El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-02
J Neighb0r-
} hood Notes.

Texas.
A child of Butler Brown, near Waco,
was burned to death and the father
nearly lost his life trying to save her.
In responding to fire one of San
Antonio's hose reels ran into a tele-
graph pole and the tongue was snapped
off.
A prairie fire destroyed the grass on
1000 acres of the pasture belonging to
H. l.. Oberthier, west of the city, last
Sunday.-Comanche Chief.
Nelson Colea, chief cook at the Capt.
| toll hotel Houston, and q prominent
negro, was poisoned Sunday morning
by unknown parties and died in convul.
sions.-Ft. Worth Mail Telegram.
meeting of the San Antonio Ten
mis- club was held in the Business
Mems Club Friday Night to arrange
for the state tournament to be held
here in April.-San Antonio Light.
Reports indicate as whole that
the wheat crop of the state is practical
ly uninjured although there are reports
OF damage to the extent of ten per cent
| in few isolated localities.-SanA nto-
MO Express.
The charge of murder against Lem
Stock bridge for the killing of Tolliver
Dagley, of DenisOn, was dismissed, but
he was Immediately arrested again and
fined for carrying the weapon with
which he did the killing.
The city election of San Antonio was
closely watched by a number of our
people. A few email bets were made,
but in most intances they contented
themselves with cussing the pro ba
bilities.-Hondo Herald.
At Hampstead VIM. Pryor was giver
thirty-ive years in the penitentiary
and Joe Sullivan thirty years. Both
were CONVICTED If the killing of Chas
Williams last September on the
Clemens plantation.-San Antonio Ex-
press.
There was q rousine meeting at Or
ona Wednesday aud strong resolutions
passed in opposition to the Garner
Wright law. The people are thorough
ly aroused and will do all in their pow
err to defeat the measure.-San Angelo
Press.
The Texas Legislature owes IL to the
press of the state to revise the present
libel laws. They are cumbersome anG
narrow. Few men who are true ant
honest have anything to fear from 81
enlightened press, and the other kim
we'll, they ought to fear.-Austil
Statesman.
While ex Sheriff D. S. Hammond
and a number of employees were engag.
ed raising the framework over the
machinery at his new saw mill, twenty
miles southe asst of Paris, the timbers
slipped apart and fell, burying the
men under them. Two of them may
die.-San Antonio Express.
The property owners of Hunt county
are called upon to e press their wishes
in the matter of a special tax of 1:
cents on the 500 worth of property t.
be used for the betterment of the pub
lie roads, the election to determine the
question to be held on the 18th O.
April.-Greenville Banner.
The ordinance putting into effect
the Waco charter amendment provtd-
ing for the election of city treasurer
by the city council, instead of by the
people, was passed last night over the
mayors veto. This settles question
that has agitated local political cir.
cles for two years and takes from NUM-
cipal politics its most disturbing ele-
ment-Ex.
San Antonio's exciting municipal
election resulted in a victory for Mar
shall Hicks of the Independent ticket,
who defeated Bryan Callaghsn for
mayor by 7S4 majority. Mr.. Hicks,
who was for some time district attor-
ney in the Laredo district, is young
man of much ability and will likely fill
the Office with great credit.-Corpus
Christi Caller.
The citizens committee of Temple
on Friday appointed Messrs. L
w. Goodwin and Gen A. Overdor1
to collect the $500 subscribed by the
citizens of Temple for the equipment o.
the railroad Y. M. G. A. The building