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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
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ID | tx-waco-nwp-day_1887-09-23 |
Title | The Day (Waco, Texas) Vol. 4 No. 255, Friday, September 23, 1887 |
Date | 1887-09-23 |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 255 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Publisher | The Day Publishing Company |
Language | English |
Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
Resource Type | Text |
Format | Newspaper, 8 pages |
Collection Name | Baylor University - The Texas Collection - Historic Waco Newspapers |
Uniform Title | The Day (Waco, Texas) |
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Title | tx-waco-nwp-day_1887-09-23_01 |
OCR - Transcript | 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 |