El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-24
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The great Corbett-Courtney prize
fight at Chopin Hall Tuesday night. 70
cents.
Choice bargains in vacant lots on
Mesa Ave-, for sale. Enquire A. M.
Loomis, los Mesa Ave.
Wrestling match, broncho riding,
$ <irt dances, and other attractions at
Chopin Hall, Tuesday night. % cents.
Residences for sale, small cash pay
ment, balance in monthly pa mel j.
Enquire of A. Nj. LoOmis, los Mesa
Ave.
Architect Kneezell is completing
plans for three $1,000 brick cottages
that Mr. Kirk will build on Stanton and
Rio Graude streets.
VIM. Rheinheimer can be found at
his new shop, 405 South Florence street,
where he is prepared 10 exc cute job
bling in his line promptly.
Demipg applicants for the position
of deputy collector of customs are an
xiously awaiting the appointment of
collector for the port of Ell PasO.-
Headlight.
The first regim ent band of Albuquer-
que, follow G the fashion OF the big
musical centers, has increased the
number of selections on its concert
programs to ten.
Ex-Chief of Police ]. D. Milton, now
an express messenger on the Sonora
road, has been presented with a pet
wild cat by Col. Kosterlitz of the 9Th
(Mexican) cavalry.
Lake Ensanillas has been increased
by the floods to about ten times It's
regular size, so that steamer might
wiIh profit be used the;e were 1t to
remain as at present.
Nick Staph of this city has been mar
ried at Arlington, Texas, to young
widow whose first husband died con-
sumptlve in this city nearly year
ago. The groom is II, the bride y.
AT the Y. M. c. A directors meeting
last night, DR.. A. E. Brown was chose i
president, al d A. g. Foster, treasurer.
The secretary reported 20 TO 100 people
visiting the reading rooms every day.
A Struggled Chino in escaping from
the government officers last mig ht,
jumped from train vest of here, anu
stove in pretty much the whole back
of his head, bat what has become of
him, no one knows.
A party of ten Quakers reached here
animation of this section of the country
W b ereiu to locate colony. b. F.
Hammett, manager of the CampbellReal
Estate company, took the visitors in
charge and is SnOwing them the attrac-
tiOns of the pace.
An American girl baby only a few
hours old, was lett yesterday afternoon
on a pile of alfalfa IN Charles Christ
lex's ward on the smelJer road. Mrs.
ca i.tle, S attention was called to it
by the furious barking of the family
dog at what appeared to be bundle
OF old clothing. She at once cared for
the little wall, and will adopt il.
The Albuquerque Democrat is wrong
in stating that city AID county scrip
is worth only so cents on the dollar at
Ell Paso." City scrip is 50 cents; coun-
ty jury scrip, 50 cents: county road and
brj dye, 50. 1t is county general fund
scrip that is 80 cents on the dollar.
The HERALD frankly confesses that
the county's finar cial condition is not
what it should be; still 1t entertains
the hone for BETTER condition, and
that soon.
1t is said that little cousin Of the
Morley boy who was killed at
Cham borino, mysterioUsly disappeared
some years ago in Colorado The
chiid's parents were out camping,
when one evening at dusk as the child
had strayed short distance from the
camp, it was heard to utter a shrek,
the frantic mother saw something in
the dim twilight grasp her child and
then it disappeared. Search high
and low failed to fine the little one.