El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-17
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Austin has another heavy rain
Elk.
Gus Gruis WAS killed by street car
in Galveston.
The first number of the Belden Daily
Monitor was issued on the 14th.
Two more rangers ordered to Colum.
bus, making four there now.-Ex.
Governor Sayers is invited to the
Texas-Colorado Chatauqus at Boulder.
Elk.
Sayers reappoints Corey of New
York commissioner of deeds for Texas
in that state.-San Antonio Light.
AL Chambers, q well-to-do white
farmer committed suicide by shooting
Times.
J. w. Whitney, q white man living
in Dallas was knocked down by q club
in the hands of q negro.-Abilene
Times.
City Physician Winn's bulletin is to
the effect that there are no new cases
of smallpox at Sherman and have not
been for over two week.
Rev. George w. Truitt pastor of the
First Baptist church at Dallas has been
rendered the Presidency of Baylor
Uuiversity.-Abilene Timee.
Palestine, Tex, Jane 14.-Charley
Allen, charged with killing his father
in-law, was sentenced to three years in
the penitentiary.-Deni Herald.
The Brazos river navigation conven-
ton that is TO be held at Brenbam on
July promises to be an interesting
and we'll attended gathering.-Houston
Post.
A movement Is on foot i, Galveston
to make party nominations for city and
county officers hereafter. Heretofore
| tie selections have been free-for-all
affairs.
Miss Effie Davis is the latest victim
OF q coal oil accident. She lived in
Hill county and died horrible death
by burning while trying to start fire
with ofl.-Abilene Times.
Hillsboro marksmen have organized
u gun club with W. M. Wheeler as
captain and George Carmichael as
secretary and treasurer. They will
meet once week for practice.
Governor Savers suggestion for
conference among the governors as
to trust Legislation is meeting with q
favorable response from Missouri, Ar
kansas, Illinois, Iowa and other states.
Texarkans, Tex. June 14.-Andrew
Wylie was fatally cut in this city. He
received seven strokes from q butcher
knife from come unknown person. An
arrest has been made.-Denison Her
aid.
Corpus Christi asks for a quarantine
officer, as the coast boatmen coming
up from the Mexican ports are liable |
to bring with them the seeds of yellow
fever and plant it for a crop.-Ssn
Antonio Light.
There Is an opening presenting vast |
posi- bilities for some enterprisinp csp'-
talist to start fruit preserving factory |
in this section OF North Texas. North |
Texas alone " ould consume all the pro-
duct of such house.-Denison Herald.
Work has commenced on the gin at
Blooming Grove. The plant is being
built by Houston capitalists. A stock
company with $4,000 capital has beeu
organized at Blooming Grove for the
purpose of starting frst-clsss
college.
A man giving his name as Roy
Williams OF Caldwell. Tex, was
brought to the railroad hospital, at
Palestine having been knocked off q
trestle miles south of there by
freight train. He was asleep on the
track. There is no chance for his re-
covery. Herald.
Acting Comptroller Surl has given
out q construction of the meaning of
"Indigent, in the coefederate pension
act passed by the recent legislature.
holding that it means that applicant
is in want and ia destitute OF property
aud means of subsistence to such an
extent that he cannot possibly sup
port himself.-Ex.
One of the old landmarks of Hills
horo has changed its locstion-the old
Gould hotel, which stood east OF the
Katy depot on the corner of Gould al
ley and Boes dare street 1t was a
frame two-story structure. built there
by DR.. il. Kirksey when the Katy
road first reached Hillsboro. DR.. Kirk