Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 211, Ed. 1, Friday, March 15, 1889 Page: 4 of 4
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JONES I GOODLOE
GOLDSTMJ HI6EL
Gfapd Slaughter Sale
LADIES' : TjynPEpWEp.
Our New York buyer having pur-
chased a very large line of Muslin
s Wear to reduce stock we offer the en-
tire line at special low prices. They
are tne oest gooas maae ieiiea seams
and good materials.
THIS -WEEK'S -WONDERS.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
An
and
CHEMISE.
Good Muslin Chemise 24 cts.
Torchon Lace Trimmings 33c.
Embroidered Yoke and full
lace trimmed 49 cts.
Very fine hand-made garments
trimmed in Torchon and
Valencienne lace 75c to $2.
GOWNS.
Good Muslin Lace trim'd 45c
Cambric ruffled neck and
Sleeves 49 cts.
Best Muslin elaborate embroid-
ery $1.00.
Tucked and lace front full
length a beauty $1.45.
Bridal robes and sets $2 to $10
CORSET COVERS.
A good muslin cover 15 cts.
Nice goods lace trim'd 24c.
Embroidery and lace trimming
.U cts.
Very fine corset covers 50 cts
tog 1.50.
CJ We are showing the
handsomest embroideries in
Waco.
SKIRTS.
A good tucked skirt.... 29 cts.
Handsome embroidered
flounce 74 cts.
Elaborately embroider-
ed & trim'd skirts.... $1.29.
20 other lots fine goods made
in the latest new styles
1.00 to $5.00.
Compare our Prices on Embroideries.
CHILDREN'S WEAR.
Girls good drill waists 12 i-2c.
infant's long dresses 24c.
Infant's dresses embroid-
ered Nainsook Yoke.... 34c.
Children's fine embroider-. i
ed dresses 50c to $3.00
TOUR PRICES ON EMBROIDER- 1
ICS WAS ARE AND ALWAYS
WILL BE THE LOWESJ. J
Children's linen aprons.... ioc.
Child's Pantlets U2 i-2c.
Embroidered Pantlets 19c.
DRAWERS.
Good tucked drawers 24c.
Lace-trimmed drawers.... 29c.
Very fine drawers 50c to $1.50
Boys' Nice Clothing
$1.25 to $1.75 a Suit.
Fine Suits $2 and up.
Knee Pants 25c to
$1.50 a pair.
Ladies' Nainsook Anmnc tr
White tucked and ruffled
aprons 25c
Elaborately embroidered
aprons white and colors
50c to $1.50
THESE PRICES ARE SPECIAL
For thisweek or while the goods last
we have no duplicates.
EMBROIDERIES.
The largest line and lowest prices. All
the latest novelties at cut prices.
Sateene and Ginghams.
All the latest shades and novelty designs at
iwc 25 2 c and lOc a yard.
ENS' - CLOTHIWCt.
TgUegant Spring Suits at almost half
SraZrZA'F!g&.. on UT0&-
m ifwv " cum u etuis jrants.
liULUSltlN I MEL
REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD TRATEL
VIA THE- ' '
MO. KANSAS AND TEXAS Ry.
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Early Morning Blaze
Heavy Losses.
This morning at (MO while people
werejust rising or ongnged In break-
test a fire broke out lu the cotton
Holt railroad donot and the firemen
respondod promptly The passenger
denot and freight donot of the Cotton
Bolt railroad are lu the same build
ing the freight depot to the south
and tho pasionger depot occupying
the northern end. The fire broke out
in the freight warehouse which con
tained tho usual stocks of goods
either received for Waco merchants
or piled iu the depot awaiting ship-
incut to other towns. The origin of
tbo Are 1b wholly unknown and mere
guest work. It was at all events a
very sudden lire. An o.vo-witness.
who hud Just arisen says tho firo was
11K0
AN KXl'LOSIOX.
There was a rackot inside the donot
and almost instantly tho ontlro build
ing seonied to be a sheet of flame
Thero Is no doubt that an explosion
occurred hi tho denot. which was
most likely of giant or other powdor
stored In the building and possibly
of coal oil. The fire was evidently
scattered all over the building In-
stantaneously. FROM A TOUCH.
