The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-23
THE EXAMINER
WACO, DECEMBER %.
LOCAL. BEsEyITIEs.
irerns Of Interest from Our Re.
pOrters' NOfe Books.

The minstrels will be here Tomorrow
night.
Hay was plenty on the square yester
day. likeWi.e wood.
A large number OF railroad men were
straylng around town yesterday.
Three marriage licenses we're issued
by the county clerk yesterday.
The minstrels give Il grand tamil
matinee on Saturday at , o'clock.
Half dozen parties and two we'd
dings are spoken Of for next week.
Turkeys have been coming to town
by the wagon lO,d in the last tao days
The pecan crop tllis year is d,cidelly
light, and but very few will be shipped.
The cantata will be an entertainment
which you can attend and find real enjoy
ment...
Grocery trade has been all that the
average It tlil merchant could ask tor the
past TWO days.
The streets are drying no very fast.
and by Christmas will be in good condi-
t on tir driving.
ore druak and one yagrant met the stern
gaz-i of the recorder.
The square was crowded with terms
| yesterday. many of which came from
long distances in the country.
A large number of ladies were out
shopping yesterday evenlng, presumably
fr Christmas and New Years.
The killing of the negro, George
| Mason, down the river. is attended by Il
considerable amount of mystery.
Sam Brooks, charged with horse
tealing, will have an examining trial be-
fore Justice Davis at ? a. m. to-day.
The Singer sewing machine company
are moving their etlite from South Fourth
ST e,t to the Fort buildings on South Third
street.
The urch'ns have commenced TO
burst tire-cra kerS already, and all the
troWns OF the city marshal seem to be
OF no check.
-The.farmers are each bringing in their
last bale of cotton. and investing the pro-
Get DIS III CHRISTMAS and New Years sup
plies and Presents.
"A large number of persons who
passed down Third siIeet yesterday even
ing We're sur, riSed to see aH engine stand
tng on the track, but it was alive en- inc,
sure enough.
These cold nights sadly encroaeh on
papa's pocket-book, for the young men
have got in the habit OF remaining in the
pirlor quite hate, AMI the young ladies do
not seem unwilling they should.
-"Dennis," one OF the "I'm the best
man on the dump, be gorra,' was i'll town
yesterday loaded down to the gunw,des, !
but managed, with the help OF trends, to
get out without visiting tie calaboose.
Because smallpox is prevailing in !
halt Il doZ n places in the state is No rra- |
son We should become stricken with panic |
We have often been scared when there
was no cause. PIecautiOn is the remedy |
We should adopt.
The lady members of the G. B. club al
their NEE. ing yesterday evening decided |
that Monday is The suitable day to receive |
New \ ears GALS. Now lcl the balance OF |
the young ladies' decide likewise, and we |
will have i jolly New Years.
Since the communications in yester-
day mornings paper, We find thar most
of the young ladies and gentlemen are in
favor OF Monday as the day tor calls, and
30 far as We know now that is the only
day that is going to be observed.
The new glass side and top metallic
burial cases and those cO,lilg boards for
children, ladies and men at William An
der, on's are the first ever seen here, and
mark a rapid advance in the art of prop
ely handling and ipterring tie dead.
East Waco has BEEN doing a good
business IN the last few days. 1t has not
b, en- so difficult for the farm
ers living in the sandy country on that
side 10 get to town Us it has been for those
who had 10 come through the back mud
lakes ON this side.
The mayor and Alderman McLqren
yesterday morning went down on Jack
son street to look after the city's interests,
which they thought were being encrUach-
ed upon by the Missouri Pacific in put
ting in their sewers. y satisfactory adj
justment was arrived at.
The congregation OF tie Fifth Street
Christian church will enjoy Christmas
tree Saturday ening, aad willing to ex-
tend the pleasures anticipated Tor them
selves. VIII he easel 10 have Others avail
llitlhSSlNGS Vi lll> IL u uS ultuluu vi
pr, SentaliUn. Invitation general.
The most amusing thing seen or
Austin street Yesterday WAS an alteration
hetm cen Bag. powerful white man and
negro boot-black. The man had his
shoes shiDed and then refused to pay, and
the boy, tccoming positive in his de-
the one hundred and eighty
FOUNDER picked up Il stool with which TO
defend himself The boy. however, stuck {
to him until he got his uickcl.
THIS evening there will be regular
So rvice in the synagogue. We notfce
that these meetings aie becoming more
frequent, d than ever. One OF The peculiar
I, atres is the style of music rendered.
which is so In harmony with the object
and so suitable for the occasion, and ev-
erything that may SAVIOR of the concert or
ballad style is ,trictly excluded. We are
that this music cmanates from
the best German church composers. such
rs Mozart, Baleoy, Kaiser. Sulzer, Nau5n-
burg and other, whose compositions are
characteristic with strength, depth and
melody. AMI witI an elevated conception
Tor the beautiful.