Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-26
WEATHERF0RD.
Miss Rankin, Missionary TO China
Tells About Education Among
The Celestials.


Special 10 lhe Gazette.
WEArnERFoBD, Tx, Sept. 2j.--Miss
Lochic Rankin, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. W. H. Reeves of this place,
took the cast-bound train this evening,
ON her way TO st. Louis, to purchase q
ticket to Yang tsc-Kiang, China, where she
has been for seven years engaged in
teaching the heathcns. Miss Rankin Is a
native of Tennessee, aud is the first per-
son sent to the heather land by the
Woman's Board Of Missions OF the NJ. T..
church, South. She went TO China seven
years ago and acquired the knowledge OF
the Chinese language sufficiently to teach
In one years time, and has steadily
been engaged ever since. She says the
language is a very hard one She also
SAYS that it has heretofore been against
the belief OF the Chinese to educate their
females and ii was hard to overcome
that idea. The parents have to he paid
TO let their daughters attend school; but
now she has fine school OF iifty-iive
girls, OF the poorer class. She says that
the better class Of girls, heretofore, have
not been allowed to 90 ont anywhere, or
receive any education. But this oppOsi-
ton has vanished, and the better class OF
the people have urged the Missionary So
ciety TO establish female high school at
Shanghai, in which to educate their girls.
There is already high school estaD-
lished at Shanghai for the males
of that city. It has been for long time
the custom of the Chinese to educate
their sons, but until recently they would
not suffer their daughters to be Instructed.
Miss Rankin has sister in the
same city where she is located.
Her sister has Il school OF sixty
boys. The Woman's Board of Missions
has done great deal in the way of
cnlightcnng the heathens of that country,
and the two women, above all, deserve the
highest praise. TIM GAZETTE's cor
respondent learned from Miss Rankin
that the city OF Shanghai has
watcr-works and is lighted with
gas, and has great many
other conyenienccs that we have, but
Yang-tse- Kang, where she is located, has
none of the above. II is IA city of about
10000 inhabitants. The only way Of con
veyance there is on the back of camel
or In Il whcelbarrow pushed by China
man, Miss Rankin says she is in the
work for life.
Sheriff NJ. ID. Wallace OF Young county
arrived here this evening with Buck
Blevins, who is charged with numbering
a Mr.. Smith in Lluno county in 1882. MIR.
Wallace takes the east-bound train in the
morning for the purpose of delivering the
prisoner to the proper authorities. He
has also arrested Jack Taylor alias
Charles Cottngham, who is charged with
murder in Jones county.
News reached here late tonight that
the case Of james II. Milliken was called
ut Granbury this morning, and motion
was made by the defense for contin-
uancc, which was ovcrruicd and Milliken
was ordered to trial, At 1 O'Clock in the
evening thirty men OF the special yenirc
had been examined, and not jurymar
taken.
one hundred and six bales Of cotton
were received here to-day.
Il. G.. LomuN, u very prominent real
estate agent, is IN the city.
Early this morning Officers Ross, Brat
ton and Crcckmoor started with Il warrant
sent from Polk county, this state, to ar.
rest Tyler Vaughan, whom they found
about nine miles east of this place al
william Bakers. The officers arrested
Vaughan and brought him to town and
placed him in jail 10 await the coming OF
the proper authority, who will take him
to Polk county, where he is charged with
the theft of cattle.
Licut,-Gov. Barnett Gibbs came in OF
the west-bound train last. night and lief
for Granbury. lie will likely be thCr,
until about Monday.
Capt, j X. I. Shirley and wife of Pale
Pinto are in the city.
! W. c, Walker, late night operator at tn,
I telegraph Office in this place, will leave il
the morning for Kentucky ON a visit w
/ Y. Miller of Big Spring succeeds him,
THE mLLIKEN TRIAL BEGUN,
/ Special to the Gazette,
! GRANBuRY, TEN, Sept. 25.-Distric
/ court convened at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, and the casc,of the State OF Texas vs.
james Milllkcn was called. After som,
delay the state announced ready for tria
at IL M, and the court adjourned TO
dinner This afternoon Milnkcn'
counsel made motion for continuance
which, after considerable argumen
on both sides, the judge,refuScd to gran
and ordered the defendant TO trial. Tn
work of selecting the jury was at one
begun. 1t is generally thought that tn
special Venirc of 100 men vii
be exhausted before the mum
Der requisite is secured, an,
the casc' will probably not max
any progress before Monday next Tn
crowd attracted by the case increase
every hour, aud the town Is filled to oven
flowing; and interest in the case is in
crcasing since II is found it will be tried
the prevailing opinion having been tina
the case would be continued.