El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-27
Mexico.

Mexico.
Mexico Is wise for herself in estab-
fishing a large packing house, for she
has the cattle to feed it.-San Antonio
TEX Light.
Over 300 Mexican families have en-
tered the country from the United
States and are settled at the Tulancin-
go colony and in other parts of the re-
pu blic.-Mexican Herald.
The city council of San Luis Potosi
has determi ned to have the Parades
pastures laid out in building lots and
to place the latter on sale. The prop
erty is located near the Guadalupe
church.-Two Republics.
Work has been commenced on the
waterworks which are to supply Jalapa
with excellent drinking water from the
Cofre de Perote. The 6 ate govern
ment contributes $500, 600 to wards the
enterprise. -Chihuahua Enterprise.
A woman who ven'ured within the
range of target practice in progress
near the penitentiary in Guadalsjara
on Wednesday afternoon was shot
in the abdomen by g strey bullet
She will probably die.-Two Re-
publics.
A Chihuahua physician took q piece
of board, ten inches long and two wide,
from the stomach of q horse, which
| it had run into itself while jump ng
q fence. The animal has com pletely
| recovered from the wound--Mexican
Herald.
The Office of Hampson & Smith, the
| railroad contractors, was robbed last
| Friday night The burglars effec ed
an entrance from the roof, afterwards
opening the doors and carried out The
safe cODtainir about two hundred
J dollars in silver.-Chihuahua Enter
prise.
| AtConcordia laborer named In
dslecio Moraids, went to the bank Of
the river near that town and commit
ted suicide. This class of crime appears
| to be on the increase among the lower
strata of society in the republic, q
thing hardly known in the pAst.-Mex-
lean Herald.
| Parral has q new weekly paper
named ''El Com BATE" The first issue
was published lsst Sunday In q small
| form. The second number will, how
| ever, appear with eight pages and will
continue that size. Lie. NJ. A. SAM II
at the head of the new enterprise snf
! will no doubt make il euccess.-Chi
huahua Enterprise.
| Work on the city sewers has to be
| temporarily suspended for lack OF
|
| Mon terey. The contractors have Civ
en- an order for a very large quantity
of brick to keep them going until their
own brick yards near Guadalupe are
ready, which will be in about two
months.-Two Republics.
A orm, which passed over Huepa-
pan de Corral Nuevo, destroy ed houses
and crops and it is reported that "a
people were drowned The fields Of
rice aud corn about Chspapospa and
Micbapam, which we're about ready to
be gathered, were destroyed. The San
Juan river ia higher than in the fam
GUS rise of IS8S.-Herald. Mexico City
From letters received yesterday it IL
learned that Mr.. Willard 8. Isham
who is now in Washington, interesting
the American government in bis
scheme for firing dynamite from or
binary cannon, is expecting to have
tests made in a few days from large
guns. He says that things move slow
Iiy in Washing ton just as we'll as they
do in Mexico, but that every thing so
far is moving satisfactorily. Army
department officials have assured him
that in their judgment any sensitive
iexplosve can be fired from his she'll.
He is awaiting the issue of his patents
ard it is barely possible he may return
to Mexico in a month or so.-Mexican
Herald.