El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
Neighb0r-
hood Notes.
Texas.

There was meeting held at dOue-
ton of the representatives of the af-
ternoon newspapers OF Texas for the
purpose of organizing an exchange OF
state news.-Ex.
Barney Riggs was in from his ranch
near Leon Saturday. He reports hav-
ing sold his ranch, including all i'm
provements and we'll recently put
down, together with horse power pump,
to Messrs. Chad burn & Co., OF Fort
Davis.-F'ort Stockton Pickings.
Mr.. J.P. Steinhart, one of the Life
Saving crew, was in the city this week
and reports the Gulf frozen to dis
lance from shore where the water gets
to be about knee deep, and that the
cistern at the station was frozen to
depth of about 16 inches.-Valasco
World.
Jim Mite, Arkansaw Caldwell aDd q
man named Taylor escaped from the
Smith county Jail at Tyler between the
hours of and 10 Wednesday. Their
plants worked 10 perfection. E. E..
Roby, the member of the Tyler bank
ing firm was bound and gagged to pre-
vent his making an Outcry.-Sherman
Register.
The report has been widely circulat-
ed that County Commissioner j. A.
ed from an enraged bull some time
ago. Yesterday M. A.: Stamper of
Era was seen by the News reporter
aud from him it was learned that Mr..
Clark is improving rapidly and is now
able to sit up.-Dallas News.
People of the Iu6ian Territory COM
plain of appointments OF me from the
northern states t. fill the offices in the
territory. It seems tn. re is some JUS
tice in their complaint, as there are
many good republicans in this section
of Texas and the Indian territory who
would be amply capable and high y
satisfactory in the positions named. -
Denison Herald.
The preliminary trial of D. Egbert,
Jr, mail route az ent on the L. & G. N.
prisoner being bound over to the fed.
| eral court in the sum of $1,000. He
gave bond for his appearance. 1t is
said that he had been drinking and
rambling for some time previous to
the robbery, which was the main
cause of his downfall. World.
Thursday night Love Jones, lad
from the Indian Territory, who report
ed to the officers Monday that he had
lost S400 while coming to town Monday
morning swore ont warrant for the
| arrest OF l.. L. Oum huu d C' L ou-
cey, two men who have been living in
the territory. They were arrested and
placed in the city jail to await preli-
minary hearing on the charge OF ap-
propriatinp the money lost by the lad.
I-Denison Gerald.
The sheriff arrested John Scogins
| last hit about five miles from the
scene of the murder of Bill Mcdonald,
the negro found dead five miles west OF
Nscogdoches yesterday. Today he said
that while he witnessed the murder,
be did not take any hand in it, but tn at
another party was the man that hand
led the gun. Late this evening the
sheriff brought in a man. He denies
doing the shooting. Blood was found
on his clothir g.-Dsllas News.
The SIN allpox situation in the Indian
Territory is still quite serious. South
McAlester has been added to the list
of towns which have quarsntined
against the Infected territory in the
Creek nation, The railroad towns
along the Katy have quarantir ed
against the infected country, and there
is absolutely no communication with
the interior towns, so that a true es
innate of the situation cannot be OBJ
tanned. From the most reliable au-
thOrity. however, 1t is learned that
there are fully five hundred cases In
the Creek nation, with a spread OF the
infection to other remote country pre-
cincts. The disease is confined mostly
to Indian families, and the loss OF life
Is reported to be very large.-Denisor
Herald.