El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
Neighb0r-
hood Notes.
Texas

Rodney Dunn, aged ten years, died
A new telephone exchange has been
put in at Houston. It has 100 sub
scribers.
David Stahl was accidentally shot
at Gonzales on Monday by five year
old brother.
Work has begun at the quarry near
Millicsn which was bought by Mr..
Lauderdale of Clay Station.
Quite number of Dunkard families
are passing through Denison en- route
to south west Texas for settlement.
A kitten with one head, two bodies
joining at the neck, two tails and eight
legs was exhibited at Blossom, Lamar
county.
Another artesian we'll has been
struck at San Antonio at the depth of
gallons per day.
Whitecap notices have been posted
about Savoy again within the last few
days and negroes in the section are
badly frightened.
E. S. Glasscock, who swallowed an
ounce of pure nitric acid three weeks
ago at Fit. Worth. for the purpose of
suicide, died Monday last.
Mrs. T. F. Cox, a kindergarten
teacher at Beaumont, Texas, was
thrown from her buggy last Wednes-
day and severely injured.
In difficulty at Mobiles mill Wilt
Hoffman was badly cut about the chest
and arms; the wounds are very painful
though not considered dangerous.
The body of Jim Powers tied in q
sack was found in the Colorado river
near Button. A party charged with
the crime was put in the Burnet county
Jail.
Capt John Mcdonald, citizen of
Beevile, was put under $4,000 bond at
that place on the charge of killing
James Movet at San Patricio county
forty years ago.
The murder cases of A. n. Files and
L. n. Little were continued at Hill
boro, the former by the state and the
latter by the defense, on account of the
absence of important Witnesses.
Postmaster Ellis Stone of Temple.
killed q negro dishwasher named Ed
johnson in shooting in the dark at a
waiter named Will Hill, with whom he
had difficulty at the supper table.
The mayor of Hillsboro has issued a
proclamation calling upon all citizens
to clean 10 their back yards and pre-
misses. The scavenger has been in
alleys.
Willie Tuffiey was burned by an
electric wire in San Antonio last Mon
uni 1,,~y cd
through the flesh and to the bone in
his hand, even soaring the bone slight
ly. He was removed from the wire by
his father, who was working with him,
both being timers.
Work on a deep we'll has been COM
menced at the Major grain elevator
and Touring mill at Midlothian. Teams
are busy grading for side track from
the Houston and Texas Central and
material and machinery for both the
mill and the elevator will oe shipped
| In ana unloaded right on the site OF
each.
All the machinery for the new
| electric light giant at BOnham, has ar.
rived and will soon be erected at the
| power house on east Second street.
The wires have been strung over the
business portion of the city and the
l
Within short time the plant will be
in operation.
1t was learned here today that Ton
King, who was seriously hurt near
Whit last Saturday evening while
running his horse after cattle, never
regained consciousness and died from
the effects of his injuries at his home
night before last. He leaves q wife
and several children.
The lumber manufacturers met q
Beaumont last Wednesday. Tn
meeting discussed the condition unde
which members of the association
would unite with the Southern Lum
Der Manufacturers association AM
the necessity for an advance in price
on several grades of lumber, but no
thing definite was done.
Lately Mrs. r. S. Matson has bee,
alarmed by men digging in her farm
near Hillsboro at night by Lantern
light The sheriff arrested four mer
this morning, strangers, who claimed
to have q chart of the farm by which
buried gold will be located. Since the
Abbott affair the reality of this one Ii
looked upon with much interest. The
men are from the City of Mexico anc
they refuse to disclose their identi
ty. They claim that the gold was bur
led during the civil war. Mrs. Matsor
has given her consent to dig for the