El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-26
rails, ties, spikes, etc. The board has
the matter under advisement.-Ex.

the matter under advisement.-Ex.
Tax Assessor John Young has COM
pleted the tax rolls of Crockett county
for the current year, which are COM
piled in a very neat and efficient man
ner, all the work having been done
solely by Mr.. Young and shows the
following renditions and valuations:
Total valuations. 81, 1888, $40 showing
an increase of S209. 1854 over last year.
Cattle rendered "a, $50; sheep, 80, $50;
horses, 3. 748.-Courier.
Rev. A. N. Wyatt of Victoria, B. w.
Williams, farmer of Aondo City, and
another man, all negroes, are here in
quiring the cost of transportation by
sea for 1000 Texas negroes, who they
say want to emigr8nt to M0nrovia,
Liberia, They say they have had in
vestigations made and there land can
represent that the negroes who want
to 60 are from various parts of the
state and say mob law is the cause of
the movement.-Ex.
Up to the 23rd the comptroller had
received pension applications from
eighty-seven counties, the total num-
Der OF applications being 1888. The
character of the majority of these ap-
plications show that the county judges
and county commissioners are exercis-
ing very little care in passing on them.
the comptroller says. Many of the sp-
plicants possess considerable property,
and in one instancet the applicant holds
the Office of county commissioner.
All such applications are promptly re-
jected by Comptroller Finley.-Dsllas
News.
New Mexico.
Roswell is working hard for q system
of sewerage for the whole town,-Ex.
Thirteen teachers successfully pass
ed the teachers examiu alton at Ros-
well.-Ex.
Crosan & Gray, at Roswell fred the
second kiln of l, OOO, 900 bricks for this
season at their brick yard.-Regis-
ter.
Professor L. M. Martini, of Roswell,
has been appointed by Judge Leland a
member of the board of examiners for
teachers: vice w. A. Rogers, resigned.
|-Ex.
Miss Cowperthwaite, of Albuquer-
que, has been selected to teach the
school of Bland which will open on the
first Monday in September.-Blsnd
Herald.
It is stated in Las Cruces that the
Santa Fee Railroad company has sold
the Mesilla town site property to an
English syndioate.-Rio Grande Re-
publican.
The election for school directors In
district No. 8 resulted in the election
of Jeremiah Cazier, F. M. Brooks and
James A. Pawles. A new school house
will be built on the Burr farm.-Ex-
change.
Charles Campbell and Msscom Bas-
foot we're arrested at Las Cruces,
charged with stealing cattle. They
waived examination, and were placed
under $3.50 bond.-Dona Ana County
Republican.
The sweepstake races At Nogsl were
won by the railroad horse, with Gray's
mare second and Eaker's mare third.
A purse OF S4O0 went 20 the winner, and
considerable money changed hands on
the side.-New Mexican.
The Lincoln county Baptist associa-
tion held it's thirteenth annual session
1t Fresnal. Judge Green, of Carlsbad,
presided, and DR.. Emerton, of Carlsbad
preached the opening sermon. The as
sociatiOn will probably hold . Chau-
tauqua at Cloudcroft next year. -Ex-
change.
w. w. Baron, formerly of Ration,
but OF late years residing in Mexico,
who attempted to kill his wife several
months ago, was convicted and sem
fenced to 55 years of penal servitude
in salt mines. The average length of
convict's working in those mines is
three years.-Ex.
The depreciation claims court held
sessions last week at Socorro. The
members of the court are Judge John
Stansburg, representing the United
States government, II. G. Bennett and
G. W. Lewis, attorneys for the claim
ants; j. P. Conkl1n, interpreter; J. E.
Owen. stenographer.-New Mexican.
Arizona.
The Flagstaff papers are row agi-
tating the reorganization of their
board of trade.
Court business has been nearly all
cleaned up. Over $50 pages of records
have been made during the present
term, says the Prescott Journal Miner.
The Sentinel says the stockmen are
holding indignation meetings to pro-
test against the ranchers impounding
their stock under the no-fence law
Citizen.
The question of inc reasine the capa-