El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-18

United States and will be a grand adj
vertisement for Albuquerque all over
the country.
The Dolan-Fuller hotel was burned
to the ground at Csstkill, Colfax coun-
ty. A company will be organized to
build new hotel.-Las Vegas
Optic.
The Ration school board has decided
to build q $4,000 school house at north
Ration. The Maxwell grant company
donated an entire block for a site for
the school.
/ June LIST the law permits the fishing
with hooks for trout and other kinds
of fish. This is usually feast day
along the Ruidosa, Bonito and other
White mountains stream.
At a special meeting of the Albu-
buquerque school board Professor M.
E. Hickey. formerly of Cripple Greek
was unanimously reelected superin-
tendent of the Albuquerque
schools.
There is grand opening at Albu-
uuerque or in this vicinity for health
seekers hotel, and no more charming
I place in the world for it than on the
mesa just east of tovzn.-ALSuquereue
: Journal.
There is a scarcity OF water for 1rri-
CATION in southern New Mexico, and it
lis predicted thar w1thia two weeks
> there will be a scarcity in the Rio
= Grande in this eounty--Albu4uerqu
/. Citizen.
: The FarminRton Times advocates
2 that the people of Pennington and Du-
range should unite in the construction
. Of bicycle path connecting the two
g places, taxing in the intermediate
! pOtnts.-EI.
Sergeant A. 81. Norton, one OF the
"White Oaks Eight" who enlisted at
u Albuquerque In the First Territorial
> regiment of volunteer infantry last
!; July boz service in the war against
II Spain, returned home last Friday.
p Mr.. Norton was q soldier in the war
Il of the rebellion.-Ex.
DR.. Cobb, in charge of the Fl. Stan
ton hospital, fatty refused, while in Ell
Paso, to be interviewed on technical
subjecs, saying that newspaper men
seldom get anything right II the
newspaper men would write DR.. Cobb
down as q very discorteous man. they
will come close indeed to accuracy.
Optic.
Thu building which the Santa Fe
school bosrd.rents for high school pur-
pores is said to be in q miserable con-
dition. Half dozen windows of the
building have been broken.a long tim g,
the high wooden steps leading into
the building are in dilapidated and
dangerous condition and the grounds
are an ugly waste of cinders, ashes az d
tin cars.-Las Vegas Optic.
The decision of the Santa Fee United
States land Office in the big legal con-
of township 81, claimed by George w.
Kutz of LambertOn as coal land, has
been affirmed by the commissioners OF
the general land Office. This decision
gives Kutz the right to purchase coal
lands valued at $3.50. 600 and cancels the
L. Keyes, who contested Kutz' entry.
-EX.
A preliminary examin:. 5ion was held
Friday last at Santa Fe of Walter
Locke, accused of brutally numbering
his broth er-in-lsw. Fred Merrill. The
prosecution proved that Merrill wal
murdered and that Locke had been al
the house 10 the same or adjoining room
at the time of the murder. The de-
tense proved that Merrill on the day o
his death and before threatened t.
commit suicide. Judge Jesus Carols
remanded Locke to Jail for trial in tn
September court, refusing ball.-Ls
Vegas Optic.
L. N, tewell, Of Embudo, alias DIPS
toI Johnny" was. arrested at Santa F
Friday on charge of attempting t.
murder his family. He took a doubl
. oarrel shot gun and chased his famil.
oSe OF the house to the depot, thei
er wenS to the depot in order to chase hi
~ family Gack to the house, but this tim,
o. several oIher people interfered. Rail
o. way Agent WATSON took the gun aui
10 pounded it over Fewell's back and ther
locked him in the depot. A deputy
30 sheriff was summoned, but the prison
80 err managed to escape and make hi
8 way to Santa Eek.