El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

county doing aodd jobs, making his
on the ranch where the tragedy oc-
Cured .-SocorrO Chieftain.
DR.. J.. F. Mcconnell leaves for FL
the Ell Peso Medical association on
''Clinical observations during the re-
CEN epidemic of variola." DR.. McCon-
nell, who Ia u mem Der of the associa-
ton, has q reputation that extends
throughout this country as q writer
and authority upon diseases Indigenous
to this section. and his paper will
doubtless attract attention coming as
it does from such source.-Rio Graude
Republican.
The banquet given Saturday night
at the Palace hotel on the occasion of
the presentation to Governor Otero of
the Rough Riders testimonial medal,
by the officers of the New Mexico
squadron of the 1st United States vol
est affairs of the kind ever given in the
south west, and was another event in
the official history of Governor Otero
that will be ever remembered by him
with sincere pleasure and just grati6-
cation.-Ssnta Fe New Mexican.
Robert Smith of Pennington lodged
with us some nights ago, on his way to
Durango. Mr.. Smith always makes
his journeys on foot, and notwithstand-
ing b fact b a he is 81 years of age,
he makes the trip from Pennington to
Durango, q distance of 81 miles, in less
than two days and q half. Mr.. Smith
informs us that be knew Mr.. A. h.
Cunning over twenty years ago, when
that gentleman fail Der the celebrated
trough and ready" -four made at
Littleton, Col.-Aztec Index.
J.. D. Benedict, who for the past six
months has filled the position of SUPER
~intepdent of forest reserves in New
Mexico and Arizona, returned from an
official trip to Phoenix and
been sss '0 appointed Med0'0es snperin me- a
Of government schools for the
Indian Territory, and will take his
new position at once. During his re-
sidence in Santa Fe Mr.. Benedict has
made many warm friends who are
sorry to see him leave although they
are pleased to see bin advance to q
better position.
Rough Rider Darnell, who was killed
at Central City the other night, was q
duty sergeant in Captain George Cur
RVS (H) troop, and while in the SER
vice, was q model non-commissioned
officer. But the trip to New York
spoiled Dsrpell, as it did some others,
and on returning home, he couldn't
hold a position because of irregular
conduct. Then he began to manifest q
quarrelsome disposition that caused
the remark hat Dsrnell would soon
make it necessary for some one to kill
him. Finally he got SO mixed up with
bad booze and six shooters hat be lost
his bead, got deeper into quarrels and
finally the end, as already related,
came.-Ssnta Fe New Mexican.
Ell Psso was never noted for its mo-
desty. 1t now claims to have %, 900 in
habitants, and aims to be the capital
city of q new territory carved from q
wide assortment of territory CONT
Ruous more or less to the Pass City. 1t
is natural for the town to seek freedom
from the rest of the state with which it
has nothing in common. There is q
vast desert separating Ell Paso from
the rest of the state of Texas, and it is
persistently neglected in the state ad-
ministration. It is nearly 700 miles to
the state capital, and the city's most
material interests, neglected by the
state, are identified with those OF New
Mexico. The entire western part of
Texas might we'll be included in this
territory, but then this will not hap
pen In the near future.-Santa Fe New
Mexican.