Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-07

enough. The eloquent wrestler with
Satan has Just returned from aStruggle
with the arch enemy through Central
| Texas, and among his converts are
said to be numbered the kindly big
hearted editor OF the Huntsville Item,
good old "Item George also Tom
! Cronin, road supervisor on The Inter.
| national & Great Northern, who used
| To have the reputation of being The
! wickedest man on the line; Dan Muir.
phv, of Burkelt & Murphy, who built
! the Trinity & Sabine railroad, and
| often made the air around tie
mule teams blue, and a. a. Stevens
I heretofore the terror OF wood camps
aud the darling of the section house
uueens--these and host of others are
some of the converted, whose spiritua
scalps hang at The girdle of the Texas
apostle of immersion. Is II any won
der then that since the majors Return,
laden with some hing more valuable
even than nickgls for the completion
of his church, Palest ne watches on ;cr-
" fur the renewal Of work on the
structure? The poor lonesome-lo KING
walls, only about four feet above the
packed clay, are exposed TO every wind
and storm, the only protection they
ora skating rink that has Just been
nut up right against the north end
or where the north end will be- of the
majors occlesiastical rostrun. The
u,mK Ia the middle Of the
Enclosure is fast falling to
pieces, and one OF these days
there will beseyeral picaninnirs drawn
out Of that well unless the broken
covers are fixed 70 that the entcrprs'
ing children of the neighborIhg negro
cabins eau play around there ia safety
Whether there is any spiritual need |
for the church here is question, |
although The people If Palestine, who |
take 30 special interest i'm the building |
and have not contributed much more /
than enough 10 put one row Of bricks |
on the walls. are perfectly willing to /
see Il built, especially by outside sub
scriptiOus, for the structure viii be a
well merted memorial of
The scripturd qualities OF
its eloquent builder, whether
the place be used u church OF "a an
annex 10 the big skating rink that
oyershadOws IL.
Another of the Texas veterans has
gone to his last account. William u. |,
Sadlior, aged So years. died last week
on his farm, some miles below lsikhart,
In this county. He is said to have
been in command Of company at
san Jacintu, aud Twas afterwards cap
tain under sam Houston. lie was
elected to the Texas legislature after
The state became a member OF the
Union His latter years have been (
passed very quietly on hi7 farm with
his children aud desrsn ants,o whom
he has many In this neighbour I
hood. He was, unlike many /
Of his fellow veterans, very
much opposed TO the usual yearly as-
,cmblages OF the veteran association, ,
md would never attend. declaring
hey were got up only fJrthe n riiica. {
ion Of men who bud after all done ,
lolhiug more than their duty. He !
orbadc any demonstration at bis fu- [
neral and was buried quietly rs he re- +
luested
Col Ewing, editor of the Palestine /
has been strongly recorl- |
nended TO Gov, Ireland for appoint n
nent as commissioner TO New Orleans /
rom this district, aud there il every 4
probability that Gov ireland will give l.
iced TO the request Of his East Texas q
riends and appoint the colonel, WHO'S
probably better posted on the rcsour. I,
rs and advantages OF this section of il
he state than any other man men o
Toned. h