El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-19

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TEXAS
Jetty Walls Damaged.
Its estimated that not less than s75,
600, damage has been done to the Sa'
bine jetties at Beaumont, Texas.
Newspaper For Sale.
The Daily Venture. a small four
page paper printed at Big Spriogs,
Texas. IL offered for ssle by the pre-
sent management.
Bio Damages Asked.
The Texas and Pacific railroad has
been sued by Monroe Wilburn for So
600, for alleged IL iuries TO himself and
wife, and the killing CT his child. The
ami. has been filed at Clarksville,
Texas.
Child Burned TO Death.
Annie Collins, the twelve year old
dauRh liter OF hsrles Collips, OF Came
rop, Texas, vas burned fatally Sasur-
day by sbe explosion OF an oil lamp.
The child died in q few hours after the
accident
War Cause Rise.
A legal war between the cotton seed
mills at Tyler, Texss, Saturday, csus
ed The price of cotton seed togo from
twenty cents TO forty one per ousnel In
less than sn hour. Several thousand
bushe Of seed we're marketed on the
strength OF the rise.
Nlnety-Nine Year Sentence.
Will Howard, . negro, wss convicted
Saturday a. Narsball of the murder
OF bis wife in Lopgvie~ and given
a sentence of pinety-nipe years.
Walter Johnson, was convicted OF the
Same crime snc given seven years In
the peDiieniiary.
Carpenters Bad Fall.
Bud. Tumiinsoo, a carpenter employ
ed on the new city market house At
Ssn Anton il, f. IL from q poorly cons
tructed scaffOld q few days ago, and
suffered internal injuries from which
he will probably die. A fellow work
man on the same scaffold grasped the
corDice when the scaffoiding dropped,
and hung suspended in mid air until
ne WAS able TO crawl to q place Of cafe
~. The accident WAS witnessed by
many people.
Too Much Weight.
Branch L. Smith, a two hundred
pound clerk employed at q grocery
.tore On Houston street, San Antonio,
climbed upon platform ten feet
square which was already weighted
vi b ss heavy q load as 1t could bear,
ha nj
clerk were precipitated violently to the
foyr, causing damage TO the stock
and fixtures OF the store estimated 40
hundred dollars.
Slick Confidence Man.
Many prominent citizens OF Maria
have been having troubles of their
own with q sort OF Captain Brewer.
A cit Z n was waited into the town q
lie days ago, and after striking up Q
number of desirable anauaintsnces
proce eded to touch them for various
Gums aQgregatinR more that an hundr-
cd collars. After which he gave
Maria the stage VILLAIN laugh, and
departed for unknown regions.
Negroes Couldn't Go.
Tners IL considerable excitement at
Navssoss, Texss. over the attempt a
few days sgo OF the negro element to
desert their homes ard their occupa-
tions there for more slluring prospects
elsewhere, and the stand taken by the
whites who refused TO let the colOred
people go, and no guarded al trains
leaving the place to make sure that
none of them escaped. The trouble
grew out If the offers made recently
by the cotton growers of oIher parts OF
the state TO the ne. es, who we're pro-
missed untold wealth II they would
come and pick cotton there. Many of
them attempted TO leave, and they
were prevented from doing so by force. |
Lease Law Decision.
Cattlemeu OF Borden county are
" sitipg snxiously the action of the |
supreme court Of the state IN the sab |
eolute lease" Gaze which 10 now befor,. |
the highest tribunal Of the state of |
Texas. There IL now before the court |
q petition for msndamus to compel the |
land com missioners to cell certain eec-
tions OF school land in Borden county.
TIE case IL to Test the validity Of the |
q bsolute lease line. The court will not |
meet until next month and IL may be |
come time before a decision IL handed |
dowr- Meanwhile msny cattlemen |
sre waiting 70 see II the court IL going |
TO knock out the Law. In which event |
rney will be permitted to buy the |
school lands and settle on IL.