El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-12

American racing rules govern In rum
ming and American Trotting associa-
ton rules in harness races.-Ex.
Arizona.
Burglars are operating at Williams.
-Journal-Miner.
Prescott Christian scientists held q
picnic Wednesday at Maple gulch.
The capitol grounds at Phoenix will
be shaded by 8, 900 ash trees to be plant
ed this fall.
The kissing bug has at last reached
Wilcox. Miss Lucretia Soto has one
but it is dead.
The product of almonds in the Salt
River valley this year far exceed any
previous crop.-Ex.
A large number of Red Cross ambu-
dances passed through Wilcox recent
ly via San Francisco for the Philip
pines.
There are twenty nine prisoners in
the Pima county jail, one being q wo-
| man who wears pants-Pearl Hart, the
female bsndit.-Star.
A thief was captured In Phoenix this
| week, and to him has been traced near
ly all the light-fingered work of the
A move is on foot to open q street on
| the west line of the city of Tucson, to
run from the north to the south lines.
Most of the property owners favor the
! scheme.-Republic
The territorial board of equalization
raised the rate on work horses Is per
| cent; saddle horses Is, mules 10, irange
and stock cattle 10 and swine Al per
Thara ~ Grh
Threatened hostilities of the Apa-
ches against the Zunis for the alleged
murder of family of Apaches near
Jerome are at an end. The former have
been forced back to their reservation.
Citizen.
At q depth of 300 feet the drill In the
Santa Fe's we'll at Yucca, Mohave
county, encountered a seam of camel
coal. For q number of feet the boiler
has been bringing up fragments of
cosl.-Orb.
The sixth ANIMAL convention of the
Arizona Sunday School association will
be held in Tucson October 81 and S22.
An invitation is extended to all Sun
day School workers to be present
Prospector.
The Mexican population are prepar-
ing to celebrate the Mexican National
independence day on the 10th by ar
ranging programme and in the even
ing have a,Rrand ball at Armory Hall,
| next to the drug store.-Prospec-
tor.
Arizona has cause to be copgratulat-
ed in securing the headquarters of the
grand lodge eof the A. o. u. W. Phoe-
nix has been designated as the perma-
nentheadquarterss and this will add an
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| Star.
A writ of mandate has been served
on the YavaDai county board of sup
ervisors compelling them to show
cause why tax levy should not be
made to provide for the payment of in
terest on the Ysvspai county railroad
and redemption bonds.-Ex.
Sheriff Munds had long talk with
Tom Ketchum at Santa Fe. He says
Ketchum is glib tslker, seems to be
fond of talking, and repeated to Munds
that he (Ketchum) would tell about his
life before be died, when every body
would be satisfied.
On Monday last the body of Mex
lean was found on the desert about
miles north of ella Bend. The coroner
and jury came to the conclusion that
the death was due to thirst. Two
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gled three miles futher on and found
water.-Gazett.
John Teller, representing California
capitalists proposed to erect a 100 ton
mill in Ktngman if water and site
were provided by the people of the
town. The latter have complied with
the conditions, as the result of q public
meeting and the work of a citizens
committee.-Ex.
Mrs. S. G. Rowe drowned her nine
year old son.in bath tub and then hung
| herself from the transOm frame in her
residence in Tucson. The bodies we're
discovered Wednesday. She had Sc
cured q divorce from her husband, and
it Is believed she committed the deed
while temporarily insane.-Star.
The Santa Fe Pacific company Is re-
placing all their wooden bridges with
steel structures. AS soon as wooden
bridge gets out OF repair it is taken out
and stone abutments built and steel
bridge put in. By this means the en-
tire road will be fitted with steel
bridges within year or two.-JOurns al
Miner.
A new regulstion will go into effect
in the city schools of Tucson when
they open next Wednesday. Hereto
fore the scholars have taken their
books home and studied out of school
hours. By the new regulations pupils
will not be required to take their
books home but will be expected to do
th cir studying in school.-Ex.
Col MN. N. Fife is one of the Arizona
pioneers identified with the early his
tory of Cochise county. Col. Fife is ar
ranging to have deep we'll sunk at his
ranch in the Chiricahuas with q view
of striking artesian water. Should