El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-11
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Texas

Report of secretary of state for Tex
as shows receipts from franchise tax
double that of last report.
Eleven states of the union led Texas
in the number of lynchings during
1898. Arkansas leads the entire list
with seventeen. Texas had three,
which is an Improvements on former
years. but we must not rest on this
record, for there is no unqualified
credit in keeping our wickedness even
at minimum.-Dsllas News.
There ia no doubt that the indica-
tions of oil deposits on Tom Temple
toms farm, two miles west of Ennis,
will justify an attempt which will coon
be made there to develop the prospect
Men who have made oil wells q study
have prOnouncedit q splendid pros
pect. The oil that sccumulates on the
water drawn from the we'll is consider
ed genuine petroleum., and the
percentage of this accumulation is
quite considerable.-Ex.
Hon. w. P. Sebastian, of Breckin-
ridge, stopped over in the city last
night and left this morning for Austin.
He is accompanied by Master Albert
Hutchius, his step-son, who will visit
his grandm" ther in the capital city.
Mr.. Sebastian represents the twenty
eighth senatorial district. the jumbo
district of the statetin point of square
miles, which runs from Palo Pinto
county west to Ell Paso and north to
away up in sthe Panhandle.-Fort
Worth Mail and Telegram.
There lie no need of federal prison
| in this section of Texas. There are
a few simple smugglers down on the
border who trouble the federal autho-
| rites once ia while. but there is
nothing calling forthe United States
Perhaps there is need of one in the
| vicinity of Paris, where the federal
courts are loaded with capital crimes
aud the toughs Of the territories pile
| up the business of the courts until IL
is miles OF arrears. To build such q
prison down in this section would only
be to establish places for federal pie
| eaters.-San A ntonio Light.
"Kernel" William Gooseberry Ster.
rett, who has been exhaustin9 the font
of capital rs in his writings from
Washington to the Galveston News,
has been transferred to Texas, Colonel
George Nj. Bailey being his successor
in Washington. s'Kernel" Sterrett is
| the solons and their legislation. He
| will find when be- gets here that In or.
der to cope with Colonel Petit, Colonel
Hornadax and other Austin newspaper
| correspondents he will have to do some
real, genuine rustling occasionally and
not rely exclusively on cap rs and 9
reputation.--Austin Tribune.
The meeting Of the Texas legislature
in the city On Tuesday, January 10, ii
occasioning gathering of the pOliti.
clans here even this early. The race
for speaker of the house is daily grow
ing more interesting and all four of the
candidates will be here this week t<
open up their headquarters. It is be
lieved now that large number of thu
members of the house will be here no
later than next Friday with view o
entering actively into the fight tina
will certainly ensue in the selecting o
q speaker. There are some who ar
expressing the belief that the presen
race will get In such . angle that
will be necessary to groom dark hors
for the honor ere it ia selected, bu
this belief is not generally shsred.-F
Worth Gazette.