El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-22
Ell PASO DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1892
Neighbour
hood Notes.

HUN lWtVOs
Titus county has quarantined against
Greenville because of smallpox.
The Waco public schools opened this
morning with an increased attendance.
Elk.
A local option election was held at
Mount Vernon, the result of which was
139 for 126 against prohibition.
The new Methodist Episcopal col
| lege opened this morning with very
good attendance and most favorable
auspices.-Ssn Antonio EXP.
Fort Worth celebrated the opening
of long distance telephone connection
with Indianapolis, ST. Louis, Louis
Vile, Chicago and Kansas City.
Students at Austin college Sherman,
have organized strong foot hall and
tennis teams and will work to get inter
collegiate organizations in Texas.
Preparations for the West Texas fair
and roundup at Abilene are still on
and a large attendance ia expected. 1t
will run four days, commencing Octo-
Der 25.
Dallas, too, has $50, 900 gift from
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie for public
library building. Mr.. Carnegie is
making himself pretty solid with his
Texas neutrality-suspicious. News.
The Gainesville fire department
bers are still quietly at work rails
ing funds to erect q monument to the
memory of their dead comrades. Some
thing over S400 is now in the treasury.
Elk.
| The insurance commissioners has
granted permits to the American Fra
ternal Insurance Union of Buffalo, n.
Y, and the National Aid Association
of Topeka, Kan, to do business in this
state.-Ex.
There are four boxes In from the
justice precinct at Cuero yesterday.
The four boxes give twenty-six in
favor of prohibition. The other box is
strongly dry. So the precinct remains
dry dallas News.
The badly decomposed body of q
Mexican was found near Sweden. It Is
believed to be that of a famous snug
gler. Whether death resulted from
natural causes cannot be ascertained
now.-HOuston Post.
In the district court at Vernon the
death sentence was passed upon Rev.
George E. Morrison, the wife murder
err, and Friday. October q, fixed as the
day of execution. He made a talk, de-
claring his innocence.
The supreme court of the state will
| convene in Austin on the first Monday
in October. In conversation with
Clerk Charles S. Morse of tho court he
stated that there WAS heavy docket
| for the fall term.-Ex.
Harry Wise, a we'll known man of
Austin, attempted suicide here this
of morphine. No cause IL assigned for
the rash act. Attending physicians
stated that he cannot live.
| industrial educational day by the San
Antonio fair management at Green
Vile, tits probable Chairman v. w.
Grubbs will call Q meeting of the state
committee for that time and place.
President L. L. Foster of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college reach
ed Austin this morning on business
with the state departments. He says
| that this institution has opened up for
| the year with the largest attendance
| In it's history.
The attorney generals department.
| today approved two issues of 1895
each of Brazoria county bridge repair
| bonds. The same department also ap-
proved an issue at Lindale school COR
poration school house bonds of $500
yesterday evening.
The secretary of states department.
today issued the commission of Hon. A.
G. Allen of Houston as judge of the
| criminal district court of Houston and
Galveston. Judge Allen was appointed
by the governor to this Office q few
days ago.-Fort Worth Register.
| A board of trade has been organized
at Tyler with J. A. Upstate as presi-
dent aud ]. T. Bonner secretary and
treasurer. The board has just con-
tracted for large supply of advertis
| ing m after, which will be distributed
among homescekers.-Houst Post.
The Comptroller's department today
received the tax rolls of three counties
in the state, each of which shows q
| healthy increase in assessed valuation
over the past year. The following are
counties received: Hunt county, 1884,
965; Fosrd county, S107,7S1; Castro
county, S2l8,900.
The finance committee of the city
council of Waco is in session this morn
ing consldering the bulge for the next
year. A tax rate of 1912 is in sight.
This, however. provides for a sinking
fund to meet all outstanding obliga-
tions IS we'll as current expenses
Fort Worth Telegram.
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