El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02
Ell PASO DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1899.
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hood Notes.

Z HUN NVICOs
The board of education today pur-
chased $4,000 Zapata county bridge re-
funding bonds.-Ex.
Railroad commission will take up
the matter of grain rates on Septem-
Der 12.-San Antonio Light.
Mr.. Gregor complains that the rail-
road companies are evading the COM
press rules.-San Antonio Light.
A great many improvements are 60
ing on in Bonham at present, more
than have been in evidence for several
years.-News.
State school fund takes in %, 900 of
Zspata county four per cent bonds.
Pension applications to date foot up
2,971.-San Antonio Light.
Jill McKane of Terrell, has just
closed q contract with firm to deliver
them 1000 bushels of Irish potatoes that
have been raised by him this season.
S. P. Wood, who was chloroformed
and burned at Arlington, Tarrant
county, this morning, is q brother of
J. Hansel Wood. prominent dry goods
merchant of this city.-E1.
According to the.rolls recently COM
pleted by County Assessor r. r.
Creech, the assessed valuation of prop
ersy in Wilson county for 1899 is "a, :
039, $50, an increase over the rolls for
1898 of 1892, 541.
J.R. Martin, ex-poatmaster of Deni-
son, has field suit in the sum of $25, 900
against the Houston and Texas Central
Railroad company for injuries received
in the wreck at East FORK creek last
winter.-Houston Post.
Pedro Gomez, prominent Mexican
of Eagle Pass, who was stabbed during
fight last Saturday night, died this
evening from the effects of his wounds.
His assailant made his escape to Mex
ico.-Fort Worth Telegram.
The United States engineering corps
in charge of Captain F. Oppfkofer, as
sistant engineer of the Trinity river
survey, reached Riverside this morn
ing. The men are we'll and hearty and
seem to be enjoying the outing.
Mary Rial, for twenty-four years
principal of the public schools of Bren-
ham, having held the position since
the graded system was adopted, ten
dered her resignation to the board of
trustees today, to take effect at once
Elk.
Money WAS raised in Wolfe City q
few days ago and yesterday all the
business streets we're we'll sprinkled
with crude petroleum and what effect
the oil will have on the dust We will
soon be prepared to ssy.-Houston
Post.
DIR. c. w. Simpson, county physi-
clan, will proceed to the smallpox de-
tention camp near Wsxahachie, on
Wednesday and discharge those in de-
tention. The camp is located some
Telegram.
The wife OF ex-Tax Collector Bell OF
Corsicana took an overdose of NOR
phine by mistake early this morning
and was found unconscious and rapidly
sicians were hurriedly summoned and
worked hard with her, and at 4 O'Clock
this afternoon she was reported out Of
danger.-Suu.
Emil Daniels of Tyler was drowned
In the Patton mill pond two miles north
of Mineola at sunset this evening.
This boy was here on visit to his
uncle, I. G. Brom borg, q prominen,
business man of Mineola, and bad gone
out to the mill pond with some young
friends to swim. The body has been
recovered.-Fort Worth Telegram.
The local telephone exchange for
Carthage is about ready for operation.
There is also being built long distance
phones from here to Greenwood, La,
to Simpson, Texas, and to Clayton, in
this county, all of which will be ready
for use in a short while. An electric
Hnh v,1o Mt 10 oil int hor in q
short while, not later than October 1.
Dallas News.
The Washington dispatch giving a
list of officers in the new regiments ap-
pointed from Texas was read with
teen appointments, all but four were
made upon recommendation of Gov
Sayers. These four are Capt. Edward
A. Stuart, First Lieuts. Frederick S.
Young, John Crotty and J. F. Green
Dallas News.
The wife and child of Thomas Drick
a farmer near Enloe, were burned to
death this afternoon. The mother vas
in one room sewing and the child in
another playing; the mother heard
something fall, and going to see what
WAS the matter found the house on fire
the roof and ceiling had fallen in or
from the burning building by Mid
land section foreman, but died two
hours later. The body OF the babe wal
found.-Ex.
New Mexico
J. D. Barncsstle will succeed Mrs
Weir as postmaster at Dona Ana.
A new road is being surveyed from
the San Andreas camp to Grama.
Auastscio Ascarate and family hav.