El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-03

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pictures of her majesty The result OF
this odd hint will be to increase the
numbe of kodaks sold to American
> tourists, and increase also the energy
of the publishers of some of our news
papers in gaining possession of unpub.
lished portraits of the late empress. II
there are any of these stolen likenesses
in Ell Paso we awill take great pleas
ure in forwarding them to their proper
destination.
Edwin Austin of Boston will be dis
puted by relatives. Mr.. Austin, who
was bachelor, 90 years old at the time
Of his death, left $4,000 to Harvard
University, 100000 to the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
$4,000 to aged persons and $4,000
each to Radcliffe, Roanoke College
and Tuskegee Institute. While it must
be unpleasant. says the Buffalo Ex-
which one probably reasonably expect
ed to share some day, slip away: it is
likely that Mr.. Austin knew for sew
eral years just how he wished to dis
pose of his property. The distribution
he made of it would indicate that he
had thoughtfuly considered places
where it would be of vast benefit.
A pretty romance in court is report
ed from New York. Miss Tessie Ken
nedy was arraigued in the court of spe-
cisl sessions charged with the theft of
a small sum OF money from her en-
ployer. 1t turned out that she was the
daughter of q wealthy man who had
beggared himself by going on the bond
of friend, making it necessary for
Tessie to go out and earn her living.
While the girl was in the prisoners
dock, so the story goes, young man,
who refused to give his name, stepped
forward and told the Justice that he
had loved Tessie for long time and
was ready to make her his wife. The
justice consented and the knot was lied,
the criminal charge against the bride
being dismissed.
A new and peculiar vehicle made its
appearance on the streets of Ell PssC
| yesterday and attracted consid erable
attention. 1t was q wagon with large
/ bed or ''tank'' made of iron ard air
tight. 1t is the property sof J. E.
Geiger & Co. of Nashville. Tenn, who
| travel from town to town and make
contracts with the authorities to re-
move sewerage and various kinds Of
filth Their employment is not by any
means an agreeable one, but there il
supposed to be money in it. just now
they have a contract with JuareZ and
it is said that they are making a thor.
ough job of it over there.
| We was down to Memphis two weeks
ago come first Monday and "a con
| fidence an took US down to the navy
yard to fleece us. On the way down hs
bought five times, which gave us
very comfortable supply, becaus'
thinking every one was the last one
we filed the glass. When he founG
we had nothing he smote us On tb'
head with coupling pin, wbicl
stunned us for while, but we 60
from the smart Alec the cheapest gro
ceries what ever happened. Hardemal
Free Press.
Preston Roberts, Sr., the railwa
magnate, whose death occurred in In
dependence, Mo-, came first to ksnsa
in 1850, in one of the old stage coaches
eth sre'll be an easier way to get her
shortly" he said as he alighted in tn
Main street.
The total of admissions to the Oman
fair was 2,6I3.374, of which S23, SO
were on passes. The largest attend
auce on any one day was 9S, 845-th
peace jubilee day, when the presiden
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