Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-26
DALLAS.
A FATHER KEEPS HIS BOYS OUT
OF TROUBLE.
To Prove that the Trinity River Navigation
Scheme is Practicable-Report Of
Christian Evangelist.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, June 25.-Jo Kohler, the
German who was arrested few days ago
charged with stealing carpet from the
new Baptist church, it appears is a much
prosecuted man. The carpet in question
was found on the floor of kohler's house,
and he never dreamed it came from the
church, but claimed that it was given him
by the man who put down the carpet from
Taylor's store. Taylor's man said the car
pet was stolen. 1t now turns out that
Taylor's man did give Kohler the carpet
and there were witnesses TO the gift trans
action. The matter has been hushed up
and kohler released.
Zeb Davis, negro bootblack, has been
arrested for stealing grain sacks from the
Dallas elevator. Sacks have been missed
from this place for some time, and last night
the thief was detected.
j. w. Forbes, bookkeeper here, has lost
gold watch in mysterious way. He has
been remaining nights at the residence of
j. 7. Trezevant during the absence of the
family from the city. Tuesday evening he
went to the house, stretched himself on a
sofa and began reading. He laid his watch
near by him After a while he went to his
room for the purpose of retiring. Missing
his watch he returned to the library for it,
but it could not be found. Mr.. Forbes says
he has no recollection of taking the watch
with him when he left the library, but what
mystifies him is what became of it.
Last night while in bathing at the Ervay
street natatorium, A. +. Robertson had his
pockets picked of So 40. Suspicion pointed
to two boys as being the thieves. This
morning the father of the boys turned up
bright and early at the detectives Office
and forked over the money the boys had
taken even before the force knew positively
who had stolen it. The father found the
money in possession of the boys, made them
own as to where they got it and then re-
turned it to the proper officials.
The meeting of the Trinity river naviga-
tors called for to-day did not materialize,
and it is now proposed by those who have
the matter in hand to go quietly at work
and raise, say 10000, for the purpose of
building a small steamboat and barges to be
used in transporting wood, sand and gravel
to the Dallas markets. 1t is thought that
once a boat is started and the fact demon
strated that it can be made to do service,
that plenty of people and money will flock
to the navigation scheme.
About 125 people went to Fort Worth this
afternoon in company with the Dallas Juve-
nile Histrionics' excursion. They will leave
Fort Worth returning at II O'Clock tonight,
by special train.
taken from the report of the evangelist of
the Christian church who is here attending
the Texas missionary convention:
Number of days. work done, $780,
Number of meetings held, 80
Number of churches organized, II.
Number of Sunday-schools organized, z.
Number of sermons preached. 1895.
Number of accessions to the church, 49,
Number of church houses built, s.
Amount of cash and pledges during the
year, sI1, $50 80.
Amount raised to support local preachers,
$542 SIS.
Total receipts for the year, s26, 521.35.
Mr.. Bush's statistics, as far as he could
learn, showed the number of Disciples of
Christi in Texas TO be over &c, 600, which,
says the report of the secretary, is perhaps
not more than two-thirils of the real num-
her