Eagle Pass Guide. (Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 2, 1895 Page: 3 of 8
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WAN VOORHIS & SANFORD,
Mining Machinery and Supplies.
fPipe, Fittings, Valves, Packing, Shovels,
■ Picks, Sledges, Ore Sacks, Crucibles, Etc.
-AGENTS ROR-
'The Seeger & Guernsey Co., New York
The Morgan Crucible Co., London.
Priee List Sent on Application.
No. 50 Calle de Morelos, Monterey, Mexico.
THOSE DESIRING
PHOTOGRAPHS,
/Artistically executed. Carte de Visite,
or Cabinet sizes, should apply to
Mr. M. Rodriguez-Perez.
'Calle de Guerrero. C. Porfirio Diaz, Mex.
MINERAL RODS.
New MAGNETIC INSTRUMENTS
For the discovery of gold and silver, iron ore,
.copper and all kinds of minerals and hidden
treasures. Sample Rod to any address, on
’receipt of 1830.00. Satisfaction guaranteed
■or money refunded. Remittance should he
sent by registered letter or post office money
order. Address, WM. WOODARD, Agent,
Box 50, Lynchburg, Tenn.
“LA CONCORDIA”
Restaurant.
Adjoins the Teatro del Progreso. Street
'Cars pass within 60 feet of it. Fresh
OYSTERS AND FISH
from Corpus Christi Served Daily.
Monterey, N. L. - - - Mexico.
■Jtpartado 50, Plaza Zaragoza, No. 2.
S. D. BRIDGE,
OFICINA DE ENSAYES.
Agente de Varias Companias Mineras.
MCNTEREY, MEXICO.
A. PANCOAST & SON,
Merchant Tailors.
And Dealers in Ready-Made Clothing.
Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
^Hats, Caps, Fine Shoes, Etc.
Commerc? Street
-SAN ANTqNiO TBXAS
CHAS. CARROL,
ARCHITECT,
Monterey, N. L. - - - Mexico
HOTEL TOPO GHIGO.
TOPO CHICO HOT SPRINGS
Up Stairs Rooms—Airy and Com-
fortable. Rates Reasonable.
TvTFtS- S- IVC-TiOT^^IINra-, Pr’s
FRANCISCO L. PEREZ,
Notary Public.
Dealer in
Real Instate.
Office—No. 17%, Commercial St., Monterey
SOUTHERN HOTEL,
Fronting on
Main and Military Plazas,
SAN ANTONIO,......TEXAS.
/RATES.— $2 PER DAY.
Thoroughly renovated. Cuisine
excellent. Stockmen’s head-
quarters. The home for
Texas people.
Dr. L. A. TREXLER, Propietor.
FRANK FOX,
.Builder,Contractor
- AND -
BRICK MAKER.
'-EAGLE PASS............................TEXAS
Estimates given for all kinds of Building
IN ROCK OR BRICK,
rnen and means to execute all jobs
well and speediE.
’Makes, Uses and Sells the Far-Famed
EAGLE '-'ASS BRICK.
Special Quotations on large orders
Eastbound, leave Eagle Pass.. ..
“ arrive “ “
DIRECTORY.
FORTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Court meets as tollows
Jeff Davis County.—On second Monday
before first Monday in March and Septem-
ber; sits two weeks.
Brewster County. — First Monday in
March and September ; sits two weeks.
Pecos County-—Second Monday after first
Monday in March and September; sits one
week
Val Verde County. — Third Monday
after first Monday in March and September;
sits two weeks.
Kinney County.—Fifth Monday after first
in March and September; sits two weeks.
Edwards County.—Seventh Monday after
first Monday in March and September; sits
two weeks.
Maverick County.—Ninth Monday after
first Monday in March and September; sits
till business is disposed ‘of.
[Buchel and Foley counties attached to
Brewster.J
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
5:4-5 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Southbound, leave “ “ ......... 9 55 p-m.
’’ arrive “ “ ......... 9:45 p.m.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC R. R OFFICE.
T. G. George Agent. J. H. Haile. Chiet Clerk.
EAGLE PASS POST OFFICE
Mails arrive........‘....froin Mexico 10:00a.m
•• “............from other points..5:30 p.m
Mails depart.......for Mexico......... 9:00 a m
“ “ .......for other points.. 7:10 a.m
Lettt r delivery on weekdays from 8:00 a.
m. to 6:00 p. m ; on Sundays from 5:00 p. m.
to 6:00 p. m.
Money order office open from 8:00 a. m.
to 6:00 p. m. daily except Sunday.
Laura T. Washburn, P. M.
DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
District J udge............................Walter Gillls
” Attorney.....................C. C. Thomas
” Clerk.......................i...C, W. Hartup
Countyjudge............................J. M. Goggin
STATE OFFICERS.
Governor.......................Chas. A. Culberson
Lieut. Governor............. ........Geo. T. Jester
Comptroller........................... ...R. W. Finley
Com. General Land Office.............A. I. B iker
Treasurer..............................W. B. Wortham
Attornery General ....................M. M. Crane
Sup'tpublic Instruction.........J. M. Carlisle
Congressman Ninth District—T. M. Paschal
State Senator Twenty-seventh District—
J. M. Dean.
Representatives Eighty-first distr -I. L.
Minart* W W. Turney.
Sheriff and Collector...................R. W. Do we
Attorney....................................W. L. Evans
Clerk.......................................C. W. Hartup
Surveyor....................................K. H. Dillon
Assessor......................................Louis Dolch
Treasurer....................................A. J. Bibolet
Hide and Animal Inspector..W.W.Townsend
Commissioners:
County Judge...............Ex Officio Chairman
Precinct No 1............................L. Ladner
” ” 2..................Chas. Hielscher
” ” 3.............................Jos Wipfl
" ” 4..........................Griff Stone
Commissioners'Court meets on the second
Mondays in February, May, August and
November.
County Court meets on the second Mondays
in January, April, Tuly and October.
Precinct No 1—Third Monday of each month:
H. P. Yarrington, Justice; S. Mata, Constable.
Precinct No 2—Fourth Monday of each
month,J. Ehrhardt, constable.
Precinct No 3—Second Monday of each
month; F. Ximenes, Justice.
Road Overseers of the Various Precincts.
No. 1—Herman Klemann. No. 2—John Van
No. 3—John Towns and P. W. Thompson
No. 4—Geo. Anderson.
ELECTION OFFICERS AND THEIR VOTING
PLACES.
PrecinctNo. l.Ed. Schmidt, at the court houst
” ” 2. H. Klappenbach ” school house
” 3. Theo. Rieber, at Upson
” 5. J. J.. Burke, at Davis’ Ranch
” ”6. Wm. Negley at Mrs. Stones’
Board of Trustees of the City Schools.
W. A Bonnet, Dr. Evans.
Wm. Hollis, L. F. Dolch,
T. San Miguel.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mexican Consulate
F. de P. Villasana...............................Consul
F. Alegria.........................................Canciller
American consulate, Piedras Negras—
Jesse W. Sparks, consul.
U. S. Consular Agent—S. M. Simmons,
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz.
German vice consul at Ciudad Porfirio
Diaz, John Cram.
U. S. MILITARY POST, FT. DUNCAN.
Troop F. Fifth Cavalry
George H. Paddock.....Captain Commanding
L. W. Cornish.......Lieut. Act. Quartermaster
Capt. Ten Eyck......................Post Surgeon
MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL R. R.
General Offices, C. Porfirio Diaz.
General Manager....................L. M. Johnson
Gen’l. Frt. and Pas. Ag’t ........C. K. Dunlap
Auditor....................................J. E. Dennison.
Material Agent.......................William Hollis
Cashier.........................................C. R. Smith
Civil Engineer......................C. H. Patterson
Supt. Mechanical Department ...W. Jenni
Su
Su
Tr
Agent..................................T. W. Anderson
Eagle Pass Brass Band.
ngs
toi
al
Bona, secretary and treasurer; Theo. Hiel-
scher, jr., librarian; F. A. Bonnet, property
man. Beginning with the 1st of May, the
band will give an open air concert at the
court-house every Tuesday except the first
and third Tuesday of every month. Concert
to begin at 9:00 o’clock p. m.
MAVERICK COUNTY CEMETERY.
W. L. Lyman, Sexton.
STATE HEALTH OFFICER.
Dr. A. H. Evans.
Health Officer.
Cd. Porfirio Diaz.
Dr. L. Cantu.
Custom House.
Collector...................................YV. A. Fitch
Deputy Collector............W. W. McCampbell
Clerk......................................B. D. Lindsey
U. S. Assayer......................Dr. Chas. Tarver
Railway Inspector..........................I. Marks
Mounted Inspectors......................A Wallace
F. Dolch, M. San Miguel.
Inspectors................................Jesse Sumpter
F. E. Maguire, Emmet Roundtree.
Bonded warehouse keeper...............1. Marks
Mexican Custom-house (Aduana) in Ciudad
Porfirio Diaz.
