El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-26
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TEXAS.

RESULT OF OIL STRIKE.
One result of the oil strike at Beau
mont is that the city is to have a five
story office building. v. Weiss, local
capitalist of Beaumont, and part owner
of the land on which the big strike
erect such building in the city. 1t is
to be of pressed brick. granite trim
mings and contain all the modern
coEevniences in the way of lights, ele-
vators. heaters, ETC. An electric street
railway company has also been char
tered to put in a system in Beaumont
and the company expects to begin con-
struction at once. Every train into
into Beaumont brings capitalists and
prospectors and many big deals in real
estate are being made daily.
QUICK WITTED YOUNG MAN.
R M. Mason. a farmer living near
Beckville. was swindled out of 81 on a
scheme not at all premditated. He
went into Beckville to buy some farm
ing implements and saw a lot of plows
out in front of a store and a young
man sitting by them. Never asking IL
the young man was boss or clerk he
asked the price of ap low. The young
man graspeG the situation at once and
said 81. The farmer bought the pillow
and the young man pocketed the 81
and disappeared. The storekeeper
learned of the transaction and took the
plow away from the farmer before he
left town.
AN ANCIENT TRICK.
Frank Ring, a we'll known farmer of
near Paris, was fleeced in Memphis,
Tenn. by an old trick. While walk
ing from one depot to another he was
ahnd NJ CT ri ,0
him to change a $50 bill for him. Mr..
Ring pulled out his pocketbook and
was counting out the change when an
other man appeared and grabbed the
purse and ran. Mr.. Ring grabbed him
by the arm but the first stranger pro-
duced a revolver and persuaded him to
release his grip. Ring lost Sis.
SMALLPOX AND SYNTAX.
The Fort Worth Register has some
fun out of an item which appeared in
the German Progress. The Register
calls it alb reaking out of syntax. The
item is as follows: Reports are cur
rent that smallpox is raging on all
sides of us, but no one should become
unduly alarmed. They are of mild
type and besides by being vaccinated
1t can be prevented.
HUGHES IS 1T.
The state printing board. composed
of State Treasurer J. w. Robbins, Sec
rotary of State John G. Tod, and Act |
ing Attorney General Robert A. John. |
met in Austin Wednesday and elected |
e S. Hughes of Travis county state |
expert printer. The only other can
didate was C. E. Gilbert, the incum- |
bent. who received the vote of Mr.. |
Robbins. The other two mebers of the |
board voted for Mr.. Hughes.
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.
E J. Buck. aged 20 years. was as
saulted and robbed in a brick building |
near the Cotton Belt depot in Tyler |
at night. He was hit over the head by |
thugs SO hard that his skull was frac-
tured ard several pieces of it have |
been removed. The robbers took 5000 |
from his pockets. Several arrests |
have been made but no convicting evil
dence has bene secured against any of |
the men arrested.
MUST PAY FOR HOUSE.
In January 1900. the town council of |
Bells ordered a small frame house |
burned because there had been a case
of smallpox in it. 1t belonged to Mrs.
Jennie Hollingsworth and she sued the
town for DANCES. Tuesday in the |
county court at Sherman she recovered |
damages in the sum of s175 against
the town of Bells.