El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 122, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 25, 1889 Page: 7 of 8
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Paints, Oil, Glass, Putty
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WALLPAPER.
NtW WATER -RATES.
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COUNCIL TAKES HOLD OF THE ACEQUIA
PROBLEM
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At the,Meeting Last Night-New Ordinances
—The Old Bacon Case—Sam Lee
Elected to Succeed Ochoa-
Council met in regular weekly session
last evening at 7 o'clock, with Mayor
Hubbard presiding and Aldermen Cooney,
Dolan, Johnson, Miller, B-rrien and
Wood present.
The reading of the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting were dispensed with.
The mayor stated that he had appoiut-
ed W. P. Hempel keeper of aeequia.
He also stated that although Mr. Hil
ainger'b resignation had beeti accepted
according to the city ordinance he could
Hot resign until his successor had been
confirmed, and he suggested that Mr.
Hilzinger be allowed 1100 per month
antil his successor can be confirmed.
On motion the suggestion of the Mayor
was approved.
0. M. Potter, was approved «9 deputy
for Collector Hilzinger.
Mr. llilzinger stated lie expected to
have some trouble in persuading his
bon Ismeu to hold over, and asked coun
cil to reduce his bond after examining
his books.
The finance committe was ordered to
investigate Mr. lliizingel'tt affairs and
report.
Attorney Coldwell submitted the fol-
lowing ordinance which he explained
was for the purpose of reaching people
who obstructed the streets with shanties
and fences*
Be it resolved by the city council of
the city of El Paso.
Sec. t That the chief of police do
remove all houses, fences or other erec-
tion or structure that encroach on any of
the streets or alleys of the city. Provided
that the parts or jobs of the electric light,
gas, telephone and telegraph companies
erected by the authority of the city as
well as the United States receiving mail
boxes are not included herein.
See. The city engineer shall at once
report to the elvief of police the location
of all of the aforesaid encroachments.
Sec. 3 The chief of police shall give
twenty days notice to the occupant
I of ore removing any building that comes
within the terms of this resolution.
Sec. 4 The mayor shall have the power
to suspend the execution of this resolu-
tion as to any particular encroachment
until such tune as the pleasure of the
council can be made known.
Approved May 24, 1889.
0. E, HUBBAHD.
The above was adopted, as was also the
following
ACEQUIA ORDINANCES:
Be it ordained by the city council of
the city of El Paso:
Section 1. That the office of aeequia
commissioner be and hereby is created.
Sec. 2. That the aceqtlla commissioner
saall bold his office for the period of two
years, but the council may at any time
abolish the office or take away or reduce
the salary of the incumbent.
Sec, il. That the aeequia commissioner
Bhall give bond in the sum of one thou
sand dollars conditioned for the faithful
discharge of his duties, and that he will
file' complaints against all persons who
use the water of the aeequia without first
paying therefor, and.shall receive for his
services ninety dollars per month, pava*
bio out of the aeequia ' fund, except that
the first month's salary shall be paid out
of the fund created for the payment of
other officers.
See. 2. That the aeequia commissioner
shall keep a horse to be used by him in
the discharge of his duties.
Sec. 5. That the aeequia commissioner
shall have general charge and control of
the public aeequia, and it is made his
special duty to file complaints against all
persons using the water of the aeequia
without first paying therefor, or in any
manner violating any of the ordinances
relating to the public aeequia or the use
of the water thereof. He shall collect all
moneys arising from the water rates, and
Bhall give to each person paying water
raUs a receipt signed by both himself and
the assessor and collector, showing the
amount paid, the property or purpose for
which it was paid and the name of the
person paying. He shall, as soon as
collected, turn over all mon*
eys collected by him to the
assessor and collector, who shall at onOfl
deposit tha same T7ith the treasurer to
the credit of the aoeqOfo fund. The
aeequia commissioner shall keep * receipt
; book, which shall be the property of the
ity and which shall contain a duplicate
o£ each receipt delivered '.o the consum-1
ere of ihe trater of the aeequia, and
which shall also contain the receipt of
t le assessor anil collector for each sum to
him turned over by the Water commis-
sioner.
Sec. fS. This ordinance shall take effect
from an4 after passage and approval, and
all ordinances, so far as they conflict
herewith, arc hereby repealed.
Approved May 24. 1889.
