The Day (Waco, Texas) Vol. 4 No. 255, Friday, September 23, 1887

              VOL. 4. NO 255. WACO, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 18s7. PRICE 5 CENTS.
Brs ffirDOD*.
Sanger Brothers
Shoe department.
Having just opened the largest shipments • of Boots
and Shoes on record, we can now state to the public that
our stock excels any other line of Boots and Shoes in the
state; not only in its immense proportions but in its
O O M JP IS ETENESS, •
Which is a result of our untiring endeavors to please our
customers and to have every style and price of Bcot or Shoe
that jnay be called for. We have made it a point to always
study the. interests of the people, for by so doing it redounds
to our own
POPULARITY.
to stock of BOOTS and SHOES fob this m
FALL AND WINTER SEASON
Is a model lor excellence and a standard of variety and
styles innumerable, and we can say with pleasure that
we are fully prepared to meet every demand in this line,
From the Broad Soled :WAUKENPHAST And Common Sense Heel
To the daintiest, neatest and lightest weight, high heel and
narrow soled shoe for the most fastidious ot our lady friends,
and we earnestly solicit a visit from them, knowing that we
can furnish exactly what they wish, and that their every
taste and circumstance can be suited.
IN MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S SHOES
Onr lines are unusually large and embrace every style and quality imaginable
for both SCHOOL AND DRESS WEAR. But we call particular attention to the
former, as our tines of
SCHOOL SHOES
For girls and boys cannot be‘excelled for durability and
excellence, we have made a specialty in procuring the stoutest
and best made school shoes in the market, knowing the
parents all wish to purchase something that will wear. Our
tetock of
YOUTHS’ AND 'GENTLEMEN’S SHOES,
Like our other lines, is equally as large and we. can show
as neat, nobby and durable styles as can be found anywhere,
both in machine and hand sewed congress, buttoned, lace or
hooked, in broad, medium, narrow, sharp, plain or fancy,
London, French or boxtoed at
PRICES THAT WILL SUIT ANYONE.
We cull particular attention to our “Pedestrian” Shoe, broadtoed, stout sole and
seamless, which is a shoe ot par excellence for those who have tender feet. Space
will not admit of further detail but it will suffice to say that one and all can be
accommodated at
Sanger brothers.
Jitottrp.
M. RAGLAND
WATOT.
t (Established in 1871.)
ODDEST Ac LAEGEST
JEWELRY HOUSE
la the City.
No 300, Aha tin Arenas, Waco, Texan.
Engraving and Repairing Done Neatly and
Promptly. All Goods and Work Warranted
as Represented. ,
itkenotcm EJnisfjtsis.
THE OLD CORNER DRUG STORE,
IS THE Leading Prescription Drug
STORE IN CENTRAL TEXA.S.
COM PI HIE STOCK OF SQUIB'S PREPARATIONS AND MERCKS
CHEMiCALS\
Only Best Of Medicines Used In Prescriptions
A KANSAS CASEWICKED
DRUGGISTS WHO PAY
HEAVY PENALTIES.
Crushed in a Cotton Press —A Cholera
Ship in New York—Editor O’Brien
—The Lee Monument—Killed
His Wife—Fire Notes.
The Lee Monument.
Richmond, September 21.—Gov.
Fitzhugh Lee received a letter from Hon.
Jefferson Davis, in response to one from
the governor of recent date, inviting Mr.
Davis, to be present on the occasion of
the laying of the cornerstone of the R.
E. Lee monument on October 27. Mr.
Davis in his letter says: “It has been
my hope and expectation to be present,
if possible, whenever the cornerstone
should be laid ot the monument in commemoration
of my friend and
compatriot, Robt. E. Lee.” Continuing,
Mr. Davis says if his health
permits he is pledged to attend a reunion
of exConfederate soldiers, who are to
gather from all parts of the south at Macon,
Ga., on Oct. 26. The presence of
Confederate soldiers being the prominent
features of both of these meetings,
they should not, Mr. Davis says, “be diminished
by division, as must necessarily
be the case unless your suggestion be
practicable to change the date of one or
the other, so that it may be possible for
the soldiers to attend both.” Arrangements
have been perfected for making
the laying of the cornerstone ol the
monument an interesting event.
Crushed in a Cotton Press.
Memphis; September 23.—A distressing
accident occurred yesterday near
Covington, Tenn., about twentyfive miles
from this city. Mr. Leander M. Hall, a
prominent farmer, was horrified
on opening the door of his cotton press
to find the crushed remains of his little
fiveold son embedded near the centre of
a cottor. bale which he had jus' pressed.
The child had been playing u\ odnd the gin
during the morning, and it is supposed
that he climbed into the halffilled press,
which had been filled the evening before,
and had gone to sleep, and the negro
who had attended to the packing had
dumped in a quantity of cotton and then
pressed it in, completely' smothering
him. The noise of the machinery prevented
his cries from being heard. He
had not been missed, and the first intimation
of his terrible death was the
ghastly sight which met the father on
opening'the press.
Boodle Restored.
Chicago, September 23.—Elisha A.
