Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-08
CITY ITEMS.

Fire department meeting tonight at
the engine house.
A game of base ball at Fort Worth
by the Waco boys is talked Of for Sun
day next.
MIR. j. p. Hodge has been appointed
trustee of Mrs. Hodge, and j. N. Gal
lagher guardian of the minor Linsley
heirs.
Grand Minstrel Matinee at the Gar
land tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
This is the second minstrel matinee
ever given in Waco.
The first assessment on the base ball
subscription has been called for by
President Newburg, and the money is
absolutely necessary to put the nine
int he field.
The trial of Jas Drake charged with
the murder Of Prof. Quinn, comes off
at Hillsboro on the 18th inst, and
that of Tom Varncll is set for the TO-
morrow in the same court.
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| Hewett's Minstrels, although unher-
aided and strangers in Texas, are first
class. They will open tomorrow with
matipee at the Garland, and end
their engagement with the night per-
Torrance.
The city council last night did not
pass on the question of the rights Of
the new citizens to public school privi-
leges, although the school committee
was instructed to report on the same
at the last nights council.
A most enjoyable affair, which comes
of tonight, is the Mite society, which
takes place at the residence of Rev.
j. II. Higbee, pastor of the Christian
Church. The residence is No. 313,
North Twelfth street. Everybody is
invited.
Next Monday the city marshal and
policemen, armed with guns, fishing
rods and game bags, will 20 hunting
for dogs, and woe be to the canine
found abroad either by light Of the
sun or stars. There will be blood ON
the moon for the mild.eyed hound or
the mangy-eyed cur.
The colored man who rued in a
horse trade yesterday and refused to
take the horse rendered him, and
whose own horse, or the horse he
traded, was taken from him, would not
touch the horse which was tied to a
telegraph pole on Franklin street, uand
the animal remained there all night.
This morning Policeman Hall, in pity
for the animal, took it to a wagon yard
and had it fed.
But little had been done at noon to.
day by the committees to solicit for q
: cotton mill except to get ready and ar.
range plans Of operation. A few com.
mitteemen have been around with the
lists with very satisfactory results
By late this afternoon or tomorrow
morning the committee will be fairly
at work. From indications the cotton
! mill subscription is going to be raised
, Beyond doubt, McLennan county
{ has one of the most long. forbearing tai
collectors in the state, or out Of it
t Over two months has elapsed since the
, law allowed Mr.. David to close his
books and publish the names of all de-
5 linquents, but he is still anxiously
. waiting for some, who rank as good
, citizens, to save him the disagreeabls
duty Of publishing them to the world
, as bad pay. The limit Of his discre
ton in the matter, however, has about
0 been reached, and in few days he
' will be compelled to publish his fist Of
delinquents, "let the chips fall where
r they may"
A bit Of gambling extraordinary wal
! practiced on the public square las
= night by q soap man and q creduloul
crowd. The trick was to display prizel
in packages Of soap and sell the soay
with the chance Of prize in the pack
age bought. A brisk business wa
: done and the soap man was evidently
= about hundred dollars ahead at th'
J, end Of the game.
In one game the limit was fiv
dollars and eight persons Clipped il
i Ave dollars each on the understandin,
that any one of the eight drawing
prize the soap man would give to eacl
n one the same amount the lucky maj
{ should draw. The last man drew q
4 and each Of the eight got 81 each
70 which left the soap man s32 ahead o.
"dot lettle game