The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-03-30
THE EXAMINER
WACO, MARCH 80, 1892 .
LOCAL. BREYrTTEs.
Items OF Faterest from Our Re-
porters' Note Books.

! POrters' Note Books.
Windy
And darned dusty.
First picnic, and then-pick-tick.
The lode to SPRING is timely now.
The race for tax assessor is already
beginning TO sis.
Lazy men, yclept spring fever patients
are multitudinous.
The river was waded by two small
urchins yesterday.
The season of revivalS and religious
fevor cometh apace.
Cool corners were in demand yester,
day, and tat men in shirt sleeves plentiful
thereabOuts.
1t Is doubtful about the veteran re-
union at Waco being postponed until next
year.
Every body answered nothing to
the question what do you know" yes
terday.
Fishing is the rage just now. Num-
erous are the fishermen, but darned
scarce the fish.
One drunk''and one crap shooter stood
before the recorder yesterday, 10 receive
the penalty for sinful doing.
The nimble flee is making himself
distressingly familiar, and the hum of the
festive mosquito is heard i'll the land.
No talk yet OF strawberry festivals.
The berries are too high priced for even
the conscience of we festival monomaniac
Justice Evans was busy with his
books yesterday, but didn't have the
pleasure OF browning upon single often
der.
notwithstanding county court was In
session yesterday, the court house was dull
End unattractive on aCc0untO OF the scarcity
of gentlemen lOaters."
OF all the dIsagreeable things on Gods
green fOotstool, the individual who cannot
understand from a gentle hint that his
presumption is unpleasant, is the most
disagreeabie.
Since the country people are making
themselves conspicuous by their absence
from the city, candidates are betaking
themselves to the rural precincts, to buzz
the voter on his native health.
The regular manipulation of this
column was on trip 10 Bell county yes
terdsy, which accounts tor the manifest
improvement in the quality of matter in
the local department this morning.
Time works her changes with mar
velous ease and certainty; and thus the
tinlid nerson In tha nrnsnnnn Of di"tatn-
rial ofifce-holder becomes an arrogant
master over the aspiring candidate.
A number OF merchants spoke of the
marked improvement in trade yesterday;
indeed none complain of any day during
the week. What would they say, were
the farmers not so busy In their fields
now?
The beauty of nature as seen from
Lovers Leap is indescribable at this
season of the year. Suitable accOmmoda-
lions and refreshments there might be
paying investment at least one day In the
Some 10 or 10 bales of cotton came In
and brought good prices. Not
enough has been received tor several
weeks 10 settle quotations, and it is al
most impossible to tell exactly what 1t is
worth here now.
"A magnificent boquet, elegantly and
tastetully arranged. lying on young at
torney's desk in the Hogan building when
this reporter happened to drop in yester-
day. is rather suspicious evidence. The
heart that can Withstand such offerings
surely is impregnable.
Our MI f. c. OVERLY was all smiles
last night. a young lady belonging to
one of our most influential Jewish iaml
lies sent him liberal supply of matZos,
or unleayened bread, and one OF the hand
soonest boQuets of the season. OF course
his thanks are numerous and heartfelt.
The great number OF ladies on the
streets yesterday evening was noticed By
many. Their pretty, bright faces and
handsome toilets lent an attractiveness
which nothing else can, and softed the
harsh, calculating man OF business into a
human with an eye to admire and heart
to melt.
Farmers are fairly reveling In the de-
lights OF spring farming. Every one who
comes to town wears genial face and de
scants glOwinglv over the excellent con-
dition OF the soil. A few there be. how
ever. who must needs mingle q croak
about the advanced condition of the wheat
and prospects OF late frosts, with their
rejoicinss.
Day before yesterday the sheriff of
Limestone county sent to the hospitable
walls of McLennan county Jail an indiyid-
ual ''of the name Of Williams; the said
individual having been arrested in the
first mentioned sheritality on a charge OF
selling a stolen steer in this county. A
sufliciency OF rope is all that Is necessary
tor calf to become tangled.