El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-01

cluded rescue in real life was neceS-
sary TO their complete education, and
accordingly built d house of pine boxes,
inside of which they placed their infant
sister, and fired the pile. Then they
rang the dinner bell violently, and
| dashed up to the fire with the appara
| tus. The mother heard the cries of
the child, ard flew to her rescue just in
time to save the little ones life. The
| EN- bryo fire department has been
| place on the retired list. its mem bers
being temporarily disqualified from ac-
| tive service.
a divorce was granted an East Texas
| woman the other day on the ground OF
| failure to provide. The evidence went
| 10 snow that on one occasion her lord
and master brought home dozen
eggs and ordered them cooked. He
then gave his wife one, and ate the
other ii himself. This was enough
| ard the decree was Immediately grant
ed.
The Ell Paso HERALD is certainly an
euterprising newspaper. The editor of
the Bee had q standing order 10 wire
it news of the flood from this point
every three hours. If the bulletins
were not always on time it was par
| italy owing to the great amount of
| work in the telegraph Office here, and
could not be avoided.-San Marcial
Bee.
\ young New York farmer tried to
| lead a calf behind his bicycle. The BIZ
cyc4e dld not object, but the calf did.
IL ran all round ban, taDgle his wheel
| up in the rope, and endeu by breaking
bis arm. When man tries thing of
| that sort, he should have his sprinting
| clothes on, and the face of the earth
| we'll cleared.
| 1t is q curious fact that the mulattoes
] Of Washington are regarded with the
! utmost jeI4Ousy by the black residents
| OF the capital rlty, VINO cOnplaln that
seVen-eighChS OF the minor government
appointments given men of African
| race. go u men of lighter hue than
! themselves. rne mulaUtoe5 have better
| houses. more luxurious surroundings,
and ampler incomes.
Bicycles in Ma. sachusetts are as sa-
cre0 as horses III the southwest. The
second Otfense IN bicycle larceny eX-
| poses the thief 10 five years in the state
| prison as the maximum of punishme
| or fire of $40, or lmprisoumen in
| jail for not less than three months.
| rRe wheel stolen must be worth over
| $40 or the law viii not apply.
The kodak manufacturing business
mas grown 10 be Important. A kodak
| company. of Roches Ter, is capItaIiz I'd
at S., 100000, while an English kodak
company las 92OU, 900 capital, anu boJn
are To be coEsoilda led, with stock is
sued up to S1U,OO0,0OO.
Several persons have informed the
HERALD reporters that where there
are deserving widows aad orphans who
| have suffered from the tioCd who need
assistance tuey can get the same py
applying to the HERALD office. Tue
fundS thus offered are private and it is
| only through the HERALD that they
| can be secured for the purposes above
stated.
Con Lockhart is very near the goal
of the chief Of poIlceshIp and the re-
gaia OF that office is IIaoie TO fail on
him at any nom mt. There is always
calm before storm.
Dick Blacker has qualified as city
Jallor aud mas relieved John Saunders.
saunders broken leg IS still Causing
him JrOu Die, but he was attending to
MS duties at the jail TO the entire sat
isfacJion OF everybody. The cause
OF the change was that Blacker was ap-
pointed hr5J.
There is some talk of a grand rush
being made upon the flood approp.la-
LlOn funds when tn Y arrive III I'll Paso,
but parties who Will have IN charge
the dlstrl button of u part of those
FUNDS are watching out aud arranging
lor the proper distribution. The Iund
Will mostly go towards helping build
leyee and IN this way men will be
given employment. Where there are
families who have Suffered from the
flood, in which there are no men, they
may be assisted. the promiscuous dis
trloutlon OF the funu would breed
ldIeness and corruption, aud the best
way would be " prOVlQe some work
anu keep the people employed so they
can ct living. There are already
several people who claim 10 have lost
houses by the Hood, who never owned
Il house.
The high water conditions at present
| are not startling. but are Of an order
where every preparation snould be
taken tor an emergency. i he river
| heI rose two Inches last night and to-
day. Reports from as lar up the river
as Albuquerque say that the water Is
stationary but heavy rains are report
ed from some of the tributaries. The
worst reports come from Colorado
where they are having ID great deal of
trouble with high water from the melt
log snow In the mountains. This is
the first suOW water reported, but it Is
coming down in TORI euts auu is doug
great damage 1t viii take at least
ee weeks for this high water to
reach Eli Paso. This should b. guard
"a gdiust and every precaution taken
10 prevent fur; her damage TO the city.
All levees should be strengthened and
egbtened.
At one o'clock today the residence of
Peter Dehlinger, opposite Gaennie's
place; was turned oyer by the force of