El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-16

| be prophet but refuses to reveal his
| identity. The superstitious were
thrown into commissions of terror
when he declared Houston would be
destroyed by a flood of hot water
Smith collected a large sum of money
and is now in Gslveston.-Ft. Worth
Telegram.
New Mexico.
The measles are prevalent at Dem
| ing.
The public schools aS Roswell close
| next Friday.
| The ruling local price for wool at
San Marcial Is said to eight cents per
pound.
It is reported that George Cross no
longer holds his editorial position on
the Las Vegas Optic.
Sam Burbank we'll known throughout
south western New Mexico, died re-
Gently in Prescott Arizona.
| New Mexico furnished one million
of the seven million head of live stock
handled at Kansas City last year.
Salado postoffice in Guadalupe coun-
| ty has been discontinued. Patrons of
that Office will be supplied from n.
Summer.
| The school board has accepted the
plans OF J. w. Ross, of Davenport,
Iowa, with some notifications, for the
new school house in Ration.
Superintendent 81. o. Bursum has
appointed w. E. Martin, Of Socorro, as
his clerk and secretary at the peniten-
tentiary.-SocorroC hieftain.
Miss Emma Hoffman, oldest daught-
err of the pastor of the Methodist
church at Ration graduates on the 10th
from the Ell Paso high school.
There is not q town of it's size in any
part of the country, east or west, that
has better churches or abler ministers
than Albuquerque.-E Exchange.
A formal order has been issued by
the war department ordering q COM
pany of the 5th regiment, now station
ed at Fort Bay ard, to.the Philippines
Roswell Record.
Jesus Robleio, Mexican miner at
Santa Rita mining camp, sixteen miles
from Silver City, killed his wife, per.
haps fatally injured his daughter and
then committed suicide.
The Deming public schools will close
! June 2ud, and the graduating exer.
cises of the close of 1899 will be held
> in the evening of the same day. There
will be ten graduates.-Exchange.
is announced that the work Of
: grading I'd e new Columbus & Northern
railroad from Silver City south, will
, begin during the present mouth. The
preliminary survey has been practical
ly completed.-Las Vegas Optic.
. The buildings at Fort Stanton are
now being put in condition for the oc
p cupancy of ptives and by autumn
:. sick soldiers and sailors from all part:
of the United States will begin arriv
ing at the hospital.--Citizen.
A meeting of the Democratic terrific
2 rial central committee held in SAINTS
! Fee on the 1st inst, the Hon. II. B
: Ferguson was chosen democratic ma
tional committee men in place OF Hon
Frank A. Msnzanares. resigned
d White Oaks Eagle.
The county commissioners of Oter
= county have divided the county into
mogordo; second La Luz; third, Tul-
arosa; fourth, Three Rivers: fifth, Mes
3, calero, sixth, Fresnal; seventh, Weed
a eighth, Upper Penasco.-Roswell Re
: cord.
Stealing CATTLE and horses is becom
ing very precarious business IN Cha
YES and Eddy counties. The officer
; have formed a habit which is discour
:. aging to the cow rustler and hors
!; thief: they go after 'em and get 'em
5 Then the jury cOnvicts them and the,
go to the pen.--Roswell Register.
A plumber working on the new ca
2 pitol building at Santa Fe the othe
day set his stove down on a scantline
and went off to work on another par
of the building. The wind blew tn,
stove over and the wood work caugh
fire. A considerable blaze was in pro
gress when another workman dis
: covered the fire and gave the alarm. -
, Roswell Record.
: Prosperity in New Mexico is attract
: ing immigrants. Last week about for
ty families from Indian territory ar
rived at Ration, and will reside in that
locality. There is room and work for
many more in the mountains and val
legs of the territory. Many of the Ra-
ton settlers have already found en-
ployment in the lumber Industry. Ra-
ton has just decided to erect $4,000
school house on block donated by the
Maxwell grant company. The town
now has q population of 1900, aud is
growing rapidly. Railway business
there was greatly enlarged during the
last year. The Maxwell Land Grant
company, by advertising and enter
prisr, is helping that section. New
Mexico is short on laborers yet, and
even hobo can get $3.50 per day if he
will condescend to work. The railway
being built in Otero county still calls
for men AT $1.75 per day, and down in
Grant county there Is scarcity of Ia
borers at mines and on railway work.
New Mexican.