The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-15
THE EXAMINER.
WACO, DECEMBER Is, 1881.
LOCAL BREVITES.
Items of Interest From Our Re
pOrters' Note Books.

AT the federal courtroom tonight.
st. Paups Guilds annual fair to-
night.
J The river is resuming its former
level.
Two marriage licenses were issued.
yesterday.
Don't fail to attend the Dickens
party tonight.
Tonight the city council meets in
regular session.
Wires are being laid for connecting
the East Waco cotton factory with the
| telephone exchange.
st. PauIs Guild invites the public
to attend the annual church fair and
Dickens party at the federal courtroom
tonight.
AT 3 o'clock yesterday morning the
rain clouds were dispelled and every
thing became clear as bell, made so by
full-hedged, cold norther.
About IL o'clock, last night, the
police run in big Casino" negro aud
a Dutchman, who had all got mixed up
in row on Hungry Hill
The Texas Benevolent association is
so pressed with the business of new APP
plications that the clerical force is kept
busily engaged every night until ~ and
II o'clock.
1t is understood that the newly
elected aldermen will, after the vote has
been canvassed by the council tonight,
be sworn in and qualify for the assump-
ton of active duty.
Waco creek was higher Tuesday
than it has been for eight years before.
In several places 1t was more than bank
full, and all loose articles were uncere-
maniously swept away.
Three times the number of tax
payers have settled their taxes to date
this year as had done SO up to the same
date last year, The list includes the
smaller taxpayers, the heavier ones
waiting until later.
AT the Episcopal festival tonight
Col. d. ID. Munro will appear as
Cyrus bantam, wearing the costume APP
pertaining to the character. Colonel
MunrO's friends will be delighted to see
him.
The rain Tuesday washed out
portion Of the wall under the recently |
laid foundation of J. V. Smiths add |
ton to the Commercial. Kellum IL |
Rotan's large cistern in their new build !
ing was cracked by the large volume OF |
water which ran into it.
Day before yesterday evening two |
bus men had some words at the depot, |
when the conductor, concluding that the |
drivers head was hardly level, pro-
ceeded to remedy the lOoseness with a |
monkey wrench, which forced the driver |
to bring home a cash several inches |
long. The conductor was interviewed |
by deputy-sheritf and a basis of settle
ment was agreed upon.
The EXAMINER now reaches Tyler
twelve hours ahead of any other daily |
paper and'ls steadily gaining favor with |
the business and reading public, Texar- /
kama and all intermediate points to
Waco depend on the Examiner for the
earliest news. The news agent on the |
train yesterday increased his order to
double its previous size and expects to
make 1t his exclusive and important pa
per.
Tuesday evening Louis Sternkorb's !
horse deliberately walked off with the |
buggy, and no one knew of its where
abouts dntil 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, when three attaches of the EXAMINER
and the Telephone, on their way home,
found the horse, attached to the buggy,
leisurely cropping heritage ON the |
vacant block in front of the Jack Evans |
place, on south Second street. The
animal was caught, embarrassed and |
put in lot for the owner to get it.
In district court yesterday Ed.
Maddox, for altering brands on a two
year old, was found guilty and sentenced !
to two years in the penitentiary. The
case of Tillman CurbOw, which |
has been on docket since the !
May term of 1876, was finally
disposed of by the jury returning a YER
dict OF aggravated assault and assess
ing fine OF S25 Defendant had cut |
one John Blum in the arm in a bar-room
difficulty. The parties were all Swedes
The case was the Oldest on the docket
Crockett King, who lives about five
miles from the city, on the line of the
Missouri Pacific, is a notorious practical
joker. He operates large steam gin,
and last Tuesday, there being no cotton
in sight he took his entire force, loaded
his boiler into wagon, steamed up and
for several hours drove up and down
the track, for distance of mile, blow
ing the whistle all the time. The unu-
sual whistling attracted the notice Of
people for several miles around, and in
ones, twos, threes and whole families
they began to pour in to see the first
train. A great crowd collected, but went
home sheepish enough when they found |
it was only Crockett's gin whistle. The |
afforded him much merri-
ment, but it also cost him a round $50
to enjoy it.
The norther vest erday made that
fried oyster on fork, that is set up at
Ropers after each drink, more enjoyable |
and palatable than ever before.
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