El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-10

will be avoided Worth Tele-
gram.
For q long time Ledbetter has been
sorely in need of trock water. A we'll
has been bored and q windmill erect
ed, but the water it furnished was In
sufficient. Last week the citizens met
and appointed committee OF three to
sell the windmill and pump and have q
tank dug. Windmill, cistern and
to Frank Mcclellan to dig real large
! tank for public use. All are pleased
with the action taken.-Farm Stock
Reporter.
While it is fact publicly known
that CHAMBERS exists among the horse
stock in Wharton county, through the
energetic work of State Veterinarian
DR.. Folseter, County Judge Gordon,
Sheriff Davis and Deputy Stanford the
disease is rapidly being stamped ont.
Ten horses have been condemned,
shot, burned and paid for up to date.
Several head further are under in
the county for condemned stock has
been S21O. DR.. Folseter is still in the
county examining and investig ating.-
Yorktown News.
An exciting fight between District
Attorney w. w. Moore. on one side
and Hon. E. S. Moore and his son Vic
tor, on the other, occurred in the dis
trict court today in Austin during the
progress of the trial of case. The
district attorney stated to the jury that
E. S. Moore had stated q wilful false
hood regarding his position in the case.
E. S. Moore called the district attor-
ney liar and collision occurred.
Several blows were struck but none of
the participants were seriously injur-
ed, All participants were fined for
contempt.-San Antonio Light.
| Ed. Epler, formerly a resident of
Hamilton, but how living on the Lam
pasas river in the southwestern part of
the county of Hamilton, is engaged
with six of.his neighbors sinking shafts
for the purpose of testing the yield of
gold recently found there. Gold crop
pings were discovered some weeks
ing examined by experts was pro-
nounced a rich one and prepare tions
at once began for more thorough tests.
The vein has already being taped in
place and ore taken out that assayed
from 8 to II per ton. Capitalists are
making examinations with q view of
investn ent.--Ft, Worth Telegram.
Lon Fennell, an attorney, was in
| Abbott yesterday, He visited the
Car. farm, where the treasur
is said to be in the cave. He says
they have eXcavated seventy-five feet
of the passage. 1t is walled, be says,
Mexican Gays the treasure was depo-
sited there in 1886 by Mexican SOL
diers, who, fearing attacks from In
dians, concealed the money they had
in the cave and scaled up the mouth
! with large rocks, after filing the pas
sage with dirt. The Mexican says it
is the '1ost cave" referred to in Texas
history. In subsequent years some of
the Mexicsns returned, but were never
able to locate the cave. The Mexican
says he obtained the chart from an old
soldier who recently died and had the
chart among his possessions. He
claims that there are yet about 300
feet of excavations to be made.-EX-
change.
| New Mexico.
The new ice plant at Deming is abou,
completed.-Roswell Record.
Las Cruces is to have new bras;
band
Alfalfa hay is now selling at from
So to GIL per ton on the streets of both
Roswell and Eddy.-Roswell Record
At Santa Fee the fire department will
soon be the happy and proud possessol
of chemical engine, an engine that
will be run by electricity.-Las Vegas
Optic.
The umbrella trees of the city are
blossoming out in their springtimt
beauty and their fragrance is notice
able along the residence Streets
Phoenix Herald.
All of the hotels are filled to compile
tion in Tucson, and yet there is moth
ing out of the ordinary going on in
Tucson. The fact is Tucson peed
more hotels.-Tucson Star.
Hon. ). A. Ancheta and Collin Neibt
two of the brightest and most energet
ic members of the legal profession il
New Mexico, have formed partner