The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-04-20
THE EXAMINER
WACO, APRIL 20. 1882.
LOCAL BR EVEEIES.
afems of Interest from Our Re.
pOr1ers' Note Books.
Warm and dry.

stem~ Oh interest from Our Ake-
Poriers' Note Books.
Warm and dry.
Beer went OFT freely yesterday.
The ice wagons are doing n good busi-
ness.
The barber shops had good trade
last evening.
70 cases in police conrs at Tuesday
mornings session.
The committee on decoration had a
busA time yesterday.
The ladies give the prohibition dele
gates reception tonight.
Waco has not looked so lively for
months, as it did. yesterday.
The air has been tull of all sorts of
bugs tor the last two nights.
----Delegates TO the prohibition conven-
ton began TO arrive yesterday.
Justice Evans tried no eases in his
cohrt at his Wednesday session.
Professor McNeese will survey your
head ard tell you all about yourself.
The programme for to-day and to-
morrow viii be found in another column.
The Veterans spent most OF yesterday
riding around town on street cars or with
friends.
The city was crowded last night with
| delegates and visitors to the different
| conventions.
City council meets Tonight but will
adjourn early in honor OF The presence of
our veterans.
Sanger Bros. yesterday displayed the
! flags OF Texas and the United Safes at the
front oil their store.
Those who want lire milk cows
should not fail to read Mr.. Gatlin's card
in our cheap column this morning.
Mayor StJrgis Is getting the autograph
of all the veterans aud viii have them
autographed and placed in an elegant al
bum.
"A large number OF commercial travel
ers, besides delegates and visitors came
in yesterday and the city was as thronged
as a bee hive.
The calabOose gang were busy yester-
day making a ditch on south Third street
from Austin to Franklin street.
The Horseshoe theatre opens tonight
and offers a splendid bill, reserved seats,
private boxes and cool house for all who
wish to attend.
All the ladies who wish to donate
flowers for decoration purposes are re-
quested to send them to Bart Moore's
store this morning.
The ladies drovearound town last even
ing and prOmenaded. The old veterans
peassed many compliments upon the la
dies whom they saw.
The man Gates. arrested few days
ago was released Tuesday evening, not
being the person Marshal Farmer OF
Fort Worth wanted in a particular case.
-Mr. j. V. Smith has fired up the large
double rooms formerly occupied by
Moore & Moore on the square and Bridge
street, and has thrown them OpOn tor the
veterans.
Justice Davis spent yesterIry in set
tleing up with Justice Evans for making a |
map on another mans face and in the eve
ming was engaged in the general buiness |
or his court.
A reportoral visit to the courthouse
yesterday disclosed several Young ladies' |
busly engaged in decorating, while the
young gentlemen were quite as busy hang
ing the skillflllIy wrought designs.
Since referring to the bad negro bows
who abuse children on their way to and
from school We have been told of several
other eases, and parents have good reason
to overhaul and have these BOYS punished. |
Dixon. the party arrested few even
ings ago, together with Gates, and for
whom papers came here from Dallas. |
charging him with theft of horses. lies in |
jail awaiting the arrival of an officer to
take him thence.
Visitors to the city as we'll as our own |
people will realize pleasure by attending |
the p rtOrmance to be given at the opera |
house tonight by our local dramatic com |
pany. Among the Breakers will be pre-
sented with a fall caste. |
The veterans and prnhibiti0nists can |
have rs good time as they please until |
next Monday tor urcity recorder j. gone |
and there is no one to impose fine on |
them The marshal might however put |
an offender under bond, and in case he |
could not pay, pat him in the calabOOse.
Perry u colored waiter at Ropers
told his brother walters that an angel Wis |
tied him, while standing in the dining |
room yesterday morning, and TOLD him he |
must die. He is at a loss just now to
know, when or how he is going to climb |
III greasy stairs but insists that it was |
sure enough angel.
In another column will be found a |
communication from j. K. Egan, surerin- |
tendant OF the water company, in which he |
replies to our article and throws some |
light on water rates. We find we We're in |
error in stating livery stables pay only |
$50 per year for wafer, for the rate |
really is 500 at the lowest figures. Al |
though we believe the company desires tn |
do all they can for the citizens we are not |
convinced that there Is not chance i'll |
lett for them to make concessions and at |
the same time make more money than |