Be it orkained by the city council of the
city of El Paso:
SectioO 1. That the following annual
rates shall hereafter be collected from the
consumers of the water of the aeequia:
Gardens, per acre .$ 5 00
Aurieul ural purposes, per acre— 2 00
Domestic purposes, per family— 8 00
Brick making, per 1000 5
Laying bricks in wall, per 1000... 21
Making adobes, common size, per
1000 1 00
Watering horses, cows or asses,per
head 50
Provided that 'persons watering stock
of the above description can pay for any
period not more than a year and not less
than six months.
Sheep or goats, per heid 10
For all other purposes, per thou-
sand gallons, amount to be esti*
mated by commissioner 50
Provided that the aeequia committee
may make special and lower rates for
persons using water that coaae under this
head,
Sec, 2. This ordinance shall take effect
from and after passage and approved and
all ordinances or parts of ordinances so
fur as they conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Approved May 24, 1889.
BILLS ALLOWED.
Star Stables. $ 4 50
Burton, Lingo & Go 11 00
U, Chichester 43 00
0. IV Keifer .........,,........ 5 05
T P. Wilson 42 00
Ernest H. Russell 159 75
Total 264 90
Alderman Ochoa presented his resigna-
tion, explaining as his reason for so doing
that he had to leave for Mexico to be
absent some time. His resignation was
accepted.
The old case of Mrs M. L. Bacon was
brought before council by her attorneys,
Messrs. Patterson & Buckler, who asked
countil to take up the $900 city scrip for
which Pat Mooney had sued the city and
secured a judgment.
Mr. Patterson gave notice that if the
•ity council declined to take action on
the matter tonight that he would apply
to the county court today for a manda-
mus to compel council to pay.
The board declined to act upon the
matter until the new members had an
opportunity to investigate into its merits.
Sam Lee, of the Grand Central, was
elected as aldermui from the Fourth
ward in Mr. Ochoa's place. The result
was cheered and Mr. Lee was promptly
brought in and sworn into office. He
looked just like an alderman.
The mayor stated that in view of re-
cent changes he had reformed his stand
iug committees as follows:
Finance—Johnson, Woods and Ber-
rien.
Streets and grades—Caples, Miller and
Lee. ,
Ordinances and rules—Woods, Dolan
and Johnson.
Fire and water-—Dolan, Caples and
Cooncy.
II altli—Miller, Dolan and Lee.
Police—Lee, Cooney and Berrien.
Taxation—Berrien, Caples and Miller,
Special aeequia—Benien, Lee and
Johnson,
Five^tenths City Directory—Berrien,
Cooney and Dolan.
Council then adjourned.
Spring is bere-and summer's coming,
Ami we must ourselves equip
In a way that is becoming
If we want to hold our grip,
In the best society,
Lightbody & James will put you
On good terms with th» el''e.
bummer lluUeiWear.
Beautiful plain and colored fancy Bal-
briggati. Lisle thread, Wool, Merino and
SilK. Nice assortment and low prices.
Lkuitbodv & James.
A Dynamite Duel.
Captain Hins Cracksen and Engineer
Phillip Metrokin had challenged cadi
other to a duel, As the latter had choi a
of weapons he decided in favor of dyna
mite. On the morning of the day ap*
pointed the parties appeared on the
ground, each carrying with him five dyn
untile cartridges. The seeonds ihen
climbed on the highest trees ;ind the duel
commenced. The first two cartridges
took no effect, but the third exploded
with a tremendous report. The sectfnds
quickly descended and Crude-en was
literalff crushed Into pulp and Metrokin
had dlpapjmr^ from tha, earth. The
only traces of the duelists were the ljurt
shoes whict, they had bought from
LtoiiTBQDY & James,
Orohidn, or "Air Plnli,"
ft Phamicy Pasc del Norte, in front of
Mexican auBtom house, city ot Juarez.
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
1HE CLGSING EXERCISES OF OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
An Attractive Programme—Yesterday Morning
at the High School—"A Merry
Party" Last Night—Receiv-
ing Their Diplomas.
