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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Come right along to Tucker & willis,
and we will beyond a doubt prove to yon
or treat the crowd that our Raven. Wind
-or, Half Shell, Excelsior and Our Lion
five-ceht cigars ale the hest and the cheap
est in the lrket.---d&wtf
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

The San Antonio Express thinks
ond so does everybody else who Is at
all civiIized-that a portion OF the
,,naoted cash balance ought to be ap-
nlied TO making adequate provision for
rho insane of Texas. The present
arstem Is q shame, as the Express says
1yhan we think of what might be
- ~ tnt is not done-this cash bal
amce looms up as the monumental
bnmbuo of the period.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

If President Arthur would get
married it would not be necessary to
deny, two or three times month, that
he is about to lead a fair daughter of
America to the altar.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

The st. Louis Post-Dispatch re-
marks:
'It will not be possible to hang
Guiteau this year. lie will be able to
turn over new leaf, though, about
the middle of next February"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

The Marlin Index wants Represen-
tatiVe Mills TO secure an appropriation
TO build afederal court house al Waco.
If Graham is to have such 4 build
ING Waco OUGHT too.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

It has been ascertained that one OF
the graveyard insurance companies
in Rerks county, Pa, is carrying
SIN 600 insurance on Guiteau's life.
TWO speculative Pennsylvanians Sc
.nrod Guiteau's consent to the trans
act,on thev paying the premiums ard
other expenses. The verdict Of the
;nrv will determine the wisdom Of
,h;e sneculation.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Times haye surely changed at Wash
ington. A republican now holds the
very responsible position i'll the house
of representatives erewhile enjoyed
by Nat. @. Henderson. The latter
gentleman has returned to Texas and
will devote himself TO his newspaper
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

'Clergymen, lawyers, physicians, fIrm-
erS' merchants, business men, gentlemen
OF leisure, and their women folk and
children, all usc Browns Iron Bilttrs. 1t
keeps them well.-l227lw
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Wonder if anybody adopted Uncle
Dan'l McGary's suggestion and pur-
chased the old alca!de's Texas as a
Christmas present for somebody else:
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

IL is thought the extra scssion OF
Inc legislature will occupy Millett's
opera house and the armorY of the
Manning Rifles.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

1t is said that Father Drew, the
Catholic priest at Demisop, lost his
reason oyer the death Of a nun. lie
is now in the hospital al Galveston.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Guiteau says he is a consistent
christian. That makes Bob Inger-
soil langh.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Inc Dallas Times congratulates it.
Sc'i on living to see Mother Ship
IONS prophecy proven q first class
fraud,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
Dolls,

Over one hundred kinds OF wax, China,
composition, cloth, wool, etc.. large and
small. all sorts and sizes.
lllSttc. w. II. WATKINS,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

In general way Guiteau approves
OF the Almighty. lie says: 81 am
well pleased with the dcity's manage
ment OF my case thus far"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
Christmas and New Year. Cards.

A very large variety of the latest and
most beautiful styles. Now is the time
to mail them to your friends at distance.
Go to w. II. Watkins book store
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

The returns keep coming in from
me Confederate treasury canard, and
'Ieh. DAVIS has long way the best
OF Joe Johnston.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

You can get pure Key West. cigar or
L. ID. :. the best fivc-cent cigar ever
sold in this marker, for five cents at IL
Austin street. &. e. MCCULLoUGH.
l227tf
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
Don't Forget.

Don't forget that among Tucker Il VIII
lis simple Remedies are many certain
and SPECIFY cures for Xma3 pains and
acnes.---,i&wti
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
Smokers and Chewers

Please 60 to Tucker Il Willis drug store
and <, the choice-t brands of cigars and
best smoking and chewing tobacco OF all
grades. AmbrOsia fine cut specially.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Mr.. John Il. Mclean has purchased
the interest of James J. Faran in the
Enquirer, of Cincinnati, and become
sole proprietor.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

ne christmas festivities appear TO
A"'e oeen accompanied by the usual
amount of fires and casualties.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
Farmers, Look.

II you want a wagon. plow, buggy
or an implement of any kind. at lower
rates and better terms than any other
dealer off'rs, eall on A. Hinchman. He
the best man for YOu.-iSMtf
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Some of the country papers are
taxing a weeks holiday. No such
luxury for town paper.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Countess de PicrrefOnds is the title
by which the e1-Empress Eugenia
wishes TO be designated.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
COnsumptiOn.

