El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-30

morning after TO DusineS!
for the company In this city "A few
days.
Charles Arm. foreman of the San
Ia Fe yard switchmen at Las Vegas
has been promoted to yardmaster O
tbs Valley line at Fresno. Cal.
r. r. Convoy. who worked as ;
switchman for the G.. IA. one night. ha:
quit that job and gone to chihuahua
to work for the Mexican Central
An extra freight train came dowr
from Alamogordo over the White Oak:
: route yesterday morning. II was load
ed with lumber. coal and other pro
ducts of hat section.
ii. u. Nudge. general manager o
the A.. r. & s. F.. has been elected
president of the Kansas Belt route tc
succeed the late E. 5. Washburn. Mr.
Nudge will retain his position with the
Santa Fe. t
Thomas 5. stevens will be the new
| signal engineer of the A.. T. & ). r.
: succeeding John s. Hobson. resigned
Mr.. Stevens is a constructive engin-
Ger from the Union switch and signal
works at Swissvale. Pa.
The Santa Fe company has appoint
ed a European agent. with headquar-
! tiers at Rome. Italy. whose duties Will
be to encourage immigration TO the
United States and consequent settle
ment along the lines of the Santa Fe
in the west.
Ten cars of long-horned steers were
transferred from the T. q p. to the ).
r. this morning. They are a wild lot
and gave the railroad men down at the
T. & p. stock pen a great deal OF
trouble. 1t was not safe to get in the
pen with them
l.. Page. the telegraph operator who
has been working for the Western
Union in this city for the past three
weeks and who came from up the
White Oaks QUITE. where he has min
ing interests. left yesterday morning
for Tucson where he will work at his
trade for. the s. p.
j. NJ. Bedford. a G.. II. fireman, dead
headed in from Valentine yesterday
morning. The dump bar of his engine
fell on his foot near Fl. Hancock and
broke his little toe. He fired the en-
CINE on to Valentine where he got 4
man to take his place and came in TO
have his wound dressed.
Harry Borcherding. who is working
at his trade of machinist for the White
Oaks at Alamogordo. returned to his
place there this morning accompanied
by his wife. after a weeks visit with
Harry's parents in this city. Harry
has been on the puny list since coming
to FL raso but IS on the mend now.
Harry McCabe. a r. < p brakeman
who has been taking "A few days rest.
returned to work last night.
The G.. III. passenger train this morn
ing arrived at IL O'Clock. The cause
of the delay was the excessive down.
pour of rain between Houston and San
Antonio. The tracks were so softened
in that locality that all trains had to
run cautiously.
The TT. Worth & Denver road a
established a station at the ranch OF
Charles Goodnight. the noted stock
man. in the panhandle and in honor Of
the famous Charlie the station is call
ed Goodnight. Passengers on hat
road are impressed with the p~oliteness
OF the brakeman. who at about s
o'clock p. m. steps TO the door and
cheerily wishes them Il Goodnight.
Twelve cases each containing twelve
Belgian hares went east over the G..
H. "Wednesday night. II seems that
somebody in the east still has the Bel
gian are raZ though in the San Joa-
quin valley in California il is a fifty
dollar fine to turn n of these des-
rodents loose n those that
have been given their Redo are
so fast hat there is a
bounty of two and a half cents per
scalp on them.
About 700 people assembled Wednes-
day night at the skating ring and the
hall was SO crowded with spectators
and skaters that standing room was at
a premium. The features of the even
ing were pie eating contests and "A
for live turkeys by blindfolded
The turkeys were suspended
head dawnward from the rafters above
and the grotesque. antics of the blind
folded persons created much merri-
ment.
The II. & +. passenger train due here
at 1920 Wednesday evening did not ar
rive until 8 O'Clock yesterday morning
and the one that was due yesterday
evening did not arrive until about 3
this morning. The could
be ascertained, but there was some
of a wreck or the east end.
Yesterday morning h 5. Il. west
bound passenger train was held here
the T. & p. passengers were
1886 a IN.
Walter Mcqueen. a New York min
.ng man. who has been in Mexico look
ng after mining interests. spent
day in FL Paso Inc left
his morning on the Sunset Limited
or the east. Mcqueen looked this
morning as though he ought to be
thankful hat he was still alive. His
ace was beautifully decorated with red
blue abrasions and commissions.