El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-24
Neighb0r-
hood Notes.
Texas,

The Hon. T. A. Fuller, assistant at
torney general, is guest at the South
ern hotel San Antonio Light.
Houston boasts of it's unusual pros
perity, but the Hutchinson House
closes for lack OF guests.-Exchange.
United States Attorney John Stsps-
bury of Washington, D. c.. is stopping
at the Bexar.-San Antonio Express.
Major Leigh Chalmers of the de-
partment of Justice, Washington. D. G.
is in the city. Major Chalmers was
secretary of the last constitutional
convention held In Texas.-Dallas
News.
w. G. Moore, with the land depart
ment of the Southern Pacific railway,
returned to Houston yesterday after q
trip of fifteen days in Northern States.
Mr.. Moore went after immigration
and reports the outlook encouraging,
and believes many rfamilirs will To-
cate in Texas this year.-Houston
| Post.
W. II. Fleig of this city has received
| q letter from his son, Arthur Fleig,
wha is with the First Texas regiment
at Havana, in which he makes the
following comment: "Captain Franklin
was made lieutenant colonel of the
Fret Texas, and all the boys are glad
of il, as he is liked very much. -
Houston Post.
| Chas. B. Sloat of Fort Worth, gen.
eral passenger agent of the Rock Is
land, was in the city yesterday on
with the business year and thinks that
the general good business of the coun-
try speaks we'll for the prospective tide
| of tourist travel to Texas this winter.
San An,onio Express.
Colonel G. W. Miner and wife and
Captain George G. Walker and wife,
left the Post for Galveston yesterday
where the officers are TO serve on d
board to sppraise the value Of trans
the war; During the absence of Cap
tain Walker Second Lieutenant Mar
shall Childs commands company c.
San Antonio Light.
Hon. Charles A. Culberson, exgov.
ernor of Texas and slated for seat In
the United States senate as the sue
cessor of Hon. Roger Q, Mills, was IL
the city yesterday. he registered q
the Oriental and had q number of call.
ers during the day. He told his friends
that he had just run up to Dallas on {
little business. Dallas is bis home and
in q few .days, accompanied by Mrs
Culberson, he will take up his res
idence here. OF course he ia certain
of the senatorship, but he will not take
his seat for nearly q year unless Pre-
sident Mckinley should happen to call
an extra session of congress.-Dalla
: News.
Mrs. ]. A. Florer of this city ha
been spprised by telegram of the &C
cidental death OF her father, Goodlov
: b. Bell, of Battle Creek, Mich. Prof
. Bell, it is said, enjoyed an interna
htional reputation as AN educator ant
Writer, and as the oriR.p ator OF thu
natural method OF English gramma
and rhetoric. Many of his text book
have been translated into foreign Ian
, euaRes, besides being adopted as OF
; fetal text books in many educationa
institutions of high rank. He was al
60 q student of the Bible, and natura
sciences, and his various books o.
these and kindred subjects would aP
. gregate 9 score or more. Chicago an
. eastern papers deplore his death as tn
''loss TO education of one of the fore
most minds of his time" Prof. Bel
numbered among bis students man
3 residents of Texas, several OF whom ar
. now at the head of educational inst
5 buttons in this state, where the tex
{ books are also used. His death We
Z occssioned by kick from q fraction
! horse he was drivi ag.-Dallas News.