El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
NeighbOrr
hood Notes
TEXAS.
WILL ORGANIZE A LEAGUE.


James Driscoll. who played with the
Dallas base ball club in 1895 and has
since played with Kansas City and
Grand Rapids. of the Western League,
has taken the franchise for Dallas in
a Texas league in 1901. He says he
has secured coed local support and has
players already selected for his team.
He has written to the base ball pro-
moters IN Denison. Sherman, Paris.
FIT. Worth, Waco, Houston, Galveston
and San Antonio. requesting that rep
resentatives be sent to a meeting to
be held in Dallas on the 18th inst, for
the purpose of reviving and rehabili-
tating the Texas league and for per-
fecting the circuit and preparing a
schedule of games. The Dallas pat
rons of the game are manifesting keen
interest in a a revival OF the state
league and a large attendance is look
ed for at the coming meeting
BRYAN'S TEXAS TRIP.
On his return from his hunting trip
near Galveston. the Hon. w. j. Bryan
visited Tyler on Friday and Denison
and Sherman on Saturday last At
Tyler and Sherman he lectured on the
subject, Ancient Landmarks" to
large audiences. He also made a po-
liticaI speech at Sherman; the burden
of this talk was an attack on class leg
islation and imperialism" At Den
ison he said "The more / see of Texas
the more 1 am in love with the state.
1t is my present intention to visit
the state at least once year for re-
creation" All along the line of his
trip he expressed pleasure at what he
had seen of the state. After the visit
to Sherman Mr.. Bryan and his son,
who accompanied him on his hunting
trip, left for their home in Lincoln,
Nebraska.
SAYS THEY ARE OLDEST.
man named Collins, writing to
the Dallas News from Frost, Texas,
says: ct notice that in the last issue
of the News you state that Mr.. and
Mrs. Harshan are the oldest and long
est married couple iii the state. This
is a mistake. The distinction / think,
belongs to Mr. and Mrs. William Har-
rell of Chirino, Nacogdoches county.
Mr.. Harrell was born in Mississippi
Jan. 8. 1870 and his wife was born
Beb. IL, 1911, also in Mississippi. Her
maiden name was HaygoOd. At the
time of their marriage he was Is years
of age and she was II, consequently
they have been married 70 years.
They have had ten children, forty-sev-
en- grandchildren and 103 great grand
children, and there are 129 of them
living
TEXAN FOUND DEAD.
Garrett Mcnamara. a brick mason of
Denison, left that place about week
ago to go to Sterett, 1. T., and in few
days was found dead in a creek about
a mile from Sterett. After going to
Sterett he secured work but before
commencing on his job he was taken
with smallpox. He was sent to the
pest house and a nurse sent to take
care of him. Becoming wild with fe-
yer Mcnamara ran out of the house
and was not seen any more until
morning when his body was found in
the creek near the pest house He was
a single man about 35 years old and
has a brother living in Denison.
MYSTERY SOLVED.
A few weeks ago two youths resid-
ing in the Basin Springs neighborhood
near Sherman, went 'possum hunting
one night and the next day their dogs
came home without them and not
word could be heard from them. The
neighbors were greatly worked up and
a diligent search was made; even the
creeks were dragged. But now the
boys have written from east Texas
that they are still in the land of the
living and that they had entered into
the little escapade just for the novelty
of il.