Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-17
AFTERNOON NOTES.

Attendance was good at all the
churches yesterday.
Remember Jim the Penman on the
10th at the Garland.
The two flour mills are both rum
nlng to-day, the first time in month
that both have been running at tie
same time.
The charges to the fremen's bali
are very low and only the supplies
eaten will be charged for. There
should be crush there, a jam.
Jim the Penman was promised last
winter to be the best play of the sea-
son. 1t will be again on the boards at
the Garland, Wednesday night.
Severed cracking mains are said to
be on the tapis of the sporting frater.
nifty for the holidays and one or more
are, it is said arranged for tonight.
The Home Workers society Offering
to pay for bill Of lumber bought Of
Cam eron & Co., were very obligingly
presented with receipted bill without
the payment to-day.
See the column ad of Joe A. Clifton
offering the bankrupt stock Of Moser
& Sons. There are big bargains to be
had there and it will be bonanza to
those cultivating the virtue Of
economy.
The ''little church around the cor
ner," of 18th and Morrow streets was
crowded yesterday morning and also
evening. The Rev. q. w, Connor
preached at both services.
The bankrupt sale of jewelry etc.
at Levinski & Levine is cutting prices
severely and now fine goods may be
seen tlcketed at remarkably low
prices in other show-windows.
There are said to be piles of cotton
accumulated during the bad weather
at each of the gins in the county and
thus there is lots of cotton to come in
yet from that already picked and
plenty yet to pick.
On Thursday night last, Mr. j. w.
Higgins had good horse stolen, since
which nothing has been heard of the
animal. 1t is the first time that an
advertisement has failed in the News
since its beginning, and the only one,
and it Is wholly unaccountable. We
shall be obliged to deny either the cx-
istence Of Mr.. Riggin or the horse, or
else to assent that the horse is at
home, hid away somewhere.
A worry curious and sudden squall
came up on Saturday which ratified
signs and other portable property
pretty lively for time. The zinc
cornice work on the tower Of the new
city hall on the third story Of same
was unsupported by brick work and
was blown and twisted badly on three
sides, with considerable damage.
The grocery stores now offer sugar
cane to the sweet tooth of children.
IT. the true Louisiana cane, raised
In the Brazos vally q few miles above
town and Is Of such size and perfect
ness of growth as to provoke the en-
quiry why the true Louisiana cane
cannot be cultivated to good sugar
CROP In this latitude. ~
One Of the prettiest things to be
seen In the Austin street show WIN
dows, which are daily putting on
holiday attire, is a novel and pretty
clock in one of the show-windows OF
Goldstein & Nigel, on the corner Of
Fifth and Austin streets. The pen
dulum movement IL little girl In =
swing which moves in perpendicu-
lar direction instead Of horizontal, as
pendulum devices usually move In.
Two misguided Mexicans accustom-
ed only to such mild potatious as pull
que and cayenne pepper, Experimental
with Waco whisky on Saturday night
and this morning were busy explain
ing to the mayor why they were drunk.
A little fight between . white man
and colored, "a few days since,in which
brick bats was factor, and in which
the laws of Waco were the only thing
broken, paid the damages in the police
court this morning. II Is . courteous
fact that though the laws are broken
every hour, thoy are Away in good
working condition.