Thousands who had long suffered from
weak lungs, short breath, asthma and con
have found relief in Brown S
Iron Bltters, true tOnic.-l227Iw
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Yen can buy qurensware, glassware,
stoves and tinware very cheap at J. W.
higgins Il Co.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

c;l,o worth received Greenbacker
e''e with torch-light procession.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

The state of Iowa has nearly COM
pleted its new capital at cost of
81 5000
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
The Cameron Sentinel is kind

CHUuBH % say.
The EXAMINER and Telephone, of
Waco, have consolidated, and the
result is nine-column daily. 1t now
equals in size any paper in Texas, and
is ably edited, but the most interest
ng feature to the publishers is its
twenty-five columns of advertise.
meuts,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
Clothing md Gents Furnish
ing Goods.

splendid stock, latest styles Iust re-
ceived at c. Robinson's No. % Austin
avenue, also boots, shoes and hats. for all
ages, sizes and conditions. Quick sales
and small profits is the rule of the house.
buyers have only 10 come and see to be
convinced. Coos nice and new; call and
see them.-d&wtc
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

OF a Montreal jury panel of sixty,
eighteen could neither read nor
write,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Fancy cashmere suits Tor business at
the Kentucky Cash Store.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Sullivan & Co. have the finest of
slippers for Christmas. Call and examine.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Ladies' toilet articles in illumitable
quantity and endless variety at the Lion
drug store.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
C0NSUMPTI0

. have positive remedy for the above disease by
its usa thousands OF cases OF the worst kind and f Ion,
ttandlnG have been cured, Indeed. 20 Strong ia my
Iaith IN ITS efficacy. that will send TWO RDT'Ti rs
tREE, together with a VALUABLE TRFATISE on
TINS disease 70 any sufferer Give Express and J. % nj
dress DE. T. a. SL0CUM, Isl Pearl ST Neg Y,rL
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

London has only thirteen daily pa
pers. Capitalists fight shy OF the
long-feit wants in that city.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

the Memphis Appeal speaks forci-
bly, of w. r. Moore, the congressman
from that district, as "the champion
ass of North America"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
A Basket en- ybao,S

Russian Jews are constantly set
ling in all parts of Mississippi.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
FOR OLD CONFEDERATE

Postage STAMPS Issued in ls6l-'65 by the Post
masters ofvarlOus southern cities PETERSBURG
New Orleans, Knoxville, Baton Rouge Macon,
etc., the undersigned Will pay very high
cash price for either used or unused stamps
Tor one or more specimens Of each kind. These
stamps are wanted aS memcntOs Of the late war
and IL you look over your old letters you NAV
find some, for which the undersigned will nav
SlO0 OF mOr" As much as IS each will be
paid ior some stamps | Will pay 81 each for
stamps Issued by the Postmaster at Helena or
GOlisd, Texas, in ISL
Address n. r. SEEBECK 81 Wall ST
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Jennie June states that Jay Gould
employs two detectives to accompany
him when he walks out in New York
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
WACO, DECEMBER ". 1881.

NO congressional reading this week
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

Richmond has 374 Sunday.schoo
teachers and 2 $50 scholars.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27
Address n. f. SEEBECK, 81 Wall st.
New York

IN nm CARPENT are now
9S'SSS using our Nev Machines to
dress on postal ca. d for on, iIlust, ated Grcm-
lar ( ROTH BRO, New Oxford, Adams
COUNTY Pa
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-27

S117 year and expenses to agents Ont
" Mt free. Address 7. 0. VlCKERY,
Augusta, Me. I2-a2-d&w Inn.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Water Question.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER
 In a recent issue you copy the statement of the Sunday Register protesting to give the opinions of Hon. James E. English and MT. A. C. Wilcox, etc., on the water question l: ssMr. English is opposed to running in debt for the purchase and individually avoids debt'' Sound for the good war governor. But Mr. English is an individual, and he can't
 float his bonds at per cent. Suppose Mir. English was out of the Water company, not stockholder, and that he could buy the whole concern out-for a million and half, or even for two millions and half, and with the assurance that he had it for all time without any possible competition, that the city of New Haven conld no more do without his water supply than it can do without air, and that just so sure as New Haven lives just so sure would he be that the present ten per cent income would increase to fifteen or twenty per cent, and hence, in a few years, would wipe out his debt with absolute cer tainty. No sane man can doubt that Mir. English would consider this an exception to his general rule and that he would float the bonds with shout, Hong may they wave" " If he, being thus changed into a t'public cor poration," should doubt his ability to manage the works, he could get Mir. Dawson and Nr. Phipps and their co-workers to run it as now.
 The city of New Haven stands in just this enviable position and can have 1t for all time, without conditions and without possi- ble competition or complications and, un- less Mir. English forswears the patriotism which has placed him where he is, he could serve his native city as well as he now serves the company. It is a matter of congratula- tion to New Haveners that Mir. English and MT. Wilcox have to go abroad to find cause of complaint about water rents The income of the Water com- pany is ample to pay all expenses and to insure a sinking fund to wipe out the pur- chase bonds no tax need ever be laid, and the citizens in favor of purchase will join those opposed to it to procure legislative and municipal action confning the water rents to actual consumers. Register please copy.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17
Monday Morning, Oct. 17, 1881.
A GOOD EXAMPLE,.

