 
 
 ^. Fencing is mostly of oak and cednr 
 
 3 posts uith four to six inch pine boards 
 S three to five m number to the panel, fivi 
 
 "g usedin and near timber where hogs arc 
 "^ at ia»-ge, three used where hogs are kept 
 
 '^ in pens. Sonui post and wire fences, and 
 "^ many miles of complete d osage orange or 
 
 ^ bois d'arc hedges with hundreds of mile^ 
 ^ growing, and no dihibt but that thr 
 '^ McCartnev rose, or, better known as 
 I"l:i tht) Louisiana Hedge Rose will come int(» 
 
 •3 general and favorable use, as it has been 
 
 % thorongiily demonstrated tliat it is a suc- 
 '^ cess, and makes a good hedge at three 
 J^ ye'ars from the cuttings. Dwellings and 
 jn out houses principally of yeKow pine lum- 
 
 2 b( r from pineries of Texas; costing herr 
 -2 ^^ lumber yard $20 to $-23 per thousand 
 
feet (Jourl iUtusc, Jaji, and ii!:ni> ;:t 
 
 business houses of VVuxahafiiio aro built f^_^ 
 
 of a durable sandstone obtained from zf. 
 
 quarries near the town, and some houses ^ 
 
 also of brick made a few luindred j'ards ^ 
 
 from the Court House. Novv about twelve. _1 
 
 niontlis atvs the Waxahachi.^ Tap rail- ^ 
 
 road company was chartered, and is now ^. 
 
 iivaded ready for cross-ties cud iron. The ^ 
 
 i auction with tht;: Central, being some 2} p 
 
 miles Northwest of Enni?, at the most ae- S- 
 
 cessable point, and ic is to be hoped tliat -. 
 
 the two principle towns of one of ihe best ^ 
 
 farm ng countii?s in Texas v/ill soon be o 
 
 united and > onnected by the "iron horse" £- 
 
 and Telegrapli, instead of the two horte ^ 
 
 coaches l'Ow plyin.y betwe<'n the towns. tT^ 
 
 J.ast April one of the best business blocks ^ 
 
 m Ennis was destroyed by fire,, compos- ^ 
 
 ing ten houses, and now seven neat brick ^ 
 
 buildings two iron fronts, and three two ^ 
 
 stories liigb, have ai'isen from the debris; et* 
 
 the brick being made at Ennis a couple ^ 
 
 luindred yards from the block, and even p 
 
 the iron t"r<)nts that are an ornament to ^ 
 
 any town or house in Texas, were put up ^ 
 
 at Dallaa,.and soon the remaining three ^ 
 
 lots will be covered by buildings of the jd 
 
 same material, a second block is now c* 
 
 commenced, two neat two-story bricks *-^ 
 
 appioaching completion. ^ 
 
 CIIUKCHES ^ 
 
 of various protestant, denonjinations in ^ 
 
 nearly every neighborhood. ^, 
 
 EDUCATIONAL O 
 
 interests of the county tlouruiuiiii;; frt.'e § 
 tr^chools graduall-y growing into [iopular a 
 use. . -^ 
 
 Improved, labor-saving farming impli- a!* 
 meuts of all kinds coming into general ^, 
 use, and favor, as well as improved » 
 household and kitchen furniture and uten- o' 
 sils for the ladies, from the patent brooms ^ 
 to the fine- 1 co(di stoves and s;'wing ma- ^, 
 chines. ' ^ 
 
