El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-28

for some time, left last week for Tam
pico, Mexico, where he 10 engaged in
raising tomatoes by the car load for
northern markets.-Roswell Re-
gister.
Sheepmen are preparing for the fall
shearinq, and the first clip will be
made about October 1st. A good wool
crop is in prospect Ranges have been
excellenJ during the summer, with the
result that sheep are fat ana in good
condition. They will begin the winter
this way, and indications now are that
the range will be Of nature TO
keep them SO until nexs spring.-Eddy
Argus
Secretary Johns of the Elephant Butte
Dam company, passed through the
city Last Saturday on his way to Ell
Paso. He informed a representative
OF this paper that work will be i'm
mediately commenced On the dam as
States supreme court is rendered,
which he has no doubt will be
favorable to his company. He further
informed our reporter that there had
been over 5000, 900 worth of the stock
already sold in the London market, and
| there will be a large dems nd for shares
rs soon as work has begun. The case
will have the hearing on the 10th of
October and Mr.. Johns expects to be
in Washington at that date. -Dona
Ana Co. Republican.
ARIZONA.
Gov. Ramon Corral of Sonora is ex-
peced up from HermosillO tonight. If
he comes there will be big ball given
him tomorrow night. 1t will be
great social affair.-Vidette, Noga-
les.
The Crowned King mine was S23, 900
| in debt when down I65 feet. Now at q
depth of 500 feet. debts all paid and
regular dividends declared, it cannot
| be purchased for less than 81 900, O00.-
| ProspectCr.
The citizens of Mesa are soon to Or
gauize Masonic lodge in that city. F.
| A. Shaw, past grand master of the F..
holding a school of Observation-Disclosures.
nix Enterprise.
Wells in Goose Flat are gradually
going dry. An attempt to sink some
| of them deeper has been frustrated by
| the amount of foul air in the wells,
which has driven men out Who attempt
ed to work.-Courier.
The Duquesne Mining & Reduction
Co. has received a new 100 Fl. p. boil
er, Sargent air compressor and six
Sargent drills, which will be imme-
diately installed and set to work carry
ing down the shaft to greater depth
| Oasis, Nogales.
| A young Indian squaw, Margins,
| was killed by Chit, an Indian buck,
about thirty-five miles from Phoenix on
| the ella river and about six miles from
the railroad bridge last Friday. Both
OF the Indians are young and both at
tended the Phoenix school last year.
The cause of the murder could not be
learned.-PhOeniX Gazette.
| Captain James McClintock has been
| nominated by the publicans OF Mari
| cOpa county for the legislative council.
| Jim Is rough rider, and though he is
| at present in bed in New York hospi-
tai with badly shattered limb and I'M
| able to come to Arizona and make q
political canvass, our word for it, he
| will get there, however, with ''both
| feet. "-Journal-Miner.
The losses from the Jerome fire are
supposed to be about 3366, 200; insur-
ance S112, 000 One man, A. Ashmore,
was burned to death. Another,
Charles Reeves of Coviugton, KY,
died Monday night from the effect of
| burns. b yOnd these none are konwn to
| have money enough to telegraph, but
| they have shelter and food and can
get OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Vedittte.
| John Jones of Mesa, will begin to-
gin tomorrow crushing his second crop
4! of grapes. He estimates that he will
make this year 10000 gallons of wine
| He has about three and half acres of
pears of the Bartlett, Winter Nellis,
| Henry and seedless varieties The
| trees are breaking down under their
loads and several hundred pounds were
| gathered from few limbs which were
broken and hanging in the bitches. 1t
is luxury to look at them.-Repub-
| lican.
Clifton was visited recently by q ter
rible rain and hail storm. some of the
| hail stones measuring more than an
inch in diameter and ss prettily escal-
loped as though cut with q cooking
\ cutter. Most of the hail was as large
as pigeon eggs The rain came down
in torrents, SO that the street in front
of the postoffice was q email river in q
very short time. There was quite q
heavy washout in the railroad track
| near the company store.--Phoenix Re-
publican.
Semi Annual Conference, Mormon
Church, Salt Lake City. October $40
For the above event the Santa Fe
Route will sell tickets Oct. End and Bird
Ell Paso to Salt Lake and return, good