The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-25
WACO. DECEMBER Is.
LOCAL BREYETKEs.
Items Of Interest from Oar Re
porters' Note Books.
Merry Christmas to you.

| Merry Christmas to you.
| Justice Davis tried no cases yesterday
Read our church directory this morn
ing.
Some Of the cotton men are looking
bl4e.
Fireworks were popping on all side'
last night.
May you always be as happy as yor
are to day.
AT Austin smallpox seems to be sin.
gnlariy fatal.
The calahoose was well filltd by II
o'clock last night.
The marshal and police got but ven
little rest last night.
-Ov r,boes and umbrellas were called
into IequisiiiUn yesterday evening.
Grand tlmily matinee by McIntyre
& He tbs ministries on Monday even
lag.
Every delivery wagon and dray in
town wos kedt busy yeste: day delivering
good.
The rain has deer ased the li4blity OF
fires starting from sparks caused by fire
works.
The Ministries gave an enjoyable
paade yesterday and furnished some ii e
music.
Iii tie Daisy Belmont is the biggest
attfac. ion ever seen with minstrel show
in Waco.
cotton i, king, and refined cotton seed
oil se' his to be getting the best of lard
awful fast.
There are now thirty well-detined
eases OF smallpox at kerns, on the Mar
row Gauge.
X. II. and J. J. Mckay closed up their
shops yeSter lay, ind gave theIr employees
hali-hOliday.
Christmas present hunters were nu-
| mcrous Yesterday, and several thousand
dollars changed hands.
The drilze yesterday made most peo-
pie think that We We're going to htye
disagrceabie Christmas. =.
--You can tickle the latch on the bar
room door as much as You please to-day,
bu; it opei nary time.
The police and few dissatisfied citi-
zenS cane near having a bad. mix in East
Waco yesterday evening.
Remember that Elder W. F. Hall de-
| llvers his lie 'ture on John and Demiohn"
at the Christian church this evening.
-lsn'ta pair of gold trimmed spectacles
| from young lady to u middle-aged
bachelor Us Christmas gift sort OF u
suggestion?
Five marriage licenses were issued
by the county clerk yesterday. Some of
the boys are going to win Christmas
presents. sure enough.
The John Baker mare, won by Mr..
George Kramer, in East Waco, WAS rallied
oil again last night. She will soon be the
| champion rattle animal.
The city was ciowdcd with people
from the country yesterday, and business
was so pushing that an extra force hai to
be cilled in in several of the leading
stores.
Five of EN-, mixed offenses, but
manly drunk and bad conduct, came un
der the recorders observation yesterday
morning. and he gave them the usual he
meopathic dose.
Quite number OF people have got the
FL PHsO fever, and want 10 90 ont ia thIt
country bad. Waco is good enough
place to starYe in, and you had better lie
well enough alone.
"A very pleasant party was given at the
residence of Mr.. a. +. Osborne, in East
Waco. Friday night The young people
Ind an enjoyable time and danced the
hours away until am.
One of the prettiest wagons that has
over been seen In Waco Is the one which
Stephenson, Tibbs & Steiner have on the
street to deliver their furniture orders. 1t
catches everybody's eye.
While you are enjoying the pleasures
OF the seasOn.to-day and tomorrow, stop
and think if there is not some poor person
in your neighbOl hood whom YOU could
make happysby small offering.
Everybody seems to be captvated
with little Daisy Belmont. the child artist
who performs SO wonderfully on the
banjo, and is so interesting in her songs,
dances, trick banjo solos, jigs and reels.
The Christmas carol by Sir Walter
Scott from Marminn is perhaps one of the
finest things We have ever had the pleas
ure OF presenting at this season. You
will find truth, sentiment and purity in ii.
E-Digging out for the railroad in front
OF the residence of D. 5. Wood has made
bad hole. and unless some attention is
gi. en- it either the city or railroad COM
pany are gong TO find themselves in Sc
Iious trouble.
The first accident of Christmas was
recorded about p. NJ. yesterday. a
small boy had both hands burned. face
blisierod and his eyes looked as though he
had dived head-toremost into barrel of
cayenne pepper.
The contortions which a negro went
through on Austin avenue yesterday were
amusing. He went into chep John store
on the square, and asked for cinnamon
dro. The clerk sold him small bottle
OF hair oil and told him they were the best
drops ever put up. He thought he
would try them when he got up town,
and after the first introduction, heavens
what face and how the contents OF his
stomach did gurg'e through his mouth.
We have heard Of the young ladies giving
the boys "dIaps" to make them TESS up,
but this Is tie first time we ever heard of
cinnamon drops making a Niger helve
up.
This Is strictly So.
Season 1T er season it has been the Gus
tom of those who wish something fine for