El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-11


But it's truthful, alack, alas,
If we had waited for the flood fund,
Many would have eaten grass.
The government has been slow in
sending relief to starving people,"
There is a motion up for the city to
sell it's bawdy houses on Utah street
aud invest the money in some other
kind of business. With So, 900 the city
could run policy game that would
corner the market and give all the
ward-heelers job at writing policies.
The city has just finished taking the
census of the flood refugees and now
the city is out $22 with no results from
the census.
He wrote letter home for ''tin,''
But when his sire behe d it
He also wrote one and put in
The tin" but backwards spelled it.
1t is time for the city to take a CEN
sus Of the caippies living Off of the res
ervation and see that they all pay their
mon thly fines. If the fines were col
lected up close the city would soon
have enough money to build a levee as
high as MI. Franklin.
The Texas & Pacific road should be-
gin to devise Ways and means for get
ulpg their cars nor standing on Cotton
avenue and Sixth street across the riv-
er before the Mexican guards sieze
them for being on Mexican soil with
out paying duty:
over the little smelter were settled by
the flood. Tue smelter has been re-
moved to the other side of the river
and is now out of the juris fiction of
the federal or local courts.
Just as Chief Hillebrand had fixed
up little scheme to set off reserva-
ton on the river for the boys 10 battle
in one boy had to go down there and
drown in The very spot that was to be
designated. Some boys have to always
be little previous and break up a
good scheme to get rid of lot of bad
boys. 1t wasn't the Dynamite Kid
that got drowned.
The boy that drowned in the river
last evening about 1870 was named
and mis- age was be-
tween 10 and II years. He walked out
ioto the river and stepp I'd into a deep
hole, and not being able to swim, he
drowned before ass stance could reach
him. His body went down the river
and was not found up 10 IL o'clock to-
day. Another boy was in bathing
with him, but could ut save him from
drowning.
There are now eighty -thre e prisoners
in the county Jail and of this number
twenty SIX have already been convict
ed. The jail is SO Over-crOwded, es-
pecially with felony cases, that JaIlor
Jones Is in d quandary where to put
the mum Der that he is given charge of
daily. Inc penltentIary contractor
will not Call for the coavlcts until
the 10Th of next month.
Jaiier Jones was in reminiscent MOOD
this morning and began talking of
Things that had occurred at the Jail
since he has been in charge. A few
days ago the negro Darcy, who has
been convicted of burg larlzIng BrittCn
Davis, and other house about town,
began 20 complain OF having the tOJth
ache. the jaIiOr sized up the silua ton
ana came To the conclusion that the
negro was playing some ruse to try
and escape. The next day the negro
complained again about the tOOthache
aud Jones asked Darcy if he wanted
his tooth pulled. Darcy said he did.
So Jones telephoned for the county
physician and told him to bring his
tools along 10 pull tooth. The DOCTOR
arrived at the Jail and when the jailor
opened the cell doc. TO be let him out in
tn the office where the doctor was, saver
al olh-r Prisoners said they we;e sick
and wanted 10 see the doctor. Jones
'Smelled d mouse ana tod them they |
would be attended TO one at a time. |
He look Darcy into the Office and the !
doctor asked which tooth was aching |
Inc negro showed him and the Doctor |
5nere was nothing the matter with the |
10th after he had pulled it, SO he !
asked Darcy if any other tooth ached, /
out Darcy had enough, said no. aud |
taken back to his cell as dociIe as |
l lamb. The other inmates of the cell |
tecided that they had gotten well |
v lille Darcey's tooth was being pulled. .
Jai,Or Jones told another about a
Mexican that was playing dead in or
Ter to escape. 1t was near two O'Clock
n the morning wnen the report was
in that the Mexican had Just
lied. The jailor looked at the man
md decided that he was neither dead
ior was there anything the matter
With nIm, although be was feigning
ieath to perfection. Jones sent for the
loctOr and told him to come prepared.
The doctor came and gave the patient
/ typerdermlc injection that soon had
he man vomiting all over the Jail.
The next day the pa,ient told Jones