Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
WEATHERFORD.
A Most Favorable Report on the
Texas Female Seminary.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
Notes of Progress Covering Many Enter
prises-A Wanted Man Be
hind the Bars-SchOlastic
Census, Etc, Etc.
Special to the Gazette.

Barr of Honey Grove, Tex, who was ap-
pointed by the synod OF the Cumberland
Presbyterian church to examine into the
Texas female seminary, the state school
for the church located at this place, has
been in the city for several days performing
the duty laid out for him by the synod OF
Texas. The GAZETTE correspondent met
Dr. Barr yesterday evening just before he
left the city and learned from him that his
report to the synod would be on the line of
the following points. The doctor said: Il
think it is one of the best, If not the best.
locations for college of the character that
! have ever seen. The elevation, water,
| nature of the soil and general surroundings
insure good health. The scenery is of the
most picturesque and beautiful that it has
been my good luck to behold The build
ings. both college and dormitory, are finely
arranged. The college building, of stone,
is Il thing of beauty, and built not only with
d view to comfort, but considerable taste
has been shown in the perfect arrangement
of the buildin--heated with steam and
well watered and all ether comforts and
cOnvenienceS for the students. The dormi
tory is so nicely arranged, also heated by
steam and many other conveniences and
comforts, that it has every appearance of
home for the young ladies. The pupils
have evinced great improvement from
their examinations in all the departments,
showing splendid drill, which clearly dem
onstrates that the faculty has been earnest
I and are competent and are the right parties
in the right place"
He added, having been for 4 number of
years teaching and from that standpoint
i can but give my unqualified Endorsement
OF the faculty and the management of the
school, in both literary and music depart
mentS in methods and results
Dr.. Barr says he can not speak too high
of this school, and thinks it has u great fut-
hot :, I-,1y. no r1Vr,l ,p, 4
Presbyterians of Texas have right to feel
proud of such an institution, and he pre-
diets a glorious future for the college.
The commencement exercises of this col
lege will begin on the 1th. The commence
ment sermon will be preached by Rev. w
H. Berry of Waxahachie tomorrow at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church.
The commencement sermon of the Wealth
ford college will be preached tomorrow by
Rev. DIR. George M. Wyatt of Corsicana.
The Chautauqua Park and improvement
company has just received the plans for
their fine amphitheater to be erected in the
park. The contract will be let Monday
next, and the work completed by July l, at
which time the Sunday-School encampment
of Texas will meet here and hold until July
s This will be very interesting meeting,
and will be largely attended by people from
all over the state, and Weatherford may
feel proud of having secured this institu-
ton over her strong competitors. The park
has already been fenced and put in order.
1t is one of the finest locations to be found
for park; has a never-failing spring of
water which feeds the beautiful lakes. and
everything taken, it is the very place for a
park.
The Texas consolidated compress COM
pany has already secured plat of land be-
tween Fort Worth street and North Main
street. between the Gulf, Colorado aud
~, -1aI..
and have ten car loads of their machinery
already shipped, and have let the contract
for the stone work, and they will begin at
once to erect compress here. This COM
pany is composed of Messrs. J. II. Brown
& Co. of Tyler, Martin, Wise & FitZhue of
Paris. Frey of jefferson and a Fort Worth
gentleman, some of the leading cattlemen
of Texas. They have 100000 capital,
they have five congresses now built in
Texas, and will put in i've more by fall.
The Texas compress and elevator COM
pany, composed of Nlessrs. ]. Fl. White &
Co. and other gentlemen of Dallas, have
already purchased a fine plat Of ground be-
tween the Santa F'e and Texas and Pacific
south of Fort Worth street. This company
has ordered their machinery and will at
once begin the erection OF standard press,
either the Taylor improved hydraulic or
Moss press, The GAZETTE cOrreSp ondent
could not learn which, and Weatherford is
to have two congresses built altogether oy
outside capital. In this connection The
GAZETTE. correspondent will inform those
with the capital and experience or knowl-
edge that this is the best location to be
found in Texas for first class cotton seed
oil mill. ~
A verdict was rendered last night in the
district couIt IN the case of Texas against
Will Kidd, &harged with swindling, assess
ing the pl6ishment to defendant of two
wears in te penisentiary.
Yesterdhy eVening the sheriff arrived
lfrom xAfdemaA county with Dock Viii
slous6by, 6hargekwith theft of horses. He
laHded hfsapxisonef iiails here. Sheriff
Sisk informed The GAZETTE correspondent
that Willoughby is much-wanted person;
that he has warrants from the sheriffs of
Brown, Midland Mccullough and Mitchell
counties for him, all on the same charge.
The city assessor has completed the
scholastic census of the city, which shows
a total of 7S5, of which $50 are white, and
116 coIored OF the whites there are 333
males and 1856 females, pretty evenly di-
vided. He says he found no blind, deaf OF
dumb children
Mr. ]. L. Hill viii begin at once the cree
ton Of 5000 residence in the southern
part of the city.
Another fine rain fell here to-day.