The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-28
'ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
Ripe aprlcots are in the markot.

Ripe apricots are in the market.
/ Spring chickens for sale Mt w. II.
Sill Il Cos.
Warm sunshine is what the farmers
need now.
New cabbages and corn are being
sold by the retail dealers.
w. H. Stills Il Co. keep constantly on
hand good supply of feed.
The lawn party has been post
poned.
My dear, have this order for gro
ceries filled at Geo. W. McLonghlin's."
/ "Ah, ha; let us smoke one of HERBS
hne cigars as we walk down to look
at the raging river"
III you want a real stylish straw
nat and at a low price call at b.
Haberr's and got one of them, just re-
ceived per express.
The prices of Highlands goods defy
competition from any quarter.
The best and most complete stock
OF building hardware In the city at
1orsfull Il Cameron's.
Ragland has the finest assortment
OF jewelry and watches ever brought
to this market.
IIorsfull IL Cameron's il headquar-
tiers for sheep shears, wool Irvine and
sacks.
Excursion tickets to all points
north and west will be placed ON sale
at the Missouri Pacific office Monday
June LIST.
Branch Watkins says his damages
by the flood only amount to few
dollars, but the inconvenience he has
been put TO is what makes him smile
so. Branch is always in a good humcr.
The lawn party which, was to be
Sven by the Light Infantry at Pad
gifts Park tonight has been post
poned indefinitely, ON account OF the
heavy rains.
Every first-class dealer sells Opera
run cigarettes. Avoid injurious imi-
The Guard'an for May, a monthly
magazine published by The students
OF Waco University, is on our table.
me pamphlet is replete with choice
original matter, aud the printing is
executed with neatness.
III the rains and storms continue
many more days the notices of the
1oods, etc, in the newspapers will lie
as monotonous as the wedding noti-
ces few weeks ago.
Mr.. j. NJ. Riviere's property situa.
tea on Eranklin street, was sold at
sherif7s sale yesterday. Mr.. John j..
Sedwick became the purchaser and
the price paid was $4,000.
Near Eddy yesterday morning,
stroke OF lightning entered Messrs,
llorsefnll a. Sulgnhn'. -hou ana Killed
umenI!-two head of sheep.
One of the minorets on the court
house cupalo was blown over yester-
day morning; at first glance il
looks Ike the whole tower has been
showed toward the east.
The East Waco people are good
humored set. They eau be Blown
away by cyclone and overlooked by
water, but as long as their fine gar
den truck Is left, they never make
any grand kicks.
Mr.. Jim Howard says 1T is all fool
lshncss in Galveston wasting an
of S7,OOO,OOO, to get
thirty feet OF water ON Galveston bar.
Jim says for SS,50O0OO he will guar
antee thirty feet of water on Elem
street In East Waco in sixty days time.
The following con, .cts were taken |
TO the Darwin farm yesterday. John
Davis, who gets six months for cscap-
ing from the farm; Col. Laudermiik |
gets tho same; Dunk Mcclellan and |
Sam Grant gets two aud half months
each.
During the fierce storm, that ragged |
early yesterday morning the fire bell
III tho Franklin street engine house
tower rang out in fierce tones. which
are terror TO citizens. A few min
'tes later several OF the brave fire
Logs were at the engine house fully
equipped and ready to 90 where duty |
called. Ii was soon learned that the |
alarm was false one, and was caused |
by the breaking of a telegraph wire |
ON Jackson street, which came in !
contact with the. electric fire alarm
wire.