Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-16
TEXAS NEWS AND NOTES.

The GAZETTE Acknowledges receipt of
an invitation to attend the birthday cele-
bration of Temple, on June 30.
The fifth anniversary celebration at Bal
linger will be held June 80.
The bridge over the Red river at Quanah
| will be built at once
Cards are out for the wedding of Mr. w.
| Ii. Mobley and Miss Mollie Reagan of Pal
estine, June II, at the Christian church.
The Masons at Goldthwaite have moved
| into their new temple on Fisher street
| A new postoffice has lately been estab-
| llshed in the southwestern portion of Fisher
| county, with r. NJ. Clayton as postmaster.
| 1t will be supplied from Hobbs.
Subscriptions of stock are being taken
| for building fine opera house in Palestine
Corsicana is preparing to build fine
opera house 100x95 feet, with seating
capacity of not less than 500.
Large amounts of wool are being shipped
from Hlco now, and there is lots of it yet to
come in.
Miss Bell Camp, student of the female
college at Sherman, was awarded q prize at
musical concert this week. The award
was an elegant piano worth 5000.
About 81, 600 pounds of wool was brought
to Amarillo last week from New Mexico
BIC SPRINGS, HOWARD COUNTY, June 10
The Masonic lodge at Big Springs elected
officers for the ensuing year tonight. The
following were chosen: \. 5. Douglas,
W. NJ. j. II. Hurt, S. w: Edward Hart,
j. W.; 3. j. Turner, treasurer: W. H. Ho-
man, secretary; E. U. Aiken, S. D.; AL.
Rossetter, j. D., and David Duncan, tyler.
Hutchins, Dallas county-The reunion
and picnic at this place will be on the Sth
and 9th of July, instead Of the 18th and
10Th, as previously announced in The GA
ZETTE. Sealed bids for refreshment priv
ileges will be received by the committee up
to June 20, for exclusive rights.
Plainview, Hale County.-There will be
Masonic picnic at Plainview on Wednes-
day, the oath instant. New officers will be
installed, and the occasion will be one of
considerable Importance, as the Plainview
lodge is the only one on the plains and
Nlasons will collect together here from a
long distance. On the same day the Plain
view baseball nine will play matched
game with the Epworths.
GAINESVILLE, June BIT has been dis
tressingly quiet in police circles for several
weeks. and the officers say that hard times
make good morals. Very little
is being done in the district court and
1t will probably adjourn next week.
Miss Patchett, sister of F.
NJ. Patchett of this city, is visiting her
brother. She came direct from Dublin,
ireland, and it took but a little more than
nine days to makei the trip. y Curtis
Jessup and wife of San Augustine county
have been in Gainesville this week on bus
mess. They are among the earliest set
tiers of Texas, having come to the state in
1886.
TERRELL, KAUFMAN COUNTY, June 15.-
The Terrell medical society had their meet |
ing to-day. There were about twenty men, |
bers present, quite.a number from other |
towns and country adjacent to Terrell.
KoPPERL, BosQUE COUNTY, June Ia
Misses Lee and Susie Maxey, Miss May |
and Mr. S. A. Caruthers, who |
have been attending the Weatherford col |
Iege, returned this morning to their re-
spective homes, and kopperl is proud to
say that one Of her fairest daughters, Miss |
Lee Maxey, captured the fine gold medal |
offered by that college for the best pupil in
painting.
TERRELL, June 13.-The county fair ex-
ecutive committe to-day agreed to have
Dlcnics as follows: kaufman, June 20:
Elmo, June IS; Forney, June 81; Kemp,
lune 30, and regular rally at Terrell on
he Fourth of July. Speakers will repre-
sent the fair at all the appointments. 1t
vas decided that the exhibit should be col
ected at Terrell and that Terrell should
urnish room for storing same. There
we're nine members of the committee
present