The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-31

his own home and everything he hat
in ii. When he came into the EXAM
INER Office yesterday he was in hi,
shirt sleeves, and he said the shirt and
socks he had ON were borrowed. liz
end his wife had just left their HON,
when the house went away. carry.
ing everything they ov ned with 1t
Mr.. q. is now boarding at the corner
of Washington and 'ourth streets
He is a man of pluck, and will win In
the end.
| The RAILROADS.
The Missouri Pacific officials were
the first to get their road bed re.
paired, and trains are now running
pretty close to schedule time. Two
passenger trains passed through the
city this morning, on their time.
Through mails are now co ming in.
| A good deal of work was done on
the Texas and st. Lous road, and n
train will leave this morning at 7:lS
ior.the east. The train from McGregor
viii come and 90 on the schedule.
THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
Capt Stephen Turner has charge of
the work putting in the temporary
structure at the east end OF the sus-
pension bridge, where the great wash
out was made, and from him IL is
learned that he will have IL so vehi-
Giles can pass over tomorrow morning
lor in the afternoon at the latest. The
captain will have full force of men
working to-day on the structure.
FLOOD NOTES.
Messrs. llardwick Bros. in East
Waco. had three pigs to live on raft
two days and nights. The grunters
did not know of the danger, and eat
and slept as though they were ON
solid ground.
Mr.. j. &. Frazier sustained n slight
loss on his buildings in East Waco.
The narrow gauge bridge has been
used as a passway for fool passengers
since the washout of the approach TO
the Suspension bridge.
Two oil tanks are overturned IN
Mr.. Ed Strauss store in East Waco
aud ruined fine cistern of water.
Messrs. Franklin and Knapp say they
now have the finest well of mineral
water in the state. 1t is guaranteed
10 cure all ills.
The Eas Waco sewer is doing good |
work, and the water is running
through it with great rapidity. The |
end next to the river is washed out |
and ii will cost the city several hun
drcd dollars TO repair it.
FROM THE COUNTRY.
Reports from the country are as en-
couraging as the day before, and some
of the farmers say the loss on wheat
will not reach 10 per cent. in the
country. The damage to oats will be |
greater, the estimate on this crop will |
go to % or 30 per cent. On corn and |
cotton no estimate can be made at |
this time.
Mr. w. S. Clinton, who lives about
two miles east of this city. brought in
several stalks ofcOtton yestcrdaywhich |
had been overlooked, The leaves are
badly scalded, and were as dry ms
last years oak leaves. The
stalks were green and sew
eral farmers who looked at
them differ as to whether the cotton |
will grow again. Some say il will
and others say it will not. This re-
mains to be seen.
Mr.. Nv. Anderson who lives four
teen miles north of Waco, near Phil |
ans store, was in the city yesterday. |
lie tod an EXAMINER reporter that |
the storm was very bad in his neigh |
borhood. Three houses were blown |
down, but no one was killed. Two
gin houses at Patrick were also de- |
molished. One belonged to Mr.. John
Morley aud the other Capt Garrett. |
a heavy hail storm passed lust north |
of MIR. Andcrson's place, doing con-
siderable damage to wheat, oats and
corn. Tho Aquiila was not rs high ms
last year, but there is heavy drift |
against the bridge which may carry
it aW ay.
Mr.. Dorwin says his cotton was
badly washed, and out of 500 acres he
will have to replant about 200 acres.
Mr.. $. l.. Joles who lives fourteen
miles down the river, says he viii
have to replant about onc-third of
his crop of cotton. His corn is not
badly damaged, except where it is
washed.
Farmers are seen from nearly every
part of the country, and they give
encouraging reports. There is GER
tainly a chance tor McLennan county
to come out of the "kinks," and crops.
according TO the present outlook, will
be far better than last year.