El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-17
Neighb0r-
hood Notes.
Texas

The German settlers who have locat-
ed du ring the past twelve months In
the vicinity of Southmayd are getting
down to hard work, which characteri-
yes that sturdy rsce.-Sherman Re-
gister.
J. E. Sammon, who has charge of one
of the county convict camps, has his
force five miles southwest of Denison
on the Shawnee creek. He is making
valuable improvements on the public
roads up there.-FOrt Worth Mail Te-
legraph.
Judge E. G.. Mclean has just return
ed from San Antonio and while there
was for several hours the guest OF Col.
Edmonds of the Fourth Texas VOlun-
teer infantry at the military reserva-
ton. The regiment Is in fine condition
and the discipline maintained is eX-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Register.
By some means q report has been
circulated over the state that Hon. r.
L. Matlock of THE city, who has been
quite sick for come days, had died, and
q number of letters and kilograms OF
coincidence have been received by Mrs.
Matlock. This report is entirely err
roneous, for while Mr.. Matlock is still
confined to his bed, he is getting along
nicely.-Fort Worth register.
DR.. James T. Melton received draft
for $4,000 yesterday for Mrs. Olivia
Blom, amount due on policy carried by
her deceased husband, G. A. Blom, In
Wcodmen of the World. It will be re-
membered that G. A. Blom died on
November 10. On January 9. little
more than one month, his widow re-
ceived her $4,000. The Woodmen al
ways pay promptly and have never con-
tested q single legitimate claim since
their Waco Times Her.
aid.
Will Dryden, deputy United States
marshal, and r. M. Allison. deputy
sheriff Of Wise county, left Fort Worth
night before last on q freight train 60
ing to Decator, there taking q buggy,
and at 1:15 q. m. yesterday arrested ).
Mcdaniel, ten miles northwest of De-
catur, wanted by the federal authori.
postoffice of Ohio, Tex, last week. At
500 q. m. they landed him in the Wise
county jail at Decatur, and he was
brought to Fort Worth on last even
ing's Denver train by Deputy Dryden.
Mcdaniel is an alleged accomplice to
Craft, the man who was arrested In
this city few days ago on the charge
of being Implicated in the robbery
Form Worth Register.
Erath county again gets her name
in print, and another trio of law
breakers are in Tut Hume's basttle
aud others are being spotted. For
some time it has been evident to the
local and federal officers that illicit
distilling has been carried on in Erath
county, and strenuous efforts have been
made to run them bown. Within the
past few years various arrests have
been made and sentences have been
served and are now being served for
this illicit business, ana the three men
whe are now in trouble for it are not
answering for their first offense. Last
night Deputy United States Revenue
Collector Andrew McCampbell of Fort
Worth and Sheriff Tut Hume and
deputies of this city seized and De-
stroyed q 65-gallon copper still. with
mash and fermenting tubs coil. etc.
in Bridges pasture, nine miles from
Stephenville, and arrested Ed and
Wade Armstrong and Chsstiue Bran.
lette for violating their Unole SamuePi
rules in this respect. "Tbere are 9th
ers," but they are dod cling in the chin
oaks with local and federal sleuth
hounds in watching.-Fort Worth
Mail-Telegraph.