The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-02-17
LOCAL BREYITIES-
Items of Interest from Our ke'
porters' Note Books.

1
One marriage license issued yesterday.
Our business breyities ale OF value To
you.
! The hand-organ is again on the street
corners.
Clear sky and warm sunshine, but
how long will it last?
I Young onions have made their APP
pearance in the market.
| Justice Davis did nothing yesterday
but work upon his books.
| Good time to commence carp farm
ling. Lakes are abundant.
One case of drunkenness in the recOr-
der's court yesterday morning.
The floats were busy Yesterday TAX
ing cotton to the Central tor shipment.
| Spring poetry. peas, book-canvassers
and lightning-rod agents are sprouting.
! Papers and letters a month old and
worn and dirty are beginning to come in.
| Quite number of strangers arrived
| on yesterday evenings and last nights
| trains.
| 1t is almost impossible for any kind
OF vehicle to get to the Missouri Pacific
depot platforms.
| Soon the annoying fly will be tick linz
the young mans nose and sliding down
hill on the old mans bald head.
| The street-crossings were cleaned of
yesterday morning. and by night had
made considerable progress in drying up.
From all present prospects there will
be work enough in Waco this summer for
more mechanics than we now have here.
Assessments are coming in slowly at
the county assessors office, and he could
not get TO the country TO take them on
account of mud.
The number of OmnlbuscS now in
town are unable to accommodate the tray
cling public, and a new one will be put
on Winfrey's line in a short time.
The Missouri Pacific dill good ticket
business at this point yesterday. Tickets
were sold to Denver, Cincinnati, New
Y ork, Louisville and other points.
-Drummers are working Wa pretty
thoroughly Tor spring t-ade, and noun
tains of sample trunks can be seen going
amt coming from the depOts all the time,
The little busy bee was out yesterday
gathering honey, and things begin TO look
spring-like sure enough. Martens and
swallows are also twittering under the
caves.
1t is noticeable that horses which are
doing street work every day are getting
wretchedly poor and run down, in spite
of the fact that they have plenty OF grain
and hay.
Recorder Brinkcrhoff, during the alb
sence OF CITY Marshal Moore. has all his
spare moments taken up looking after his
own office and attending to the collection
OF taxes.
The Central. on main line and branch
es, has been doing good business this
week carrying passengers TO Mardi Gras
and the Liyc Stock association convention
at Austin.
The case of Matthews. Massey &
Blades, VS.. Abeel occupied all the time
OF justic court yesterday, and Is only partly
through with. The hearing will be re-
sumed to-day.
The fare to New York via the Mis-
souri, Pacific has been reduced to Si5, and
the company is Row selling thousand
mile and fifteen hundred-mile tickets to
travellers over It's line.
DO not allow morning to pass with
out reading our cheap column, because it
contains fresh matter every day. Several
persons acknowledged benefits derived
from ii yesterday.
The reason that great many persons
have had 10 stand the bill-collector off is
because they lost so much on cotton.
Next month they ought TO stand cotton
oil and pay the bill -collector
We notice by our exchanges that in
numerous places throughout the state
there are single cases of SIN lll-poX, but in
no place except Austin, has the disease
seemed 10 have much OF spread.
The gutter part of the way along
Third street was cleaned out Yesterday
and much stagnant water drained of and
mud dried up. The same should be done
on all other streets where possible.
The EXAMINERS regular carrier-boy
in south Waco has been sick Tor Sc, er;tl
days, and if any persons fan to yet their
papers until he is able to return to work.
We nope they will notify us or call and get
Il copy at the office.
Mrs. Ella Herbert Rives Francis will
shortly commence giving instructions in
vocal and Instrumental music in FL PasO.
and preparations are now being made tor
IL grand concert, in which sne will appear
Is the central figure.
We hope our farmer friends. millers,
gin-owners and others who have or ate
making any statistics in relation To the
coming crop, will give us in short, newsy
style, all the rlclable information they
have. 1t will be great assistance to the
agricultural classes.
"A great many persons wanted TO 90
to Cleveland Il CamerOn's Yesterday and
see the owl, but they were afraid they
would be sold OUT. 1t is no sell, however,
and ali will have a chance to see this
strange bird, as Mr.. Zimmermau is going
TO leave 1t III the city.
"A great many of the political aspi-
rants in this city and county are begin
ming to reach out and feel the pulse OF the
public, and it will nos be long before the
ldppels OF ye voter will have the trace of
many finger on them, as the wearcr is
pulled aside TO ask alter the health OF his
familyC).
Persons who want copies OF the
weekly EXAMINER can get them at the
counting room this morning This issue
contains ali the late and Interesting tcle-
graphic news, foreign End domestic, state
specials and the cream OF our exchanges,
live editorials on the topics of the day,
the latest market reports and railroad
news, together with the local happenings
tor the past week. 1t is a valuable edition
to send abroad.
The water company has received five
new fire-plugs. one OF which has been put
up near John Fariey'S office, on the square.
They are much superior to the old plug.
for the reason that they are higher, ard
fre-hOse can be coupled on without the
extra attachments used with the Old ones
Two streams can be thrown from each
plug, and i'll case Of necessity a fire engine
can attach her suction hose and feed from