El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-28

Neighbour
hood Notes.

A Bonham negro has been sentenced
to hang for murder.
Galveston is likely to suffer from q
scarcity of steam fuel.
Mrs. Warner was run over by Q team
at Buda and seriously hurt.
The night.wstchmau at thexWaco ice
plant was killed by passing train.
Surveyors are at work on the line
from MarillO to the ChOcktaw nation.
North Texas cotton oil men privately
meet to adjust come business Difficult
ties.
A fire In the Collins pasture in the
San Angelo country burned over 1000
acres.
Bids have been opened for the i'm
provement of the mouth of the Brszos
river.
A portion of the Texas and Pacific
freight building was destroyed by fire
At Fort Worth.-Ex.
There were ffty-six pension applics-
tions received today, making q total of
4782. representing 179 counties.-Ex.
A freight train broke in two near
Denton, and T. Meyers, of FIT Worth.
was killed, with the race horse he had.
The governors guard of Austin,
Texas. one of the crack military COM
pany's of the world, have disbsnded.-
Corsicana Sun.
Thomas Dorwin. a prominent farmer,
was shot to death at Thornton. No ar
rests as yet, but officers are on the
trail. No particulars obtsinable.
Mrs. Caroline Smith, wife of J. P.
Smith. was found dead in her bed at
Gainesville. Heart failure is ascribed
as the cause of her sudden demise.
The governor was notified today of
the death of Judge A. J. Nichols of the
Sixth judicial district at his home at
Paris, Tex.-Fort Worth Register.
Commissions in the Texas Volunteer
guard were today issued to officers of
the mayors guard at Waco, Mexia
minutemen, Lyons Sherman infantry.
Msrson Shelton, q prominent farmer
and ginner, says that his gin at How
land put up 1900 bales of cotton last
fall, and it will be tight squeeze to
gin 800 bales this fall.
At q public meeting in San
Antonio attended by the mayor, alder
man and citizens. there was issued Pre-
sident Diaz of Mexico formal invita-
ton to visit San Antonio on his way to
Chicago.-Ex.
A. E. Haynes, assistant postmaster
at Buna, was arrested for defslcations.
He plead guilty before United States
Commissioner Fort and gave bond in
the sum of o14OO. He is q son of the
postmaster at Buna.
City improvements to cost over $780,
600 begun this morning in San Ant0-
MO. The market house and auditor
fum to cost S4O, 900 and the asphalt |
pavement on tho avenue will cost $780, |
OOO.-F'ort Worth Mail Telegram.
It has been circulated over Denton |
county that there was q case of small |
pox in Sanger. The report is absolute
ly false. The nearest case of small |
pox from here Is twenty-five miles, |
being about twelve miles south of Dem |
ton--Ex.
The following additional delegates to |
the Southern Industrial convention to |
be held at Huntsville, Ala, on Octo- |
Der 10-I4, we're appointed this evening
by the governor: j. Nd. Nix, San |
Antonio; II. A. Dickson and M. E. |
Foster, Houston.
II. w. Witcher, mayor of Bells,
writes Mayor Lebrecht of Denison |
that he has accepted his invitation to
be present and take part in q con-
ference looking to the inaugurating of |
a campaign to make Red river navi
gable.-Dallas News.
The house of Henry Lynard. q color
ed man, living two miles north of
BRENNAN. Tex, caught fire this morn !,
ing and with it's contents was entirely |
destroyed. Two children were in the |
house at the time, both of whom were
cremated.-Dallas News.
In accordance with his circular let
ter of recent date, the land commits
sioner opened bids and awarded leases
on the 1000, 900 acres of odd mum ered
sections of school lands located in
covered from railrOads.-San Antonio
Ex
The state health department this
placed guard on the Katy
road north of Denison at the state line {
to inspect all trains with a view to ap-
pretending yellow fever refugees en-
Lering the state by this circuitious
route from Louisiana.-Fort Worth !,
Telegram.
The report in the News this morn &
ing from State Superintendent Ken d,
1all at ustin shows Fannin county to ]
nave the largest scholastic population '
n the state, Collin county second. q
This goes to prove, it is commended, t
hat Fannin county is the most densely
populated in the state.-Dallas News
Cas- White and John Bradshaw were t
arrested at Denton on warrants charg- Ii
ng them with highway robbery al b
eyed to have been committed upon q
Penn Faulkner, a young farmer, who c
avs he was relieved of about $50. T
Both were put in Jail. The robbery v
s alleged to have been committed F
lear the depot while Faulkner was f