El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-16

morning to assist in the chase.-Hous-

ton Post.
A Hallettsville, Texas, dispatch says
Two miles south of Sublime SUNDAY
morning about 3 o'clock Charles Mat
zig, farmer, was aroused by q noise al
his hoRpen, and he and his wife went
| to investigate; finding 200 pound hog
missing Mrs. Matzig began to follow
tho trail made by it's dragging away. it
being almost ar light rs day, while
Matzig returned to the house for q
gun. Before he could return his wife
had Ovcrtaken the parties, who shot
her three times with pistol, and
when her husband got to her she was
lying dead by the hog and the robbers
and murderers were gone.
The now Bundy clock for the post
office has been placed on the wall and
1t will soon be in operation. By 1t the
very closest of check can and will be
kept upon all federal employees. 1t will
registed the exact time of arrival and
departure of every man at work there,
even to she mail gatherers who make
periodical rounds to the boxes OF de-
post. These CLOCKS are being placed
In general use by the government in all
public buildings and henceforth they
will play very important part in the
examination of the records of all per-
sons whether holding positions by vir-
tue OF civil services tenure or other
wiee.-Exohange.
Judge T. P. MoCampbell is circulat-
ing petition to congress asking the
government to make an appropriation
for the Improvement Of AransAs Pass
and assume control of the work. Deep
water 1t Araneas Pass would couduce
to the development of Texas, and par
ticularly the south and west portion of
the state. Judge McCampbell agrees
with the guard in the opinion that
deep water at Arkansas would mean the
building of north and south railroad
through this section. Congressman
Kleberg is strongly in favor of the gov
eminent assuming charge of the bar
Dor Improvement at Arkansas, and he
should be aided by q strong petition
from the eleventh district.-GOliath
Guard.
While the men employed by the
Craney Construction company in build
ing the embankment for the city's ar
tifoial lake were engaged with scrap
ers in removing dirt they unearthed
the heads and portions of the csrcasses
of d number OF Buffalo, says . Paris,
Texas dispatch. They were found i'm
bedded two or three feet below the sur
face in hard clay and the shape of the
animals, the nose, the head and teeth
were perfect, being petrified and leav-
ing 10 doubt as to the species. Thirty
two flint arrow wheels were also found
in the clay some of which were stick
ing in one of the buffalo heads, show
ing that many years ago, ably two
or three centuries, the buffalOes had
been victims of the red men In the
chase.-Houston Post.
One of the main subjects which
should engage the immediate attention
of the legislature at this session is the
reduction of the present legal rate of
interest in Texas. What have we done
that the legal enaction requires US to
pay 10 per cent interest for money?
There is more involved in this ques-
tiont than would be imagined, unless
investigated. ALI the laws passed for
q decade have looked toward the driv-
ing out of the state of cheap money
lenders and investors. All the laws
seem to favor the rich man who has
money to loan rather than the poor
man who has to borrow. Why is it
that although New York, Chicago and
all the money marts of the country are
teemipg with money, readily obtain
able at 3. 4, and per cent interest, we
are forced to pay 10 per cent interest?
Can our farmers raise 4-cent cotton
25-cent corn and 15-cent oats and pay
10 per cent interest?-Texas State
Journal.