rt I'l.'OlX'oi.-^ 
 
 ^ Of the cuuiit\; small gi'aius, corn, 
 "^ (•(•ttoi), iiiid some few grasses, lViiit,s 
 ^ and veii;etables. An average crop of wheat 
 rf is about 2U])ushpls per acre, corn about 
 ^ WO, oats :50, barle}^ 40, rye 25, cotton ^ 
 -^ to f bale, grasses — millet and Hungariai. 
 '^ — f to 1 ton; our native pr;iirie, niesquit 
 >. and others from ^ to 1 ton per acre 
 S Wheat averages $1 per busliel oats 40cts; 
 '^ corn 50, barley $1 rye $1, millet and 
 cS Hungarian seed from ^1 to .f 1.50, hay 
 Q from $5 to|>20 per ton, owing to severity 
 It: of ivinter, and number of persons feedii g 
 ""^ cattle for market. The price of wheat is 
 '^ regulated by the demand of the coast 
 5 counties and counties S{»utheast and 
 , Vrest for flour made at our mills, and to 
 ^ sonic extent, by bulk of crop made m the 
 •^ Northwestern states and uo doubt will 
 Q eventually, like the Northwestern states, 
 2 be regulati^d by the Liverpool aiul other 
 foreign n)arkets, as we are directly con- 
 nected with Galveston — only 280 miles 
 ^ distant — the great sea port of Tex- 
 § as. Kye and barley will be regulated 
 ^ by distilleries to great extent, either 
 in or out of the State. Corn, oats and 
 o hay, by numbers of stock fattened, 
 § and severity of winter. Cotton, the 
 "t^ fleecy staple, sueceeds as well 
 'S here as anywhere m Texas on the 
 ^ uplands. Its vacilatingprices, and cause 
 t^' and effect of same, are too well known 
 ^ to the connnercial world to need com- 
 aj nient, or likelyhood of prices in the lu- 
 ^ ture. Tis a well established fact, to the 
 c sorrow of many farmers of Ellis county 
 'TT that the less the crop interferes with the 
 ^ grain crop, the better it pays, and some 
 ^^ are discarding ii alltogether; yet fresh 
 '^ sod land quicker repays the breaking in 
 'B culture it turned the winter or early 
 2 spring, or even a few weeks on sandy 
 " land before cotton planting time in Ma} . 
 
'TJ 
 
 C/q 
 
 FiXAXCI.M. 
 
 inter<T4:5 i^'pn'seutcl by Ihroo pijiviiti^ 
 banks, two tit Waxaiiachi*^ and one at 
 Eiuiis; all siibstur.tial reliubh' gentlemen, 
 some of whom liavo f^rown up \vith the 
 'county, and are known throughout the 
 ►"-^tjito. The correspondiMit of the Enuis 
 Bank is the Continental Jiank of St.Loni^ 
 Mo , — the eattlf!! market of Texas— and 
 13all Hutchins & <Jo. of Galveston — our 
 cotton market — exchange as reascmable 
 as can be had at any bank in Texas, 
 Gobi and silver bought and sold; but the 
 gold and silver part most "played out" 
 as goods, groceries and in fact everything 
 sells foi- currency, except occasionally 
 you will find a tract of land owned by a 
 gold-handed-silver-loving-opposed-to-cant- p 
 jingle-money speci:i-returned-hard-money- ^ 
 phinked-worshipper-of-t!ie-golden-calf"oid ^ 
 gentleman (no intended disrespect to the S" 
 <»ld genthMuan cidy to his old ^• 
 fogy ideas of "go sloVv," "lag ^ 
 behind," and want of knowledge of ^• 
 the pr(»gress of the age in the principles < 
 he advocates), whose land cost him, ^ 
 likely, 10 ot 25 cents an acre 20 years ago, g- 
 that cant understand that the world has c^ 
 turned over once in 24 hours for the last S^ 
 twenty years, and that cant write I^ or q^ 
 'joll A from Z, and consequently cant add ^' 
 on his 10 or 15 per cent to gold prices, '^ 
 get his mcmey and then go and buy his p 
 gold if he wants it to put in a soap gourd, ^ 
 bury under a stump and die with- ^ 
 out telling his wife or children where it p 
 is and leave them penniless. ^ 
 
 Total tax. State, county, and all, other ^ 
 advalorum taxes, was last year, and is ^ 
 this, .f l.()7^ on the one hundred dollars. cb 
 
 MANUI ACTUKIXG ^ 
 
 interests ]-epr(^sented by mills from old ^j 
 fashioned tread wheel, to steam merciiant ^- 
 <»f two hundred barrel capacity per day; 5S' 
 the latter located at Eiinjs. Carriage and ^ 
 \vagon shops of small capacity located at 
 
- Eiiiiii^ and Wa:iabach)i% buildino- the C!'!- 
 c ebrated bois d'arc vehicles so noted for 
 
 '5 durability. Blacksnjitli shops scatteriH^. 
 u over the county, and a planing mill at 
 
 '"-> Enni^. 
 
 o r. X I'OKTS OF CO U N T Y . 
 
 3 Flour, brail, oats, cotton, v^ool, hidcAi 
 ro tallow, beeswax, pecans, (fried fruit, egiis, 
 .^ cattle, horses, liiules an(l mutton. 
 
