El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-04
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Texas.
The smallpox at Sherman remains
unchanged.
An Antitrust club has been formed
by the democrats at Stranger.
The "Lipscomb rifles" of Luling
have been mustered out of service.
Mrs. Helen Msdarosz was rob
bed, murdered and cremated in her
home in Dallas on the LIST.
A regiment of Texas cowboys from
the timber regions of the state would
capture Aguinaldo in q week.-Waco
Tim es.Herald.
The present legislature emphasizes
the fact that the number needs to be
reduced one half, and the reduced
number better paid.-Lockhart Regis
ter.
Governor Savers has declared the
smallpox quarantine heretofore placed
on the city of Laredo and Webb and
Encinal counties on account OF small
pox at an end.
The citizens of Eddy, N. M. are
contemplating the erection of another
sugar beet factory. The present fac
tory has been in successful operation
for four yesrs.-Exchange.
Fort Worth has become jealous of
Dallas on account of the nOtoriety
derived from the consideration of the
charter bill and is engineering char
ter bill of her own.-Waco Times-Her-
aid.
Lorentz Peter Doreck, 1-vear-old
baby, in Galveston mounted q chair
and pulled boiler of hot water over
on himself, causing injuries which re-
suited in his death.-San Antonio Ex-
press.
The movement for the establishment
of tobacco warehouse in Houston is
proceeding with considerable practical
encouragement. Houston is destined
to become a great tobacco mart
Houston Post.
Hon. Dudley G. Wooten was right
when he said that opposition to ad-
equate appropriation for the support of
the Texas university is "a challenge
tin Statesman.
Wash Thomas, deputy sheriff of
Wolf county, Choctsw nation, acciden-
tally killed himself at Alikchie by
dropping his pistol to the floor The
| bullet entered the abdomen and came
| out at the back of his neck.-Houston
Post.
Earl M. Champion, assistant treasur-
er of the Houston Street railway, who
claimed he was sandbagged and robbed
| a few weeks ago of $4,000 belonging to
| the company, has been indicted for
embezzlement.- Worth Tele-
gram.
Other Texas cities besides Waco are
having the same experience with the
Junk shops which buy articles from
boys. There is no doubt but what the
law proposed by Sheriff Baker, or
something similar, should be passed at
once. Waco Telephone.
Ike Hudson has unloaded at A bilene
and carried to Arson the machinery
for his new gin and grist mill. The
boiler is of 185 horse power capacity
This outfit is to be put in place of the
gin that was burned at Anson.-Deni.
son Herald.
That supreme judgeship that has
fallen in by the resignationof Denmar
of this city, seems to be plum that al
the lawyers of the state covet. There
is hardly q town of any size that is not
in the field with a candidate. How
these fellows do take to Office
like ducks % ponds.-San Antonio
Light.
Joe Bailey made powerful speech
in Houston on San Jacinto day aeains,
the idea of expansion, and he wa:
greeted with thunders of applause
Within a few mOnthS-since the time
of the Galveston uconvention, in fact
the people have changed their mind:
somewhat as to that idea of expansion
and it is doubtful today if expansion il
as popular as it's lopposite, if it were
tested in this state.-Denison Herald
A prominent citizen of Dallas was ar
rested at o'clock Saturday afternoon
last on an Indictment returned by the
Dallas county grand jury charging him
with murder on three counts in con-
nection with the killing of Col. 1. G
Randle on Dec. 10, 1898. The first
charges him as principal and the
| second and third counts as an accom-
plice. AS soon as he was arrested he
gathered force of six OF the strongest
criminal lawyers in Dallas and began q
determined fight to avoid going to Jail.
He was kept in nominal custody during
| the afternoon by Sheriff Cabell and at
| night Judge Clint began a hearing on
habeas corpus proceedings,
New Mexico.
The assessment OF LOrdsburg shows
that the town has greatly increased its
| real estate value.vEX.
The board of education of Roswell
will bald an addition to the RIOS we'll
school house.
Lincoln county has such an over
abundance of water that many of the
roads around Lincoln are turned into
canals.
A postoffice has been esta blished at