Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-11
LoCALETTES.

Something will probably be done dur
ing the present week to give Fort Worth
a first class base bali club.
It is settled fact that the Plano Man
featuring company has selected Fort
! Worth as Southwestern headquarters
Fort Worth Odd Fellows say that this
| city is in the field as candidate tor the
home of the grand lodge Of the state of
| Texas.
There are a number of Des Moines,
Iowa, gentlemen in Fort Worth who are
buying real estate, with an eye to
erecting fine buildings on it.
Bridgemen have put in bids for the
| construction of q fine bridge over the
! Trinity on the road to Sylvania. This
| bridge will be crossed by street car line.
The lovers of classical music should be
| at the opera house tonight at the concert
of the Boston Quintette. This is proba-
| bly, the finest musical organization IN the
country.
The Boston Quintette is a combination
| of the finest musicians in the country
| whose fame is known in Fort Worth i.
They will give a concert at the opera
| house tonight.
| The sales of real estate in Fort Worth
| last week aggregate S416 1888, and the
| ball has only opened. Two-thirds of the
| property bought is held as an investment
and good one too.
| The last rehearsal of Julius Caesar was
great success. The Fort Worth dra-
matte association, which will present the
! play, is having some beautiful scenery
| painted for the occasion.
| 1t is said that the congregation of st.
Paul IS church is considering the matter
of selling its fine Main street property
and erecting an imposing church struct-
ure on one of the residence streets.
From what certain city officials
say there is every reason to be-
/ lieve that before 1889 has
gone this city will have the finest central
high school building in the state of Texas.
The Julienne society have arranged a
very interesting programme for the
church sociable to be held this (Monday)
evening at the residence of Mrs Peak
corner Third and Florence streets. All
cordially invited.
The Fort Worth tannery company has
good prospects Of obtaining the services
| Of the man they want to manage the
very few days the company will go ahead
and give Fort Worth a second tannery.
A meeting of the members of the
Catholic church was held yesterday and
committee appointed to learn the cost
of building st. Patrick IS church of stone
and report at an early day. The church
has several thousand dollars in bank to
be used in building.
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for the erection of four-story and base
ment building, seyenty-fve feet front,
to be erected on Main street between First
and Second. The front will be of stone,
and the cost of the structure will approx
innate $48 900.
Mr.. A. W. Caswell informs THE GA
zETTE that as soon as B. @. Evans builds
his magnificent four-tory building, look
200 feet,- running through from Main to
Houston street on Fifth, that Eastern
capitalists will erect another fine build
ing adjoining it.
The directors of the Texas Spring Pal
ace company will meet at Ball, Wynne &
McCart's office at O'Clock to-day to
prepare charter, and to set the ma
chinery in motion for the execution of
the grand project of setting before the
world what Texas is and has.
W. W. Porter of Denver, who, with
his associates, owns a tract Of fine
land south of the city, says
they viii build some sort
of line of transportation
to the property. He speaks well of the
cotton mill project. Denver men are
hummers, and Fort Worth is glad Mr.
Porter has cast his lot with this city.
The building mentioned in yesterdays
GAZETTE TO be erected ON the corner of
Houston and Fourteenth streets is to
be 50x96, three stories and base
ment, and is TO be built of
stone. 1t will be occupied by very
wealthy retail dry goods firm not now in
Fort Worth. Work is to commence on
April l and the building must be ready
by the last of August