Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-05

with reference to the report that scarlet
fever exists there: ssWe have none at
/ present, and have had none in the past
within my knowledge"
Commissioner Hollingsworth has decided
that the Woodmen of the World should be
classed with such benevolent orders as the
Knights of Honor, and therefore does not
come within the jurisdiction of his de-
partment.
The Southern Journal of Homeopathy
| in an article where Shall We Send Con-
sumptivess' says that Texas has very
I great advantage in climate over California
/ and New Mexico because of its equable
daily climate.
1t was sound doctrine for military COM
mander to believe that victory rested with
the best battalions, but somewhat orthodox
for DR.. Talmage to say sail fears of war
with Chill are ended, thanks be to God and
improved war ships."
Mr.. Carl Vincent secretary of the
Brownwood board of trade, has submitted
the report for the year ending January 81,
1892. The board comprises $50 members,
and the total subscription amounts to
$2009.60, of which, up to date, S170s.52 has
been collected. In the journal of CORE
spondence 2446 names of inquirers have been
enrolled, the names representing all trades,
professions and occupations, and has led to
a distribution of printed matter in forty
states and territories. the Canadas and New
Brunswick. Besides this, there have been
$50 letters and kilograms to newspapers in
the different Southern states The recapit-
ulation of the work done by this board
shows that the association is an important
factor in the enlightenment of the outside
world as to the advantages Brown county
and Brownwood hold out to prospectors
and investors.
The Encampment Herald is published in
the interest of Sunday-school work under
the auspices of the synod of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church at Fort Worth.
This monthly has entered upon the second
volume and is doing good work for the
cause in which it is enlisted.
THE GAZETTE is under obligations to Mr..
John T. Dickinson. secretary of the Worlds
fair and Columbian exposition, for a copy
of the first issue of portfolio of the W. c.
E. This first number contains views of thes
grounds and principal buildings now being
erected, and the illustrations are III the
highest form of colored Autograph Each
building is infinitely described, and the
four numbers will form complete guide.
The illustrations are by c. Graham for the
Winters art hthographing company, and !
the portfolio is for sale by A. M. Funk u
Co., Chicago.
The Jefferson Davis monument associa-
ton has adopted what seems to be an efi-Il
Gent method for raising the necessary fund
TO rear monument in honor of this dis
tinguished leader. Mr.. S. A Cunningham
Of Nashville, Tenn, has been appointed
general agent to receive subscriptions The
plan as set forth in printed circular is to
publish contributors directory contain-si
ing the names and addresses of each sub
scriber and sketch of the monument;
each contributor of an amount over 81 is to
have copy. The books containing the au-
tographs of subscribers are to be deposited |
in the monument as an enduring witness of !
the regard in which Mr. Davis was held. |
The association is anxious to have the |
required amount before the Sth of April, |
when the United Confederate veterans meet |
at New Orleans. Nashville ladies raised by |
a fair and entertainment S2S25, and South |
ern women in every city are urged to imi-
tate their example.