El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-08
Neighbour
hood Notes.
Texas.

A young lady in q Commerce treet
store is suffering from the effects of q
shot from a toy air gun which she re-
ceived in her eye a few days ago. The
eye will not lose its sight, however,
San Antonio Light.
This city let q contract this evening
for water works: three bids were sub.
mitted as follows: German of Dallas,
Texas, 1926, 544; Alcot of Dallas, Texas,
26, 899. 90; Kelly & Steel of Georgetown,
Texas, S26,234.75. The latter was
awarded the contract. Work is to be
completed June 1 next.-Houston Post.
A Fort Worth dispatch says Mrs.
Harry Williams was given twenty
years in the ~penitentiary by an Erath
county jury at Stephenville for com
plicity with her husband in killing
Austin 'Kink, q newspaper man last
summer. Her husband got on with
eighteen years.-San Antonio Ex-
press.
Admission to the state has been re-
fused the Western Industrial assooia-
ton of West Virginia n the Royal
Brotherhood OF America of Iowa by
Commissioner of Insurance johnson,
who finds that the insurance features
of these prevent them from
setting up shop in Texas as benevolent
associations. Austin Tribune,
Colonel Joe johnson, chief postofice
inspector for this district, with head
quarters at New Orleans, but who has
been temporarily located here, left
yesterday with his entire force for the
Crescent city. When the yellow fever
scare predominated in the South Col
onel johnson vas forced to here
to be in touch with the outside world.
FIT. Worth ReQiSter.
A Terrell Texas, dispatch says: A
night prowler entered the yard Of G.
G. Peacock last night and was discover
ed by Mrs. Peacock as he was standing
in the shade of q barn. Mrs. Peacock
opened fire on him with a pistol, which
caused him to bea q hasty retreat.
Several nights g some one made an
attempt to set their house on fire and
it is thought that this intruder was the
same party.-Sherman Register.
A move is now on foot to build q tele-
phone line from Sanderson via Dull
Bros ranch to Fort Stockton. In fact.
Bros, has already begun work on the
line out as far as the ranch, and after
it reaches there the Stockton people
will put their heads and purses togeth-
err and extend the line on to Stockton.
Well say to the Stockton people that
they'll never know what a convenience
it is until they once get it established.
-Azona Courier,
w. G. Crush, general passenger
agent of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway, received a telegram to-
day from Mexico stating hat MI. L.
A. Tore, ~son-in-law of President Diaz,
and Mr.. Fernando, the Mexican min
lister of agriculture, accompanied by
party of friends and attendants. are er
route to attend the Farmers National
congress which opens at Fort Worth
December 6. These distinguished
Mexicaps will visit Dallas before re
turning to their own count-y.-HOus-
ton Post.
L. S. Thorne, vice-president of the
Texas and Pacific railroad, states tina,
the cost of the elegant new passenger
depot to be erected here shortly by his
road will cost in the nei0hborhood oi
S175 900. He says that In addition to
this the "Old Reliable" will construct
two magnificent steel visducts, nj al
the foot of Main street and the other
at Cameron's rail, and q freight house
of colossal dimensions. The total cost
of all these improvements will, he
says, be in the neighborhood of 1925,
600 or $3.50, 0OO.-Fort Worth Mail Tele
gram.
Rev. 1. z. T. Morris, superintendent
Houston yesterday to attend the Me
hodist conference. He was formerly
q member of this conference, but il
now a member of the North Texas con
ference. For the last two years he ha'
been giving his time to finding bones
for the homeless children, and ha
placed owe 100 in good homes and ha'