El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-23
Neighb0r-
hood Notes.
Texas.

The county attorney of jackson was
drowned while fishing at Port Lavaca
Mansfield is considering the adviss
bility of throwing up its city charter
Elk.
Beeville watermelon raisers have
cashed in over $4,000 since the season
opened.-Ex.
In Houston the local fruit market is
glutsed and big tumble In prices is
the consequence.-Ex.
Bonham's new Touring mill, 250 bar
rels capacity daily, is nearing compile
tion.-Fort Worth Mail Telegram.
DR.. G.. b. Moody of Groesbeck has
been appointed assistant physician OF
the San Antonio insane asylum.-Ex.
Arthur GOWNS, an aged negro. WAS
killed by lightning while sitting in the
change.
Austin's base ball club is talking of
disbandinR on account of lack OF i'm
ances to keep it afloat.-Fort Worth
Register.
The platform of the new cotton COM
press at Lulina will cover four acres OF
ground when completed.-FortW Worth
Register.
At Copper, Jim Crowder was caught
| by q backing train and crushed to
death; Lis body WAS reduced to pulp
when taken out.-Ex.
A Mexican named Norma WAS stab
bed three times in the back in q quar-
rel in San Antonio recently. His
wounds are serious.-Ex.
A. E. Hughes, for six years sheriff
of Grayson county, has moved to Greer
county, Oklahoma, where he will en-
gage In the cattle business .-Ex.
The establishment of the free public
library by Fort Worth will put the old
town at the head of the educational
procession of Texas.-Fort Worth Re-
gister.
johnson county has $4,000 worth of
sewer bonds to float, and although they
have not been yet authorized by the
attorney general, an offer of S1.OS has
been made for them.
Texas real estate men will hold their
next convention at Fort Worth. The
railroad facilities at Fort Worth give
her the advantage over most other
places. Sun.
Plans and specifications are being
drawn for the erection in COrsicana
of q modern three-story temple for the
Odd Fellows of Corsicana lodge No. |
SO to cost about $40, OO0.-Ex.
The drowning of the three young |!
ladies who were bathing in the gulf at |
Galveston Saturday was indeed q sad |
ending. Each was just budding into
womanhood. abilene Times.
The contractors are at work on the |
grade on the Albany extension of the |
Texas Central. The road will run
about half way between Haskell and |
Arson in Callahan county.-Ex.
City Physician Graves of Austin says
that the general health of the city is |
rapidly improving, diphtheria, small
pox and all other contagious diseases |
having totally disappeared.
Tribune.
The Equitable Savings and Building |
company of Sherman fled an amend
ment to it's charter today with the Sec
rotary of state, changing its place of
business from Sherman to Fort Worth,
Tex.
A gang of negroes assaulted Officers !
and Bryan on the street in
",
but were arrested and charges of as
sault to murder preferred against one
negro.-Ex.
Two, negroes in Burleson county
were hung up by the neck for a few
minutes to induce them to confess
where they had hidden stolen goods
The persuasion was effective. They
,onfessed.-Ex.
The Austin normal school opaned I'M
yesterday with an attendance of seven
,y-fve and good prospects of reaching
1 hundred before the end of the week.
There was an increase in the number
If teachers today.-Denison Herald.
Coils P. Huntington has purch ased
$50 acres more of land across the bay
rom Galveston between Virginia Point
Ind Texas City, making $500 acres he
low owns there, for which he has paid
! quarter of a million dollars.-Ex. =
Martin Groos has rendered his resie- {
lation as steward of the deaf and dunn b /
institute in Austin to take effect July
=. It is understood he will be an sp- ,
,licant for chief clerk in the land of ;
ice, a position he held for many yesrs. !
Eek.
Tie petition asking for vote on the T
to abolish the city corpo- G
aGlOn OF IreeDVllle mas re6cneQ the 4
lands Of Judge Thompson and will be y
uty considered by that official who 1t Il
to order such election =
1ouston Post.
Tarrant county can boast Of having a
8 one of it's citizens, one of the small e
st men in the United States. He Is 6
mother Tom Thumb. His name is t
lick Pearson, and he lives at Grape I
inc, % miles northeast of this city. t
he little man is 43 years old, 40 in p