Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-26
wAXAHACHIE.
The 0ihzsns' Committee Stu at Work
on the Fort Worth & New Or
leans Subsidy.
Work Of the First State Sunday School
Convention Of the Christian Church
A Murderer Pardoued.

Special 10 the Gazette.
WAxAHAcHIE, TEX, June GA
company has been organized and a
charter proposed for an oil mill to be
constructed at once at waxahaohle
with capital stock of $40 0OO The
citizens OF Waxahachie are the lncor-
porators.
A. j. Bronson, who was sentenced
to the penltentiary from this county i'm
1877 for twenty-five years for killing
Dougherty, has been pardoned and has
returned TO Ellis county. He was
drunk when the crime was committed
but he now says he will never nut his
head inside OF a saloon again,
Some mlscreant threw n brick bat
through the window OF ], Il, Cooperia
houee at Grove Creek Sunday night.
while he WAS In bed asleep, and In.
iiicted q wound In the back OF his
head.
The Wsxshachie district conference
OF the NJ. y. church, South, will con.
vene here July0
The ladies OF the Methodist church
will give q moonlight tea party and
lce'cream festival tomorrow night ON
the lawn near the Masonic hall.
Thetaxsble property OF Waxahachie,
as shown by the assessment rolls,
amounts 10 S9i0,S0S.
The railroad committee IL etill al
work on the Fort Worth & New or.
leans railway subsidy. Some Of our
moneyed men still refuse to contribute
toward the enterprise, but we still
hope a sufficient cum can be raised 70
secure the road. Foit Worth ought "a
receive portion of the 500, OOC
trade that annually goes to Dallas
from thls county.
The state Sunday.school conven.
ton OF the Christian church was In
session here for two days and nd
journod tonight. Many prominent
ministers and many members OF the
church were in attendance. Messrs
Cline OF Kentucky, Jones OF Tennes'
see, Abney Of Lampasas, Tex, vii
meth OF Thorp Springs and Bagby oI
| ennis were among the members. G.
Mcpherson OF Waxahachie was elected
president, X. A. Abney OF Lampasas
| vlce-presldent and a. IS. Henry oil
Blooming Grove secretary. The neces
sity for cooperative Sunday-achoo
work was discussed In an Interesting
manner by Messrs. Abney, BaRby
Wilmeth, Mcpherson, Pangton, Dat.
neal, Jones aud others. The discussion
waxed warm, but those favoring state
cooperation were decidedly In the as
cendancy, both as TO numbers ant
weight of argument Another warn
and interesting discussion arose over
the question OF permanent organi2a
ton, some OF the delegates favorinf
the RELOCATING OF the state Sunday,
school cooperative question 10 ia,
Texas State meeting, which oonvenei
10 Sherman, August 8. The majority
vote WA agalnt postponement.
On Wednesday night, after an ear
nest appeal from Mr., Ahney the vari
Gus Sunday-scbools represented in ia,
convention, assisted by few indi
viduals, pledged the sum Of 1853. 80 FOL
the advancement Of Sunday-achoo
work. Many questions OF interes
were discussed by the conven
ton and eloquent essays wor,
read by Mrs. o. G. Todd o
Bazette and Mrs. Annie ID. Bradley
OF Thorp's Spring. This is the fra
state Sunday-school convention Of th,
Christian church and the work now
lnaugnrated Will no doubt greatly nd
vance the cause. The next meeting
will be ut Dallas In June, 1856.