El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-02

| The proceedings were marked by q
spirit of patriotism and fraternal re-
gard.-The Register.
The Waco Times-Herald saws that
manual training in the public schools
would be of more practical value than
the dead languages. In this state
ment we can agree with our Waco
namesake. -Dallas Times-Herald.
AS the morning passenger train was
returning from Weatherford on the
Goth, boy named George Adams fell
from the platform of q car near Garner
and broke his leg. Adams was taken
in charge by the railroad company and
is being we'll cared for at Mineral
Wells.-Ex.
The patriotic people of Independence
William Penn. Whitmao, Washington,
Graball and Chappell Hill are taking
lively interest in the dedication of
| the independence monument on the
Fourth of July at old Washington and
will prepare barbecued meat enough
for 1O.0 600 people.-Ex.
The Flatonia Record, for several
years past recognized as the leading
paper of this city, has been leased by
Its proprietor, r. S. Menhfee, to W.
o. Basford, who will continue it's publ
C alton. This paper was founded in this
city February, 1897, since which date
it has been literally patronized.-
Flatonia letter.
It was thought that the February
| freeze had killed the boil weevil in
Texas, but the vicious little insect ia
reported again at work on South Texas
cotton patches. about the best way
to get rid of the destructive little pest
would be to starve it out, by planting
no more cotton for several years -
| Brownsville Herald.
Texas needs good road movement
as badly as anything just at present.
Texas is a state that can afford to plan
and build for the future, and before
| Texas builds and operates factories
successfully she should turn her atten.
ton to making public roads that are
try to and from market.-Denison
| Herald.
City Secretary G. M Banner has
city of Ennis and makes the following
| report of the number of children with.
| in the scholastic age; Whites-Male,
1862: female, 1872. Colored-Male, III:
female, 1872. Total whites, 1854: total
| colored, 249. Grand total, 1908. This
report ts q slight increase over the
census of last year.-Ex.
The governor mas signed the bill for
the Katy extension and the company
promise that with the opening year
trains shall be running into San Anto-
MO. This is good, but there are even
better indications. TIE Katy will
push via Brownsville, Matamoras,
Tam pico to the city reducing 800 miles
and opening up rich virgin ter. itorv
for this section OF the eoup..ry.-Boerpe
Post.
san Antonio is working I'D q great
State and International fair, one tina,
Is Intended to show to the world wha,
Texas Is, particularly the South and
| West, and to bring our sister republic
into closer acquaintance snd CONNER
c1al relations with us. Every well
wlsher of Texas is in hearty sympathy
with this move, and will lend at least a
cordial support in influence and good
will. Fort Worth Gazette.
Governor Sayers today forwarded te
the United States Treasury Depart
ment at Washington, D. c., wsrran,
for $40, 600. This amount was embrac
ed In the claim of S1O1, 100 which was
collected from the United States gov
eminent through the firm of Hogg &
Robertson, of this city. 1t was discov-
cred after the claim had been paid thai
the Toby claim, amounting to S45. 900,
had not been deduced from the SOL,
IoO, had the return of the excess sum
was provided for in the appropriation
DILL at the urgent request OF Governor
Sayers. San Antonio Elk.