El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-11

Meehan & Co. will load their good
on wagons and depart Monday for the
| mountain section above AlamogOrd(
where they will open a general store
There are said to be 1890 men at work
in the section they intend to locate
Eddy Current.
The Sacramento Chief, published al
La Luz and Alamogordo, had this item
last week: w. E. Palmer, our oblig.
ing railroad agent, is erecting neat
frame residence on Tenth street and
will soon move his family here froE
San Antonio.-Ssn Marcial Bee.
Gilbert O'Neil of Hope lost 200 sheer
while dipping this week on account OF
his box of Cooper's sheep did contain
ing a large overdose of strychnine or
some other strong poison. The Cooper
sheep dip kills more or less sheep ev-
cry year and should never be used
Eddy Current.
Forty families of Alabama people
and, Judging from the number of chill
dren in sight at the depot, they we're
not small families either, arrived this
morning. The men will labor at the
Gardiner coal and coke works south
west of town. They are all white
Ration Gazette.
The hail storm few days ago, total
ly destroyed the excellent prospects,
for fruit, on the Dawson, Dayne and
other fruit farms on the Vermejo.
These farms shipped hundreds of cars
OF apples to Kansas, last year. and sup
piled the merchants of Las Vegas with
a great deal of the fruit handled by
them last year.-Las Vegas Optic.
V. S. Miers, who recently returned
from Kansas City, purchased while
away 100 head of thoroughbred Shrop
shire bucks which will be shipped tC
this city within short time. Mr.
Miera expects to leave today for Cuba
up in the Nacimiento country, where
he has extensive ranch and mercantile
| interests Democrat.
as Lyons, of Cliff; Philip Harroun, OF
Santa Fe; A. A. Grant, of Albuqu er
que: Eugene Romero, of Las Vegas
and A. L. Hobbs, of Ration, delegates
from the territory of New Mexico to
the National Irrigation congress,
which meets in Cheyenne, Wyo., Sep
tenn Der 1 to 3.-New Mexican.
The next territorial legislature will
have the disposition of l, 800, 900 acres
OF land that was secured by Delegate
FERGUSON to this territory for school
purposes. This is one of the most i'm.
portant items that any New Mexico
legislature ever had to consider. and ii
Is necessary that capable, honest and
Intelligent men should be elected this
fall.-White Oaks Eegle.
A Silver City boy, who is q member
OF Co. ID. at Whipple, incorporated the
following item in his letter to the Sill
yer City Independent: 'sThe ladies OF
San Marcial sent us two big bundles OF
blankets and when the boys gave three
rousing cheers for the ''good-looking'
ladies of San Marcial the whole post
was aroused and came down to see
what was the matter. Everybod y
voted San Marcisl a most kind hearted
communicates Msrcisl Bee.
The statement that potatoes cannot
be raised on the low lands of the Rio
Grande has been repeated so often tn at
many people have come to believe it to
be true. This has been practically re-
futed by the fact that August Schwelbe
who is farming the Hilton place, this
year planted crop of potatoes which
have given a wonderfully prolific yield
Besides, they are of superior quality,
better, in fact, than the potatoes ship
ped id from other points.-Las Vegas
Optic.
James Drury and O. p. Alexander,
the two men injured in the premature
explosion of blasts at the Albemarle
mine, seem to have had miraculous
escape and show every indication of
early recovery. DIR. Grace, the CON-
PAM physician, reports that, although
their injuries were serious and at one
time Drury was expected to die, both
are doing well and resting easy. The
flesh of both was filled with bits of
quartz like broken glass, and Drury re-
ceived such q shock that his skull was
broken and every tooth in his head
lOosened.-Bland Herald.
Quite number of Eddy people pull
ed out Tuesday and Wednesday for
the mountain country on the line of
the FL Peso Il Northeastern. Messrs.
Meehon and Nymeyer started with
their families and six wagon loads of
goods consisting of the stock of the
Bee Hive Tuesday. Jackson Hill
hauled two loads. B. A. Virgins one
load, Jno. Nymeyer's boy Frank one
load, and Mr.. Cornett one load. We'd
nesday Trav Windham pulled out with
load of the old billiard hall plumber
for J. w. Blythe. Alamogordo will
contain more Eddy people than Eddy
If the exodus keeps on.-Eddy Current.