El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-07
Neighbour
hood Notes

started up.
Denison has the smallpox situation
there under absolute control.
This week will give some indication
OF the fate of the Texas tax bill.
The Houston Post is ardently in
favor of expansion from a local view
point.
A call issued for a white city prims-
ry at Waxahachie March bars ne
groes.
Every town in Texas, of any import
ance, is talking for cotton mills and
factories.
The public schools in West Paris and
at Petty have suspended on account of
smallpox.
Another good producing well has
been found on the Hickey lease near
Corsicana.
The populist convention for the fifth
congressional district met In Denison
on Wednesday.
Sergeant Macauley and six men of the
STATE ranger force are at San Angelo
for the winter.
The Womau's Shakespeare club has
taken up the matter of free public
library for Denton.
The gentlemen compiling the Vic
toria city directory estimate Victoria's
population at 1858.
Money has been subscribed for right
OF way through Wharton for the Cane
Belt and for depot.
Ben Wright of Mills county was kill
ed In runaway of q team hitched TO a
pillow near Gatesville.
Rev. Marshall of the Christian
church at Dallas is holding success
full revival at Devine.
Marshall has organized CONNER
ctal club and will use it to hammer
business into that town.
Charley January died from the ef-
fects of being thrown from his horse
last Saturday at Denton.
Enoch Green, one OF the prisoners
who escaped from the county jail at
Corsicsns, was recaptured.
A three-story brick and stone Ma
sonic Temple to cost about $75, 900 will
soon be erected at Corsicana.
The gin house and corn crib of
Julius Hogue at Evergreen burned
January 26. Supposed incendiary
There is much interest shown in the
public library of San Antonio, and it is
being put on better basis continually.
The Pleasanton Monitor will hereaf-
ter be published by Messrs. Jones and
Holder, with Frank Jones as edi-
tor.
A 81 zoo, 600 mortgage has been filed
by the Lincoln trust company of St.
Louis against the Cane Belt rail-
way.
Assistant State Health Physician
Jones made an Investigation and re-
ported five cases of smallpox at Breu-
ham.
The teachers institute of Bowie
convened at Texarkana January p,
about sixty mem bers being in attend
ance.
The Southern Pacific and Arkansas
Pass railways have purchased a site
for new joint depot at San An
tonic.
Afootball game has been arranged
for February 10, between the Denison
ILightweights aud High School football
teams.
At Albany, George Campbell (col-
ored) was shot and killed by white
| man named Blue this week. No par
| ticulars.
I John Spencer fled suit against the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fee for $4,000,
personal damages for alleged injuries
| at Denton.
Nat. Q. Henderson has announced
his intention to make the race for con-
| gress in the ninth district on the repub-
lican ticket.
| The total strength of officers and en-
listed men In Fort Sam Houston is 532,
including "a officers and men on de-
tached service.
| Ed. Dillon, deputy postmaster at
| Trenton. Fanpin county, was placed
under 5000 bond on q charge of taking
y knife from the mail.
At a mass meeting held at Honey
Grove petition was prepared urging
| Representatives in the legislature to
defeat the occupation tax.
II the city council stands by the re-
commentators of it's committee, San
Antonio will soon have free library,
the gift of Andrew Carnegie.
Gainesville, Denison, Paris, Honey
Grove and host of other Texas towns
have secured or are making heroic
efforts to secure As cotton mill.
The following charters were filed
January q: Yaqui river mining COM
pany of Palestine; capital stock, S15.-
600. J. B. Grant company of Dallas;
capital stock, 5000.
Sixty miles of the ST. Louis. Ksneas
City aud Colorado railroad from Fort
Worth to Kansas City are constructed
aud contracts closed for the compile
tion of the entire line.
The Kansas City. Pittsburg and