The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-04-26
THE EXAMINER
WACO, APRIL 20, 1882.
LOCAL BREyITIES,
Items of Interest from Our Re
porters' Note Books.


The Thermometer did good work yes
eerday.
Several small lots of wool have
came In.
Good, sweet dewberries are plentiful
in town now.
The sneak thieves are being caught W
with. Full punishment should be meet
ed out to them.
New talent caught the boys at the
Horseshoe last night.
DRINKS and assaults made I'D the let
In the recorders court yesterday morning.
Many persons went up to see the
ruins vi tho fire early Yesterday morning.
-Peruse our cheap column carefully
there are many things in it that may be
beneficial to you
There Is now chance for a fine block
where the wooden buildings burned out
yesterday morning.
The last issue of Streets Monthly
in point, OF usefulness of matter, is by Tar
the best yet gotten out and the demand
Tor ii is very flattering.
The cotton seed oil factory has done
but little in the past month. 1t will run
about two weeks In May and then shut
down until the new crop OF seed comes
into market.
Clothes do not make the character
OF the maa,but they materially assist him
In making mis- appearance and if You
ant TO look well read Jacobs new "ad''
this morning.
There was o large turnout to the
fire yesterday morning. Most persons
who were awake thought the entire BUSH
ness portion of the city was burning, the
blaze was so bright.
The Clinton Bridge company yester-
day swung two spans OF the Texas and
st. Louis bridge across the river. An in
teresting item may be looked tor ere
many more issues.
Make no mistake about Ii the Odd
Fellows ball will be the great attraction
of tonight and the Laurals will have
big attendance at the festival which will
be given IL the ball room.
Those visitors and travellers from the
north who wear hats about the size of
this climate at the present time, and some
OF them were laid away yesterday.
1t is said that Edgar Battle has writ
ten to the postmaster general at Washing
ton to know il he can open another post
Office at Brennan. We learn that Edgar
only neecs shadow OF an excuse to make
that place his home.
The article in Streets Monthly for
April issued yesterday, entitled Give
Texas Chanc q" over the signature OF
"B. II. Harris was, we are requested by
MIR. Street to say, written by Richard H
Harrison, Esq, of this city-the error In
the name is typographical.
MIR. E. Ker has received from his
brother, In Coryell county, q sack of bat
Rusno, from cave on his place, In which
it is said to be found in most inexhaust-
able quantities. The cave Is fourteen
miles from Gatesville and the nearest
point on the Texas and st, Louis road Is
eight miles. This cave may yet become
valuable on account OF this rich fertilizer.
Those who miss the Odd Fellows
picnic at Proctor springs TO. day will lose
good time. Music will be on the
grounds and those who wish TO dance
will have the privilege of the platform
Hacks will run between the city and the
grounds all day. The ball and festival at
Odd Fellows hall at night will be a pleas
ant closing OF the celebration OF the an
niversary.
Hoods Song of the Shirt" could
only find its first Improvement in a
printing office, and without detracting
from the fair fame of that poet we must
insist that in measure and effect" he
was badly discounted in the composing
room Of one of the Waco daily papers
yesl erday. There has, however, been
no perceptible rise in the price Of court
plaster and new noses.