Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-20
CITY ITEMS

Fair weahe, for Texas is TO-
,gual NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
All committees o. cotton mill N
mari time a,meeting 4
friday. ~
Stand aside AID wach the Cd
Belt take off Its pat aid build a
road to the gtlf\
The subscril it'd lisa to the $7l
fund for sectlnA the Texas al
Trunk railrodt an atthe CitiL e
National bankswaiAi ignatur1 I
Spring is heD in new ostume
and new appointments, san trinA
with rosebuds, soolette al on trh
with bias trimmings of iolets
pansy blossoms
The citizensof North Waco b
again in war PINT on accout Of thb
slaughter pen A petitia to b
CITY council is Prof. Ansds barb
shop for signates of the s9rievl
The Waco Wer Co. will, is j
derstood, at oncbegin to- SIX art1
tian wells for apply of artan "
ter. Contracts 1 boring, it isaid Il
the streets, havalready bee madJ,
The city peimmons arenearly
ripe and abot thirty perns are
looking up al TIN with wistf eyes.
1t IL the longespole, etc., bt who
have the longt poles willnot be
known until All2.
A side traclrom the railtads to
the extensive hber yards off the
Waco Lumber @pany on Claystreet
are being put wn which will give
that big comps increased facilities
for their numero business
Light the facE fires and build the
railroad and Wo's childFen's child
rem, rolling in cSages, will bless the
foresight of the lee whose hands ap
piled the match the one and drov,
the spikes of thaher.
There have bh men whose ella,
soil farms lay ove,old mines and witt
have lived poor a died poor owe
fabulous unused ealth. Waco ha
better than a gold.ine if she can Sc
it in the light Of Use lamps.
April will be a b month in Waco il
base ball games. he appointment
in this city are Ausn and Waco team
April Z, 8 and 9th; Dallas and Wac
10, l. and 18th; GRestod and Wac
16, II and 18th; Aus,n ana Waco 1!
20 and 21st,
The old iron sided ,arriaIe shop O
Fifth street between Austin I'D Franl
lin streets, which hs beer used b
the Hopkins firm fromawaI back h,
been moved further d{vn F Nh stree
and fine brick bull ling {e undel
stand will occupy its eant ptce.
Thursday night apdlthe resi- Of til
week nights Of song and music. Th
MacCollin Opera oom}any viii ii
course sweet music, raci fun dnd>bri
liant operatic repArtee q thursday nigh
Friday night, Saturday fterndon MI
inee and Saturday nightA half teek
delightful song.
Apropos of artesian wells She1 hal
Romans, who is the honored gust
the city to-day, is one Of the frs lme
who ever dug an artessan we'll II th
state. He was q government dhc
when the staked plains mail pu
was laid out and was assigned to(u
on the stacked plains where art&i,
wells were dug for mail se4i
water supply.
The owls and bats and wild cad
The tangled thickets Of the Brazosk
Interested in the EVENING News
day, for 1t contains information o.
which will bring
scream of the locomotive and the 4,
light of civilization into the solitpt
Of their forest home, as sure as !
and two make four.
At the last city election the 4
finances showed a bonded debt
1851 900 and floating debt Of :;
900, making a total Of indebtedn
1874, 900. The present indebtedness
81, 900 less which, with cash on h,
Of $1,000 against nothing then, ma
the city finances $4,000 ahead
that time. This is fair showing,
q decrease in the debt Of
city.
The piping on the artesian we'll
been carried up IS ieet, which III
up all the piping on hand, and
water flows over the top with IN
force. The spectacle o
great flood of water pouring out
feet in the air is one Of the prettl