Waco Evening News (Waco, Texas) Vol. 4 No. 280, Saturday, June 4, 1892

              ESTABLISHED JULY 16, 1888,
0. 280.
co burning iXcws.
Entered at the EostoIJice at Waco, T ax, ax 8econd‘,Class'.MatUr.
WACO, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 4 1892 5^ Cents her Month
NGER BROTHERS PBCIAL SAL,B
—OF-
$5 ihd£sOpk>nnces. 4)4 yards in each piece.
t 1. #1.75 a Piece.
1 2. #3.75 a Piece.
'his is the greatest bargain in Flounces ever sold.
: have j nst received a large lot way under price that
» d’ ided into three lots—Cambric and Nainsook
r Insertihgs^.ig each lot: 1.
2.
>•
. 9c. a Yard.
. 14c. a Yard.
•>. 19c. a Yard.
WBS*S
a line of
Special
*
in our various Departments opened
Is. to which we invite inspection,
aks and valises at low figures.
JGER- BROS
am NATIONAL BANK
A CO'; - - TEXAS.
Amt..........................................,,oo<
ND UNDIVIDED PROFITS.... .......$125,000
DIBEOTORS.
L B. BLACK, Cash!.
H J. OAUFIELD,
aks, bankers, merchants, farmers, meohanloe and other otakses solicited, Y<
ntion to steal aooounts as large ones. We give personal and special attentloi
department, and recjlton. day of payment. Exchange bought and soldo)
pc points of the United States and Europe.
resident. J. T. DAVIS, Vice-president-
J. S. THOMPSON
THOS. P. ABKEL,
FROM
’<otooTO
Kalamazoo
people know the
er contract
bfceak the
iy offer ,
Famous
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.
A Crowd of Bqj£ Wreek the Dum-my
Line Saps and Engine.
For pure c
mischief Waci
that will disc
elsewhere in t
of their misohl
days ago a nu
to Alta Vista
Line ended and 'sfSrti
some fun. They first
mtrated essence of
a crowd of hoys
t any*'to be found
~duth. As a sample
otf.isthis: Several
r of them went out
old Dummy
in to have
loosened the
AT STATE EIPENSE
Gov. Hogg Hires a Lawyer to Spie
Upon
LAND TITLES AT AUSTIN.
Two Hundred Dollars Paid for tlie
Information on the Sidings Suits
Out of the Treasury-Ireland Re-fused
to Conspire Against tlie
Holders of tlie JLands,
Whittinghill, Jones & Goodloe.
The following is a sample of the
manner in which Governor Hogg ob-tained
the information upon which
was based his famous Val Verde
suits:
Fort Worth, Nay 31.—Governor
Hogg in his egotism has always
claimed to have been the originator
of the scheme to secure for the school
fund one-half of the public domain,
upon which proposition he went
into court and was so egregious-ly
and unmercifully beaten. Those
who are acquainted with the gov-ernor’s
peculiarly happy faculty of
gracefully appropriating the ideas of
other people ana foisting them upon
the public as bis own will not be sur-prised
to know that this school fund
idea was notoriginated with him, but
was purchased and paid for with the
funds of the state.
The man who first suggested the
matter was L. D. Brooks of Austin,
who brought the question to the at-tention
of Attorney General Hogg.
Mr. Brooks, previous to this inter-view,
had issued circulars detailing
the manner in which he proposed to
secure the lands in question, suggest-ing
that if successful he was to receive
one-quarter of the aggregate amount
thus secured in every county in the
state. These circulars he forwarded
to thejudges of ail the county courts
and also to many prominent citizens
in all parts of the state, but because
of the difficulty of approximating to
what extent the counties may be
benefited, the scheme never material-ized.
He afterwards laid the matter
before the attorney general, as has
been stated, and was more successful
than with ex-Governor Ireland, who,
when approached on the subject, re-fused
peremptorially to have any-thing
to do with it. In Governor
Hogg, however, he found a ready 1 let-ener,
and succeeded in presenting his
case so rorcibiv as to enlist his active
indorsement. *
For the information thus given the
attorney general, Brooks was paid
$200 by warrant drawn upon the state
treasury. This voucher, approved by
Hogg, is on file at Austin, and a
prominent attorney of this city, who
formerly resided at the capitol, said
today that Brooks told him that the
money thus received was for the in-formation
given Hogg, upon which
he afterwards began his disastrous
litigation.
This same gentleman, whose veraci-ty
cannot be impeached, also says
that he had it from Brooks personally
that the idea of the now famous
sidings and switch prosecutions was
first suggested by him to Governor
Hogg, and that upon the suggestion
thus given him the attorney generil
drafted the law about which he is
now rousing the people, and which
he has always claimed the honor of
having originated.
