El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-01
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Texas.
A postoffice has been established al
Craig, Rusk county, with James D.
Tate as postmaster.
Tom Moore, of Cleburne; aged ID,
ruptured blood vessel while at play
the injury proving fatal.
Mr.. Harry Brooks, day clerk at the
ST. James hotel. San Antonio recently
died of morphine personing.
The county records at Anderson
show 1885 crop mortgage filed this
year, as against 1895 last, same dates.
House has been in session more than
100 days and now holds night session to
pass the appropriations.-S Antonio
Light.
w. S. Eldredge, passenger and tick
ct agent for the Texas & Pacific rail-
way in Denison died suddenly On the
9th ultimo.
Bids are being advertised for in
Waco on the construction of the big
auditorium and convention hall to cost
S2l, 000.-Exch.
A mass meeting was held in Fort
Worth Thursday night last to protest
against the city charter increasing
salaries of city Officers.-Exch.
The candidates for the position of
the supreme court maze vacant by the
resie q alton of Judge Denman continue
to increase in number Dallas News.
The city of Corpus Christ was great
ly shocked several days ago at the news
of the death of Mrs. N. Constantine;
which was caused by dose OF carbOl1c
acid self administered:
San Antonio is the Alamo City,
Hou. ton the Bayou City, Galveston
the Dleapder City, Fort WO-th the
Panther City, Victoria the City of
Roses, Cuero the Dam City and oak
um the railroad city.-Cuero Times.
Four negro women, who had been
convicted in the police court of Austin
were put to work cleaning up the city
cemetery, and when that duty is finish
ed they will be placed at work on the
public street.-San Antonio Express.
Quite an excit emeat has been stirred
up in the southwes tern part of Hamil-
ton county by the alleged discovery
of some gold and silver miues that
were at one time worked by some one,
supposed to be Mexicans.-State Jour-
| nal.
AS Will Dsgley and Will Robertson,
two negro boys of Celeste, were re-
turning from squirrel hunt, Dsgley's
| gun was accidently discharged, the
content striking his companion in the
side inflictiug wound from which he
died in a few hours.
City Detective Ellison of Houston,
was shot sand almost Instantly killed
Friday mig ht by brother officer nam
ed Albers. The killing. it is alleged,
grew out Of some trouble the men had
had about An arrest about three weeks
ago.-DAllas News.
The court of civil appeals has af-
6rmed the decision of the lower court
cancelling the private lease to Pelican
Island near Galveston consisting of 50,-
600 acres of flats north of the city, and
adjudging The. title lies in the city for
public use.-Austin Tribune.
Judge ]. w. Farr's. one Of the first
sett' ers of Ellis county, died at his
home recently in Waxahachie. The
first intimation of his illness was learn
ed yesterday morning when he failed
to arise at the usual hour. When ex-
. anined he was found to be in sleepy
| state, produced by paralysis He was
76 years of age and had been prominent
in legal circles
The physicians of Bonham met to-
gether on the 9th ultimo and discus
sed n ans to be adopted to entertain
the North Texas Medical association,
The business men of the city will be
asked to he p in the entertainment
Exchange.
Women for school boards is getting
to be very popular and proper idea
and practice. If the educated woman
can be entrusted with the rearing of
children in the home, there is no rea-
son why her sex caunot be entrusted
with the subsequent rearing
Times-Herald.
The Cleburne Trades Assembly, the
Cleburne typographical union and the
Cleburne Laundry Workers. union
have passed resolutions requesting
their senator and representatives to
vote for certain notifications of the
anti trust bill now pending before the
Texas egislature.-Dallas News.
An attempt at suicide was made
in Paris recently. 81. B. Everett,
formerly a merchant at Lump kin, ia.
severed an artery in his wrist. He
came near bleeding to death but will
recover. Bad health and financial re-
verses were the cause.-Exch.
Deputy International Revenue Col
lector Webster Wilson have seized or
given notice of seizure of about 200, 900
cigars In Galvest which have coun-
terfeit revenue stamps on the boxes.
Bouston's stock Is to be overhauled,
1t is believed that before the agent get
through more than 100000 cigars
will be seized in Texas alone.-State
Journal.
The dead body of farmer by the
name of Samuel Furney. living eight
miles from Houston, on HALLS bayou,
was found several days ago near the
premises where he resided. He had
auidantlr haaa i1r,do Ia