El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-22
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Texas.
The governor Monday appointed
Frank B. Hogg, M. D.. of Denton to
volunteer infantry with the rank OF
first lieutenant, vice Kennedy,
promoted surgeon; DR.. Hogg is q
nephew of Hon. James S. Hogg, and
recently spent awhile with his noted
relative in this city ON his honeymoon.
The doctor was recently married.
Dallas State Journal.
The following characters have been
filed with the secretary of state: The
Bonham Ice company, of Bonham;;
stock of $40 900. The incorporators
are: A. J. Clendenen, J. T. Dale and
J. G. McGrady. The London Hard
ware company, of Gainesville. Tex,
with capital stock of $50, 200. The
incorporatOrs are: John P. London.
White Darnall, J. N. Nislar and 9th
ers.
Internal Revenue Collector Flanagan
has received the following ruling from
Washington with reference to the
question of placing a stamp on bonds
of county officers. The ruling is:
''Bonds given by public officers such
as sheriffs, clerks, registers or record
cities or towns or other public officers
of like character, are required to be
stamped" This ruling seems to take
in everything Statesman.
Many of the university students have
left the city to spend the holidays at
their respective homes. They bad,
however, to stand their examinations
before leaving. DR.. Halsted and Reg
istrar Lomax will take q trip through
Mexico, and Professor Thomas Fitz-
Hugh will go to Virginia to spend the
holidays. While there the latter will
read before the annual meeting of the
America, held this year at the Uni
versity of Virginia, paper on "a
Neglected Field of American Phil
ology."
An unconfirmed report has been re-
ceived here that Ellsworth Fairs,
young missionary, has been murdered
and devoured by African cannibals,
says q Paris Texas special. He WAS
consecrate as a missionary at the First
Christian church in Paris two years
ago, left for Africa thereafter and the
last heard Of him he was journeying
through the Congo country, where the
from Brussels, to have met with q hor
rible fare at the hands OF the cenni-
balls.
afternoon, says Waco dispatch to the
Light, charged with attempting to un-
lawfully influence, the jury in the case
of A. B. Thomas who was sentenced to
six years for murder. Smith is charg-
ed with contempt Of court, and gave
bond to appear today and show cause
why he should not be punished. He is
accused of passing the following note
to w. B. Mcclure, one of the jurors,
after the evidence was in and after the
Judge had already instructed them,
while they were in a restaurant eat
ing under the charge of q bailiff:
'For Gods cake hold out for my
friend If posi- 5le.''
(Signed.) "SM1TH."
A mass meeting of the people of Abb
lene is called for this (Thursday) after
noon at o'clock, at the court house, to
hear and consider proposition from
the people of Gainesville looking to the
building of railroad from that point
to this city. A meeting was held last
night. when the matter was discussed,
but the attendance was not large
enough for results, doubtless on cccount
at the incident weather. The Senti-
mel is not prepared as this time to ex-
press an opinion as to the probability
of the proposed new road being built,
but it is absolutely certain that Abilene
needs other railroad facilities, and
should reach out for them.-West Tex
as Sentinel.
The probability of having Mckinley
and Diaz in our midst upon the occa-
sion of the Inauguration of Maj Say ers
as governor has caused no little f1utter
among the citizens of Austin. 1t is
learned that if they do give evidence
of their intention to come that the
most elaborate arrangements will be q.
once made for their entertaining.
They will be royalty treated while in
the city and the receptions that will be
especially arranged for them will be
| the most elaborate on record. Those
on the inside claim that the talk of
their coming is backed by great deal
OF good strong facts and that they may
show up here very serene upon this
most suspicious occasion.-Austin
Statesman.
A dispatch from Belville, Texas,
says: Foliz Hsrdemsn, clerk Of this
city, while going home Saturday night
was attacked by robber. who ap-
preached him in the outskirts of town
and demanded money. On being re-