Forney Local Notes

Dallas Morning News
29 June 1886

FORNEY, June 28 – Two freight engines collided here yesterday causing considerable delay of trains. Each was derailed. The receivers of the Texas and Pacific are having its depot here repaired and remodeled generally something that has been needed for a long time.

Rev. Ezel, of the Christian denomination, has been holding a revival here for the last week. Great interest is being manifested.

Forney Local News

Lively Movement in Cotton – Material Improvements in the City – Personal Mention

Dallas Morning News
28 August 1886

Forney, Aug. 27. – This section of country at this time is beginning to feel the effects of the drought, as water of every kind is getting scarce.  Cotton is being gathered rapidly and the gins are running on full time, giving an average of forty bales per day.  The crop will be much lighter than was expected one month ago.  John H. Jones, of Dallas, bought and shipped yesterday one hundred bales of Shends & Co., and R.P. Rhea, paying 8.40.  This is the first shipment of the season.  Forney has two cotton yards, one controlled by the Alliance and the other by the merchants.  Several parties from Dallas County were in town to-day selling cotton and are satisfied with prices and treatment received at the hands of the merchants.
The brick block being built by Dailey & McKellar is nearing completion, and has already been applied for by several parties.  Forney does not blow her horn as loud as some of her sister cities, but is keeping pace with the most prosperous.  Business has increased here lately, so that the railroad company was compelled to give Mr. Kendall, the agent, an extra man.

Mrs. John Spellman, of Dallas, is visiting relatives here.

Misses Mattie Self and Lula Record leave this evening for a visit to friends in Dallas.

The congressional race is the topic of the town, and predictions as to the result of the Dallas county convention to-morrow are numerous.

(Transcribed by Kathy Jennings)

Forney Local Notes

Dallas Morning News
23 September 1886

The bug plague has reached this city. They are so numerous that doors are scarcely left open at night. They are in countless numbers. The oldest citizen disclaims having ever seen anything like them before.

The dengue has besieged the town and very few have escaped. Those who have are surely expecting to become victims. Although the dengue is so prevalent, Forney is moving things with its usual vim, receiving an average of 150 bales of cotton per day. The railroad authorities are adding an addition to the depot here, which has proven to be rather smal, owing to the great increase of business here this fall. They are also increasing the platform, which will be of great benefit for loading the fleecy staple.