El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-09
Little Items From Live Papers.
TEXAS.

At 300 feet deep oil was struck in
another we'll at Sour Lake, near Beau
mont.-EXchange
Texas has not had a case of yellow
fever this year and bids fair to escape
it altogether now.-Ssn Antonio Light.
In railroad circles it is said that
Boston capitalists will build shops at
Sabine Pass and extend, the Gulf,
Beaumont and Kansas City road to that
place.-Exchange.
The Republicans have nominated
for congress in the sixth, ninth, tenth,
eleventh and twelfth Texas districts
and there are others to be hesrd from.
San Antonio Light.
The Pecos and Northern railroad
completed and in operation eighteen
miles of road from Amarillo to Canyon
City.-Pecos Valley News.
new roller mill Is being shipped from
the Indian Territory. The first arriv-
ed yesterday and the work of laying
the foundation began today.-Denison
Herald
Would it not be a good idea for our
farmers to plant their cotton fields in
corn and cane and feed it to the hogs?
We should think there would be more
money in hogs than in cotton.-San
Diego Sun.
A great many quail are reported in
the Indian territory this season. Hunt
ing over there has begun, the season
being out on September l, while in
Texas it is not out till October L.
Denison Herald.
A great many farmers areymaking a
very serious complaint about Paris
green which they have purchased be-
ing adulterated with chalk and sand.
This is an outrage that should be in
MISUNDERSTANDING Sucker.
George F. Lupton, of the Arkansas
Pass general passenger department,
has gone to Dallas to lead the way
from north Texas to Corpus Christi for
the naval display on the coast Septem-
Der q and 22-San Antonio Light.
The roadbed of the Rock Isla7d from
Bridgeport to JacksborO is fast becom-
ing splendid one and in thirty days
| will be in fine shape for fast time. The
Jacksboro special brought in fifty pas
sengers yesterday morning.-Ja cksboro
Gazette.
During the intense heat yesterday
afternoon the Denver general offices
received word that q norther was blow
| ing in the Panhandle country, and that
| at Texline yesterday morning the mer-
curry had fallen to 81 degrees.-Fort
Worth Register.
By permission of the live stock sani-
| tary board, train load of cattle with
| ticks will be dipped at Fort Worth
then shipped to Clarendon and pastur-
ed with native cattle there and the re-
suits watched. This is above the qua
rantine line.-Exchsnge.
An ordinance has been passed by the
city council, levying an advalorem tax
OF five cents on the hundred dollars
worth OF personal or real property in
Fort Worth to pay for the erection of a
central fire hall to cost in the neigh
| borhood of S12, 000.-Ft. Worth Regis
| ter.
| The cotton men report cotton NOV
| ing right lively in southern Texas now
but scarcely any moving at all in the
northern portion of the state. The
cotton up here is much later than fur
ther south, and no town has yet receiv-
ed any TO amount to anything DEM
son Herald.
The total scholastic population in
Texas last year was 1862, and it is
estimated that on account of the rigid
enforcement of the new census law
there will be a decrease of $1,000,
which will increase the per capita from
81 last year to about $3.50 this year
Pecos Valley News.
The receipts of cotton were twelve
bales yesterday and three today, sell
ing on basis of 4.S0 for middlipg and
T.. 80 for strict middling. The market
is hardly established vet but reports
from the country indicate that the
y l., 81 r
buyers are ready to maintain the repu
tatiOn which this market has of being
a top.price market.-Denison Herald.