El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-14
Arizona.

Phoenix has New York, Ohio. Mis-
souri,, and Illinois sOcieties.-Tucson
Star.
D. M. Riordan accompanied by his
daughter, passed south this morning en-
route to Guaymss from Flagstaff
Nogales Vidette.
1t is currently reported that r. r.
Symonds, the railroad and mining mag
nate with heavy interests in all parts
OF Mexico, has recently died in London.
He was formerly n OF the directors
and owners in the Sonora railway
Nogales Oasis.
The hydrants of the water company
are all in place. They have been
painted white, symbolic of purity, but
more t guide the firemen. Founda-
in less than 10 days the entire work
will be fnished.-Tucson Star.
The Oasis has rup-lo these many
months coluu devoted to Tucson
news; but it finds considerable difficulty
in filling the column from the fact that
the Tucson papers never publish any
news. A small reservation Is made in
favor of the Star, however.-Nogales
Oasis.
Arizona's exhibit Is educational mat
ters for 1898 is gratifying. The fol-
lowing comparative figures show co n
ditiops in the year just closed and in
1897: Number of school children 1898,
Is. SO2: in 1897, 17,427; number Of
schools in 1898, BAT; in 1897. 337. In
1897 there was received by the
schools from all sources s2!s..
777.72; there was expended
S2O5, 949 IL. The receipts from all
sources in 1898 was $250,278 SO: there
was expended 1924, 2S5. 96. The value
of school property in 1897 WAS $445. 379 =
S5. in 1898 it had increased t S472,-
10S GA. The average school year was
six and one-half months.-Nogales
Vidette.
A gentleman Of New York City, one
of the share holders in the Copper
King mines, while here last summer
made the remark thai when they
struck ore on their claims he would
make the Bisbee base ball boys a pre-
sent of a G suit around. No sooner
had the news OF the large strike in
their mines reached him, than he
remembered his promise and offered
| to purchase and present to the Bisbee
base ball club, through a correspondent,
an entire new outfit composed OF
twelve of the best Spsulding League
suits. The offer was graciously accept
| ed and the suits will arrive here about
the Goth. Out of gratitude TO the
i SSubACuiou u Siuo los oNopSO0 saS
name for their nine as the Copper
Kiugs.-Tombstone Prospector.
An attachment suit was filed in the
district court at Phoenix by s, R.. n.
Robinson against the Minnesota and
| Arizona Construction company to re-
cover 800 500 salary for services as
general manager n superintendent
of construction between April /, 1895,
and September 5, 1898. There lie in
cluded in the petition a claim of $50,
from the defendant to James A. Flem-
ing for rent, this claim having been
assigned to the plaintiff February 4,
1898. G~arnishment proceedings were
begun against the Phoenix National
bank, which was believed to be In pos
session of the funds belonging to the
construction company. The garnishee
made answer that it had q deposit OF
1887. SO in the name Of b defendant.
The plaintiffs attorneys are Baker 81
Bennett. The Minnesota and Arizona
construction company, of Minneapolis,
and Faribault, Mimi, was formed sew
eral years ago for the construction Of
the Rio Verde canal. Very little work
was done on the canal, but the con
%structiop company carried out several
other projects in this territory, the
most important of which was the build
ing of the roadbed of the Prescott &
Southeastern railway.-Tucson Star.