The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-04-25
THE EXAMINER
WACO, APRIL %, 1892.
LOCAL BREvITIE,S.
Items of Interest from Our Re
portcrs' Note Books.

Atehs VI hhttEtFt AEOHh war AAe'
portcrs' Note Books.
Cotton seed is coming in plentitully.
Water melons will be ripe In mont
jay Gould and party made a shor
stay.
United States court will be in session
to-day.
The ice and beer business is on tn
Increase.
Everybody seemed to be out driving
last evening.
A few of our veteran friends remainet
over yesterday.
The Concordia club pic-nIcked neal
Bosque bridge Sunday.
The state medical association meets
at Fort Worth to-day.
The newspaper men will have Il good
time at Houston this week.
The thermometer got up to eighty
degrees in the shade yesterday.
Mr. J. &. Horner is putting In new
soda fountain in his drug store.
"A passing engine fire to portion
OF J. W, Mann's wheat fields last week.
In the last few days we have not
heard OF any ravages on wheat by worms
The Clinton bridge company were at
work on the Texas and ST. Louis bridge
last night.
Though the weather Is getting very
warm we hear of few pic mics, and the
campmeetings Sc, m as yet afr Oft.
The Laurels were busily engaged yes
tcrday in preparation tor their proposed
grand festival Wednesday evening.
The county Jail has now about thirty
inmates, the most of whom are there To
answer for telOniCs.
The Horseshoe theater band enllv-
ened the streets last evening by Civ
ing some fine brass band music.
Material Is already being placed on
the grouud tor w. W. Seey's grain eleva-
tor on jackson, between First and Second
streets.
Beyond Fifth street. on Austin, the
dust is getting very bat. The people in
that vicinity should have the sprinkler
come up there.
In Justice Davis court civil week
commenced yesterday. Several Judge
ments were taken by default and Il num-
Der of cases set.
"A sort of family langle Is what they
say woke the echoes and made business
lively with one of our merchants vcster-
day. Kiss and make up is now in order.
Mr.. Phil. BAIL has sold out his Avenue
barber-shOp TO Casper. who for two years
has been working IN the shop. His sue
cessOr is a good Business man and atten-
tive TO his shop.
Sheep shearing has commenced in Il
great many places and samples OF wool are
coming in from Il few iio"ks. The wool
is said to be longer. finer and cleaner than
for several seasons past
The attendance at the various
churches Sunday was quite large, the day
being sU pleasant that all could if they
would he pres, nj, and those most willing
10 could frame no excuse.
The most attractive pleasure grounds
ever opened in Waco are now being pre-
pared at the beautiful "Minglewood Park,
and will be ready for visitors in 4 feW days
Further details will be given in due time
Justice Evans had an embczzelment
case yesterday, but the party dtcid, Il TO
let the grand jury investigate and pass
upon whether the courts should entertain
it or not, in the light of embezzie-
ment
Several Of the old veterans, in taking
their departure, swere heard TO express n
wish that Waco might be chosen as the
placeSfor the next reunion. SO pleased
were they with this visit, Waco would
like it so.
DRINKS and gambling cases in the pO-
lice court yesterday mO!ning. Also the
fast driving case in which the defendant
was acquitted on the ground that ht had
an manageable horse and could not con-
troll him.
john Carson denies emphatically that
the object of Gould visit here was to sell
him the Missouri Pacific road. He would
buy the main line and branches, but Gould
wanted to keep the branches. So Nj. Car
son gavc him All extension OF time in or
der to pay up.
One OF our ladies became Indignant
yesterday morning at a gentleman for
some reasen and sought INN With riding
whip TO give him cOWhiding. Forum
ateIy tor one OF the or the other, perhaps
both, they did not meet AMI IL street
scene was averted.
Reports from all sections of McLen-
nan, Falls, Bell Bosquc. Coryell, Hill and
other counties. are to the effect that worms
have ceased work on wheat. In some
places the May and Mediterranean wheat
crop has been cut short on account of
dreuth, and in many places 1t Is feared that
only very small il any yield VIII be re-
ceived from oats from the same cause.
-Rey. J. d. Shaw, of the Fifth street
Methodist church, leaves tomorrow Tor
Nashville. Tenn, to ttend the general
conterenc OF the ME. south, which con-
venes in that city May ). The Rev. :. p.
Wright will. by request OF the stewards,
supply the vacancy occasioned by the alb
sence OF the pastor, MIR. Shaw.
In its account of the attractions to be
seen at the first loan exhibition of the Wo-
mans Art Exchange. at Austin.the States
man OF sunday morning says: "A me-
chanical picture, painted by Miss Clara
Franklin, of Waco, is on exhibition. The
scene is that OF mill, and mountainous
eruption in the back ground. A mecian-
zeal wheel is attached to the mill as also
piece OF mechanism representing smoke
in the mountains. By a system OF clock
work attached in the rear OF the picture.
the wheel is made to turn and the smoke
TO issue forth. 1t is a piece OF ingenious
work and constitutes quite a novelty in its
way"
Though we had not met our old
fried Jay Gould for 4 number OF years be-
fore yesterday, we found that he " as of as
few words as ever. We always did admire
Jay on that account. He seemed To I'M
derstand that we could not spent all our
time interviewing him Us Wiley Jones ami