El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-30
Little Items From Live Papers.
TEXAS.

TEXAS.
OThe oil mill is now running with q
full complement of men.-Velasco
World.
Ike Gronski of Tom Green county,
sheared about TO- 900 head of sheep
San Antonio Light.
The Matador ranch people shipped
six trains of cattle from Estelline north
last week.-Dallas News.
The smokestack OF the city hall fur
mace was blown down by the recent
storm.-Sau Antonio Light.
City Collector Sutor gathered in s4,-
ty good days work.-San Antonio
Light.
W. II. Atwell, q prominent lawyer
attorney of the northern district Of
Texas.-Light.
Velasco has on the Brazos river vast
supplies of valuable hard wood and soft
| wood timbers which can be foated to
the city at small cost.-Velasco World.
The body of man identified as w.
B. Carr, q butcher whose home was sat
Gainesville, was found fiosting in Red
River near Denison.-Sherman Regis
ter.
A few years ago thousands of beauti-
full birds of plumage inhabited our
Texas coast country; hardly any can
be found at present.-San Antonio
Light.
Several arrests for vsgrancy were
made by the police yesterday, and the
parties arrested were turned over to
the state authorities for trial.-Hous-
ton Post.
A safety scaffold is being used by the
painters on the city hall, which swings
from the cornice and can be moved
very easily from place to place.-San
Antonio Light.
The largest sheep ranch in the world
is in the counties of Webb and Dimmit
in Texas; it contains more than 400, 600
acres, and pastures 800, 600 sheep an
nually.-Velasco World.
II. c. Storey of San Marcos on the
23rd bought 300 head of graded Dur
ham and Hereford steers. paying $40
head for the 2-year-olds and $25 for the
3s, all fall delivery.-Dsllas News.
Over 1000 people assembled at the
corner of Ross avenue and Pearl street
to witness the laying of the corner
Heart last Tuesday afternoon.-San
Antonio Light.
Major John II. Stewart, the veteran
knight OF the grip, returned recently
from an extensive trip in Old Mexico,
and is loud in his praises of President
Disz as ruler of his people and friend
of America.-Houston Post.
Pierce Levine, Galveston. proprietor
nf h. Lfovv, Aoin lpxy
goods business at Ala Twenty-first
street, today filed q chsttel mortgage
and deed of trust to Ben Blum for the
benefit of creditors. Post.
The army of colored men employed
at the Merchants and Planters, South
ern Consumers and National Oil Mills
have pooled their purses and today will
give to their friends and the public
grand combination barbecue.-Housto
Post.
BY courtesy of the mayor the British
association of San Antonio will meet in
the recorders court room, city hall.
on THURSDAY afternoon at 5 o'clock to
make arrangements to take part in the
Fourth of July celebration.-San An
tonic Light.
Velasco is surrounded by the best
land in Texas for general farming,
fruits, vegetables, etc. Two bales of
cotton are frequently produced on one
acre of land, and people make money
raising vegetables and fruits for the
northern market.-VelascO World.
The following charters were filed
for record in the secretary of states
Office, June %:
chihuahua Lumber and Manufacture
ing Company of Ell Paso; capital stock,
$12, 500. Purpose-the sale and pur-
chase of raw materials into different
kinds Of building lumber and lumber
goods. Incorporatnrs: Peter Kirk
and Thomas Kirk of Ell Psso, James S.
Gates, William Dale, William White
and Thomas Dale of chihuahua, Mex.
The Browne and Manzanares Com
pany of Ell PasO was granted permis-
sion to do business in Texas; capital
stock, $3.50, 900. Purpose-the trsnsac
tion of general merchandise, land,
live stock and mining business. In
corporators: Lawrence P. Browne,
Francisco A. Manzanares, Christoph-
or N R1ackwa1l and Mi1lard w