El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

ladies, and will make Mr.. Leatherman
3 most estimable wife. They already
had their home furnished and will
make Toyah their home.-Exchange.
Arizona.
| Treasurer Drachman says the tax
able property in new Pima county will
| be over SO, 600, 900 this year owing to
the Improvements in Tueson this
spring.
The new depot of the A & p at
Bisbee is about completed. 1t will be
occupied in a few days, when all rail-
road business will be transacted in the
new Office.
Monday Matt Burts became intoxic-
ated and shot up the town of Wilcox.
He was finally arrested and disarmed
by Otto Moore and o. T. Smith. He
regained his liberty in the afternoon
and later left town.
w. Fl. Broome, lately editor of the
Bisbee column of the Tombstone Pros
pector, has been succeeded by man by
the name of Moore, who. it is said, Is an
all-rOund newspaper man, and worthy
successor to Mr.. Broome.
Two Mexicans in Pima county be-
came involved in q quarrel about q
girl, and went over into Mexico to
fight duel. This is nearly a month
ago and since than nothing has been
heard of either.-Nogales Vidette.
A force of men under the super
vision of Samuel Davidson are now at
work on the new Dutch ditch which Ia
being constructed south of the city to
take the place of the old Dutch ditch,
which was condemned some time ago.
The new canal will probably be COM
pleted in the course of ten days or two
weeks.
That n. J. Allen of Jerome, dictated
the legislation of the asfemb bly, has be-
come u matter of history which no one
attempts to deny. Now comes the
cratic paper, and says SIT is true that
the Palace saloon of Phoenix cOntroll-
ed the Twentieth legislature, especial
ly the councit.-JOurnal Miner.
John Gandolfo last Tuesday began
the work of excsvating for the new
building to be erected at the corner of
First and Main streets. The north end
of the building will be built fret and
mpleted sufficiently to allow the ten
ants of the present building to move
into their new quarters before the old
building is remOved.-Yuma SUE.
Chas. A. Montgomery, the noted
hunter, was in Tucson Monday with
several lion, bear and wolf scalps from
animals killed by him on Cameron's
ranches near the line. Cattlemen can
we'll afford to furnish the hunter pro-
visions for the benefit of his working
In killing off beasts which prey on the
calves and colts.-Range News.
Small fruit, poultry. bees and gard
ening are Industries which cannot be
overdone in and about Tucson. They
are Industries which can claim the at
tention of any one desiring light and
honorable employment, requiring but
little capital to commence to carry on
business. Tucson's demand for all
| these products is more than 70 per cent
greater that the Professionalism.
The Twentieth Legislature fol- some
reasons was hostile to the newspapers
| from the beginning of the session to
| the hour of the closing. The legis-
lature is dead and the newspapers are
| very much alive, and are patiently
| waiting the time when ex-msm bers of
| the Twentieth, who fought the press,
seek the suffI ages of the dear people
| agaln.--Free Press.
"Weary Willie" the travelling type
setter who describes the course of an
orbit, taking in all of the cities in the
west from Washington to Arizona and
| from Gne EaCluC cOdSb 10 LQ6 MlQQlo
states, is paying Phoenix his usual
visit. He arrived lately from Ell Paso,
and is on his way north. He Is one OF
the poor unfortanates whom the limo
type inventor has side-tracked.-
Phoenix Herald.
The foundation for the capital build
ing is being laid wide and deep. The
outer walls are of an igneous rock
hard as hint, and about four feet thick
The cross walls are to be of brick, &C.
cording to the contract. but certainly
the com missiOners would be justified
in changing that item to cross wall o
the same igneous rock and the entire
foundation would then be beyond de
structiOn by time, or fire, or water, ant
beyond criticism. Herald
It has been suggested that each couu
ty in Arizona contribute a slab to tn
. Captain VIM. O'Neill volunteer monu
ment, each county slab to have engrav
ed upon it the names of the departed
Rough Riders from that county. Thes
various slabs would have to be uniform
as to size and could be put together il
the monument to give each county Al
equivalent advantage, the whole to b
surmounted by a bronze, life-size statu
of late Captain O'Neill as he appeare
when receiving the six-shooter present
ed to him by the city council of Pres
colt. These are simply suggestion
which have been offered. The monu
mept association has arrived at no cor
clusion as yet as to the exact characte
of the monument to be erected. In the
meantime, contributions to the FUND
are still in Order.-Courier.
Take Notice-Fifty dollars fine fol-
Riding Cleveland Bicycles on the side