Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-25
TEXAS SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

IEAAS SCHUOLS AND CHURCHES.
MARQUEE, Sept 17.-School opened
this week with Professor Booth as prin-
cipal.
Means to build an elegant Christian
church at Kaufman is being raised. 1t
will occupy the same site as the old one.
The new church house at Pleasant
Grove, in Shelby county, is rapidly near
ing completion. When it is finished ii
will be one of the most comfortable
churches in the county.
The college building IN Carthage, Pa
nola county, is nearing completion, aud
attracts considerable attention from the
citizens as we'll as from visitors. Ii will
be the second largest and finest building
in the city.
The new church at Shelbvville is not
progressing very rapidly on account of
the lack of lumber, but part of the : ork
is done.
Efforts are being made to purchase
most eligible site for the erection of the
new Episcopal church at Greenville. ST.
Paul's will be erected it is hoped as soon
as the lot is secured.
In regard to the proposed free Metho-
dist school the Seymour Sun says: At
late meeting of the Vernon conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South,
it was determined to locate and build
| college under the auspices and iurisdic-
zion of that conference district, which
territory comprises about sixty counties
in the Panhandle and Northwest Texas,
territory that is filing and settling up
the most rapidly of any portion OF the
great gro wing empire of Texas, a terri
tory that is within itself little empire,
large as TWO or three New England
states, and with undeveloped resources
unlimited.
LEwIsvILLE, Sept. lS.-Work on the
A. ]. Fants' school building has just
commenced. This house when finished
will be large two-story one. Fants has
just finished the boarding department of
his school and the school is now in pro-
gress in the old masonic hall.
TEHUACANA, Sept. lS.-Trinity uni
versIty opens this week 10 per cent. bet
ter than for years past. Rev. B. d.
Cockrill has 1t now well in hand and the
friends of the institution are rejoicing
over the prospects for a good years
work.
TYLER, Sept. 1S.-This afternoon at 4
O'Clock the corner stone of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, was laid with
appropriate ceremonies. Many were the
articles deposited therein, among the
papers being history OF the Tyler Meth
odst church by Col. W. S. Herndon.
The services were conducted by DR.. R.
F. Finley, one OF the church early
pastors.
The Baptists at Wallis. Austin county,
are making preparations to build a
church in the immediate future.
A new school building has been put up
at Fairview, Clay county, few miles
from Bellevue.
Wolfe City has issued bonds for the
erection of magnificent school build
ing.
Dresden, Navarro county, is to have q
new schoolhouse soon. The building
will be very large and substantial one.
The site for the large public school
building in East Sherman has been de-
cided upon.
Work will soon commence on the cut
stone church of the Baptist denomination
at Lampasas. The building will seat
about 500 and will cost 900.
WACO, Sept. 21.-The fall term of the
public schools in Waco will open Septem-
Der 30, under the management of MIS-.
Willie D. House, the city superintendent.
A fair attendance is anticipated.
PANHANDLE, Sept. 20.-Panhandle
Academy, under the management of
Professor J. W. Miller, opened on the
18th inst. with flattering attendance,
there being three times as many present
as ut last years. opening. Miss Rose
McQnillan, lady we'll accomplished in
music, has class of twelve pupils.
Presiding Elder Cooper, of Clarendon,
Tex, has a movement on foot to erect
new church building here for the Metho-
dist Episcopal church north. Nearly
enough funds are already raised for the
purpose.