Juan A. Munoz......................Administrador
Juan Montana................................Contador
Santiago E. Meza.................Oficial Primero
Manuei W. Carrillo...............Oficial Segundo
Fernando Rangel.....................Oficial tercero
Octavio Tripp...........................Oficial cuarto
Gabriel Moreno........................Oficial quinto
Ignacio J. Vasconcelos...........................Vista
Francisco Enriquez...............................Vista
Diego de la Pena.....................♦.............Ca.iero
Higinio de la Fuente...........................Alcaide
Valeriano Valdez.......Comdte del Resguardo
Guillermo Ainslie....................................Cabo
Manuel Mascareiias.................................Cabo
Gendarmeria Fiscal.
Jesus G. Orozco...................Jefe de la seccion
Eagle Pass Board of Trade.
W. A. Fitch...................... President
F. V. Blesse.....................................Treasurer
Jos. Metcalfe....................................Secretary
Directors—F. H. Hartz, E H. Cooper,
W. A. Fitch, H. Klappenbach M. L. Oppen-
heimer, T. G. George, R. L. Bowman, and
C. R. Proutv.
EAGLE PASS RIFLES.
Capt. Backus...Lieuts. Simpson and Bonnet.
-Jos. Metcalfe, pre
-president: E. M.
rsto
Escobedo, vice-secretary; C. A. Stewart,
treasurer.
International Cluii.-
idenf; R. W. Carrington, vie
Frink, treasurer; W, A Thurston, secretary;
L. M. Johnson, J. E. Dennison, W.Jennings,
sr , J. F. Dickey, L. N. Claggett, directors
W. I. Merrill, E. W. Winston, G. R. Ha‘=kley
W. E. Feary, F. B. Darnell, governing com-
mittee.
Mesquite Club.—Wm. Hollis, president;
S. M. Simmons, vice-president ; M. L. Oppen-
heimer, treasurer; H I. Thomas, secretary,
Wm. Hollis, S. M. Simmc ns, M. L. Oppe
heimer, T G. George, F. W. Holbrook, E. H.
Cooper, Col. C. R. Prouty, W. A. Bonnet,
H. I, Thomas, directors.
Eagle Pass Lodge No. 626 A. P. and A. M
—H. I. Thomas, W. M.; R. Kleinsmith, S.
W.; E. G. Myners, J. W.; J. P. Mctallum,
Treas.; W. A. Bonnet, Sec’y.; C R. Norton,
S. P.; A. C. Baker, J D.; E. W. Winston, S.
S.; J W. McCarthy, I S.; J. L. Holnns,
Tyler. Meets first and third Thursday of
every month.
Frontier Lodge No. 2883. K. of H.—Meets
every second and fourth Tuesday. Officers:
Boubel. Dictator; Jacob Ehrhi
porter; J. C.
Tre
eas.; R. W. Hig
Guide; H. Zeigl
V. D.;
ix, Ke-
Dolch,
Jones, F. R ; L.
Higgins, Chaplain; I. Marks,
Guardian; F. Fox, Senti-
Guide; H. Zeigler, Guardian; F. Fox,
nel, ‘V. Kelso, H. Klappenbach, A. Fe
F. H. Hartz, Boyd Anderson, Trustee
‘ ~ W.
Sent
ssman,
... Trustees.
A. O. U. W.—Twin City Lodge No. 119
Henry Jackson, P. M. W.; S. M. Walker, M.
w.; J. M. Goggin, Foreman; B. F. Heckel-
mann, O.; C. W. Hartup, Recorder; H. G.
Krausse, Financier; V . L. Lvman, Receiver
Wm. McIntosh, G.; J. E. Zeigler, I. W.; Geo!
W. Rohleder, O. W. Meets 1st and 3rd
Saturday evenings of each month. All mem-
bers of the order in good standing cordially
invited to attend.
Maverick Lodge No. 85 K. of P.—Thomas
Watson, M.W.; A. Boubel, C.C.;L. F. Dolch,
V. C.; W. A. Bonnet, Prelate; J. K. Foster,
K. of R. and S.; R. Kleinsmith, M. of F.; L.
DeBona, M. of E.; 1 C. Baylor. M. at A.; C.
Solano, I. G.; Wm. Hogan, O. G.; R. Klein-
smith. Representative. Meetings 2nd and
4th Wednesdays evenings of each month.
Visiting Knight* respectfully invited.
I. O. O. F. Eagle Pass Lodge No. 295.—
F. I. Rodgers, N. G.; Chas. Hielscher, V. G.;
IT. J. K. Foster, Sec.; A. J Bonnet. Treas.;
Chas. J. Lex, R. S. to N. G.; John Seifert, W.:
Edward Schmidt, C.; Luke Dowc. L. S. to
V. G.; V. DePalma, I G.; A. Boubel, Deputy
D. G. Meets every Friday night at 8:30,
p. m. Visiting brothers cordially invited.
