El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-23

hood Notes
TEXAS.
Lumber Trade on the Increase

their shipments up 70 the average.
Unprecedented Fall OF Rain.
The present season at Brenham II
said to be the worst In years. There
has been an unprecedented rainfall ir
that section recently which hasn't iti
equal in the remem brance OF the Oldest
inhabitant-
princeton Man to Coach.
Thompson, the Princeton coach, has
been selected TO coach the football
team of the University OF Texas al
Austin this season. Practice on the
team will commence September %.
Deputy Marshal Killed.
United States deputy marshal God
card was killed Tuesday night near
Gold ater, on the lower edge OF the
Choctaw nation, ny an Indian whom he
Vas attempting to arrest on q charge
of murder.
Robbed at Houston.
w. F. Kelley, . bridge carpenter on
the Houston and Texas Central, was
assaulted one morning last week by
two white men. Alter beating him
the footpads robbed the victim and
left him lying 10 the street. Two ar
rests have been made.
Valuable Buffalo Dead.
Two of the buff slo from Goodnight's
ranch died ~ Sherman this week.
They had bee on exhi bition there by
.sBuffalo' Jones. The two animals
we're among the few buffalo left in the
country, and were valued at more than
$1,000.
Sheriff EoiIs a Mob.
A mob Of epraged citizeIs 81 Long
view, Texas, organized = mob a few
nights aeo for the purpose OF lynchipg
John Dickson, q negro charged with
atte u pied assault on u young white
girl. Sheriff Howard learned OF the
plans of the mob, and had the negro
removed TO the county jail at Marshall.
Two Crops From One Field.
The farmers OF Denton county will
make two crops this year of the same
land, one of wheat and the other OF cot
ton. The rains of Jur and July are
responsi BILE for the unusual success.
From twenty to twenty-five bushels of
wheat and half Q bale of cotton per acre
is the average
Machinery Removes Finger.
Robert Lsndrum, u young boy en-
ployet at the Diamond rolling mills at
Taylor, while working around the
gearing Of a grain elevator got bis hand
caught In the machinery, and before
as-irtauce could reach him one finger
was cus completely off.
Greatest Texas Art Exhibit.
Among the features of the intern.-
Sionsl fair of San Antonio which will
open October 20, will be one of the
largest and best art exhibits ever got
together in Texas Lee A Adams is
superiptenc dent of the art department
of the fair.
Rice Land Leased.
Four Thousand acres of land In the
Braman tract was leased yesterday for
rice culture. A big company is back
OF the deal. A canal will be built, and
she company next year will put two
thousand acres In rice. The land Is
located Ia MatsgordA oun.y, west of
the Colorado.
Negro Coins Money.
A negro claiming to have ccr,e from
Anderson county, wac caught n Gros-
beck recently. selling the questions and
answers to the applicants for certificates. |
BE coined money for . time at the rate
of $40 per applicant. AS q result the
entire set ofquestions " as thrown aside
i
tions. Ia
Killed At a PASTURE Gate.
n. A. Sns field, Of Milan county was 5
shot while trying to open the gate to Q
pasture five miles from Kennedy, last '
Friday night. he was driving with '
mis- wife In q buggy, and had gotten out g
were fired. The trail OF che murderers Q
was followed for some distance, but
inslly LOST. and no arrests have been
made.
Stockman Killed.
Joe carp, q we'll known stockmsn.
was killed by his brother-in-lsw, w. C.
Chapman, at the home of che latter al
Wsldo, last week. Il is claimed that r
'has the latter shot In self defence.
Chapman surrendered Immediately
.fter the shooting, to constable Frank
darring.
State Normal Board.
The summer normal board OF ex- L
Lminers at Austin has hnished lite work C
II grading the examination papers Of g
Ill applicants for certificates In the ll6
form ale in the state this summer o
rhirty-two colored and seventy-dve q
shite took the examinations. Forty q
I've per cent OF the negroes and seven
y-three per cent Of the whites received q
II
Bride Burned To Death.
Mrs. George Baker, l9 year old "
,ride of Plantersville, Grimes county, L
,oured the contents OF . gallon can Of r
oal oil on q ire to make the blaze C
,urn brighter last week. The oil in p
he can exploded, burning Mrs. Baker C
ri Qhtfullv shout the head and ahoul-