El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-26
BRIEF LOCALS.

Judge Wyndham Kemp entertained a
select party at dinner yesterday.
The Corralltos track is now four miles
beyond the overhead crossing OF the
Mexican Central.
With the certainty of the dam, the
population of las Cruces is rapidly in
creasing, says the Republican.
An attempt was made Thursday to
bow up Fort Pickens, and it was only
by the most strenuous efforts that
the magazine was saved.
LOST-A package of letters and
memorandum. Finder will be reward
ii by leaving same at A. H. Richards,
Sheldon Block.
Fenchler brothers brought in 672
head of cattle yesterday from MexicO:
and Mr. Peters, of Kansas City, brought
in several train loads of sheep.
Postmaster Julian says the Christ
mas mails were % per cent heavier
this year than last, and his force has
mad TO keep on the jump to do the
work.
FOR SALE-Very cheap, owner leav-
ing town: horse, top phaeton, harness,
robe, whip, etc, price $50. Apply
Bias stable, corner Mo. and North
|dlu pOCll SGI OCIS'
DR. Clarence King is examining into
Dig mining properties in Guanajuato
and Zacatecas. He declines to be inter-
viewed, although Mexican reporters
are seeking him ''diligently and with
tears"
Billy Wilson did not want it known
where he was going when he left town
yesterday. 1t now transpires why. He
Is en- route to Georgia, to get married
January 6, to Miss Cleo +. Camp, at
Jonesboro. The bride is a niece of DR..
Turner of this city.
There was a well attended neighbour
hood Christmas tree gathering at H.
3. Stevens house on the hill where the
children enjoyed fine time: aud there
was tree for little Marianne Lane
Purdy at Alfred Hampton North
Oregon street house with Johnny
Behan as Santa Claus.
Careless post office box owners are
leaving boxes open every day. Box
number , was left open this morning
with quite bunch of mail in it, and
the postmaster had to come out and
shut it. Business men take the mail
from the boxes, stand around to read
their letters, and then go off leaving
their boxes open.
|. n. Wright member Of Alexander
Hays Post }, of Carnegie, Pa, died at
the Sisters hospital Thursday night.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence of his sister, Mrs. Edwards,
304 N. Ell Paso street at , p. m, today,
Rector Martin officiating. Tn" remains
will be shipped east via the Texas &
Pacific to Pittsburg for interment.
There was big rush to the Pierson
Loo
that not few people had to wait for
their turn to get into the dining room;
and they did not have to walk a mile;
either, as the Morning Telegraph fear
ed. The PiersOn set beautiful table
as might have been noticed from the
bill of fare printed, and every guest
went away well pleased. Bunches of
Gala lilies adorned each table, greens
of various kinds decorated the
room in prOfusiOn, and at each
seat was pretty boutoniere. Music
was provided through the dinner.
The + ersOn is becoming more and
more popular as it deserves.
The big eight hundreds engines of
the G. II are being tried with success
on the Sunset Limited running east of
this city. The big buster, 8l4, made
the trip the other night with lease and
grace" and last nights Limited went
out with 500, which has but 4O-foot
s inch wheel. There has been no
trouble with the big Schenectady |
engines since the equal zing bars We're
changed so as to throw more weight
onto the trucks, and the truck brakes |
were taken off. So there does not seem |
to be any reason why engines Sl3, S14
and SO should not now be set apart for |
the service for which they were origi |
nally intended, viz, to haul the Sunset
Limited trains. These engines have |
time and again, since the change, been
pulling through freights at express
train speed without any trouble.