Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-10
LoCALETTES

Let every citizen who has q vehicle
take our visitors out riding. Let them
be shown the town.
Lost-A pocketbook containing rail-
road passes. Suitable reward If returned
to the office of Judd c. Boyd, West
Third street.
Major Penn will preach at Arlington
next Sunday at II a. m. Rev. W. W.
Finley will preach at Blrdville next Sat-
urday night and Sunday at II q. m.
Ladies' Saturday market at Fort Worth
Grocer company 3 to-day will be unusu-
ally attractive. All lovers of something
good TO eat should not fail to attend.
A meeting of the South Siders is called
for tonight, s o'clock at Polk 8 grocery
store. The matter under discussion will
be strictly the question of annexation to
the city.
Rev. DR.. Pritohard of Wilmington,
S. c., will preach at the Broadway
Presbyterian church Tomorrow morning,
and Rev. J N. Frost of Richmond, Va. 4,
will occupy the pulpit at night.
All churches IN the CITY, both white
and colored, who want their pulpIts sup
piled on Sunday by some of the eminent
clergymen attending the Baptist conyen-
tion can have them so filed by sending
in the request to Rev. j Morgan Wells.
The Cotillion club gave one of its de-
lightful entertainments at Huaman's
hall last evening. There was comfort
able attendance, and to the strains of
Prof. Ault g orchestra many happy hours
were spent by many of the oity's elite.
The death of little Malcolm B. judi
kins, the three-year-old son of Officer
Judkins, occurred yesterday evening at
1880, after an Illness of about q week.
The funeral Will take place from the
Christian church at 4 CLOCK this even
ing.
Baylor college of Waco was represented
in this city yesterday by about $50 of the
young ladies and gentlemen OF that in
stitution. They came in a special train
to attend the convention and the OPEN
ing of the Spring Palace, and the entire
delegation intend returning on Sunday.
The delayed Cotton Belt train, which
was expected all day yesterday, was
finally announced to arrive at 1880 last
night. This train Is in three sections,
and started from Atlanta six hours ahead
of the Baptist excursion train, which was
due here Wednesday, and arrived in this
city Thursday night.
The members of the chamber of COM
meroe will meet to-day at their head
quarters at IL O'Clock instead of
l, as previously announced, and it.
Is earnestly requested that all those who
are favorable TO the objects of that body
meet the members at that time, sign the
membership roll, and lend their aid to
its operations.
At the last meeting of the bonrd of
trade the name of the organization was
changed to chamber of commerce, by
which it shall hereafter be known. and
MI. E. S. Biden was elected its score
tary. That gentleman was happy Sc
lection, as he has had experience in SINH
lar bodies in other cities and is acquainted
with Its workings. He entered upon his
duties yesterday. His office at the
board Of trade building will be hand
somely appointed.
Mr.. j. P. Taylor is anxious to fiud
yonnd negro who has been working at
his house for the past fortnight. Charley
Kelley, the youth in demand, is about
years of age, and recently ar
rived from Birmingham, Ala. Yester-
day morning he disappeared from Mr..
Taylor's place, and 1t is found that Mrs.
Tayibr's gold watch and purse contain
ing IS in cash are also missing. The
watch has a monagom HR. A. To on
one side and III. to A. - on the other.
Mr.. Taylor offers liberal reward for the
return of the watch and purse.
Commissioner Lewis Moore, who has
charge of the Burnett county exhibit at
the Spring Palace, was ohagrined yes
terday when on opening the door of a
ear which had arrived with the Burnett
county exhibit, TO find that some wand al
had been in the car and deliberately
,meshed one of the beautiful marble
shafts, whloh was 3 chief feature of the |
exhibit, and cut and destroyed other |
articles. The act could only |
have been the result of malicious mo- |
lives, The sledge with which the mar
BILE had been broken lay on the car floor. |
he shaft was valued at $780,, and rep
-esented great labor, skill aud artistic |
genius.
The committees of arrangements were |
sept, busy all day yesterday in procuring |
homes for the visitors, but they report |
hat the people came to the rescue nobly, /
md everybody will be provided for. II
he delayed Cotton Belt train had come
az was expected, they would
rave been sorely pushed for accommoda-
ions, bu. the delay saved the trouble,
md the delegates would be obliged TO
emain in the sleepers last night. The
COMMITTEES who have had in hand the
and reception of the people
IS they left the trains, say that not less
han 5000 people have been attracted 10
Tort Worth in the last two days by the
saptist convention and the opening OF
no Spring Palace.