Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-02-04
CITY ITEMS.
Convict labor for county roads.

Convict labor for county roads.
The warm earth is crying out for
seeds.
Attendance at the churches was
good yesterday.
Go and zee the Pairof Kids, at The
Garland tonight.
The thermometer reached 20 de-
grees before noon today.
Epicures are waiting patiently for
that fresh creamery butter.
The earth is grand reservoir OF
moisture which the summer cannot
exhaust.
Tho south. bound Missouri Pacific
train was bulletined as due at 1926
this afternoon.
Officer Lockwood left this evening
for Lorena, to serve some papers in
civil cases.
Now that the agony of the charter
is over manufactures may be taken up
with renewed ZEAL
The busy bee is out to-day ready for
business, and sits on the fence waiting
for the flowers to come up.
There was only three cases in the
police court this morning; two negroes
for fighting and one white man for
drunkenness.
An incipient fire at the residence of
Mr.. j. G. Jurney called out the fire
department at 8 .. m. yesterday. The
fire was extinguished with slight loss.
A glorious sun, sparkling with ir-
ridescent heat and calling on buds
and seeds to come from their winter
sleep shone to-day from clear sum-
mer-like sky.
Mr.. N. o. Workman and Miss
Hannah Hopkins were married yester.
day afternoon at the residence of Mr..
Ed. Meyers, the Rev. j. w. Higbee
officiating. The News tenders its
heartiest congratulations to the newly
married pair.
There is an organization of non-se.
ctarian Christian ladies, which holds
meetings at the various churches in
rotation. The next meeting takes
place Wednesday evening at the Chris
tian church Eleventh and Washington.
j. T. Walton NJ. Herring John j.
See j. F. Brinkerhof w. s. Plunket,
S. Marx, Richard Mitchell and wifeIaud
w. s, Smith of West, lett on the Cot
ton Belt last evening for Corsicana to
attepd the annual session Of the grand
lodge 1. o. o. +.
The ladies Aid Society of the Chris.
tian church, meets at the residence Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Blackshear on Tuesday
evening, at 2 o'clock. At 4 o'clock at
same place on same day the Auxiliary
branch Of the board Of missions has a
meeting to which all are invited.
The Bar meeting called on Tuesday,
at IL o'clock at the court house, to
take action on the death of Judge r.
w. Davis, should have the attendance
of every member Of the Bar and all
other friends of the deceased as will
attend. Objects Of the meeting will be
fully explained and are such as merit
large attendance.
We understand that Mr.. Tom Plum
ket will be candidate for the Office Of
city secretary under the new charter. 1t
is needless to say that no better man
could be found for the place, and that
he has a host of friends in this city.
A man Of iudefaligable industries, ex.
act and admirable business habits and
a thorough conversance with every.
thing that pertains 10 the city, the
city secretaryship is q niche, which he
would exactly fit, and into which there
is little doubt the city had best put
him.
The following comprises the raster
Of the grand jury for the coming March
term:
James B. Baker; ]. P. Anderson; j.
X. Rose; r. M. Hardwick; Otto Miller;
Hamy Threadgill; Joe Smith; w. j.
Curtis; s. B. Peevery; H. B. Cook;
Thomas Leggott; w. D. Harris; w. T.
Allen; A. G. Bowels; j. W. Raby and
w. H. Manchester.
Castles & White, who bought the