The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-07-04
THE EXAMINER
WACO, JULY 4, 1882,
LOCAL HREylTIEs.
Items OF Interest from Our Re
porters' Note Books.

cursing the primary SYSTEM.
A large number OF visitors came in
on all the trains last evening.
The cannon for holiday uses arrived
ON the Missouri Pacific last evening.
There will be big caowd at DcFrar-
els garden tonight 10 sce the fireworks.
The main line OF march OF the Nolks
fest procession will tie up Austin ny enue.
The thermometer in Capt. j. H. Nor
row, Office registered 100 IN the shade at
3p. m.
"A very pleasant and highly artistic
fight took place ON Franklin street yester-
day afternoon.
The old building on tho north side OF
square. Tor u long time occupied rs u Chi. |
nCse laundry, is tumbled down.
"A few flags made their appearance on
business huu-Cs yesterday Aitc noon.
they will be plentiful this morning.
The Narrow Gauge is mile beyond
McGucgor's Springs, and there it has run
against stump. ltstops Tor lack Oi ma
teual.
e. Republicans didn't vote much at pri-
mari ;, but they uollcd good many
votes and pui iacit per alum iaclt per Sc,
as the lawyers say.
Waco bids hearty welcome to all
her visitors to-day. They viii see the
livciost, Mindsom, ST, Lest built town, for
its pOpulati II, IN the state,
There seems to he adisagrccableness
between the Missouri Pacific and the Cult.
| Colorado and Santa Fc, The latt,l road re-
tusiug to connect at Temple.
A quintcttc musical club is Just in
the second stage ui geological formation
| In the c,ty and in u lew week. viii ravi,h
Waco cars with melody az il melody.
All visitors having any complaints at
! whatever nature, 10 make, will please
render the same to the central committee,
at Cuncurdia kali, ON south Third street.
A thunder and rain storm was prayed
| tor YESTERDAY. ! he mercury huhblcd mp
| in the nineties and svcitcIing humanity
mopprd its brows and thought OF TO day.
Some grapes OF California varieties.
and oi cmakahlr groMth have been lett
at this office by Mir jnn Blair. They
smpnss anythinE we have ever seen in
this state.
Changes have been made In the Mis-
souri, Pacific offices by which Mr. j. W.
Bartlett. OF Frankfort, Kansas, become.
freight agent and Mr. Tray. Jones ticket
ngcnt at this place
MIR. W. ". Sautcr had hearing be-
folc Judge RimCs ami was held in "A bond
/ $4,000, with NJ, ssrS. l.. NeNbcrg, Jno. +,
| Marshall ,lno. &. Walker, j. Il, Smith and
j. ID Cook bondsmcn.
MIR. JnO Smith will be among the
visitors to-day John /. one OF the most
vi patliptic citzcus There has not b en-
18th OF July celebration Tor the last hun
DIR, d years which John h,5 not attended,
MIR !. W. Keller, now in the city, has
Just completed pat ing up til phone cx-
changes IN Shel man and Blcnham and
prucc, dS at once To give telephones to
COrsicana, HcNarkaHa, Gainesville and Nj
'asO.
Some OF the defeated canlidatcs ap
pear to vince II little over the result but
the mai 'rity bear IL gracefully. ON all
hands. however, there II "a general scn'i-
mcnt that finds vent in the word. "D-n
the primaries
The following gentlemen arc the del.
cgutes elect to the county convention
from AqullG M,ssr II. +. IIa' ris. u
W. Richard, W c Griffin .Ino. Wilkin-
son, j. NJ. Trnn,l, ", T. Lewis q. +.
ates. g. s. Shook, Berry Parlmm and
W. S. llnygopd.
Mr.. Willie Besserer. a prominent
member Of Prof IltrlOg's band, WAS pre-
scented with beautiful diamond ring by
the members ui the Austin musical union,
last Thursday night, as token of'steem.
/ He Is talented musician, ~ are all the
| members OF this excellent band,
The mon-truus water tank OF the
| Missouri Pacific road, holding some here
between Il thousand and mill on barrels
was rapidly implied on sunday evening
about 1880, causing "A. very respectable
Young food about the depot. The water
] had been turned out 10 Al hctank OF the
: freight engine and the valve which Icgu-
! lttcS the water gOl out OF order and the
entire tank was empticd,
-Some superb ducking OF heads and
dodging Of bodies WIS to be seen on Aus
tin street about ! O'Clock yesterday after
noon. the ca sc being negro boy carry
ing on his head thick pine plank about
Z nr,cen feet long, md walkl' K at Il brisk
pace, he boy, not the plank. Nothing
IN the wor can ba more cheerful than to
look up and see u big plank coming at
you end way and yet men will duck and
dodge at such things.
About 10 o'clock, yesterday forenoon.
tn. hay over the stalls in the b ,ck part Of
Orand- large .tablcs, was discovered to
be on tire and blHzmg, bat being di. coyer-
ed nj the star and the house being attach
ell to the hydran AT the time u stream OF
wafer being turned o. he fire was extin-
guishcd sn lhcIire dcpatimentwor not
call d ont, though an alarm was sounded
1t was n very lucky escape, a. Tires In dry
hay are not got under 1T the START ON
time In thou and There were some
twenty seven theuril as TO the origin Of
the lire, each one oi about equal value.
1T WIS alk,d on the streets yesterday
that frirnds ot Mr, H. II. kingsbury, Jr.,
would urg' him, in the county convention,
asa candidate tor the legislative hoatcr
I from tie Gistri' composed OF Fall~, Nj
Lehman ant Limestone COUNTIES They
say he made the f. rond best run tor
represcul tive and a. Mclenntn will con
oe,lr tie -,uatOr to ialls the Litter county
will In turn support Mcl.ennun's candi
date for ho der when questioned On the
subject Nr kiugzbuTy hi he knew moth
ing ot the movement, lie was LARRY de
frH ed by Mr. Moore and accepted the IT.
.ult IN good faith, purposing 10 give =
cordial support TO hi late opponent.
An .numous Texas bpa-ronslr ctor,
In The rhupe Of q bull IN ,kc skin, ten ur
Twelve l,ct long, Is On exhibition Ia front
LOT HILLS q Bro. = store anu hcin. greatly
adm red by frequent crowds. II came
iTum the Red river country and whensliyp
and IN good spiri's must have been de-
hgmhil ohi,c for a lonely man to met.
II, yer Yet having got true snake story
IRON ANY one No retained from inter
viewing the man WHO brought II In, but
ON the o her hand got a boss liar 10 cX
anime b.. who NJ one A-scutrd u the fac
II H. having come from Rcd river bu
] declared II mere baby fOr that section
: where h- declared bull snakes grow I,
/ thirty ieet AMI the thickness Of n pin
tee ana live On pick ,nnles and Wild
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