El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

FOR RENT Furnished house. En-
quire Col MagOtfin Ave.
The petition for city registration
at the spring election, has now nearly
600 signatures.
D. Y. Hadley has sold to Henry
Welsch lot ), and the east leet OF lot
i, block one, Morehead's addition, for
$3.50.
Miss Lucy Connelley would be pleas
ed 10 accommodate her customers at
lO2 Santa Fe street, in fashionable
dress making.
Senior Camille Arguele s resigns the
presidency of the cham Der of c pmm cree
in Juarez, as there are certain rules
and regulations in connection with the
office to which he can not subscribe.
There is big rush of freight on from
Southern California, and all the en-
gInes at Tue, on and Yuma, have been
marked up'' preparatory TO handling
tie fruit with neatuess and dispatch.
The Consumers Ice and Refrigerator
company. of Ell Paso, intend to put up
an ice house in Maria and ship ice in
by the car load this season. Maria
is fast becoming d supply centre for
the surrounding country Maria New
Era.
Manager Ramsey says that down in
the Co!ouia PacuaecO country is a
narnlficept fOre.t .of tiuber large
enough to supply thu entire southwest.
The timber stAuds l25 it. high and is B
fG. in diameter. 1t affords an ineXhaus-
t. BILE supply OF % TO 40 fl. stock.
Tne Knights of Pythias will give a
fine ball on Friday night next III the
court house The affair Will be strict
" by invitation: 1T is DULY for good pee
D. e, and this idea will be strictly en-
forced. All visiting Knights can Sc
cure Invitations by calling on q. H.
Wallace.
Last Saturdays HERALD had long
account of the death OF General zoe
SHELBY. Last evening. the Evening
Trombone announced with more or less
of flourish that the general was lying
at the point of death. The Trombone
like the Boston Transcript. takes its
news with gray whiskers on it.
The Evening Trombone has under
''Telegrs Brevities," the an
nouncement that nice sliced ham can
be had at d certain market in this CT Y.
There is nothing like spice and variety
in a telegraphic column. and in Its
telegrapnIc dispatches (O the from
bone opens up mine OF valuable lore.
The organization of base ball bOr-
der league is on the taDls, and an effort
will soon be made to have representa-
tives of base ball clubs meet in Ell PasO,
Texas, soon for that purpopose. Inc
lea que will include clubs from e. Paso.
Silver City, Santa Fee,
Las Vegas, and Tucson and Phoenix,
Arizona.-Optjc.
1t is beautiful to see man of bust
ness, brush aside the burdens of con-
mercial or professional cares and anx-
iety. and as night draws on apace, turn
his harried mind to the allurementS of
bucholic pursuits. and play the part of
the horny listed son of toll. This line
of poetic sentiment was suggested last
evening by seeing Lawyer L. B. Clardy
trOtting home from the WOrriment of
legal technicalities with rake in his |
hand to scratch the bosom of mother |
earth as it were, or words to that effect. |
The concert at the First Methodist |
church tonight for the benefit of their !
organ fund, should be well attended, as |
II promises TO be very IjOyable Those ,
IN charge are making efforts for con-
cert of decided merit. At TIE piano. |
Miss Adelia Schultz has con ented to
give two number and all who have ,
heard her and know OF her mastery of !
the piano in tone production and feel
ing will b. glad to hear her again-she |
ought to be welcomed by all lovers of |
'eal musiclanly music The choir
lumhers of the concert will be unusual
y attractive aud the church should be
vel! G!.ed. |