The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-15
SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
THE GREATEST FIRE IN AUS
TINS HISTORY
The Losses Placed as High as
5000 900 Penitentiary Re.
sumption To Day.
DEPARTMENT AND OTHER Norrs
.l-.LN r.l..ram I. u. N1amLn.r

urcr received $1,000 for fifty cents
lands.
1t is expected TINT the governor and
capitol com ul-sluucrs will IN few DAYS
visit buruet, II Is Whisper that Am.
other change IN the cap tai contract X
contemplated, It being determined tine
white limestone required 10y the con
uc cannot be secured, aud the latter
Will be substituted with the Buuut red
granite.
Lieutenant Gillespie reports h. the
adJutuut general that he has Mt de
tachurut NJ his troops after smugpcrs
III Preside county, who have been dep.
rcdutlug ON the ranches.
The board Of education met to-day.
The Zee allowed the local board NJ WISH
tors to the Sam Houston normal school
was rcuucej from one hun drrd to fly
dollar, per year, with mo- allowances for
the secretary. The Si,3UO recently coli
lcctcd FIR tlIat school from the Peabody
fund was turned over to Professor j.
Baldwin, the pr ucipul. II WAS ordered
that competitive oNAmi utIuus for stu
dents to the institute he held at the suIrp
lmc rs examinations of Hpph ants to
the summer schools, except IA dl-tricts
where there are no uuumuls, when Tia. -,
ouutor shall dr-iguut the time. The
salary ut j. H. Dean was raised from
3 1000 to $4,000; II, c. prItchard ON
1000 to 81 $50 aud three lady teachers
from $500 to $500 All students here
after will be required to pay am Incl.
dental fee " $3.50.
The land commissioner reports nppH-
cations to leu-, the university luud, mum
urous and thinks lhclc Will be- great
demand tor them.
I'll g.. o..
IrNn- Land and Live Steel, Company OF
FIT. Wur H. capitol $4,000, uu amendment
To the cuutCl ui tine Bcnum, 10. 7 ain ami
Lumber Company, inCrcH, ul it,, capital
To- c2uOUOJ The MuultUu lnIi,utr At
/ laNHcH the Hun table .ioS nud ~lur
| company OF DtIm.. capital $4,000 aud the
/ BHYuN County Horned Cattle um,mny
/ capi,.l 800 u.
In msNcr tu "a hlrgrnm from Brow n,-
willie, the attorney general decades that &,
special county iud4T cannot act 3,> "a cpu %
+ ~ commissioner lie also drcdcI to-day
county commissioners udGI the prrs,n,
lnW c'unot levy special tax lor bridge
. purposes,
In tie district court To-day Judgment
was rendered against Mat LNrg-i II
. cul,CtOr OF Miluu county tor s9luU
on his official bond. Ills surclcs paid
/ the amount At once.
The STATE RESUMES coutrul 81 tine puui.
tcutiHrics tu-mnnoN and the board viii
| meet tor trc tr ,n.a ''ipu ut such bushes,
a. may he necessary IN tine pr mi-CS.
Tie BHptr' excursion (. M Waco 81
the way 10 Mon Grey, passed Though Tia,
city nut did not stop
The Austin printers ur making propu
rtious to entertain heir brother typos o
San Antonio, whom hey viii in,.t owen
t. Il grund bar quet auu their icstytir7 or
the program.
lnr county commissioner, met tu-la,
in reg, Lar term and discussed Iutd mat
tens. The matter OF county hospital unu
pest house will Dee decided during mi.
tlm, the proposition being Tor Ihr county
nnd @ ly 10 build "a hospital jointly
The fire here Suudu morning, which
consumed the Hancock building on
West Pecan street was the most Dies.
twctivc that Ina visited Austin for years
The aggregate loss is estimated at about
S2OO,OOO and there was iu-urauc,
amounting tuu little over half the
amount, The tircmen complain loudly
Of the supply furnished by the Hobs
stem hut they wur' cuub ed tu II,
good Wurl, and prevent the spread Of tho
flame to surrounding buildings In,
burning NJ tire offices ~ Gardner
loss important COVE umcut e. utucl
papers which cannot well be replaced
Many cuuJccturcs as to the origin Of tn,
fire, but nothing definite known II H.
generally agreed that 1t wa the work al
m Iu,tudl ~ The fire Inns Ind the
result Ia mere se insurance 10y different
firms III the city. Hs much UH SlOn,OOO to
day. II rs tho .ght that the walls Of til,
burnt buildings can be utilized ~ that
the structure can b. repl e. dtur $4,000
5000 less than the insurance.
The house louruula are berg drlly
cred The Decatur and West lcNa.
railroad q mpRuy capital S5OOO,mO
filed Il chtrtrr
run LosIe.
The Hancock bmlliug. which was nj
stone and very handsome, was occupie
ON the first floor by the wholesale gro
Gerry store NJ Brrtum, BruggcrhpH y
MucllcG and the bank Of a, 4, Wool
idrldRc; the second story contained tn,
law Offices ~ Wouteu 4 ruiudcAtcr Huc
John Dowcll, the exchange offices u
forzt ~ Co., the land age cy O John,
IS Spence, tine printing office of Stanley
architects ullice Of + T. kui'iui, uuo
law office Gardner Rugglus tn,
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