Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-05
l., ronrE LOCALS.
impro,ements-visi 80 the New
Town--Nrw school.

In Porto, Texas, September i.--lourlng
the past week John a. caplcn has bought
Hinslcy'B hernesn shop. Busch's meat mar
kct aud the Artesian hotel. lie now oe-
cupies the entire three noors Ok tie ilss-
son block, The hotel Will Vt once be re-
ited throughout and put IN nrat-clasa
order.
ID Hopkins loft today for Lincoln, Neh.
Robert aud Frank DciRan arrived In
town today from New Hampton Iowa.
Mayor Irvine and wife returned Satur-
dny from Walt In Iowa.
q. X. Dnvih. u wealthy citizen OF Dam
vile. Ky, IN In town. lie formerly lived
at Cedar Bayou and used TO hunt over
the present site OF La Porte lie moved
to Kentucky In iSI0, nnd havins read of
the improN ementA being made in this
locality determined 10 visit IL. He hotd
that now he vs. sorry he bad not held his
property and planted a fiuit orchard
II would have been worth u fortune to
him today.
Mr. and Mrs. I. II. Holmes and dauga-
ter. Miss Birdie. are to leave "Wednesday
| for an extended trip North and East,
Miss Holmes will attend school In Buf.
| falo, N Y
Miss Way OF brooklyn, N. v. who has
been spending tho summer with her sis
ter. Mrs Fletcher Wilson. returned home
| Thursday.
Harvey T, d. Wilson OF Houston was
In town Saturday.
Mrs. A. II. Mohl. society editor Of The
Post, spent Saturday with Mrs. II, +.
Ring at her charming home at Bay Ridge
Park.
AidermsA Williamson md wife are VIZ
Ting Mr. and Mrs. a, +, Sitig at ihcir
summer home, hay Ridge Park,
The excursion Saturday evening brought
a large crowd from Houston aud received
additions all along the line. 4 large num-
hcr OF La Porte people were also out 10
enjoy the moonlight aud the bathing, In
consequence every room In tho hnth house
was taken and from goyeniy.tve 10 one
hundred hathers were IN tho water cou-
rtantly. Thu soene almost eqnnlled the
beach at Galveston. There was no dane
Ing IN the hotel pnrlors owing to tho III
ness of Mrs, Livingston.
Al The regular meeting NJ the town
council Saturday evening" the boundaries
OF the town were estnbshod to conform
to tho new law
Lumber and materials have hcon ordered
for the new school house which "a 90 bo
ioxGo feet In use. with two large rocitn.
ton rooms on tho first floor and an nn-
scmhly hall above. MIR. John A. Cnplon
furnishes all the material and the ell,
zcns put up the building. Eight lots have
been donated outright by the In Porte
Land company for site, which In mid
way between the poatonlce aud sylvan
hotel, on SIM JAcinto avenue.
. Father Keller Of Houston Is to deliver q
lecture at the sylvan hotel wednesday,
evening In aid OF the new Catholic church
Local musical talent will also furnish az
attractive programme.
A Methodist church was organized her'
Friday evening. II VIII be allied with The
Northern assembly, aud already has 9
large membership. a church will be bull
at once,
Lumber and materials for the christian
church las been ordered and the work o
erection. II IL expected. will begin mex
J week.
Two Cinnamon In town today have bndll
ratified tho only ihundrlanan.
Mrs Alice Marsh and two children ar
: rived In town Thursday from Augusta
: III.
Elmer Potter has purchased an intercs
in lSirkiand'n grocery.