El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-28
Bio DAMAGE Suit.

". b Sprague today dled suit Tor
$40, 600 persona damages against the
AexIcao Ceats al railroad company, IL
the Uaited States circuit court
Engines Getting Fixed.
Freight engine 900 which has been
In the q. q. shops for the past month,
went out Yesterday and her place In
the shops was taken this morning oy
fTe-gnt engine 904, which Will also
EL.ef 90 . general overhHullng. co-
giue s5I toar WAS damaged in the Pal
zano wreck and had few repairs to be
nae wrnt out last Friday.
Horkmen Scarce.
\. q. Lentz, road master OF the
White Oaks route, and z. +. Glenn,
section foreman of the same road, were
nere this morninR trying to secure
hiexicars TO work Oh sections oil the
rad. They found 1t dihiculs to secure
aoy owing 70 the great drain she o.her
roads have been making on the Mexf-
crn element, aud they only got Few,
cot near all they wanted.
Brakeman Deaton Injured.
As W. w. Dssson, . @. b. freight
bra xemAp, was pulling up onto she
caboose Of bis train while In motion, at
Aragon last Saturday, the hand railing
gave .ay and he fell to the ground.
HIS back and hip were severely spain-
ed and he was so badly injured that he
has NOT yet besn able TO leave bis bed
he lives in Ell Psso and was brought
home Immediately after the accident
paid and Repaid
The Mexican Central pay car came
ND yesterday and the paymaster, Bert
Murdoch, after making the employees
OF she road happy, was made happy
himself laet night when she offoiasinR
clergyman pronounced the wards that
made him q benedict. He was married
TO Miss Gertrude Bell at the residence
of the lasser's father at 31ON. Campbell
strees Ia the presence of . goodly num-
Der Of friends of the bride and groom.
The new Mrs. Murdoch IL the daughs-
er OF Mr.. Bell, of the Salvation Army.
Thinks He Knew The Dead Man.
A report which can not be subssan-
sially verified is being circulated TO
abe effect that q man who Was with the
man who was killed at the smelter
yesterday told some employees OF the
Santa Fe railroad that he knew the
deceased we'll and that his name was
Dick Bss-ley and his home WAS In Ell
Dorado, Kansas. The man says that
he thouRht the inquest WAS to be held |
in FL Paso and he waited around town |
ali yesterday evening in order TO be |
present and testify TO these facts. The
Inquest Was held at the smelter by /
Squire Downs, who is employed in
lhe bullion department OF the smelter.
Trouble Brewing
II. q spot between q white driver of .
Star stable wsRonette, and the big |
yelio~ woman who attends to the
bunk house OF the Wells-Fsrgo mes
,egers. The cause OF the trouble Is
t~o-bit buggy whip which was the
property OF the driver but which lie
1o7 - possession OF the woman ban
iuster. The driver drove up to the
baggage room 10 get q trunk, which
be hauled out to his vehicle on q
ruck, holding his precious txo-b't
Whip IN his hand until he went 70 lit
he srIuk into the wagon when he
VS. obliged to drop ii. After getting
ne trunk in the wagon be reiurnsd
o put the truck in the
,sggsRe room. When he came back g,
lie two-bit whip was gone. Seeing the {
roman enter the bunk house and think
ng perhaps che had his whip he went =
be had found q whip up than by the q
epot and II the man could prove his
wnership and pay reward Of . @
uah sah ne could have IL. Pay q re-
aid OF twenty-five cents for
two-bis whip. Not on your yellow .
q type. Especially hot when IL was s
ia by rightiul ownership and hers {
niy by right OF discovery and unlawful /
The driver has made o
.veral attempts to enlist the services y
an arm OF the law to regain posses @
on Of his whip; but itlooks. up to this {,
ritiog, as though Mr.. WsRonette q
river will have to dig up she quahtah /,
60 buy him a bran new two-bit O
hip. !,
n Engine On a Spree. II
81 Hello, old man, why amt you at 81
8, to- ay?" Beked q switchmsn OF an "
i engineer in the G. q. yards this r,
oraing. Been laid off to await an N
answered the engineer. 81
j ven't you heard about me getttn' z
to trouble down a. Ssa Antonio the n
her day Well, you know 1 was sent s,
,wn 20 San Antonio TO pull in train
r c of bser from the brewery down B
iers. I backed down to she brewery L
hitch on Co the train and when l got NJ
,un there / found thai the engine e
- out of water. 10
= Well, that made me hot, for / was o
a hurry to get started out and did o.
u want 20 go back to the tank, near X
a mile, to get water. [ look ed u
ouad thlnkiu' that brewery ought b
have g tank OF water around It some S
ere. Yes. by Jimmy, there was one b
). little piece down the track and tC
ID she fireman We would go down
ere and fill up from 1t. 81
We'll. we filed up by turning q CT
,se shs: " As hanging out of the tank r.
% the engine tank and then We pull c.
out. anticipated a little trouble Il