El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-31

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The police are having an easy time
these days. They don't have anything
to do but walk around.
The street sprinkles sprinkle the
same spot every day. This gets monot
onous.
The dog days are almost over. Still
there are many loating ours on the
streets.
Some people have found it soft
snap to hold up Chinaman and rob
him. Other people have found it a
snap shot.
The fourth ward people are kicking
for wetness. Some of the people in the
fourth are almost choking to death.
There is not saloon in the whole
ward.
When a Chinaman cuts off his queue,
wears mems clothes and rides q bike
he has fully made up his mind to stay in
this country and he cannot be run with
rocks.
Somebody threatens to way-lay
Round A bout OF his road home some
night aud "dO him up" Round About
has often been near the mouth Of can
non.
Round About said before the cleo
tion: "If the machine wins FL Paso
will be turned into COW ranch"
After five months trial the aoministIa-
ton is in a quandary as to whether the
best mark OF retrogression would be to
cut of the tail or the ears.
A conundrum: GLOW many doses
Of physic does it take to build build
ing three stories high with presseJ
brick front.
The new moon looks very aquatish.
Some of the laws of Mexico are very
good. If they we're in vogue in this
civ the government engineer would
90 up to the owner of the block at the
corner of San Antonio and Oregon
streets aud say: Either build house
in that lot worth so much, or sell the
lot to some one else that will build"
That's the kind of talk that would
make the Town grow and remove eye
sores from the main thOrOug hfares.
There hasn't been fire for 50 long
that some people have come to the con-
ciusion tina, the fire department. is a
useless piece of properly.
1t has been suggested that the engine
and hook and ladder truck be turned
into sire ct spI inkle: and that the hose
cart be utilized for hauling off garb-
age, when not On duty at fire.
AS matter of economy it has been
suggested that sprinkler be attached
to The hind end of the Magoffiu avenue
Car, that the holes be chlnked up and
this car filled with water 90 1t can do
sprinkIiDg 0uty on MagCftin avenue
the regular sprinkler SO 1t Can lay the
dust in other parts OF town.
Ths fire plugs were tested lately and
they all had the right pressure except
one near the Baptist church which was
dry. The plug at Hotel D.eu WAS also
short in pressure as it oniy showed for
ty-tive POUNDS.
Somebody asks: "Why is it that no
action is being taken towards bulldog
q levee on the river 'front.'" The ques-
zion is superhuous. the river is dry
now and no levee is needed.
A tax payer arises TO ask the ques-
ton: when does the county expect
to get returns on that 500 invested IN
Injunction proc edlngs!'' This ques-
tion Can be answered by question:
Did you ever play policy! ?"
In the death of "Jack" Evans this
frontier has lost one of the best prose-
cutting attorneys it ever knew. All
viOlatOrs of feIeral law dreaded Jack
Evans. He was fearless in represent
ing his side OF the CASE and it did not
make any difference how bad the man
Or the crowd he was after bis acts an0
words were just bitter AS if he were
the mIldest of criminals
For twenty-five yeai he Was district
attori ey OF the western Strict OF Tex
10. Lie w as DIV LIS POSC " oSh POI siShh
feeling was bitter and he never shirk-
ed his duty. He was one Of those men
WI o face all dangers n his outy Is an
officer. III WAS b. re Wien II trieo |
mems SOU % do their duty in the |
,Ourt., but he witbstO, d the storms OF |
$ racism and prejudice aid DIED |
by friends and enemies |
alike.
1t is about time that the tin horn |
gamblers and the man that lives Off of |
y e l-gotteo gains of fallen women |
we're relieving some attention from
,he police. II is true that 1t is hard to
prove these cases although most of
these characters are we'll known to the |
police. They are Migrants, however,
md this can be proven. If raid were
made many young boys would be haul, I
ID up to account for their wicked !