The Day (Waco, Texas) Vol. 4 No. 73, Monday, February 21, 1887

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1887 SPRING AND SOMMER 1887
In this as in everything else we are in the lead; the Win
[ ter Season has hardly passed and we are already prepared
' for the spring and summer seasons, and the sweet hum of
busy people, after a very short lull, is again heard in our establishment.
SEE 00R NEW EMBROIDERIES.
Thousands of new patterns of dainty design in low, medium
and fine qualities.
See The New Line Of Laces.
Elegant patterns and new designs of handmade Torchons
from five cents a yard up.
NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS.
Among the many wc quote a full line of new shades
in thirtyeight inch, all wool Shooda Cloths at 65 cents a
yard, medium weight, and just the thing for this season of
the year, also a full line of spring shades in forty inch, all
wool, hair line stripes and checks at 75 cents a yard.
New Spring Line
^ Of Infants" French Embroidered, Mull and Silk Caps in
a large variety of styles and prices.
i NEW SPRING STYLES IN JERSEYS.
See the pretty styles; we have them in all qualities.
WHITE GOODS.
This stock is showing many new things; we carry the
largest stock in the city. New Lawns, New Plaids, New
Sateens, New Piques, New Batistes and a large variety of
new patterns of all styles of White Goods at popular prices.
It will be to every lady’s advantage to look through our
stocks before making their spring purchases. In every case
we give our customers the, benefit of our advantages as large
buyers.
BEAR THIS IN MIND
—AND GO TO
SangeR Brothers.
MONDAY’S BUDGET.
A BLOODLESS DUEL BETWEEN
TWO NEWSPAPER MEN.
An Opera House Burned—Wrecked by
a Whirlwind —The Meat War in New
York—Pinkerton Wants Damages
—A Walking Match.
An Opera House Burned.
Associated Press.
Columbus, O., February 21.—Fire
broke out on the stage of the Grand
opera house shortly after midnight, and
the structure is a total ruin. Nothing is
left standing but hot, smoking walls.
The theatre had been occupied by the
congregation of the First Congregational
church during the evening, and it is sup
posed the drop curtain caught fire from
a gas jet that was left burniug on the
stage. The fire was a vicious one and
the most destructive that has occurred
here in several years. The building was
occupied by the following firms, all of
whom are entirely burned out: Orebaugh
& Bro., of the Sunday News; The
Standard Telegram; Johnson & Wright,
coal dealers; and T. N. Surge & Co.,
electrotypers. The lessees of the theatre
were Chas. A. and Jas. G. Millard, who
place their loss at $10,000. The building
was owned by E. T. Mitthoff, and his
loss is not less than $20,000, fully covered
by insurance. The losses of other firms
are fixed at $10,000, all fully covered by
insurance.
GEO. WILLIG. K. G. PATTON. ED. A. MARSHALL,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public
WILLIG, PATTON & MARSHALL,
Real Estate Agents,
118 NORTH FOURTH STREET, 1 _ _ \xr A f'O T17Y
Next to Garland Opera House i VV U, i C/AAO,
Special Attention Given to Real Estate of NonResidents.
We Sell City Property, Farms and Vacant Lands, Rent Houses and Collect Rents,
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(Established in 1871.)
OLDEST & LAEGEST
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A Meat War in New York.
Associated Press.
New York, February 21.—A war to
the knife has sprung up between three
powerful corporations to control the meat
supply of New York City. The fight
will be inaugurated by the National Consumer’s
Meat Company and will be resisted
by the Chicago Dressed Beef Company
and the Slaughterers’ Association,
of this city. Each corporation has a
capital of $9,000,000. The National
Consumers’ Meat Company proposes to
supply the eittire New York market with
dressed beef direct from Montana and
other cattle ranges, and secure control
of the market by purchasing every butcher
shop in New York for cash or by making
the proprietor a stockholder in the
company and retaining him as manager
of the business transferred. The company
will supply these stores with its own
meat, and owning these establishments
will virtually control the market.
