The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-02-16
LOCAL. HFeEVETHES.
Items of Interest from Our Re-
porter.' Note Books.

Items of Interest from Our Re-
porser-' Note Books.
One marriage license issued yesterday.
The pigeon shooting match comes of
| today.
Bad weather for young lambs and
chickens.
Consult our column of business brevi-
! ties this morning.
New announcement in our cheap col
umn. Read them.
The Central train. west-bound, was
| two hours ate last night.
The crop OF 1892 amana still con-
| tinues to come through the mails.
-Freightcrs have all given up trying
/ 10 haul loads 10 towns west of here,
/ We Icqrn that one or two new firms
will engage in business in short time.
The atmosphere was so heavy last
night that everybody predicted more rain
The Sidewalk at the Waco State bank
has been repaired. and is now III good
! condition.
Just enough rain yesterday TO cause
a fresh supply OF mud and make business
| stagnant.
The Brazos and smaller streams are
again gett rg Gown TO sober-sidei regular
/ business.
The Office of Esquire Davis is now
connected with The balance OF the city by
telephone.
Persons who came in yesterday say
all the streams in north Texas are boom
ing rivers.
The sun tried very hard to shine for a
short time last evening. but was not very
successful.
The sportsmen viii have fine time
at the shoot to-day, and it Will be well
worth seeing.
Justice Davis spent yesterday glanc-
ing over his books and entertaining the
lawyers with hard Jokes.
One Use in the police court at the
last secession. Too free use 0i the mouth
got the party into trouble.
There is general stagnati0n OF trade
in East Waco, and we cannot make a
much better report on this side.
"A great many fences have fallen
down on account of bad weather, ana
posts and barbeG-wire are in demand.
"A section hand died ut one of the see
tiOn-houSts up the Narrow Gauge last
night. but the cause aud his name We dld
not learn.
The county officers are having
quiet time. they have secured all the
| offenders ont OF town and peace and
farming prevails.
"A few valentines came straying IN
yesterday, and those who got halt a dozen
or more the day before, thought they
had got all that was coming.
We have 1t from two very observant
men. who have recently made II tour OF
the state, that Waco is the liVliest town
they have seen in two months.
1t has now become so late that many
/ OF the farmers cannot wait to pillow Tor
corn, and they propose to plant ana then
| harrow the ground after the corn comes
/ up.
Persons who have had horses TO keep
during the lat two months have come to
the conclusion that they urc rathe- eXpen-
sive property Tor the amonnt OF De1eht
derived.
All mechani are praying TOR the re-
turn of pleasant weather. They have got
tired working ore or two days in the
week and those who have families to sup |
port do not lind it very profitable.
The tube sewer across Austin ave |
nue. at the square. has been taken up ana
a box sewer substituted, larger than the
old one, which WAS so small that trash ac-
cumulated in it and chokcd it up.
-Washinston's birthday comes arace.
but it is rarely observed here No doubt
il George were alive now lie would ieel
sorry for ever having taken the trouble TO |
announce on what day he was born.
Paul Quin college will be open for
the reception OF students on April /:
Scholarships will be sold at $50 each and !
the price OF beard will be S. per month
About fifty students VII enter AT the open
ing.
The Missouri Pacific is now running |
all right again. a q the Narrow Gauge
will soon be. The Central went through
the storms without serious damage ant
no loss OF time, except one or two short
delays.
A plan is on foot in the cast to in o.
duce a number of savings banks III the
schools, al. er the system has become pop |
uiar III France ana Belgium. The next
thing we will hear, il it succeeds, Is that |
the schOol-teachers are al detauiterS, and
the pupils are learning TO be bank-robbers.
We hope that our citizens will not
much longer delay king some action IN
reference TO repairing First street GENE
terry. 1t must either have attention soon,
or be abandoned or lost sight OF as the
home OF the dead in few years. nose
who have relatives buried there, or know
of ersOns absent from the city who have
rela ives inferred there, shor'd take some
means OF letting them know and DO some,
thing to have the graves worked anu flXed
up at once, as tie city is not obliged to DO
so.
AS an item showing the impOr nee
attached to the trade of Texas by whole
sale houses, we might mention the lOca-
ting of men in the state by the large
houses to look after their trade. &. Con-
rad IL Co., of st. Louis, who are among
the largest shippers OF fine wines, cham
pagnes, etc, to this state, have man IN
the field all the time and their goods are
coming in by the .r-load. Among the
late shipments is the arrival OF Kelley
Island and California goods. ''Moss Rose"
and "Governor's Rye which is being
largely introduced. We mention this only
as an instance to show how we are build
ing up and what railroads are doing.
Ohio.
Come. al We married men, if you'd avoid
crash,
Don't SKIP 5. NJ. u \. AMI buy some worthless
trash.
If Won are exposed to he cold wintrv blast