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TEXAS PROGRESS. Itasca is to have a national bank, all the stock has been taken and it will soon be ready for business. The little town of Abbot, Hill county, is rapidly improving. Several new houses have recently been erected, and three new business houses are a certainty. A new bank is to be established in the new town in the center of Crosby county and be ready for operation in a few weeks. The San Juan bridge across the San Antonio river just below the city has been accepted by the commissioners. It IS an iron structure of two 150 foot spans and approaches of about 250 feet. ABILENE, Oct. 3.-A called meeting of the progressive committee was held last night at the club rooms to consider the railroad, immigration and exhibit questions. It was decided to appoint, or rather recommend the appointment, of several immigration agents on a salary to run on every train entering the state from the older states for the putpose of inducing immigrants to settle in the Abilene countrv. It was also recommended that the Abilene country make a permanent exhibit at the miniature Texas exhibit at Chicago, and also to make auother at the Union depot at Fort Worth. It was also settled that Taylor county would make an exhibit at the Dallas fair. A grand mass meeting of citizens will be held at the courthouse on to-morrow night to indorse the recommendations of the progressive committee. GREENVILLE, Oct. 3.-The Greenville city council at a called session last night passed an ordinance authorizing the issuance of thirty-year bonds to the amount of $15,000, bearing 6 per cent. interest, for the purpose of putting in a plant for electric lights for this city, thirty or more are lights and 700 incadescent lights. The contract is to be let in thirty days and the whole system to be completed by December 1, this year. Bids will be advertised for at once. LUFKIN, Oct. 3.-The well-known lumber firm of Henderson & Kurth was succeeded by the Angelina county lumber company, incorporated. This is now one of the strongest and best incorporated lumber firms in East Texas. GRAHAM, Oct. 3.-The First national bank of Graham has given Mr. Solon of Weatherford the contract for putting up a banking house 25x100 feet. The building will be of the fine stone so abundant near Graham and will cost $7500. WEATHERFORD, Oct. 3.-The street car company began this morning laving their track for the extension of the line to the Texas (Cumberland) female seminary south, which will take only a few days, when the line will be extended on the north side. This is au enterprise of which our people are proud and will do much to build up the suburb and residence portion of the city with fine dwellings. Work is progressing nicely on the Masonic temple on South Main street. When completed this will be one of the handsomest buildings in the city. Mr. W. H. Eddleman's $7000 residence in McCall's addition is bearing completion and will be an ornament to that part of the city, as the architecture of the building is excellent. Mr. R. H. Foat has the foundation completed for a $10,000 building in MoCall's addition. He will have the work pushed to completion. Mr. J. R. Williams is having a real nice dwelling erected in McCall's addition. Many nice residences are going up all
