Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-16
WACO.
on with the Old and On with the New
Municipal OfIlcers in the
Central City.
Heavy Iteinn-No Gases Ready--suit for
Damagss--A Bridal Trlp-Notes OF
Interest.

special TO the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, April ia new mayo
and five aldermen were Installed tonight
The mayor being Hon. ETA Sturgis
elected on the 9TH inst, as the nominee o.
what Is known in Waco politics as The
"anti-perquislte" party. The platform Of
this party demanded the consolidation Of
the Offices Of mayor and recorder, with q
liked salary, and no perqulstes or fees Of
office for any city official.
Considerable anxiety has been mani
tested 20 see how far the new mayor and
councllmen would be inclined 10 carry out
the platform. II was also town talk that
the leaders OF the anti-perqulsite party
had demanded of the incoming mayor tne
dismissal Of majority Of the present po-
lice force, 20 be succeeded by men
who had done faithful work
in the anti-perqulsite ranks In the
late election. Especially was 1t
desired, so the talk ran, that the present
recorder, j. II. BrinkerhOn, should ego"
without further ceremony and the office
Of recorder be merged into that OF mayor
All this talk had the effect Of drawing a
large crowd Of interested spectators TO
the councilcbamber Early In the evening
another rumOr got abroad that majority
Of the council were In favor Of keeping
the Offices Of mayor and recorder sepa-
rate, as heretofore, and electing Brinker-
hon recorder for another year, IN disre-
gard o. the wishes OF the auti-per-
quisiters.
After the council was called 10 order,
before the new mayor and aldermen were
qualified, the retiring mayor, w. II.
wilkes, read a message summarizing
the principal transactions Of his two
years IncumbenCy. He showed that the
railroad bond debt had been reduced
s2l 900; the floating debt reduced 20
$4,000; and nearly $4,000 Of public
school property, buildings and sites, ac-
quired by the city. He recommends the
construction OF grand central public
school building, as a supplement to the
ward schools and suggested bonding the
city for permanent street improvements.
Other matters ofroutine business were
then disposed OF, and Mayor Sturgls and
Aldermen Goode, Grlder, Smith, Battle
and Wallace were sworn in.
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
Another heavy rain storm passed over
the city last night, between midnight
and daybreak, and several streets were
Hooded this morning depth OF eighteen
70 twenty-iour inches This was due TO a |
lack OF surface drainage and gutterlng |
In some instances water got into stores
ana dwellings, Considerable damage |
was done to the excavations Of the roller
mills and government buildings. At the
former place pumps have been at work
all DAY pumping out the water
The BRACES riveH has risen little, but
Han Oh Ftrr nf..s a 4. 4
IL not anticipated this time.
Special District Judge j M. Hall. adj
lourned the district court to-day for lack
Of cases ready 70 try, and went home to
Clebume
In the United States district court the
case OF J. II Maxey vs. James A. Mckee
90. = marHhaD aud Dodd, Brown & Co.
-. Louis, is on trial. The suit is for
damages growing out OF levy made
on the stock and merchandise of
Weaver & Bro at Iredell, last year.
Scyenty-two dress-circle seats for Law
renee Barretts appearance were sold at
auction in the Garland opera-house to-
day The prices ranged from sl.75t TO
S2.l6 per chair,
Ticket agent Tray. Jones, Missouri
Pacific railway, and his bride got home
to-day from bridal tour TO Mexico.
II. T. Sims, Esq, of Coleman was adj
nitted TO practice in the United States
district court.