There is another theorv of the fire.
aud It Is from an employe of the rail-
road who was there after the Are. It
is that tho fire originated outside of
the building and was caught from
qne ol the open torches such as are
used by tho car inspector aud other
employes. The observations of the
night telegraph operator who was on
duty at the time deprecate this the-
ory as woll as that which supposes
an eXDloslon. He waa en en ceil nt
his desk at 0:40 and left it to" go into
the freight room to get some letters
from the letter press. As he opened
tho door the inside of the great build
ing was a mass of flames which shot
into the passenger room and he bare
ly ume to get out loosing some of his
enects In his hurried exit.
iry It ran
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Bnt one Change of Oars to Chicago New York Boston Louisville
Washington Philadelphia Baltimore and other Principal Cities.
i GASTON mK? 8J0NK?' Agent WacoTe.
QABTON MKSLlEn. General Ftiungor and Ticket Afent Sedalla Mo.
Money to loan on country or olty
property by E. M. Ewlng attorney
Kt law 111 South Fourth street
Waoo.
The very attractive saloon known
as Dick Green's No. 616 Austin dls-
f'pentes the best straight goods and
inline cigars with ohoi es wines. Dour-
' teous treatment for everybody.
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llegant asftnrhnent. nf ailAn.A. ...
J. Levinskl's.
IlUCOrtod sherrv ilrnnn f.nn it.-
wood at Cotton Exchange.
Urder your groseries grain feod
wood and coal from Geo. W. McLaugh-
hn Satisfaction guaranteed.
Ka8t ''" jellow yoms at Joe
Auuiulun
A BAD BREAK.
When the fire was first discovered
some one rushed to turn on the alarm
aud procuring tho key of box lG.whlch
is near tho depot made a failure by
holding down the hook in the alarm
box when he should have drawn it
down and let it go. Tho consequence
was that no alarm was given while
tne lire was sweeping all before It.
The first alarm came from box 6 near
tno residence of Mr. Tom Padgltt. on
Eighth and Austin. This led to a
misapprehension of the situation of
the Are and the engine was not taken
out and when the lacatlou of the Are
was found a team had to be sent after
the engine. The firemen did excel.
lent work and saved a large amount
of property which would otherwise
have been destroyed though unable
to save tho depot or the cars.
DUILDINnS BURNED.
The large passenger and frelsrht de-
pot whloh was 40x120 feet long one-
story was completely destroved with
all Its contents Including the freight
house all the merchandise in transit
and awaiting shipment with all the
appliances used In such buildings.
In the passenger depot all the furni-
ture books papers way bills tele-
graph instruments and tickets were
completely destroyed. Three cars
loaded with mlscelaneoua merchan
dise and ready for shipment were
standing on the side-track alongside
the depot and when parties arrived
the fire had gained suoh headway
that they could not be moved. These
were burned with their contents and
the contents of three loaded oars of
merchandise amount to a good deal of
money. The track to-day is strewn
with green coffee tobacoo aud other
goods. Some bacou and perhaps a
little of other goods will be saved In
one of the cars in a damaged condi
tion.
Across Mary street are a number of
bulldlairu of frame and brlok used
principally for boarding houses lunoh
stands and other purposes. One of
these with a small house in the rear
Were destroyed the noTt to it wm In.
jured and two buildings of brlok
were partly burned and badly wreck
ed with water.
A BAD LOSS AT 00.
The house burned down belonged
to a colored woman Marie Bogges.
Marie is not of an ace to begin life
again being according to her own
statement DO years old. She is prob-
ably nearer a hundred. Marie was
once the sjave of Major W. V. Downs
and came with him from Alabama
men a womanripeof age.and that was
in 1854. The furniture was saved and
there is insuranco on the building ol
$200. The next house belongs to Mag
Bogges her daughter and was but
little lnured. It is alsu insured or
$200 and both In the Boyal In J. I.
