The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-06

something that has been needed Il
Waco for several months.
IN the county court yesterday
Judge w. W. Evans presiding, tn,
following cases were disposed OF
Frank Jones aud Pleas Bowie. both
colored, plead guilty TO escaping from
Darwin's farm and their puuishmeni
was assessed at two weeks imprison.
nient In the county Jail. Chas. Fol tel
and Anthony Hodge plead guilty to
theft, and were fined $40 and one
hour In Jail each. The court then ad.
journed until Monday, October 18th.
Patents granted % citizens OF
Texas for the week ending Septem-
Der 18th, 1885, rel orted by j. n.
Beale, solicitor Of patents, 637, II
street, Washington, ID. c., were 40
follows:-Thos. l.. Bomar, Mckinney.
lux fountain for printing; j. r. Bun
nell, Mexia, spring bed bottom; +. A.
Hake, Cuero, hame fastener; Alfred
Hart, San Marcos, cotton packer; ID.
=. Jones, Denton, open fire place; l..
Lewis, Galveston, reversible harness
hame.
A gentleman in this city, who is
an old forty-niner, and dug gold in
California for fiye years, was walking
along the west eud of Columbus
ST. Get, Sunday afternoon, picked up
a piece of collaborating quartz. The
gold can be seen very plsiuly with
the naked eye, but there Is very
small amount of 1t. There Is no
danger ola boom from this find, but
there is no telling what is underneath
our city.
Messrs. Leasing, Solomon Il Rosen-
thai, contracted yesterday for the sale
Of 1000 bales of cotton. All of this Is
for their customers up the country.
These gentlemen also received tele- |
phone message yesterday from Kill
leen, a station on the &. II. H. S. II.
road above Bolton, that their offer had
been accepted for all the cotton at
that point, as IL was better than al
other competitors.
At meeting Of the school COM
mitiee last night bids were received |
and opened for supplyin < desks
for the colored schools. The con-
testants were: The Fearless, Auto
matte and Acme, of Michigan, the
Fashion, OF Ohio, and the Paragon,
of Buffalo, N. Y. The committee
gave the contract to Messrs. wilkins
y Mcclure, of Dallas, who represent
the Paragon, for $50 double desks.
A slight Misunderstanding oc-
Cured on the plaza yesterday after
noon between l. Lyons and Y. MUIR
ray, two cotton buyers, and after q |
few words passed they came TO
blows. Marshal Moore was near at
hand, aud interfcrred in time to pre-
vent tragedy. Recorder Brinker-
boff will investigate the matter this
morning.
Deputy United States Marshal j. |
M. Waller, of Mexia, arrived IN the
city yesterday, having in charge one
Geo. +. Thomas, who is charged with |
the United States internal
revenue law. Thomas gave bond for
his appearance on the 9Th inst, when
Commissioner Finks viii hear the
case.
Mr.. Ed. Costley, constable at Craw-
ford, arrested one Charles Jackson
on Sunday and brought him to the
city yesterday aud placed him in the |
Jail. Jackson is a colorcd man, and |
Is wanted In Burleson county for |
murder, committed five years ago.
The Central Texas Live Stock as-
sociation will meet in this city to-day,
In scmi-srnual session. The presi- |
dent, Mr.. w. A. Jackson, being alb
sent, MIR. w. w. Seley, the first vic7
president, VIII call the meeting to
order.
There is a man by the name of
Parl j. Pitzlin working for Mr.. w. ID.
Lacy. at the Brazos compress, who
cen throw a s. } pound ba'e ofcotton
around the same a common mer CT 4 |
ro'!a barr, II ofappl"J }.
Mr.. Thomas ,;ross weighed 963
bales of cotton last week. This is the
largest number that any one ever
weighed In Waco before in the same
length of time.