Yesterday was a field day for the pupils
of the El Paso public schools. To the
mijorityof them it meant commence-
ment day, as they were advanced to
higher grades, while others were advanced
to higher institutes of learning. A large
number of the patrons and friends of the
different schools were present and were
gracefully received by Miss Meekins,
acting superintendent, and her accom-
plished assistants. The walls of the
High school room were adorned with
neat and skillfully executed drawings in
pencil and crayon, the work of the pupils
of the different schools. Conspicuous
among the most attractive specimens was
the work of Lillie Cole, Albert Allen,
Victoria Woods, Jessie Ecker, Leona
Spencer, and the specimens execus
ted by the fourth and fifth
grade of pupils of the Rink school. A
map of Texas, by Minnie Hepburn, a lit-
tle nine year old miss, was perfect and
elicited the admiration of all visitors.
theiil i'homotion.
At 9 a. m. Miss Meekins called the
high grades to order and proceeded to
issue to them their promotion cards ac-
cording to the promotion list found in
another column. Miss Meekins announced
that Susie Cherry was th<i honor pupil,
as she was the only one who had made an
average of 90 in every study for the term
As the little lady came forward to receive
her honor card she was greeted with
applause.
Miss Nannie Beall played a grand
march as the high grade pupils arose and
executed a pretty march in withdrawing
from the room.
THE LITTLE ONES.
Miss Meekins again tapped the bell and
the primary classes commenced marching
in, each class headed by thvir teacher. It
looked as if the little ones
would never quit coming; and when the
lust were in the large hall was literally
packed with children, all attired in their
holiday robes, and a glance over the hall
showed a solid sea of happy smiling. Not
a frown or a solemn face was to be seen.
First on the programme was a pretty
piano trio which was executed with bril-
liant effeet by Josie Look, Delia Look
and Josie Escontrias. Next came a
chorus. Indeed the programme was re-
plete with class Chortles, all of which
were conducted by Mrs. Arnold, the
accomplished music teacher of the public
school^. Some of them were excellently
rendered and evidenced careful training
of both time and expression.
One of the prettiest features of the en-
tertainment was Miss Florence Thornton's
"Mother Goose Party," conducted by the
little pupils of Room No. 1. Annie Na-
tions made a cute and bright Mother
Goose, and read her lines admirably.
She was surrounded by Jack Ilorrier,Dan
Tucker, Jack and Gill and ten o hers,
each one of whom did their part hand
somely.
"Good morning" a recitation by Master
Allen True, captured the audience and
lie was called back to the stage.
Hellen McNair described the beauty
and chastity of the Queen of night in a
charming little recitation.
The little charade with a castle of two
characters, N6na Pettyjohn as tic
mother of a sick child, ami Robert Neill
as a pompous doctor, was immense and
was entered into 1u full spirit by the
little' burlesqers,
Bat the gem of the evening was little
Fanny Walt's rendition of "The Famine".
The scribe uever heard one of Longfel-
low's poems given with more genuine
expression and truer artistic finish. The
little lady appeared thoroughly imbued
with the spirit of the sad lymthical
romance. Her enunciation Was distinct
and her easy graceful gesticulations
would have done credit to a finished
actress, all of which speaks volumes in
praise.of Miss Florence Thornton'sa bility
as a teacher of elocution.
The pupils were then awarded their
promotion cards, And to Georgia SuN
livatj a wee lady, who has only been
going to school flvo years, the
teachers presented an elegant
ly illustrated volume and promoted
her as an honor pupil, onowho had never
been tardy or absent from school during
the past five yeare.
Recitations t>y Marnh Blacker, Owen
White and ki*n, ifooort, deserve special
mention; but we must leave some room
for the graduating exercises.
oltaduatiko exercises.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the grad
uatinir exercises were held at the opera
house and were larg. ly attended. The
programme opened with a grand overture
by the Fort Bliss orchestra, after which
Kev. Mr Parker, of the Methodist church,
offered prayer. Among those on the
stage were the school trustees, Dr. Hig-
gins, Rev. Mr. Parker, Miss Meekins and
several of her assistant teachers, and the
graduating class, composed of Misses
Jessie Kellogg, Belle Snyder, Sudie Beall,
Lotta Witt, Herbert Stevensou, Flouruoy
Carter aud W. V. Ewers.
"Westward the Star of Empire Takes
Its Way." was the Bubject on an interest-
ing essay by Miss Lotta Witt. She urged
hat since the birth of Christ the Star of
Finpire, the empire of religion,, of civili-
zation and of commerce had ever taken
its flight; that it moved west with the
Mayflower and never halted in its course,
but left civilization in its wake. Miss
Witt is an entertaining writer and a
graceful reader.
