El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-30

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Now that the franchise row has been
settled the next will be something else
The citizens promised to give Judge
Crosby five thousand dollars for pro-
noting the Corra,itOs. Tue Judges
promo ling worked like charm and he
Low wants the city to come up to their
contract.
Just as the city council had ordered
fifty pounds of ice per day for the
thirsty city employees old BOreas sent
down freeze free of charge.
Ex-Chief Fink looks as natural on
the police force rs an old hen with
brood of chickens.
Chief of Police Hillebrapdt was in
command in the gallery at the opera
house last night and the goods" were
not allowed to hang their feet over the
railing.
Guy Wilson, manager of the Cayvan
troupe. is a great story teller and be
esterdav that made the lat er lean up
against The counter as though he bad
b en- given heart blow. When Stef-
fac did get his breath though he came
right after Wilson. He told about a
hardware drummer tina. was travelling
ia Mexico. When the drummer got to
2arras he was SO well pleased with the
place that he sent for his wife and
| child. When they arrived at the hO ell
the drummer got them comfortably
situated in their apartments and then
went down and tod the hotel proprie-
| tor that he bad brought them tn ere so
! that his son and heir could learn to
speak Spanish. and continued: Where
[ have been living The boy only hea I'd
| En- sllsh spoken and of course could
| talk in no other tongue" The ch Id
| was ur months old. Wilson LOOK ed
at S;etfian about one minute and then
ba, ked out of the door and the last
seen Of him he was drifting before the
| genie oreezes towards his hotel.
The HERALD'S artist had thrilling
experience last after DON across the
| river. Inc artist las just learned to
ride the bike and having business
cross Tie river he leas bike aud
sailed over the river before a nice
| breeze, never thinking the wind would
b. in his tace IN returning. He found
out different lat when he sta ted to
return. After consIde" alb putting and
blowing be had gotten well on his way
toward, the bridge, land having had the
street up to thai time all TO himself h.
found no obstruction to his zIg gag
route, but now he was meeting four
Sc AIed ca riage and he attempted brace
up aid go strAiyhs. He was do n :
very we'll until the minute he was aoOut
to pass the rig when strong gust of
| Wind struck him aud he fell, The ho ses
and vehicle passlng over HIM The
urIver never stopped to ,e whether he
was hurt or k lied but made his horses
hit the h gh place for the bridge. The
artist PIC ed himself up unhurt, but
not so the wheel. Some of the latter's
grac -ful curves h al b en- removed and
he front wheel refused to revOlve.
The worse part of the accident was
that the artist mixes MS chalk plates
| with al egg and just before gong over
| The river he slipped an egg inGO his
coat pocket, when he fell the egg broke
| he fall and the fall broke the egg and
| 90 the art st has bran new coat
pocket full of broken egg.
There was quit. lively tilt between
the attorneys in q case before Justice
| BriIsers this mOrniug. b. h attorneys
| are semi ward pOllt .ciaas aud b.. h
we're dvmOc. a5lc in prOclIvitirs anu
| persuas iOu and the way they did up
one anothers political history wa, a
| caution. The row was later AMIGA bl v
seJ,led by the withdrawal of mo ion
over which the row was raised and now
there Is peace in that faction of the
democratic camp.
| Last night at the theatre when that
part of tn. play came on where Cathe-
| rioe hau discovered that her lover
GeoI ge, was in love with her little sis
t-r Hetty, and as Catherine walked
across the stage showing all thu ago
mes her discovery had caused her and
just at the t. me when every thing was
quiet one of tue gallery gods" spoke
! up and SAID aloud, Looks like sne'd
lost sumtnin'.''
| A contribution box has been invented
for church use which has bell attach
ment that rings when coin drops in
side. This is intended as Il check on the
devOut brethren who go through the
motions but skillful y palm The rickel
and at an oppOrIune moment return it
to the pocket.
An amusing story is told of Boston
| tenderf OF who was being escorted into
| the interior of Sonora, Mexico. a few
days ago. While taking dinner at
Ortiz station he was pass d a pla'e of
beans and a,ked if he would have some
| frijoles. He took q bouutiful supply
and asked what did you say they
were?" "Frijoles, S." replied his lend.
After eating some more he rem keu:
'By gosh if they amt made of beans"
The wind today has played sad bavo.
with several lawyers tin signs. In
fact the wind has caused the dissolution
copartnership in several Law firms.
without the d or consent of part es
most deeply interested. In one case
one lawyer has disolv d partnership
with him self and the assets have been
divided equally between his sir and