El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-11
Neighbour.
hood Notes
COLORADO SCHOOLS CLOSED.
TEXAS.

COLORADO SCHOOLS CLOSED.
Owing to a spread of scarlet fever
in Colorado City the schools at that
place have been closed until after the
holidays and longer if necessary
Parents are requested to keep their
children at home without any excep-
tons So far no fatalities have oc-
CURED and the disease has not assum-
ed the proportions of an epidemic but
the precautions are taken to prevent
any such state of affairs.
TROLLEYS AGAIN.
Within a few days the ting-a-ling of
the mule cars will be a thing of the
past in Galveston and the whir of the
trolley cars will be heard on all of the
street lines again. The change will be
brought about by the removal of one of
the large dynamo generators from the
City railroad company's power house
to the power house of the Brush Elec-
trio Light and Power company. The
dynamo generator will develop suf-
fcient power to run all the street cars
that the street railway will require for
the present.
In the negro quarter of Texarkana a
negro. who gave his name as RieriZe
Boues, committed murder of unus-
ual atrocity then tried to kill hemself.
With a knife he cut a woman's head
off and continued to plunge the knife
into her breast until he was dragged
off by other negroes. When pulled
away from the dead woman he showed
fight and held the other negroes at
bay. Then he turned the knife upon
himself and gashed his throat several
times but did not produce a fatal
wound. He was overDowered and pre-
vented from killing himself He was
taken to iail and given medical atten-
ton. The woman is said to have
been his wife and jealousy the cause
of his crime.
THE HENDRY CASE.
The case of G.. w. Hendry, the NJ X
& T.. conductor who sued the COM
pany for $4,000 damages for alleged
injuris received while in the perform
anee of his duties on the road, result
ed in a mistrial. The trial consumed
six days and the jury had the case
under consideration three days. Al
rather novel question in writing was
propounded by the jury to the trial
judge shortly before its discharge The
jury submitted to the judge the fol-
lowing question: I'VE, the jury
would like to know that if certain
jurymen wish to find for plaintiff and
others for defendant, have those who
wish to find for defendant any right
to compromise by a verdict for plain
tiff in any sum of money!" On receipt |
of the inquiry the judge passed the |
matter to the attorneys in the case |
who said they did not think the judge |
could enlighten the jury on the matter.
This decision was signed by the attor-
neys for both sides and the judge re-
ferred the jury to the general charge
of the court heretofore submitted to
them as being the only response of
their inability to reach a verdict. Hen
dry went to Denison where the chief
Of police arrested him on a bench war
rant from FIT. Worth and the sheriff
Of Tarrant county went and brought
him back to that city where he filed
bond. The arrest grw out of his evil
lence i nthe trial. The railroad COM
Dany charges him with perjury. His
arrest created sensation.
BIGGEST RANCH ON EARTH.
It is reported that the greatest cap
talist on earth is about to secure con-
.rol of the largest cattle ranch in the
world. John D. Rockefeller, the Stan
lard Oil magnate, is said to be behind
Texas. which takes in the famous KIT {
md a number of other ranches, some
almost as large. The KIT is the 1arg-
,st cattle ranch on earth and it has a !
About twelve years ago the :
legislature offered this tract of land in !
exchange for a suitable granite build :
ng for a state capitol at Austin. A L.
indicate was formed which made the :
leal, built the capitol and came into
possession of the great KIT ranch
This ranch is so extensive that some
tates could not contain it. Connecti- ,
ut could not hold it by several thous- :
md acres. The two states of Rhode .
sland and Delaware combined are not i.
S large as the ranch. 1t contains ov-
+ 100000 acres, or 5000 square =
niles. The ranch is located in the :
of Texas, extending from
oklahoma 200 miles into the state. and
veraging about twenty-five miles in
width. On it are seven ranch house.
30 wells averaging 120 feet in depth,
upplied with windmills, and numer- ,
us reservoirs and other ranch prop
rty. There are 125. 900 head of cattle !.
n it and ovre 80, 900 head of calves :
re branded there every year. There l
re also about 600 head of horses on
he ranch. 1t is enclosed with 500
lilies of barbed wire fence. The whole
roperty is valued at s10,0O0,0O0.
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