El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22
Neighbour
hood Notes
Texas.

The "kissine bug' has made its ap-
pearance in Mckinney. Elk.
The Bell county normal school
closes this week, after most success
full session.
In the forty-fourth district court at
Dallas Judge Morgan granted seven
divorces few days ago.-Dallas News.
FL. Sprague of San Antonio, while
out hunting some twenty miles from
here, shot and killed himself.-Hous-
ton Post.
At special meeting of the Calvert
| Compress company, Col. ]. L. Boatner
was reelected manager for the ensuing
year.-Ex.
Mayor Lebrecht of Denison, has We
toed the pigeon ordinance recently
passed by the city council at Denison.
-Denison Herald.
Ed T. True, expert for the railroad
commission, has returned from Brook
Ign, N. Y, where he spent a brief va.
catiop.-Dsllas News.
The store OF Eugene Wallace, OF Gay
Hill, Washington county, was entered
by burglars, who secured about $1,000
in cash.-Yorktown News.
Mr.. G. Fisher, while lying in bed at
Austin, was shot with target rife,
the ball lodging in the neck and caus-
ing q serior wound.-Austin Tribune.
Sheriff Morris OF Kanres county and
Deputies Metz and Swift of DeWi and
Lockhart of Goliad arrested Mexican
near Yorktown, Tho Is wanted for MUIR
| der in Karnes and Caldwell Counties
! Elk.
The comptroller has received the
tax roll OF Live Oak county. The total
assessed valuation for the year 1898
was 81 ,673, 419, which is an increase of
S57 .O54 over the previous year.-Fort
Worth Register.
The Confederate monument to be
erected by John B. Hood Camp of Con-
the state capitol grounds is to be of
granite and finished within twenty
months. -Denison Herald.
The attorney general is busy pre-
pairing to vigorously prosecute the suit
| against the Southern Pacific for re-
fusing to allow Railroad Commission
| Expert Underhill to examine the re-
cord in the officers at Houston.
| The board of Corsicana school trus-
tees have awarded to a local firm of
contractors contract to erect two
story brick and stone addition to the
high school building, the contract price
being $4,000. Register.
The teachers for the Hearne public
school (white) for the next term as
elected by the school board are: j. W.
De Shazo, superintendent: II. Ii. Shei-
ton, principal: Mrs. A. @. Cook, Misses
Julia Mcmillan and Shields.--Ex.
In public address at Mckinney,
II
Cough declared that Governor Sayers
was responsible for the defeat of the
bill for the establishment of the indus
trial school for girls.-Houston Post.
While lot of young negroes were
playing with pistol in the country
near Texarkans, one of them, named
| Archie Grim, aged 16 years, was shot
and instantly killed. The weapon was
old aud looked like it was not loaded
Elk.
The young men of Calvert organized
a military company under the name of
Calvert Light Guards. The following
officers were elected: L. S. Casimir,
captain: Angus McAlpine, first lieuten-
ant: Louie Cohen, second lieutenant
Cleburne Herald.
It is understood the international
and Great Northern Railroad company
| will in the near future be sued for back
taxes on their lands which were eX-
empted from taxation for a period OF
twenty-five years in 1874. The taxes
would be large.-Ex.
A little daughter of Mr.. Aston, a
farmer living few miles from Bon
ham, happened to serious accident.
The little girl was in the field chopping
cotton. when she struck her ank lie
with the hoe, which came nearly cut
ing her foot off.-Bonham News.
Fire insurance agents of Fort Worth
have received notice that three foreign
fire insurance companies will withdraw
their agencies from Texas. The three
companies are the North German,
Trans and the Ham burg I'm
derwriters.-Fort Worth Telegram.
At Waters, on the Austin and
Northwestern railroad, DR.. P. B Brad
field prominent physician of that
neigh borhood, became suddenly insane