El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-24
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TEXAS.
THE HIGHEST PRICE.

THE HIGHEST PRICE.
cotton sold in GAINESVILLE for I3 cents a
pound last Saturday. This is the
highest price for cotton yet paid.
MULES FOR TRANSVAAL
citizen of Mineral Wells has ship
ped a car load of mules to Fort Worth
where they were received by the agents
of the British government. who will
ship them to the Transvaal for war
service.
QUILTS FOR GALVESTON.
The Woman's Home Mission society.
OF Longview. have made and shipped
to Galveston tweuty-three quilts and
comforts to be distributed among the
destitute. The pastor of the Longyiew
NJ F. church in taking up a collection
to aid in rebuilding the churches that
were destroyed at Galveston by the
storm and all MEMBERS are responding
literally.
DENISON'S TROUBLES.
The city council of Denison and the
electric light company locked horns on
the tenth instant. and the city mas
since been in darkness Now the coun-
Gil refuses to continue paying the pres
ent rates to the water company Tor ny
drants and the chances are good for
the water supply to be cut of. These
are arguments in favor OF the munich
pal ownership
RAvENOUS WILD DUCKS.
In one night wild ducks consumed or
DESTROYED a twenty-acre field of rice
near Stonewall. fifty-five miles from
Beaumont The ducks commenced
swarming in the field about dusk and
in a few minutes the entire field was
covered The rice had been cut and
shocked and the birds tore the shocks
down and what grain they did not
strip from the straw was so badly scat
tered that il was practically ruined.
NATURAL GAS FOR STREETS
The city authorities of Corsicana
have submitted to the owner of num-
Der of gas well near that city to FUR
nish gas to light the streets OF that
city Ii is contemplated to put in 200
natural gas lights in the business and
residence portions of the city and the
gas man is figuring on the proposition.
At present the only lights in Corsicana
are four street lamps in the business
portion of the city. the other sections
being indarkneSS-
Noah wilkerson. who escaped from |
the Runnels county Jail where he was
awaiting trial for murder last June. |
was killed at Dixon Wyoming. near
the Colorado line. by deputy sheriff |
while resisting arrest. reward was /
out for him and the officers of Wyom-
ing trailing him. When they came up /
on him he drew a gun, but the deputy |
was too quick for him and shot him
dead. Texas officers are on the way to
the scene of the killing to identify the |
outlaw and pay the reward
ANOTHER STORY OF FROST.
The chief of police of Galveston asys
that the body of Sheriff Frost. OF
Chambers county. has not been found |
and will not be found in Lake Sur /
prise He save he places no credence /
in the statements made by one OF the /
prisoners. and says he has reliable in
formation to the effect that the body /
of the murdered sheriff was disembered /
and scattered in different places in Gal
weston bay. The chief declines to give
the source of his information at pres
ent. as il might possibly defeat the
ends of justice to do so.
WILL. VISIT GALVESTON.
The official schedule for the winter
cruise of the North Atlantic squadron,
of whic hRear Admiral Farquhar is
commander-in-chief.i includes a visit to
Galveston The feet is to arrive at
that port on February IL and leave on
the 18th The feet that is to visit Gal
weston consists of the battleships.
Eearsage. Alabama and Massachusetts,.
two auxiliary cruisers. one training
ship and seven torpedo boats The
.Kearsage is the flag ship of the fleet
and is a new battleship. as also is the
Alabama.
ROBBED A PULLMAN CAR.
When a passenger on the Mexican
International railroad arrived at La
redo he found that his berth in a
Pullman car had been entered. and
his pants which contained a gold
watch and chain and about 5000. had
Eeen taken. This discovery caused all
the other passengers to make an inves-
tigation and they found they had also +;
been robbed. The city marshal of La
redo got a tip and arrested fine look
ing negro who was stopping there He
found on his person the property OF
some of the victims and he placed the |;
willy coon in Jail.
A HUMANE JUDGE.
In his charge to the grand jury at
Edna. Texas. District Judge Thompson
said. II believe the legislature should
endow a chair in the university for
the teaching and promoting of kind
treatment toward dumb animals. This
important subject should be taught
aroun dthe fireside. in our schools and
in our universities. II should be in
stalled into children from infancy that
dumb animals should be kindly treated