The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-07
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DAILY HAPPENISGsjzoFs THE
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session tonight.
Now is good time to begin the
work of street cleaning.
| The Imperial Bell Ringers at
Trinity University tomorrow night.
Buck Brown, editor of the Midlo-
THAN ArgusN News, was in the city
today.
f. f. Owen, Circulator of the
Dallas News, is now atB. w. Fealfs'
Drug store.
Mrs. NJ. B. Templeton will enter
tain the NJ. w. NJ. Club Friday
afternoon at $50.
Mrs. Borer, from Kentucky, is
visiting the family of her cousin,
Col. JOhn c. Johnston.
The Daughters of the Confederacv
will meet next Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Osce Goodwin.
Mrs. 7. NJ. Holland and Miss Eva
Campbell have returned from Miner
al Wells where they spent two weeks.
The dust in town has been fear
full for the past few days. What's
the matter with the street sprinkler?
II is to be hoped the Central pas
senger station will be completed be-
fore the meeting of the Texas Press
Association.
| J F.. Bigham of Midlothian was
in the city yesterday and said he
recently sold his dry goods business
at that place.
j. d. Kuykendall, from near Au-
burn, was i'm the city yesterday and
said his wife was visiting relatives
in Kentucky
1t is in violation Of city ordi-
nance to scatter old papers and cir
culars on the street, but very little
attention is paid to its observance.
! The city election today was a
very quiet affair. No interest what
soever was manifested on the part
of the voters and at three O'Clock
less than seventy-gve votes had
been cast at the three voting boxes
The street force has been at work
several days hauling gravel and
filling up the holes in the streets
which were made during the rainy
season.
6. w. Groves, head carpenter at
the cotton mill, had one Of his arms
broken a few days ago, While the
injury is quite painful Mr.. Groves
is able to be down town.
] J. p. Wakeland, manager OF the
Nash gin, was in the city yesterday
and said that there was more cotton
on the gin yard now than had been
at any one time during the fall or
winter.
There are plenty OF garbage cans
around the public square in which
old papers and other rubbish should
be deposited. Ii this was done 1t
would be a great help TO the street
cleaner.
A ID. Timmons and family of Mex
ia are visiting the family of Mr.. II.
d. Timmons. Mr. Timmons tells
us he will soon move from Mexia
to Amarillo where he will take
charge of a lumber yard.
Mr.. tB. J. Park and son j. l..
Park, have gone to their ranch
which they recently purchased near
Hereford. Mr.. Park has long been
a resident of Ellis county and he and
his estimable family have the best
wishes of this paper.
| Mr.. A. 5. Clements of Bee Greek
was IN the city yesterday to meet
his wife who was returning home
from a visit 10 relatives in Dallas.
Mrs. Clements recently came from
Boston to marry Mr.. Clements and
she says she Is delighted with her
Texas home.
Prof. W. w. Campbell, Jacob
Schreiner, Misses Mona Yantis,
Adelaide James, Myrtle Street,
Minnie Cunningham, Emma Smith,
Mary Hill, Roberta Looney aud w.
J. Cunningham left this morning
for Fort Worth, where they will
give a recital tonight.
Col Jas. s. Davis of this city has
been invited by the program com
mittee OF the next Farmers Congress
to deliver a speech at the meeting
next summer. He was requested to
select his own subject. Col. Davis
says he will speak on the subject Of
Johnson grass and its relation to
/ civilization.
J. II. l.. JACKSON of Ozro called
at this Office to pay for his weekly.
He said that he landed in Ellis
county forty-nine years ago. He
and his son have been quite success