El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-18

with the paraphernalia pertaining to
an Oriental funeral, the procession
and ceremonies were impressive.-Ex.
Yesterday WAS payday at the Azur-
tie and over 80 men signed the payroll
for the month Of February.
President Coils P. Huntington, of
the Southern Pacific railroad, will
visit Phoenix in q few days.
The sporting event of the season was
started al O'Neill hall last night by
the first of a three nights contest by
the interns ional tug-of-war teams and
was won by the All-Americsns. -Phoe-
nix Herald.
A wedding of more than ordinary in
terest took place in Wilcox Wednes-
day morning in the parlor of the Will
cox house. The contracting parties
| were William G.. Richards, the well
known cattleman of Stockton Pass, and
Miss Lille Whelan, daughter Of Mr..
at the Sierra Bonita rsnch.-TucsOn
Citizen.
Superintendent Pete O'Day, a party
OF twelve white miners, q Chinese cook
and two wagon loads of implements
and supplies for the Grand Reef mine
in Canada del Orc district attracted
quite a crowd of people to the vicinity
of the Occidental hotel Thursday morn
ing. A regular old time enthusiasm
was manifested by. the SPECTATORS
Tucson Star.
Ex-Governor but now Colonel M. H.
McCord was In the city Tuesday night.
He came in b evening on the delay
ed train and remained over during the
interim OF the coming in Of the regular
west bound passenger. The colonel
was greeted by many friends, of which
he has q legion in Tucson and who al
ways accord him q welcome. Tucson
Star.
Governor Murphy yesterday granted
q pardon to Ysabel Facio, who was SEN
fenced to life imprisonment from Apa-
che county in 1894 for murder. The
crime charged was the murder of Joe
Campbell. The reasons set forth in
the petition are that the crime for
which Facio had been convicted had
been confessed to by one Eugenia, q
Mexican lately living in Mexico, but
now dead.-Phoenix Herald.
Mexico,
Several employees of the National
railroad were arrested in the CITY of
Mexico for playing ball ia the street,
in front of the depot in the Colonis.
B. Clipping, who has taken charge of
! La Prieta mine, went t Ell Paso Thurs-
day to see about getting his machinery
across the border as soon as possible
Chihuahua Enterprise.
The dominating disease in Chihua-
hua is not small pox, nor la grippe, nor
consumption; but recent data gathered
at the hospitals show hat it is alcohol
ism.-Chihuahua Enterprise.
Leandro Martinez, of Zscstecas, is
about to address q communication to
the secretary of war in regard to q dis
covery he has made for using rubber on
the stocks of army rifles so as to mini
mize the recoil.-Ex.
Last week Deputy United States
Marshall Iglesias, the sergeant of pol
ice of this city and q ~gendarme
brought absconder Beeler to this CT ty
aud landed him safely behind b bars
in the penitentiary where he will be
kept until the necessary papers for his
extradition are signed.-Monterey
Globe.
Inspector Francisco Moreno. of the
2nd ward police station bas started q
mixed school SO that the police could
take ell the children. of both sexes,
that they found playing in the streets
and who ave not been entered on the
books of any of the schools in the city
Two Republics.