The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-05-03
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Two colored female vags wer'
fined in Justice Spencer's court thii
morning.
Ellis county attorneys shoulG
note the fact that next Thursday ii
the last day of service for the May
term of the district court.
One of our subscribers told u,
this morning that ii was worth fifty
cents r-onth to read the DAILY
LIGHTS want column alone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Peters are
now keeping house in one of the
Nycum cottages on Kaufman street
Prof. w. A. Matthews, who taught
the Lawson school in Dallas coun.
ty, has returned to this city where
he will spend his vacation.
The Shakespeare club will meet
next Monday afternoon, instead OF
| Tuesday, with Mrs. DR.. Watson
Meeting will be called to order
promptly at $3.50 o'slock.
Edmund G. Flowers, pne of the
recruits to the United States army,
left last night for San Francisco
where he will be assigned to duty at
the army post.
The saloons have been closed to-
day on account of the eIection of
school trustees for the WaXahachie
Independent district.
A. T. Threadgill's auction sale
rSaened at 2:30 this AFTERNOON under
very sli5oaTag n. eireq 't! a
large crowd was in attendAe'S r..if1
sales were quite good.
The library ladies today received
liberal donation of most valuable
books which they appreciate very
highly from that public spirited
firm sanger Bros.
y. r. Rutherford, good citizen
and prominent business man Of Mil
ford, was in the city yesterday and
said that big crowd was expected
there on the l4th inst. TO witness
the laying of the corner stone of the
new college.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet Wednesday afternoon
next at $3.50 with Mrs. DR.. Watson.
The president desires a full attend
ance of the chapter as there is bust
ness of Importance 10 come before
the meeting.
Frank Timmips, son of Walter
1immins, who lives on kaufman
street, is great lover of fine poul-
try. At the poultry show last win
ter Frank purchased a dozen high
scoring hens and one rooster, and
he says they are better layers than
the common class of chickens.
Mr.. l.. II. Sargent, of the Banner
Brick Works, Kennedale, Texas,
was in the city this week in the In
terest of his plant. Mr. Sargent Isl
furnishing the brick for the culyert
across Spring branch and was look
ing after other contracts here. He
expects to put In a stock of brick
for the retail trade.
Uncle Shug Thomas brothers and
sisters, who have been visiting him.
and having IA pleasant reunion after
separation of nearly forty years.
left for home yesterday. When
they reached Ennis they met anoth~
er brother, who lives in south Tex
as, coming up to see them. They
all came back to Mr.. Thomas and
are having the reunion all over
again.
Yesterday j. NJ. Patterson paid
Il. f. Owen 81 90 for months sub
scription to the Dallas News and as
he did so remark ed that during the
last eight years be had paid the
News 500 on subscription. In addi-
dition to this Mr.. Patterson takes
nearly all the papers in Ellis eoun-
ty. lie not only takes good papers,
but reads them, and what Is better
he pays for them.
Henry Whitley, from Blunt coun-
ty, Ala, has been visiting his old
friend neighbor, Constable
Bentley, at Oak. He was In the
city yesterday and boarded the train
for home. Mr.. Whitley was well
pleased with Texas and said that
Notwithstanding her wi nds and
drouths she was better than any
state east of the Mississippi river
that he knew anything about. He
says he expects TO move to this
state soon, and bring with him
large family Of boys.
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