Moore agenoy. The nex$ bulldiug
belonged to Tony Fabre a grocer on
me squaro on whloh the loss Is prob-
ably $300 Insured for $1000 In the
Sturgls-Bogers agency It was un-
oooupied.
THE LOSSES.
It Is difficult to estimate the losses.
The Insurance on depot buildings
offloo .furniture to. Is unknown be-
lug held In the general offtoes In St.
Louis as Is also the open 'poltoles
which cover goods lu trauslt. The
lussos on depot building cannot bo
less than $5000 on cars $1500 on
goods In transit nrobablv 4.000 and
on other things $1600 making a total
ot $12000. All is probably well cov
ered by Insurance.
OTHER LOSSES.
The loss of nil gnoda In transit will.
of courso have to be met by tho rail-
road and evontuallv bv the insurance
comnanles. but it will work a tormtor-
ary hardship and some eventual loss
to country merchants to whom tno
goods In the three cars and In tho de-
pet were consigned. The amount for
shipment as far as known was about
$1727. the consignors being Kellum &
Botau $017 to Gatosvllle; Moore Bros
between $000 and $1000 to Crawford
McGregor and Clifton; Cameron Cas
tles & storey none; and uehreus &
Castles $150. Much of this was bacon
whloh is spot cash.
The occurrence of tho fire at break-
fast time was inoportune as was also
the delay in turning on the alarm and
the alarm being sounded from the
wrong box. The condition of the
horses lu the fire department Is also
bad. threo of them being crlnnled and
the instructions being not to take the
engine out to a distant Are. while the
alarm led to the supposition that It
was far out. Altogether the depart
ment through no fault of their own
were late on the ground but they did
effective work in fighting the spread
of tho fire which at one time threat-
ened the whole block between Mary
and Franklin street. Fortunately
the wind which blew furiously all
day yesterday was allayed during the
night as with such a wind as yester
day a fearful conflagration must have
resulted.
The lire will work some inconven
ience to the railroad company but
the new passenger depot oorner
Third and Mary streets is nearlv
completed and it is probable a new
treignt depot will be erreoted at once
407 AUSTIN ANBNUE
MEN'S AND BOYS' FINE 0LOTHIER3
HATTERS AND FURNISHERS '
Sole Agents for the Dunlap Hats.
Leather Valises a Specialty.
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CITY ITEMS.
Water I Free Water I Muoh Wa
ter I Pure Water I
Editor News:
What shall wo do with it? Make it
as free as the air we breathe.
Hurrah for James I. Moore. Make
the welkin ring for J. D. Bell I Three
cheers for Fowler & McGillvray I
Let us mako Waco the Central Man-
ufacturing City of Texas.
Flush our streets daily and make
Waco the healthiest city in the world.
Let everv man. wnmnn nnd ehilil Jn
Waco have water for garden and bath
iud iree.
Make Waco the great sanitarium nf
ino Boutnwest.
Give the railroads Dure water and wo
will get their shops
Paper mills and tanneries must have
soft water. Tell them Waco will give
it to them.
Erect Etand-rjinea and mvn matnr
power to every manufacturing concern
that wants it.
Let us make Waco the Greatest m'tv
of Texas. .Now is your opportunity.
wont let us neglect it.
Tho citv government nhnnlil hw
Moore's and Bell's wells sink others
ana put in water works.
Submit the question of issuing bonds
for this purpose to the people at the
election.
Tho following call is circulating to-
day :
MASS MEETIKO
The people of Waco are requested
to meet at 8 o'lockn. .m.. fSaturdav
16th) in the district court room to
consider the propriety of requesting
the city connoil tn nnhmit tn a vntn nt
the people at the April eleotion of
artesian wells and put in city water-
works. Many Votbrs.
Hotel Arrivals.
The following names are reoitnrAil
at tho Paoifie Hotel to-day:
J B Zararaore. New York: Jno S
Metzler Chicago; Will H Mayer
Brownwood; Arch Cribbs St Louis; A
Hoivets Coleman; E O Mcllhany
Stephen villo; A B Sherman Jr. Al-
exander; J II Ferrell city; F V Sim-
mondfi. F J D.wifl. New Vnrlr- TW W
Richardson. Mezia: Mm S f! Rim.io.lit
Ohio; H Marx J Weil New York: J
w Biaice v u natson wm riarnsler.
