El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-06

The rumor is current around town
that the Times artist is secord MI
chael Angelo in disguise.
The weekly meetings of the city
council gives q certain alderman a
chance to palm OFF an immense amount
of corrupt bile which his friends
think 5 aldermanic lore. The board
of health should investigate and see
that this bile does not breed pestilence
and disease. AT any rate some strln-
gent measure should be taken to keep
the disease from spreading, as prOml-
naut medical men have announced that
bile is worse than sewer gas when
turned loose in a city the size OF Ell
PasO.
The musics1 population of Ell PasO
are greatly agitated over report that
comes in that a Brooklyn cOrnet player
held note for 125 seconds. Why this
agitation? There are musicians in Ell
PasO who have held notes for 10 years
and from present indications it seems
they will hold them for 125 years
longer.
The struggling remains of the Ell
Paso Colts, who returned yesterday
from the headwaters of Bitter creek,
faithfully promised the vigilance com
mittee that called on them last night
this Tina they would never attempt to
play ball again.
The Telegraph says: "Qnadrilla
voted solidly against the irrigation
amendment. The people down there
don't seem to be suffering with any too
much sense Has the Telegraph just
found this ons? The HERALD has
known for years that the thinking ap-
paratus of the Quadrilla voters was
wrong. They have never failed to
follow the dictates of the Ell Paso
boss.
Judge John Henry Reagan announces
himself as candidate for the United
States senate to succeed Roger Queer
Mills. A few years ago Judge Reagan
resigned from the senate to take the
craftsmanship of the Texas railroad
com mission. Now he is sorry and
wants his old job back. 1t is near
time that the Texas democrats We're
political leaders. 1t looks like in a
great state like Texas that some less
antiq uated and more prog ressive lead
er tha1 Mills, Reagan, Hogg or HON.
my could be found.
While the days are dull in polio
lines wouldn't it be u good idea for the
police to run in u herd of the ''macks,"
who live off of the ill-gotten gains OF
fallen women and give them a job in
repairing the board sidewalks? If
tbs Sc macks were given forty days on
the chain gang the cyprlans would
enough to pay their monthly license to
the city.
The remnants of the Colts, a so-call-
cd base ball team, just returned to Ell
Paso in time to watch the hremen to-
morrow and learn how to play ball.
Now comes street car company
and wants to run Myrtle avenue by lay
ing line of ails along SAID thorough
fare. The promoters OF the sch eme do
not expect to make money out of such
Il move, but they want the franchise
over all the streets SO that some other
more enterprisiug company cannot
come along and put in an opposition
line. Besides this Myrtle avenue il
now the only fine driving street in the
city and street car nue there would
ruin it for that purpose. The city
should not give away all the street car
and every street in the city
should not be cut up with street car
tracks, especially when the street car
are not compelled to keep
their track on level with the street
grade. AT some future day the city
may desire to pave its streets with
some harder substance than dirt and
by allowing all the franchises to go
now the city would be compelled to
raise the tracks and pave between the |
rails at its own expense. 1t would be |
far better for the city to refuse the |
franchise on Myrtle avenue for the |
present SO that at least there would be |
one decent street in the city on which |
people could drive without having the |
wheels pulled Off of their rigs.
The property owners on Myrtle |
street are on the warpath against that |
railway franchise and protest is be- |
ng gotten up to be presented to the |
city council against allowing the fran |
;hise. The citizens on Myrtle street |
'ay that scheme WAS gotten up to get |
5he franchise granted last night before
hey knew anything about the transac-
ion, but the move was nipped in the
oud before IL could pass. Now the
Myrtle street property owners are
ifraid of a called meeting of the coun-
I'll at which the franchise will be
granted and thus their property will
De injured even before they have a
chance TO protest. Mayor Mag otfin is
Interested III the road and is working
or the passage of the franchise. All
he citizens on Myrtle street ask is tn at
hey be given chance to protest be-
ore the franchise is granted.
A report came from Morenci, Ari-
QUA, that Mexican prostitute from
his city, named COpcha, Was stabbed
md killed there by COW boy two
lights ago. The killing occurI ed at a
live when the woman became abusive
nd the cowboy stabbed her through
he heart.
Mr.. y. Schwartz has just opened up
n esta blisbment ia the new Hammett
'uildlDg On Overland street. A COM