Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-18
CITY ITEMS.

The finances OF city which is pay
ing its bonds of regularly are not dis
crcditable.
The churches were fairly we'll at
tended yesterday, but the artesian well
was the centre Of attraction.
The Mac Collin opera company is
booked at the Garland for the 21st
Save up your dimes for it is fine COM
pany.
A heavy wind from the chilled and
chilly north has been blowing all day
reducing the temperature Of yesterday.
which was almost up to summer heat
The city of Waco to-day, through
Major Tibbs and Mr.. Joney Jones,
city secretary, paid off city bonds 10
the amount of $1,000 cool cash by
check ON the bank.
The freight depot of the Cotton
Belt is established temporarily at the
Brazos compress and the passengers
of the road are landed at the new pas
senger depot, corner Third and Mary
streets.
Gardens are growing all over tie
city, trees are budding, peach and plum
trees are blooming, the artesian well is
running, aud, in a slang phrase, the
goose hangs high. Now for the rail-
road and cotton mill.
The little village Of Robinson is
looming up with symptoms of an am.
bition to become a town. Two new
stores are being started and bar.
Der shop, and when village has bar
her shop it is no longer village.
The hay and straw theory seems to
have taken hold of the imagination Of
the people of Robinsonville aud vicini-
ty, and they are putting the theory
to practical test. Straw in large guam
titles is being spread on the Waco
road.
Candidates for the various city Of
fees will find from fifteen to twenty
voters at..the NEWS Office, who are per
fectly welcome to make their acquain.
lance. By visit they will also get
chance to see our fine new press at
work.
The MacCollin Opera Company
opens Thursday night in "Falka,"
and gives Friday night the "Bohem-
ian Girl" Saturday Matinee" Mi
kado" and on Saturday night "The
Kings Musketeers." Four most en-
PERTAINING operas.
The News was shown this morning
a copy Of a quasi order from Denver,
COL, to lumber firm here and in East
ern Texas for a bill of 400 cars Of East
Texas lumber, or over six and half
million feet, to be delivered this sum-
! mer at Denver aud other towns in Col
orado.
Waco has every year had sinking
fund for the redemption of her bonds
at the rate of 81 900 year. After the
payment of this sum this year there
is still some money left to the credit
of the sinking fund in the Waco state
bank, which is the deposit bank and
treasurer of the city.
Mr.. i. G.. Blocker, of Houston, is
in the city to-day. Among other bust
ness Mr.. Blocker, who is an agent Of
Morgan Louisiana Steamship and rail
road company, brought about seven
thousand dollars of Waco city bonds
for redemption, which were in posses
sion Of that company.
The weekly pay roll Of the Slayden-
Kirksey wooden mills is at present
$1,000. Boys earn from $3.50 to "a
per week. girls and women from $3.50
to 90, men from SO to $40, with . few
skilled artisans who get Is day.
There are 1926 operatives, and the ave.
rage weekly earnings 1925.
i At the citizens meeting at the
Chess Club rooms, ON Saturday night
to formulate an organization to press
forward puplic enterprises in Waco
the following committee was appoint
ed to prepare plan Of organization
Ed Marshall, Bart Moore, Waller
Fort, Eugene Williams and w. E
Hall.
All things yesterday gave place to I
3 desire to see the artesien well. It wal
. visited by thousands, and one neve
realized how many people there are il
> Waco till he saw the professions yes
i terday on the roads leading over Bell
hill. Waco was there yesterday will
all her sisters, her cousins and he