Wrecked by a Whirlwind.
Associated Press.
Jacksonville, Fla.. February 21.—Just
before dusk last evening a seventyfivetoot
schooner sailing down St. John’s
river about six miles below this city, was
lifted out of the water by a whirlwind,
turned partially round and then capsized.
Her crew, so far as known, consisted
of five men, and all were
lost. The accident was most pcculiar.
At the point where it occurred
the river is about three miles wide
and the channel almost in the center.
The river was dotted with many pleasure
crafts, and witnessed by at least fifty
persons. Efforts are being made to recover
the bodies of the crew and to learn
the name of the schooner, but so far
have been unsuccessful. A wrecking tug
will attempt to raise her.
A Walking Match.
Associated Press,
Philadelphia, February 21.—A six
days goasyouplease walking match
for the diamond belt and championship
of the world opened at the Elite rink at
12:15 yesterday, in the presence of about
6,000 people. There were forty starters,
among them being Anton Strokel, the
winner of the recent 72 hours race;
George Noremack, Frank Hart, Rob.
Vint, Peter I’auchat, Chris. Faber, James
Alberts, C. D. Graham, the Niagara
1 Falls barrel man; Lawrence Donovan,
the bridge jumper; and Geo. Tilly. Jno.
Hughes, who was entered, did not start.
Frank Hart, colored, was first to score
a mile, his time being a little less than
six minutes. Alberts came in immediately
behind him and the others were
well bunched.
The Pinkertons are Insulted.
Associated Press.
Jersey City, N. J., February 21.—
Mayor Cleveland was served last evening
with a summon and complaint in a libel
suit for $25,000 damages, brought by
William A. and Robert Pinkerton, of the
Pinkerton detective agency. The libel
is based upon a communication published
Feb. 8, over the signature of Mayor
Cleveland, in which the latter said:
“And Pinkerton’s army stand ready to
charge at a moment’s notice. And what
an army it is; organized by a British
penal convict, it is now a power in the
land.”
To Rush Legislation.
Associated Press.
Washington, . February 21.—There
will be a perfect potpourri in the proccedings
of congress during the remaining
ten days. The calendars of both
houses are exceedingly cumbersome, and
so much business of great importance
demands attention that more or less of
undue haste will necessarily follow.
Australia and New Zealand News.
Associated Press.
San Francisco, February 21.—Australian
advices by the steamer Zealandia
state that sixty lives were lost by the
recent floods at Brisbane, Queensland.
The damage to property cannot be estimated.
An Auckland paper of January
26 says that a private letter received
from Kimberly contains an account of a
terrible slaughter of blacks in that district.
A miner stole a young black, and
in retaliation the negro’s parent killed
the miner and wounded his two companions.
The latter secured aid and pursued
the blacks, and out of a band of
forty blacks all but one were shot down.
A Bloodless Duel.
Associated Press.
New Orleans, February 21.—Emile
Rievol, manager, and Andre L. Roman,
editor of the French evening paper, the
Trait d’ Union, left yesterday morning
for Jefferson parish, where they met on
the field of honor. The weapons used
were ordinary dueling pistols, and the
distance fifteen paces. After exchanging
two shots, each without bloodshed, the
seconds interposed and hostilities ended.
It appears that there has been some misunderstanding
regarding the management
of the paper, and the duel was the
result of this disagreement.
A Polish Plot.
Associated Press.
Odessa, February 21.—An extensive
plot has been discovered for a Polish
rising in the' event of a RussoAustrian
or’German war. Many imperial officers
and officials are implicated, and twenty
persons have been arrested.
War Talk.
Associated Press.
Vienna, February 21.—The council of
war again met on Saturday. Officers of
the reserve are forbidden to leave the
country. French officers are buying
horses in Spain.
Buying Cartridges
Associated Pres*.
London, February 21.—Five European
governments have applied to
English firms for tenders for supplying
several million cartridges.
Victims of the Explosion.
Associated Press.
