El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-16

ROOMS-Furnished and unfinished
at 6O3 north Oregon street.
Reports from Albuquerque report q
heavy rise in the river.
For RENT-A 6 room furnished
house. Apply A. P. Coles.
Miguel Contrias is being tried fol-
burglary, in the district court today.
BoRN-In this city 10Th inst, q
daughter to the wife of w. NJ. Giles
pie.
The Scottish rite Masors enjoyed a
fine banquet last night in Masonic
Hall.
Ladies and gents 500 bicycles good
as new. for sale very cheap: call Center
Block hotel.
Do not be mistaken in the date of the
McGintv entertainment. 1t will be on
Tuesday next, the 10th.
The Willing Workers of the Myrtle
avenue Methodist church will hold q
social on Monday night next.
Messrs. Cooper Bros, ice cream par
lors are now opened. Come and see
their fine display of Easter goods.
Furnished rooms for rent. Single or
en- suite With board if desired. Mrs.
w. j. Jones, No. SOC, N. Oregon st.
The wind of last night which prom
ised rain, failed 10 bring it, but this
mornings air was delightfully."- crisp
and cool.
Do not fail to hear Master Joaquin
Bouche sing at the McGinty enter
tainment at the opera house on Tues
day next, the Goth.
Bushong and Feldman are having a
big run on the new size PLATING photo.
The price is down to $1.5O per dozen
until May LIST. Satisfaction Is guaran-
teei in every case. Come early.
Agent E. E. Shrine of Sierra Blanca
is for the time being in the G. H. dis
patchers' Office in this city helping Mr..
McNeal, while the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Mr.. Holmes is un-
filed. Mr.. Shrine has the reputation
of being one of the best station agents
in the country, and is directly in the
line of promotion.
City Collector Smith has busted the
collection record, in raklng in $50, S04 40
for March. 1t is the heaviest ever
made for any one month in local NUM-
cipal history. The collector shows that
the taxes due the city for 1913, '94, '95
and '96 amount so S63, 1868, and if this
were all paid up the city would be en-
tirely free from debt.
The Las Vegas Optic is informed
that the imitation ''Black Jack, ," whose
real name is John Mcdonald, is still
being held in custody at Ell Paso, Tex
as, till the converting of the Socorro
court, on the first Monday in May. He
has been identified as the original and |
only BLACK jack but be will most |
likely be released on a habeas corpus, |
at the SOcOrrO term.
An interesting circumstance attend |
ing the advent of a daughter last night
to w. NJ. Gillespie, was as follows:
The happy pa is a member of the Bowl |
ing CLUB, and the club has the cheerful |
custom of timing members who are alb |
sessed against Mr.. Gillespie last night. |
but when it was afterwards stated what |
had caused the same, the fine was
promptly RENTED.
Passover will begin this evening
and continue for eight days. This is |
Il Jewish feast instituted to commem-
crate the providential deliverance of |
the Hebrews in Egypt, when the des-
troying angel, shifting the first born of
the Egyptians, passed over the houses
Of the IsraellIas that had been Drevi-I
Ously marked with the blood of the
paschal lamb. The passover was Oh
served on the fourteenth day of the first
Nisau, and on the fifteenth dav
commenced the se7en-days feast Oh
lnleaveued bread