El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
Neighbor-
hood Notes.
Texas.

Ed ScnutZ, OF FL F0eO, representing
aOuck & Dieter, passed through to
Eddy yesterday.--Pecos Times.
The wedding of Mr.. Ferdinand Ian
ger and Miss Annie Wilkins occurred
last evening at 8 O'Clock in st. Johns
German Lutheran church, Rev. 81.
Gohdes, the pastor, solemnizing the
nuptial vows.-san Antonio Light.
Rev. F. F.. Leach, pastor of the
Cleburne Cumberland Presbyterian
church, has resigned his charge to be-
T. M. Riley of Jefferson has been
chosen his successor.-Cleburn
Herald.
Judge Sinks at Bastrop passed SEN
tence for life in the penitentiary on AL
len White for the killing OF Louis
Drivdale. He was tried last term of
court and convicted. On motion he
was granted q new trial with the same
result.-Alpine Avalanche.
M. Butler, the brick king of the
south, has received notice from Wash
ington that his application for a patent
on his labOr-saving device for brick
yards has been granted. This device
is gotten up for handling great loads of
brick and conveying from one point TO
another in brick yards or for loading
cars in . rush. This is an original
device of Mr.. Buffers and will doubt
Austin Tribune.
Mr.. w. T. Bashaw died early yester-
day morning at the family home on the
South Side. Mr.. Bashaw was at one
time a law partner of r. ]. Boykin,
has been prominently identified with
the Junior Order of American Mocha
MICS IS state organizer, and with, the
United Benevolent association. Mr..
Bashsw was q highly respected citizen,
popular and we'll known.-Ft. Worth
Register.
The norther which struck the city
yesterday increased in fierceuess until
a regular gale was blowing last night.
The clouds which lowered over the
city all day, giving indications of snow,
disappeared during the night and this
morning the sky was clear and the at
mosphere crisp. During the twenty
four hours ending at 7 O'Clock this
morning there was q fall in tempera-
ture of 80 degrees, the lowest notch
Texas heavy snow and sleet storm
prevailed.-Auetin Tribune.
The iron safe in Julian Capers'
grocery store at Dallas was blown open
with dynamite and its contents, $50,
taken. Capers was awakened by the
explosion and running TO the front of
the store with his pistol in his hand he
met three men emerging from the
building. One of the men on seeing
Mr.. Capers uttered an oath and open
ed fire on him, according to that
gentleman. The grocer returned the
fire, though ineffectively, and the bur-
glars hurriedly left.-Cleburne Her
aid.
A twister passed through Gregg
county from the southwest corner to
the northeast corner, four miles north
west of Kingore. The cyclone swept
house on the Moore place, in which
were q woman named Mrs. McCune
and five children, dangerously injur-
ing all, and fatally injuring Mrs. Mo
Cune. The husband was away from
home. Acres of forest trees are up
rooted, and verythinR was swept be-
fore the Winds fury. The rain was the
heaviest ever Witnessed and the creeks
are so swollen that Communication Ia
impossible with the southern part of
the county. All wires went down and
trees were blown across the Interna-
tiOnal and Great Northern railroad in
several places.-Cleburne Herald.
Thursday morning at Sherman, ss
Rev. j. w. Gillon, pastor of the Sec
Ond Baptist church, was passing by the
church, he noticed blood stains on the
sidewalk, and followed the stains until
they led to the trap door leading into
the church basement. On looking
down he saw the body of young
white woman in the basement with her
throat cut. He gave the alarm and q
crowd soon gathered. The woman was