El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-06
NeighbOr-
hood Notes
TEXAS.

TEXAS.
Old Settlers Reunion.
The reunion of the Old Settlers as
ISOLATION OF Terrant county, and the
members of r. E Lee camp, United
Confederate Veterans, was held for two
days last week at Dallas.
Took His Own Life.
John Roberts. % years old, formerly
postmaster Of Ardmore, I. T., commit.
ted suicide in that city last week. BE
accept place with q cotton firm At
Paris, Texss, where his mother lives.
His remains we're shipped to Paris.
Texas Colored Fair.
The north Texas colored fair and
cotton exposition was held at Dallas,
and was q great success. The fair was
held with the purpose of showing the
commercial and educational advance
menr of the colored race In northern
Texas.
presby terry In Session.
The Red Oaks Presbytery of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church, en-
bracinP job nson, Ellis, and Tarrans
counties. held lite session in Dallas last
week. Several important questions
came up Tor adjustment AID settle
ment.
Governor Sayers Back.
Governor and Mrs. Ssyers have re-
turned TO Austin after q ten days out
ing as Tsrpon club, at Sport, Texas.
The governor brought back with him
= thick coat ~ seaside tan and q record
Is Q fisherman which would make
Grover Cleveland look TO his laurels.
Electric Company Fails.
The Dubinski electric light company
~ San Antonio has made an assign
appointed assignee. The assets and
liabilities are not given In the deed Of
assignment which has been fled with
the county clerk there.
Mrs. Blair Dead.
Mrs. Jessie Blair, wife of DE-. n.
A. Blair of San Antonio, died recent
Iy 81 her home In that city of Bright's
disease, in her thirty-seventh year.
The deceased was born In London,
EnRlsnd. She was one of the most
popular and well known women of San
Antonio.
Two hundred and sixty-nine Confed-
crate veterans are living now at the
Confederate home at Austin. Forty
month. This increase was brought
ABOUT by the completion of new build
inRs, and by the fret of October the
home will contain two hundred and
ninety Inmates, the extent of its pres |
ent capacity.
More About the Rains
Reports from all over north Texas
cay that the cold rains experienced In |
that part of the state have done ines
timsble DAMAGE to the cotton crop. |
The rains have been general in the |
northern part of the state and have |
brought the temperature down several |
degrees too many for the health OF cot |
ton. South Texas has not suffered |
from the cold rains, and the cotton |
crop is not Injured from that source.
Undressed BY Lightning.
Ben and Guy Fleming, ID and IL
years of age, took refuge during
storm under tree near the asylum at |
San Antonio recently, and were struck
by lightning which stripped the cloth
:ng from Guy ard rendered both boys
unconscious The boys were badly
burned. Neither Of the boys will G:e
aud their escape lie regarded as won.
derful. The tree under which they
were standing was shattered by the
bolt.
Didn't Know The Penalty
Joe Hill. of weatherford. this state.
WAS remanded to jail one day recently
by county judge L. n. Roach,
for disobeying . writ Of habsas corpus
served on him last week, commsr ding
him TO produce In court the body Of
Nellie Hill, his nine year old daughter.
The action grew out of the atte mpts
Of Hills divorced wife to obtain the
custody of their child. For not ap-
precistinP the power and dignity OF :
The court Hill is now thinking 1t over
10 jail.
An Army of Bugs.
At Denison and Denton, Texas, last
week the people thought the old times
IF the locust plaques, OF the Bible,
we're coming back 10 earth. Count {
ess millions of winged crickets and I
many erasshoppers," ssys an ex-
which apparently had a re
porter out counting them, 'came out s
" the sky and settled in the streets" !
The cisizsns objected, and with shot 8
runs and ammonia equirters wsged q Z
ierce and relentless war upon the ,
millions" Of bugs. Grass- !
loppers and crickets we're four feet
hfck on the streets OF Denison, we s
re told. We believe 1t, Of course.
rh.,, WfIIl Male uDsnfe, q