London, February 21.—The number
of deaths caused by the recent colliery
explosion in Rhondd alley is now thirtyseven.
Several of the injured are dying.
Death of a Prince.
Associated Press.
London, February 21.—Death is announced
of Prince Czartoryski, who was
prominent in Austria iiv 1863 and afterwards
in Germany.
The Queen of Zululand.
Associated Press
Durban, February 21.—The queen’s
authority has been extended over Zululand,
with the assent of the Zulus.
THE THOMPSON KILLING.
Buck Pippin Appears and Makes Bond
in the Sum of $2,500.
For three or four days past the officers
have been expecting Buck Pippin, who
stands charged with “killing and murdering
one W. H.Thompson,” to come into
the city and give bond for his appearance
before the grand jury. Pippin appeared
in open court this morning before
Justice W. M. Sleeper, waived an
examination and gave b*nd in the sum
of $2,500. His sureties are M. J. Eyerley
and S. Rassmussen. Luther Pippin, son
of Buck Pippin, and A. Sneed are also
charged with killing Thompson, and
friends of these men say they will also
come in and make bond.
Protecting the Public.
The residents of Waco regard it as a
matter of much congratulation that during
the last few weeks they have been
favored with the presence of an intelligent
band of young ladies who have
visited them in their homes and
therein exposed the adulteration of
baking powders with ammonia, alum,
lime and other {noxious ingredients
which slowly but surely undermine the
health of young and old alike. Much
suffering to humanity has been saved
through the instrumentality of these
young ladies in their great humanitarian
work—the protection of health from the
inroads of unscrupulous moneymakers,
who, in their niggardly greed for
gain, cause the undermining of
health through the manufacture
of compounds which they put
forth as “absolutely pure.” These sordid
manufacturers of adulterated baking
powders have through their slanderous
advertisements misrepresented and
abused these meritorious ladyworkers;
and most shamefully, too; but to
little effect, as an intelligent public
cannot any longer be misled and
have its confidence abused by the misstatements
of those who seek to rob the
people of their money and their
health through imposing upon them
noxious preparations which are cunningly
palmed off as “absolutely pure.” These
ladies, so meritoriously engaged in a
noble work, have through their tests, conscientiously
made, in almost every home
in this city, firmly established the important
facts that Dr. Price’s Cream Baking
Powder is alike pure, healthful and
economical—really, as justly claimed,
the most perfect made.
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Gallery.______
A Conductor Froze Out.
“Half fare for that big boy!” exclaimed
the conductor. “Did the ticket agent see
him when he sold you the ticket for him?”
“Of course he did,” snapped the woman.
“But you must remember it’s some time
since we started. You didn’t expect the
child to stop growing, did ycu?”
SUNDAY IN WACO.
HOW PEOPLE WERE EDIFIED
AT SEVERAL PLACES.
The Baptist Revival—Methodist Enterprise—
Mr. Brooks’ Lectures—Mr.
Shaw’s Discourse—General Notes.
The observance of the Sunday law by
the saloons must have been pretty ' general,
although three arrests were made
for intoxication. As for matters of
moral interest, there was a great deal to
attract people in the way of services at
the several city churches, Dr. Brooks’
lectures and meetings of various kinds.
The weather was propitious for going
out doors, and the attendance at the'
various places was fairly good.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
At the Presbyterian church there was
quite a large congregation in the morning
and a very fair attendance at night.
The pastor, Rev. Dr. King, preached in
the morning from Luke x, 3842 
“Mary’s choice of the good part.” He
showed how disciplesliip to Christ—sitting^
at His feet, hearing His words and
being in earnest in the business of religion—
was a good part to^choose. At
night the subject of discourse was the
“Destruction of Sodom,” the deliverance
of Lot and the folly of those who were
warned of the danger, but made light of
the message.
LIBERAL HALL.
