Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-26
SHERMAN.


Church and School.
Special TO the Gazette
SHERMAN, May .5.--Last evening,
as family were riding out of the city |
on the Denison road, one horse of their
team got his foot fastened In broken
culvert over small branch. One OF |
the parties in the wagon, an old lady |
named Standifer, jumped to the
ground in her fright and broke the
small bone Of one leg near the ankle, |
and broke the other leg just above the
knee Joint. She was lifted back into
the wagon and brought to the house
of a friend in the city, where
DIR. b. Il. Pettitt aud DIR. Morrow, the
younger, set the broken bones and ren-
dered her rs comfortable as surgical
skill could.
This morning Mrs Craig, living on
South Travis street, sustained 4 fall In
which she received a broken arm.
The Democratic primary meeting TO
appoint delegates To the county con
vention on June was not held In
ward No. yesterday, the chairman
for that ward and contiguous divis-
ions of the Sherman precinct not hay
ing called n meeting. 1t
has been suggested that
next saturday will be the day for the
meeting, which will be In time for the
convention on Monday following. As
these meetings are not now called TO
send delegates to Houston, no action
In reference to the state ticket has
been or will be taken further than to
recommend the adoption of a majority
rule In Texas conventions this time.
One precinct in this county, White
Mound, passed resolutions condemning
Gov. Ireland and his administration n
few days ago, but we doubt IL another
: In the whole county fol.
lows the precedent. The people
of Grayson county In the main hearth
, ly indorse his excellency, and while n
/, man here and there, whose personal
interests were not I'm harmony with
! Ireland's policy, will be found to OPP
!, pose his denomination, we think this
, opposition VIII not he strong enough
1 to send hostile delegation against
him. There Is an uncommon lethargy
! among our people now in regard To all
5 political matters, both state and
county. for while many neighboring
# counties have been stirred 10y full
! field of candidates for all sorts of Of.
" fees, not "A single announcement has
e appeared in our local journals for any
3. position In Grayson. Several candi-
It dates have been bushwhacking for n
e few weeks, and ale known to he In
x the fight, put the warfare is not at al
l. general, and the honest voters seen
+. not the least excited on the subject.
J. Our district court will take up tn,
ID criminal docket tomorrow for the trin
sc of several important cases indicted at
IS the late called session of the CRANE
jury. Prentiss and Chambers %
,k Denison for rape, and the negro Hous,
isa for assaulting three young ladies on tn,
-, streets of Denison last week, excite tn,
nd most interest. and are the most impoi
Is tant. The indictments found agains
adj Allison and Sweet for murder tw,
20 years ago. and those against Allison
and Belk for murder of negro nance
~ Allen, and tor burning a school.hous
C. on the same wild raid last December
also come In for no small amount O
he comment and conjecture. Three year
back, this same man Ali
FL son was regarded as on
N, OF the most reliable and trust
nd aids that n civil officer could call {
a ~. his assistance in capturing bad men II
be all the borders OF this county. III
ot was brave to fearlessness, and many
time took the most desperate risks a
~ part Of a posse in the capture Of thieve
~ and desperadoes lurking in Texas O
ca skulking in the Willis OF the territor
a north of Red river. For this he gane
u the relentless hatred of every Gu
en- throat on the border, and live
le- at his humble home in constar
danger of assassination from som
ne member Of the clans about him. II
,,- hard TO reconcile these facts of his pa,
". history with the serious charges no
ELS pending against him, aud nothing b,
a verdict Of guilty from sworn an
ny impartial jury will convince many I
,cr his old friends of their truth.
lp- This has been beautiful Sabbath
Gu and the churches were filed wit
Is, good moral people, dressed Ia goo
'or clothes and new bonnets, to hei
zee the word from divinely al
70 pointed messengers. Besides ii
.ct usual services by our local ministers 1
a'- their respective places of worship, I'll
ch cupied by Bishop Garrett of Dalla
ne who addressed In his usually eloquei
" way crowded house Of sherman
~ most nppreciativc citizens. He alwa,
ne has full houses In sherman.
Jus The coming week will be full
* interestto ali who take Il
ny exercises of our schools IN
~ trouble to attend the closlr
ne colleges. Examinations are no
an in progress, 10 be fOllow'
OK by concerts. dramas, cantaras al
10 Rotations, in which the fond paren
ere and patrons will have ample oppo
as tuniiy 10 Judge Of the progress mat
IEi and accomplishments acquired duriI
me the past year OF labor and hard stud
ur, Your readers shall hear what succe
no the several institutions gain durlr
Olu these exercises.