Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-01
WACO.
More About the Consolidation OF the
Two Baptist Uniyersities-A
Meeting Called.
Two Trains DniIy-Goes with the SANTA
Fe-Arrested for Sending Obscene
Literature by Mail.


Special TO the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, Oct. 3l.-Supplementary
to the information tclegraphed you yes
terday relative TO the consolidation OF
BAYLOR and Waco universities, it may be
stated that Hon. i. l.. Foster, president
of the Baptist State association, has
called an extra session OF that body, to
convene ut Ennis on Saturday before the
fourth Sunday in November. At said
meeting committee OF fifteen will be
appointed to meet with another commit
tee of fifteen (already appOinted) from
the state Baptist convention. These two
committees will meet on December 10,
at some point yet TO be named, and in
all probability then and there the ques-
tion of unincation and location will be
decided The Waco Baptsts ardNfully
alive to the critical nature of the emer-
gency.
j. j. Marsh OF Limestone was brought
here by Deputy United States Marshal
Waller of Mexia this morning. He Is
charged with sending letters of an OBJ
scene nature through the United States
mails. He gave bond in the sum of 5000
to await the action of the United States
grand jury. John Drake of Eastland
county, the stage robber, also arrived
this morning, in charge of Deputy Mar
shall Hall. Drakc's bond has been raised
to $4,000, which sum he cannot give
Commencing with tomorrow the Hous-
ton & Texas Central road will commence
running double daily trains, morning and
evening, from Waco to Walnut Springs.
At the latter place an accommodation
train, double-daily, will be run via Cisco
to Albany.
George Helm, for some time Toadmas-
ter of the Texas & st. Louis railroad, has
resigned that place to accept the position
OF tranmastcr on the Houston & Nava-
sofa division of the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe railroad, with headquarters at
Temple.
The banks report that farmers are de-
posting their money in Waco more gem
orally than for long time past. The re-
cent highway robberles have walked up
the grangcrs who were wont to sell their
cotton here and carry the money home
with them.
Three wealthy business men, Mcssrs.
Tibbs, Parker and Birmingham, have put
on foot to establish n wholesale saddlery
and buggy house in Waco. There are
several such establishments here, but
none on the large scale now proposed.
Cotton buyers are all at sea to-day over
a further decline OF six points in outside
markets. transactions were cautious.
Receipts to date, %, 800 bales
Senator Coke states that he VIII use
his best efforts to have work commenced
on the federal building here at the earliest
practicable date. The people have been
grumbling some mt the delay.
The attached stock of dry goods of
Julius Marx was sold by the sheriff to-
day TO the highest bidder for cash. 1t in
voiced $4,000.
Mrs. Mollic l.. Moore Davis OF New Or
leans, the Southern poetcss, is in the city
and leaves for her home in the Crescent
City tomorrow,
The celebrated "Shlrlcy suit" for
100000, against the Houston & Texas
Central railroad, will not 90 to the jury
until Monday.
New pGcans are coming in plentifully.
They are worth S2.25 to 81. 10 per bushel.
Weather almost rs warm as summer to-
day.