The people of Norwich in this State evil dently take deep interest in Civil Service Reform petition to Congress has been signed by eighty-seven of the most promin- ent citizens respectfully praying for the pas sage of a bill providing that appointments to subordinate executive offices, with such exceptions as may be expedient, shall be made from persons whose fitness has been ascertained by competitive examination open to all applicants properly qualified, and that removals from such offices shall be made for legitimate cause only, such as dishonesty, negligence, or inefficiency. and not for politi- cal opinion or for refusal to render party ser vice" The eighty-seyen names signed to this petition include those of 27 manufacturers, merchants, lawyers, 15 clergymen, Physi- cians, 15 members of other professions, and II managers of banks, railroads, etc. Among the signers are Jeremiah Halsey, Senator Blackstone, Generals Harland, Ely and Aiken, James Lloyd Greene, David A. Wells, Henry Bill. Ebenezer Learned, Leonard w. Bacon, L. T. Chamberlain. Rufus Sibley, etc. It is stated that there was no urgency used to procure signatures nor any attempt to make a complete canvass of the city, and that many others would have signed If they had had the opportunity.
 Similar petitions have been signed in var1- ous cities and towns in the country, and there will probably be many more of them The people are thoroughly impressed with the importance of the reform and their voice will be heard As the Hartford C0U'dnt says ''The public have been rapidly ed ucated during the past three months They have been led to see as never before the evils of the abom1nable system which has been toi- erated so long, and which, aside from the dangers from disappointed office seekers like Guiteau, compels the President of the United States to give the time which belongs to na- tional affairs to the business of petty office broker. The time was never so ripe for radical change as now, and intelligent citi- zens everywhere should follow the example of these Norwich gentlemen and bring a pressure to bear upon Congress which will compel speedy and thorough action" Let us send strong Civil Service Reform peti- tion to Congress from New Haven.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17

A sensational report is called canard be- cause one canardly believe it.
 When a writer affirmed that women are the salt of the earth he didn't include those who are too fresh.-NeD York EUening Post.
 It is stated that only four hundred cedars of Lebanon remain How many were there, and where are the seceders?-L0ndon Pu1tch.
 We know an old maid who says it's bad enough for the men to get married without fools of women initiating them.-Ne,o York NeaCs
 A little girl read composition before the minister. The subject was a 'cow." She wove in this complimentary sentence: "A COW is the most useful animal in the world except religion"
 When a boy was asked, "Where was the text this morning ?" he quickly replied, Ut is something in hatchets." s'In hatchets No, it was Acts" ''Well, I knew it was something that would cut"
 The man who is dead head on the trunk lines from New York to Chicago considers the cut rates great swindle. He used to save about twenty dollars on trip; now he saves only seven. n.-N07Tfstoaon Herald.
 'It's long way from this world to the next" said a dying man to a friend who stood at his bedside. stOh, never mind, my dear fellow" answered his friend, consoling- ly, you'll have it all down hill "-Sonaer- UiIIe Journal.
 woman who was accidentally slightly wounded in the hand by shot from Brit ish gunboat received as compensation ST. OOO. It was fortunate the injury was not in the tongue for it might have bankrupted Great Britain.-Puck.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17
DIR. s. W. FISKE,

CIafrvoyant Physician and Magnetic
 Healer, Business and Test Medium, 0FFICE No. 27o Chapel street. New Haven, Conn, NJ where he be consulted regularly every
 month, from the morning of the 10th until the 22d, g p. ID.
 Ofhce hours from to p. ID.
 = All who need any counsel or treatment invited to call The Doctor has the gift to describe every pain and secret disease st sight, and with his vegeta- ble nedicin and heiling power combined is enabled to all kinds of diseases in Ghor time The Doc tor has had thirty years experience healer and physician as thousands can testify to the many tonishfng cures he has perfcrmed.
 The Doctor also gives valuable advice on business matters and all the affairs of life, both social and financial.
 He will tell you if success diversity awaits you, of gains losses absent friends and great success in selecting lucky numbers. Ali should consult him. He is always reliable
 Sittings forbusiness affairs examination of the sick, s1. Communications by letter upon business or health must contain $2, age, sex, lpek-gf hair and stamp. Address Lock Box 12sSS Norwich Ct For further particulars send arnp and get circu- lar.
 TAKE NoTIcE-Ths Doctor can be consulted at the Byxbee House, ,Meriden, Ct., four days, commen cling Oct 2ath Also he viii be at Smiths Hotel, Wa ter5gSyy,- Gs.; four days, commencing Oct. 2sth.
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Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17

