El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-12
Mexico.


aenjo and San Pedro Tlaquepaque.
Work is being rapidly pushed on the
wagon road from Iguala to Taxco.
In the district of Allende the crops
of corn and beans promise to be large.
Postal communication has been ests-
blished between La Trinidad and La
Dura.
Plans are being prepared for sewer
Ing and new water works system at
Saltillo.
At Chachalaca last Sunday Bardo-
misno Guzman WAS accidentally drown
ed in the river.
One of the prisoners in the Guadals-
lara penitentiary escaped by tunneling
under the walls.
Edward Chtlds, Boston bioyclist, Is
making tour of the Republic of Mex
leo on his wheel.
At Guadalsjsrs q drunken man on q
horse attacked the police, waunding
one of them seriously.
Around Saltillo the prevalent drouth
will cut down the wheat crop at least
60 per cent for the present season.
Work on the new hotel at Hermosillo
Is progressing very satisfactorily, and
the walls of the first story are now up.
A Mexican at Tampico killed cred
itor because the latter persisted in ask
ing him to pay q debt of borrowed mo-
ney.
The scarcity of pasturage on the Rio
Yaqui has caused many of the stock
men in that locality to send their cattle
to Bacadete.
It is reported that Campbell, the alb
sconding employe of Messrs. Hesam
and Moreno, in the City of Mexico, has
gone to Chile.
1t ia proposed to convert the vacant
space at the side of the Juarez theater
into fine hotel, something Monterey
very badly needs.
Seventy-five new fat cars passed
through Laredo the other day on the
way to San Luis Fotosi, for the Potosi
& Rio Verde railway.
II is stated upon very good authority
that the Bisbee railroad and telegraph
line will be extended from Naco to Ma
cosari very shortly.
On the first inst. the bank of Nuevo
81, 639, 400, 80 and had 81 ,O6O ,55l of its
The locating party of the Coahuila
and Pacific railway have completed
their line for about one half the distance
between Saltillo and Torreon.
It is reported that Julian Aragon, an
employee of the National bank in
chihuahua, has run away with 81, 200
of the funds of that institution.
Tho Diario Comercisl of Veracruz
says q strong German syndicate pro-
poses to start bank in the republic
with q paid capital of 100000
The Diario Commercial, sof veracruz,
says strong German syndicate pro-
poses to start bank in the republic
with paid up capital Of 90, 00O. 900.
Don Luis Proto, recently reports
heavy fires in the Pinto mountain.
With force of forty men he fought
the fire several days, finally subduing
it.
The steamer Colon took from Mszat-
Ian to San Francisco % bars of silver
valued at S3S. 11O.S5, three of gold
valued at $40, 0S0 90, and 461 sacks of
ore.
Four car loads of pure bred Jersey
and Holstein COWS have been imported
to Saltillo from the United States by
local dairvmen during the past fort
night.
Jose Mapzaparez, q we'll to do mer-
chant near Merida, insisted on eating
a heavy supper while very i'll, from
the effects OF which he died in q few
hours.
On the road between TuXtla and Mo-
chutlan, Jose Guerrero was assaulted
by three bandits, who shot him twice
and stole all the money that he had on
his person.
Nick Vidalin, saloon keeper of La
Colorado. fell down the ''round shaft
near the schoolhouse at Prietas, suffer-
ing severe injuries, from the effect of
which he died.
Advioes from Ometepec state that
the body of q woman named Lucia
Callejos, was recently found in her
house, with signs of having been
to death.
AT Zoyatian As houses were destroy
the people with difficulty escaped with
their lives, leaving all their belongings
to be devoured by the flames.
Some men were working at Copi1o,
near Contreras digging atrench. A
charge of dynamite exploded, prema,
turely and mortally wounded Angel
Vargas, who died in great agony.
A report comes from Ortiz that q
woman was stabbed and killed in the
dark. just as she was going to the train
to take passage for Guaymas. Her
was captured two days later.
Tuesday the clothing Of woman
on Avenida Juarez, In Chi
huahua caught fire from q box of
matches she had in her pocket, Sr.
Patrlc clio Gomez de Campo. who was
passing in his buggy, spranR ont, threw
her down and nut out the flames with