El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-07

Postmaster Hoornbeek, drove out in
the valley and the two killed over lOt
plover.-Alpine Avalanche.
Quite a number of bales of cotton
has been received in town this week.
| The ruling price is about 5 IA. Rath'
er low for this great era of prosperity
of which we hear so much.-Cleburne
| Herald.
Gardening was carried on in the
vicinity of Sherman this year on g
| more extensive scale than ever before
| and the acreage next year will be even
| larger. This business has grown to be
ucrative.-Register.
The Santa Fe r. r. officials have
left Galveston and come to Cleburne
where they will remain until the vel
low fever scare is over. OF cOure Gle
burne extends to them a royal vel
come .-Cleburne Herald.
While the political campaigns are
being waged in Texas this fall the
people should not forget that q policy
of expansion must be looked after for
next year-a sort of hog and hominy
expansion.-Lufkin Weekly.
The Register has additional confirm
alton of the recent statement that earn
est efforts are now in progress to Sc
cure the immigration of q large num-
Der of German families direct from the
father land to Grayson county.-Sher-
man Register.
Il. r. Liggett of Abilene has been
appointed referee in bankruptcy for
the Abilene division of the United
pointed Mr.. LiRgett to the position a
few days ago, and at once entered Sd
order to that effect.-Exchange
Taylor county's tax rolls show an in
crease on the taxable values of the
county over last year of $40, 600. Lands
are assessed on the same basis as last
year, except where improvements have
been made. The increase, therefore.
is due to new improvements and in
creased personal property.-Western
Sentinel.
a. F. Crowley of Midland was at
Jacksboro lately and bought sixty five
head of full-blooded Durham cattle of
Walter p. Stewart, for which he paid
$50 each for ten yesrling bulls, S45
each for COWS and S35 each for calv es.
Mr.. Stewart also sold twenty one-year-
old-Durham heifers to J. r. Lilly for
S1000.-Live Stock Reporter.
Texas would be holy terror to the
democratic party of the nation if she
should come up to the full measure of
her opportunities this fall and return
some three or four republicans to con-
gress. There IS not a doubt in the
world that it could be done, were the
party to put forth its real strength.
The ninth, tenth. eleventh and twelfth
districts should be republican meat
San Antonio Light.
Maria is nearly 1000 feet higher
than Asheville. N. c., and by actual
statistics is 30 per cent better climate
both with regard to temperature and
health. With the proper effort on the
part of the citizens of Preside and sur
rounding counties, Maria will become
the educational center of West Texas,
many families to move here
for the purpose of educating their chill
New Era.
The largest transaction in steer cat
tie that has been contaminated in this
in a number of months has
been concluded between Col. Ike 7.
Pryor of San Antonio, and Indian Ter
ritory parties. Col. Pryor sold to w.
E. Washington of Marietta, [. T.. 5000
3 and 4-year-old steers at $50 per head,
and to the Ardmore Oil mill 1900 3 and
4-year-old steers at the same price,
both transactions aggregating 1926, 900.
State Journal.
Bryan Heard of this city purchased
$500 bales of cotton in Central and
Southern Texas yesterday iof which
about 5000 bales were the standard size
gin boxes, "a by "a. For every stand
ard size bale he paid 80 cents as a pre-
MUM over and above the .price OF the
cotton making total OF about $500 put
in the pockets of these farmers, who |
took the trouble of putting up the |
sample in decent packages. The |
companies allow 80 cents i
per bale as an inducement for packing |
the cotton the standard size and it |
seems as though it would be the part |
Of wisdom for the farmers to &C apt |
themselves, wherever possib to the |
style of package that,would bring them |
4 premium.-Houston Post.