The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-02-05
Local BREVITIES.
HENS of Interest from Our Ke-
pOrters' Note Books

/ Seed sweet potatoes art III Ih0 LAi'I
| The bill brigade continues to plod
through the mud.
| Justice Davis is still attending to civil
leases in his court.
| Railroad hands began to assemble III
the city last night.
Read our directory OF church services
to-day. and then attend.
The livery men have Lot made eX-
penses in the last two weeks.
The danger from high water in the
Tehuacana is thought to be over.
The calaboose had about as many
guests as it would hold last night.
"A gang of men are employed looking
after the safety OF Big creek bridge.
The city contains many strange faces.
drummers, visitors, prospectors. etc.
One drunk and one assaulter before
the recorder at his last session OF court
The stove is not quite so sure place
to find man at now as it was few days
ago.
MIR. VIM. Petersen is moving his cigar
store from South Fourth to South Third
street.
The Big creek country is under wafer
| and the Central bridge over that stream
| is in danger.
The Narrow Gauge piles in the cen
ter OF the Brazos cannot be seen, the Wa
| ter is SO high.
On Friday night the young people
a N "A
building in East Waco.
The sun set red and cheerful last eve
ming, and lett the moon and stars to take
possession OF clear sky.
The ladies yentured down town last
evening, but were not ut all pleased with
the condition of the streets.
The Brazos was travelling at the rate
OF four miles per hour yesterday evening,
and heavy drift passing down.
Two cars of lumber are kept standing
on Tehuacana bridge, in order to steady
1t against the force of tine water.
Saturday trade was good. but con-
fined mostly to city trade and customers
from adjacent parts of the country.
Catching drift-wood is getting to be
quite profitable occupation for those
who rise early, if what we hear is true.
The foot-briTge leading up to the east
approach OF the suspension bridge is too
narrow Tor persons 10 pass, especially la
dies.
"A heavy red rise is expected to make
its appearance in the BraZos at any hour.
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Since the muddy season set in. the
telephone exchange has been found an in
valuable medium in the transaction of
business.
The water is about four feet higher
than the wagon-bridge on the Springfield
road, and it is thought that the structure
is entirely washed away.
Read j. C. Eaton's column this morn
ing, If you wish to gather information
that will be useful to you in your house
hold and save you dollars.
The Live Stock association convenes
in Austin February IA. We hope, in Sc
Letting place Of meeting next year, the
members will decide on Waco.
The trains pulled out with light loads
OF passengers yesterday. People are
ayerse 10 travelling when the track aad
bridges are in such bad condition,
The auctioneer tried to induce people
to go out on the square yesterday, but
they were averse to admiring fOur-dOllar
ponies up to their waists la mud.
MIR. VIM. Kellett will remove his az
rcultural and machinery warehouse in Il
lew days from Bridge street to Austin
avenue, between Fifth and Sixth streets
The drying-up commenced Yesterday
and it is to be hoped no more rain will
fall until we have a season OF pleasant
weather at least as long as the bad one
was.
The sheriffs' convention meets in
Austin next Thurs lay. Why not hold
this convention at some other city in
Texas next year? Waco would receive
the body with the utmost hospitality.
The water from Tehuacana GOT out
of the banks Friday night and overlooked
part of MIR. John Bedwel's tlrm. One
man in that neighbOrhood had to wade
out yesterday morning in water up to his
waist.
The report that Superintendent Brown
OF the Narrow Gauge, has resigned, is
not credited in some quarters, and in 9th
OAo II 10. II 10 u llc, lOWCNtI budJ llt Has
sent in his resignation, but whether ac-
copied or not is not yet known.
The bridge over Waco creek, on South
Fifth street, stands the action of the wa
ter remarkably well, con ;idering the mis-
hapS to railroad bridges and those over
the public roads. All our city bridges,
however, will need attention when the
water subsidies.
From the way the hamilton Herald
talks, we are inclined to think that our
friend a, B. Blevins has found his dog
Spot" which he mourned as dead, up
there alive and well, and dispusscssed the
would-be owner of him, wherefore the
doctor laments and The Herald walls in
unison.