El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23
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Cripple Creek directory has now 3d.
900 names.
The police are arresting al boys
jumping on and of street cars while In
motion.
A move is reported from the other
side to make Mayor Arrlola collector
OF the port.
Harry Chairman has killed some 800
dogs this season, and proposes to get
away with rs maly more.
There seems to be something of an
exodus from Ell Pdso: plopio gong 10
the mountains anu the seaSshose.
The medicOs who were to have come
this way in u private car en rout, east
to Europe, went around via EagIe Pass.
There are many frame shanties 60
log up on the oIOck between tue hide
house and kete- sen ~ Degetaa's block
The S. Z. train from the west today
brought in l6O passengers Two cars
contained CHRISTIAN EnueavOr eXcur-
tiOniStS.
The rain last night spoiled the ice
cream social on North Oregon street.
SO That the young IaA1es cleared only
thirty cents. however, they were ex-
peciing 10 dispose OF the rest OF the
cream this MOI ming which would help
them some.
The slump of silver of yesterday has
created Consider aole feeling In imam
claI circles across the river. The fall
10 59s of yesterday was followed To-Day
by still lower figure by two eignths.
This Is the lowest figure to which Sill
Yer has dropped In Two years.
Tie town seemed threatened with
another heavy RAIN storm last evenlng,
and there was heavy fall t. the east
wards, bat the city escaped with a
steady but not neavy shower. A Iig ht-
ming bolt struck SUmewheie 5 In the
town aad made the wire, crack and
snap which Startled goud many peo-
pie. the precip- taLiou here Was Unly
.U9 Inch.
f. Armendariz was arrested this
morning for leaving his horse unhltch-
ed While 10 Aiusa . store on business.
Arme ndariZ maint,inS lnaJ there was
another team standing in front of the
same store and unhitt hid, aud DOESN'T
understand why he should b. singled
out and fined, while nothing was done
with the other. TO him IL uoeSn' Z look
like justice.
John Creighton, one of the most thor
ough mining men OF New Mexico. has
receive an offer from eastern capital
lets, to go to ALASKA aud report On tn at
country, as IT CARDS the mining outlook.
Mr. CreIgntun views on mining are
very reIia BILE and should he accept the
above offer, his report will be eagerly
look ed forward to, by the miners of
New Mexico.
A fine new gas light is on exhibition
at Doc ALDER drug store. Toe gen
orator is pa. Ell in the cellar anu is
run with acetoly ne rock which Is dis
solved by tue ac.iou of water; the re-
sultan, gas being oOrralea 10 d holder
and fore ed TIN ough The regular pipes
as in the larger plant. The hame is
remarkably brilliant, and the heat
gwen out is sea, cely noticeable.
Toe program for tonight's plaza
concert win be as follows: Marc /,
The Stars and Stripes Forever, by
Sousa; overture To the Barber of
Seville, by Ross nj; Comique Patrol,
by Hinuley: 10, with vocal chorus,
Mister Johnson, arranged by Sr. Con-
cho; Introduction, Tn .rd Act LoheI-
grin (wedoing mueicl, Wagner; waltz,
Position, t'arbach: march, Silver
Plume.
Local advocates of irrigation say
that the Irion county farmers do not
repress Mt the rest of West Texas, as
they have all the irrigation they want,
aud like the dog in the manager are
not willing to let other people have
their share: also. that Ell Paso with the
greater part of the remainder of West
Texas will vote for the irrigation
anne ndment which Senator Turney mas
SO carefully prepared.