Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-11
NEWS ANO NOTES.

Mr. Wolfe, the Prohibition candidate
for governor of Pennsylvania, Ia also a
candidate In Union county for the legisla-
ture. Mr.. Wolfe means business.
Congressman Rockwell told some Mas
sachusetts farmers the other, day that
agricultural colleges were proper enough,
"only they have tendency to wean the
young men away from the farm"
Mary Anderson, having secured all the
advertising possible out Of her an
nounced determination TO retire from the
stage for two years, is now negotiating
for q theatre in the Strand, and expects
to resume her campaign early next
spring.
religious enthusiast of Los Angeles,
CAL, thought he heard a voice command
ing him to sell what he had and give to
the poor. So he sent $1,000 each TO two
benevolent societies of the place, leaving
his family destitute. The money was
sent TO the crank's wife and children.
Bonanza Mackay hopes to create out OF
the Postal Telegraph company system
as extensive as the Western Union, and
predicts that in doing so he will reduce
rates TO such an extent as to do away
with business letter-wrltiDg inside oil
three years. His most ambitious plan is
to build line through to San Francisco,
and he promises New York business men
to send twenty words for every dollar be-
fore January ! next.
The Lutheran Observer Joins with
other newspapers in advocating changing
the time for the national Thanksgiving
day from "bleak November to golden
October II says November was chosen
by the Puritans to bring the day near the
Christmas time, that 1t might take the
place OF that festival, TO which they were
opposed. But now that all Christians OBJ.
serve Christmas, there is no need for ap'
pointing Thanksgiving day so late in the
year.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Burlington, N. j., are doing the
same sort OF work as did the Crusad'
ers OF Ohio some years ago, and last
Sunday they made personal visits to the
open saloons. At one the wife Of the pro
prletor told them what she thought OF
them In most emphatic language. At an
other the proprietor listened patiently
accepted their tracts, and asked them tC
pray for him, and the temperance womer
went away much encouraged.
The Presbyterian Young folks OF Canaan
daigua held corn festival the Other
evening. The decorations OF the room
were Of corn-stalks, corn was cooked II
every style known to Ontario county
there was singing OF "Cows In the Corn
and "When the Corn is Waving, Annie
Dear" a young man played the corn-et
blessing the Corn Field,n from
Hiawatha," was read, but not a drop q
corn-juice could be had for love OF
money.
Andrew Carnegie is building on the sum
nit OF the Alleghenies, near Cressor
Sprlngs,a house, or castle, which will cos
81 ,000, 900. The entire walls win be bull
up altogether Of the undresses surface
stone which Is to be found on the place, anc
they are not to show in any place siugl,
mark OF the chisel or hammer. MIR. Car.
negie's orders are positive on this point
he having expressed wish to have as TAI
as possible even the moss on the rock.
used in tho walls left undisturbed.
"Roscoe Conkling,n said A Nader
lane ieweler the other day, WAas bros,
mind. He is not only great lawyer, bu
mis- general Information Is great. II,
has great many chains and charms, anC