El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-14
Neighbour
hood Notes
TEXAS


dressed in the garb of a laborer but
had no papers or anything upon him
by which his identity could be estab-
lished- There were no marks or vio-
lence on the body.
PROBABLY A TAME ONE.
James Walsh killed "A deer near tie
darn at Austin Saturday. H. ~ the i'rSt
deer that has been seen so close 30
Austin for several years ana some peo-
pie believe that there are plenty OF
deer in that neiehborhood bat ar
Walsh SAYS this one did not appear 10
ne wild and ne had no trouble in Kill
ing him. and n will probably deTeior
that H. was somebody's tame deer tiat
got away from it's owner.
DAYLIGHT BURGLAR CAPTURED
The perpetrator of the daylight bur
sIaries, in FIT Worth has been captur-
ed and is in Jail at Dallas He Il an
old offender named George Maxwell.
who was convicted of burglary III Tar
rant county in October 1888 and sen
fenced to two years in the penitentiary-
He has not been out long and Will soon
nave to go back for several years
more The TT. Worth police think
they will soon be able to lay their
hands on the fence where Maxwell dis
posed of his plumber.
HAS MANY TRIBULATIONS.
Tim Short. of Savoy. must have been
born under an unlucky star Last
Saturday he accidentally shot himself
through the hand while handling a big
revolver This is the second time he
has accindentally shot himself. the
other time being in the heel. He has
also been bitten twice on the left big
toe by copperhead snakes and once on
the same toe by rattlesnake. He
skinned the rattlesnake that bit him
and wore the skin for necktie two
years
SMALLPOX AT HILLSBORO.
Two cases of smallpox developed in
the county Jail at Hillsboro Saturday.
The persons afflicted with the disease
are Buster Sudbury and Charlie Ford.
both colored and under sentence to
terms in the penitentiary. Two other
negroes. also under sentences are sick
and are supposed to have the same con-
taeion. quarantine has been insti-
tuted at the Jail and the further spread
of the disease from that source 1t not
likely. The negroes first attacked have
been out on bond and are supposed to
have contracted the disease at Dallas
or Waco.
FIRE AT LONGVIEW-
Fire broke out Saturday night on the
Texas and Pacific railroad transfer
platform at Longview and destroyed |
all the platform and sheds of the com |
pauy. after which il spread to other |
buildings. burning an ice house and
some carriage stables. The long dis
lance telephone wires were burned and
and several other buildings were
s,corched. But for the timel yarrival
of the fire department the business
portion of the town and the railroad
I~a.r Hs4-f
As IT was $4,000 worth Of property was
destroyed.
SWIFT JUSTICE.
On Saturday October 9th. William
King a negro desperado. shot and kill
ed William Il. Mitchell. one of the best
poIicemen of Waco. When slain Of
ficer Mitchell was in the act of pro-
tecting other negroes from the muir
derous assaults of King. who was
drunk and running amuck. The muir
derer was indicted the following Mon
day and last Saturday he received the
death sentence. Before dying the muir
dered officer raised himself up on his
elbow and shot the negro in the leg.
making him easy to capture During
the trial he was carried to and from
the court house on cot
BACK IN THE PEN.
w. c. Wilson. who escaped last Feb
ruary from the Huntsville penitentiary
where he was sentenced for life, Is
back in again. man who was guilty
of 4 small misdemeanor was to be
transferred to Wise county and Wilson !
impersonated him so well that the !
sheriff thought he was the man he |
wanted and started on the train with |
him. While on the way Wilson Ieaped |
through the window while the train |
was in motion and escaped. He mas |
been at liberty since until n few days 1
ago when he was recaptured. He is \
only twenty years Of age.
ACETYLENE GAS EXPLOSION.
James Dickey OF Houston. Alex OPP
penheimer of Eagle Pass. and Howard
Arthur. of San Antonio. students in
Peacock's School for Boys at San An
tonic. were injured in an explosion at
the school building Saturday night.
The explosion was caused by the care
lessness of the negro servant J. ID. Hill.
and he was more seriously injured
Than :he students 1t was his duty to
charge the acetylene generator and he
went into the shed where il was locat-
ed to attend TO the work carrying a
lighted lantern when it was plain from
the smell mat there was large accu-
mutation of gas in the shed. The stu
dents wree standing on the outside and
warned the negro not to go inside with
his lantern but he went ahead. The
roof and two sides of the structure
were blown out, Hill was thrown TWEEN
~ feet and the students were pretty
badly burned about the face. AL
though one of them inhaled the flames
il is not thought that any of the in
jurieS will prove serious. II is myS-
terry that Hin was not killed a. no re-
Of nj an ,ruIn I