Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-18
LOCALITIES.

The FIRST Baptist church choir will
meet for practice Saturday night at 1880.
new floor, uooden blork, is being
placed in the stable occupied by the P.'o-
tecticn fire horses. The repair was much
needed.
Rev. Robert Logan will preach at the
Broadway Presbyterian church NOR
rev at l. q. m. Services in the evening
at 1880 o CLOCK.
The city school board at meeting
held in the superintendent Office yes
terday decided to give no holiday on ao-
count of the Dallas fair.
ONLY two more dates remain TO he filled
by the Tarrant county Democratic can-
didates as scheduled by the executive
committee. These are: Grapevine, Sat-
urday October Is; and Arlington Sutur-
day October %.
Last night a good number of the mem
bers and friends of the Young Men 5
Christian association met in the rooms of
that organization and spent very EN-
joyable evening in social intercourse and
listening 10 a very entertaining musical
and literary programme.
The Democratic candidates of Tarrant
of the Crowley neighborhood on Thurs
day night and made most favorabls
impression. There was good crowd of
voters out, who were addressed 10y Mr..
James w. Swayne, who was at his best.
The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tiau Eudeuvor of the Cumberland Pres
byterian church, meets Tomorrow even
ing in the church parlor nj $3.50 O. CLOCK.
dial invitation to all visiting endeavorers
and strangers is extended, to come aud
worship.
The Bethel Sabbath school meets to-
morrow afternoon at 4 O'Clock at the
Bethel rooms, OH Fourteenth Street.
near Main. Last Sabbath nll were pres
ent. Teachers ARE needed, and a cordial
welcome Is extended TO all such who may
desire to engage in this good work.
There will BIZ good mus by the school
and a quartette.
On November 20 and 81 there IS to be
held in Fort Worth n convention of the
Societies of Christian EudeavOr of the
state. There are some seventy five such
societies in the state, aud it is expected
there will be some 500 or 400 delegates al
the convention, besides prominent lee
turers and pulpit orators from abroad
The railroads have nearly all granted
excursion rates already.
1t Is among the probabilities that
within week or so new weekly (per-
haps daily, evening } paper Of labor.
anti-democratio principles, will make its
debut in Fort Worth. 1t will be in the
nature of a resurrection of the old Labor
Siftings, at one time published in Fort
Worth. and will be in the hands of
journalist formerly OF this city.
Police officer Bob Moseiy had the mis-
fortune to shoot himself yesterday even
ing about O'Clock. He was in q
buggy which overturned on Front street,
near the Texas aud Pacific freight office.
In the disorder his gun went off the ball
entering the calf of his leg and ranging
downward. The wound affects only the
flesh, but it is painful and the efficient
officer will be laid up with il soma time.
To firmly establish the proposition that
the world do more, especially that part
of II called Fort Worth, it may be men,
toned that one OF the large houses i'll the
Third ward. which has for years been
known as the best advertised place of
prostitution in the city, mas been Sc
cured by the Bethel mission as home
for women. In few weeks it will he
transformed from its present use 10 the
nobler purpose, and under good manage
ment will soon rise TO position OF i'm
portence in the community.
''There Is an urgent necessity for more
fire alarm boxes in the city, said Chief
Don Adams last evening. ''The city
council has authorized the purchase of
fifteen, aud 10 delay should be had in
getting them. But even fifteen falls
short of the demand. In some parts of
the city people have to go from six to ten
blocks TO turn in an alnrm-alnost a
mile, and the time thus lost is invalua-
BILE when fire has broken out. The fire
department must not always be blamed
for being late on the scene OF action, es-
pecially when the necessity for apparatus
and facilities Is SO obvious as in this
case.
There are now pending in the CITY court
some fifteen cases against citizens in va
rious parts of the city for maintaining
nuisances in the shape of offensive
closets. "For several years, said asani-
tary officer yesterday, ave have been in
the habit of notifying people when their
closets berame offensive, and then We
have had to watch closely to see that the
places were cleaned. About a fifth of
the people never would clean up until
actually compelled. By bringing these
cases in the city court 1t it designed to
notify the people that hereafter they
must remove the nuisances without be-
ing looked after so closely. as IL is impos-
siblp for two sanitary officers to cover
four square miles of territory unless the
people themselves assist.