Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-01

Inc rresbvtery- Boctman's Return
Arrest OF an Arkansas Convict
Heavy Cotton Sale.

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Special TO the Gazette.
Waco, November sO.-The animal
session OF the Waco presbytery. Cum.
oerianu Presbyterian Church, opened
n ,, tlis morning, with Rev. ID G
hinnard OF Waco. as tep-pora mod
orator, and r. NJ. Castleman stated
clerk. About dozen ministers. from
as q any towns, answered TO roll call
although q large number are expected
tonight. Rev. Mr. Kinnard preached
the opening sermon. In the afternoon
routine business was transacted, and
heV. u. N. Morrison of Crawford was
elected permanent moderator. To.
night religious service were held al the
Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Rev. j. II. Woffnrd, editor of The
Texas Observer THE Church organ) at
lehuacana, preaching to large con-
gregation. This presbytery comprises
y large section of country in Central
Texas. The session will last until
Monday.
j. Nj. Beckman, one of the four
crooks who were confined in jail.
Is again under loci. and KEY. He gave
bonds 10 the amount of 500 few DAYS
ago and was released. There were two
charges against him, one for theft and
another for exhibiting lottery. He
leit mere the same evening that his
two pals" jumped out Of the Jail
window and escaped. He went to
Fort Worth where he was captured
yesterday and returned TO jail this
morning. The charge against him
now is more serious than the others.
He Is indicted rs an accessory to the
killing of A. o. Lynn on the night
of October Slst. The grand Jury
seems to be giving that affair most
thorough ventilation, aud II is hard to
say at this time what the result
will be,
In 1878 one Ben TAYLOR was con-
victed of murder committed in Craw-
ford county, Arkansas. He was sem
fenced to five years penal servitude.
He served two years, at the end of
which time he escaped and came to
Texas, where he passed under the
name of Ben Weir. For some time
past he has been livingabout Mt Calm,
doing IA small butcher business. Mr..
VIII lsh, who is working in connection
with Messrs. Hall d Bales, peniten-
tiary contractors, has for some time
kept watch upon Taylor's novings,
arranging plans for his capture and
return 10 Arkansas. Yesterday, in
company with Mr.. Amonet. of the
city police force, Mr.. Ish went to the
section house at Mt. Calm, and find
ing Taylor, made known their bust
ness. Taylor showed fight, and he
being well armed the officers had to
knock him down and put irons on
him. Amonet took the train for Lit
tie Rock, having Taylor in charge.
The colored conference adjourned
last night, and il WAS somewhat dis
orderly adjournment. 1t was intend
T.. church, and finish up in formal
doors of the building. Bishop Cain
and large crowd of ministers and
laymen stood around for awhile and
then dispersed. Iheembroglio between
the bishop aud Rev. Mr.. Carson of
Waco il understood TO have brought
about this inauspicious winding up.
The bishop suspended Mr.. Carson
from The ministry for one year, and
appointed Rev. A. +. Johnson of
Chapel Hill. Washington county, a.
pastor of the church. Mr.. Carson
says he has been treated very unjustly
by the bishop, and that he will shortly
publish statement of the matter.
One of the largest cotton transac'
ton that has taken place in Waco this
season occurred to-day. Leasing, Sol
ONION. RoseptIial * Co. sold To +. +.
Woodward d Go go bales of spot cot
ton. The price paid aggregated 800, :
0O0.
Reliable farmers from various por-
tions of the county say that the acre
age of wheat and oats sown in the
county this fall will exceed that of any
previous year. The weather has been
favorable and an open winter is sntic-
ipaied.
The census enumerators completed
their work to-day. The figures in
round numbers are IL 100. Revision
may cut this down u few names, but
not below 1000. Everybody except
"a few moss-backs enthused over the
showing.
Marshall O. Johnson, late cattle and
hide inspector of this county, died
this morning.
rpIIE NlnEaN GRlNEE