Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-02-06
CITY ITEMS.

Nancy & Co., choice and rich So
ciety drama tonight at the Garland.
There we're nine town COWS in the
pound this morning.
The Woman's Exchange has bust
ness meeting to morrow at 2:3O ?. m.
at their rooms.
Subscriptions to the sugar factory
are with the exception OF about - ,OOO
non est inventus.
The creamery subsorlp tlon Is draggi;
ing along with alternate fits Of hope
and dispair.
Take your wife, and if she can't go,
take somebody's else wife, to hear
Nancy & Co., at the Garland tonight.
Mr.. David Kelly, successor to Kelly
& Standifer, has sold out his business
and the store, coo Austin street, is
vacant.
The Brazos Valley railroad seems to
be in state of inocuous desuctude
though the sign Of the company still
hangs in front of the Office.
The ladies Aid Society Of the Chris
tan church, and the Woman's Chris
tian Mission, meet this evening at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Blackshear.
The public school house at Ross,
took fire yesterday about noon and
burned to the ground. Fortunately
none of the children were hurt.
FoUND-A Sum of money, which
the loser can get by calling at the
NEWS office and describing same and
paying for this notice.
The justices courts are not suffering
from rush of business, on the other
hand there are vast interregnums Of
depressing quletude between the
cases.
Tho following is the regular panel
of the jury in the county court: f. p.
Norwood; r. l.. Terrence; A. B. Den
nisop; w. Rouff; J. l. Balton and Jas.
Stan6eld.
The thermometer, under favorable
circumstances and with the greatest f.
fort, succeeded in climbing up the SO
point at noon to-day and then struck
exhausted.
The rapid striking of the fire alarm
bell ten minutes before IL O'Clock
brought crowd to the engine house
It was caused in testing one of the
alarm boxes
Policeman Knott discovered huge
six shooter prowling the street las,
night and small boy attached to it
and arrested the same, taking tho kid
along as witness.
Cold weather to-day and followed by
cloudy warm and possibly rainy weather
tomorrow, Friday or Saturday, is thi.
morning the prediction Of the Wash
ington weather sharps at Washington
Saint Valentines day, which falls on
the 14th Of February rs usual this
year is near at hand, and show windows
are already exhibiting valentines
grave and gay, pathetic and ludicrous
Waco ought to get up something il
it is only to get up and howl. State
fair at Dallas and San Antotio, Calves
ton and the Brazoss deep water, Aus
tin grand interstate drill. Fort
Worth her grand summer palace, Tylel
her grand car factories and other towns
? other grand things aud Waco has what
The reporter Of this paper, coming
down town this morning, saw thu
parting of gentleman and a bright
little girl, his daughter; the one going t,
, business, the other going to school
BE good little girl" pater-familiel
} said, and the little maid replied
J laughingly, "be good boy, Papa.
The reporter tipped his hat little fur
Their on the right side of his head ant
got to wondering. Forty or fit,
years ago the advice of the fathe
would have been all right. 1t was al
, right as it was, but the admonition o
the girl was right too, and may be j
+ was needed. The old generation ain
q none too good. On that uanma be
his bottom dollar.