El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-09
The Spectator.

1900 O~~>0
There will probably be some delay
| in delivering the water works bonds as
the attorney general of the state wants
to inquire into the legality of the old
| bonds, which were issued in 1857, ana
which the present issue cancels. Inc
money derived from the sale OF the
water bonds is to be refunded.
Manager Perkins OF the Postal Tele-
graph company has returned from
Denver, here he went to have his de-
position taken in big damage suit:
! A million and half dollars is involved
| in the case and the Associated Press
| and ten newspapers are the defendants.
Each paper is sued for 100000 dam
ages and the A. P. for $500, 900. The
plaintiff was formerly employed by the
| United Press and thesAssociated Press
accused him of either taking or steal
! ing and proceeded ITO write him up.
The item concerning the plaintiff was
sent to ten big dsilies and all of them
published it. The suit for damages
| resulted.
| "Whst's all this talk I hear about
people objecting to the corner stone
celebration taking place on St. Ia
tricks dsy?" asked prominent Hiber-
MAN; 81 don't see that there Is any
occasion for adverse comments. The
Irish have no intention of trying to
make the celebration part OF their
own or of trying to run things. We
will 90 along just as usual AMI have
our little celebration whether the cor
ner stone is laid or not. but if the 9TH
err celebration takes place we will be
glad to lend q hand toward making 1t
q success because we have the interest,"
] 20 ants md
we can to make the corner stone cele-
tion q success"
| Whenever there is performance at
the opera house the corridors at the
head of the steps are filed with a mob
of Ioafers who stand around and con-
verse and spit tobacco juice on the
floor. The language used is made up
of choice bits of profanity and ob5enity
and is not abated when ladies are pass
ing near. Women drag their dainty
skirts through pools of tobacco spittle,
soil their shoes in the same filthy fluid,
and hear all sorts of vile language in
going in or out of the opera house.
There is no excuse for this gang OF
loafers to be tolerated. They are not
there to see the show, but simply to
stand around aud see the crowd and
talk to one another. The opera house
management owes ~ W us paorohs "
clear them out. Any policeman l:
bound to do it if called on.
A brother of the late Capt. Buckley
O'Neill has been in Cuba for nearly 6
month in search of the BODY OF hi:
brother but thus far without securing
it. says the Arizona Citizen. Since
that memorable July day on which he
was killed che general appearance ol
t! e country has been very materially
changed by the cutting down OF
trees and other improvements made
and he is unable to locate the spot Of
his burial for that reason. John Kinney,
former resident of this country, who
is at Santiago in the employe of Gen
Wood, has been assisting in the search.
During Gen. Woods visit to Wash
O'Neills mother and promised
on his return to Santiago
that he would render all the aid at hi;
command to locate the spot where he
was buried. 1t is the desire of Capt
O'Neill's mother to have her son bu
ried in Arlington cemetery, at Wash
ington, where she has husband, two
sons and other relatives buried.
How much Joy, surprise, sorrow
and unhappiness can be sum med up In
those Two seemingly lnsIS uiuchu'
words, 1.-The telegram" The telegraph
operator handles each with q stoica
and unassuming aspect. How much
1.-The telegram means to the happy OF
unfortunate receiver as the case may
be is of course a matter of con lecture
One will tell of the marriage anC
prosperity of q fathers daughter. Th'
succeeding message will announce thu
safe arrival of a mothers son in SOM
foreign cline, while the next will car
ry the doleful intelligence to tn
travelling man of his wife's death
as he is perhaps on the fleeing trail