Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-14


board Of trustees is composed of Rev. J. R.
Nelson, Rev. James MacEey. Messrs. W. W.
! W. Davis, Z. W. Kindel, /. W. Stevens and r.
/ II Foat.
AUSTIN, TEx., June 1s.-The following sohol-
| astic census returns we're to-day received at the
| educational department: Hill county, 5S9l all
| told. OF whom 263S were colored; Eastiand, 1875,
! no colored; Gillespie, 1906, no eolored; MeCul-
| Tough, 100, no colored.
| TERRELL, TBx.. June Is.-The summer normal
| will commence in Terrell the LIST of July. The
board Of education has rendered the normal the
use OF the high school building.
AUSTIN, Tex, June 1s.-Preparations are be-
ing made for the, commencement at the State,
university, which begins Sunday and corIs
held in the great assembly hall of the univer-
sity, which seats 1000 persons.
CLEBURNE, Tex, June I3.-Rev. j. H. COL
lard, pastor of the Methodist church of this
place, has been appointed agent of Granbury
college at the request of the board of trustees
of that school. The presiding elder Rev W.
L. helms, has appointed Rev a. p. Taylor of
Fort Worth to fill the pastorate thus made va
cant.
School association has just elected its board OF
directors for the ensuing year. Our Communi-
y, now possessing a $4,000 school building,
looks with pride to its educational prospects.
HASKELL, TEX, June I.-our trustees are
making strenuous efforts to build college
building this summer, and it is hoped this will
be done as it will add volumes to the stability
and moral integrity of our town. ~
At the State Normal school at Huntsville Shere
were enrolled during he past year $50 students,
over seventy of whom were in the graduating
class. The new college will be completed and
dedicated on September %.
The summer normal school for the Fifteenth
senatorial district, composed of Navarro, Lime
stone and Freestone counties, has been located,
by appointment Of the state superintendent of
public instruction, in Corsicana, 10 be held dur
ing the month OF July.
The trustees committee have located and pur-
chased site for the new school building al
Arkansas Pass.
A meeting of the Workers institute of the
Meridian Baptist church will be held in Meridian
on the 9th, 18th and 18th Of June.
The Baptists and Presbyterians are proposing
to put school in Sherman to fill the vacancy
left by the removal OF the Nash institute.
sALADo, TEX, June I2.-Hafdly day passes
but there are some transfers of real estate here.
The prospect of irst-class high school at this |
place, under the supervision of Dr. S. j. Jones |
from Huntsville, and county superintend- |
emit, t. J. Witt of Bolton, has brought about !
this activity.
ANDERSON, Tex, June 12.-The county COM
missioners of Grimes county to-day adopted |
the plan for a courthouse, submitted by MeSsrs. !
Lamar and Watson. and ordered an election for |
locating the county seat to take place on the |
2lst day of July next.
1EHUACASA, TEX, June ll.-Ihe stone work
on trinity university IS nearing completion. |
Rev. b. D. Cockrill, Louisville, Ky, is ex-
pected every day to look at the surroundings
and decide whether he will accept the presi-
dency of the institution.
CROCKETT, TEX, June lion Sunday might
the commencem emit exercises OF the Crockett
new denny, under the management of Pro-
lessor G. j. Nun, was opened by q serm on at
the Methodist church by the Rev. S. F. Tenny,
followed by the examin ations of the preparatory
and Intern ediate classes on Monday andTues-
day, with a concert by the juveniles at theopera
house last night. To-day and to-morro will
close the examin alton of the collegiate classes,
with grand concert at night. All OF the exer-
cises evinCe well ordered disciplined school,
Of which this community is Justly proud.
CoSfANCHE, TEX, June u.-Nfiss Mary Rob-
erts, our music teacher, gave entertainment
at the college last Friday night, the occasion
being the close of the term of her school. The
credit on their teacher. Miss George Shrop-
shire carried off the gold medal offered by Mr..
Charlie St. Clair to the one rendering the scale
best
BAIRD, TEX, June 13.-Quite an interesting
lecture was delivered yesterday afternoon by
Miss Minor Everett, a missionary lady of the
Baptist church. who resides in San Antonio,
Tex. The lecture was most heartily received by
he audience of ladies who had assembled to
near her. Miss Everett has travelled 4 good
leal in Brazil, Mexico and other foreign coun-
,ries. 1t is said that her work missionary
las been most successful, and that she has
lone great good for the cause of the Master
This cannot be denied, as her influence for good
S felt in every community she has visited. She
caves for the East To-day, and the best wishes |
II the Christian people of Baird go with her,
WACO, Tex, June l3.-The Central high ;
chool commencement closed last night with the
exercises of the graduating class. The follow
ng young ladies compose the class. Misses
Georgia Lidnum, Fannie Sedberry, jamie |
Brown, Jean SterTett, Lola Belle House, and
Ir. Thomas G. Tibbs, Jr. Miss Georgia Led
lum read the salutatory essay, aud Miss Lola |
Belle House the valedictory. Mayor G, G.. Nc
;ulloch presented the diplomas to each of the
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