El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-15
Little Items From Live Papers.
TEXAS.

TEXAS.
1t is understood that s. B. Strong
will take charge of the postoffice about
Austin 1.-HOustOn Post.
The troops destined for border ser.
vice will not leave this city before
next week.-San Antonio Light.
Ed. Degener, sons of Hans L. Degen-
err, and two little sons of DIR. Herff,
were accosted by q pair of ruffians on
Quincy street last night.-San Antonio
Light.
A number of Improvements in and
around the Grand Central union depot
in this city are contemplated and work
on same will commence within very
few dsys.-Houston Post.
Farmers were in the city in mum bers
yesterday employing help to put in their
cotton fields. Not less than fifty peo-
pie went out in wagons to begin work
this neutrality-suspicious. Express.
AT all of the city churches yesterday
the request of the president that es-
pecisl prayers be offered up for the
success of the American army both ON
land and sea, as Observation-Disclosures
Express.
j. N. Shafter, who is employed as
custom house agent for the Mexican In
ternatiOnal railroad at Eagle Pass, is q
brother of General Shafter, leader of
the United States army at Santiago
Houston Post.
An inquiry yesterday of q we'll known
insurance man ELECTED the fact that
the insurance companies are paying
the war tax, and not the policy holders,
nor is the tax on the amount of the
policy, but on the amount of the pre-
MUM. It was recently stated other
wise.-Houston Post.
A fair-sized crowdtfrom here will at
tend the farmers congress at College
station this week. Commissioner JEFF
fersOn johnson will attend. as we'll as
Engineer Charles Corner of the rail-
road commission. who will read q pap
er entitled Good Roads. ''-Telegram
from Austin to Houston Post.
Gen. Manager Polk of the Gulf, Col
orado and Santa Fee railway was in
Dallas last evening on his return from
Chicago to Galveston. Commenting
on the Cotton Belt-Santa Fe deal, Mr..
Polk said that he was quite sure that
both roads and both cities. meaning
Sherman and Dallas, were glad of it,
Sherman Register.
While the Belt line is making pre-
parations to handle the crowds that
will be here at the old Settlers reun-
ion, it has been appropriately suggest
ed in case the street cars cannot handle
the traffic that special trains might be
run by the Texas & Pacific railway
from Travis street to Cleveland ave-
nue.-Sherman Express.
This morning about o'clock resi-
dents of North Broughton street were
startled by succession of sgonizing
screams. Alderman Lucas says when
he arose he saw buggy just passing
his residence and could distinguish
that one of the occupants was
woman and believes that
it was her voice he heard.
The horse was only going in an ordi-
nary trOt and that precludes the theory
of fright from being injured in runa-
way. The vehicle, it appears, turned
eastward into College at the intersec-
ton of that street and again southwark
into East street and parties living in
the vicinity of these street intersections
say the screaming continued that far
So far no one has an explanRtio of
the incident. Since the above was
written the Register learns that the
vehicle with its unknown occupants
passed through the city and went
westward and that the cries continued
even as the parties drove out of town.
Sherman Register.