El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-27
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The town of Muskogee, Indian Ter
ritory, WAS wiped out by fire Thursday,
Four houses were burned with most
of their contents at Waco Wednesday.
Governor Sayers is expected to veto
Aus,in's new charter.-Fort Worth
Register.
Cleburne is reported to have six
cases of smallpox, and a strict quar-
antine has been instituted.
Ell Paso ia going to have q Rough
Riders reunion next summer. There
are plenty Of Rough Riders to make it
an interesting n.-Denison Her
aid.
lobe Rolley was shot and killed
Thursday night at Davilla, in Milan
county. The sssailant is at large.
The difficulty was brought on about a
man.-Ex.
The citizens of Pilot Point aud vici-
nifty have organized a company with a
cash capital of $40, 600 to build cotton
seed oil mill at this place. The charter
has been applied fOr.-Dallas News.
In the trial of Henry Silas at
Waco for the killing of Jim Patillc,
both colored, the accused created a
sensation by confessing that he COM
mitted the deed.-Fort Worth Regist-
err.
In the district court at Sherman @.
b Wsnb elohr has filed libel suit for
$40, 600 damages against Byers Bros, a
firm composed OF A, w. (Walter) and
Geo Byers.-Sherman Reg lister.
Work il progressing rapidly on the
fifty new residences being erected at
Mineral City by the Strawn Coal Min
ing company. After their completion
Mineral City will be one of the incest
little cities in the west.-Fort Worth
Register.
Mrs. Lucy E. Leeper, aged 80 years,
relic. of Matthew Leeper, Indian COM
missioner under the confederate gov
eminent, and one of the oldest rcsid-
ents of Sherman, was stricken by par
alysis at her home in that city Sunday
evenipg.-DenisOn Herald.
Three negroes were j.iled at Mount
Pleasant suspected of The murder of
Ellis Fletcher, colored, at Winfield,
this county, Thursday night. Fletcher
was shot In the back three times while
returning home from the country and
died mediately.-Dallas News.
1t is a cinch that there will not be as
much cotton planted as usual this
L
behind with their work. aud then,
toe, they will be expecting wet
spring, and great deal of cotton chop
ping will be needed.-Denison Herald.
The web of Justice is slowly but sure
ly encirclipg the Rev, B. Y. Logan,
who secured marriage license on JAN
uary 81 to wed Miss helms, under the
name of Benson Hogan, and who q few
weeks later married the woman again
by his proper name B. Y. Loean.-Ft.
Worth Mail Telegram.
A move is on foot in Farmersville to
establish public elevator with suf-
ticient capacity to handle the increas-
ing grain trade of this section. Such
an enterprise would do much to induce
farmers TO SOW more grain aud would
add to the material welfare of the
community News.
One of the biggest ranch and cattle
deals ever made in Texas is reported
from Tom Green county The ranch
owned jointly by J. B. Wilson aud E.
B. Conner. consisting OF 1000 acres,
together with $4,000 head of cattle,
has been sold to Calvin SuSe, of Sug-
den, I. T. The price paid was $780,
OOO Mr.. Sugg gave check for the
full amount. drawing on St. Louis
| bank.-EX.
D.y after day this paper has, in its
mortuary reports, announced the de-
mise of one after another of the vict-
inns of that dread disease, nights,
and day after day the record of death
has grown. sometimes little less, but
always smore the next day or 30
The undertaking establishments before
to ind time to bury the dead, and to
answer the call from bereaved ones for