El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-24

Bids for building MIR. Nations new
building on San Antonio street will be
opened tomorrow.
Don't fail to see the ''Bachelor's S
Dream" given by the young ladies of
the Presbyterian church at the opera
house Friday night.
The absence of the national colors
from the court house flag pole on
Washing -on's birthday, sill causes
considerable comment.
Just received fresh lot OF dried
fruits consisting of dried prunes,
evaporated peaches, appricots and ap-
pies. El Paso Grocery Co., 112 E.
Overland St.
The remains of the late DR.. Wahl
were sent down to Ysleta last evening
by j. c. Ross & Co, for iuterment
there. The funeral was held at Isieta
at 2 p. m, today.
Quite number Of wagons are in
town from the Sacramento mountains
all of whom have brought in consider
able garden truck. They will all take
ranch supplies with them.
An Ohio lawyer named +. b. Kos.
beck, aged 81, died Of consum otlon las'
evening in this city, and will be shlp-
ped home for interment by the Cald-
we'll Undertaking company.
People down from the new dam at
old Fort Selden report that work is
progressing nicely and a large force OF
men are at WORK. Engineer Campbell
is now up at the dam looking over the
work being done.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church give an interesting program at
ENriG nj orb = -
ing of a ''Dol Drill'' by the children
"The Bachelors Dream" by the young
ladies, The Art Studio," and last but
not least the 'Deestrick Skule." Be
sure and come. 1t will be worth twice
the price of admission.
Just Received a fresh lot of sugar
cured ham, extra quality; nice break
fast bacon, pure leaf white label lard,
deviled and por ted ham, lunch tongue,
roast and Clipped b-ef and great
many other speciaIri which we sell
f,r cash only. and they e, very fast be-
cause prices ar low III Paso Grocery
company, 112 E. Overland.
The fire alarm was sounded yesterday
about O'Clock and the department
turned out in good time and found the
fire to be in Harry Charmah's cigar
store, the roof OF which had caught
| from the sp ark from the t1ue. The
fire was promptly eXtingulshed. The
firemen were all at work building the
| corral at the department but We're out
| in less than a minute after the alarm
sounded.
| This has been a ay of runawavs and
broncho .'busting." An early morning
scene on lutte plaza was a broncho with
a miners outfit packed on to the sad
die. The horse did its best to dump tht
outfit. and did succeed in scattering
things around the plaza. There wa:
also d runaway on Myrtle Avenue anu
a buggy was SIN m1shed up. a horse
hitched to a lumber wagon had design.
on the lumber and tried to kick 1t al
over the street.
Great is the Ell Paso Evening from
bone. Last nights issue states witt
becoming sOherness that: Last nigh
Dr. G. w Wahl accidentally shot him
self and very narrowly escaped death
. He reached for something that was o.
shelf above his head and in dong s.
kGocked down pistol which was dis
charged. the bali entering his left sid
and ipflicting qul' serious wound.
The above statement w9S made by tn
from bone six hours after the docto
was dead Great is the argus eye G
J the patent medicine press.
+ There was an equine exhibition o
the little plaza tais morning. Fw
) prospectors had lotded up their bror
chos with the neces~aries of life and Il
abridged prospecting equipment, whe
one of the parties took Il side trip
probably for a suLhin' to warm up nr
g In his absence, his broncho became di:
g con tented. and started into huckine
The way he shot up and down, dou ole
up, straighoened out, and bumped hin
& self around generally, Was 4 caution /
> jumping jacks. The animals loa
was pretty evenly dist ibutsd over tn
face OF nature, and with this, his fee
=, ings became relieved, and he quiete
q down. The owner then re-appearet
aud pacs6ed his ram1unctious stseG,