El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-17

latter is graduate OF the Drexel In
stitute of Philadelphia. Messrs.
Twitchell and Jones, two members OF
the board resident in Las Vegas, were
unable to be present at the, adjourned
meeting.-Optic.
Arizona.
Prescott needs place of amusement
Elk.
Prescott has golf game and lawn
tennis game in full blast almost every
evening.
Tucson g sportively inclined are m ak
ing steps to revive an interest in lawn
tennis.-Ex.
It is said that $500, 900 has been paid
vicinity.-Ex.
The corner stonl of the new Catho-
lie church at Yuma was laid last week
with appropriate exercises. -Ex.
b. G. Hibben was In Phoenix to Sc
cure 200 men to work on the Prescott
sewer and water works system-Ex.
The Prescott Electric company has
its telephone line now within nine
miles of the Crowned King mine
Elk.
The people of Holbrook are riprap-
ping the little Colorado, to prevent 1t
cutting back into it's old channel
Citizen.
Superintendent Brown, of the terri
torial prison, Is out again after being
laid up several days with q sprained
back, says the Yuma Sun.-Republiean
The walls of the new opera house at
Winslow are going up quite ranidly.
Contractor Patton says the building
will be completed and ready for busi-
ness by October Is. Four companies
have already billed performances.-
Ex
One OF the mammoth Southern Pacific
engines, weighing ITO tons, this week
pulled train of sixty-four loaded cars
out of Yuma toward Los ANGLER. The
train was q little over half q mile in
length and the gigantic engine moved
it with perfect ease.-Sun.
A telegram from Los Angeles says
that John 81. Hem, who has filed q
suit against the Santa Fe Pacific rail-
way for $50. 0s2. 25damages on the as
man, Arizona alleges that the recent
big fire at Kingman was caused by
sparks from the engine--Orb.
oOmo PcOp1o prSulcU'Q GQ8L q DARK
could not live in Stafford; yet when the
bank of Stafford published its statement
on June 3Oth, it showed deposits
amounting to S2l ZOO, and by July Both,
the deposits had increased to over $50,
900. The banks business in its other
branches is correspondingly good
Guardian.
A Washington telegram says that
free mail delivery will be established
November l at Prescott with two car
riers, one substitute and fifteen letter
boxes. The postoffice officials and en-
ployes expect to be located in the new
building next Tuesday. The furnish
ings have arrived and there are 600
boxes.-EX.
The knife that ad been driven into
the leg of 81. M. Lowe in the fight with
the outlaws Sunday night had been
used by him in skinning cattle that !
died of the black leg. The poison had
penetrated the entire system and he
died in great agony of gangrene, caused |
by the black leg poison that was on the |
knife.-Republican
Following is the school superintend- |
ent's report of Mohave county for the |
fiscal year ending June Both: Total |
of children enrolled, 2S2; aver !
age attei dance, 2I0; census children, |
292: teachers employed. IL; total re- |
ceipts from all sources, 81, 4OO.97 total |
expenditures, s6,011.39; balance on |
hand, $3.50 59.-Tucson Citizen.
Two females who had been singing
in saloo in Globe passed through |
Florence Tuesday on their way to |
Phoenix, which is now about she only |
place in the territory where women are |
tolerated in saloons. The two females
L
were arrested in Globe, and though &C
quilted, their attorney advised them to
leave town.-Ex.
Two thoroughbred blood hounds are
now the property of Graham county
we're purchased and sent TO Solomon
Vile last week from the Huntsville,
Texas, peniten tiary. They are thor
,ugbly trained and will be kept for
,he purpose of tracking those inclined
20 flee from justice.-Guardian.
w. T. Barr, of Phoenix, has accept
I'd a position with the Saginaw Lum-
per company, where he will have
charge of the lumber yards and the
illing of shipping orders. This is
quite difficult position to hold, aud
If trouble in getting man that under
stands the lumbe business sufficient
y to fill the plaCe.-Williams News.
The Bulletin says it has reliable in
orm alton to the effect that the San
Carlos IndiSna reservation will soon
have new agent. The statement
comes from Washington that the war
department. has asked the Interior de-
1srtment to appoint au agent for San
Carlos. Captain w. T. Nicholson, of
he Seventh cavalry. has been acting
Igent for the past four months.-Silver
Belt.