The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-02
ADAY'S NEWS FROM WACO
BLACK EYE FOR THE CITY BONES
Leading Citizens Publish Gard Which
Cooked Their acknowledgement
for Injuries - The Federal
Building Site-Personal.

Waco, March 30.-[Special, Rev.
James Billings, an evangelist of the
general conference of the Univorsalist
church, preached two sermons here
Yesterday. in Liberal hall, which is tho
headquarters of the freg-thought ag-
nos;ic element, headed by eX-Rev. j. ID.
Shaw. At the close of Mr.. Billing s.
sermon tonight, he quietly stepped
down,fr0m the pulpit, walked to lady
| in tho audience, Mrs. Mary G. Webster,
and the two taking position before the
lecture stand, were made husband and
wife by Mr.. Shaw. The lady came all
the way from Hartford, Connecticut,
which is her home, to meet Rev. Bill
| lings in Waco and marry him. She is
the widow of noted UniVersalist
preacher, aud has herself achieved some
reputation in the east as lecturer. The
couple have both reached mature years
Tie remains of the late Miss Fannie
Chamberlin, who died recently in Bos-
ton, reached here last night, and were
buried this afternoon from st. Pauls
church (Episcopal)
The public school enrolment for the
week ending yesterday, reached Iva ~.
the largest ever known in the city. This
shows how our public schools arc grow
ing in popularity.
The Relief association, organized last
winter to aid sick and destitute people,
wound up Its work to-day until next
fall. 1t has given aid to hundreds OF
people.
and Episcopalian churches to-day were
largely attended.
Another white frost visited this sec
ton last night.
About three months ago the city
council passed an ordinance empower
ing the mayor to have engraved and
printed % bonds of the city OF Waco, for
$1,000 each, running 20 years and bear
provided that the money &C,
cruing from the sale OF
these bonds was TO be devoted
exclusively to liquidating the floating
Indebtedness, which has been accumu
lating from year to year, and coming
down from one city administration tc
another. So far sis known, the mayor
has not had any tempting oilers Iol
these bonds, ana none or them nave
been sold. TO add to the difficulty OF ne,
gotating them, IA prominent citizens ano
tax-payers have united in card, sign
ing their names thereto, which appears
i'm the New York Times of March "a
Just received here. They warn capital
lists who propose investing IN enes,
| UDIluSs ludb IhO ios'oV
il proposes to pay debt contracted be
yond the amount which the constitu
ton of the state gives the city the rlgh
to create, and warns them tina
repudi alton of these bonds may be eX
pocted. It's generally conceded tina
in slang parlance this publication
"cooks the goose" of the proposed issue
of bonds. Two of the signers o
the card are presidents of bank
here. The Day published tn
: document this evening and l
creates considerable talk. The citizen
who have taken this step say they do /
conscientiously, believing the proposed
tissue 10 be illegal. They do not question
I tie cily's right to issue and sell bond
to meet debts to be incurred
but claim that past indebtedness
, cannot be paid in this way
, Other citizens deprecate the move
: saying no matter how conscientious tn
! motives of these gentlemen, their cours
must necessarily have an unfavorabl
3 effect on the city's prospects to rails
money when it does need to go out as
5 borrower, and that with honest inter
t tions these gentlemen have marred Tn
D good name of their city.
) In the district court to-day iur
) gave DR.. Eugene Palmer, of Houston:
! verdiM for $3.50 damages from tn
Gulf, Colorado q Santa Fe railroad 10