Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-02

ence of West Texas, which convenes
| there October 90.
| The citizens of Beeville are taking
| shares in a $50, 900 school house. They
| propose to raise the amount for the
building from the people at $50 per
! share.
The Bishop Baptist college at Marshal
has been greatly enlarged and improved.
| The lumber for the public school
| buildings at Seymour has arrived and
the work will be pushed as rapidly as
| possible. The buildings will be ready
| for occupancy by October l5.
| The foundation of the college building
| at Cameron was completed last week.
| The building is to be large one.
The present is the grandest opening
! Baylor college ever had. One hundred
and ninety boarding pupils are now on
the roll, and the number will go up to
200.
The Baptists are arranging to build q
new church at Troy, Bell county. 1t is
TO be an elegant structure.
new church building is contempl plated
BY the members of the Christian church
at ltasca, Hill county, and will be built
If present plans materialiZe. The build
ing will be good one, large enough to
accommod the needs of the church for
several years.
Morse, Bosque county is to have new
schoolhOuse.
The number of students now ct the
university at Austin exceeds 200 and
more TO come.
Gainesville people have had a confer
ence with the Dallas presbytery in regard
to building the female seminary there.
The negotiations were satisfactory, and
the building will be erected aud operated
according to agreement.
The dedication Of the Sam Houston
normal school building at Huntsville
came off on the 23d just one year after
the cornar stone was laid. Following is
q partial description of the structure:
The new building is located just in front
of the old one, on an eminence that COM
mands a picturesque an wide view of
the town aud surround ug country. 1t
is l57 feet long bY niuetY-two wide,
and has on the first floor three recitation
rooms 2Sx35 feet, two rooms 27X40 and q
large reception room and office l5x3l
feet. The front entrance will be by the
way of a handsome porch not yet COM
pleted. On the second floor there are
four recitation rooms, and what Is the
grandest part of the building, the Sam
Houston memorial hall, 96x7l feet. This
is without doubt the handsomest and
best fitted up hall in the state, the roof
being designed with a view of obtaining
the highest possible acoustic properties.
1t Is constructed in gothic style and the
windows are all of genuine cathedral
glass.
MARIENFELD, Sept pa new school
house is being erected which will be an
ornament TO the little town. We have
an excellent school fund which gives us
public school ten months in each year.
FARMERsvILLE, Sept. 26.-Au election
was held here on yesterday to determine
whether the city would float bonds for
the purpose of building a SIT, 900 school
building, and the proposition carried by
vote of 4 to l. So Farmersville will
soon have good public school building,
and will take her stand among the pro-
gressive cities of the state.
CLEBURNE, Sept. 26.-The First ward
schoohouse is al out completed and the
Second ward is progressing nicely, and
when these houses are complete they will
be the most handsome ward schoolhouses
in North Texas.
ALvARADo, Sept. PA revival meet
ing, conducted by Revs. Burnett and
Mulkey, was commenced last night in
their large tabernacle on Grandview
street. The opening services were at
tended by fully 1900 people, and much
interest was manifested. The meeting
will continue two weeks or more.
The mayor has ordered an election to
be held on October 4 to determine
whether or not the city shall assume
control of the public schools.
WICHITA FALLS, Sept. PA petition
is being circu ated asking the city council
to remove the location of the public
school building from Indiana avenue and
Fourteenth street to point four blocks
west of the present location. The petit
TONERS state as their reasons that the
present locs ton Is too near the switch
Yards of the Wichita Valley railway and
the manufacturing district. As soon as
the point of location is settled work on
the new 500 200 building will commence.
TExARKANA, Sept. 27.-This evening
closed the first weeks services of Mr..
Williams here, and demonstrates that he
is the most able evangelist now in the
field. His powerful reasoning, his thor
ough knowledge of human nature, his
deep penetration and ready adaptability
to all the phases of society. enables his
teachings to reach the hearts of those
who never before listened to religious
discourses. 1t is q fact that his minis
tration here has stirred up the very
depths of society. lie many cases he has
silenced skepticism, and removed life
long preiudices from the minds of those
who hitherto held aloof from everything
like divine service. The crowds that
gather at the altar at the close of every
nights services is immense, and in
clude all GLASSES of people. That his
visit here Will be of incalculable benefit
is already proven, and the religious ele-
ment is united in assisting him to insugu-
rate a new era in our city.
WACO, Sept. 27.-The Waco Baptist
association, which includes forry-uine
nei2hboring congregations, expelled the
Marlin Baptist church to-day on charge
of violation of the covenants of the
fraternity. 1t was specified that the
FIRST Baptist church Of Waco deposed
Rev. NJ. T. Martin for hereseY, and