Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-05-06
CITY ITEMS.

Oouuty cOurt convened This morning
and took up the civil docket.
Don't fail to join in Waco's first
decoration ceremonies
Cattlemen report prices low down
and cattle picking up.
Mr.. Mann returned yesterday from q
trip to San Antonio.
Col. E. w. Woodward is on visit
to New Orleans.
Another big shooting tournament will
take place soon in Waco.
The county commissioners court
will convene Monday in regular ses
sion.
Wheat is beginning to ripen, and
the now crop will soon be in the mar
ket.
The WOODEN mills is bringing girls
from New Orleans to work in the
mills.
Mrs. J. W. Higgins has returned
from visit to f.iends in Grimes coun.
ty, and the NEWS is pleased to learn
much improved in health.
MIR. Gus Jackson has gone to St.
Louis to work in large Photographic
establishment there. Gus is q good
boy and fine artist, and every one will
wish him we'll.
The bankrupt stock of Eaton. Gui.
nan & Co. has been sold to San An.
tonic wholesale merchant, MIR. E. Kat
ula. 1t will invoice about $50. 900
which will make the proceeds of the
entire stock about $4,000.
The McLennan County Teachers
Association, which meets in the pretty
little village Of Robinson, on Friday
and Saturday. Authorization in regard
to details, modes Of getting there, ETC.,
can be obtained from DR.. +. w. Burger
or Miss. Hattie King.
Rev. W. DeHart, pastor of the Epis-
copal Church, is to deliver two lectures
on the principles and purposes of the
order of Knights of Pythias, the first
at Gainesville on Wednesday night
next, the other at Tyler some time dur.
ing next week.
Mr.. Ellis Taylor, who is in the CITY,
gives glowing report of the growth
and progress Of settlement in the Pan
Handle country. Settlers are coming
In every day and towns are growing
rapidly. Vernon, the place Of his res,
idence, in Willbarger county, has put
up 900 houses since they first wer
there.
The insurance Of Mr.. Jasper Japson
was left to two appraisers, Mr.. q. l..
Gooch and Mr.. Horace Smith. who
awarded him $3.50 on household and
kitchen furniture. The appraisers
would not pass on the loss on wearing
apparel. Mr.. Japson claims 1908
loss on same and the insurance adius
ters offered $l75. There is insurance
of $175 on wall paper, partitions. mic.
lures and gas filters yet to be settled.
On Wednesday large company of
delegates will leave Waco for the
Southern Baptist convention to meet
at Memphis, Tenn, on the 10th inst
The Cotton Belt road has made excel.
lent arrangements for the comfort Of
passengers on this trip. Free reclin.
ing chair cars and Pullman Buffet
Sleepers will be run through without
change from Waco to Memphis. Tiok.
cts will be on sale the 9th, 7th and 9Th
Round trip $16.75. A large body Of
the delegates will leave on tho east
bound Cotton Belt train Wednesday.
The active competition between the
two water comp MES will enure to the
benefit OF the people, but it will not in.
Jure either company. Given cheap
water, and when one gallon has been
used fifty will be in demand. and the
income OF both companies be bio one
Big sales and small profits equals small
sales and big profits all the world over
and in all sorts of business. Water
will be applied to sprlnkling and irrir.
ating in hundred places where Il Il
used in one scores of parties who used
wells and cisterns will change them for
nydrant water, because turning faucet
is easy and pumping water is hard.
ano generally water will become gener.
al when 1t was specific and work its
way into every department Of use
There is or will be q demand for eli
the water both companies can supply