El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-16
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Abbott is working for bank and an
Rrtesisn we'll.
There is some talk of building cot
ton seed mill at Gonzalez.
The house passes resolution reducing
contract rate of interest to per cent.
Texas legislature by joint resolution
approves and encourages the St. Louis
Centennial
Waco is taking great interest just
now in the improvement OF dirt ROADS
of the county.
The antitrust measure passed in the
house late Saturday evening by lOl
ayes to nays.
The trouble between the American
Brewery and its employees at Houston
has been settled.
Claude Hollas, aged 13years, OF Fort
Worth, was drowned in the Trinity
river while bathing.
The cameron saw mill at Rocklsnd
has a capacity of one hundred and
fifty thousand feet per day.
After adjournment of the Texas
Grain Dealers association at Fort
Worth they will take trip to Next
CO.
The Texas Diocesan council which
was in session at Waco has adjourned
to meet at Austin the second week in
May 1900.
A water spout burst at Benjamin,
Knox county, and Geo. Humphrey
and family of four persisted in the
flood thus created.
3, Ii
sippi Tn theological seminary went to the
chairman of the synodical committee
on location.-Houston Times.
Bill Goodman Is in the hospital at
Galveston, having been shot twice, and
the party who did the deed-a stock
man-is in jail awaiting further &C
ton.
Rev. w. D. Reverly, pastor of Hyde
Park Baptist church, Austin, is dead.
| For over thirty years he preached the
gospel in various cities in Texas. Elk
change.
| General Secretary Sloan of the Paris
IY.MC A. has rendered his resigna-
ton to the board of directors, and will
90 to Port Arthur for evangelistic
work.-Exchange.
A laborer in ditch at Austin turn.
ed up a couple of Mexican silver dol.
lars, and the work done by the ditch
! gang that day was the biggest on rec.
ord.-Fort Worth Telegram.
The Johnson county grand jury ad
journed till May %. 1t returned Ii;
true bills, OF which 121 were misde
mesnors and II felonies. One bill fol-
murder was returned Exchange.
Superintendent W. A. Palmer OF tn.
VI De- a. II,
his election to serve as assistant con
I ductor in the state summer normal t.
be held in Austin in July.-Exchapge
Efforts are being made in variou
parts OF Texas to start yarn mills IL
connection with gins to save compress
sion charges and get better prices fo
the partly manufactured cotton. Elk
change.
The Houston and Texas Central PEG
pie are now getting in the machinery
for the new shops at Ennis, which ar
nearing completion. The shops viii
soon be ready for operatiop.-Ex
change.
W. r. Butler of Temple has beef
appointed by Governor Savers as spe
cial judge for the June term of county
court to try those cases in which Judge
D. r. Pendleton is disqualified
Houston Post.
Engineer Henry Pattie, of Ennis
! who recently got his leg cut off in
railway accident, is in q critical coudi
ton. Blood poison has set in and re
covery seems almost impossible. =
Houston Post.
The election of teachers for til,
Hutto school resulted as follows: Mr.
. Edgar McMullen of Elgin, principal
Miss Mary Davenport of Hutto. Mis-
Whitehand of Austin, with one othe
to be supplied.
During thunder storm lightnine
struck a harness and poultry house OF
Lutte Martin. near Massey, Hill county
Three hens were killed and the feath
ers stripped as smoothly and nicely al
ifshaved,-Houston Times.
Col. John W. Hall is arranging fol-
the meeting of the Mexican war veter
sne, which will take place at Waco or
the 23d instant. The Old Settlers as.
ISOLATION of McGlennan county willen
terrain the veterans. 1t will be well
attended affair.-Ex.
The cornerstone of the proposed
Christian church at Piano was laid
with imposing ceremonies. Delega.
tiOns from other places were present
The cornerstone was laid by the Ma
sons. Hon. John Church Of Mckinney
was the orator.-Ex.
At the election of school trustees for
the city schools at San Antonio the
following were elected. Presiden;
board of school trustees, George w.
Breckenridge; trustees, B. E. Hadra
F. Groes, M. Goggsn, F. A. Chapa, w.
w. Sloan and Louis Oge.--Ex.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
college X-ray machine, operated by J.
G. Maggie. was used in locating a needle