Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-13
CITY LOCALS.

u"The Cause of Crime'' will be DR..
Lowber's topic at the Christian church to-
mght.
At the First Presbyterian church tonight
there will be a special service for young
people, illustrated with stereopticon views,
to which all are cordially invited.
There viii be a carpenters mass,meeting
Monday evening, March II, at 1880 O'Clock,
at the hall on Main street, 1904, upstairs.
at which every carpenter in the city is
earnestly requested to be present, as mat
tiers of great Importance to them will be
discussed. By order of the committee.
A prominent Weatherf0rd citizen who
was in conversation with group of friends
in the Pickwick yesterday remarked: ''Ill
tell you, The GAZETTE is the stuff. Why,
in order to give it to our people before
breakfast, it is sent out on an early fast
freight, and the people meet it in the
suburbs"
The fish menstroslity mentioned in THE
GAZETTE Saturday as having been captured
from the Trinity river, was the occasion of
much comment yesterday. During the
afternoon immense crowds of people could
be seen crowding around the city scales on
the square, but no fish was there TO be
seen. The report was doubtless hoax.
To-day at p. m, On the Clear Fork,
where the Arlington Heights cars cross the
river the Mount Pisgah Baptist church
will baptiZe good number of candidates
that have confessed to their sins and want
to be saved. Everybody is invited out
II. W. JACKSON,
W. n. JACKSON, Pastor.
Secretary.
An aged Mexican met with serious ac-
cident Friday afternoon near the Union
depot. He was picking up coal and was on
the Y leading from the Katy to the Texas
and Pacific, when flying engine Struck
him. breaking an arm and otherwise seri-
ousely bruising him. Officer Neeley sum
moned physician and the old fellow was
taken TO his place of abode.
a curiosity which attracts thepasser-by,
is the process of hat making as shown in
one OF the windows of Washer Bros store
on Main street. The fur is first shown as
prepared ready for making the hat, then
the fabric or cloth, and the thiru process is
hat shaped like clowns. This is then
contracted and trimmed and the finished
hat is the result.
The ladies of the Altar society of the
Catholic church will give a concert at the
Railway Employees club rooms the evening
OF the nth (St. Patrick's day.. The very
best local talent will taRe part. Rt. Rev.
Bishop Brennan will be present and deliver
a lecture on "The Day We Celebrate" Ad-
mission, 50 cents. All are cordially invited.
One of Chicago's leading capitalists was
in attendance upon the convention, and was
discussing Texas and the WorlSi;ssSe4f ffe
said, There's one .tisinRssf nope the people
Of IeZaSgarfH DO; that is, adopt small
SIT 70 wear on the lapel of their coats
when they visit our city during the Worlds
fair. Texas is great. so are her people,
and we Chicagoans want to know them by
sight"
From parties who reached the city yes
terday evening over the Denver, meager
details Of q cutting scrape were learned.
as the train passed through Wichita FallSei
a couple Of men were attempting to carve
each other with knives One OF them re-
ceived cash across his neck that will
doubtless prove fatal: Both were badly \
cut. The trouble arose over the adjust4
ment Of business affairs.
There arrived in the city last night J. n.
Corbin, from Denver, Col. Mr. Corbin is
editor of the Union Pacific Employees
Magazine, and IS also secretary of the
executive board Ui the Union Pacific en-
ployes. The gentleman was met at the
Unson depot by delegation of nine
knights of Labor and escorted to their hall |
on Main street. The object of the
conference could not be learned, but it is
surmised the meeting is significant.
President Van Wrinkle of the Van Wrinkle |
cottonseed mill works of Atlanta, Ga, who !
mill in For Worth, was yesterday seen by |
a reporter. He reports the work as start |
ing out in 4 satisfactory way, and said that A
he had force of men at work painting the
buildings. As soon as the buildings are r
ready, which will be in about thirty days, |
the machinery will be shipped in and the
work of putting 1t II place viii take about !
sixty days MIR. Van Wrinkle viii leave for
Atlanta some time during the present week. q