El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01
MEXICO.
NEGRO BABY BURNED.

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! Near Brookston while a colored fam
! lily was picking cotton they left two
little children by a fire to keep warm.
One of them. a six-year-old girl got
/ her clothing afire and was burned to
death before help could reach her.
SMITH COUNTY CELERY.
| BurI Owens. a truck farmer living
: two miles from Tyler. is now market
in that section. The plant is not as
large as the Colorado celery but the
flavor is excellent. Mr.. Owens planted
a quarter of an acre and the crop will
net him several hundred dollars. The
crop was raised by irrigation.
A CRUEL MURDER
Amado Martinez and wife. poor peo-
/ pie living in the City of Mexico. had a
little girl about twenty-five days old
which their padrino. Daniel Ortiz. for
no apparent reason. hated. He called
at the house and while the mothers
back was turned gave the bagy sulphur
ric acid The child lived only a short
time after swallowing the acid. Ortiz
was arrested.
DUCK HUNTER KILLED.
Elmer Mayes. a young man living
near Paris went hunting for ducks
alone. Failing to returne late in the
evening a search for him was made.
His body was found lying in a field
near a pond. A large hole in his
breast showed where the accidentally
discharged load had entered and pro-
duced death. presumably instantaneous
II Is supposed that he was crawling to
slip up on the ducks when his gun.
which ne was dragging. was discharg-
ed.
CLAIM TO BE HEIRS.
Jose Brilliant recently died in the
City of Mexico and left q fortune of
over SO 100000. 1t was not known that
he had any relatives and it was an
nounced that his fortune would go to
the government but a brother of the
deceased has turned up in Zacatecas.
is name Is Felipe Brilliant and he Is in
poor circumstances. He has put in his
claim for a share of the fortune. An
other claimant. who says he Is a son |
Of the deceased millionaire. has shown |
up and put in a claim for the whole |
fortune.
RIOT AFTER BULL FIGHT.
Because the bulsl used in the last
light at Durango were a poor lot and
lid not furnish good sport. the spec
ators participated in a riot after the
light was over and il required a detach-
nent Of cavalry to quell il. The spec
.ators demanded a part of their money
rack and WIN the jefe politico tried to
make peace he was stoned for his in
reference. This brought the police
o the scene but their efforts to dis
oerse the mob We're unavailing and
hey were also pelted with stones. A
company of mounted soldiers were
hen called out and they charged right
nto the mob. dispensing IL and injur-
ng several people. but none were kill
I'd. The manager of the bull fight was
allied and his license taken away from
him because the authorities do not be-
ieve him capable of providing an ac-
.eptab'e show for the people. |.
IMPORTANT FREIGHT MOVEMENT.
The Monterey Steel and iron COM
,any will at an early date complete
for having delivered at
heir works in Monterey one thousand
ons of ore daily from the Carrizal
seventy-five miles north of
donterey The company will start off
vithone thousand tons daily and ex-
'ects to within six months increase ,
heir delivering capacity to- two thous- .
nd tons daily. The National railway !
I'll deliver the ore and will create a ,
pecial train service for the purpose. :
% move two thousand tons of ore !
ally the road will have to have one !
undred ore cars of twenty tons ca !
acity each and make four trains out
T the hundred cars. The round trip to >
he mines from the plant and back 7
ill require a day. The handling of .
he ore by them ines and plants will be =.
o small undertaking. The magnitude
T the iron deposit in the CarrizaI e,
can be judged to some ex- :,
mt when 1t is stated that the com =
any has a supply of the highest grade !;
I ore sufficinet for fifty years con- =
nuous oDer alton OF its plant. =,