The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-03-21
THE EXAMINER
WACO, MARCH q, 1882
LOCAL. BRESEEEES.
fteIn> OF Interest from Oar Ese-
pOrter-' Note BOOI1s.
very annoying.

Flies very annoying.
The courts were busy yesterday.
Sec cheap column notice OF lost ring.
| Few people in town from the country
yesterday.
Read our cheap column again this
morning.
Two marriage licenses issued by th'
county clerk yesterday.
The rain was but the natural result o
the extreme heat Sunday.
Cast your eye over R. S. Mills adver
tisement and be benefited.
Business being dull, the stores closed
at an early hour last night.
Dull was what it might have been
| called yesterday, sure enough.
Interesting communications will be
found in this mornings paper.
Three cases, all for inebriacy, before
the recorder Monday morning.
This geese were flying northuard
again last night in large numbers.
The heat was altogether too intense
Sunday Tor this season OF the year.
The farmers who have been anxious
about millet seed should read Bart
MOore's notice.
-Remomber the meeting at the court
house tonight in reference to entertaing
Texas veterans.
The attendance at church Sunday
was good, and many OF the newLspring
styles got an airing.
Country roads became very slippery
by the rain yesterday, and some of the old
Wallows were completely filled up.
You will certainly feel interest enough
in city pride and the Texas veterans to at
night.
In spite of the dust the young people
would enjoy drive Sunday evening.
The first chance they have had in two
months,
The police yesterday took an obstrep-
erors negro youth to jail and his refusal
10 accompany them attracted considerable
attention.
Taft received yesterday fresh lot of
the Houston Posts great edition of March
1st. Call and get the best publication
ever issued in Texas.
Travellers say that in many parts of
Arkansas the farmers will be unable TO
plant corn or cotton. as the water will
stand on their farms TOR weeks.
Col. j. Il. Burnett yesterday : Gated
himself and family to one OF those elegant
combination buggy and barouche, light
ming jump seat vehicles at Iibbs & Lit
ties.
We learn that in many places in the
county weeds have attained the strongest
kind of growth, and much work will be
required to keep them from choking out
the crop.
John L. Dyer, Esq, has purchased
from Winship Bros, Atlanta, Georgia, the
property now occupied by r. E. Burnham
& Co. The consideration was six thous-
and dollars.
The few warm days we have had did
not seem in the least to diminish the
ponds in East Waco, but yesterday morn
ing's rain helped fill them fuller than they
were before.
As is usually the case, it cost many of
'
again last night. Every performance at
the opera-hOuse for sometime pact this
has been the case.
"A party OF young gentlemen, whose
names we cannot give. came back from a
Sunday fishing trip on BOSque. and had
a large box tIIll of fish, besides u fine tour
teen pound turkey.
Some malicious person got up small
poX scare yesterday. which for time
caused many inquiries. 1t is needless to
say that it was all hoax. is even chicken
pox is hardly mentioned here any more.
In the county court, yesterday, the
case of HOef, Weiss IL TO-, Houston, Vs.
the Houston & Texas Central railroad, for
lost freight, was led and decided in favor
OF defendant, Plaintiff has gwen notice
OF appeal.
An lode to Shirt by local poet,
will no doubt be remembered by some OF
our citizens rs being a contribution 10 the
Evening Times DUNG its life time. We
republiSh several OF the verses this morn
ing by request.
We have several Oscar Wildc's III
Waco who are so eSthe C that they
think il is the proper thing, to sit at the
table in their shirt-s eeves, eat with a
knife only, aud lay down rules OF ETH
quette tor the government of others,
The seemingly demented German
woman who has been in the city Tor
several days, attracted consderal attention
walking around the streets in the rain yes
terday. She certainly needs attention as
she does not seem to be able to take care
of herself
1t is said that a candidate passing
along south plaza yesterday stopped sud-
denly ut the door of Il dry goods house, in |
front OF which form was dressed up in
duGking coat and pants and broad SOM
brero and undertook ID sh9'; &c hands with
the dummy. When he discovered his
mistake he LETT In q hurry.
Farmers in some sections of the county
instead of attending chu rch and Sunday
school last Sabbath took their teams and
went into the field. We do not think any
one will blame them for so doing when a
crop depends on their immediate attention
to the soil. We believe our farmers re-
gard the Lords day with as much obedi-
ence to the command as those OF any
state and only in extreme cases would
they break it.
Our readers will find presented in our
column this morning the
name OF Judge Henry a. McGhee as a
candidate tor assessor of taxes. Judge |
MCGhee is well known to all our citizens |
the county as an intelligent, /
upright citizen. In his native county in |
he started in the office of con-
stable and succeeded to every office for /
which he ever offered. finally becoming /
4 member of the Legislature. In all offices /
he proved himself efficient and OF the |
strictest integrity and presents his name
backed by an excellent public and private |