Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-08
SHERMAN.
Another Grand Stride to be Made for
SisterhoOd Among Stars OF the
First Magnitude.
The PeRch Crop Killed by the Late Cold
snap-Large Attendance at Divine
Worship-PersonaI.
special TO the Gazette.

special 10 inc Ghztttc.
SHERMAN, TEX, Feb. THE meeting
at the courthouse last night has had the
effect of producing great deal of rail-
road talk among our citizens to-day, and
anyone who Is well acquainted with the
people can readily see that a change has
come over the spirit of our dreams since
the last railroad project in the way of
northern connection was submitted to
us. A few years ago some of our real
estate owners were flushed with recent
prosperity and evinced an indifference to
additional roads that actually repealed
them from seeking connection with Sher-
man, but later experience has shown the
folly of such a course and many of those
same men are anxious to encourage other
roads to build here by generous
subsidies. Our waning commerce and
vacant business houses tell a sad tale of
neglected opportunities, but it is not too
late to redeem the city and yet realize
those glorious dreams of wealth and
prosperity that seemed so wen assured
few short years ago
The present time appears suspicious
for yet making city of the first magnl-
4 tude among Texas cities AMI, unless we
/ mistake the spirit OF our people, It will
not be their fault If we fail,
1 In conversation with prominent fruit
! grower to-day we learned that the late
severe cold snap has destroyed Il large
! percentage of the next seasons peach
crop and has also killed many of the
ola trees IN an the orchards
on the low lands. The young and thrifty
trees tllat are lust beginning To bear are
not helleved to ne seriously injured hut
those from ten TO Twelve years old will
DC Wofthiess hereafter except Tor iuel'
me prlsht sunshine OF the morning
Drought out a larger attendance at the
seVerai churches than we nave seen Tor
several luonths' Inc streets were
croWoeu WIN men ana women ON the way
10 attend the II O'Clock service and a
more attractive array OF weii-dressed and
cheeiiul Worsnlppers Moulu DC hard to
ma IN any country The pulpits were all
hlled ny the regular pastors, who preached
TO ruler benches Than is usual
az almost any season OF the year
MIS- Dr. GflLlard OF Denison, who has
been at the point OF death for several
weeks, has so FAR recovered that she came
home with her father, Capt I. j Brown,
yesterday and VIII remain during her
convalescenee.
4 w. Ii. Landlord, Esq, returned yester-
day from Vlsltt 10 his mother in Milan
county, Tex
j. II. Caudle OF Manchester, Red River
county, is here and may make this county
his future home.
Col I.E. Ranney OF Mckinney came up
to-day and gives other particulars regard
ing the late lire at that place. He says
the brick house in which the Collin County
bank was located was thought
to be entirely safe while the wooden
building was being consumed, but
the intense heat so expanded the adioin-
ing wall that it fell outward and left the
contents an easy prey to the flames. Mr..
Ranney was loser to the extent OF nearly
$4,000 in personal property by reason OF
his confidence in the treacherous wall.
4 G, G. Miller, an old citizen of sherman,
but late of Dallas, was here to-day on a
visit to old friends
DR.. John Grant of Laredo, who has
months, returned from the Southwest