The old Abe eagle. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 189?-189?, 1895-03-28

The city council Of Eddy is beautify-
ing the streets of that city by planting
trees, filing mp holes, cleaning out the
bitches, etc. Wise men, they.
Albuquerque Citizen: White Oaks is
one of the coming prosperous towns OF
New Mexico. 1t is sure to get two lines
of railroad in the near future.
-Four firemon perished horribly in
fire in the st. James hotel in Denver
last Saturday night, the floor giving way
under them. The house was damaged
to the amount of $4,000.
W. B. Conners shot and ins antly
killed Phil Hefey at Lordsburg last Sat
urday. Hefey had announced his inten-
tion to kill, Corners, aud the latter went
loaded for him. The dead man was
tough citizen from Texas with record
of six mu ders, his last victim having
been Ben Holman, whom he killed near
Lordsburg in January.
El Paso Tribune: The following
statement, which may be relied upon as
scientifically correct, establishes in the
mind of the interested reader the fact
conclusively that the building and oper.
alton Of the railroad commonly known
as the Ell Paso & White Oaks railroad
will, beyond any question, rebound to
the benefit of Ell Paso more certainly
and equally than all the other railroads
combined which now enter the city. Be
sides the itemized tabulated statement
of the iron and coal fields exploited and
reported by experts herein the territory
trayersed by the unusually easy grade
Of this line abounds with the precious
metals, of which the gl.ttcring gold
largely pre- dominates. Thousands OF veins
form web or network over and through
the mountains in sight Of the hit of
way. Hundreds Of prospects are in the
hands of the hardy miners today Doz-
ems of paying mines are within au hours
travel OF the selected stations along the
line The marble onyx and granite
quarries that are destined to supply Ri
Paso and other cities even as distant as
San Francisco, Chicago and New Or
leans, are worthy of mention, but not TO
compare with the iron, steel and copper
furnaces which must necessarily follow
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lished in El Paso, the terminus of it on
American soil. Iron and steel rails can
and will be manufactured and delivered
for shipment to entering roads and con.
Meeting lines for less money than the
! present market price, while thousands
of men will be given employment, as
many families be fed and clothed and
Ei Paso reap the benefit of supplying
their wants at profit, as well as enjo,
ing the pleasure OF the society Of honest
labor. Foundres will be cstablishe /,
warehouses built, cable and electric
street railways will be the ordtr OF the
day. repositories and repositories for
all kinds OF manufactures and supplies
will be prominent feature On the pril.
cipal, present and future thuroughfares
Of E Paso. The grumbler and the
GROWER will be things Of the past. 1t is
truly said, He that falters falls
Expert malhematicians evidently fig.
ured on the following estimates Of the
old-hmers 10 tho little empire OF the He-1
brews. Skeptical moderns will discount
these estimates, clipped from an OK
change, at about the samo rate as they
do ihs age OF Meihusalch who at one
time did probably bear tho distinction , I
being the Oldest ihhabitant OF his county.
The article reads in part: ut is diilicult
10 conceive that the accounts given
OF tue value Of the interior docnrations
ia SJlumon's temple was more than thrco
times as much rs tho total value Of Tho
gold and silver money in the world at
present, but Villalpandas estimates
make il such. While the exterior of the |
Temple is said to have shone with bur
nished gold, 1t is probable that 1t was
gildol Tor the art Of beating gold into
gold leaf was then known. The metal
used in the construction ol the interior |
Ia said, reducing the gold talents to |
hm,rlcan money. to have been valued |
Mt SGs79,S22 010. or us much as BlI the |
money in the world at this time. Tho
jewels used are said to have been OF an
equal value. Josephus says the vessels
of gold in the Temple were value at e.,
s0O,OOO,0O0, aud the vessels Of rilyer at
sJ2uUOOO,OOO. The ,eslments aud robes
Of the priests were valued at sl0,OOO,OC0,
and tho trumpeis at siOJ0,O00. Tho to.
tai cost Of the Temple is placed 10y 10
s.phus at s77,51l.G5j,9jj or alb ut ton
tiwee as much as alI the money now in
the world"