El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-28
Little Items From Live Papers.
TEXAS.

IEAAS.
The negro Burton, the murderer OF
the Meyers family at Cypress, is still
eluding the most vigilant search OF the
officers of this and other counties
Post.
Bro. Watkins, the Populist of Uvalde
county says the Peoples party is grow
ing stronger every day. We have
often noticed that popularity in dead
ducks.-Hondo Herald.
The horse which was killed under
Col Theodore Roosevelt while leading
his troops in one of the charges at San
tiago, was we'll known in Guadalupe
county, where he was raised .-Beeville
Picayune.
The funeral of .. n. Hutchinson, Jr..
took place at p. M, yesterday from
the late residence of the deceased on
Lamar street, to the German cemetery,
Rev. Mr.. Story of the Presbyterian
church officiating.-Post.
The prospects are that there will be
. big demand for feeding sheep this
coming fall. Already . strong inquiry
has sprung up in the east which is q
strong indication that farmers in the
Allegheny regions are short.-Express.
Austin needs the Guadalupe Valley
railroad in her business, and it is to be
hoped that the Commercial club will
be able to spare enough time between
ballon ascensions and slack wire per
formances at the dam to make an eff
fort to pull it this way.-Austin Tri-
bune.
In Victoria county they are busy
treshing fax, and in Montgomery and
Liberty counties they report prospects
good for big tobacco crop. Now let
the central portion of the coast region
engage in crop experimenting. With
cotton it is too long between drinks.
We get awful dry from January tc
September.-BayC City Breeze.
The genealogical editor of the Post
was yesterday presented with some
ripe and we'll developed specimens of
California nectsrines, grown by Mrs.
7. H. Thompson at her home on Nc
Kinney and Fannin. This is the Sec
ond year the trees have borne. The
fruit Is of the peach family, its flavor
being very similar to the peach, except
in size it is smaller and its surface Is as
smooth IS al apple. 1t is delicious
fruit and rare growth in this section.
Houston Post.
A "calico dress storm party" was
given at the residence of Gov. Hogg
last Wednesday under the manage
ment OF Hon. JEFF McLemore. The
vigorous fight in the Twenty third
Legislature against hoop skirts. Gov.
Hogg has very properly secured the
assistance of Mr.. McLemOre in his
dress reform movement. In view of
this combination the Democratic con-
vention will be compelled to define the
party's position upon calico and
hoops" or leave the two distinguished
gentlemen in q very distressed frame
OF mind.-Taylor Tribune.
State Veterinarian Gresswell yes
terdsy received q telegram from Man
sger Skinner of the Fort Worth stock
yards, stating that the dipping of ticky
cattle for shipment north had com
menced Monday, and wanted to know
how manyshead Colorado would want.
have been conducted at Fort Worth
under the observation and sanction of
the government, to discover a way to
dispose of the cattle tick, which is now
declared to be the convey
or OF the splenic fever germ.-San An
tonic Express.
The coming session of the University
Of Texas at Austin promises to be the
most successful in the history of this
admirable institution. There is not in
Texas nor In this country q more thor
oughly equipped educational institute
Or one that offers more pleasant surro-
findings toits students. Its fobject has
been since its organization, to impsrt
, practical training to students in the
different branches that make up its
so that when the battle of
life is taken up the graduate enters
the arena on an equal footing with
hose of any university in the land
Waco Times-Herald.
A couple of weeks ago the farmers In
.he vicinity OF Port Lavaca organized
themselves into truck growers assO-
citation under the name of the Farm
srs' Institute" for the purpose of de-
veloping the vegetable and truck grow
ing business. Now comes Nursery of
this county. with an organization of
some thirty names for the same pur-
pose. These organizations are the out !
growth of the low price of cotton and !
The boil weevil- IL by intelligent and |
systematic action these efforts prove l
successful long stride in the direc- !
ion of diversified farming has been ac- !
and our future prosperity |
g thus doubly assured. Let the good |
work go on.-Gusdalupe Valley Visi-
or.
The burning of the Beach Hotel is a :
natter Of regret. Especially is the :