At Liberal Hall, Mr. Shaw lectured on
the “Affirmations of Liberalism.” He
introduced his subject by saying: “Lib“
eralism is often objected to on the ground
of its negations. Those who urge this
objection overlook the fact that it is also
affirmative. It negates much that is
affirmed by Christianity, but it affirms
much that Christianity negates.” He
then spoke as follows:
1. “Liberalism affirms the supremacy
of natural law over any supposed system
of divine providence in the economy of
nature. From this it teaches that the
universe is governed by laws that inhere
in it and not by any force from without;
that these laws are coeternal and coextensive
with it; that whatever there is,
whether visible or invisible, material or
spiritual, is natural and that there is
nothing supernatural.
2. Liberalism affirms the supremacy
of reason over all supposed divine revelations
in the study and interpretation of
phenomena. From this, it
teaches that what we know
of the universe came by reason
and not by revelation. In this connection
he referred to the discovery and
demonstration of the Copernican system,
the laws of gravitation and attraction
and the circulation the blood. “These
great discoveries,” he said, “were not revealed
from heaven, but were discovered
by human reason.”
3. Liberalism affirms that human experience
is a better criterion of the right
than any socalled divine grace. From
this, it teaches thAt instead of expecting
salvation “by grace through faith,” we
must expect to find it by experience
through reason. It teaches that
experience is the true criterion of the
right. He expressed the opinion that
“the human race found out that it was
wrong to lie, steal and kill long before
the decalogue was written; that this
knowledge came not by revelation but
by experience.” He thinks “the first man
who stole anything and the man he stole
if from were the first two who found out
that stealing was wrong.” He said: “It
is not wrong to steal because the Vedas
and the Bible say ‘thou shalt not steal,’
but because it interferes with the peace,
happiness and prosperity of the people.
It would be wrong to steal if there were
no sacred books, and it must have been
wrong before the oldest of them was
written.”
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
The services at the First Baptist church
since Saturday have been very interesting.
Saturday night thirteen united
with the church. At 11 o’clock Sunday
Dr. Carroll’s sermon on the “Love of
God” held the audience spellbound, and
much good feeling was manifest in the
congregation. At night the sermon was
short but pointed, on the “Remission
of Sins.” After the sermon Rev. M. T.
Martin baptised nine or ten of those received
for baptism last week. The
crowd at the night service was simply
immense. The meetings will continue
through the week. Inquiry meeting at
the church at 11 a. m., prayer meeting at
12 m., and preaching at 7:30 p. m, A
cordial invitation is extended to all to
attend. Pastor and people are much
encouraged and look for yet greater
blessings.
GENERAL NOTES.
Rector Starr being absent, there were
no services at St. Paul’s church, Episcopal.
Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday and the
next day the solemn Lenten season
opens, which will be appropriately observed
at the Catholic and Episcopalian
churches.
Three services were held in East Waco
at the Methodist church. Services with
sermon at 11 a. m., children’s meeting at
3:30 p. m. and sermon at 7:30 p. n>. All
were largely attended, and much interest
was manifested.
At the Fifth Street Methodist church
yesterday morning a collection was
taken up for the purpose of building the
Methodist chapel on North Eleventh
street, Reynold’s addition t* Waco.
The amount subscribed was $436, which,
added to the amount already in hand
will be nearly $500. The building committee,
composed of Messrs. W. I. Barrett,
W. R. Mathews and J. H. Appell,
will, as soon as possible, let the contract
for the building, which is to cost between
$700 to $1,000.
At the Fifth street Methodist church >n
the forenoon. Rev. Horace Bishop
preached to a very large congregation.
His text was from the seventh chapter of
Luke: “He loveth our nation and hath
built us a synagogue.”
MR. BROOKS’ LECTURES.
Hon. John A. Brooks, of Kansas City,
Mo., has delivered a series of four lectures
on the subject of prohibition. His
audiences have increased with each address,
and last night at the Methodist
church the congregation numbered over
600. He is clear, cogent, pathetic, humorous
and convincing, and has done
much to educate and strengthen the
temperance sentiment in this community.
