El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08

Neighb0r-
hood Notes.

Texas.
Crawford is moving for Touring
mill.-Waco Herald.
The state board of education today
bought $33, ZOO of McCulloch county
court house bonds for the permanent
school fund.-Ex.
The telephone line between Bonham
and Lawasco, a rural village about
fifteen miles northeast of here, has
been completed.-Dallss News.
The governors guard: the crack
military company of the United States,
met tonight and disbanded. After the
Cuban war the company was never re-
organized.-Dallss News.
At noon today the Galveston City
Railroad was sold under the receiver
ship aud knocked down to Julius Runge
for 1905, 900. Mr.. Runge represents
the original stockholders.
The Baptist church of Colorado has
just provided its pastor with home at
cost Of $1,000. Thereais nothing small
about Colorado Bsptists, and they are
q live people.-Cleburne Herald.
Carlisle, the slayer of Lipscomb at
Dallas, will plead insanity. When
murder is unusually deliberate and
spectacular the murderer may conf
Ucutly rely Oa GAIS COufSAlSub PiCo'
Clsburne Chronicle.
A negro named Jim Moore was kill
ed. in q difficulty Saturday night
| about Is miles southeast of Lockhart.
| in this county. Another negro, Abe
league, came in and surrendered and
| " as jailed.-DenisOn Herald.
difficulty between Bonham and Eaton
| P6 q q
| Newt Ford Is cut several times about
the breast and face. A party surren
dered to the officers.-Dallas News.
It is an assured fact that Iowa Park
will have brick school building to
cost not not less than six thousand dol
lars. The tax has been voted, the di-
rectors elected and work on the new
building will begin at an ea-ly day
Elk.
Texas ought to at once begin work
on plan to store water in large lakes
not little ponds scattered here and
there, but lakes worthy of the name.
| IL would be source of much pleasure
| to the people, and of great value to the
public in dry weather.-Denison Her
aid.
Isaac jackson, an inmate of the Con-
federste Home, died this morning from
the effects of injuries sustained by be-
ing run over by horse at the Labor
Day celebration al Zoo Park. Deceaser
was So years old, q member of company
G. Fifth Texas infantry, Hoods bri-
gade.-Ex.
The West Texas Stockman of Col
orado was merged into q stock compa-
ny yesterday with A. B. Robertson as
president and Hec A. McEachin vice
president and general manager. They
propose to put In new type and mach
inery and make the paper one of the
| best in Texas.-Bonham News.
Governor Sayers this morning ad-
dressed communication to all county
| judges asking them to appoint three
citizens from their respective counties
| to attend an Industrial convention to
be held October 20 and 81. The object
| of the convention is to consider aRri-
cultural interests.-FOrtW Worth Tele-
gram.
Mr.. Hal Bates, q we'll known re,
sident of Houston, has been appointed
lieutenant colonel on the governors
staff. Col. Bstes few years ago was
quite active in military circles and be-
longed to the ''old guard" He takes q
lively interest in military matters, but
has not been seen for some years in his
uniform.-EX.
The great scarcity of water in this
country ia driving some persons to
commit unlawful acts. Charley Hood,
| a prominent farmer who lives six miles
south of town. had pool fenced in. A
few nights ago unknown persons went
| to the pool and cut the barbed wire
fence surrounding it into small pieces.
-Denison Herald.
Crude oil made advance today. the
pipe line company posting a notice In
their Office that all runs, including that
of Sept. 5 and afterward, would be
| taken at 80 cents per barrel. This is
good news to the producers, who have
been clamoriug for 81 oil, and 1t looks
as if they will have it before next
spring.-Dsllas News.
Numbers of farmers are on the square
| by daylight every morning in search of
cottonpickers in Paris. The negroes,
majority of whom had been paid 40
cents last week, held out for SO cents.
| The demand was finally conceded, but
| some of the farmers returned with
empty wagons rather than stand the
raise.-Denison Herald.
| The commissioners OF Bexar county
have embarked in the printing bust
| ness, having decided to establish a
plant of their own. notwithstanding
San Antonio is honeycomh bed with job
printing outfits. Mark the prediction,
the commissioners will be sick OF the
business in little while. Experience
is a dear teacher.-Corpus Christi