The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-06-15
THE WHlSPERER,

"doou copDle stone crossings have
recently been completed at the
Intersections Of Austin and Fourth
and Austin and Fifths Streets" said
we'll known citizen to the
Whisperer this morning, land a
long suffering public is thankful for
these few minnows that did not
escape the official drag net. We are
not pie.hunters, but are firm be.
levers in an equitable division of
the loaves and fishes. Now if the
gentlemen of the street committee
or the public improvement com.
mittee will put on their thinking
caps and give some attention to the
needs of other sections of the city
they will find it is fact that more
people cross at the intersections of
Eighth and Franklin streets than
any other point away from Austin
street. They should send their
forces up this way and let us have
good crossings at Eighth and
Franklin"
ga dog that Is not worth the
price of muzzle, ought to be killed
if found on the street, said Alder.
man Gillespie yesterday. ga man
that has valuable dog is perfectly
willing to provide muzzle, aud it
is dangerous to have mongrel ours
running at large in the city. We
should profit by the recent occur
renee at Dallas, and am in favor
of instracting the marshal by ordi-
nance to kill all dogs unmuzzled. !"
This was said in the commit.
tee room. An ordinance was
passed last night, under suspension
Of the rules, and the dog days will
soon be over. The old ordinance
required the marshal to impound
all dogs not licensed and if it had
been enforced it would have cost
the city about $40 per capita on all
dogs killed.
"Politlcal headquarters will soon
present new Dress" said Landlord
Bart Moore as he watched the paper
hanger and painter working on the
ceiling of the Pacific hotel lobby.
81 have been contemplating these
improvements for some time, and
the next few days will show vast
improvement not 100 miles from
here"
"Going like not cakes" said
James l. Moore this morning.
Ito what do you refer ?" he was
asked.
"Wby, space in the Cotton Palace
for eAhlbits. Every mail brings
applications and we can dis pose of
more space than we will have with
out any trouble
owe are preparing to issue invi'
tations to all the Masonic lodges in
Texas" said Prof. ]. N. Gambrell,
of one of the local lodges, "and re-
quest all masons who can to attend
the Cotton Palace corner stone exer
cises.
"Galveston is pleasant place to
visit" said M B. Davis, the Dali
las News correspondent, who has
Just returned from here, "but |
came home sooner than | intended
l felt out Of place. | went to the
court house, but could not see Bill
Burke or Tom Brown, and seeing
a beautiful Office building dropped
down in the basement, but did not
see Ed. Sparks, so could not recon.
cile myself to the situation. When
ever could get into a conversation
on politics would inyolutarily
start out to see what Waller Baker
thought about it, only to be re-
minded that | was not on MY usual
beat, and could take no part in the
agitation of events of public inter
est. | like Galveston very we'll,
but it is without my Jurisdiction, sc
| came home"
81 leave for New York this at
ternoon, said Mr.. Samuel Colcord
in ans yer to question, "and will
not return until the fall. Pfovldent
Hill has been receiving my entire