El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-05
Neighbour
hood Notes.
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TEXAS
TEXAS
Texas Mules For ST. Louis.


Texas Mules For ST. Louis.
Sulphur Springs is shippir mules
by the carload to ST. Louis. Fl prices
,srpe from SlOO 10 $500 b cad according
to the mule.
Texas Flour Shipped To London.
AF. Worth mill shipped solid
train. sixteen cars. Of flour consigned
to London England. This is part OF
1890, 600 pounds contracted for
Natural Gas At Corslcana.
It ia reported that flow OF natural
Pas amounting to 100000 feet cay
has been STRUCK at depth OF lieu feet
on the Love Iesse five miles north OF
the city. This output gives the we'll
the second rank 10 the local held
Hood s Bridgade's Next Reunion.
After an rj1ys BILE reunion at Pales-
tine, including q reception given them
st the re-idence OF Judge Reagan, the
Hoods Brigade reunion was closed
with an election of officers and the de-
cision as to the next meeting place.
Galveston was chosen for the June 1901
reunion. Capt, j. L. Hunter was
rejected resident.
Electric Street Car Line At Beau
mont.
Beaumont is taking active steps to-
wards getting an electric street car
line A committee has been sent to
Galveston to Investigate the systems
of construction and operation there
and other com mittees are looking out
for the ways and means at Beaumont.
Resi- estate donatiLn Ms are expected to
help the project along.
The Reputation of the Panhandle.
Dabney White quotes Psnbandler
ss saving of his part of Texas:
"YouDx man, you will End this to be
the ho.test and coolest, dryess and
wettest country on Gods green foot
stool. You had better keep your
powder dry when in the presence OF
some Of our people, while with tho
others you need not fear hunger or
thirst. Let's take something for our
stomachs' sake"
Reform Farms Or Schools.
Chief of Police Collins of Waco
has received many letters approving
the suggestion of the Chiefss Union,
to establish industrial schools and
farms for Maynard boys. Ii has been
suggested that each county have it's
own reform farm:it need not necessari
ly be farm bought by the county for
that purpose, as any suitable person
owning q farm could receive the boys
and give them a practical farm train
ing and their bed and board in return
for their work.
A Prehistoric City on the NueCes.
Charles Nj. Barnes of the United
de-
found many evidences OF prehistoric
civilization in McMullen coun y, ITO
miles south of Austin. Pottery and
thing like those found In the prehis-
toric cities of Mexico and Yucatan
have been dug up. Wealthy stock
men have taken great interest in the
discoveries and are arragine for ex
cavations on large scale. The ste of
the supposed city is on cliff near the
Nueces river. fifty miles from any rail
road.
Dallas Commercial Club.
In this day of lively competition,
merchants will 90 aim, st any thing
for buyers and Dallas is only falling
into lire with the big cities OF the
north and east, when it lie proposed TO
pay the railway fare of outoftown
buy ers who purchase goods whose value
is above q certain mi minimum sun. The
Dallas Commercial club is alive to
every possible cb lance to increase the
business of the city and besides this
scheme is cooperating with the city,
the merchants and railroads, for many
other benefits.
A Yearling Calf aud the Lawyers.
Cooper had case before tt e justice
of the peace. involving contest over
the ownership of q yearliug calf, whose
value is in the neigh borhood of $40.
With only one or two exceptions, every
lawyer of Cooper was engaged TN one
side or the other and lawyers from
Commerce and Black Jack Grove ap-
peared as counsel. Fourteen deposi-
lions of Witnesses aud forty-eight oral
testimonies of witnesses were presented
to the court, every point being hotly
contested.
Texas Real Estate Men.
AT the annual convention of the
Texas Real Estate and Indus trial A SEQ
citation, held in San Antonio, resolu-
tions agreed on by the state executive
committee were presented covering
the following subjects: Advocating
the adoption of the Torrens system of
land titles; advocating notifications
of the landlord and tenant and of the
method of levying and collection of
taxes: for a change of legislation so a.
to permit organization and operation
of savings banks, and also by resolu-
tion urging the construction Of the
Nicaragua Canal.
NEW MEXICO.