Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-24
TERRELL.
Work Oh the Insane Asylum Local Notes
and Happenings.

/ Special to the Gazette.
Terrell, March 23.--"Has anybody
/ heard anything about that branch lu-
matte asylum ut Terrell? The brick
ought to be burned by this time,
asked the GAZETTE one day last week.
| Well, yes, there Is such thing as
the branch asylum being built at Ter.
rell, but then you see that Terrell is
not much given to blowing, hut just
goes steadily along and accomplishes
| her work without any great amount OF
noise ride the contest for the location
of the institution in the outset.
BY the way, don't you remember
that we limited some time ago that
Fort Worth should have the
Republican convention, inasmuch
as IL is the site of the Texas
& Pacific hospital, and the
Democratic convention should come
to the site of the asylum and thus
keep up the same ratio of division
thai obtained in the two former con
tests for the location of the two insti-
tutioGs-the asylum and hospital
Well, now IL does seem that Terrell
Is ignored by all the other ospirants rs
it was aforetime,and she still feels able
to "paddle her own canoe.o Let the
FOTl lUth Wtll w ilti iuultia iNSh uh
pretentious Terrell should again walk
of with the prize.
i set out to answer the inquiry about
the asylum. Well, to commence with,
ID is now one of the most unsightIy OF
all the ugly places q reporter ever
visited. First of all, there are eXca-
vations, where we suppose there are to
he walls--we know 1t in fact for
they are nearly all filed now
with brick already laid. Then there
is the big excavation in which some
body told the reporter that the fur
mace or heating apparatus is to he To-
Gated. Then there are great huge |
piles OF stone in their rough and rude
state, like unto the trough ashcn,n
and the great big stacks Of stone
made ready for the builders use"
and ofvarous shapes. All around the
foundation are great stacks of brick, |
and withal number of masons with |
trowel in hand putting them in place.
A little 10 one side are mammoth |
stacks Of wood and little further
away huge sheds, under which
pressed brick are dried, ard hard
by large steam brick machine
kept busy molding. Close by Is the
debris of one kiln from which the
burned brick have been removed.
Close 10y is another which is now en-
gagged in the process of cooling off, F"
and another being made ready for the
fire. Taking il altogether, TO an mex
perienced eye ii is all confusion, but
the thing IL going up "all the same"
1t Is true that material on the ground
In its present shape is all confusion,
but from the systematic manner in
which work is being pressed, order
will be readily brought out of 1t, and
ere long il will present one grand
systematic and beautiful whole.
In the Second andT bird wards the
contest waXeth warm, and the qaes-
ton as to who Is to be their represent
tntlve In the council next year would
be about as easily determined now rs
10 divine the verdict OF "a petit jury to
be rendered in future. The question is
rs to whether or not enterprise aud
progress shall be maintained, or
we shall stop still.
The cotton seed oil mills blew OF
this week for want Of material, and
will stand idle until next fall.
The quarterly conference of the NJ.
II. church, South, was held at the ir
church here to-day, Rev. r. NJ Pow
ers presiding.
Rev. Mr.. Lachey, pastor of the Sec
ond Cumberland Presbyterian church
at Corsicana, preached an able prac.
teal sermon in their, church
to-day for the pastor, Rev.
MIR. Hemdrich, who is holding meet
Ing ut Athens.
Light showers that fell yesterday
and to-day Will bring vegetables and
corn up ut once, and start IL oil with n |
thrifty growth unless cold snap comes
along aud nips 1t.
The city public schools closed their
term yesterday, but will be continued
under q cheap rate Of tuition, and
nearly all the pupils will be continued.