Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-21
SHERMAN.
A Change in the PrOprietorship Of til
Sherman Iusiitute-Ths Rank Of
the School,
j. hiltSn Turner, Ex'MiRistsr to Hayti
Makes Bis Advent on a Supposed
Political Mission.

Special 10 the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX June N Prof.
Nash Of the sherman institute has
purchased the interest OF Prof. Ivey In
that institution and will have entire
control next session. Judge 4. Nj.
OWNS OF North Texas college has all
his arrangements aSAde for an extern
sive canvass OF the state In the interest
OF the school and expects 20 have q
larger attendance next session than nj
any FORMER session. After four years
successful teaching here Judge
OWNS has established ~ reputa.
ton ~ teacher that Ia indeed
| enViAble, and his sucCets IL
so Intimately connected with the edu.
oAtional advancement Of our com.
munity that every one bids him God
speed for the future. He brings the
| practical business system Of the bench
| To the schOol-room, and by suIrouud-
ing himself with the best faculty 10 be
obtained he has raised the excel.
| lence OF his school to rank second To
none in the Southwest.
This county seems 10 be an inviting
| field for newspaper men Of late, and is
bringing the agents OF all the progress
i've papers from st. Louis TO the Rio
Grande here to contend for supremacy
Besides the new Daily journal, we
have the awakened Iold favorlte, the
Courier. The GAZETTE, Dallas Her
aid, Galveston News, New Orleans
Times and Picayune, the 81. Louis
Globe.Democrst and the Republican
circulated daily on our streets. Mr.
Foster OF the latter paper was here
yesterday and wants to sharpen the
fight for this territory ~ against its
Radical rival from the same city with.
out strife against our Texas papers
THE GAZETTE Ia still favOrite, how
ever, among Texas papers and IN likely
to remain so,
The Texas 4 Pacific pay car came
through to-day and left the boys both
richer and happier.
Several head OF newly imported cat.
@ are sick In this vicinity, but no late
deaths are reported.
The negro, j. Milton Turner Of 81.
Louis, delivered an address at the
court house last night to small audi
ence composed In two.thirds part Of
whites. The coons had bali on the
North Side and preferred to dance
rather than listen 10 the talk OF even
40 distinguished n darby Rs Turner
He labored under an evident feeling OF
embarrassment at the presence Of 20
many Democrats In the house and de-
livcred himself of a harangue rather
than such n conservative HpeeCh ~ he
IL credited with the ability to mako.
He expressed himself ~ having i'm
plicit confidence In the patriotism
OF the Cleveland administration and
said the liberty OF his race was secure
In the hands OF either party, because
no party would dare to place any re-.
strictions on the liberty his race now
enjoyed but he expressed The hack.
neyed Idea OF the Republican party
that the Democrats had not sufficient
sagsclty 10 govern this country. He
expressed strong dislike TO the dlstinc-
ton OF a "colored man and preferred to
be called IA negro lie said the
institution Of slavery was worse for the
whi,e man than for the black, that the
whites Of the South had become void
OF self.rt lance while slavery existed,
but the negro had to thank slavery
for bringing him from the wildH OF
Africa and placing him In land OF
civilization, etc
| AhhAA Ai' nRAh NhN WHY kbDu anu
showed him Ia be Rn exception among
his race In point Of Intelligence and
education, His mission In Texas IL an
enigma but we conclude that he Ia
sent here to keep the oolored wing OF
the Republican party solid for the con
test OF 1855. 80 long as his hearers are
made up Of both racer, he may indulge
10 no incendlary advice, but we
think we can detect disposition
to advise aggressive political action
among the negroes, and II this course
10 taken when he gets into populous
negro districts II may lead to trouble.
We sdylse the people ofthe South 20
keep an eye on Mr. Turner, and II our
susplclone are correct, invite him 10
take another trip 10 Hayti without
credentials a. minister plenipotentiaty
and envoy extraordinary from this
government--sucha s lac carried under
a commission from Grant,
The sisters OF ~ Joseph's academy
are drilling daily for "A concert ut the
opera-house next Wednesday night.
This will close the sch Jol entertain
ments for the season.