Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-21
TEXAS SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

The ninth annual commencement of the st.
Xavier academy, Denison, was held this week
with large attendance.
The Teachers institute at Owen, Smith
county, is in session with good attendance.
Nacogdoches university closed last week with
an entertainment at the opera house.
The sunday-school normal held at George
town in the Baptist church was decided sue
Gees.
steps have been taken towards building COL
lege at Ferris, Ellis county.
Marshall is to have new Baptist church.
The Baptists were in convention at Tyler yes
terday.
The stockholders of the Mary Nash institute,
Iste of Sherman, have made preparations Tor the
erection of college building a. Gainesville.
Bosque college closed with pleasant enter
tainment this week.
ATLANTA. Tex, June l9.-The colored Bap-
lists have lust closed meeting here, by bsp
thing some sixty converts. The meeting was
conducted by young negro evangelist AIMED
Jose Davis. The pastor. Calvin Johns, admin
istered the ordinance of baptism, and made a
record for himself as a Baptist by immersing
ffty-eight in eighteen minutes.
CONWAY, TEX, June 1s.-There will be a
camp meeting between Waco and Temple on the
3th Of July, which Will continue for about ten
days. Good music Will be n attendance.
AMARILLO, TEX. June 1s.-There win be a
cemp meeting in the Palo Duro canyon, nine
miles south Of here, beginning tomorrow and
continuing ten days. Extensive preparations
have been made to care Tor the many visitors
who are expected to visit the town and country
during this first camp meeting ever held in the
Plnha die. The Fort Worth and Denver rail-
road win give four cent round-tTip rate from
Fort Worth and other points on the road during
the meeting, which will give all parties who are
DESTROYS of seeing this great country and spend
ing few days at Panhandle camp meeting; an
To at
Duro canyon is one one OF the most sublime
pieces OF scenery in the world; 1t IL not excelgd
in the RocKy mountains Of Colorado, and all
that come will be enabled to see this wonderful
canyon with its hundreds OF bubbling springs
and beautiful stream as it tears its way through
the level plains.
AMARILLO, TEX, June 19.-The great country
known as the Staked Plains can longer be
cIassed with the wild, frontier countries, it is
rapidly being settled by energetic and industri-
Gus farmers, who are fast turning the great
ranches of years ago into farms, and are erect
ing beautiful frame houses where the squatters'
humble dlgout has heretofore stood. Churches
and schoolhouses are being built all over The
Amarillo country, snd those who come here now
are not deprived of the advantages OF society as
those who came here few years ago were.
Special to the Gazette.
Tyler, FEx., June 2o.-The Texas state Bap-
tist Sunday school convention met at the First
Baptist church in this city to-day. The Gay was
mostly taken up in organization. Rev. A. J.
Fawcett, of the above church, delivered an ad-
dress OF welcome. Devotional services were
conducted by Rev L. E. Peters. The eonyen-
ton viii hold for three daya. Abont I50 dele
gates are 1oE in attendance
Waco, TEX, June s0--Ths school committee
recommended the election Of the following
teachers in city schools last night and the CONF
ell adopted the report: Mrs While d. Honse,
super1ntendent and Professor J. ". Ganbrsli,
principal, of the Central high school; first dis
tTict Miss Kate Friend; second district, Hr. }.
NJ Ferguson; third district. Mrs. Z G. Ander-
son: fourth district, Mr.. W. D. HcGhes; firth
district Mr. ]. T. Strain; sixth district, Miss
Nettie Darrow; seventh district, Mrs. Mosksw-
Mrs Steiner and Misses EdmoDds, and HUmph-
ries were elected high school assistants.
DENTON. TEX, June 2o--Foy some time since
Il has been known that Evangalists Burnett and
Nulkey would visit Denton and conducl seriss
Of gospel meetings. Their coming IVES looked