El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-19
NeighbOr-
hood Notes
Texas

A stock company is being organized
in Colorado City to build an opera
house.-Bonham News.
Hugh F. Mcdonald has been elected
superintendent of the waterworks at
Mckinney system by the board OF
aldermen.--Ex.
Examination of the records OF the
district clerks Office in Fort Worth
how that 200 diplomas were register
ed in this county from bogus medi-
cal college of Chicago.-Ex.
Col. L. W. Middlebrook, mayor OF
Columbus, died at that city of dropsy.
He twice represented his county in the
legislature, was penitentiary ipspec-
tor and enjoyed large state acquaint,
ance.-Ex.
Gov. Ssyers has issued requisitiOn
on the governor of the state Of Goa
hula, Mexico, for Leonardo Gonzales.
under arrest charged with the murder
of q woman in Pecos county, Texas
Denison Herald.
At the Concho Valley association
meeting, which will be held at the
Baptist church In San Angelo, July 81,
20 and 20, there will he general mis-
sionary rally. Prominent men from
abroad are expected.-Ex.
The Superintendent of City Schools
of Waco Chas. T. Alexander resigned
yesterday to accept position with the
school book pu blishers. Possible sue
cessors are Mrs. w. D. House, J. M.
Ferguson or E. S. Glasscock.-Ex.
The water company of Crawford has
secured an engine to augment the flow
of West Crawford artesisn wells and
will now be able to supply water for
any kind of machinery. Crawford
wants Touring mill.-Dallss News.
W. b. Stale has applied to the city
council of Corsicans for q franchise to
establish and operate in the city gas
plant. 1t Is understood that the pur-
pose is to utilize the large amount OF
natural gas in the oil field.-Yorktown
News.
A large painting" Battle of Manila, F."
has been awarded to Miss Alice Hanks
at Abilene as the most popular young
lady by a voting contest lasting
Hanks.-Sherman Register.
At a congregational meeting the
Presby terians of Mckinney raised
s1s2S towards liquidating the remain
ing Indebtedness on their new church,
now nearing completion. The entire
cost of the beautiful new church will
be about S12 ,00O.-Pecos Times.
In the election held at Athens for
for the purpose of determining whether
or not that school district should levy
a tax and issue bonds for the purpose
of erecting a public school building,
the result was: For the tax 1874, against
the tax 43.-Cleburne Herald,
John Lynch, brakeman, secured
$4,000 damages in the district court at
Laredo against the Rio Grande and
Eagle Pass railroad for the loss OF q
Joint on one of his fingers while coup
ling cars. The case will be appealed
it is Observation-Disclosures News.
At Greenville an empty whisky bar
rel in sRosenberg's grocery exploded
with a report like gun. The gas In
the sbsrrel caught from q burning
match and blew the barrel up to the
ceiling, breaking out one end OF it, but
did no other damage. Times.
Secretary of State Hardy refused to
file a charter submitted by parties liv-
ing In Paris, Tex, in which 1t is pro-
posed to do a milling business at Ard
more, 1. T. Mr. Hardy hold that the
laws of Texas did not provide for the
fling of such Characterization .der-
aid.
The case of the state of Texas VS..
Mrs. Carrie Holmes, in which Mrs.
Holmes is indicted for poisoning her
husband with arsenic, transferred to
Brownwood from Coleman county, was
continued on motion of the state
Denison Herald.
The Order of Red Men was reor-
ganized at Bonham recently and the
following were the officers elected
senior sycamore: DR.. r. E. L. Kincaid,
keeper of records: Ham WATSON.
George Neel and Charles Doss, trus-
tees.-Dallss News.
The Governor received letter from
DR.. Thomas w. Wooten of Austin q
few days ago rendering his resignation
as chairman of the board OF regents OF
the State University. The Governor
rendered the place to Hon. 81. M. Gar
wood of Bastrop, who accepted it.
San Antonio Express.
Ed. Nicholson, au 8.year-old negro
boy, died few days ago at Fort Worth
from lockjaw, resulting from the kick
of q horse on the head received several
days ago. The child was considered
out of danger and allowed to play out
doors yesterday. The extreme heat
aggravated the wound and brought or
lockjaw.
The Water Supply Company of Corsi-
cana has Issued first mortgage bonds to
the sum of 100000, and to secure the
payment of same has executed to the
Mississippi Valley Trust company Of
| st. Louis deed of trust covering al
| the holdings of the company, the bonds
being of the denomination of $1,000 and
to run twenty years, bearing per cen,
interest. The trust has been accepted
| by the trust company and today the