Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1879, by W. N. BRYANT,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

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2. Eastern Texas-Lies south of North Texas, and be tween the Sabine and Trinity, extending south to the Gulfabout 20 counties.

3. Middle Texas-Between the Trinity on the east and the Colorado on the west extending south from Northern Texas to the coast-some 25 counties.

4. Western Texas- Extends from the Colorado on the east to the Nueces on the west-about 25 counties.

5. Southwestern Texas-Extends west from the Nueces to the Rio Grande, and from the coast to San Antonio, includ ing Bexar and the adjoining counties-some fifteen large, but mostly unsettled counties.

6. Northwestern Texas-Embraces the counties to the north and northwest of San Antonio, as far north as counties are formed-about forty counties.

7. The Mineral Region-Comprehends the counties of El Paso and Presidio and the territory of Bexar and Young, to the east of Presidio-50,000 square miles.

8. The Panhandle-Extends north to parallel of 36-1-2 degrees, with the Indian Territory on the east and New Mexico on the west. This, embracing 20,000 square miles, has very few inhabitants. The east side, adjoining the Indian Territory, is represented as being an excellent farming country, while the west, adjoining New Mexico, is adapted principally to stock and grazing purposes.

Principal Cities and Seaports.

The principal cities of Texas will range in population about as follows: Galveston, 40,000; San Antonio. 25,000: Houston, 25,000; Dallas, 20,000; Austin, 16,000; Jefferson, 8,000; Waco, 10,000; Fort Worth, 10,000; Denison 7,000; Brownsville, 7,000; Bryan, 6,000; Tyler, 6,000; Corpus Christi, 7,000; Palestine, 5,000; Brenham, 5,000; Sherman, 10,000; Paris, 7,000; Navasota, 5,000; Marshall, 8,000; Calvert, 4,000; Corsicana, 4,000; Seguin, 6,000; Columbus, 4,000; New Braunfells, 5,000; Belton, 4,000; Round Rock, 4.000; Richmond, 3,000; Rockdale, 3,000; Mexia, 3,000; Ennis, 3,000; Crockett, 3,000; Wetherford, 3,000; Marlin, 3,000; Cleburne, 3,000; Longview, 3,000; Terrell, 3000; McKinney, 3,000; Bonham, 3,000; Mineola, 3,000; and so on ranging downward. There are probably besides these, over one hundred towns that range from 500, 1,500, and numerous smaller

places, all of which are fast assuming the proportions of cities; and many others springing up all over the State, under magic influence of a thrifty and hardy immigration.

Texas has over five hundred miles of seacoast, and the following are her principle commercial ports: Houston, Galveston, Indianola, Rockport, Corpus Christi and Brownsville.

Austin is the Capital, and here is located in addition to other governmnt buildings, asylums for the blind, deaf and dumb and insane, as also a chartered military institute, U. S. Federal Court building, Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. of Texas, a public graded school, and several other advanced institutions of learning, as well as all the various denominations of churches.

Street Railroad, Gas-Lighted Cities, Churches, Manual Labor School, etc.

A well regulated system of street railways are maintained in the cities of Galveston, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Paris and Sherman, while all these and many others are lighted with gas.

Churches of all denominations are represented, and the Sabbath is as sacredly observed in Texas as in any State in the Union.

A manual labor school,. under the name of the "Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College," as provided for by the State Constitution. is located and built at Bryan, Texas. The building cost $150,000, and, standing upon the crest of an undulating prairie, a succession of falls and swells as it were, presents a beautiful and imposing appearance. This institution is represented to be in a flourishing and prosperous condition. It has capacity for several hundred students and under its present efficient conduct is daily growing in general favor. A military course is a conspicuous feature of the instruction. Dallas, Austin and Houston, have each a well regulated water works by which water is cheaply dispensed throughout those cities and there are also several ice factories at these and other places, which manufacture and sell ice at from one cent to three cents per pound.

State Fair.

Texas has had regular annual exhibitions of her industries for the past seven years, at Houston, under a chartered and joint stock company, and there expositions have extensive attendance and exhibits from abroad.