Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-22
CITY ITEMS.

Bohemian Girl tonight at the Gar
land.
At noon today the thermometer reg
istcred sixty degrees in the shade.
An ameteur impromptu nine was
gotten up last night for the base ball
game on Sunday.
The first summer rain fell to-day.
The clouds were cumuli, silver tipped
and thunder lined.
Committees Of the Y. M. c. Associ.
alton will meet this evening at their
hall at 8 o'clock.
Oliver P. Morton post G.. A. R.
meets tonight at their hall, Elgin
building, South Fourth street.
Bohemian Girl tonight, Mikado mat
inee tomorrow afternoon and the
Kings Muskiteers tomorrow night.
The new city charter has just been
printed in handsome and neat PAM
phlet form by E. Kellner, job printer.
The Bohemian Girl tonight, by the
excellent MacCollin light opera COM
pany, is worthy Of big audience to-
night.
The regular mite party Of the Chris
tan church takes place tonight at the
residence of DR.. Thos. Moore on south
Third street.
Cotton mill meeting at p. m. to.
day at Office Of Jas. !. Moore, all the
members Of the soliciting committees
are expected to be present.
Mr.. w. W. Larmour expects to leave
this evening for Los Angeles where he
takes charge Of the grand new federal
building there as supervising archetect.
The lecture, "What saw in Eu-
rope" to be delivered tonight, at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church, by
Rev. DR.. Halsell, is brilliant effort
which no one should miss.
A reference to a telegram from San
Antonio in this evenings paper will
show that the Brazos Valley is not dead
Work on the Waco branch will be be-
gun in few days. Hurrah for Hur.
rah.
A big syndicate has taken hold Of
the almost defunct Dallas and New
Orleans railroad and the road is to 90
through at once. Big contracts are be-
ing let and big forces Of men are alrea-
dy at work.
The vernal equinox March 2lst)
just past seems to be followed by gen.
tie equinoctial rain. The days and
nights are now Of equal or nearly
equal length and days gradually
lengthning.
George 8. Jennings, who charged
the colored porter, VIM. Anderson, with
FREEING the Cotton Belt depot, has been
arrest charged with forgery in his aft
davit made in the case before the grand
jury.
Before the St. Louis delegation of
the Cotton Belt gets here to look over
the Brazos Valley gulf route the Aran-
sas Pass company will have men at
work on the Braaos Valley road COM
ing to Waco. The Arkansas Pass is
coming up the river. See San Antonio
telegram.
The three Cotton Belt officials, who
are on q special mission to overlook the
relations ofthe Cotton Belt road to the
trade coming through New Orleans
and Galveston, and to investigate
route to the gulf from Waco down the
Brazos valley, an account Of which was
given in the News Tuesday evening,
are now in New Orleans, and will be
in Waco soon.
Section 8 Of the new charter pro-
vides; every person not disqualified by
law who should have attained the age
Of twenty one years, and is entitled to
vote for the members Of the Legislature
Of the state and should have resided
within the cooperate limits Of said city
for six months preceding the election
should be entitled TO vote for Office Of
said city.
]. r. Davis, Bob Ledfoed, Joney
Jones, Eugene Clay. j. H. English,
Charles Turner, Will Shaw, Frank
Workman, W. H. Won Tiercks, g. M.
Banks, s. P. Barnard, Harvey Mullane,
Eugene Dunavan, Tom Spencer, Louis
Hinchmap, Turner Hubby, Will Schaf-
fer. J. P. Shields, Will White, F.yette
Stewart and j. P. Lonagan are the
members Of the amateur base ball club
just formed.
The Cumberland preahvtarian state