Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-17
DALLAS.
A BRIEF RESUME OF THE LOCAL
HAPPENINGS OF
A Day in Our NeIEhbor City Downt the Trim
ity-The Epworth League Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
spec.al to the ea,etts.

| Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tax. March 16.-Wm. Boone
was arrested for introducing liquor in the
| Territory and brought to Dallas to-day for
examination before United States Commits
sioner Lednum.
Professor w. 81. Kimbrough of the Oak
Grove school backs the school board by
taking strong ground against the text BOOK
| measure now before the legislature.
Messrs. c. B. Gillespie and Henry Smith,
special agents, have negotiated another
| S1f0,O00 Of Dallas county bonds at 21S per
cent premium. The purchaser is the North
| western life insurance company of Milwau-
kee. They also purchased some time ago
S125,000 Of courthouse bonds.
| a f. Walker, chairman of the Western
advisory boards, late member of the inter
state commerce commission, is now in the
/ city.
E. P. Dawson, president of the Car
penters pnion No. 1875, died yesterday of
T P. Sanderson of Oak Cliff, an old and
| well-known citizen, died this morning as
result of la grippe.
Col Williams, county attorney, has sent
strong statement OF facts in the Rodgers
case to the governor.
The Irish-American club, at its regular
meeting last night elected officers as fol-
! lows: President, Dan Z. Sullivan; vice
president, P. ]. Sheehan; treasurer, NJ ].
| P. Lacy; recording secretary; NJ. B.
Loonie; financial secretary, Barry Miller;
! doorkeeper, d. P. Mahouey; conductor,
| Hugh McGinn; trustees, John ]. aConsoy,
M. e. McCarty aud John W. Thompson.
| The Democratic rally for tonight was
| postponed on account of the weather.
| The wife Of e. e. Wilcox will be buried
| at p. N. tomorrow from the residence on
| Browder street.
The Fourth ward Democratic club met
! and adjourned last night because of the
| inclemency of the weather.
! The outlook for st. Patrick's day parade
| on tomorrow is anything but favorable.
| The streets are deserted, and the rain and
| sleet pours down.
| Numerous of our large firms are incor-
porating and increasing their business ca
| pacity. The firm of Babcock &c Foot were
| the last to incorporate. The Dallas coffee
| and spice mills is the name of the company
and they organize with capital stock of
| $50, 000
Miss Laura F. CASTOR. Of this city, daugh-
| ter of Capt. W. H. Castor Of Hoods bril-
| gade, viii represent Texas in the tableau of
young ladies representing the Confederate
| States at the reunion of United Coufeder-
ate Veterans, to be held in New Orleans
| April s.
Col F. E. Waller, who died suddenly last
night at his home in Oak Cliff, was an old
| Texan and retired from active business
He moved to Oak Cliff from Red Oak about
three years ago and built himself very
| handsome residence at the Cliff.
a compromise was effected yesterday be-
tween Harry Bros. and the county, the case
of the county against Harry Bros. for
damages on account of the courthouse fire
to be dismissed, and the case against the
county by Harry Bros. for S2933 and inter
est to be dismissed, Harry Bros. to pay all
costs and attorney fees in both suits and to
give to the county the heating apparatus
which was in the courthouse at the time of
the fire.
The county has increased the salary of
the superintendent of the county farm from
$50 to S65 per month.
Katie Ginfre, the seven-year-old daugh-
ter of Peter Ginhre, and foster child of Joe
Abozzo, was buried today. &C.
Judge Bowers court met this morning
and adjourned till Saturday.
The trial of j. 5. Mooneyhour, charged
with assault to murder Mary Casey, is still
on trial in Judge fuckers court.
The news from Washington that the
Bunkhead resolution asking for the i'm
parchment of Judge Mccormick of this
district has been defeated, is received here
with great deal Of satisfaction by all
classes.
According to the monthly report of the
superintendent of public schools just made
to the board the per cent of the attendance
in the white schools was SO $40 and in the
colored schools 81 2-1o The figures showed
the months results to have been the best
during the year if not, the superintendent
said, in the history of the schools of Dallas.
Rev. DR.. Scofeld's lectures on the book of
. Revelation continues to draw large au-
diences every night His subject tonight
was 1.-THE Church Taken Away; the Seven
Seals Opened on the Earth"
The Epworth league of the Methodist
Episcopal church South are holding their
first state conference tonight at the First
Methodist church in this city under the
presidency of Bishop Key Of Fort Worth
Although the weather is most unpropi-
tious, there is a very fair gathering of the
young people of both sexes, and many of
maturer years. The Epworth league of
the Methodist Episcopal church was organ
lied at Cleveland, Ohio, in May, 1889. 1t
has had phenomenal growth, now num-
bering, it is said, nearly half million
members The league is named in honor
of Epworth, the birth place of John
Wesley, his father, Samuel, having been
rector Of Epworth for many years. The
league fills a place intermediate between
Sunday-school work and the church. 1t
gives young people religious work and
makes them responsible for its prompt and
correct performance. 1t trains the youth |
in the work of leading meetings and draws
them out many ways in the work of the |
masters vineyard. 1t develops the talent |
of speaking in open meeting. It brings |
them within touch and in sympathy with |
the sick and needy. They will hold three |
days and have a most interesting pro- |
gramme to be carried out each meeting to |
be held by some distinguished divine, and |
the subject for each night to be discussed |
by all