El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-21
Neighbour
hood Notes.

Texas.
Franklin and Houston both have
hapgings booked for March "a.
Galveston has signed a full team of
ball players while San Antonio has
only five as yet.
James A. Curtis, last Friday, shot
John Walker, the wound causing his
death.-HoustonP Post.
At Hearne Mastyn Brack was Satur-
day evening shot and killed in the rear
of q saloon.-San Antonio Express.
The county commissioners court, of
Orange, in regular session today, fixed
the county tax levy for 1899 at IS cents
on the 800 Observation-Disclosures Post.
The residence of Edwin Chamber
lain, of San Antonio, was destroyed by
fire Friday afternoon. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000, with $4,000 insur-
ance.
Company A of Longview and Com
pany of ST. Joe, both of the Third
Texas infantry, have been mustered
out of the service at Fort Mcintosh
San Antonio Express.
The newspapers of Texas should keep
the names of every member of the Tex
as legislature that fights the fair and
sensible libel law that is now up for
passage.-POrt Lavscaen.
The Texas and Pacific Railway COM
psny paid the comptroller
$25as. a5 son s253s. 1874 .se lof passen-
ger earnings for the quar-
ter ending Dec. 81. 1885, Dallas
News.
Mr.. r. E. L. Saner of Dallas has
| been secretary of the state democratic
executive committee, to succeed Joe
Lee Jameson, resigned, because of hav-
ing been appointed state revenue
agent.-Houston Post.
John Morehead, lad of Is years,
son of J. w. MOrehead, was horribly
attached to a'stalk cutter, at Preston,
sixteen miles northwest of Denison,
Wednesday.-Dallas News.
G. Krugen, of Hillsboro, has filed
suit against the Katy railroad for
$4,000 damages, alleging that the
railroad carelessly left ditch open
into which he fell and sustained
serious injuries.-Dallas News.
| About fifty members of the Fourth
Texas do not want to quit soldering
and have made application t. the sec
rotary of war to transfer them to the
| 2O2nd New York volunteer infantry
now in Cuba.-San Antonio Express.
The work of getting out stone and
ballast at the city's quarries will be
kept up until q plentiful supply to as
sist in permanent street improvement
is secured. About twenty-five men
have been given employment.-Sher
mani Register.
If the conviction and sentence to the
penitentisry of capitalist at Sherman
for false rendering of his property for
taxation should stand, Texas would
likely show q large increase in taxable
values next year. 1t would beat a
| boom!-HOuston Post.
The Southwestern Poultry Raisers'
association was organized at the Com
mercial club rooms at Dallas Sa,urd sy.
Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Indian Territory is embraced in the
association.-Fort Worth Register.
The people of New Mexico might all
move over into Texas. There would
be room enough for them and they
would be welcome. That is the only
way however, by which they can &C.
quire portion of Texas. The state is
too good to divide.-Ft. Worth Mail.
Telegram.
made to assassinate Clarence
Ivy, manager of the News
company at San Antonio, Friday
night. The would-be murderer came
up behind negro on the station plat
form and, resting the revolver on his
shoulder, fired three times, seriously
wounding his victim.
Much talk is being INDUCED in just
now about taking five counties out OF