W1U6nlnR or F{31E SGr6eCs FHNO the Honorable Court of Common Council of the l City of New Haven:
 The Board of Compensation, to whom was referred the order of said Court bearing date the I7th day February, A D., 1881, directing the and determination by this B of all damages or bene- fits accruing to all parties interested by the widening of Fair street, between Union street and State street. as the same was adopted by said Court, hereby re- spectfuly report:
 That caused reasonable notice to be given to all interested in the proposed public improve all respects pursuant to the provisions of charter said city, to appear before in reference thereto and fully heard at the time and place specified in said notice all who peared before us.
 And thereupJn we do assess and determine that the city of New pay to each of the following named persons in full of all damAgessver and above sll ben ets accruing them by of the proposed pub hc improvement, the sufns written opposite their iVaIV fa ypif
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17

The provision of the act under which MT. Parnell was arrested is as follows ''Any person who is declared by warrant of the lord lieutenant to be reasonably suspected of having either before or after the passing of this act, been guilty as principal or accessory of high treason, treason felony or treasona- ble practices, wherever committed, or any crime punishable by law committed in a pre- scribed district, being an act of violence or intimidation, and tending to interfere with or disturb the maintenance of law and order, may be arrested in any part of Ireland and legally detained during the continuance of this act in such prison in Ireland as may from time to time be directed by the lord lieutenant, without bail or main pr1ze, and shall not be discharged or tried by any court without the direction of the lord lieutenant; and every such warrant shall be conclusive evidence of all matters herein contained and of the jurisdiction to issue and execute such warrant, and of the legality of the arrest and detention of the person mentioned in this warrant This law puts altogether too much control over individual liberty in the 6oYYf7c ofo or1a mar,
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17

six steamers, and is becoming formidable rival of European steamship owners, with whom is destined to arise vigorous struggle for supremacy on the Pacific. Butler is the moving spirit in all the enterprises of the company, and his career shows what negro can do when he has fair chance.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Commissioner Raum points with justiiable pride to the fact that he has collected over $500, GOO, GOO of public revenue without the loss of dollar.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17
Effects sofLightning on Trees near a Tele-
 graph Wire.
From the London Times.I


 Some instructive facts ia this connection have been brought to light by M. Montigny in a recent examination of poplars bordering part of road in Belgium between Rochefort and Dinant. The part in question is some 4, GOO metres in length, and runs westward; it is level for some distance, then rises grad ually to height of 61 metres, through a wood trayerses wooded plateau 200 metres Tn extent, then descends, still through wood, to a plain. telegraph wire runs near the row of Virginia poplars on the north side, and it appears that out of nearly 800 poplars form ing this row, SI, or & sixth, have been struck by lightning. Hardly any have been struck in the other row. The trunks have been mostly struck on the south side and nearly opposite the wire. Comparing different portions of the road, it is found that in the horizontal part none of the (129) trees show injury from lightning, or at most only one Ia doubtful case) but as the road rises through the wood the cases quickly multiply, and on the wooded plateau as many as nine out of fourteen trees, or 64 per cent, have been struck. On the slopes the proportion is 9 per cent. M. Montigny distinguishes three kinds of injuries; CD the bark torn and detached on limited part of the trunk; CD a furrow straight or (rarely) spiral, made on the tree, from near the wire down to the ground and (3) peculiar oval wound, with longer axis vertical and lips colored light brown. Now, the .furrows, which are proba- bly, due to the most violent discharges, are relatively most frequent on the plateau and on the western slope, which the storms usu- ally reach first. M. Montigny is of opinion that the lightning, while provoked by the wire, does not strike this first, then the tree, but strikes the tree directly. His conception is of the following effect Suppose thunder cloud charged with positive electricity. long telegraph wire under it, though insulat- ed, may acquire as great negative tension in the nearest part as if in direct communica- tion with the ground, and the tension is greater the nearer to the cloud. While the inductive influence affects the wire most, near objects, such as trees, share in the influence according to their inductive power. The lightning, attracted in the direction of the wire, yet does not strike this, the insulat- ing cups presenting an obstacle to it's prompt and rapid escape. It finds better conduct or to earth in neighboring poplar, wet with rain. From the facts indicated it results that .of two similar houses, one built on plain, the other in a wood, and having telegraph wire fixed to them, the latter IS more habls | to injury by lightning, and the danger ie greater if the wood inclosing the house be upon an eminence.
 On the 10th inst. the first company of Governors Foot Guard will celebrate their one hundred and eleventh anniversary. l The capital stock of the Hartford Manila company, whose paper mill is at Burn side, has been increased from $72, ,000 to
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-17

There is prohibitory law in Maine, but ten wives in Cumberland county, the home of Neal Dow, have just petitioned for divorce on account of the habitual drunkenness of their husbands