Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
SHERMAN.
Kind. Hearted Shermanites-The Cy-
clone a Mulhatton Sensation.
j. O. Edmonds for Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction The Social Evil.

| SHERMAN, June lS.-T. II. Flenner
whose serious illness from congestivt
chill we already mentioned, died Mon
day evening at $3.50 o'clock. His
brother, who lives in Fort Worth
was wired to come, but did no,
arrive until $50 this morning. The
proprietor of the Binkley house and
his Kind assistants, together with sew.
eral boarders at the house, nursed the
sick stranger with faithfulness and
devotion worthy of n truly Christian
people, while one noble hearted
lady, Mrs. Morris Levy, watched by
his bedside with a sisterly attention,
worthy ofall praise. The sorrowing
brother took the remains on the west.
bound train yesterday afternoon for
interment at Fort Worth.
| The rumor that found its way over
the wires that cyclone had visited
Sherman last night and destroyed forty
houses, Is entirely without foundation.
we ala not have even q respectable
shower, and neither wind nor cloud
TO suggest storm. Dispatches came
down from st. Louis to correspondents
here to telegraph full particulars of the
disastrous storm, but .alas, "Mulhat.
ton" don't live here and startling
sensation has gone amiss.
we had a fine shower about noon
yesterday that was much needed for
the corn and cotton crops worked over
since the big rains two weeks ago.
Thls will give vegetation fresh start
and be worth many dollars to the
farmers.
In casting about the great state of
Texas Tor suitable man to fill the of
nee OF superintendent of schools, many
good men can no doubt be suggested
for the place, but without disparage-
ment TO any others, we beg to say that
j. Z. Edmonds of Austin college Is
perhaps best suited to the station of
any yet named. He has enioyed
twenty years experience in the school
room as pupil and teacher, and can
bring to the office as much ability and
zeal for the cause as any man in the
state.
Mr.. Edmonds is graduate of
Virginia Military institute, taught two
years there as adjunct professor of
mathematics, held the chairs of
English literature and moral
philosophy two years at Bethel col
lege, came to Texas in 1874 and
established successful school at
Greenville, where he remained six
years. His buildings were DESTROYED
by storm and he turned
his attention to railroad engineering.
which he followed for nearly two
years, when he was.called to the chairs
of mathematics and modern languages
at Austin college. He has been unan-
imously chosen by the board of trus-
tees for the coming year, but the peo-
pie of Texas need him in more en-
iarged sphere where his energy and
Vigor can be injured into the educa-
cationsl system of eur great state
Prof. Edmonds is an enthusiastic
teacher, who has the happy faculty OF
inspiring all with whor he comes in
contact with renewed devotion to the
cause OF education, and is withal one
OF the most pleasing and instructive of
public speakers. If he should be
chosen to this high office we will in.
sure thorough organization and the
infusion of new life into our common
schools.
Allen Palmer, an old citizen of Sher-
man. now living at Wichita rails, il
here to-day shaking hands with OLD
friends.
The city council held protractet
meeting Tuesday night. at which
streets, sewers, sidewalks, awnings
bridges and accounts Were freely dis
cussed. The late order by this bod,
directing the Punishment of women O
the town and gamblers, has not pro
duced the most satisfactory results
so far. While gambling has gone
TO the rear, and covered itself with
additional defenses against the argu.
eyes Of our vigilant police-the woner
are cast OFF from their old mooringl
ana infest the streets worse than eve
before. Many of our best and mos,
moral citizens regret that they are moi
Kept In well restricted limits wher,
police regulations can reach them
rather than have them screened b,
convenient signs for "plain sewing'' Of
demure dodgers in ourhotels and board
lighthouses beyond the reach of law,
The old and vexed question of con.
trolling this great social evil will hay,
to be fought out here, and no doubt
VIII result, as 1t has elsewhere, in find
ing the subject too deep-seated and in
tricatc for human law or moral code
TO suppress.