Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-18
NEWS AND NOTES.

Bell county shows by her tax list an in
crease in values since 1886 of 81 1000, 900.
There are number of Mormon mis-
sionaries in Turkey, but they are not max
ing many converts. The Mormons do
better in Christian lands.
A most astonishing phenomenon Of the
Japanese earthquake was the splitting of
the Papandayang mountain. In flash of
time 1t was split into seven parts. Where
the lone mountain had stood doomed up
seven peaks, each some 1000 feet high.
The San Francisco papers predict that
San Francisco will capture the whole
trade of Southern Oregon as soon as the
connection between the California & Ore
gon and the Oregon & California roads is
made.
United States Marshal helms of Cobb
county, Ca, Is not envied by his neigh
bors. The moonshiners have threatened
to kill him, and the marshal thinks that
they mean it, and that they are quite
likely to succeed. But he doesn't weaken
particle.
Herr Schmidt, an accomplished Ger
man horticultural, who was some time
ago sent to East Africa to introduce the
cultivation of European kitchen garden
vegetables and corn, reported that after
repeated trials the experiment has COM
pletely failed.
Albert Wampler of indianapolis thinks
that he has been made whole by the
prayer cure. He claims that he, for five
years, suffered with rheumatism, which
bent him double and otherwise deformed
him, and that In answer to special prayers
he laid aside his crutches and stood erect
a well man.
| An orthodox preacher in Storm Lake,
Iowa, thinks that the Universalist preach
er of the same place is Objectionable. So
he prayed the other day in church that
the Lord would either change the heart
of the Universalist or kill him. Storm
Lake citizens are watching him closely
and curiously.
Gen. Guitar Is running for congress in
Missouri, and the press punsters have not
lost the opportunity to play upon the
name. The very worst is chargeable to
the Buffalo Courier: at doesn't seem to
have yet occurred to any of them to sug-
gest that he will be true to his name and
be sure to git thar"
A correspondent visiting from Aix-les-
Bains tells of a teacher who said he began
his duties each morning with lesson In
the catechism. 1t was, however, free
thought catechism in which the first
question, "What is Godp" was answered :
"God is a lie; there is no God" And
this, the correspondent says, is the style
OF doctrine with which they dose the
children in the communal schools OF
Paris.
The New York Independent insists that
! 1t Is true, that prominent trustee in one
OF the largest churches in New England
successfully opposed the Inauguration Of
revival meetings on the ground that such
a meeting would destroy their new church
carpets. "Besides," he Is reported q
have said, "what do we want with re.
vival We are out OF debt; our pews
are all rented; our house is full, and 9
revival would only disturb the quiet anc
: orderly development Of the church"
} William Smith, better known as 'Extrs
? Billy Smith, twice governor Of Virginia
celebrated his ninetieth birthday the 9th
He Is still quite active, physically and
! mentally, and daily visits Warrenton, re.
quirlng walk Of a mile When over
q sixty years OF age he entered the Confed.
crate army and was conspicuous for his
= gallantry, being wounded twice. He and
! Gen. Malone, while accommodating The
: enemy, were fired upon and were com.
/. PEELED to fail back Gen. Malone dropped
his hat, and Gov, Smith dIsmounted and
riding into camp, presented it to Gen
+ Malone, amid the loudest cheering from
: Mahone's brigade,
= What shall be done about the evclona,
4 Is becoming serious question ia ON,
I. Western territory. A recent writer saw,
= that the only means Of which we can con.
d ceiye within human power for the prs
il vention, or at best the rendering less IRE
4 quent OF cyclones, is In the covering 81
!, the face OF the country as much as posi-
y Bile with trees and verdure
e Let there be ascending moisture in
II stead OF ascending currents OF heated
n air. la the great timbered valleys OF Inc
Amazon cyclones are unknown, vet wher
u we look at the formation Of the land A. !,
e probably one OF the most monotonousl,
u level regions on the face of the earth
II Take away the forests aud yerdure. ane
leave this region vast desert plain. AM
= II would no doubt at once become var,
L play ground Of cyclones. 49,