El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
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Office Is M owed.
TEXAS.


Office Is Moved.
The office Of claim agent T. ]. Lee
has been moved from Galveston to
Cleburne.
Texas Photographers.
The state meeting Of the Texas pho
togrsphers will be held at Dallas on
October 4th., 5tb., and 9Th.
hlIlsbore Fire.
The residence OF E. 8. Davis OF HillE-
boro was destroyed stthst city Mond ay.
The loss was about $4,000, partly cover
ed by insurance.
Freight Agents meet.
A meeting of the freight agents OF
several of the Texas railroads was held
IN Dallas Monday at which the Calves
ton situation was discussed.
District Clerk Case.
The case of John A. Martin We. w.
d. McVean has come up In the district
court at Forth Worth. The case 10 the
contest over the democratic nomina-
ton for district clerk of Tarrant coun-
ty.
Taken New Heart.
The people OF Alvin, Texas, who
we're losers of life and property In the
Galveston storm, have started on the
work of repairs. Not building or
street Improvement in the town but
will have to be repaired.
Woman the Murderer.
Charles Biederman, of Paris, was shot
~ LII "a - Il RI nf ~oQk n
the home Of ]. w. Deering two miles
sorth of Ambis. Deering's wife, sis
ter In law OF the deceased, was arrested
for the crime. She carried to jail with
her an infant baby.
Will Restore Lighthouse
Congressman Hswlsy has received
assurances from naval secretary Perry
at Washington that the lighthouse In
Galveston harbor will be restored.
Work on the aids to navigation in the
bay. Injured and demolished by the
storm, will be begun as soon as pos
sible-
Natural Gas Found.
R.E. McAnulty while digging q
we'll in Fort Worth recently noticed .
leave the vicinity. he returned to
the cite of the we'll, and after an
Investigation found that he had STRUCK
oil and natural gas. The discovery
was made on the Schmidt place in
Fort Worth, In she center of the city.
Old Confeder1tes Fight.
J. w. Singleton, an old confeders-
te, and q resident OF the confederate
home at Austin. was shot and instantly
killed at the home Monday by another
Old confederate. The tragedy occurred
at the home. II was the result OF an
old fued between the two old veterans,
dating back to the war, and is the end
Of q romantic story.
OF Texas Interest.
The magnificent grounds surround
ing the capital building At Washington
will be used as q model for the impro
vement OF the public grounds Of Texas.
Col. Sam. Harlan, superintendent OF
the public buildings snd grounds of
Texss, is now In Washington iuspect-
ing the capitol grounds with a view to
getting ideas for the proposed impro-
vemens.
An Interesting Paper.
A special edition of the Galveston |
News of September I3 has been !
printed in Dallas. There has been |
rush for copies of the paper which
contains the remarkable write up of
the Galveston storm. The Galveston
edition has been exhausted. The CODY
printed In Dallas IL identically the
came edition.
To Help.
The subject of picking the cotton
crop of Corsicana mas become such a
serious matter that the able bodied
confined there In jail have
been taken out and put to work In the
cotton fields, the planters going on the
prisoners bond In order to get them.
The streets Of the city are filed with
Idle negroes who refuse to 20 to work
The situation WAS becoming serious
when the large farmers hit upon the
Idea, In q nass meeting especially
called, of obtaining the convicts for
.he work.