Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-30
CITY ITEMS.
Wild fowl flying northwards.

full bloom.
Big crops this year means rushing
times and general prosperity.
The continued dry weather enables
farmers to rush the spring work.
Prairies covered with green grass
and corn up all over the country.
The plain little churches in the sub
urbs are doing grand work.
The grave yard fence around the
new federal building slowly approaches
completion.
A protracted meeting begins to-mor-
row night at she First Baptist church,
South Fourth street.
The new residence Of Mr.. L. B. Bar
ton, on North Fifth street, is won.
derfully beautiful building
Bells Hill used to be the dryest,
dreariest portion of the city. Now it
is the great water fountain.
Lots of fine churches and able preach
ers offer to the devout free worship to-
morrow and choice of doctrine.
The Young Mems Christian associa-
ton is now in full working order and
its meetings are very lively and inter
esting.
The j. I. Moore artesian we'll is 60
ing down and there will soon be an
other well gushing out volumes Of pure
soft water.
The meeting of the citizens ex-
change committee, which was to take
place tonight, is postponed to pext
Saturday night.
The last shooting match in Waco
was big success, and another will be
held soon, or as soon as sufficient birds
can be secured.
The sermon at the synagogue last
night by the Rev. DR.. Korn, now visit.
ing here, is highly spoken Of by those
who were present.
All the schools in Waco, public and
private, are in full blast, and armies of
youth and little folks ill the streets
daily to and from the schools.
The city candidates had meeting
at Moore's store last night when they
urged their claims before consider
able number Of attentive citizens.
The boys Of Mr.. G. A. Westbrook,
of Lorena. are pigeon fanciers. They
sold at the Waco shooting match birds
enough to net them the sum of $3.50.
Frank Howe, tie young man who
robbed the Pacific Express company Of
a money package containing $4,000,
plead guilty in the district court yes
terday.
Frank Howe, who plead guilty to
the theft of $4,000 from the Pacific
Express Company, was given FIVE
years in the penitentiary. Poor, fool
ish boy.
The ministers of Waco are eminent
for piety and learning, and the churches
in which they preach are free to the
native and the stranger within our
gates alike.
The new engine house being built
on Thirteenth aud Washington streets
is being constructed very leisurely.
Still it is going up and every month
sees some addition to the work.
Black dogs, white dogs, and the CO.'S
mopolitan yaller dog roam the streets
unmuzzled. They are vastly dimin-
ished in numbers but one is just one
too many. The COW is gone and the
dog should follow.
1t is big thing to get the ear Of q
big railroad man for even five minutes
and John Finks got the ear Of Edwin
Gould yesterday on the Brazos valley
railroad route. And he crowded vol
umes into that five minutes.
One Of the finest flowers known to
the amateur florist is the pelargonium
in its various varieties. Two Of these
! plants, Of large size and growth, are
j now in full bloom in the conservatory
, Of Mr.. John Tenant, on Austin street.
, They are we'll worth visit to see and
Mr.. Tenant is very proud Of them.