 O Ix^lPORTS THAT NEED J\OT BE. 
 
 y^ Bacon, cheese, butter, soap, canned 
 ^ fruits, vefj;etables, brooms, ax, hoe, and 
 S au.i^er handles, wagons, buggies, plows, 
 wash machines ehurns, dressed lumber, 
 w sash, doors, and blinds, furniture, tubs, 
 f pails, barrels, and buckets. 
 
 3 WANTS OF COTNTY. 
 
 ^ Moie good, industrious farmers, with 
 
 ^ small capital, to buy and improve forty, 
 
 ^ or eighty acres of land and raise a diver- 
 
 ^' sity of crops, especially small grain: more 
 
 •^ good merchant mills to manufacture the 
 
 ^ small grain into the finest flour in the 
 
 g world, and let us furnish the bread to the 
 
 ■*-" coast counties of Texas that is now fur- 
 
 -^ nished by St. Louis and other North "Wes- 
 
 7^ tern cities; more brick makers, wagon 
 
 -^ and buggy factories on a large scale, a few 
 
 .^ planing mills; factories to manufacture 
 
 ^ bromns, sash, doors, blinds, ax, hoe, and 
 
 ^ auger handles, tubs, pails, buckets, wash 
 
 '^ machines, soap, churns, shoe lasts, shoo 
 
 "^ pogs. etc. Dairymen, move wool growers 
 
 >-, and breeders and growers of fine cattle, 
 
 "IS horses,hogs,bee raisers,fruit growers etc, 
 
 2 Cedar and bois d'arc timber can be had at 
 
 "^ reasonable prices, for use in any of the 
 
 o above mentioned factories; pecan, hickory. 
 
 '*^ ash, oak and other tin>ber can be had on 
 
 g the Trinity river for use in factories. 
 
 't, Health of community not surpassed by 
 
 '^ any in tli(.> JState — '-distressmgl} healiliy," 
 
 ""jj the doctors say; a'td to further. enat)le a 
 
 c. fair conjparison of the health of P'nnis 
 
 W with otlier towns iii the iState, as well us 
 
1) 
 
 fi) onenufngs' rcp.p-.'ct and vciKTatiiui ni 
 
 thf^ dead, on the 2iid of March a. d. ? 
 
 1875 the Myrtle. - Cemetery Co. f 
 
 of Eunis was formed of sonic of ^ 
 
 the most Biibstautinl eitiz ns t»f tlie ^• 
 
 town. A beautiful idtc cf ten acres ^ 
 
 v.as selected to;* the Cemetery, and la'd S, 
 
 ort in order and system, into lots Iroin cd 
 10 by IG to 40 by 50. The ground!^ are -§ 
 
 now being enclosed*\vith a subset ntial 3 
 
 and disrable fence, purchased with the ^ 
 
 proceeds of the two lairs the o<>!U'roiiri p 
 
 ladies of Ennis so kindly ^donated, aiul ^ 
 
 with the assistance of the ladies, the ^^ 
 
 Compi'.ny propose to ornamant jfnd beau- 2. 
 
 tify the grounds with shrubs, trees and ^ 
 
 evtrgreens. nntil Ellis county as well as ►^ 
 
 Ennis will take pride in the Myrtle Cem Zi. 
 
 etery, as a beautiful city of the dead. o 
 
 TESTS OF !<:NLi(,"rIlTEiN\-\U;XT. C^ 
 
 MiiMcal instruments of all kinds c,' 
 imaginable, from jews harps to ^^ 
 costly i)ianos and church organs; a silver ai 
 cornet hand at Waxahachie and one at § 
 Knnis; book stores and news depots at o 
 Waxahachie and Ennis; three weekly "p 
 uews[)apers published in the county; Ig 
 there are also some fi;ic private libraries ,^ 
 to be foiind in the county, there is tnie ^ 
 nursery, a great manv orcbai'ils of fine ^ 
 fruit, principally peach aiid plum, ap-ple ,0 
 and prar. Most small fruits ilourish — more ^ 
 especially on the blaclr sandy lands; also S 
 every vf'getable that can be raised South |_^ 
 and Noith, some fine flower yards and " " 
 gardens. For fui'ther evideiices relating i-M 
 to our taste for flowers and vegetables, rj^ 
 we refer you to oi-ders booked by John £ 
 Kern and other seedsmen of St Louis; ^"^ 
 John Saul, of Washington City; James tFi 
 Vick.of Koehest«>rNew York: D.M. Ferry 5 
 c^- Co., iJriggs and Uro.. Dreer Jv Son, a/ 
 Shaker (iarden Seed Company, and oth- ►_j 
 erg in the United States who are supply- fo" 
 ing IIS witli L^arden and flnwi-r seeds. Our ^' 
 
