El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-07
Ell PASO DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER 7, 1898.
Neighbour
hood Notes.
Mexico

The streets Of Mazatlan are to be ali
paved, thus adding greatly to the
health of the city.-Exchange.
The citizens of Tacubaya are greatly
exercised over the nightly visits of q
phantom coach which noiselessly
glfdes through the streets and then
disappears in the adjoining cemetery.
Exchange.
There is considerable trouble with
the white contract laborers sent to
chihuahua to do construction work the
employment agents having made false
statements and offered higher wages
than the railroad is paying.-Chihua-
hua Enterprise.
w. U. jennings of San Antonio, and
7. j. Moore of Llano, Texas, nave
ITO, 700 acres known as the Chessman
tract, which Bis located twenty-five
miles south of the Rio Grande. The
purchasers paid for the same 1925, 600
in American money.-Vidette.
A movement Is on foot to send al
exhibit car of Mexican productions
through the eastern states. The car
will contain samples of grain and fruit,
and specimens OF all kinds Of minerals.
The enterprise is being pushed by the
land and mine brokers who hav Sc
CuTSd UuS CO-opeEdulOh VI Vic MSAlSd
Observation-Disclosures.
Ex-Banker Rasst, whose e~XtraditiOn
is demanded by the Swiss authorities
for an alleged swindla he is charged
with having committed before coming
to Mexico, has appointed his own wife
as counsel for the defense, g rather I'm.
usual proceeding. He has also ap-
pointed Lie. Izsguirre to act as his
legal adviser.-TwO Republics.
Great indignation Is said to be ex.
pressed in Guadalupe over the order
of the authorities to put Gown smost Of
the old trees in the Alameda of that
place. The people can hardly be
blamed for being dissatisfied with such
sn order, as the Alameda in Guada-
lupe is about the only place in town
where M can rest in the shade Of
trees.-Two Republics.
Active negotiations are on foo be-
tween the governor of the state OF
Coahuila and an American syndicate
for the transfer of the concession re
Gently obtained by the state govern
ment for the construction of a direct
line from Ssltillo to the gulf coast
across the state of Nuevo Leon. It il
fully expected that the negotiations
on the construction of the road be be.
gun at once -Vidette.
1t is not generally known. but is 6
fact nevertheless, hat Hon. Matias
Romero, envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary from the republic
of Mexico near the government OF tn
United States, has returned to Wash
in0ion, to be accredited as ambassador
This is the first time thai Mexico ha
so designated any Of her diplomatic re
personalities, and the United State
i the nnlU country fhnG djafi O1iSha6 -
Mexican Herald.
The International railroad is nov
completed to within about twenty mile
of Monterey, and the construction i
being pushed with all possible speed
and the constructors expect to reacl
the city within the neX twenty days
The work has been necessarily slow OF
account of the difficulty of securing
and keeping labor sufficient t.
carry on the work. The completion o
this DAD into Monterey will give the
city access to great territory, and will
be worth a great deal to Monterey in
commercial way.-Monterey Globe.
Yesterday in this city Sr. Vicent
P. Oropezs, the champion lasso throw
err of the world, and a prominent mem
Der of Buffalo Bill company of New
York, was married to Sri,a. Librad
Fernandez. The couple, after spend
ing a short time in this city, will leav
on a tour to Europe, and later, in tn
spring, will return to New York, wher
Sr. Oropeza will fill his regular sum
mer engagement. He is aid to b
the best artist in his line on the cor
tinent, and performs many wonderful
feats, and commands a good salary
Monterey Globe.
Sr. Angel Anguiano, who represen'