El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-16

FOR SALE.--A fine Holstein COW,
fresh and gentle. 1OU1 North Stanton
street.
The knights of Labor will take
about fifty clerks into their fold next
FRIDAY night.
Two United States detectives have
been at TOrreon lat=ly, wat, hing 10 dis
cover what becomes of the Cnlnamen
" no nave been arriving via the SOutn-
ern Pacific road.
jeff Craw ford is in the jug for lam
bastlbg a brIcklayer from the smelter
in d discussion on the amount OF Aouf-
ishmeat IN bootleg Of beer. Craw-
ford has half dozen charges against
MIN.
Captain Davis, U. S. A, has secured
the premises. Alb south Ell PasO street,
where he Will stoc6 up on staple ARTICLES
OF food and bugIn the distributor to-
morrow Afternoon with Jake CaJiln as
store keeper, assisted by Ohicer George
HerOId.
1t is evident that there is to be no
Fourth of July ceiebra ion in this city
If there is, 1T will have to be discovered
with magnlfy1ng glass. Inc hre-
mems convent IN and the hOou seem 10
DC about all Ell Paso Can we'll take care
of for the season.
Up to last night 1T had been thirty
days since fl e alarm had been 'uru-
ed in and ourlug that time The englue
mad been in the sHOp hfseen days. As
luck would have 1T The epg1Le Was al
The department last night aid turned
ou. when the alarm sounded. The ell
CINE is now IN gUOd Condition but Was
in the shop again this morning To get
fof lnak a
slightly.
A bogus cigar has made it appearance
that IS calculated deceive. 1t lies on
the counter vi a cuisines, office handy Tor
any pre=umptuuusp crson To take up ana
suck mo his mouth, Or IL may be Of
fered by the parry al the desk or behind
the counter with an air OF lofty uncun-
Germ. How ever, upon the cigars icing
put into the mouth 1t is fOuuu to be
lead pencll shaped like cigar, and
some boo Y Is sold.
Mr.. LimantOur, secretary of the
treasury, ha, recently Issued circular
.etter wnicn Will be sent out WIN d
view of securing information to be used
as basis for certain reforms In The
ire zone law of Mexico. The people
along the burOe r have long complained
Of III at portion of the law requ rlog the
payment OF full duties ON all products
and manufactures of the zone when
carr led to the interior, thus placing
them GU an equali. y with foreign goods.
These investlg ations may lead to the
d abolition Of the free Zone entirely.
County Onmissloner COurchesne
say. the action yesterday by the coun-
ty comm sslOuers will save the cOuuty
pIOUO per month; but TO make bUUn
euos meet, way must be found to save
5000 month more, aud Mr.. COur-
cuesne thinks there CAD be d great
cutting down in the jail expense &C
count. He says prisoners are kept
there that ought to De Out, IL en- arrest
ed Tor stealing an onion, or artlcle OF
some such value, and on whose account
the county is paying money for susten-
auce. There ls d likelihood of the
BOARD taxing the Jail bull by the horns
at the next meeting.
A case OF suffering among the Amer
leans from the tooo is illustrated in the
case of w. .. Rue, day nostier at the
Il. & P.rOuud mouse. This poor fell
low LOST about all he had in former
flood, and this last flood destroyed the
home he was building with st of his
house hold effects, anu he Is living now
with his family in a box ca. Rue was
for eighteen VI airs in the regular army,
serving in the 9th infantry, 5Gn cavalry
and Atm artillery. He was not intend
ing to ask Anything of the city council,
put thought there might be something
for him in the government apprOpria-
ton. However, Capt. Davis says all
ne can do is 10 issue Mr.. Rue ratiOns
aud can do nothing in the way OF fur.
p.shipg household goods.