El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-10
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Big Sandy, was killed at Gilmer by
being run over by tram engine.
At Rockdale the negro Bsptists are
in session in district convention with
large numb Of delegates present.
The city council of San Antonio has
let the contract for the erection of
market house and convention hall with
5000 seating capacity, to cost s4S. 600.
officers are still searching for the
alleged desperadoes who are believed
to be in hiding in Tom Green county,
but nothing has yet resulted in the way
OF a capture.
ST. Basil college, the new Catholic
school established by the order of
Basilian Fathers. will be opened the
fret Monday in September with class
rooms for 100 pupils.-Ex.
At San Antonio the total mem Der
ship of the Thirty third regiment is
now AIS: recruits are coming in slowly,
though there are a large number OF
offices open in various parts Of the
state.
While attending a bsptising near
Sister Grove, twenty-five miles from
Sherman, Leymour Forrest was shot
and probably fatally wounded. Par
| tainable.
Colonel Jot Guntsr of Sherman has
| received pair of buffalo from Fort
Bend county; the animals are fine
specimens and will be placed on the
this city.-Ex.
The negroes of kaufman county are
to meet August 26, for the pur-
of nj 1or Nd
ISOLATION to keep down the criminals of
| their race and to assist the officers in
pun ishing offenders.-Houston Post
| infantry, San Antonio, lies at the mill
itary hospital dying from a bullet
wound in the head. A negro hack
driver has been arrested charged with
the deed. He denies doing the shoot
ing.
The new umberlsnd Presbyterian
church has been completed at White
wright and a revival is. now in pro-
gress. Rev. Dewitt of Hillsboro is
assisting Rev. r. r. Crockett. The
church will be dedicated at an early
date.-Ex.
R>v. Junius B. French of the Broad
way presbyterian church, Fort Worth,
announces that friend of the church
who lives in New York has paid the
$500 indebtedness and has offered to
give substantially toward new
church building.
The eleventh Texas cavalry. which
completed its reunion at GAINESVILLE,
decided to hold its next reunion at
| Potts bore. eight miles west of Denison
On the first Thursday and Friday in
| August. The eleventh was mustered
| into service at Pottsboro.
Considerable excitement was Great
| ed at WORKMAN recently by the report
| that the drill In the oil we'll now being
drilled had gone through a twenty foot
vein Of coal at a depth of $50 feet
Upon Investigation the report proved
to be true. The grade of coal is very
good.-Dallas News.
Mrs. ]. E. Brewer has made arrange
ments with the business men and citi-
zens of Big Springs, to construct a
telephone line. This is quite an i'm
provement, and Garden City. Gail, Dur
ham and other country towns are very
likely to be connected with it. Con-
struction will begin on the line soon.-
Dallas News.
Late on the 7th at baptizing on
Sister Grove creek in this county, an
ARRAY came up between two young
men, in which one of them, Seymour
Foster, was shot through the right
wrist. There have been complaints
filed and placed In the haudssof deputy
sheriffs in that section Of the country.
Dallas News.
A sui has been filed in the United
States court at Jefferson which has
aroused considerable interest in this
county. The suit is brought by Henry
Gillum and wife, Virginia A. Gillum
to recover ten leagues. "A .2S0 acres of
land, situated in Harrison county.
The land is all occupied by thrifty
farmers. There are about 300 defend
ants named in the petition.
About two weeks ago Vernon Ward,
a lad Of YOakum, accidentally shot bis
hand with a pistol that was supposed to
have been loade with'blank cartridges.
The wound was dressed at the time
and since then it was supposed to be
healing: Recently a sudden change
which has produced lockjaw, and the
life of young Ward is despaired of by
his attending physician.
ton will meet at Clarendon on the 9Th
and 9th of this month. and great
time" is promised in the way of a
grand entertainment, together with a
visit to the celebrated Goodnight
ranch to see the buffalo and enjoy the
barbecue on the 10Th. In conjunction
with this an excursion from Amarillo
to Roswell, New Mexico, has been
granted, which will be trip to enjoy
and profit by.
The people of Texarkana Junction
are still greatly excited over the at
tempted criminal assault that was COM
mitted there early yesterday morning.
| The perpetrator is still successfully