Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-23

The attendance has been larger than ever
before There are eighty in the graduating
class.
A protracted meeting will be commenced
at the Greenville Methodist church next
Sunday. Rev. J. j. Watts OF st. Louis will
be there and will assist Rev. William Shell
ton in conducting the meeting until its
close.
Professor e. NJ Faust of Mckinney has
been elected principal of the Corsicana high
school.
The Northwest Texas educational meet
ing will convene at Henrietta, June l6.
Ferris is trying to build a 5000 school
house. They now have $500 subscribed.
The Sunday school assembly and en-
campment of the synod Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church will convene at Wealth
erford July to $.
The building of the Methodist church is
about to commence at PearSall.
The Methodist district conference will
convene at Lorena on the 18th of June. A
large attendance is expected.
The Methodist church, which is in course
OF construction at Arkansas harbor, will be
finished this coming week.
The commencement exercises of the
Central college at Sulphur Springs will be
held May 20 to June 3.
The summer normal for Miller county will
open at Bowie on June l and continue four
weeks.
The St. 10 school board has recommended
that I new school building be built.
Professor j. W. Parker, the principal of
the St. 10 public school, has been engaged
Us one of the teachers OF the summer nor
nal, to be held at Bowie.
The Hunt county teachers institute met
May 10.
The regular annual term of Lomanche
college closed last week. Diplomas were
awarded nine young ladies' and two young
men in the graduating class.
The Cumberland Presbyterians of Baird
have their new church nearly completed.
Work will begin at once to take subscrip-
ton for the erection of the Methodist col
lege at GAINESVILLE.
The seventeenth annual convocation of
the Protestant Episcopal church in the
missionary district of Western Texas will
be held at Cuero, May 20 to p.
The summer normal will open for one
month in Sherman, beginning July 4.
The North Texas female college COM
mencement exercises at Sherman will be
held June TO 9.
ALBANY, May 22.-At meeting of the
board of trustees of the Albany school cor
W. ". James of this place was reelected
superintendent and principal for the next
term ut a salary of 500 per month. They
also fixed the date for the election of the
four assistants on August s. The assist
ants will be required to hold first grade
certificates from district normal schools,
and will be paid good salaries. This will
secure for the Albany corporation i con
tinuance of their excellent schools, and will
doubtless secure fine teachers, as the board
are disposed to be liberal in the matter of
salaries, and hope to make the school the
best in Northwest Texas.
ALvoRD, May 22.-Arrangements are
about complete for 4 grand picnic here
about the 18th of June in which every
Sabbath-school near viii be invited 10 at
tend. y number of them have already ac-
cepted-among the rest are Bowie, Henri
eta and Wichita Falls. An effort will be
made to secure excursion rates on the rail
road The picnic will be held in the beau
tiful grove on the Alyord fair ground.