El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-25
TEXAS.
BAD DAYS FOR DOGS.

San Antonio dogs are passing to lhe
happy hunting grounds via the poison
route by the dozens. In one neighbor-
hood ten dogs died within a few hours
one afternoon. The person who did
the poisoning is not known and the
purpose for which il is done can only
he guessed at. 1t is the general opln-
ION that the poisoning is the work or
a burglar or burglars who want the
dogs out of the way so that they may
20 about their work unhampered-
MANY OF the dogs that have been polS-
oned were valuable and many were
children's pets and considerable feel
ing has been worked up by the death
of the dogs. Already some burglarles
have been committed in the neighbor-
hood where the greater number or dogs
were poisoned. The kennefs empty,
doggie's gone: His going caused an
awful row: Mister Burglar better look
out: Papall buy big bow wow
WILL VISIT GALVESTON.
4 telegram recently received in Gal
weston from Congressman Hawiey an
nounced that the North Atlantic squad
ron L. s. N will visit Galveston in
March. The report stated that the
battleships would be there some time
after March 6. the exact date not hav-
ing been decided upon by the navy de-
partment Galveston had been omit
ted from the tinentary on account OF
reports of the unhealthy conditions in
that city The navy department mas
been convinced that the health CT Cal
Weston is good, and hence the change
in program
TURTLES BURIED UNDERGROUND.
While Street Commissioner j. W.
Cook and his force were engaged In
Iyrrff N
Branch on South Birmingham street
in Paris. they found three turtles i'm
bedded in the mud two or three feet
underground One of them was as
large as a waterbucket and the other
two about half as large. AS soon as
they became a little warm they snapped
at bit at stick thrust at them with as
much energy as if they had noe been
buried in their shells for months.
There is scarcely any water IN the
branch and it seldom runs except when
waste water from the sewers and pri-
vate drains are discharged.
WEATHERFORD WELL SUPPLIED.
A new daily paper has made its ap-
pearance in WeatherfOrd known as the
Weatherford Morning Democrat. Mr.
Aaron Smith. former editor CT the
Weekly Democrat is editor and pub
fisher. He will run his daily in con-
necricn with his weekly paper Wea-
therford now has three daily papers.
HAVE QUIT WASHING.
The white families of Corsicana who
have been putting their washing out
with negro women are now having
some trouble to get their linen laun-
dered. The negroes have been very
susceptible to smallpox and they have
been told that smallpox germs are
transmitted in clothing, hence their
desire TO quit washing.
SHIPPING TEXAS CATTLE
A dispatch from New Orleans says
that on Sunday morning the exporta-
ton of cattle through there has been
revived. after being suspended for two
wears. E. P Wilson, the cattleman
from Dallas. arrived on the 2lst. pre-
ceding the first shipment of 300 head
of fat Texas steers, which arrived over
the Texas & Pacific in special train
Sunday. and were loaded at Westwego
aboard the steamship Oceano- There
is a great interest there In the resump-
ton of this trade.
FOUND HIS MEN.
While going through the Jail in Nc
Kinney. Deputy Sheriff Velv1n OF
Greenville. recognized two prisoners
there as men he has been long looking
for. In the early part of December
they blew open the safe in the store
of Mr.. Shira at Clinton. Mr.. Velvin
sent for Sheriff LangfOrd and others
to come up and the men were positively
identified.
RESISTED AND WAS KILLED.
H. l.. Upton, a small ranchman living
about twelve miles southwest of Guth-
RE. was shot and fatally wounded while
resisting arrest. Upton fired one shot
at Sheriff Moore. The ball passed close
to the sheriff's head. He Upton) lived
until Sunday night at 11:20. Sheriff
Moore was placed under $500 to await
the action of the grand jury.
KILLED HIS MOTHER.
A dispatch from Paris says that
while Chris Moore. a Choctaw citizen
of Jacks Fork county. living near Etna.
and his wife wered irving along the
road in a wagon and were sitting on
spring seat their little son was sitting
in the bed of the wagon in the back
part lingering Winchester rifle. The
gun was accidentally discharged and
the bullet passed through his mothers
bowels. Death ensued IN n few hours.
The bullet also grazed the boys father,
but inflicted only a slight wound in the
hips. Chris Moore had small mix
ture of white blood, was very intelli-
gent. and was formerly county clerk of
Jacks Ford county.
NEW MEXICO