The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-13
,nouND ABOUT TOWN.


Yesterday was more like q june
than March day.
Mems fine shoes al sleeper, Clifton
n Co.'s.
fuckers simple remedies gives the
best of satisfaction.
Best of everything kept by w. r.
stills 4 Co., grocers, Austin street.
All groceries fresh, and the best in
the market, at Geo. W. McLaughlin's.
Travel is light ON all the roads rum
ming into the city.
Ladies' fine shoes, at Sleeper, Clifton
& Co.'s.
Prescriptions carefully and accur.
ately compounded at DR.. S. b. Ham
let's.
Goods are being rapidly closed out
at the Anderson furniture store,
Best bargains in the city.
The great strike does dot effect
those "Daisy" cigars at lIerg's. Best
nickel cigar in the market.
Mr.. Il. lIaber is having the front OF
his storehouse painted, and it will
loom up when finished.
Fresh staple and fancy groceries
tobaccos, chickens, eggs and country,
produce, at Du az Bros.
Buy drugs and medicines at A. +.
Peeler's new drug store, two doors
above Pat Farrell's ice cream parlor,
Austin street.
All of w. II. Kellum & Sons new
carriages have arrived, and are TO be
had at the Riveside stables. Terms
moderate.
Call and see the Twin Burner gas
cooking stove, and also the oil lamp
and stove combined, at Barney Field
hake's. They are both models of
efficiency, neatness, simplicity and
economy.
Who ever heard of the like? W. n
birmingham, selling nice top buggics
at 1880. Also one os Il. Miller's line
top buggies for Sl75.
Rev. e. II. Dobbs will preach at the
Presbyterian church on Austin street
tonight at $ o'clock There will be
communion service on the Sabbath.
Morris Talley was sent out to the
Darwin farm yesterday. Morris is
being roughly handled for the fun he
had few days ago
The sociablc given by the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church at the resi-
dence of Mr.. w ID. Lacy, on Washing
ton street, last night, was a very en-
joyable affair. While the attendance
was not SO large, there were just
enough present TO make tho evening
pass away pleasantly. - .-,.-,
MIR. q. ;, Sleeper, one of the most
substantial farmers in Mclennan
county, came into the city and had a
doctor prescribe for him. lie remark
ed that he had been in Me- ennan
county for twenty-soven years, aud il
was the first time he had ever taken
medicine by doctors prescription.
In the district court, the ease OF
Clara Heriet VS.. II. =. Chamberlin, an
injunction suit, verdict was given
to plaintiff. The case of Lee Il. Davis
VS.. AS. Short,a trcspass to try title to
land, is on trial
In the county court yesterday only
one case was tried, and that was Hugh
McLennan VS. the Gulf Colorado x
Santa Fe railroad. The suit was
brought by plaintiff who claims dan.
ages for having his pasture burned by
sparks from locomotive belonging to
defendant. The jury give n verdict OF
SlS5 for plaintiff
Mr.. VIM. Harris says the reason
why the grand jury did not find any
more bills is due to the fact that he is
the high sheriff, and people are afraid
to commit any crimes. lie also re-
marked that if he was elected again
there would be no bills found at all
Mr.. II. may speak in jokes sometimes,
but he is good officer, al! the same
The announcement of MIR. W W.
GnIn,s Candidate 10 .,t,s
will be found in its proper place this
morning. Mr.. Selcy has been cuSto-
dian of the city's finances for the past
three years, and for the faithful dis
charge of his duties, there isno doubt
but the city council will again elect
him to ill this position.
The following are the names of
some of our citizens and the amount
Of taxes they pay to the city. Waco
National Bank, $l.ll23O; Peter
McClelland. $l,3l7.5O; kcllum " Ro-
tan, 81, 472.73; Waco building Associ-
alton, 81 $50 20. There are several
other firms who pay equally rs large
amounts rs those above named, but
they could NOT well be gotten at yes
terday.
We had Il pleasant call yesterday
from Mr.J. l. Pernet. the well-known
agent for Mcssrs. Il. A. Patterson
" CO., of Richmond, Va. who manu-
facturc the celebrated Shell Road
brand of tobacco. This brand of
tobacco has attained the highest pop
ularity and unprecedented sale
throughout the whole sdAth, in
GLIDING Texas, and nothing else seems
to give such perfect satisfaction to
the chcwcr of fine tobacco as does the
Shell Road. Messrs. Cameron, Cas-
ties n Storey are the sole agents for
Shell Road in Northwestern Texas.
A negro man walked into the Old
Corner drug store yesterday aud snd
something was the matter with his
eye, but it only hurt him when he
thought of il. Somebody had given
him several half rotten apples and he
was told to cat them. which he did,
and said his eye didn't hurt him
then, but as soon as the apples were
minced he commenced complaining
again, and some lax seed were put In
his eye, and he is all right now.
From his actions the negro seemed to
be slightly domentod.