El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-07

Santa Fe, vacancies we're filed by cleo
tlOn, making the board stand as fol.
lows: Messrs. Bartlett, Beatty, Berger
Bishop, Chase, Gilbert, Hobart, Knae
bel, Laughiin, Prince, seligmar
Thornton and Ward. The annual cleo
tlon OF officers resulted as follows: Pre-
sident, L. b. Prince; vice. president. N
b. Laughltn; secretary, W. M. Berger
treasurer, c. L. Bishop.-The Optic,
Arizona.
The assessed valuation of mines il
Yavapai county for 1899 exceeds tina,
of 1898 by S24 ,061 The Citizen.
Southern Arizona Is covered with YER
dure and excellent pasturage is in.
sured for the coming fail and winter.
I-Journal-M Miner.
Santa Cruz county is forging ahead
and this year the tax levy Indicates the
Legislature made no mistake in grant.
ing self government. Elk.
Four persons were lately overcome
by the heat in Phoenix, Of whom one
Henry Church, did not recover, but
died within q few hours Citizen.
Regardless of politics, the press OF
Arizona rejoices in the appointment OF
the veteran editor. N. A. Morford, az
probate judge of Marioopa county.-En.
terprise.
The Bulletin has an account of Q
Mexican stsbbing ARRAY which took
place at Morenoi Friday night, in which
one man was killed, another badly cut.
and still another slsshed in the ARM
The Prescott electric company and
the Jerome telephon 9 company bave
| consolidated their telephone lines, and
~ m ~ nj Ia nit
points near by can be had over the new
system.
Arizonans will all be we'll pleased to
| learn that Dr.. James McNsughton,
former superintendent of of the nor
NAL school at Tempe, has been vindi-
Gated by unanimous vote of the school
board at San Jose, Cslfornia.-Ex.
School district No. has selected it's
teachers. The principal will be w.
w. Greene. and Miss Isolene Coombs
will teach the primary department.
Mr.. Greene, though young man, has
had six years experience in teaching.
Miss Coombs, . graduate of the Phoe-
nix high school, has taught two terms.
-Republioan.
At Flagstaff . writ of Injunction was
issued and placed in the bands of the
sheriff last Monday restraining the
county officers from paying fees to the
estimators whom the board of super.
visors had employed to estimate the
value OF tim Der on special lands to be
used as basis for the assessor to AS
sess said lands.-Orb.
Prof. Forbes today received a shin
ment of date palms from north Africa,
which will be planted on the govern
ment's experimental station south of
town. We hope this experiment will
prove successful as it will add greatly
to the already established reputation
OF Salt River valley as producer of
tropical fruits.-Orb.
It is believed that the remaining two
renegades who robbed the train at Fol-
som are heading for the Chiricahua
mountain country. One of them, at
least, is well acquainted with this To-
cality, and as the mountains of southern
Arizona furnish the best refuge for
thugs to be found anywhere, it Is not
surprising that they should seek them.
There is reward of 81 400 offered for
them. dead or alive.
Al Williams, according to the News,
Willie Morgan rode by soma other
email boys, threw his lariat into the |
crowd, and put spurs to his horse, hav-
ing no idea that he had "roped" boy. |
He had, however, caught Willie Friend |
oy Inc 1901. FRIEND bounced up In the |
air few times before Morgan stopped |
bis horse. Friend has broken arm |
and good many very bad bruises. |
Bisbee is gradually acquiring some
cur1os which are Inevitable in cosmo- |
politan society; the latest contribution |
from the dregs of drifting humanity
being 'dog boy" This unfortunate
creature Is the offspring of wretchedly
poor Mexican parents, whose abode is
on the hillside of chihuahua Gulch,
and 1s about IA years of age. He is per-
fectly blind and deaf has a long VOL
fish head and face, and constantly
grovels about and banks like dog. It
ls strange case and Is attracting at
kention. Orb.
The last quarterly report of the post
office made q greater showing in gross
receipts than bad been expected. For
the quarter ending June 80 the receipts
we're s. 500, an increase Of about $500
over the corresponding quarter of last
year. The increase for the month of
July over July of last year was $115.
The receipts of the quarter ending
June 80 were about $500 less than those
Of the previous quarter, the last one of
The winter. The first summer quarter
Ihis year exceeded those of last win.
ser's quarter by s2O0.-Republicau.
Payne-Badger GOAL company, Nc.