El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01
I INK AND PIN.

company before the end of another
year.
CAN IT BE POSSIBLE?
Report comes from the r * T. that
the special officer of that company at
the depot in this city has put stop to
the yelling of the hotel runners. At
any rate it has been in blissful alb
Sence for the past two nights and the
officer is receiving many congratuia-
lions for having done the good SER
vice.
Previous to the stopping OF this nui-
Sarce at that station one eVenin two
little girls. aged about seven and four
! teen years. stepped OFF the train and
were Immediately surrounded by the
the believing mob. The little one was
scared so badly that she screamed and
cried until a man took her in his arms
and consoled her. Then the man gave
hack driver half a dollar and told
him to- take them to the place where
the older one said they would find their
mother The mother was not where
they expected to find her but the chill
dren were cared for until morning
when card was dropped in the post
Office for the mother telling her that
her children were here. She received
the card and the children were restored
to her the next afternoon after their
arrival.
4 well dressed man supported by
pair of crutches was hustled around by
a bowling mob of hotel porters and
hack drivers at an FL Paso depot the
other day and he said: IF such a
thing as that was to- happen in my
town. a policeman would wear the butt
of his six shooter out over the heads
OF the bawlers.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
The grade of the Texas & Pacific rail
way track on Second street west of
the depot is being raised about a foot
Twenty cars of ore from the Sierra
Madre country were transferred from
Jusrez to the smelter yesterday
j. r. Hickey resigned his position
as foreman of the back shops of the
G.. II. last night and his place is being
temporarily filled by b. F. Happold.
Ransom Powell. the Illinois Central
conductor who has been visiting in
this city since Sunday. left this morn
ing for the city of Mexico for a fort
nights sojourn.
The electric lights We're turned on in
Tie S. p. passenger depot last night
to light the freight house in the same
way.
G. g. McKie. assistant clerk in the
car department of the G.. III. shops.
this morning from Brackettville.
where he was called Sunday to testify
in a case in court.
Ernest Mcmillan. who recently cane
hIe from Los Angeles. left last night
for Valentine TO work AZ his trade OF
in the G.. Fl shops 1T tint
place. He worked for the same com
pany in this city about = year ago.
G. II. Dunning. the travelling en-
2ineer for the Cook locomotive works
went west over the :. p. Yesterday to
see after the new engines which the
Cook company is sending to- the 5. p.
i'm California.
Chris Kramer. who has been employ
ed for some time i'm the blacksmith de |
partment of the G.. II. shops. resigned |
his position there this morning and |
will soon leave for the White Oaks |
district to do some prospecting.
Engine 95i. the big freighter of the |
g. II. which has been undergoing n |
oyerhauling in the shops at |
this place. has been started out on |
he road again and its place in the /
shops has been occupied by engine 957
" the same class.