Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-30
WACO.
Burglars Doing the ToWn-TaIk Of q
Side Wheel Steamboat for
Texas Coast Trade.
Haok-Drivsr-Notabl 10 be Invited
20 Attend tho Reunion.
nunal.Rs' RAIDS.

BURGLARS RAIDS
! Special 70 the saaette,
WACO, TEX, April 29.-Burglars are
doing the city again. They are slick ones,
too, although their raid last night did not
pan out anything financially for the
cIacksmen. John Farley was the FIRST
man this morning 10 discover that the
burglars had paid their respects to him.
They forced the outer door Of his beer
vault at the Missouri Pacific depot, but
when they got W were confronted BY the
inner vault, the door 81 which dthed their
Efforts They didn't get any beer
Muhl & CJ,prOprietors Of the Star Iron
works. corner Of Seventh aud FrAukliu
streets, use mediun-sizod Beard Bros ,
safe. 1t sits In their Office. This morui1g
It was open The burglars had unlocked
it chow Is not known, broken out ana
carried away the combination plate, and
broken open the small inner vault Nearly
all the valuable papers In the little vault
were taken. The safe did not contain.
any money, but lot OF postage stamps
we're taken. They left clew, however,
which may lead to their deftcton. For
obvious reasons the reporter foregoes
any mention Of the Dature of this clew.
hANalA N W. FAN lNNtNJ UNU III tAUtIt
could have opened their safe.
Mr.. y. n Palmer, dealer in feed, forage
and coal, corner OF Franklin aud Eighth
streets, also uses Beard Bros. safe,
medium siIs. When he entered his
store this morning the safe was open, the
papers IL mad contained were scattered
over the floor and the combination
plate had been broken out and carried
away. IL had been broken pc, cisey as
the safe at Null & Co.'s, aud treated Ia
Ike manner. Mr.. Palmer did not lose
any money About two months ago his
store was entered and the safe opened
Then his loss was heavier. The raid on
these safes in the same night their STINT
lar treatment In the taking away Of the
combination plates, is rather peculiar
circumstance, to say the least OF it, Mr.
Palmer has theory, and thinks 1t won't
be long before an 8gent for some new
style OF safe will swoop down ON Waco
Detectives have all the clews IN these
Two cases, and ate at work.
STEAMBOAT BUILDING AT WACO,
A gentleman named Deering, resident
in Hubbard City, but rmery citiz II
of this county, Is here investigating as TO
the f. asiblily Il building side. wheel
steamboat, which he proposes using in
tins Texas coast trade. 1t will be l20l
feet long and $50 tons register The
chi difficulties IN the way of building |
here are the chances of getting enough wa
ter this fall to Il Jat the steamer over the |
rapids in Falls county, known as "the |
fails OF the Brazus.n The decline nj |
hrse rapids is fourteen feet within dis |
lance OF 90 yards, aud to carry the boat |
In safety over them would quire rise
Of about four cen feet Ia excess OF the
Ordinary stage OF The river at Waco. II
he builds here, Mr.. Deering will launch
his vessel somewhere above the suspen-
sion bridge, and before the smuke-Macks
and pllot-house are put on he will float
her to point below the thr bridges.
Two steamboats, have been built in
Waco The first, the "kate Ross"
launched In 1873 was quite handsome
aud chpacious craft, named in honor OF
the tsiimable lady who is now known rs
Mrs. Kate Ross Padgitt, and who, BY thu
way, was the first white child born ia
Waco, The second was smaller, less
slightly vessel, the Lizzie" butt in 1875.
bo'h were sent down the river, ON the
bosom If u biz rise, to the gulf, where
they found their way 10 Galveston. A
steambna' here now would attract gem
f'Ni Nb'NhNith NAdN pIAub-bftiS from
all the country around
THE COURTS AND CRIMINAL MATTERS
w II, C'Bud' } Oman went 10 trial
This afternoon in The district court. OF
man was indie ed for the murder If BID |
lughston, u hack diver I'M this city, on
The 81 Of Sept emh4 last. The state Is
repr' sened by Couniy-Attorney j. w.
Taylor end Mesers. c. b. Praire end
Henry PicSle. For the dvfeuse, Messrs
Herring & Kelly and Rlmcs & Blair Will
appear. The entire mo Mug was con-
iumed IN getting a jury six cen of the
'euire belug ri cled, Town aud county
are about equally represented In the
twelve The case Will occupy several
tags, and Will be fought for all II is worth
by ,ach side.
Judge Mccormick this morning ap-
proved thu accounts OF United States
Marshal Cabell for the quarter ending
March 81.
The case OF Hudson vs. Ayres is draw
ing TO n close. The lawyers have been
hsmmering away at the jury this morn.
ng aud the case ought to be completed
Ju-night,
Unitcd States Commissioner links gave
OVID Mickey, charged with passing ten
counterfeit nlckcls on Tom Buruey, a col
cred barber, preliminary hearing this
morning. Mickey was discharged
GkNnRAL LOCAL NEws.
Mr. John n. Rcmbsnutg Of Kansas, the
famous Liberal LECTURER, was here to-day,
~ route for CorslGana He is to lecture
n Waco next Wednesday night, IN Lib
,ral hail
Invitations will be sent to Hon, Jeffer-
son Davis, Gen. Longstreet, Gen, G Il.
Beaur' gard, Gen j j Reynolds and Gen
stanley aud staff To attend the ex.Cun-
ederate reunion here in August.
II. l., Watkins, Known as "the re-
ormed druukard," lectured here to night
% large audience, On the subject Of
cmperluce,
Thu Waco Light Infantry gave a plume
irlll and hnp ~ th"lr armory tonight.