Jno II Corlev. Meria- O f! Renin
Fairfield Tex; It O Burnham city; R
v Jionneir ju ft. & x ity.
of Geo.
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Hilt? rnnr lnftnrt iinlrate
Campbell.
J. N. Gallaehnr ntnrnrv.i.f.lw
315J- Austia avenue Waco Texas.
Lotteries.
Louisiana State Lottery comnanv.
of New Orleans La. and ''Original
Little Louisiana" of San Franoisoo
California. Order your tickets from
D. Domnau & Bro. Austin avenue
opposite McClelland hotel or at Dallas
or Temple. Spenial rates to olubs. All
winning tickets oaBbed without dis
count.
Get your lottery tickets from Geo.
B. Campbell. No nartnershln in fn.
tare with any one but sales are for Wa
own uso and benefit
T . Wee U. at the lOllclUtlon of ratar
V vouri.a candidate tot Alderman from t hi
Fourth Ward at the emulntr alMtlnn . """"
This week it is thought will close
the work of tho grand jury.
See bargains in renl esfafe nffnr..ri
by James I. Moore in anothor column.
The Philo Literary nlnh hnl..a a
meeting at their rooms tn.ninht nt 7m
sharp.
Bell's hill is a sort nf Meee nnri
thousands of pilgrims are visiting tho
nnno aauy.
The deener vcu go in the earth the
warmer it gets which accounts for the
warmth of the artesian water.
The slgual service bureau ludloates
local rains and colder weather to-day
and to-morrow.
In the police court this moining two
young ladies wero fined five dollars
each charge drunkenness.
Water for every house undgardeu
in Waoo at a price so nominal that
every man however poer can get it
seems to be tho talk at present.
The artesian water is faintly touch-
ed with sulphur so slightly so as not
to impair its drinking qualities and
other minerals is imperceptible to the
taste.
Mayor A. Hinchman is away from
tne city on a visit to his ranch in
Hamilton county and Mayor Tibbs
presided over the police court this
morning.
It is Said and from reliable unthnri.
ty that a Pennsylvania tannery com-
pany are already speculating on put-
ting in a $50000 tannery since tho ar-
tesian water has been struok.
Tho artesian well is already a aani.
tanan. (lamninrr nnriieo ova ttiAiA al
ready for the benefit of the waters and
iuci vaiup uics may oc Been mere oi
nights.
J. D. Bell can hardlv get through
the streets. He is hailed and stonned
on every corner and surrounded by
people talking water and inquiring
about the water.
The pay oar of the Cotton Belt rail-
road Capt. Fisher tho presiding gen-
ius is in to-day for the third time in
a month. It pays this time for the
month of January which shows that
tho road is catching up rapidly.
The news of the artesian well hasn't
spread? Oh not The water was
struck three days ago and yosterday
an agent for a St. Lnnia irnn limine
was in the city ready to negotiate for
puiiing in pipes.
The well of James I. Moore gives 00
degrees of that and that of J. D. Bell
102 degrees which is an Inorease of 1
degree every 80 feet. At suoh a rate
it would not take long to reach the
heat of molten Iron.
Mr. Louis Newberg is baok from
his trip to Austin where he went on
matters connected with base ball.
The result is the now complete or.
ganizatlon of the league lnoludlug
an the cities originally contemplated.
Lafayette Blvens. oharged with in.
cest in the warrant was found guilty
or rape by the grand jury as a higher
crime. Theneualtyof inoest is the
penitentiary that of rape Is death.
The one In this case Includes the
other.
There will be a meeting tn.nioht at.
. ?. -- o
mo court nouse at tne district court
consider the proposition made by tho
coiorea peopie to tne city council at its
last meeting to turn over their fine
school known as the Howard Insti-
tute to the pubfio school system of
Waco.
Mr. Jesso R. Ferrel died yesterday
evening at 0:30 at the residence of
Mr. O. Camp on Mary street after a
lingering illness at the age of 67.
