El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-23
IA Years Ago Today
From The Herald This Date 1899.

Judge Newcomb is in the city from
Las Cruces.
A girl was born last night to Mr..
and Mrs. L. :. Stewart.
Miss Leila Holmes came down from
tives here.
Mrs Nabb went up to San Marcial.
n NJ, this morning, to be gone a
month or more.
The bridge guards reported at 10
o'clock this morning that the river had
risen 3 = feet since g o'clock.
David L. CressweN has been ap-
pointed inspector in the customs ser
vice at FL PasO at 50 per day.
rms morning the two baseball
teams captained by Jim White and Ed
AgneW, met in deadly combat, which
resulted in the defeat of the White
team by the score of 20 to Is.
D. T. Anderson. an old time c. II. &
\ A man, who has been for some time
past employed on the Guadalajara
branch Of the Mexican Central came
up last night and will spend the next
ten days with his friends in this city.
There has been a rumor current in
me CITY IoT some days past that Pat
DWyer would receive the appointment
as night captain of the police force.
Mayor Magoffin. when asked If he
intended to appoint Dwyer, said: Il
know nothing of it"
The picnic given by the high school
CADETS yesterday was a success in every
respect About so attended. The wealth
er was permect and the day was spent
in fishing. boating and field sports.
Miss Thornton. Mrs. ". R. Brown and
g. A Roach acted as chaperons-
Last Friday deputy United States
marshal Sheridan arrested an alleged
counterfeiter at LOrdsburg who is be
neyed to be prominent member of a
well organized gang which has long
operated here and at Juarez- Treas
ury agent Dick Rule worked up the
case here and wired a description Of
the suspect to Sheridan.
A party of local musicians left over
the Northeastern yesterday morning
for AlamOgOrdO, where they will give
a concert under the auspices of the
party is under the management of H.
~ WalZ. and consists Of MeSsrs- H 7.
w all and Jim Milne. Misses Jennie
Walz, Leila Trumbull and Myrtle Can
The controversy which has existed
long time between the Pauly Jail
company and the city authorities. re-
gardlng the building Of the cells Of
the new jail, seems to have come to
a peaceful settlement T.. +. Shelton.
representative Of the company in this
the sum Of $50 in addition to the 1850
to be paid when the cells are laid
down here. Mr. Shelton afterward dis
covered that he had made an error in
A party of II local contractors and
architects left this morning for Ala
mogordo. where they 90 to investigate
the lumber and brick plants of the
Lumber company. The
party will make the trip at the invita-
ton OF the lumber company, and is in
charge of L A Shedd. The party con-
slsts of the following. G. l. HIT
q. J. Holland. R s Davis. T. 5. Kerr,
X. II. Harvey, Chas. Peterson, and ".
r Riley. F. Krause. Ed KneeZell. r G.
Ball and W A Allen. They viii re-
turn Monday afternoon.
The regular council meeting con-
vened last evening. The report Of the
chief of police was rendered by alder
man Burton. The long looked for re-
port of the celebration ball commit
tee arrived and looks very we'll The
net expense Of the celebration after
defrayinE all the expenses Of the ball,
were $1,000. At this point in the
proceedings. clerk Catlin read the list
of appointments for the ensuing year.
Police, J. W B. Burton, John Brun-
ner, George Ogden; street and sidewalk
J. B. Badger, J. W. B. Bur-
ton; street and sidewalk Improvement,
J. B. Badger, James Clifford, F. Nc
Duffie; ordinance and rules, George
Ogden. d, p. Stewart. John Drummer;
Taxation, d. p. Stewart and James
Clifford. Clerk Catlin submitted the
official bonds of himself and city at
torney Kemp. for $1,000 each. Mr..
Catlin's sureties were J. 2. Dieter and
3. F. Hammett; and judge Kemp's, T.
j. Beau and J. c. Lakeland.