Robinson, a wholesale grocer, whose testimony
was of great value to the state in
the boodle cases, made restitution to
Cook county yesterday by handing over
the sum of $ 15,000. This sum, according
to calculations which are satisfactory
to the state’s attorney, makes the county
whole on account of commissions paicl
by him to the boodlers and his own
profits from short weights and measures
on goods delivered at the insane asylum,
infirmary and hospital. Several small
contractors called on Mr. Grinnell yesterday
and figured out what they will
have to refund.
Bold Billy O’Brien.
CORK, September 22.—Mr. William
O’Brien, who is charged by the government
with sedition under the coercion
act, was taken today trom Cork jail to
MichelstOwn, where the alleged seditious
language was used, to sthnd trial before
the court there. As he left the city
under guard of a detachment of hussars
and the police, he was loudly cheered.
Upon their arrival at Michelstown Mr.
O’Brien was received with tremendous
cheering by the large crowd which
had gathered to welcome him. Mr.
O’Brien was immediately conveyed by
his guards to the court room.
Heavy Prohibition Penalty.
Wichita, Kas., September 23.—J. A.
Stewart, of this city, was yesterday sentenced
to seventeen years and four
months in the county jail, and fined
$20,300, with costs of prosecution, for
violation of the prohibition law. He
was clerk in a West End drug store, and
pleaded guilty to an indictment containing
208 counts, at the same time as did
Herman, proprietor of the place. The
latter cannot be found, and it is thought
he has left the country. The punishment
imposed upon Stewart is the heaviest
ever given in the state for violation
of the liquor laws.
A Cholera Ship.
New York, September 23.—The
steamship Aleseh. which arrived below
last night Rom Marseilles and Naples
with 600 passengers, has the Asiatic
cholera aboard. Eight of her passengers
died on the passage and on her arrival
at quarantine the health officer
found four cases on board. He has sent
the Alesea and her passengers to the
west bank in the lower bay. The Alesea
left Marseilles August 30th and Naples
September 3d. She is consigned to
James W. Ellwell & Co.
Killed His Wife.
Pittsburg, September 23.—Thomas
McKeene, a laboring man 67 years of
age, brutally murdered his wife at
their home in McKeesport, while
she was sleeping. He first struck
her on the head with an axe and then
buried a knife in her heart. After his
arrest he said he had been contemplating
the deed for years, but had refrained
until his children had reached an age
when they could care for themselves. He
claimed that she was unfaithful to him.
A Distinguished Visitor.
New York, September 23.—A Boston
special says: President Brady of the
municipal council of the Irish national
league of Boston has received word from
Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmond, M.
P., greatgrandson of Henry Grattan, to
the effect that he would sail for America
during the next two weeks. He will be
accompanied by another Irish member,
probably Mr. Arthur O’Connor.
A Blaze at Joliet.
Joliet, 111., September 25.—The large
barb wire mill, owned by Fish & Connell,
and known as the Enterprise company,
caught on fire last night and was destroyed.
Loss $25,000; insured.
Fire in Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., September 23.—
Fire broke out in a bakery in Sanford
yesterday morning at 1 o’clock and destroyed
almost the entire business portion
of the town. Loss estimated at $300,
000, with very little insurance.
LOCAL RELIGIOUS NOTES.
The Metnodist Meeting—Evangelist
Black’s Work Ended.
Rev. Horace Bishop preached an interesting
sermon to a large congregation
at the Fifth Street Methodist church last
night. This morning the uSual prayer
and song service was held. To night
Rev. Dr. Mitchell will preach. The conversions
thus far are about twentyfive in
number. The services will not be held
tomorrow morning or night, but at an
early day will be renewed in the Methodist
chapel. Ninth and Morrow streets.
Prof. Black closed his meeting last
night ana left via the Cotton Belt at
4 o’clock this morning for his home at
Tuscola, Illinois, followed by the good
wishes and prayers for his continued
success, of a host of warm friends and admirers.
The meeting continued nine
weeks and resulted in the addition of
seventysix new names to the roll of the
'Christian church which leaves it in a
strong and healthy condition. With the
most comfortable chapel in the city and
an active membership of near 250 members,
the Christian churgh has a bright
future before it, under the ministrations
of its energetic pastor. Rev. W. H. Bagby.
The Courts ToDay.
POLICE.
Acting Mayor Tibbs imposed fines this
morning as follows: Robert Rhodes,
offensive conduct, $3.00; Pat Bunting
and Barney Rast. hack drivers, charged
with violations of the hack ordinance,
$3.00each; Robert and Jane Saunders,
husband and wife, cursing and swearing,
$2 00 each. The cases against the other
hack drivers were continued.
THE JUSTICES.
Justice Sleeper had only one case, a
minor civil matter, which was dismissed.
Justice Makeig was to hold an examin:»g
trial for E. JVI. Beall, charged with stealing
a horse, this afternoon, but on account
of absence of wittnesses the case
was postponed until to morrow.
Joe Lehmann has the finest steak in
the city. Served in any style.
