El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-07

WANTED-Two furnished rooms
with first 81 ass board in private family
Address K. this office.
Died-In Juarez: Sra Mariana Lain
de Ortega, wife Of the well known
custom house agent, D. Jose L. Orte-
ga.
B.F. Hammett of ST. Louis is to
build a three story brick business
streets.
The Juarez police have declared a
war of determination against vagrant
dogs, and as result there Is Ooom In
the strychnine market
Married in St. Clemdnt's church,
yesterday, by the Rev. NJ. CabeIl Mar
tin, Mr.. john E WInslow, of Eddy,
New Mexico, and Miss Nellie Z E.
Douglas. of Fresno, California.
w. P. Cunningham. ex-sheriff of
Santa Fe county, has been successful In
mining ventures in Central Mexico and
was recently in this city arranging for
some mining machinery to use in
developing his properties
Solemn mass will be sung in the old
church over the river on the 10th, in
memory of the late Sra d Matllde A.
DuCneon0 WIZ O1SO JbAoO u y cal OK ~
All mournero who were at the funeral
are especially invited to attend his OBJ
sequy.
County Attorney Harvey took judg-
ment in the these tax suit cases yester-
day in the district court: Chas Ker Der:
w. B. Merchant ct al: Jose de Olguin,
j. F. Crosby. J. 7. Newman ct al,
Ynez Salgado, Juan Maese, Julia Bo-
ker ct al.
The track of the Corralitos road has
been laid for twenty miles, and in two
more miles will be up on the mesa. As
the graders are only thirty-three miles
out, it Will not be long before the track
layers will be up with the graders, and
then there must be another wait for
the trackmen.
The extension of the concession
granted to the management of the
fiesta by the city council of JuareZ,
expired Yesterday. The Revista laments
the slim attendance this season on the
fiesta, and saws there was never mani
tested 50 little interest before in the
event. In fact, the fair has at times
seemed almost deserted.
mig" the fire departm ent dog that
was run over and killed yesterday,
was buried this afternoon with cere
mony. He was ahead Of the truck
horses, and had turned to fight off
another purp, when he lost his bear
ings, was knocked off his pins by the
eft Wheeler. and then went under the
wheels of the 5000 pounds truck.
The New Years dinner given the
prisoners in the Juarez carcel cost ust
$23 30: and the bill OF fare included
meat, bread, sugar, rice, wood for
cooking the dinner, lard, tomatoes,
chile sauce, beans, garlic and salt,
coffee, forty one tin plates. The bill
concludes with this choice bit of poetic
sentiment, "a la cocinera, cincO pesos"
Let us prey.
The Juarez Gaceta Municipal has
gone to join the Ell PasO Evening Tele
gram and the rest of the silent news
paper majority. The Gaceta was the
organ OF the city council, but even that
did not suffice to keep it alive. Peace
to It's potash. Cards OF coincidence
may be left at the city council chamber
along with all floral tributes. please
do not ring the bell "
Rev. William T. Tardy, pastor of
the Baptist church at Palestine, Texas, |
Is al the PierSOu, and is very much |
pleased not only with the hotel but !
with the town and its climate. This !
is his first trip west, and he believes |
good work can be accomplished here. |
Mr.. Tardy does not believe in seBsa-
tiOnal preaching, but in talking /
straight gospel. He says standing on
his head or resorting to noticeable .
eccentricities may draw a crowd, but
they don't convert men from the errors !
Of their ways to true repentance.