El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-08
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A little whiskey now ard then
Is reifshed by the best of men,
1t soothes all sorrow and bar ishes care,
And makes ace high look like two pair.
"What do you think Of the fight
in Crete?'
"In Crete? I thought the fight was
to be in Carson ity?"-Chicago Re
cord.
An enterprising Michigan man sold
his wife the other day for $50 Prob
ably it was not so much the Immediate
returns the gentleman was looking
after as the possible outlay this spring
about Easter.
SIN only rine more days the cruel
war will be over remarked a either
this morning. After that it Will take
two months for the experts to tell the
reasons why: there will be many L told
you sos and after all thu returns are
in there will still be doubts in the
MINDS Of many as to which was the
best man-Corbett or F'itzslmmonS.
THE Corralitos railroad surveyors
err said a citizen this morning They
are running lines to make connections
with the Santa Fe. and Texas q Pacific
depots. For while after the road Is
opened trains from the other side will
cross the Mexican Central bridge, but
the new company intends building
bridge over the Rio Grande between
the Mexican Central and the Stanton
street bridge. The plan now is for the
hni n h
street and branch off east and west to
get to the two depots on this side. The
Texas & Pacific now has a right Of way
ana two streaks of rust running down
TO the river bank just below the Stan
ton street bridge that could be used by
the new road to reach the L. Z. depot,
but they want more for those two
streaks of rust than an entire new route
can be built for. That part of the L.
P. road is part of its assets aud it may
some day make the stock of the road
run away above par on the New York
stock exchange"
s'That reminds me- said the same
person Quoted above. Several years
ago a long line of railroad was propos-
| eu through Mexico and for the hand
ling of the large amount of material
necessary for construction a branch
constructed and a large number of
barges and tugs were purchased, at
high prices. to lighter from the ships
| lying In the gulf Well, after the road
was completed there was no further
| use for the tugs and barges and as the
salt air soon ruins all machinery that
IS not in use and is not looked after
closely, many persons offered to buy
the tugs and barges at a low figure,
L, Il
The tugs were pulled out on the banks
and the barges were tied up to the
wharves where they became worm
eaten and waterlogged. and there they
remain to this day, and though they
are not now even good for kindltng
wood or old scrap iron they are regu-
!arly turned in as assets of the railroad
company and their value l. quoted at
the same figure "a they were the da
they were bought
''There is not much talk about the
White Oaks road at the present time"
said a well posted citizen this morning
to Round About, bat still there Is
good deal of quiet work going on that
pOrtends well for that road. A report
IL now circulated that Mr.. Bells inter-
est has been pure hased and III 1t he is
no longer connected with the road and
lad an agent up in the Willie Oaks
country who has bought up every foot
OF mineral land and claims that it WIS
possible to purchase This looks well
for the enterprise. but the best of all
reports is that Mr.. Eddy has at last
succeeded in getting capital interested
in build ny the road and that now all
the arrangements are nearing compile
tion for early work in construction.
I rs oil al r.sr
President Nick nley was inaugurated
to see what his financial policy would
be. but now thy are satisfied that he
can be safely r-lied upon in that line,
and that dirt will b. moving on the
w mite Oaks right of way before fall"
On the slabs in an undertaking esta-
blishment this morning lay the bod es
of two human belnge-One a man. the
other d woman. Ire man wandered off
in the foot hills of Mount Franklin and
died last Friday and was found yescer-
day by some boys who Were out il that
direction. The woman received
pistol wound in the leg a couple of
months ago and died from neglect and
blood poisoning, although last Friday
she was taken to Hot i Dieu where she
was shown every attention., but 1t came
too late to save her As they lay on
the slabs no one was there to mourn
them, none to sned tear. Neither
had friends nor relatives n tn 5 section
and no one knew where their relatives
| we'd. OGe sel"Om realizes the irony
of fate until death comes and huma n
being dies far from friends, home and
kin. Probably each of these oDce had
had happy home with parents, broth
ers and sisters around them, but they
had wandered out in the world and bad |
died among strangers who aid not even |
know their names.
Justice Bridgers has been busy hear
ing a sugar case today. 1t was sweet |
case and the evidcnre was like ropes of !.