El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-23
Little Items From Live Papers.
TEXAS.

The first bale of cotton In the Fort
Worth market reached that city on
the 18th inst, aud was purchased by
s. Gabert at five cents per pound
Mail Telegram.
From every direction comes word
that our neighbors are going to pour
into Sherman by the thousands on the
occasion of the Semi-Centennial Jubi-
lee.-Sherman Register.
The tax rolls of Midland county for
1898 have been received by the comp
troller at Austin. They show total
valuation of 81, 575, 30S, an increase of
$40, 1913 over last years rendition
Midland Reporter.
c. F. Carter, one of the best posted
cotton men in the country, says that
he believes Texas will produce 4,OOO,-
600 bales this year, or one million
bales more than the biggest crop
heretofore made.-Ft. Worth Regis
ter.
The UNITED States attorneys office
at Austin has rendered q decision sus-
tanning Attorney General Crane, to the
effect that no war tax stamps shall be
collected on county and city telegraph
messages and their answers.-Stock
Record.
Grayson county showed an increase
of 1925, 600 in taxable values this year
over last and Sherman showed an in
crease of about 500, 200. So far they
are only official reports in Texas show
ing this gratifying results.-Shermsn
Register.
For some time petty thieves have
been robbing case in the Santa Fe
yards at Fort Worth. Yesterday Of
ficers Roberts and Williams recovered
a lot of chinswsre aud some Irish DO
tstoes that had been stolen out of q
Santa Fe car.-Register.
Two days ago Mr.. A. Branshsw flew
three of his homing pigeons from Wor-
than, seventy-six miles from Dallas.
The birds were just two hours getting
home. On q former occasion these
same birds came home from Rice,
distance of 43 miles.-Register, Fort
Worth.
Childress and Hail, of Temple and
Caldwell, we'll known in Tom Green
and Concho counties, recently purchas-
ed 1000 head of stock cattle from James
Cooper, of BraZos county, at S18 round.
This is considered the best herd of
grade cattle in Central Texas.-San
Angelo Standard.
Col. j. l.. Wade, of Pecos county, sf-
ter three years absence, was in the
;ity this week supplying, and getting
pointers on mutton and wool. The
colonel owns 1000 sheep, 200 cattle, 80
horses and IL child en-, and he says
that the higheschool in Independence
10 in nourishing conditiou.-Stand-
ard, San Angelo.
Capt. S. L. McAdoo, Co. f, Ist Tex
rs THE old Belknap Rifles), arrived
here this morning from Mama, Flo
rida, on sick leave, to see il the elm
ate will not be benefit him. He is
familiar with this country, having
been all over it years ago as q Ranger.
The New Era, Maria, August Ii.
The Jack County Fair association
will have its tenth annual fair at Jacks
boro, opening on September % and
closing October /. Jack county has
made wonderful progress in the past
his fair, no doubt, will be the most
successful ever given by the energetic
citizens OF Jack county.-Stock Record.
The Populists in their county con-
ference here last Saturday deferred
definite action on county nominations
lntil the last of this month. They
seem disposed to favor an independent
ticket. They know the darped old
Democratic gun is loaded and they are
not in a hurry themselves to draw its
ire in their direction.-Texas State
Democrat.
Three electric light companies at
present supply illumination public and
private. The service is very good.
The water is simply perfect, artesiau
wells from one thousand to fifteen
hundred feet deep furnish millions OF
gallons of the purest water, which is
forced all over the city, giving good
effective fire pressure to the most is
tsnt heights.-San Antonio Light.
The new Pecos valley & North east
ern railway extension, between Ros-
we'll and AMARILLO, is said to be MAX
ing very satisfactory progress. The
grading work has been completed
twelve milee west of Amarillo and the
track laid for the same distance and as
soon as the Polo Duro canyon is cross
ed the work will move forward rapid
w. At the Roswell end of the line.
the work Is completed about thirteen
miles and the engineers came
has now been removed beyond the line
Of the Pecos river. Two new engines
have been received at Amarillo to be
used in construction work. They are
Of the largest type.-Midlsnd Report
or.