The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-08-19
THE CITY.

The night force uf the Examiner
r,turns thanks to the Indies of st Paul's
Guild for their kind remembrance III
most bountiiul supply u excellent ice
cream sent III from the festival last
night
Our San Antonio special says that the
debating society Of that city will open
correspondence with the Waco Lyceum
Tor the purpose Oi inviting a literary and
oratoIical tilt nj zOme not very remote
date.
The i,tc champct.c at the Episcopal
church last night was well attended and u
very pleasant AFFAIR. We did not learn
the amount realized by the guild. bur II 1t
wHs in proportion 10 the pleasure AFFORD
Ell visitors, il viii be- a handsome Rddi-
tiun to their treasury.
A shoemaker Of many wears pegging
having embarked In the retail grocery
business, was yesterday piing some soda
On u shelf when the package falling he
hastily exclaimed" Let me get my ham
Nor and some taCks and IN make you
stick -
The fire last night consumed the
small frame house ON the northeast
corner OF Second and Washington
streets, recently occupied by Mrs. Har-
veil as u boarding huu-e, hut believed to
uhNt bttil MlllNul a Nflhhl W. rfNtl 81
days past The late hour az which the
lire occurred precludcs further pnrticu-
lars.
Some CODES, rascal, n day or two
ago suricplitiouslv, iGluniously, hurgari-
ously and with malice aiorehoughl, eutcr-
cd the house OF Mr. Jim Drake the print
rr, during his absence aud the absence OF
his children, aud stole two pairs OF pants,
and Drake now pants with desire to find
the man. and especially the pants Drake
IL a modest man and does not like 10 ap
pear on the streets either In borrowed
pants or without any
Many expressions ot disappointment
are heard AT the developments with felA.
lion to the shnpc AMI height Oi The stccplc
I've shall have to call II that now Of the
First Baptist church Every body wa.
hoping Ia see a tall, graceful ,pire, as high
or higher than that ut the Firth street
Methodist church. We suppose lack oi
funds Cuitailcd the work on the Baptist
stceple tits good enough ioD, such al
ii Is, and tie workmanship aud design ARE
good, but such beautiful ediiicc deserved
aspire.
The sick family on Burron's branch,
mentioned in yesterday mornings Elk
AMiSEi we're In u pteOus plight, sure
enough. There ARE live OF thcm--iather,
mOtlitI anu Ulfrc tlllllfcn-Hnu all were
sick In bed. MIR. :. Il. Humphreys and MIR.
A. Powers went to see them and supplied
food medicine, etc, While DR.. Howard
gave them medical attention. All were
better last evening, but their condition,
eyoR now, appeals to the charitable con.
alteration Of the community.
MIR. C.. q. Yandivcr, u Pecan Grove,
Coryell county, while diving to Waco
yesterday with two horse team and &C.
companied 10y child Of five or six yonrg
met with II railroad accident which but
for good luck might have proved very
serious, This side Of Holmes mill, on
the narrow guugc, there ia II seven foot
cut for the railroad nnd the wagon road
in just on the edge Of the cut Az Mr.
Vandiver wns driving alongside the cut
the cars came mp suddenly behind him,
and the engine whistliug frightened his
horses and they began to pitch aud
back aud bnckod the wagon OH into the
narrow cut Hs the truin WINS going by.
Mr.. VHndivcr jumped IN the wagon
with his child and neither were in
lured. The hind end ~ the wagon wns
struck by the train and the he'd aud hind
axle broken. Several men came up and
Gssisted him in rXtricntiug his horses
aud wagon.