I. O. O. F. Porfirio Diaz Lodge, No. 5.
— N. G., L. I. Woodhouse; V. G., James
Monroe; Secretary, R. Taylor; treasurer, R.
Brand; Warden, A. Carmichael; I. G., A.
Wrightson. Lodge meets Saturday evening
at 8 o’clock. Visiting brothers in good
standing fraternally i n vi ted.
Woodmen of the World, Camp Maguey
No. 144.—C. C., J. C. Jones; A. L., A. A.
Boubel; B., C. A. Stewart; clerk, S. C. L.
Buchanan; E., U. Backus; W., W. Y. Duggan;
S., T. H. Proctor; P. C. C., W. T. Owens.
Managers: A. A. Boubel, C. A. Stewart, U.
Backus. Physicians : A. H. Evans, Lorenzo
Cantu. Camp meets at 7:30 p. m. every
second and fourth Saturday in the month.
Visiting sovereigns will be heartil v welcomed.
F. «KOI IS & Co.
BANKERS
San Antonio........................Texas.
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Exchange
FOR SALE OR RENT
UOAL LAND.—640 acres of superior coa!
V_Hands for lease on a small royalty. Annir
to B. W.,this office.
"Tj'OR SALE.—A two story brick house
_T Containing seven large rooms, with firt
place and closet in each room, is offered fo
--- — - — - - — - *** J.O uuciCU 1U.
de at LESS THAN COST. The property
hich includes two lots, chicken house, car
age house, stable, and brick cistern, is mos-
esirably located on Ceylon street. Apply a
de__________
this office.
FENCING
WIRE ROPE SELVAGE.
’Poultry, Farm, Garden, Cemetery,
Lawn, Railroad and Rabbit
Fencing:.
Thousands of miles in nse. Catalogue
Free. Freight Paid. Prices Low.
The McMULLEN woven wire FENCE CO.
114,116. 113 ani J20 N. Market St., CHICAGO, ILL.
MARLIN«"'
sfSlil
Made In all styles and sizes. Lightest,
I strongest, easiest working, safest, simplest,
most accurate, most compact, and most
I modern. For sale by all dealers in arms.
Catalogues mailed free by
The Marlin Fire Arms Co.,
New Haven, Conn., U. S. A.
{Young
\ Men
| to di .tribute ';
.................................... onr ad rertfse- ’
ments in part payment for a bigu grade Acme 11
bicycle, which we send them on approval. No ■ •
ve send them on approva
ne until the bicycle arrives and i
isfactory.
icycle,
work do:
satisfac
Young Ladies
f boys orgirls apply they must be well recom- < I
nded. Write for particulars. 4
ACME CYCLE COHPANY.
ELKHART, IND. /
me'
E. H. COOPER,
Wholesale and Retail
PHARMACIST,
EAGLE PASS, TEXAS,
Lawn Tennis. Athletic Goods
BAINBRIDGE & CORNER.
BOOKSELLERS.
STATIONERS, and
ENGRAVERS.
ESTABLISHED 1885.
Sole agents for Wright and Ditson’s
Athletic Goods. The best made.
Send for Catalogue.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
Opkra House Building, Alamo Plaza
Adolph Fessmann,
Carpenter•
and Builder.
Estimates furnished on all kinds of buildings.
EAGLE PASS. TEXAS.
MIEROW & RIEBE,
DEALERS IN
Italian and American Marble
Wrought Iron Fences.
Prices Reasonable.
Near Alamo Plaza, San Antonio. Texas.
JAMES De MERITT,
MANUFACTURER OF
BOOTS AND SHOES
Usqs only the best material,
neat Fits Guaranteed. Monterev, Mex.
MONTEREY HOTEL"
ZARACOZA PLAZA.
JVRfL JVIAJ'iGOLiD, Prop.
MONTEREY, MEXICO.
RATES SS.50 PER DAY.
CHAS. FRITZ KAISER
Has just reopened
THE CALIFORNIA BAKERY,
Corner Commercial and Ford streets.
Keeps on hand
FRESH BREAD ; also CAKES and PIES
of Best Quality. Try him
Irrigating the Air.
The hot, dry wind that sweeps
across the western plains scor-
ches the waving fields of corn
and other grain, dries and bakes
up the cultivated and uncultiva-
ted fields, and brings general
disaster to thousands of homes.
The cause of these winds has been
differently explained by scientific
writers, but of the results there
is no doubt. The remedy in the
past has been to irrigate the
growing crops with streams of
water artificially supplied. But
the supply of water in the dry
seasons has not always been suf-
ficient even for this purpose.
