Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-23
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
rl,yep Hundred Delegates Attending
Colored Is. Y. I. u. Session.
nc CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED
Gives Hopes of Recovery OF Both.
A Hammerhead. shark Caught.
A Cycilst Hart.

c,ivoston. Texas. August 2i.--Thc Col
"a Young Peoples Baptist union as-
.,ntied This morning ut the Avenue u
nt,st church with about onc-hnlf OF
~ iiW delegates Who have reported In
attendance
sn,r The usual song service Rev. Abb
~ of seguin stated that the baptist
Nnrsh al sherman had been destroyed by
~ aud appealed TO the delegates to give
menev to rebuild It. Several OF tho lead
i.g delegates started the matter OH with
iil,fal Donations and others followed with
awonnts varying from 81 to g cents witt
ia of promises TO pay various sums
month from date. In this way over
"a IN cash was realized ard S250 was
tronsad 10 be paid month later.
'Thefe was considerable trouble eNpe-
,fnsed "a. carrying out the programme
a. account OF many OF those scheduled
thereon being abser'.
lie committee on ere lontials, consisting
IN y. Boyd, r. ID. Coleman, j. q a.
Tallv. Mosdamcs NJ. l.. Love and Tennie
psrlie, reported ON those members entitled
10 be delegates.
/ An Invitation was received from Or.
I II ii. wilkins. inviting the delegates to be
,rtsent at meeting OF the Epworth
League this evening ut S o'clock, at st.
4 ppls church. IL was accepted.
Miscellaneous buFiuess was then trana-
teted and the meeting adjourned until
his evening.
In the evening a programme of music
4 md reading Of papers was gone through
4 Min,
AS TO MAILING LETTERS.
4 Galveston. Texas. August 2l.--Mnny pa
\ rons OF this office do not fully understand
4 he change Of schedule lately made ON
sihe International and Great Northern
railway, and seem TO think that all mail
1fetelycd at this office after the . y. ~.
Dispatch remains here until next morn
Such is not tho case.
Tie only points that are directly affect
. ID by the late changes are intermediate
r points between Houston and LonEyiew
sn the International and Great Northern
B Railway.
Mail for other States. as well as this,
HAS an evening dispatch by the Gulf.
Hrolorado ind Santa Fo at 1880 p. m, but
Iio Insure going by this train letters should
ffot be deposited In letter boxes latoy than
HtG y, M or delivered at this office, iater
4 han y, m.
4 We have u large amount OF mail to
{Sork for this train. and anything dropped
Hln letter boxes or delivered at ,he post
y bihee later than hours named above Is
ikely to be lott.
n A. M. Shannon. p. NJ
~ HAM NJ lait-ltFAl1 SltAltk,
4 on last Thursday some fishermen SEEMING
Uff Bolivar peninsula made big catch.
Il was a monster hammer-hcad shark.
<3Rrlghing over 1000 pounds, and II took
Several men to pull IL ashore. It meas
lred from Tip to tip thirteen feet and two
inches.
The hsmmer-head shark iehardly known
i these wntcru. and this one probably
wandered from the West indies or posi-
" from as far OFF as Norway. The form
the body Is not unlike that OF other
harks bu, II is the head which dlstin-
1ushes the species. ON either side there
re two broad projections In the eNtrem-
YES Of which The eyes are situated. The
nouth, as IN other sharks, Is some dis
anee back from tho pointed nose.
The shark has been stuffed and Will be
Preserved as a curiosity.
CONDITION OF WOUNDED.
Philip Underwood. who was shot by
Everett Smith on Monday night is do
very nicely and II Is the opinion OF
ne attending surgeon that he Will re-
oytr.
Al laRosc, shot by his wife. Emma
AHose' Yesterday morning. Is also much
Improved and his condition Is not now
lonsldered preearous.
a CYCLIsT HURT.
whlle Nick Bolsh, an empioye OF the
a 'at Restaurant was riding IA bicycle yes
snlay on fremont street, he had an en-
y, oanler with a dray lie was badly
j ialsed and was conveyed 10 his residence
"a MARKET street, between Seventeenth
w Eighteenth streets.
J. J. HITCHCOCK ILL.
lelegram was received in tho city
NY from Louis Cobolini, dated Rock
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