El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-25
visitors are being shown good time.
Bad Show at the Opera House.

house last night and it would be hard
course. is good, but the company which
tried to interpret it, acted like anna
teurs and although they started out to
play to a good house, the curtain went
down on empty chairs, with a few ex-
ceptions. With but one exception this
is the poorest company that has ap-
peared here this season and the other
was greeted with hen fruit and garden
products that were no longer fit for
eating.
Cupid at Work in the Alamo City.
Hon. ]. F. Onion, a prominent attor-
ney and politician of this city, was
married recently TO Miss Vega Mi
chaels. Miss Addye Small. daughter
of tn eSunset superintendent of build
ings and bridges, Hank Small, has been
married to Mr.. J. d. Houston. Numer-
Gus other weddings, many of prominent
persons. have also taken place OF late.
A Hitch in the Carnegie Library.
The lowest bidder for the construc-
tion of the Carnegie library. who Of
fered to do it for $44 4,999. about 1900
lower than anybody else, has formally
refused to take the job at the price and,
as a bidder to get the job must come
within a $4,000 limit, all bids will be
rejected and a new plan drawn.
Postal Clerks sInjured.-Society for Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals.
Six railway postal clerks residing in
this city have been injured seriously
in wrecks in the past three months.
On yesterday afternoon a society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals
was organized here with some of the
city's best people at it's head. Children
and animals will both be looked after
and in the former respect it will be
something like the Gerry society of
New York.
More Trouble With the Streets.
The $50 days of the Parker Washing
ton Paving company, which was the
limit of time in which they had to do
the $500. 900 worth of street paving, are
still gradually slipping away and all
the company has yet done is to scratch
up a few streets. The patience of the
people is about exhausted, however,
and something is expected to "drap"
soon.
In the City Council
At the last meeting Of the city coun-
Gil on Monday. Alderman Bill" Davis,
one of the retiring members of the
took a parting shot at his
confreres by introducing a resolution
declaring the council in favor of wom-
and several other things, but it was
promptly tabled and no harm came of
t. Captain Davis has been a thorn in
he side of the administration for two
years. by opposing all its pet measures
and introducing resolution embodying
various Utopian ideas peculiar to him
self. He never secured the passage of
my of his legislation, however. Cor
;orations are his hobby and all that
was necessary for a fight in the council
| measure by which they might profit. |
This to Alderman Davis was like the |
red piece of bedding to the |
.1ale species of the bovine family.
Fight Between Telegraph Companies.
So warm has competition grown be- |
ween the Postal and Western Union |
Telegraph companies in this city that |
ach has put in a system CT call boxes |
or the fire use of their regular patrons.
A simple twist of the wrist" and 10!
'he messenger boy is in your Office for
our dispatch.
he New Telephone Company to Begin
Operations Soon.
The new telephone company, the San
Intonio Independent Telephone COM
any. will begin giving service to about
90 subscribers Monday morning and
he officials claim that as soon as they
an make connections, their system
Till include two thousand phones.
he Southwestern is preparing to fight
he new company to a finish and it is
xpending thousands of dollars INSTALL
lg new equipments in its local ex-
hange.
A Few Cases of Smallpox.
For the first time in eight years San
ntoniO has more than one or two
ases of smallpox. There are now
bout twelve cases in the city, but it
being so well handled that there is
o fear of its spreading to any alarm
)vered the patient is removed to the