Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-06

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An knglish joker took down the calendar
In o business Office, and hung up one two
years old Dates for important papers were
taken from It, and q loss Of S30,000 was the
result.
The latest estimate Of the coal supply Of the
world gives US fuel for tho next 500 years, by
which tiIno some genius will have invented a
way to make one corncob heat q big house for
week.
The AmElgamated Union of American Car
penters has 463 branches and q, 2221 members.
1t Is the rival Of tho American brotherhood
Of Carpenters, which has much largcrm mem
barship.
An Indiana court has decided that unless q
woman Is pleased with her photographs she
nced not pay for them, no matter II q dozen
Of her friends declare that they ''look just
like herr
Tho Texas census bureau has estimated 70
turns showing the population Of Texas IN
January, 1887, to have been, In round num-
5ers, 2,025, GOO, an increase Of 26,f per cent
since 1850
A singular accident happened at Albany
recently. A horse being ridden was suddenly
paralyxed and its hoofs gave way, turning up
to its fetlocks, wtilc the horse came down on
its ankle bones.
OF three women living In one houso In
Walker county, Ca, there arc two wives,
two mothers-in-law, two daughtcrs-in-law
three mothers, two grandmothers and on.
greatgrandmother.
A Floridian states that it takes just half as
much food and clothing for his family In
Florida as Il did In Tennessee, where ho Tor.
merly resided Thedifference in Temperature
effects this economy.
Tho corner stone Of hotel for women ilas
recently been laid In London. It Is proposed
30 allow the occupants to do their own cook.
Log and housework, and the rent OF room,
VIII vary from .25 to 81. 80 per week
IN a lately published story book for b,ys
the author has boy 10 years old capture
three burglars, save four persons from drown
ing, discover and put out o fro, save cit,
from inundation and find $50. O0Om an nlley
The greatest depths of the ocean OF whlci
soundings have been takcn u OF tho coast ~
Japan. The water at that point u Eve mile
deep, and on the bottom, even at that cnq
NOUS depth. traces Of animal life have beer
found
The attendance at the meetings Of hecrsl
societies of st. Louis y ON the decline, and il
+ believed that unless now methods arr
sdopted they viii gradually dwindlo away
\ member says "moS grown entertain
msuts" no longer draw,
rhere has been begun in Paris 4 .u,,rs.irn
aeainst trained nurses, and O roturn to ,il
"a systsm Of nurxing by Sisters Of Charity
has been strongly advocated Il p alleged
| that the mortality IN hospitals u per cent.
higher since the Introduction Of trained
snrses
The man who claims to bs the most ceas
brnts.l horse thief IN the world IS now unde,
srreat a Lorensberg, Kan. sHis naine |,
| WashinQton Waterman. and be Is IS years Of
ace. Re acknowledged the theft Of 100 horse,
nj Knnsas alone, and the authorities Of th.
etate arc willing to admit that he has mad,
| II with tive times TINT many
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xrants At the denot at Milledeeyillc. Ca, th,
oshar dav' was n straw mattress the insId,
Of which was worth about 25cents, and ye
the farmer was paying - 70 have u trans
ported, as no said no could :'eep sounaer "
strange country y % had oenoasn nm ev~
smah por''on :" o"
Marriage may be failure, but we questic:
whether 1t 4 y great a. bacheiorhood