El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-28

a car load of Chinos went through on
| Number 10 today in bond, en- route to
Cuba from San Francisco.
The south bound Santa Fe was two
hours late today owing to there being
three extra coaches on the train, and
head wind.
In the county court case of Rosen-
sheim Bros. vs. w. K. Van Patten, on u
note, the jury disagreed and were dis
charged.
Mrs J. NJ. Hawkins writes a friend
in this city that she is just enjoying
southern California climate, and is il
excellent health.
Reports relative to the raising of
money for the White Oaks road contin-
ne to accumulate, until it does seem as
if beneath so much smoke there must
be some sort of a flame.
A remarkable sight was seen on the
streets of Ell Paso today; it was Pete
Whehner with an Overcoat on. Ora
cious. 1t must be cold when anything
like that happens IN FL Paso.
1t is reported that the Ell Paso city
administration has fixed things with
the gambler and gamblers and dance
hall proprietOrs so that they can run in
full by paying a monthly license.
Chief Hillebrand is ready at any
time to deliver an address before the
FL Paso Minister'S Union on the sub
ject of the relation OF the churches
TO the lower classes, or any kindred
topic.
Al Howard was arrested last evening
by Policeman Chapman on a warrant in
connection with the little shindy of
the previous night, and the case will
be heard this evening in the police
court.
A smelter is talked of for the Black
mountains, and it is said the projectors
have pledged them 800 tons of N ned
carbonate ores valued at SO per ton as
a bonus with the exclusive patronage
in perpetuam from many mine owners
Mrs. J. T. French, wife of the Trini-
ty pastor, is dangerously i'll from heart
failure. However, she is better today,
but has to be carefully nursed. Mrs.
French has many friends who will an
xiously wait further intelligence about
her.
D. Y. Hadley sold the Thos. Gray
lot. 90 fit. S. w. corner, p Mill's map,
located on North Oregon, to A. F. De-
Smeth. Consideration $4,000. Dan
Carr has purchased through Mr.. Had
ley two corner lots on Myrtle street at
$3.50
Grau's Opera company that was
booked to play here on the eth prox.,
Will play at Tucson tonight. They
have just closed an engagement at
Phoenix to the largest business ever
ever done in the Phoenix opera house. !
The Phoenix papers speak very highly |
of the organization.
The Santa Fe company has cOmprO-
missed the suit against it by Magdalena
Armijo, whose foot was cut off Dearly |
two years ago in the Santa Fee yards by
the switch engine. The amount settled
for is $500, the plaintiff to pay her own
costs. The woman went onto the COM
pany's premises to get water, and it is
claimed she had no business there.
Ell Paso is catching the tailings of
the cold wave from Illinois: at least one
would think so after seeing Will Davis |
galloOing around the streets with his |
legs tied mp in two big shawls. The |
day is cloudy, and fall of the beauti- |
full is threatened. This January is no !
more like the balmy, beautiful January
of 1896 than the moon is like green |
cheese.
The bridgemen are twenty two miles |
out on the COrralitOs road grade, in |
close company with the graders. |
Frank Powers who is in town today. |
says that in five or six days the grad |
ers and his own men will be up with |
their work, and give the track layers |
a straight shoot for fifteen miles. |
Then there may be another halt. There |
is some rather heavy bridge work to be |
done down on the Corralitos end. |