Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-30


in the district court, and most Of them
are for divorce. "Whom God hath
joined together let no man put asun-
der" says the scriptures, and Sam
Jones in a recent lecture adds, "whom
the devil hath joined together let them
60 to Chicago" But It would seem
from the divorce dockets of our Texas
courts that a great many remain here,
and get full satisfaction. But the ma.
ny divorce suits awake no fears among
the uninitiated and while Major Beas.
lev IS filing the petitions of those who
have tried connubial life and found
that the sweets and joys that love and
hope had pictured and promised was
a tevered dream. In other words
they had enough Of married life and
sighed for "single blessedness." John
Baker in his end Of the court house
is busy in granting license to those to
do that which Byron said made
heaven or a hell of every mans ex-
istence.
The New Home Sewing Machine is
a daisy and is sweeping the field.
The headquarters, No. 7O2 Austin
street, has been busy place even in
these two dull months. Mr.. J. B.
Dixon, the genial manager, has sold
ninety-eight of the New Home in the
past sixty days.
We have to record the sad death
yesterday morning of Mrs. Ed. Duty,
living near Robinson. Mrs. Duty was
in the twenty.second year of her age,
was daughter Of Mr.. Asbury Lillard
and had been married only year.
The funeral takes place this evening
and the interment is at the Bosqueville
grave yard.
Chas. Rast's grocery corner Sixth
and Austin streets, handles butter,
eggs, vegetables and other country
produce on commission and is enabled
to give customers the benefit of prices.
You can always find country produce
there, fresh and cheap, besides every
thing else in the grocery line.
Waco is a railroad city of over
10000 population, and it speaks well
for the morality and gooa order to
chronicle the fact that May or Hinch.
man did not have single case before
him this morning--not even a PLAIN
simple drunk.
The Waco Installment Company
can satisfy any one who needs furni-
ture. They will either rent furniture
or sell 1t on installments so low that
any one can pay for it. They have a
fine large stock Of all sorts of furni-
ture and they sell very cheap. Don't
purchase elsewhere until you have
given them a call. They move and
pack furniture cheaply. Prather
Block Austin street.
The court house to-day doesn',
look exactly like "banquet hall de.
serted"-however, comparatively, il
looks deserted. There is no court in
session with its attendant throng and
hustle and talk, only the click of the
typewriter, the scratch of the clerks
pen, stale joke now and then, to
break the monotonous silence.
A neat three room house to rent
Price So per months. Plenty OF
money to loan on furniture and every.
thing Of value. John d. Mayfield,
30S Austin street.
The place to buy piano or organ
is at D. H. Spencer's. No. 74 Austin
street. The Hallet & Davis, the
Everett and the Sterling pianos, and
the Sterling organ will be handled
there, large stock being en- route
and large stock of musical merchan.
disc.
The best brands Of pocket-knivef
and razors at Horsfull h Cameron. =
The best brands Of hams, breakfast
baken, dried beef and ham sausage
at Early & Finks.
The county treasury likes about
81 900 OF having dollar. However
the sovereigns will soon begin to pay
their taxes and the county treasury
will be as plethoric as Uncle Sans
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