The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-01-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Items of Interest from Our Re
pOrters' Note Books.
The rattle dieth and wasteth away.

The rattle dieth and wasteth away.
/ Valuable reading in ,ur cheap col
umn.
Eggs have jumped from ~ to d
cents per dozen.
Tile Examiner extras were eagerly
sought last night.
Buffalo meat is being on; red Tor sale
by some of tie grocers.
Advertisers speak fayorabIy OF our
business brevity column.
The Bosque is still very high and
plenty OF drift coming down.
Some people are scndingup and down
the railroad for country supplies.
Two prisoners in the calabocse yes
terday and consequently slim court.
And the di.cordant notes Of the tur-
tie and frog are heard on every side.
The bales of cotton lying in the east
Waco yards look terribly rain soaked.
The BrIzos had fallen about cigh-
teen inches last night but was still
high.
w hat time the servants will have
scrubbing anu cleaning carpets after the
mud dries up.
The Missouri Pa life track AMI
bridge men have not earned their board
In the past week.
The Missouri Pacific track-ayins
force are now near Bullhide about eleven
miles from the city.
All our merchants and professional
men expressed regret at the loss which
has betallen Galveston.
All the country people who come to
town bring their guns to get them fixed
up in anticipation OF good hunting.
The Missouri Pacific grade is wash
ed in some places bur not enough to
cause any delay or injuries TO the track.
Chickens are becoming scarce and
those who cannot afford to pay fabulous
prices haYe to come down to plain living
From the streaks of clear sky in the
north some people thought Yesterday
evening that there was possible chance
for better weather.
The machinery and agricultural i'm
plement men have not done anything TOR
several days. and the employs are haV-
ing an easy time OF it.
Butter has been remarkably scarce in
the last few days, anG some dealers VINO
get hold of choice lots ask rs high as %
cents per pound for it.
Several loads of hav were seen on th'
square yesterday, but everybody seemed
to b. supplied and it did not sell very
easily at the prices asked.
Persons who live near Teuhacana
whom We saw in the city yesterday, say
that the stream was higher yesterday
morning than the day before.
The grass on the sandy prairies east
OF the city looks green and fresh, ami IN
several yards can be seen as fine turnips
as ever has been raised in this section.
1t was generally discussed last night
whether the ere in Galveston would not
be another strong incentive to make IN
sUrance companies withdraw from the
state.
The physicians are kept busy calling
on patients. Most of the difficulties are
lung and throat affections, neuralgia and
other troubles brought about by wet
weather.
If any one wants to start a goosery
we advise them to locate in East Waco.
The lake east of the lumber yard and in
several other places is wide and deep
enough for whales.
1t is now stated that the case men
toned yesterday morning as diptheria, is
else, and the city is free from
any OF the complaints with which chill
dren are suffering in other places.
From the way some people dash over
crossings, one would suppose they were
doing couple million dollars worth of
business every day aud anxious to double
it. Ped strians are splasl,ed over with
mud Just as though they were So many
hitching posts.