Our 5 and 10 cents goods for house use
such as shovels, forks, spoons, dusters,
tumblers, can openers and tin ware and
thousands of other things, lay over everything
in Waco.
Five and Ten Cent Store..
There is nothing in the shoe line that
is not to be found at Baker & Moser’s.
916tf.
Itchy prairie mange and scratches of
every kind cured in thirty minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Use no other.
This never tails. Sold by S B. Ilamlett,
druggist, Waco.
New Catch of Mackerel.
Joe S. Thompson is just in receipt of a
consignment of the above, in barrels, the
first of the new catch, which is the finest
known in several seasons. Any one trying
these fish will find them delicious.
They are going fast and everybody
praises them. Everything else to eat at
Thompson’s.
 Our fall stock is now complete, and all
are fresh goods, made expressly for us
and to ouf special order. Baker &
Moser.—916tf.
FIRE PROTECTION.
Tests Made Yesterday of the Waco
Water Company’s System.
Aldermen McCulloch, Grider, Caruthers.
Goode and Smith, and Mr. H.D.
White, of the Waco watefcompanychaproned
Engineer Hartford yesterday while
he made a very thorough test of the
lately completed system of the above
named company.* The work occupied
the best portion of the day and was not
completed until late in the afternoon.
The chief object in view was to ascertain,
first, the distance to which water can be
thrown, and second, the amount of water
that can, in a given time, be drawn from
any one plug. As a preliminary, the
depth of the water in the reservoir was
gauged and found to be four feet. When
full it will be fifteen feet deep. Two lines
of hose were attached, taking the plugs
one by one, to plugs at the following
points: Clay and Third, Third and Cleveland,
Eighth and Cleveland, Tenth and
Cleveland, Tenth and Austin, Fourteenth
and Austin, Fourteenth and Jefferson,
Ninth and Jefferson and Third and Jefson.
These poinfs, as will be seen
cover nearly all portions of the system,
and a test at one is a
fair indication of what the service
would be at an adjacent point. The
pressure was of course all natural, from
the reservoir, the principle of water seeking
its own level. To test the amount of
water that can be drawn from a hydrant
in a given time a six hundred gallon
tank, used for street sprinkling was taken
along. At each plug one of the two
lines of hose in j=e ran into this tank,
while the second line was at the sims
time throwing water upon an imaginary
building. The average time required to
fill the tank was three and onehalf minutes.
With two lines of hose discharging
into the tank the result shows a capacity
of twelve hundred gallons from
each plug every three and onehalt minutes
or nearly four hundred gallons per
minute. At the same time the tank was
being thus filled the second line of hose
was throwing a stream of water not less
than one hundred feet, sometimes
greater. If this same stream were thrown
in a horizontal direction it would, so experts
estimate, reach a height of sixty
teet. The volume of such a service may
be computed when it is stated that the
McClelland hotel is not over fifty feet
high. With six or ten feet of water in the
reservoir the pressure would, of course,
be greater. A full reservoir would perhaps
burst the hose, and therefore it is
not likely that so great a pressure will
ever be allowed. It is understood that
Engineer Hartford will follow up the
tests of yesterday, with others, equally
rigid, and make a report at an early day
as to his estimate of the capacity of the
system. It may be remarked, in all fairness,
that the results of yesterday’s tests
are about as flattering to the new system
as the water company could desire, and
will also prove very satisfactory to citizens
and tax payers who have property
to be protected from fire.
Federal Building Items.
At Washington, on the 20th instant,
the supervising architect of the treasury
opened bids as follows for the material,
tools and labor for the plumbing of the
federal court house and post office at
Waco: P. Nacy of Waco, $4,839; May &
Wainright, of Galveston, $3,875; Paul
Shean, Waco, $7,500. On the next day
bids for the interior finish of the building
were opened as follows : John Mitchell,
Louisville, Ky., $22,811; John O’Connor,
Buffalo, N. Y., $20,200; John Moore,
Syracuse, N. Y., $24,593; Cuddill & Lehman,
Chicago, $16,589: Robert Mitchell,
Cincinnati, $17,934.
Call Meeting of the Waco Chess Club.
The Waco Chess Club will meet tomorrow
(Saturday) night at Dr. H. G.
Saunders’ office, to elect a vicepresident
and ballot on members. A full attendance
is desired.
No musquit5 bars needed if you use
Maddin’s Musquito Mixture. Sold and
guaranteed by Willis & Co. 817
Go to Joe Lehmann’s for Fresh Oysters.
Pickles, jellies and jams, all sizes in glass,
at Marshall & Heard’s.
Pure imported olive oil and o es,at Marshall
& Heard’s.
An extra large assortment of cigars and
tobacco, at Marshall & Heard’s.
(3r’Jackson’s elegant cabinet photo’s,
only $2.50 per dozen.—910iw
Fresh arrival of Whittaker hams, at
B. A. Little & Co’s.
To Notary Publics.
We have now in stock the best notary
records that have yet been issued. Call
and get one, Brooks & Languille.
Take Tucker’s “Brazos Chill Cure;”
it will drive away that heavy, sluggi»h
feeling. 912iw