Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1884-10-30
LINCOLN, LINCOLN COUNTY, n M, OCTOBER 80, 1884.

| After the formal tender of the Office
had been made, the hilarious old
fossil went to his trunk and tenderly
drew therefrom package carefully
wrapped in cotton batting and tissue
paper, which on being exposed to
the garish light of day proved to be
a tin sign bearing his name and the
the cabalistic characters den oting a
similar Office held by him which had
swayed and squeaked in the breezes
of some embryo metropolis up in
Kansas. This does the old man
proud and the ERA congratulates
him on his new honors and hopes
they may never be wiped out with a
SPONGE,
We caution our Democratic friends
against circulars and slanders sent
out on the eve of electiou Such
things can always be set down as
campaign lies and will not bear ven
tilation.
Col. Geo. T. Beall, candidate for
councilman has proven himself most
efficient during the present term of
court and made hosts of friends, not
only by his affable manner but by
close attention to the business en-
trusted to his hands, fine legal abili-
ty and his energy in crowding cases
through to rapid settlement. His
defense in the Gill case where the
validity of a mine location was in
volved, was peculiarly able and
fought under great disadvantages.
Mr.. Beall has reason to be proud of
the record he is making as the lead
ing attorny of Lincoln county. His
record is entirely clean having al
ways appeared for the defense in
cases of mine or ranch jumping and
is abundantly able to cope with the
leading attorneys Of the territory.
When he is elected to the territorial
council which he surely will be, the
people can expect many much
needed reforms in the way of healthy
and vigorous legislation.
The most important case which
came up at the present term of court
was that known as the Gill eject
ment suit. About fifteen years ago
Mr.. Gill located claim at the head
of Dry Gulch, Nogal district, this
county which was duly recorded and
all the provisions of the law com
piled with at the time and consid-
erablo amount Of development done.
On or about the year 1875 an Indian
Reservation was established over
this ground and Gill was compelled
to leave. Afterwards, in 1882, a
certain part of this reservation was
again thrown open and the lands on
which this claim was situated became
a part of the public domain, where
upon Gill once more took possession
and has continued to hold it from
that time hence, living upon the
claim, erecting mill thereon and
kept it in active operation reducing
the ore taken from the mine. Last
May Timothy Sheehan sunk hole
Immediately outside of Gil's sur
face lines and made location across
the same so as to include the greater
part of the prior location. He ther
served writ of eiectment on Gill
basing his claim on the fact that tie
latter had not renewed his location
and had the same recorded after the
Reservation was set aside. This case
has worked up considerable feeling
in. the community and change o.
venue was called for by the
attorneys for the plaintiff, John Y
Hewitt and H. b. Ferguson, bu
) denied by Judge Bristol's ac
count of insufficient grounds
They then applied for a contin
: uance and here is where the incon
gruity and farcical methods of mo
dern jurisprudence comes in ant
gives us resignation to accept witt
gratitude the advent of the ofiicia
interloper from the east, hoping
thereby to obtain even temporar,
relief. Judge Bristol, after arraign
,, ing the plaintiffs lawyers in ne
unstinted terms, characterizlns
their case as one having been trump
! ted up on a technicality, without
) shadow of justice or equity anc
wholly without grounds, for actor
and their methods not only unpro
! fessinoal but ungentlemanly, thus
ruling the case virtually out of cour
yet in less than six hours thereafter
, he granted a continuance and there
, by hung cloud of nefarous llti
! cation over the richest paying min
, in Lincoln county. The mills o