'~^ couiif}-! ii. j.iovidu r;ti»iil!\ --ni(»!i(\v iii;it- 
 
 t^ tcr.s arc ii:ciit, I'ul nut so .s(jiii-(>ziii!i ;<^ to 
 
 ^ prevent occ;isi(iiial sliuwers of li<:;lit!iin<:- 
 
 [~; rod men and St. Louis, New York and 
 
 ■• Galveston druninior;', life and iire insur; 
 
 72 anee agents, vendors of patent wares, and 
 
 ^ c{tpy-rii(hted books, and lasr but not lea^t, 
 
 ■^ sevvinjif-nieehiiK; ai^ents. Society is equal 
 
 "^ to any in the State, beins: made up of good 
 
 ^ peoj)le from all the st»tes in the Union — 
 
 c law-abiding, faitliful, generous, substan- 
 
 p tial people who are identilied with th<^ 
 
 " county, who ar« the adopted children of 
 
 ~ Tt^xas and Ellis county, having como her»^, 
 
 -^ and, as Xorthurn men and strangers win* 
 
 ^ do not kimw us would say, have "tamed 
 
 y^ the wild T;'xan," one of w hom "we is 
 
 j3 and was and always has been." 
 
 Business ftirecton 
 
 OF 
 
 I E N N I S , 
 
 I ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS. 
 
 % 
 
 ^ A Hen & Glasscock, Confectioners; N(»rth 
 
 '^ j:\.side West Ennis Avenue. 
 
 r^ \ lexandor, S. B. Blacksmith, Wagon, 
 XYBuggyit Plow Maker and general re- 
 pairer; North siJe of West Ennis Avenue. 
 
J'y ii!!;irii, T. 1 1. l-'orwiii'dini;- niid (JoMiniir-. ^ 
 .>.sini, Mrrcli;iiit iiM'l Dcnl.-riii Farm ,V ?; 
 jyiill .M:ichiiiLM-v; ccr. lirowu and W. Main. ::: 
 
 (~^all)n':ith A- Kciidnll, Denl.'rs in Fur- c 
 Viiituvc and House FuDiisIiing Goods; ;:^ 
 WostMiiin. 2. 
 
 Chock Joliii L. Mairistrate of Prcfinet '^ 
 No. 4, niid Notary Riblic; Otlice on "^ 
 Wc.'ft Brown street. ^ ^ 
 
 Crais I'j- K- Dealer in Stoves and gener- '-< 
 al assorted Hardv\are and Agricultui'al ^ 
 Inipiinients; West Main. m 
 
 l^^ol.b J. E. Resident Dentist; J. II Chan- B' 
 VyceUor's new Brick, near corner of ►^ 
 ]]rown and West Main. tl! 
 
 ChanceUorW. E. cV M. L,Wh(.lesaIe ifc ft 
 Retail Dealers in DryGoods, Hats, Caps, ^^ 
 Boots & Shoes, Groceiies, Q;jeens Ware, s 
 and slielf Hardware; '^nd (lcH»r t'vdux tin? ^ 
 corner of West ]\[ain & Knox street. 3 
 
 ^ haneellor J. 11. General Dealer in Gro- ■^^ 
 
 c 
 
 ceries. Hai'dware & Crockery West 
 
 c 
 
 ]\Iain, south of Ennis avenue* < 
 
 /~^ ornwell & Kendall Butchers and Deal- o* 
 V/ers in fresh Meats; North side West ^ 
 Ennis Avenue. p' 
 
 arey S- Q. Wholesale and Retail Deal- ^ 
 er in Lumber, ^S^ashjDoors, Blinds. Shin- '^ 
 
 gles. Posts and Blocks; cor. of West Main 
 
 and Knox street. 
 
 Carlton S. M. Publisher and Proprietf.r ro" 
 of the * '.Saturday Keview'' .s'ub- g 
 scription $2. per annum, sample copies ^ 
 sent on application; Office on Knox and tn 
 West Main street. § 
 
 EnnisTTouse-Tharp &, Beauehamp, g 
 nnisXXProprietors, accomodations g^ 
 1st class-nearest Hotel to Pass. Depot; 
 
 Early *.V Parks, General Fire Insurance 5 
 Agents; West Main, 2nd Door N. of 2. 
 lirovvn St. in J. H. Chanellor'd Ruildiuju. p 
 
^ ihiker near cor. of. Browsi and V.': 
 ^. Main .street. 
 
