Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-23

OIt will be gala week at the thea
tire this week and no performance next
Big attractions this week.
Whatever transfers OF real estate
are being made are In tho country,
very little city property Is changing
hands.
The Criminal docket will be taken
up next week in the county court. The
motion docket will be called on Sat-
urday forenoon.
Waco is not without honor in the
political world. Senator Coke has
again been elected to the United
States Senate by an unanimous vote.
The police court was utterly silent
and deserted this morning. The wealth
er is so depressing that peoplehave not
enough vitality to get drunk or raise
rucus.
Rev. J. A. Duncan of Bolton, will
preach to the Convocatlon at st.
Paul's church tonight, at 1880. The
public is cordially invited to attend
this and all the other services Of the
Convocation.
Waco people talk largely about
building up factories and home indus
tries. One good way to do shis is to
encourage those you already have,
which will cause capitalist to be less
timid about investing in such enter
prises. Ask your merchant for Mikado
-four.
Night before last mass meeting
was held at Fort Worth to raise bo-
nus of $4,000 for railroad to AL
buquerque. The meeting was rouser,
and the next day the committe solicit
ting had received subscriptions to the
amount Of 1927, 1000
There are three cases in the county
court against as many persons, one
against each, in which the defendants
are charged with selling lottery tickets
as against the form and spirit Of the
statute provided.
A period Of peaceful stagnation rests
over the city. The police and other
peace officers catch no fish, and are
suffering with ennui, the proceedings
in the county court room grow dull
and prosy under the dispiriting inAu.
ence ofthe constant drip, drip Of the
clouds.
By special to the morning paper 1t
seems the anti-charterites now in
Austin, are seeking to show that
there is antagonism between the peo-
pie of Waco and the city council. II
the report is correct the impression
sought to be made is incorrect, for
there is no antagonism. The MAORI
ty of sentiment is probably against
tho extension of the city that is all,
but there is large unarmed neutrali.
ty which don't care continental.
Ifany agent or dealer in Waco is
skeptical about Mikado flour being as
good as any brand of st. Louis, Mis-.
souri, or Kansas -four on this market
let them demonstrate it by test te
be made by an impartial committee
and the Waco Roller Mill will con-
tribute twenty sacks of flour 10 Mr.
Appell's relief fund, failing to beat
Mlkado, the party making the test, te
contribute like ammount of flour fol
the poor and destitute.
The young man who is petted toe
much at home is seldom any good
What is wanted nowadays is practi
cal man who can do something else be
sides smoke cigarettes and twist {
cane The time to learn to work anc
learn business habits is in ones youth
He who leads the 'ise Of butterfly
until he is TIVE, " i7sor thirty year,
Of age and the, 7o.,9cni1es that he ha,
made an ass Of ..-',g.ssis, has precious
little to recommend hum when he ap
, plies for a job. This may be chest
nut. but it fits Oil few young men o
every city in the Union. The boys OF
. the farm are better off, if they onl
, knew it, than thousands of the boy
who are at large. There is nothing
like being practical, and there is bu
one way to do SO. Acquire bushes
g habits and train yourself to good
honest, hard work. Don't waste you
: time learning to tie cravat. Yo
5 can buy cravats already tied. Boot
keeper.