El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
Neighbour
hood Notes
TEXAS

TEXAS.
ASA MAUDLIN DIED.
Asa Maudlin, the young man who
was shot at oak by a negro, Is
lead. He was taken to a hospital In
San Antonio and died Thursday morn
ing. The shooting was done Monday
night. The remains were taken back
to Yoakum for interment.
CHRISTMAS DAY TRAGEDY.
J.. H. Jordan, a farmer living five
miles southwest of P~ottsboro, was
killed by a freight train at Haderman
switch on Christmas day. He was In
his wagon and was attempting to
cross the track when the train struck
the wagon and team. Both horses
were also killed and his g was
completely demolished.
A NEW INDUSTRY.
San Antonio is to have a new indus
try called the Alamo Dressed Beer
company. which has secured thlrty-two
acres of land in the city and will es-
tablish thereon a thoroughly up-to-
date slaughter house and packing
plant. The machinery will be Of mod
ern and improved Inc
has a capital of $4,000.
A VILLAGE BURNED.
On Christmas night a report reached
Dallas that the village of Leland, in
Ellis county, had been destroyed by
fire, which was started by fi~re-crack-
ers. Leland is a village of probably
n hundred inhabitants and several
business houses. 1t is not on a rail-
road and the telephone wires being
down the details could not be secured
49, -.h Gland &c fU0nv m1IaG
from Waxahatchie. the county seat of
Ellis county.
ADVERTISING AMARILLO.
Amarillo, away up in the panhadle.
is receiving almost as much free adj
vertising as Ell Paso n partly from
the same causes. Amarillo is situated
IN the center of a great natural SAM
tarium and is aso a desirable central
point for railroads. that are being pro-
jected to the Pacific coast. A late is
sue of the Little Rock. Ark, Gazette
has a long article descriptive Of the
panhandle countryin general and ANA
rillo in particular. 1t asserts that the
outlook for the town for the future is
unusually bright and promising.
JUMPED THE TRACK.
Wednesday morning in Austin a
trolley ear jumped the track while go
ing about en- miles an hour n
ran up to a saloon door. There was a
state official and a friend on the car
and it Is supposed that the car or the
motorman one or h other thought
that the men had been out the night
before and would need an eye-opener,
and that the feet they were out would
cause them to feel i~ndisposed to get
in unless the a would run right up
to the saloon door and wait for them.
1t seems however that the accommo-
dalton was not taken rightly for the
gentlemen jumped from the car and re-
ceived sundry sprain, bruises and
a~brasions. There were six or eight
people on the car, but o were Sc
riously hurt. OF course the women
passengers tainted.
HAD TOO MUCH FUN.
1t Nineola a gang of men and boys
put on masks and arming themselves
with cannon crackers went out a short
distance from town to have some fun
with a man who was camping out on
the T. & p. track. The mans name is
Myett M he was running a flying
jenny out on h edge of town and
camping by it with his family. The
men and boys threw fire-crackers and
missiles into the camp and Mr.. Myett
drew a revolver and fired into the
The bullet hit Jim Addison and
produced a wound from which he has
since died. Myett was arrested n re-
leased ON bond. He claims that he had
a right to protect his family and prop
erty and alleges that they were endan-
gered by the maruders. Addison, the
deceased. was the proprietor Of a
meat market in Mineola and had a
good reputation.
EXPLOSION AT MONTAGUE.
An explosion. the cause of which IL
a mystery, occurred in the Office OF
John P. Slaton, the county attorney
at Montague. The attorney had just
started a fire in his office and stepped
into a nearby office when the explo-
sion occurred. His stove was torn in
piper were blown into smithereens.
Every window in the office was %
ken and many pieces of the wreckage
were hurled through the door, while
the plastering was perforated in every
direction, being penetrated through to
the wall. Bookcases, desks and chairs
were all demolished. The cause is
thought to be an attempt of some boys
O play a Christmas joke on Mr.. Slaton.
as he is a popular man and it is not
thought that anyone would Intention
ally do him harm. All that saved the
O life was his absence from
his Office when the explosion occurred.
ARIZONA.
TWO YOUNG PRINTERS.