Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-07

"A oo"hpiy iHah was walking down
Austin street this morning about 10
O'Clock carrying an old-fashioned gun
In his right hand while the left hand
covered the muzzle. Opposite the
Waco State bank he stepped back to
let some ladies pass and the hammer
struck an awning post. The gun
didn't 60 off and blow a hole through
the mans hand. There is something
singular about it, and something
mean, too, for NEWS reporter was
cheated out of an item. The gun he
carried was certainly not the tradi
tional unloaded gun. 1t must have
had very large charge. ~ 9IIn.
The Avenue meat market is one of
the neatest and cleanest places in the
city, and Mr.. Webb the prince of
butchers. New repairs Are being
made in the house which will make it
as daisy as an ice cream parlor. When
they are completed steaks and roasts
will touch nothing but pure marble
slabs. There are no flies on the meat
In the Avenue market, and the coun-
try is ransacked to find the fattest and
tenderest animals for its customers. n
Some time ago warrants were issued
for the arrest of a number of persons
charged with betting at the Sunday
base ball games. The question was
raised among the lawyers whether
betting on base ball game on Sun
day was IN offence against the law
and the matter was referred to attor-
ney general Hogg. His decision is
that the betting is an offence. The
Warrants therefore will be executed
and make things warm.
H. Jacobs the Austin avenue tailor
has just received magnificent line
of new goods for the fall trade, of
latest styles and all the novelties.
IL you want nobby suit of latest
and best fit call at once.
Messrs. Rohrer & Joseph, watch
makers, who have their place at Duff
DOmnau's on Austin street are fine
artists. They have invented an i'm
provement on matchmaking of great
Importance. 1t is called an "ImprOv-
ed Security Bow and Crown Holder, )"
and a patent was applied for some
time ago. To-day they are in receipt
of advice from their solicitors at
Washington that the invention is not
covered and that patent will there
fore be secured. The News hopes
that these artists will make million
dollars each out of their invention.
The finest mixed drinks in the city
at Bismarck's.
Mr.. p. NJ. Ripley, with his family
spent part of Saturday on the Bosque,
returning Sunday evening. During
the time he examined several cotton
fields on the red lands of the Bosque
and reports cotton dying very badly.
is, he says not the old alkali poison
ing by which cotton dies in spots but
dead cotton extends all over the
fields. 1t is owing probably to being
caught full of sap by the drought.
Ice cold beer at Bismarck's.
A number of wagons, laden with
scrapers, tents and other railroad ap.
pliance moved down Austin street
this evening. They had given up the
Brazos Valley and were going to Dial.
las to work on road there. Those
moving wagons was sad spectacle.
i Waco is freer from the nuisance OF
dogs than it has been for any period
IN the past ten years. The vigorous
action of the city council has mitigat-
ed a great nuisance and very proba.
bly, saved many a person from the
horrid death of hydraphobla.
When you need money or have
money to spend go to Uncle Duff
Domnau's.
The Waco Laundry has established
a branch at r. N. Palmers Feed store
corner Eighth and Franklin street.
A new social organization was per-
fected last night at the residence OF