El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-21
BRIEF LOCALS.

Silver novelties in beautiful designs
| at low price, at Kern's.
Baptist ladies Nmas cake for sale at
304 San Antonio St, begins 22nd, lasts
| three days.
The city hall is being repainted. so
that everything down there now looks
| slick and clean.
Ell Paso Fuel Co, are THE" agents
| for the celebrated Cerriilos White
| Ash and anthersite Goals. Successors
to Cerrillos Coal r. r. Co. Phone
| 10.
The fire department is having q
| sliding pole put in at the city hall sc
that the boys who sleep up stairs car
jump into their boots, and then jump
down stairs without a moments delay.
O'Brien Coal Co., are agents for
| ''CerrIllosCoal." We sell the celebrat-
ed white ash and anthracite and make
speciality of screened Jumps for do
nestle uses. Phone 8.
| At the last meeting of ST. Clement S
| Chapter Brotherhood of St. Adrew,
| DR.. James y. Nabb, DR. WILDER Town
send, and Mr.. Richard Wales Jones
were admitted to membership.
Shaved, not skinned: hair cutting,
not chopped off; fine clean linen for
every customer, not dirty cotton. To
be had in E Paso only at G. W.
Morrow's, 100 Oregon st.
The Texas & Pacific came in this
morning pretty well loaded with ex-
press packages. The mails were also
heavy, and Christmas presents are
passing throuE h in great shape.
A special to the HERALD from San
Antonio this morning says that DR.. G.
NJ. Scogin, representative of Meyer
Bros. drug house in st. Louis, was
found dying from the effects of NOR
phine poisoning on the river bank
today. He died in one hour after
being taken TO the city hospital.
Most of the artesian well pipe is
down to stay. The t inch pipe was
hauled up, and go feet Of the inch
pipe. But the last pipe then stripDe
the threads leaving about half it's
length in the quick sands. The re
malnder of the pipe cannot be budged,
hydraulic jacks or no hydraulic
jacks.
There was one of the hottest contest
ed games of foot ball yesterday evening
ever played in this part of the country
1t was game between the high school
eleven and team that will play with
the Las Cruces team on Christmas day
at Mesilla Park. 1t was hot stuff
from start to finish, and although the
latter team won, they had to play
harder than they expected when they
started in. The score resulted in 10 to
Is.
The indications increase as to the
grasp of the Rock Island upon both the
Texas & Pacific and the Corralitos
roads. j. G. McCabe, general agent at
Fort Worth of the Rock Island, has
been at the Pierson for the last few
days, and has been driving around with
General Agent Darbyshire, Of the
Texas 4 Pacific in this city, looking
the situation over. Moreover, the two
were over the river, and sizing up the
COrralitOs railway yards.
This is the shortest day in the year
At noon the sun reached the most
southern point in its orbit, called the
winter solsticial colure, and began to
turn north. According to Tom Hoods
almanac as the days begin to lengthen,
so the cold begins to strengthen, and
cold weather may therefore be expect
ed ere long. Visitors from northern
chimes will be Interested in noting that
at 8 o'clock this evening there is still
light in the western sky, something
entirely unheard of up north at this
time of year.
There are complaints mong house
keepers about the growing independ-
ence of Mexican help. The Mexican
hired girl is getting to learn rapidly
the whims and fancies of the American
domestic, and is now asking for her So
and 81 per week, dinerO Americana. 10 |
mismo que criado Irishana One |
la MIiipGnn on the east side told |
her mistress the other day that she !
would clear off the dining table the |
next day when she felt more like work |
and she would take care of the baby |
when she got good and ready. |