Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-19
WACO.
The Unhappy Eject Of Bad Example
Set by n Larger Sister City.
The History of Five Dollar Notc-A
Good Temperance Talker-Busi-
ness at a stnndsuil.


Special 70 the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, Jan. l6.--Another meet
ing was TO be held tonight, to push the
movement for raising the money 20 Sc
cure the consolidated universities. but the
inclement weather furnished an excuse
for postponcmcnt, and so no meeting was
held. Thus far the subscriptions are be-
tween 5ll 900 and $4,000, not half OF
the amount required, The Day this
evening says that the difficulties eNpe-
rienced IN Dallas raising the money for the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe extension IS
operating as positive obstacle 20 the
soliciting committees ~ work here trying
TO get up money for the university. The
Day admits that the fact does
not furnish any excuse for lack
OF public spirit Ia Waco, but
says people here when asked for
subscriptions reply "Times are too
hard. Don't you see how hard it is to
raise money in Dallas, with thrice the
population and wealth Of Waco2 If they
can't raise but $40, 900 In Dallas, how can
you expect 70 get $4,000 in Wacof The
Day adds;
owe verify believe that If 1t were not
for the spirit manifested in Dallas, the
amount required of Waco would have
been nearly II not quite raised by this
time. As it IS, the stereotyped reply of a
moss-back when asked To give is that If
money can't be raised in Dallas IL
oughtn't to be expected in Waco And
thus, indirectly, but surely, the action of
Dallas is having u detrimental effect in
| Waco
In 1870, over fifteen years ago, Prof, j..
| B. Cresap of this city, then living in ST.
| Charles, Mo, visited st. Louis and while
there borrowed so Of his friend, Mr.. G.
w. Ruggles general ticket agent of the
| Iron Mountain railroad Returning home
next day, he inclosed a So bill In a letter
addressed to Mr.. Ruggles and asked Il
friend, Mr.. Joseph Boschert, to mail 1t
| for him. month later he was in st.
Louis and asked Mr.. Ruggles If he had
received the letter and money.
whereupon Prof. c. paid the
50, naturally supposing the letter had
been lost in transit from st. Charles To
St. LOUIS. Yesterday Mr.. Cresap got a
letter from Mr.. Boschert, still living in
st. Louis, who writes; "In my ole
papers, pigeon-holed for years, | find 1
letter with a SO greenback in IT, 1t IL
signed by you, but the envelope is Sc
worn and yellow | can't make out t
whom IL is addressed. 1t was evidently
written by YOU but don't know how
came by it. What about it?" Prof
Cresap sees now that MIR. Boschcrt for
got ito mail the letter, perhaps carrying i
in his pocket several days, thei
put it in his desk, and thus, after In
lapse of fifteen years, this 50 hobs "a
serenely Mr.. RuggleS is now in Chicago
away MP in railway management.
Luther Benson, the temperance orator
Concluded his engagement here tonight
lie is really a fine speaker, and could tai
, from experience, as he is reforme
drunkard, His visit has had q cheerin
effect ON the prohibitionists, who int
mate they viii demand another loca
option election next summer.
The weather continues Indictment, ht
I very little rainfall to-day. Business
almost at standstill, and hardly All
cotton coming In.