El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-27
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Last night the registration books
were fiually closed During the TWEEN
tv days which they were kept open
Registrar Howe Issued, all told, 2,27S
certificates.
BY wards the registration was as
follows:
FIRST, 42O; second. 9l9; third, 66S;
fourth. 27l Whites 1850, Mexican COS,
co ored l20. The registration this
year exceeds that of any previous time
by 13 votes The highest total regis
tration on any former occasion was In
1898 during ore of the hottest fights
for the mayors Office that the town
has ever witnessed. 1t was charged by
many at the time that Mexicsus were
brought to the registrar in droves by
INSCRIPTIONS ward heelers and regis
tered.
Last April the books closed with a
total showing of 2029. This seasons
registration would have doubt ess been
much larger had the republicans put
out a ticket. A city's population Is reck-
oned rs 3 times the number OF voters.
Taking the registration this year as 3
gauge, the estimated population would
be III 800; which as every body knows
is a very low estimate aud il these fig
ures were doubled the result would ap-
proa n nearer to the actual population.
An old white haired woman begun to
tune a guitar at street corner, few
days ago. The shen sang ssuch melo-
ies as "Auid Lang Syue" and Annie
Laurie" in good, strong voice, &C
companyiug herself with the music OF
cred bands clutched. A half do
zen loi'erers drew near and sew
eral soldiers turned to look
at the musician whose melodies car
ried them back TO other days when a
sister or sweetheart leaned on the
gate at sunset OF a summers ening
and sang annie Laurie" or "Auld
Lang sype." while afar, ia the wheat
field, where the reapers had passed, a
ealing "Bob White" and each
zephyr that pissed was laden
wlJu The cd + Of the honeysuckle or
roses that winDed about the porch. The
spectators drew nearer to the Old wo-
man. They looked at her kind old
face aDd saw that she was stone bird.
Iu her lap yves a tin cup. They saw il
was empty and understood. When
the music cease d and she pickle up the
cup it was half filled with coins.
Major r. II. Teel, who alone knows
where a number of confederate cannon
abandoned during the civil war are
buried. says that he receives letters al
mos: daily from G.. A. r. posts and in
dividuals who are anxious to learn the
hiding place of those guns which have
n Ut been disturbed since the war and
obtain possession of them as relics
The major has in his possession any
number of relics gathered together
duriDg the war by his command, add
his enemies OF Other days are eager to
get hold of these. Among other
things he still has the sword
CAPTURED by him from q federal
officer named McRae, who command.
ed battery at Val Verde. This and
other war relics are especially desired
nv number of associations and Major
Tel is kept busy refusing requests for
bis battle trophies. In the natural
course of events the old warrior can
not live great many years longer and
il he does not soon iivulge the spot
where the other abandoned guns are
buried, their hiding place is likely &c
remain forever a mystery.
A railroad man Knocked at Super.
intendent Putusm's office door few
days ago and on being shown in az K
iou-ly asked II room could be found in
the blank grade for his little girl. 1--WE
had bad luck at the beginning of the
session." said he, ''our little boy died
with dyptheris and our girl
had to be kept at home
until the danger of Infection was pass.
ed. BY that time the school rooms
were full and 1t looks like there will
be no chance of her getting any school
ing this year" The superintendent
took the pane of the child, her ad.
dress and the name of her parents and
writing q note handed 1t to the man,
Take that to Mics so and So" he said,
"Rpo when vacancy occurs she
Will notify you at once. All you car