Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-18
The road and mill committees are at

The road and mill committees are At
work.
All the towns through or near
which the Texas Grand Trunk will
run are wild over the road and de-
sire to secure 1t.
The Jury is still investigating the
Cotton Belt depot fire. There is gen.
cral impression on the outside that
there is no evidence against the colored
man Williams, accused Of the burning
A committee Of citizens of Kosse,
Mr.. J. Fouzts, chairman, will be in
the city tomorrow to meet Mr.. Thos.
H. Wilson in reference to Kosse and
the Texas Grand Trunk railroad.
The old gag that "real estate 10
changing hands" was kicking up its
heels on the street to-day on account Of
the dust. Every winter one thinks the
venerable old gag dead, but it comes out
fresh with the buds every spring.
A smart and bright young fellow
from San Antonio was fined IS in the
police court this morning for asking
for something 10 cut at private hous-
es. Under the vagrant law our Saw
Jour could have been convicted.
This evening Waco owes $1,000 less
than she did this morning. If she
could keep on the rest Of the week as
she begins Monday one block Of bonds
would be wiped out Saturday as there
are just $4,000 left Of that block.
Camp Pat Cleburne of old confeder-
ates are anxious to find the grave of .
soldier by the name of r.
NJ. Jones. He lost an arm at the Sec
ond battle of Manassas and came home
and died. Can any one throw light on
the location of his grave?
A movement is on foot at Lampasas
to secure the Texas Grand Trunk rail-
road and incorporate it with the Lam
pasas & Burnett road, for which citi-
zens Of Lampasas and Burnett have a
charter. Mr.. Wilson will go there in
a few days.
Jennie, the year.old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. l. Moore, was taken Ill at the
house of Mr.. w. s. Blackshear with men,
braneous Group on Saturday afternoon
and was in great peril all day yester-
day but this morning was out Of dan
ger and much better.
Z A tramPwas found this morning in
the house Of q citizen on Third street,
and when ordered off the premises BY
the gentleman's son struck the lad with
a stick and then decamped, the boy fir.
ing at him with pistol. 1t is said he
got $25 in money from the house.
The new car coupler, invented and
patented by Mr.. j. H. Sturgis, Of Hills
boro, a mention of which has been
made in the News, is on exhibition at
Flournoy's billiard hall, attached to
two beautiful models Of freight cars
running on beautiful miniature rail.
road track.
The first Tuesday in May has been
determined on by Camp Pat Cleburne
as the day for the decoration Of the
graves of confederate dead. The
schools will participate and the COCA
sion ought to be made q grand one.
1t ought to have been day observed
for twenty years past.
The census has certainly made some
mistake in the population of Waco.
There seems to be at least forty thou
sand persons visiting the artesian
well yesterday and at the fire there
was in ten minutes not more than
1900 persons assembled around the
burning stack, and not many less.
A delegation of Ave representative
citizens of Moody came in this morn
ing and held . consultation with Mr..
Wilson, president Of the Texas Grand
Trunk railroad, looking to the loca-
ton Of the road through Moody,
They left for home this evening and
will at once work up the matter Of
securing the road.
Justice F. A. Makeig and Mr.. E. j
Parent, both confederate soldiers
through the sad war and both active
members Of Camp Pat Cleburne
spent yesterday In First street ceme
terry looking up the graves Of the con
federate dead who are buried in tina
cemetery. They found thirty sucl
graves there and there are still other
not yet found.