He represents the National Lecture Bureau,
and issued certificates of membership
to eighteen persons, Dr. B. H. Carroll
being made a vicepresident of the
bureau.) The bureau works in harmony
with every existing temperance
organization, and aims to strengthen all
forms of temperance work in each state
and county.
A HUNDRED YEARS AGONE.
Music, Costumes and Memories of Ye
Olden Tyme.
The people of Waco have rarely, if
ever, enjoyed a greater treat than the
“Old Folk’s Conceit,” tendered at the
Garland opera house Saturday evening,
under the auspices of the ladies of St.
Paul’s Guild. The leading musical talent
of the city was enlisted for the occasion
and a very large audience gathered
in response to the invitation to hear the
songs and music of “ye olden tyme.” It
was 1787, a hundred years agone, brought
back as to costumes and some of the
selections. The ladies, for example,
wore dresses that recalled the costumes of
their sex we see in old, old pictures of
the colonial or revolutionary period;
while the gentlemen, in their knee pants,
buckle shoes and hair worn in queues,
with the long waistcoats, coats and ruffles
of the same era, recalled how our greatgreat
grandfathers must have looked on
fulldress, gala occasions. It was a delightful
renaissance in costuming and
added no little to the effect of the music.
The programme left the audience entirely
in the dark as to the identity of
participants, (no one’s real name being
given) and the costuming rather increased
the mystery. It was not impossible,
however, for those who sat in front of
the footlights to distinguish many of
those who were aiding in presenting such
a pleasurable entertainment.
Among the number may be mentioned
Mesdames Parrott, McCulloch, Legault,
Schuerman and Miss Pearre,and Messrs.
C. M. Downs, W. M. Cheesman. W. P.
Howland, E. W. Krause and others. Of
course quite a number were required,
but the above are mentioned as having
leading parts that permitted recognition
more readily than with others. The selections
were appropriate, all being old
but standard pieces, the renditions being
in every case highly creditable, the
whole comprising an entertainment so
pleasant that it will not soon be forgotten
by any present. The Day has not
learned what the receipts of the evening
were, but they must have been remunerative
and satisfactory to the ladies and
gentlemen as a return for their services
so cheerfully given in a good cause. It
was a matter of general regret that Mrs.
Edward Toby, being too ill to sing, did
not appear.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
They Close Their Business and Adjourn
for the Term.
Saturday afternoon the county commissioners
adjourned, after passing on
several important matters. First, they
decided, on account of the increased
business, that five instead of four terms
of the county court shall be held every
year. The terms will now begin on the
first Mondays in January, March, May,
July and October. An election
to decide whether or not the voters in
precinct No. 7 want whisky and medicated
bitters sold, was ordered. The
voting places are Crawford, Prairie
Chapel and Patton. In creating justice’s
precinct No. 8 a slice was taken off of
No. 3, and another election will be held
in these two precincts. Officers to hold
the election will be appointed at a special
meeting of the court. Judge Evans
was instructed to inquire into the feasibility
of purchasing a farm on which
county convicts can be worked,
to report at the special meeting.
The following order was entered up on
the minutes of the commissioners court
this morning: “On this, the 19th day of
February, 1887, at a regular term of this
court came on to be considered the matterot
having the clock on the court house
tower kept in order, regulated and wound
up, whereupon, on motion of E. Tom
Cox, duly seconded, it was ordered that
said clock be not kept wound and regu*
lated, but be allowed to remain where it
now is in the court house tower until
further disposition is made of the matter
by this court.” The reason this order
was made, is that the clock, when it
strikes, knocks the plastering off the
couit house walls, and there is danger of
the tower being shaken down.
Landreth’s Seed Potatoes.
Early Rose.
Burbank.
Early Vermont.
Peerless.
These potatoes are received, by the car
load, direct from David Landreth & Sons,
and ate guaranteed as good as any seed in
the United States.
Also Landreth’s onion sets and garden
seed. Marshall & Heard.
Go to R. H. Baker’s lor shoes he is selling
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