A more thorough study of the
hot winds and their action upon
vegetation has resulted in the
adoption in many localities of a
new system of irrigation. This
is known as “atmospheric irri-
gation.” When properly unders-
tood and adopted generally b\’
farmers throughout the dry re-
gions it is believed that this irri-
gation will bring a remedy that
will surpass anything heretofore
suggested. The hot winds are
thirsty, and they suck out the
moisture from thesoiland plants
so rapidly that thelatterquickly
wither away. When the air is
sufficiently charged with mois-
ture, the crops need not yield up
their life fluid to it. Irrigation
in the past has sought to feed the
plants with water, atmospheric
irrigation seeks to feed the thirs-
ty winds with all the moisture
they need, so that in passing
over the wide stretch of plains
they will take little moisture
from them.
The plan of atmospheric irri-
gation is to store up water in
numerous small lakes, ponds,
and reservoirs during the wet
season so that the winos will
find plenty of moisture to satisfy
their thirst. In the winter and
These ponds are to be filled with
food fish, and the banks, lined
with close borders of trees and
bushes. If the soil at the bot-
tom of the pond is porous, weeds,,
grass and waste material are to
be spread over it, and the cattle
turned loose to wallow in the
shallow water. The buffalo wal-
lows that hold water so well on
the western prairies have been
made by these animals rolling
and wading in natural ponds un-
til the surface soil got packed
and was almost water tight. All
that the farmer has to do is to
make the proper excavation and
turn the cattle loose in it, feed-
ing them hay and grass in the
hollow to induce them to stay.
Every rain and snow storm in
winter will then help to fill them
and the water will remain in
them through the dry seasons.
In some places it is recommended
to flood the ponds b\’ means of
artesian wells or overflow from
the rivers. The trees will help
to retain the moisture, and make
the results more satisfactory by
turning the hot waves of air
aside from the fields of grain.
Individual farmersareinstructed
to make such ponds on their pla-
ces, but the work should then
be supplemented by the co-oper-
ation of townships,counties, and
even states.
This method of irrigation has
received the sanction of many of
the most practical farmers in the
dry regions of the West, and is
advocated by scientific experts.
The trouble with the arid regions
is that the water is not evenlv
distributed throughout the j^ear,
and by suoplying the hot winds
with all the moisture that they
can hold the farmers will bring
rain from the clouds. The rain-
makers of the future will be the
farmers themselves.
One of the great causes of the
parching winds of the West is the
numerous prairie fires which
sweep across thousands of acres
of land, burning up dead grass
and worthless vegetation, and
drying up moisture in the air.
Farmers in the past have adop-
ted the system of burning grass
and weeds and even the endless
acres of cornstalks. Prairies
were set on fire by this method,
and untold harm done. Not only
do the immense prairie fires drv
the air, but they bake the top
soil so that water can not be
taken up from the land by the
dry winds that follow. The best
elements of the soil are also made
insoluble, and the farmer must,
work hard to get any good re-
sults from such land. Burning
the grass, weeds and brush stan-
ding on the farm is the lazy man’s
method of farming, and it must
be discouraged by a strong public
sentiment.
The prairies are covered with
buffalo and other wild grasses.
The sod formed by the buffalo
grass is so compact that it is al-
most impervious to water, and
forms a fine reflector of heat. So
long as this soil is permitted to
cover the surface of the land in
the arid regions it will be impos-
sible to secure perfect atmosphe-
ric irrigation. The sod needs to
be broken up with a plow, and al-
falfa to be raised instead. When
the plains are planted with alfalfa
the water descending upon them
in the summer and winter will
be retained in the natural reser-
voirs below the surface, and
during the hot days of summer
this moisture will gradually as-
cend to feed the thirsty winds.
—Cannons’ Screw Worm liniment is
SOCIETIES.
The Young Peoples’ Society of Chris-
tian Endeavor.—Meets on Monday nights,
at the Presbyterian church. It is non sect-
arian.
Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana—Trini-
dad San Miguel, president; Juan Garza, vice-
president; Diego Pena, secretary; Romualdo
Piedras Negras, Coahuila.
AGENT FOR COOPER’S
FAMOUS SHEEP DIP.
spring water falls abundantly
throughout this Western region.
On every quarter-section of land,
the farmers are advised to cons-
truct a pond or storage reservoir.
dead shot on screw worms and heals
wounds more rapidly than any other
medicine. Cheapest, best and most eon-
vienent to use. For sale at E. H. Coop-
er’s, Easrle Pass.
—Cash for clean rags at Guide office.
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