Miss Sudie Beall demonstrated her
ability to extract from an old proposition
— Darkness is always revolving itself
into Light and Bondage into Liberty"—
many bright and original gems oi thought,
which slid wove into brilliant clusters
with graceful links of rhetoric. She said
that after creating light God then created
man and implanted in his bosom a desire
to evolve light from darkness; that civili-
zation, the wonders of science, etc., were
the fruits of that desire. The paper
evidenced a thorough study of the subject
and was entertaining throughout.
The next essay, "Heraldry," by Flour
noy Carter, could not be heard by the re-
porter and more than two thirds
of the people in the building because of
the d'n and noise made by the little boys
in the gallery and a bevy of little gills in
the parquette, who were chasing each
other through the building and climbing
over seats. But from tho&e who were
near enough to hear Mr. Carter the re.\
porter learned that his paper was a very
able and brilliant effort.
"The Influence of Our Government
Upon that of Other Nations," was ex-
plaiuei by Miss Belle Say icr in a most
eloquent and forcible style, and estate
lished her reputation as a close and intel-
ligent student of the affairs of nations.
W. V. Ewers read an interesting paper
on Queen Elizabeth and Victoria. It was
a reyiew of the history of the two in bold
aud striking contrast.
Miss Jessie Kellogg found „a beautiful
and interesting theme in the "Myths
of Childhood," aud she dwelt
upon tlnni with pathetic' earn-
cst that showed how highly she
appreciated that which was beautiful be-
cause of its simplicity add innocence.
She wove her my ths into a preyy»-«ursi ry
romance, and drew strong lessohs of life
from the purity of the collection.
Herbert Stevensou followed 'with a
brilliant and eloquent eulogy on "(Jhivs
airy," every sentence of which breathed
"f the d i«h and inate gallantry of the old
south. He said that the days of knight
hood had passed, but that the gentleman,
the true gentleman, had taken the place
of the knidit and chivalry would live as
long as manhood honored virtue and
innocence aud truth
The diplomas were then delivered by
Dr. Higgins, who read to the graduates
an earnest and able lecture on the duties
of life. He congratulated them upon
their honored career in the school room
ami trusted that it would be no lets
honorable and brilliant in the halls of a
higher branch of education, or in the
great schoolroom of life.
The bent diction was pronounced by
Rev. Mr. Parker, and the audience dis.
persed while the orehestia played a
march. The programme was interspersed
with pretty selections by the orchestra.
"A MEHJU' (J -Mi'A.NY,"
or "The Cadets Picnic," a bright and
sparkling operetta, was given at Myar's
Opera House last night as the closing act
of commencement week, and it was wit-
nessed by a large aud enthusiastic audi-
ence, an audience that had the good
s.'nse to show thorough appreciation
without boring any one with tiresome
encores. As already stated "A Merry
Company"-is a bright little operetta,!
fairly sparkling with vivacity and catchy
airs When the curtain rises on the firs1
act the cadets under command of Captain
Stevenson are seen drilling in a field near
their picnic grounds, and while singing
they are joined by about twenty girls
and young ladies, all dressed in white,
and together they render with splendid
effect a chorus, "How Bright anu Clear
the Sun." Here ono of the cadets
ana one of the girls who have
slipped away from the :rowd, put
1
in an appearance disguised as peddlers,
ind proceed to have lota of fun outoi!
their companions. But we haven't space
to give the plot of the play in detail,
^uffl-e it to say that it was indeed a
merry compiny. The two peddlers'
duett were little gems of melody. Col-
lectively the soldier boys were not much
on song; but when the girls joined in to
keep the boys in time the choruses were
good. Miss Marie Shelton's pure, sweet
soprano and Miss Florence Beall's strong
and faultless alto were the two most con-
spicuous voices in the cast. Arlie Irvin
m ide a capital old man and sang well in
his duets with the old woman peddler-
Marie Shelton.
The drilling by the cadets was excel-
lent and they moved like soldiers every
inch of them. The waiters drill was the
prettiest feature of the entertainment.
The calesthenic exercise was also very
attractive, and showed carefvl training.
As a whole the operetta was a most pleas-
ing success.
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El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 122, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 25, 1889, newspaper, May 25, 1889; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth502077/m1/7/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.