Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-24
CITY ITEMS.

The local reporter Of a newspaper
just now, is making bricks without
straw.
Morris hurry plead guilty Of drunk
eness in Justice Harrison's court to
day, and was fined 81.
One hour late, is the legend, which
appears daily on the bulletin board in
front Of the Mo. Pacific railroad Office.
The bulletin refers to the south-bound
train.
The Fort Worth Gaxett is illumina.
ted with the advertisement of our old
fellow:townsmen L. p Peck, who is
pushing the furniture business al
ready in Fort Worth.
Every day enough soil is being car
ried into the river to make good
sized lot, if lotless man could only
collect it and had some place to put
it.
The clerk of the weather seems to
be affected to tears over the entangle-
ments Of the city charter. 1t would DO
favor if he would find some other
place to do his weeping.
Burnham & Green, have let the Coz
tract for building in the suburbs, for
the storing and curing Of green hides.
They have leased the property of Mr..
j. l. Cash, and will occupy that for
Office and store room.
The Evening News wishes it distinctly
understood that it is the only and
original weather prophet, all others are
bogus. Do not be deceived. Take no
weather predictions unless the trade
mark of the News is blown in the bat
tie.
Waco people talk largely about
building up factories and home indus
tries. One good way to do this is to
encourage those you already have,
which will cause capitalist to be less
timid about investing in such enter
priscs. Ask your merchant for Mikado
-four.
The jury yesterday setting de luna
tico eng uirendo IN the case of Prof.
L. Leopold brought in verdict Of in.
sanity, and the Prof. will be taken To
the asylum at Terrell. Leopold is one
Of the finest musicians, and scholar
of attainments, and it is to be hoped he
will be restored to mental health.
Mr.. Charlie Portland an enthusiast
tic Nimrod is fixing up his guns and
ammunition. He vows that he will
be eternally golswixsled if Franklin
street don't beat Jackson's lake, and
that he is going to have a mess o.
ducks of the Franklin street lakes il
he gets drowned in the attempt.
A danger signal has been flying al
day over an abyssmal crater of mut
and water on Franklin street near 4th
A man seems to have met q fearful
death last night in the pool, at least {
mans boots are sticking up in the mut
No inquest has been held and no on,
dare extricate the victim if 1t be
victim till the coroner comes.
Mix little water with dirt and i
becomes mud, little more and it be
comes slush, still more and it is slop
The last is the present condition of tn
county, and if the rains continue Their
is danger of the county floating ava,
to the ocean on the bosom Of tn
Braxos.
The weather bureau this morning re
ports great areas of high baromete
over the eastern statcs, and also owe
the Rocky mountains with increasing
low barometer over the Rio Grand
valley, where a storm nucleus is breed
ing to bring general rains over tn
southern states, and indications q
colder weather tomorrow over centrs
Texas.
Ifany agent or dealer In Waco
skeptical about Mikado -four being q
!, good as any brand of St. Louis, Mil
souri, or Kansas flour ON this marke
let them demonstrate 1t by test
be made by an impartial COMMITTEES
. and the Waco Roller Mill will col
tribute twenty sacks of -four 10 Nj
! Appell's relief fund, failing to bes
! J Mikado, the party making the test,
contribute like ammount of flour fc
the poor and destitute. =
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