The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-04-29
THE EXAMINER
WACO, APRIL %. 1892.
LOCAL BREYITIEs.
Items of Interest from Our Re.
pOrters' Note Books.

r relSht business Is dropping Oh.
The ponds in East Waco haYe nearly
| dried up.
Several fine strings of fish were seer
| in town yesterday.
The bar-rooms had Book" for theil
| patrons yesterday.
strawberry festivals are having a big
run at San Antonio.
Mesquite is coming into use for paw.
ing blocks in Texas.
Why not kill of a few hundred worth.
less, annoying dogsf
1t threatened rain last evening, but it
seems hard to get any.
Quite a number of persons are offer
ing ilocks OF sheep for sale.
The marriage record lies untouched
In the county clerks office.
Mosquitoes are getting very numer-
Gus and are decidedly familiar.
-Sittings has timely cut and article
on Jesse James in its last Issue.
Oats still come In on wagons, and
there is ready sale for all that comes.
The dust on the square and in East
Waco was very annoying yesterday.
Many of the members OF the legisla-
ture 90 to san Antonio to spend Sunday.
The premium list of the capital state
fair association will be out in short time.
Items of news have been remarkably
scarce and growing more SO all the time
The bright, sandy condition of the
streets almost blinds weak-sighted pee
pie.
Mechanics who have to work outside
find it very warm Tor so early III the sea-
son.
The meeting at the Baptist church
has resulted SO far in doing much
good.
The sprinkler is kept busy and mois-
tens only small portion of the city
withal.
The weather has become so warm
that people do not care about going
home for dinner
Slowly the copper cent is working its
way into circulation and they may now
be seen every day.
Only 80 in the shade and still April.
How pleasant ii will be in June and July
If it keeps on improving.
Liquor, cigar and tobacco dealers
were busy renewing their years license
with Uncle Sam yesterday.
If this warm weather continues and
Il 70 ir,t = 10
darkeys will be disconsolate.
Bridge street once so still and quiet IS
now the scene OF activity after other parts
OF the city are hustled in slumber
The sun has commenced to warp new
signs, roofs and awnings, and when the
rains come look out for leaky roofs.
In many of the alleys and on vacant
lots in the city dead dogs, eats and rubbish
is scattered around in unhealthy piotusion.
The person who found a gold badge
Thursday evening will tonfera great ia
Yor on the owner by leaving it at this
office.
The wood wagon still continues to
visit the square, but the demand tor that
Article has dWindltd down to u very small
trade.
-Dvcks which were so numerous a
short time ago are disappearing, but the
sportsman still has a good time knocking
down plover.
1t now remains to be seen whether
the Central will bridge the river and come
on this side or make people 90 over there
for their freight.
The marriage records now In exis-
tcnce at San Antonio show ,hat $685. per-
sons have married and recorded their
names in that county.
Rev. J. A. Merrill, Presbyterian min
lister well known by many in this city, has
organized church at Ell PasO, With a
membership of twenty-seven.
Pastors who have announcements OF
Sunday services can hand them in for
publication to-day, or ii more convenient
send postal card through the mail.
Waco isjust now quite as much noted
for the number and sweetness Otits young
ladies and flowers, as it is for lis churches
schools and progressive business men.
Governor Hubbard While here ex-
pressed it as his opinion that the track
LAYING on the Texas and st. Louis road
wodld be finished to Gatesville by July
4th.
Signs can be seen sticking up around
town announcing frcights for differ, nj
points, which show as dull as times aIc,
that our merchants are doing some bust
ness.
As soon as all the work is done on the
Texas & 81. LOUIS bridge across the Bra
Zos, the workmen will take mp other
bridge work between here and Cafes,
vile.
One week from today there will be {
| farmers meeting in the couatry and We
hear some OF the candidates will open up
the speaking campaign on that occa
sion.
Weeds are growing fast in corn anC
cotton tirlGs and the farmer has no lin,
| To lose in working those crops if he wants
to keep them IN clean growing cond.
ton.
When persons lie awake these warn
nights fighting fiys and mosquitoes they
might at The same time be On the alert fol-
burglars and il they come around kill of
a few of them.
As hot as it was, many people wen
down to take look at the new bridge yes
terlay. During the coming week the tie.
will be put down permantly, the WoodrI
portion painted, and The finishing touches
generally put upon it.
1t has become noised that the Sant'
Fe road wants to build a tap into Waco
Just exactly what the road would be viii
ling to pay the county and city tor right
ot-way and depot grounds might 60 some
! distance in d Trimming whether she Cal
| come or not.
The wedding uousseau OF yonne
! lady. which she had ordered from Canada
did not arrive up to the hour OF her wed
ding. butshe stepped forth and was unit
ed all the same. 1t took great deal more
/ moral courage than many young ladie!
POSSESS to 90 before the alter arrayed il
plain costume. when the best that money