Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-22
CITY ITEMS.

The WOODEN mills taxes this year
amounted to SlOSO.
"a Night OFF, again tonight, 90
and see it.
Waco has lost tens of thousands Of
dollars this year by tho bad roads.
The Alliance Cotton yard closes up
its cotton business of the season to-
dav.
Another mass meeting to boom the
sugar mills is to be held at the court
house tonight.
Another very interesting commune
cation will be found IN to-day's issue
on the road question.
Rents are very low this year compar-
ed with last, which is an evidence OF
growth and prosperity.
Rents are very low this year COM
pared with last, which is an evidence
of growth and prosperity.
Tonight is the last meeting. That
sugar business will turn into vinegar
If not accepted at once.
Candidates for city Offices are an
nouncing themselves in Fort Worth
at the election in April next.
Sec the advertisement of the trustees
Of the Waco Female college calling for
bids on work on the new building.
A rolling stone may gather no moss,
but it would gather lots of mud if it
rolled across central Texas just now.
The trustees of the Waco Female
College are advertising for bids for the
construction of their new building.
See notice elsewhere.
One more opportunity is presented to
hear "A Night Off" one of the finest
comedies of the season. The opera
house ought to be packed tonight.
Another meeting will be held TO-
night in the district court room in the
interest of the sugar mill. 1t is hoped
that it will be we'll attended.
The Guard says there is not va
cant residence or business house in
Vernon, though numerous applications
are daily made for both.
The ante-charter-ites are pushing a
protest for signatures among business
men and others living within the pres
ent boundaries of the city and are
getting large number Of signatures.
A very general regret is expressed
over the news of the death H. +.
Schumacher, better known for two de-
cades as Bismark. He was for two
decades one of the land marks in
Waco, and was greatly esteemed and
liked.
The signal service bureau this
morning predicted cold weather for
Texas, and true to the direction of its
master the wind blow from the South
and by the middle Of the day it was
comparatively warm and pleasant.
Mr.. j. l. Cash had the misfortune
yesterday to lose very valuable horse.
The animal apparently in the best of
health was taken with bleeding at the
nose, which could not be checked and
the the animal bled to death.
A new juvenile minstrel corps has
been organized under the name Of the
Little Juvenile Musical Company. w.
w. Larmour, Jr., Berry Austin, Jack
Gibbon, Thos. Spencer and d. P.
Meers are the musical artists compos-
ing the company.
The skating rink after illuminating
the city for two weeks has absquatu.
lated, vamoosed the ranch, gone
away. 1t made tho days full of music
but folded Its tent like Arabs and
silently stole away.
The Waco Female College own fit.
teen acres in the centre Of the driving
park which will form the college
campus: In addition they were deed.
ed one-fourth interest in the entire
track OF 300 acres surrounding it as a
bonus. This was given them by the
syndicate owning the driving park and
the Sam p. Wright farm, all this will
be laid out into streets and alleys and
building lots and sold under the man.
agement of the trustees Of the college.