The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-21
,RoUND ABOUT TOWN.

Order your coal from Palmer.
"Pilgrim" -four at Wood & Co.'S.
Look out for Ellis moving wagon
Fresh country butter at. Durie's.
Skipped by the light of the moon
Ile prices OF Ragland's goods defy
competition from any quarter.
You will find the Success -four al
Vim. A. Miller's, where everything
is sold at rock bottom prices.
Deane's cabinet photos are une-
qualled.
DIR. Walter b. King has a position
in Castles & Morrison's drug store.
Ragland has the finest assortment
of jewelry and watches ever brought
to this market.
Pceler's chill and fever syrup Is
warranted to cure and keep of dem
que, 75c bottle at Peeler's drug
store.
Alex Brule has reopened his fish
depot at SOC Austin avenue, where
he is always supplied with the best
fish that can possible be secured
Give him call.
Get your brackets, scroll-sawing,
band-sawing aud turning done al
Loving Il Swanson's plainIug mill.
The dudine wooden dress goods in
the newest novelty in that line, full
assortment at b. Haber.
No street lamps were lighted at all
in the city on Saturday night.
Probate orders were continued in
the county court yesterday. The
criminal docket will be taken up to-
day.
Cotton receipts yesterday were
BY wagon, $40 bales; by rail, 500
bales total, III bales. Total to date,
2l,411.
In the yolice court yesterday, Mas
sey Williams and Henry Hays, for as
sault, were fined So each; George
Ward, drunk, was taxed ~.
Huntsmen are having fine sport
nowadays cunning wild ducks, which
are numerous in the river, the Bosque
and the lakes out in the post oaks.
Mr.. John Sedwick Is having the
old frame residence at the corner of
Eighth street aud Austin torn down,
preparatory to the erection of large
brick building
Manager johnson should have had
the opera house heated last night.
The dOor:was left open. aud the cold
wind made it disagreeable to those
who sat in the parquette.
So far as the EXAMINER can learn,
there is no farmers alliance In Nc
Lehman county. Every farmer sells
his cotton to the best advantage, and
as Waco pays the best prices we get
the cotton.
1Nha x-ag Al al,uht trtaa In. tho x,fuar
yesterday. II must have come from
the Clear Fork, as there was no
change In the looks of the water,
which has been of q clear blush cast
for several weeks. .ll
Mr.. James /. Moore had ground
broken yesterday for the erection of
a two-story store house on Austin
avenue, next above Dinehart's drug
store
Superintendent j. N. Gallagher is
very busy looking after all the public
schools, and besides, since the cold
wave struck the city, he has had to
look after about thirty-fve fires. He
doesn't have much idle time.
Messrs. Tenant & Slaughter, the
who are to do the work
tuC atChuCs hhNC oohA0 SWIM
ready, but have been delayed on ac-
count of not getting cars TO haul
stone from the quarries. Mr.. I. says
he Is ready TO commence work as soon
as the telephone poles are removed.
Mr.. Ed. Skinner commenced can
wasting again yesterday in the utter
est of the Pan electric telephone, aud
is making quite success in taking
names of prominent business firms In
the city. improvements are already
being made iu the service of the old
and our citizens may ex-
pect increased facilities and better
service when the Pan electric COM
mence operating.
The Nj. p. railway through the city
is being surfaced. A gang OF
men have been at work on II for sew
eral days, aud in due time II will be
put in good shape. II there was a
track on this or any other continent
tina, needed Strengthening up 1t is the
NJ. i. Gentlemen who travel great
deal, compare it to a corduroy road,
and the sensation in riding on the
cars is somewhat timilar to riding in
a road wagon.
In the district court yesterday,
three judgments were taken by de-
fault, and the court took up the case
of Shirley vs.. the II. & 4. 9. railway.
At noon six jurymen had been OBJ
tanned and the court adjourned until
9 o'clock this morning. Deputy
Sheriff Dan Ford summoned another
yenirc of twenty men last afternoon,
and they will report this morning.
A motion for continuance by the
counsel tor the railroad was over
ruled.