 ^ /^-i iipiii J. X. Dry Good?, B.>!>ts J:, Shr-^^ 
 ^ Vjiit Whoh^^ale and Ftetaii; Hun: liuil ' 
 " ing, West -Main- 
 
 Hotc'lilvi.s* iSi ]^owe, Piainins: & Moni' 
 ^ injj: Mill and Cotton Gin; cor A'nox Ov 
 
 "H JicKiuney street. 
 
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 '£ T:|(ii:nn Cynis T. Keal Estate Ayci,:, 
 
 g XJl (jolleetor and Conveyancer: Office V\ . 
 
 g Main, North Ennis Avenue. 
 
 j-i T atinier Marlv, Banker and Dealer in 
 ^xJKxchani;e — St Louis Correjj;)ondents, 
 ^ Coutiui.Mital Bank; corner of We.st Main 
 .^^ and Eiiiis Avenue. 
 
 o "1~ ignosUi H. A. Druggist; -South side of 
 
 ~ -l—^EastEnnis Avenue. 
 rvS nVT^'Kiiiiiey J. A. Bookstore & ])ea]er 
 "3 J3_Lin Stationary, Fruits and Confection- 
 ^ aries; South side'Wf.st Ennis Avenue. 
 
 g- IVTcEnnis Mill Co. Manufacturers 
 ^ It-L Flour, ship stuff,Bran, Graham Fl^ . 
 ^ Corn Meal, &c. 'JVxdt the First Preniiau; 
 
 o on Flour at St Louis, Mo* Oct. 1875. 
 "5 j^/fcCartyT.L. Dealer in Staple and 
 '^ i-Tj. Fiwicy Groceries-and a general assorl- 
 
 a jnent of Hardware. Wes^t Main South of 
 
 >i Ennis A^veiuie. 
 
 '5 IVi ulkey J. F. Druirgisit; corner Brown 
 ft ITAand West Main.^ 
 
 9. "]\/f cKinney J. C. General Dealer in 
 '*^ Xvl. Dry Gocd.«, Groceries, Boots & /Shoes 
 >; etc. West Main, 4th door N. of Ennis Ave. 
 
 .§ T^iveth Louis, Practical Watchmaker 
 &- ll and Kei>airer; West Main, Sou.'h of 
 "^ Enni> Avenue 
 
 opper I. Whoh'sale and detail Dealer 
 in Staple & Fancy Groceries, Wines, 
 Liquors etc. Due East of R. K. Depot, 
 
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16 
 
 PniesJs L. - Chemist liiid Di-uygist and ^ 
 
 Dojiler ill i'"'aiiey Articles, stationary ^ 
 
 Tobaeco; and Cigars; West Main, 4lli ^ 
 
 door Kortli of Knox Street. p* 
 
 Pitman E.I. Watchmaker <Sz Kepuirrr J, 
 
 and Dealer in Jewlery; North side ^ 
 
 West Ennis Avenue, w " , ' [^ 
 
 Sr.*^1' A. 1>, Piibli.shor of 15Ili*< 1>. ^ 
 
 r^'ews, ^^1 for 6 mouths. Subscribers' m 
 
 Iu(iuiries rogardijiii the country, auswor- ^ 
 
 cd througii the NEWS. Answers to private rn 
 
 letters about the Couutry, full particulars, s^ 
 One WoUar. '^. 
 
 eisman &. Freeman; Wholesale and % 
 
 Retail Dealers- in Dry Goods, Cloth- '^ 
 
 ing, Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps; corner ^ 
 
 East Main and Ennis Avenue. j-- 
 
 Stephensoii,S.R. Undertaker & Builder S- 
 
 Church street, south Ennis Avenue. ^ 
 
 Soapo A. J. Dealer &. Manufacturer of << 
 
 Harness, Saddles etc. W.Main Street. 2- 
 
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 ^ South Side West Ennis Avenue. 
 
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 I STABLES. 
 
 « NOmilSIBE (if East Ennis Are. 
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 LiveiT li Sale 
 
 STABLE! 
 
 Main, Soutli Ennif; Avt'iuu3, 
 
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 3 Cyrus T. Hopn 
 
 I Real Estate Agent, 
 I Conveyancer 
 
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