BADJLY CANED.
£
•air.
WsSfif Famous
0 Shoes
*2.50.
uted quantity.
% eo.,
1 Ave.
brakes on the engine 'and started it
down the steep hill. Fortunately it
did not jump the track. Next they
started the two heavy oars down the
hill. The two c4rs were muoh heav-ifer
than the engine and gained more
"’ho result was that they
engine and made a
e platform of the cars,
and all the
— engine are
ious '.Wmis they had
broken everytlfeiv: ia the engine thev
could, utterly -oY filing it. The dam-age
will amonifb
dollars.
The
Allow no one t<
riling your poll
Insurance compa
seen
We don’t prico
it fit, but manuf:
order and guaranty
several hundred
you into can-in
the California
until you have
?J-;Hay8 Bbos.
work to make
everything to
DALms Screen Co.
•RT FOR TAX COLLECTOR
We are determined to clean our stock
of all small lots. We have a few pieces
only of the list below and the prices
have been made so low that they will
go very quickly. Call early and get
the choice.
Grenadines.
A Waco Youns Ulan Gets Too Fresli.
Denton, Tex , June 2.—Our quiet
little chy was treated to rathera sensa
tional episody last night. One John
son, a piano tuner, who hails from
Waco, and who enjoys the reputation,
whether deserved or not, of being a
“masher,” has. been traveling over this
section of the state for a year or two,
in the pursuit of his calling. He came
to Denton several days ago, and was
employed "by Mr. John Davidson to
tune his wife’s piano. He went to Mr.
Davidson’s residence, and when his
day’s work was done returned to the
Oatman house, where he was stop-ping,
and after supper was engaged in
a game of checkers with another guest,
when Mr. Davidson suddenly appear-ed
on the scene, armed with a cane or
stick of some kind, and knocked
Johnson off his chair and proceeded
to administer a severe castigation,
claiming as a reason for his action
that Johnson had insulted Mrs. David-son.
If our first price is to high please
ask for a lower one; we manufacture
all grades of work.
Dallas Screen Co.
Our $1.50 Satin Stripe
At Sl.oo.
Our $1.25 Plain
At 90c.
Our $1.15 Plain
At QOc.
Our $1.00 Surak Stripe
At 75c.
Our 75c. Fancies
At 50c.
Our 50c. Fancies
At 32c.
Challies.
Our 18c. Half Wool Figured
At 14)4c.
Our 25c. Half Wool Figured
At 18c-
Our 65c. All Wool Figured
At 39c.
Our 50c. All Wool Striped
At 29c.
40 in. all-wool Crinkled Crepon
was 95c., will go at 85c-
All Wool Figured Crepon
was $1,00, will go at TQc> ALL NEW FRESH GOODS! REMEMBERJ
We NEVER advertise goods as having been marked
down from FICTITIOUS prices.
will J
500, 502 and 504 Austin Street.
BROOKS & COWAN
$1.25 SHIRTS $125
DonJJt fail to see our SPECIAL SHIRT SALE, at
One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents.
BROOKS & COWAN.
ESTABLISHED 1807. THE ROTAN GROCERY GO.,
WiiCO, TEZAS.
CAPITAL STOCK.......................................................$200,000.
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Texas.
Headquarters for Staple and Fancy Groceries.
A SNEAK THIEF’S WORK.
A Negro Robs the Young Ladies’
Rooms at the Waeo Female Col-lege
Last Night.
A sneak thief entered some of the
rooms at the Waco Female college
during the entertainment last night
and rifled the rooms ofjseveral of the
young ladies. About $400 was stolen
from Miss Narnie Harrison. Miss
Lizzie Mae Moodie lost a watoh which
had been presented to her by her
father and was consequently highly
prized. It was engraved “From Papa
to Mae.” She also lost a gold medal
whioh she had won at the college. It
was engraved “W. T. C.”
Officers Knott and Hall were called
and arrested on suspioion, Henrietta
Beltran, Celia Franklin and Kiehard
Jones. The two women were released
as nothing could be shown why they
should be held. They still have
Jones in custody They searched
Henrietta Beltran’s room, but failed to
find anything suspicious.
The way the burglary came to be
discovered was that two young ladies
had been donning some costumes
used in the entertainment and had left
for the chapel when one returned for
some forgotten article and found a
negro man in the room. She screamed
and ran before ehe recognized the
man. Before help oould arrive the
man had disappeared. The man,
Richard Jones, had been empl« ed at
the eollege only a few days and * when
the theft was discovered he was not to
be found and did not show himself for
over a half hour. He failed to give a
satisfactory account of his absenoe and
he will be held ua^lBuan do so.