Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-01
REALTY AND BUILDING.
Two Good Sized Real Estate Deals are
Reported.
The COIorad People Want to Build Coed
Chureh-The krmnry Texas Tanks.
Notes of Progress.

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There were well authenticated rumors
yesterday of two good sized real estate
deals. Ii was stated that John Tierney
had sold TO an Iowa syndicate 1900 acres
of land eight miles from the city for
$50. 900. 1t was also said that E. f.
Chase had sold forty acres south of the
hospital for $50 900. Several lots were
spld III Prospect Heights and ST. Helena
Heigh;s.
THE FENCiBLE ARNoRY.
Capt. Ford and others of the Feucibles
are WORKING hard to build q fiue armory
bu ling for the company, one that
will be credit TO the city. 1t is pro-
POSED TO purchase 50xl00 feet Oh one of
the principal streets of the city and erect
thereon q three or four-siory
building. The first floor TO be
used for stores, the second floor to be
the armory and gymnasium and the rest
OF the huilling to De used in such man
ner rs will bring in a revenue The
| company should be encouraged and by
doing so Fort " Orth will add IL fine build
| ing TO those now going up.
CH ORCH FOX THE COLORED PEOPLE.
Fort Worth believes in an even and
| symmetrical development, and her citi-
zrns have ALWAYS shown disposition to
aiu every worthy object. A band OF
/ colored people are trying TO build u fine
/ stone church, TO cost $4,000. They have
| the walls up about five feet and
/ stone enough on the ground TO run the
walls up several feet more. They now
need the help OF Their white friends.
! Rev. H. A. Booker, the pastor.
comes from his old home (Sher-
man) with the strongest ndorse-
mtnis IRON such people as
j. NJ: Blnkley, presiding elder, Bopham
district, BE thoGist Episcopal church
South; W. e. Dimmitt, Tor ten years
pastor of the Christian church; j. W.
Hearne, lumber dealer, Sherman;
r. E. Smith, attorney-at-law, Sher-
man; J. S Moore. pastor
Presbyterian church, Sherman; j. A.
Ivey, pastor Baptist church, Sherman;
Capt. o. I. LYON. lar Der dealer. Sher-
man; Robert HardwIcii & Ta,l Tor, hurI-
ware dealers, Sherman; A. NJ. Prince.
NJ. Sherman. Bishop Key writes
the following letter to the people of this
city in regard TO the church:
FORT WORTH. TEX. Oct. :, 90.
l take great pleasure In ENDORSING and
commencing the "COlorel Methodist
Episcopal church in America - They
are that portion of the coIoreL member
ship OF the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, who remained stendfast AMI true
to us, and in 1870 were by action OF the
general conference of the latter body
erected into separate and independent
church.
They are non-political, pious, AMI
seeking by scripiurul aud proper methods
to elevate ana Christisnize the coiored
people: they have obtained the conf
deuce and support of the church whence
they come out, and are doing most
valuable work among their race aud
people.
This church, of which Rev. II. A.
Booker is pastor. is now seeking to erect
good church building of stone in the
city of Fort Worth. They are not
numerous and are quite poor.
They ;:lust have help from the
community, and really deserve -,ft.zs
l commend them 20 the sympathy and
assistance of all generous hearts in this
community. They will in every wav CO.
operate i'll the mighty efforts now being
made 10 build here great and prosper
Gus city. JOSEPH S. KEY,
Ouc Ok lHS DeUOpS Oh I0o MSllOulst
Episcopal church, South.
The committee of the church should
meet with substantial encouragement,
TEXAS BANKS.
fhe comptroller of the currency re- |
ports that sixty-three national banks |
have been o-ganized i'll Texas during the |
year ended September 80. This is more |
than in al the other Southern states /
combined. The comptroller says our
banks In Texas are eli sound finan-
cial institutions. Much of the credit \
for this showing is due to Forth Worth
citizen, Col. John r. Hoxie. who with
characteristic energy and showing fnan-
cial acunen has organized a score of
banks which do business with Fort
Worth. Col. Ho1ie has done much to
make Fort Worth financial center.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
The excavation for the magnificent
Hendricks block is done and the fouuda.
ton is going in.
Work on the cotton mill buildings will
begin in very short time.
1t is probable that the rolling mill will
be i'll operation IN short time. Nego-
tiations looking to that end are about
The big dis..ilery project Is In good
James Ryan let the contract yesterday
to build twelve houses in Union depot
addition.
RECORDED TRANSFERS..
s. II. Mulkey to Mrs. Sallie
Huffman, part of block 8,
Evans south addition ..S $50 90
John 4. Thornton to VIM.
Brice. lot 3, block 2, Ed
wards heirs add ton. .. $50 90
John F. Tierney to F. NJ. Mills,
John Askew 328-acre survey,
400 acres of Josiah Walker
survey, rs acres of A. +.
Albright survey, 81 acres AL
bright survey, half interest
in 4S acres Moses Townsend
survey, $40 acres E. l.. and
r. r. railroad survey, $40
more of same, 1910 acres H.
f. and w II railway stir- |