The border vidette., 1899-12-30
THE WEEK IN SONORA
important News Items From Points
 Across the Border.

The city council of Hermosl'lo has just or tered the putting of several ad ditional lights throu !hout the city.
 Tine amount of the notes of the Banco de Sonora of Hermosilio, in circulation are valued at ss96l, ,0O9.00
 Three elegant cars for the new street railway of Hermosillo arrived in that city last week from the factory in New York.
 The Mendoza opera company which has been at Hermosill0 the past mouth will leave for Guaymas the first Of next week.
 The Sociedad Hidalgo de Artesanos of Hermosillo, has just purchased a lot and will soon erect a suitable and modern hall for the use of the society.
 The large furniture store of Lie. Joe Enciso Ulloa of Hermosillo, has recent ly received a large consignment of fur uiture from ths Unitel States and Europe.
 Owlng to the Yaqui uprising all the freight aud passenger traffic between Ortiz and the mining camps of La Dura and La Barranca, IS completely paralized.
 The congress of the state of Duran 90 has approved the concession granted to the representative of the 1nter1a tional of the building of rialroad from Durango to Mazatlan, traversing the Sierra Nadre mountains.
 The street car line at Hsrmosi.lo will be inau5 5urateI Sunday The cars will run from the depot to the or chard of Mr. Vega, to where the line has been completed. The line will be steadily extended and work of lay ing rails will cont. nue without delay.
 Brisadier J. NJ. de la Vega, of the Mexican navy, has just left the City of Mexico for the United Stated, for the purpose of contrac,in ing for the building of hrst-cIass cruiser to cost Sl,OO0, i 900. gold. The amount was recently appropriated l'y the national congress.
 The stea uer ''Carlos P.chec1" has recently been purchased by the Mari time Transportation Company of Mazatlan, and will be devoted to the traffic between Guaymas and all the southern ports. Messrs. Cosca x Co.,, of Guaymts are agents in that city tor the new line.
 Two Yaqui Indinas who were cap tured nelr Las Piietas last Friday, and were being taken to He mosillo' by order of the prefect, escaped from the policeman at Torres while waiting for the train from Guaymas. \ posse was organized at once and left in pursuit of the fugitives but have not been cap turtd d.
 A man was accidentally killed last Wednesday, morning at the Crestor mine at La Colorado While goine down i'll the ca. e which was packed with miners. the unfortunate man lost his b4laace and one of his leg. Was caught ny the cable and his bo y wns carried to the first level in com plete mangled condition. The mans name could ..ot be learned
 Erique de AviIa and Adolfo F Acosta. cle1 and carrier of the Guay
 mas postotfice, were arrested Wednes- day morning on complaint made b! the postmaster, P. savedra chargin: them with tampering wi5h registered mail The men are now confined II l the Guaymas jail and their case vii be heard by Jude G rm,n Velasco Avila has already confessed his gull } The laying Of tine pipe line that ~il $ supply La Colorado and MInas Prieta
 with water from san Jose de Pim S, l being actively pushe.i to completion , i tine er2etic contractors, Messrs F Wrotnosky & Co, of Guaymas, anC shortly the line will be completed This will give th-se progressive minin ! camps an abundant +uppiy of watel for all purposes, which will be greatl, appre. lated by the residents of thos'
 towns.
 The Correo de Sonora of Guaymas . states that several prominent railroad