El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-23


THOUSAND score.
Dog O'Rell.
':Say isn't that lovely picture?
said the artist to Round About last
evening they passed the Sheldon
BIO k where the ladies If the EpIscopA
church were holding a Il Martha VAST
ing,on Tea. IN just get my ske1ch
book and make picture of those pref
tv girls in the window l don't believe
the ladies of Martha Washington ;
time were as pr-,ty as they are at the
present day and think pOwderlng the
! hair is much prnttier than powderln =
| the face and makes a beautiful setting
for pretty girls such as those IN the
window. I'm going to sketch them To-
Saturdays edition of The HERALD
| Round About agrees with the artls'
| and they all seemed to be enjoying
themselves to the fu lest extent and sat
| in graceful repose as the artist made a
pencil sketch.
| II am in favor of building a new city
hall" said a well known politician &c
Round bout. IF the city would sell
| Washington park it wouid get enough
TO make start with, and more money
| could b. procured at Il low rate OF To-
terest. and building suita BILE for
| fire department headq quarters. C ty
ball and lookup could be built. The
money that has been paid out for rent
on the she'll the city is now usn g would
have built an elegant building. /
| THAI the Lit lie Plaza would be g
splendid site and il beloGg s to the city
and briggs in no revenue Washing
| ton park has always been losing H.
| vestment as far as the city was con-
nerned, and it would have been better il
| it had been sold long ago and the money
devoted to the buildIng of city hall.
At any rate the Jail this winter has
proved inadequate for the demands
| upon it and VIII have to be enlarge red
soon. Itwould be better to build a
| city hall at once. build one that would
be a credit TO El Paso and get rid OF
a lot of property that has always been
a losing investment to the city"
An Ell Paso boy smoked LOO boxes
of cigarettes, -aved the pictures, sent
them back to the manufacturers and
| He received this reply: Smoke l. 1OC
more and we viii send you cotfin''
How tickle is fate. Just think OF how
much a man goes through in this life
and then of how easy and simple q
matter it is to have fate turn against
one and the twig of life is snapped.
Take the case last n ght or DIR. Wal l.
He had grown old in service on thi
frontier: he had seen the ravages of q
civil war and passed through many
bloody scenes of s-vage butchery
whe6 the Chmanche and Apache held
sway around Ell Paso. A careless
move, thoughrless motion of the
hand caused pistol, that in former
da 5 he looked upon as a toy. to fall t.
the floor ard the cpd came. His COM
rades in early days on this frontier
would have looked upon a man that
would have carried a 3S-calibre pistol
as a tenderfoot, but the little toy. the
innocent piece of iron and steel, about
which be had proudly laughed many
| time, was his fate and it proved fatal
''With reference to the rates and
privileges to Nevada on account OF the
fight. :" said Commercial Agent Hunt
this morning, ''lht- rate, as before an
nOunred. will be SO for the round trip
from Ell Pmso, route being via Los An
geles, Lathrop. Sacramento and Reno,
tickets TO be limited to continuous
trip in each direction. 10 case, how
e er, a party of at least six or eight
people were to 90 from Ell Psso and
wish to make a side trip to San Fran
cisco and thence back to e. PasO with
Il stopover at Los Angeles, | am given
to understand by our management that
the matter could be ARA ged. provided
the party remained intact during all Of
the trip. This. however, must be fixed
or arranged before starting back from
Reno.
ROUND ABOUT.