Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-21
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CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS.
Don't miss seeing "a Night OF" at
The Garland tonight.
Sunday was q beautiful clear day
and the churches were we'll attended.
Justice Harrison to-day fined Birdie
Clark 81 and costs for using abusive
language.
A marriage license was issued this
morning to Fred Keller and Miss Mar
tina Won Querner.
The Cotton Belt on yesterday took
off one Of its through trains. The only
through train now is the day train.
The convocation of the northwest
Deanery of Texas will take place to-
morrow morning IN St. Paul's church.
The Hlnchman Implement Co. sold
out this morning lock, stock, barrel
and ramrod to Messrs. w. H. Ross &
Co.
The stock of furniture which be-
longed to Frank Steiner, deceased, has
been bought by the Waco Furniture
Company.
On account Of the almost unprece-
denied mild weather with which
Waco has been visited this winter,
grave apprehensions are entertained for
the finest crop of the season. In some
parts Of the cnunty peach trees are
reported to be in bloom and every
where the buds show an inclination to
blossom upon further provication.
The meeting Saturday night on the
sugar plant was postponed on account
Of the Indictment weather until to
morrow night, when every man N the
city of Waco, who has the interest of
the town at heart, is urged and expect
ed to be present in the district court
room. One good meeting will settle
the matter. The sugar plant is big
thing and will pay the town we'll.
A petition is being signed by the
members of the Waco bar, asking the
legislature to make judicial district
out of McLennan county, which would
give so weeks of court instead of &c
weeks as at present. Perhaps by this
method some of the old moss covered,
moth eaten, ante-bellum cases might
be forced to trial, and ilnally gotten off
the docket and the officers would get
their costs for which they have waited
! years.
Prof Morgan G. Conner, q brother
Of Rev. w. G. Conner D. d. Of this
city, died Sunday morning at 8 o'clock
in Georges, South Carolina. Professor
Conner lived in Waco for several years
; from 1873 and occupied the position
Of professor Of mathematics in Waco
Female College. He was SO years
old and was considered very brilliant
man.
Mr.. Louis Newburg, president Of
the state base ball league, has obtained
. from Mr.. G. B. Ryan of Brooklyn,
secretary of the national board Of arbi.
, tration, protection for the state league.
That is, ifa player signs with club
: in the league and breaks his contract
= his name is sent to all the clubs in
America and he is blacklisted for the
season and can not obtain position.
d The association of school superin
8 tendents and visiting teachers wer'
Q royalty entertained Saturday night, b,
d the teachers of the city, at the New
d Lehman hotel where an elegant ban
is quet was spread and program Of music
70 Rotations and speeches was carrie'
n out. The association had great wisl
y to effect, evolving mothod by whicl
d the public school teachers shall receiv
e. their money promptly at the end o
h. each month, and every one sincerel
Of hopes that the method suggested t
%. the legislature will in every way prov
re successful.
A rather curious. thing happened
ne few weeks ago. While a gentlema
H. and his wife were reading one nigt
os after supper they heard noise anon
nd their chickens SO taking lantern the
Tor went to the chicken house from whic
the sounds came. They found a larg