El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-21
N Years Ago To day
From The Herald This Date 1890.


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L. Terrazas is in the city from Chi
huahua.
w. ]. cox returned this morning
from New Orleans
J. B. Bradley and wife came up from
Chihuahua last evening.
A W. Thomas, wife and mother, of
Casas Grandes, arrived yesterday on
the Sierra Madre-
John h Friend is up from his min
ing property at Summit Station on the
Sierra Madre road
H D. Bowman and family arrived
from Mexico last night and returned
home this morning TO Las Cruces
Conductor J. K. Merriman is i'll and
laying off. Extra. Conductor J. S. Moss
has the run while he is laying off.
Major WimberIey's new map of Ell
PasO has been adopted by the city
council as the official map of the city
The horse and buggy of Mrs. B. B.
Shay was ratified off at Chairman and
Ogdens last night. Jack Connors, the
painter. was the lucky man.
Charles Mehan captured a Chinaman
this morning at the Santa Fe depot
Cmna via san Francisco and Mexico
Maj. ". H. II. LIewellyn who has
been up to Jarllla mining camp for a.
few days looking for a claim, came
down last night and returned home this
The following officers for the For
esters' lodge were installed last night:
J. R. Hammond, NJ Wheel. Frank
WithrOw, Joe Spivey, Edgar Taylor,
Bryan Barton, c. c. Rees.
The Campbell Real Estate company,
v hich has recently closed out all but a
few lots of the immense tract Of land
formerly owned by 1t in this city, has
made millions out of the property.
Inspectors DWyer and Kline cap
tured another bold chill smuggler last
night on this side of the river, just
after he had set foot on American soil
The man gave his name as Benjamin
Darte.
The Rio Grande at this point took a
sudden rise yesterday. due to the fresh
cts in the vicinity, but it mas receded
and now there IS very little water in
the channel The rains down the valley
have been Of immense benefit to the
farmers
The suit of o. P. Buchanan VS.
Charley Patterson, Tom Bendy and Con
LOckhart to recover moneys which ne
alleged the police compelled him TO
give up to the proprietor OF the games
at the Majestic, was called this morn
ing in the county court
E S Banks and Miss NJ. H Kohlsom
were united in marriage yesterday at
ternOOn. They are both from Mexico
and Mr.. Banks is superintendent Of the
track construction of the Mexican Cen
trail from TOrreon down to Mexico
City. c. H. Davis and his wife came
up from Auguscalientes with the
The Ell Paso school Of eIocution and
OratOry under the direction OF MISS
Irene Ice, having closed its first term
of six weeks, will make its initial per-
Torrance in Magyar opera house Tuesday
evening. Interesting numbers will be
a solo by Miss Grace Marvin, reclta-
lions by Miss Alice Marvin and Ger
trude. Virgins and monolog In
costume by J. L Kibbee.
Since Ell Paso's marvellous growth in
the last few years, the question OF
establishing a mining exchange IN TINS
city, where all the leading stocks could
be listed for the information of mine
owners, has again come up for con-
sideration. J. S EIdridge, a prominent
broker of New York, who is one of the
owners of the PilareS mine in the state
of Chihuahua, has outlined plans Of an
organization, such as is suggested Tor
FL Paso, that are of considerable value
About four months ago eight men
residing in this city formed q small
sending out competent mining man
to prospect the surrounding country
and also to invade Mexico. D. W.
Reckhart was at the head of the en-
terprise and, after much labor, he
gathered the following associates; H
G. Ross, John Julian, z. Kohloerg, H
3. Chairman S. T. Chaplin, D. NJ Payne
and W. S. McCutcheon. The man Sc
1eCLGu was Jerry WlueSs a man
Of wide experience. Mr.. Wines has
made an important discovery of rich
ore. in New Mexico, a short distance
from Lordsburg, and about 14O miles
from FL PasO.
The erection Of new and costly build
ings in l1l PasO has in no wise dimin-
iShed with the coming of summer. The
city hall is more than half complete
and the fire and police departments
buildings mas just recently been fin
iShed- About SS5 900 is being spent on
the schools. a KrakaUer's will prob
ably be the finest residence in Ell
Paso when completed. 1t is situated
high up on Mesa avenue. During the
last six months, according to the rec
ord of building permits kept at the city
hall. nearly half a million has been in
vested in improving real estate in the
city. The city hall is rapidly nearing
and in two more months
will be ready for occupancy. All of
the heavy stone work is now complete
and the wood work of the high dome is
being put into place.