The funeral took plaoo at tho Christian
ohuroh 11th and Washington at 3
o'clock Rev. J II. nigbee. pastor
conducting the services. Tho deceased
was a native of Tennessee and all his
life a member of the Chrisiian church
in tho faith of which he died.
Celebrated Budweiter beer at Cotton
Exchange. f
Notion to subscribers is hereby
given that Mr. E. 0. Overby is no
longer connected with tho Nkws as
circulator and that all subscriptions
arc payable to tho proprietors
Hill & Ivy.
IS IT ARSON.
STARTLING ARREST OP THH
PORTER OF THE BUILDING -
Oharged With Setting Fire to the
Building by an Bye WitntMW.
Sinco writing an acoount of the fire
excitement has been produced by the
arrest of Wm. Anderson tho colored
porter of tho building charged with
setting fire to the building and tho
testimony seems direot and damning.
The arrest was made at two o'clock
by Officer J. C. Hall the day offioer on
that beat who deserves oredit for good
workin the matter. Eaint rumors reach
ed his ears this forenoon which led him
to work up tho caso to a finish so de-
cisivo that ho proceeded to make tho
arrest at OncO of Wm. Andersen nnm
he took to the jail accompanied by Mr.
Georg.0 Jennings the witness on whom
tho information was founded. Mr.
Jennincs was taken to the pb? inv
rooms aud the grand jury on hearing
. uu uii uuuu uruceeueu W au
mit Mr. Jennings. His examination
wad very short but so important that
others were summoned at once and at
this writing startling disclosures seem
probable.
The principal witness Geo. Jen-
nings keeps a lunch stand nearly op-
posite the depot. He is a whit man
who has been in the oity only two
months but has every appearance of
an honest straight-forward: man. His
evidence is direct. Ho states that this
morning a little after six while at his
lunch stand he saw tho porter Ander-
son. Whose dutV it is tn llween nnt the
depot etc. open one of the depot
doorsstrew kerosene on some goods by
throwing a lamp against the wall and
deliberately set fire to the oil. That he
Jennings at onee ran over to the de.
not and called to the nmrnti mn tha
door and get water to put out the fire
and that Anderson refused to get water
and began throwing the doors open
and called on him to do the same.
When Officer Hall hint tmuJ ).
reports spoken of to Jennings he seem-
ed disinclined tO CIV A eviiinnne knf
being pressed by tho officer told the
awry as given above.
Officer Hall went to the yard and
found the colored man at work assist-
ing in removing goods from tho burn-
ed car to another car. When arrested
he took the matter coolly asking what
it was for and on being told that it
was for burning the depot ho asked
the officer why he should want to burn
tho depot. On the way to tho jail he
and the witness Jennings had an acri-
monious dinnnfn in tvhinn 1. .Jlii.J
to opening the doors eto. but denied
setting fire to tho depot.
PERSONAL.
Mr. E. L. Andrew!) una in tho Itn
to-day and spent -a few hours.
Mr. N. Bartow nf the CUt-wu
Star while in the city to-day honored
kuo iijswB wun a pleasant call.
. .
And don't you forget that Robinson
ic Harn aro always and at all times in
the load nhen it gomes to ohoice fresh
family groceries. Nobody can down
them or make a better ahowino. TW't.
forgot that they mako a specialty of
fun ueieuratoa sugar-eured qlclcory-
Smoked. Stilwell and Whit.Va hame
pig shoulders and pig bellies. Reuem-
Dcr tnese Domes are tho sweetest in
the land: nine that ttio.a k. ..- fmn
the Robinson vicinity is the best.
The COttnn mill mentlnn at the nffina
Of J I. Moore was naaemhlinff m thn
News goes to press.
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The 0880 ot Lafnvette Ttncin. nlnm.
ed with tho crime of an outrage on the
rv.u UIB unu yUUDg uaugmer jq
Set for Mav 2nd. in the dlatrintneurt
OH the criminal did a .T P JonLln.
Esq. and Jno. L. Dycr.Eiq hsve been
ppuinwu oy tne court lor his defence.
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