Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-31
CITY ITEMS.


Vaccine virus is coming into de-
mand.
The Black Flag at the Garland to-
night.
The trustees Of Baylor University
held q meeting to-day.
Go and hear DR.. Halsel's lecture
on what he saw in Europe. 1t will be
vastly interesting and instructive.
The papers are predicting ice in July,
1t is a safe prediction, for we shall
have it four inches thick if all the ice
factories don't burn up.
Indications Of another great rain
last night we're followed by bracing
north wind this morning with the
tendencies to-day bearing towards con-
tinued dry weather.
Lottery tickets are as much in de-
mand in Waco as bread and butter, but
somehow the lottery company gets the
butter and the ticket buyer is only al
lowed to smell the bread.
A dog, evidently mad, died yester-
day morning on N. 9th street. The
animal had all the symptoms Of canine
rabies. We keep the cows up and let
the dogs run loose.
LosT-On Tuesday evening the goth
inst, q small BLACK and Tan Terrier
with nickel collar on. A reasonable re-
ward will be paid for his return.
3t G. B. GERALD.
The Methodist ladies are requested not
to forget the Last business meeting,
before the entertainment, tomorrow at
3 o'clock p. IN. in the basement Of the
Fifth street church. Secretary.
G. A. SOCIETY.
The wreck on the Southern Pacific
railroad, intimations of which were
given in our telegraph column yester-
day proved to be big disaster to two
trains but fortunately no one was kill
ed and only one hurt and that slight
~.
Colorado City is all ablaze with ex-
element and her citizens are walking
with their hats far back on their heads.
A salt we'll has been stuck at the
depth of 600 feet with . strong flow Of
strong brine.
The lecture tonight at Armory hall
by the Rev. DR.. Halsell will will be a
treat to all who go. The subject will
be word pictures of the parts Of Eu.
rope which DR.. Halsell visited in his
tour last summer. DR.. Halsell is q
keen observer and eloquent in discrip.
ton and the hall should be crowded to.
night.
There used to live man not q
thousand miles from here who used to
wallop his wife c,uelly. The wife f.
nally died and was forgotten, but the
avenging Nemesis of marital felicity
laid for the husband and after three
years got in his work. The husband
is married again and the new wife j.
walloping him.
The most elegant of all germans Ii
yet to come, and that will be OH the
evening of February Z. 1t is given
complimentary to Mr.. and Mrs. Ro
land, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Early, Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Fisher and Miss
Jeanne Petit, of Memphis, Tenn. II
fiatteringly promises to be the larges,
and finest german ever given in Waco
Services will be conducted to-mor
row, Friday evening at the temple
Rodef Sbolem by the Rabi, s. Rosen
burg. "This text will be, Religious
Instruction. There has been secured
by the Rabbi the services Of an excel
lent bass, which will be good addi
ton to the choir. Services commenc,
precisely at 8 O'Clock. All are invited
j A very serious charge stands agains
one Ben Louis who stands behind tn
bars to-day. Night before last h
started home intoxicated it is said
and his wife very estimable colore'
woman refused to go home with hin
while in that state. In the alteration
which ensued he drew razor and Gu
] his wife terribly and she now lies in
1 precarious state. The cut made b
the razor cached from below the 81
bow to the shoulderblade, over tn
shoulder and PARKWAY across the breast