El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-07

war. Colonel Marshall wrote all the
official reports of the army of Northern
Virginia, and with General Horace
Porter arranged the terms of surrender
at Appomattox.
The will of the late Baron Ferdi
nand J.de Rotshschild bequeaths s130,-
600 to various charities, including
s10O, 900 to the Evelina Children's
hospital. It directs that the steam
yacht Roma be sold and the proceeds
given to mariti=e charities.
The St. Louis Furniture Co. 31I Ell
Paso st., is selling it's entire new up to
date stock regardless of cost. Such
opportunities to buy furniture seldom
occur.
Senator Chandler and Senator Till
man, the two fire eaters of the SEN
ate, are chums. They can usually be
found at the came table at luncheon,
and many times during the session,
Senator Chandler walks over to Sen
ator Tillmsn's seat and they sit to-
gether, laughing and talking.
The Soldier Boys who had taken
| Hoods Sarsaparilla are said to have
stood the long marches much better
than their companions. This medicine
gives strength and endurance.
Hoods Pills cure all liver Ills.
| Mailed for 25 cents by O. I. Hood & Co.,
Lowell. Mass.
Prince Malik Mansur Mira, the
second son of the shah of Persia, has
just arrived in Brussels. He Is an in
tslligent looking young man. about 1e
years old, and has received thorough
European education. He wishes to
obtain advice with regard to the treat
ment of nervous affections from which
he suffers.
We are authorized to close out the
remaining lots belonging to the Ell
Paso Building and Real Estate Co.
in the next 80 days at low prices, be-
ing lots 1857 block 226 and lots IL
IL, 10, Ia block 223 and lots 10, 20, 81
%, %, "a, 25 also, a. lots on Myrtle ST.
This property must be sold before
January 1st., 1899. Apply to B. F.
HAMMETT.
1t is rumored in Washington that
our new ambassador to Great Britain
will be Instructed to do what be can TO-
ward securing the release of Mrs. Flo
renee Maybric and her friends hope
that, while all such efforts have here
tofOre failed, q pardon may now be &C.
cured because of the increased cor
diality feeling between the two coun-
| tries.
Only two countries in Europe have q
greater consum ption of coffee per capt.
ia than the United States-Holland,
| with % pounds, and Denmark, with Is
pounds per annum. The consumption
of coffee in Germany is IA pound g
per annum per head of population. In
France the consumption is only IA
pounds, while in Great Britain it is I'm.
der pound.
Louis Philippe Nebot, q young lieu.
tenant in the spanish army in Havana,
under Weyler, has just married Miss
May Frances Cronin, of Wi lismsburg,
N. Y, and will settle down in this
country. The engagement was made
three years ago, and though Nebot
fought the Cubans frequently he had
the LUCK never to be pitted against the
countrymen of his bride.
Cremation is not making rapid pro
gress in Scotland. Since the cremato
rum was opened near Glasgow four
years ago only thirty eight bodies have
been burned. In order to induce the
working Glasses to resort to this me-
thod of disposing of their dead thu
managers of the cremat0rium offer Il
conduct crematiOns at 2 guineas {
piece and, in the case of very poor per
sons, for nothing at all.
. Matthew F. NJ. Sutton, Baltimor
vOuLu WHO WIS II tQo SauUlagO C6L1
r paign, fell sick of typhoid fever a
: Montauk point and was nursed bac
t to life by Mics Helen Gould, has bee
presented by her with law scholar
. ship in the University of New York
which means his tuition, board an
books will be paid for by her durin
the time of his studies at the univers
3 ty. Miss Gould found out that Suite
3 wanted to study law while he was he
e patient.
I, The officials of the Rock penitel
tiary, at Fort Worth, Tex. announc
lsuccess of experiments with lignit
6 coal for fuel in making pig iron.
q few days ago a small furnace was bui
s at the penitentiary and run of pi
iron made which conclusively prove
!, that the native Ignite answered
= we'll for fuel as the expensive charco'
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