El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-16
NEW MEXICO.

A deputy internal revfnue collector
caught a Mexican travelling circns
near Anthony and made them disgorge
$9.-Roswell Register.
II. B. Fergusson's majority in Grant
county this year will ever surpass that
obtained by him in 1896, when it comes
close to the 100 mark.--Silver City En-
terprise.
Some of the best posted sheepmeu of
this section do not put the increase this
year, in the number of sheep, for San
| Miguel county, at over so per cent
Las Vegas Optic.
The territorial board of equalization
will meet in Santa Fee on Monday for
| the purpose of equslizing tax assess
ments and hearing protests against the
returns made by county ASSESSORS
New Mexican.
Smallpox still exists at at Ortiz sta
| ton. Three cases awe lately been de-
veloped at Madrid aud were promptly
put under strict quarantine by the To-
cal authorities. The disease was
| brought from Bernalillo by a careless
Mexican.-Cerrillos Register.
Word was received in this city
Saturday that Mrs. Lena Schultz, of
Los Angeles, mother of Mrs. T. B.
Catron, of this city, and w. G. Waltz,
| of Ell Psso, had suffered stroke OF
paralysis. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Catron
are absent from town New Mexican.
Snow to the depth of nearly two
| inches fell at Santa Rita Wednesday
morning, but it soon melted. This is
| q ute a contrast with the sweltering
| weather back east, where deaths by
heat prostration are OF daily occur
renee, and is fiattering advertisement
of the healthful climate OF New Next
| co, where a blanket can be slept under
with comfort the year round.-Silver
City Enterprise.
The following interesting letter was
received yesterday by L S. Bell of this
city from his son John, one of the
members of troop F of the Rough Rid
ere:
Camp wikof, Montauk Point, L.. L.
Sept 4, 1898.
Dear fsther-I received your letter
yesterday and will not try to answer it
am feeling fine again after few
days sickness. AS you say, lots OF
people say that we are starving. But
that is all horrible mistake. 1t Is
true that we did not get
enough to eat in Cuba, but we
did not expect it, as is common in all
countries. 1t is the custom to carry
supplies on your back, but We lit into
those devils SO fast that we had to
drop everything so we could keep up
with them. They ran like scared rab-
bits, aud then the roads got so muddy
behind US after rains that mule pack
trains got stuck. 1t was almost i'm
posi- BILE to get supplies to us for few
days, but that only lasted for a few
days, and after that we got all we
could eat, that is, OF what the gov
eminent furnished, such as bareback
and roast beef, or horse, 1 should say.
OF course we did not relish that all
the time, but hungry man could eat
it and rs long as that was there no one
need 60 hungry. 1t is only those New
York dudes that went hungry, as they
called it. They wanted pie and cake
and little ice cream, l suppose. You
know yourself that am used to eating
well, but [ knew that we would have to
| take what we could get, so that is the
reason that did not write such starv-
ing letters. / wou d have liked better
grub myself. / did not mind the fight
| ing at all; it was sleeping in water up
to my neck that bothered me.
''Well, l will probably be home this
time two weeks from today. l expect
| to be mustered out next week. some
time next Thursday, the colonel said.
Say, he is a dandy. | wish you could
| see him. and he is as proud of us as q
boy with new boots. We'll, l will close
| now to write to some one else. | guess
! you know who it is. You did the same
when you were a kid" Write soon.
John BELL
n Albuquerque Democrat, 18th inst.