The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-16
The CENTRAL CITY.
ELoPESWiTh HIS SIsTER-.N-lAW
Aud Leaving the wifePenuiIess - To
Have the Jenncy Electric Light-A
Postmaster In Troubie-Dan
Rice-An Arrest - Other
Waco News Notes.

White and HIS young wife have lived
happily in Wsco Tor two years, No
children same To. brighten their hearts.
bur all The while he sarned an ;nde.
pendent living at the carpenters trade.
last spr.ng Bsttie Teel, a sister of Mrs.
White, ,camo from Eastern Texas tn
visit Tao White Iamily. She spent the
summer here aud was preparing 10 re-.
turn homo tn'day, ner brother, j, nj,
Iesi,haNlnS come nom Eastern Texas
20 escort her nome. Yesterday after
noon White took Bette Teel and
boarded tina Texas d st. Louis east,
bound train auu the pair departed.
MRS. White at first refused To belisye
Ill her husbands aud sists SIS criminal
escapade, and the affair was kept ouist
until This evening. 1t ia concealed
now, however, that White deihoratelv
abandoned his wife and won the girls
affections. Betiie reel is said 10 be
only IL years old. kilograms wore
sent liz all directions bur failed 10 elicit
wAst became of tue luEitives after
leaving Waco.
~ Mrs. Wmte romans in tho city. Mr.
Ieel, the injured girls brother, lefe for
ms meme thus aveniug. Mrs. White
now says the entire family were going
70 ieaVs waco. White had SOLD his
residence aud furniture, aud had inc
proceeds. The party were sitJin., In
tho Missouri Pacific waiting room 10
take the 40 p. m. train, when White
anu Is ett9 Ieet started out on tho Mai
form ana We're seen no more. They
won't oho BLOCK and took the narrow
gauge train, which was going east,
Nothing was thought OF their going
out OF the waiting room till the Mia.
souri, Pacific train Game in, and thev
could not DO found.
Inc contract made by tho city for IL
Illuminating tho streets witkthe electric
iight, anu sent 10 indianapolis for thn
acoaptauce ana signature OF the Jeu-
ney Electric Light company, was rn
turned This morning uuly accented
ana signed, and WAS SO reported to the
city council at meeting held to -uirht.
ne duration OF tho contract is for only
hVe years. Much surprise IL exuresaed
| mere that Fort &ortn entered into a
contract with Tie Vanderpoal company
Tor 30 long period as y half century.
theJenney company wanted 10-ysar
contract here bur pablo sentiment
vas uead set ESans3 longer period
tnan nvs years. Th0 Day, this even
me commenting on the contract, SAYS;
"a half century is q
lonG time 10 bind the peo-
PIC or &ny city 10 use any particu-
iSr system o. lighting, According 20
lne ratio 90 increase for the past de.
cado Sh9 Waco OF 1885 Will have iSO 600
population. BY that time the light
ivy Systems OF to-day may be obsolete,
Wortn less or iorg0tteu.n
A. y. keohier, the pDstmnstar M
GieehoGk, bosque county, WEo was
emerged with illegally increasing the
salary Of his office, had an exnminin0
trlat before the United States comIaiss
| sioner to-day. From the testimony il
seemed that p great dtdl of fuss had
Dosn made over q very little mStter
Oae witness, , saloon keeper ut Msrid-
ian, Iealiisd koohler had visited his
establishments sold him 81 worth OF
pos!al osrds and thou paid tho money
pack ovor the counter for goods. This
W"s ao0tlt al there was against him.
1 no commissioner dismissed thu casa
ana heoller won't homo q happy man.
Dac Mullona was arrested this morn
ing, charged with sending Obscene let
t6ts through th1 pOGtoiHce. The cnIn-
missioner will give him 81 hesripg IN a
low DAYS.
Old Dan Rice, the "1lown OF our d adj.
ciesi" gave n lecture al the Garland
opera house Go-niRl,t, which WIS well
attended. "The Fools Wisdomr was
ms ihsmn nud no handled 10 very
eloyetly. Yesterday morning old Dan
Weno down to Waco university and
made the 800 students Il talk AZ fhe
chapel hour. lie quotes Scripture ns
as@iiiy shU IsIVe1tly az any preacher
Huu SUCKS 70 tho King James version.
An ohorG is ooing made 10 have tho
business m9l OF tAo city buy $1,000 of
the a3aeon complimentary tickets To
the stock show and races, that will
open here on November 10, and sead
tnem broadcast To the country mar
chants who trade ut Waco. L. in as-
sulned that tho occasion Will ba cred |
itaole ana interesting, aud it is desired |
10 bring az many vteitor5 hero ss pos- |
siDle' All the railroads will give re-. |
ducad ropnd-tfip rALes,
Ihosa who own property Ia the |
nurnS district, swept by yesterdav's
IRE, on South Eig6th street, are nj |
ready making preparations to rebuild |
haudsomer aud more durable GLASS
OF buildings than those DESTROYED.
Bullding enterprise is very active here
now.
The cotton market was active 60
gay, wagon receipts being over 500
bales. PIECES ranged from $50 10 S.75.
the total releipts TO date are lS,21o
pales. Tho 10000 bale mark NAV po
by Saturday night.
Myra Goodwin closed hor engage.
nent nero to-nisht. She made a de
cidod hit WITH theatrl-goors.
inc cay council is in regular month
II session to night.
weather warmer and no frost this
There are numerous cases OF dongue
No court items OF Interest to-day.
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