White Oaks golden era. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 188?-18??, 1884-06-05
Fred MayeS is quite sick.


on the IIondo.
Charley Buford aud wife will live in
the Mcpherson property.
Mr.. Joseph Bigg> has been laid up
for some time with rheumatism.
The mail that left here for the rail-
road Monday, returned Wednesday.
Bond & Stewart will have ice f)r
sale from now on through the sum
mer.
Several loads of wool passed
through here Tuesday on the way to
Vegas.
II. II. Hills passed through the Oaks
csoghe way to Stanton, Wednesday
morning.
The county commissioners met on
Monday last at Lincoln, to cqualize
the taxes.
W. II. IIudgcns informs us that he
had thirteen men employed on the
ranch last week, making a ditch.
Charley Smith came in Tuesday for
lumber to timber the well the boys arc
digging hey ond the NAL pals. He
said they sunk 35 feet the first three
days.
O. d. kelsey, Billy O'Bricn, Johu
Woodland, and James Colp, returned
to day wednesday, from I1udgens
Bros ranch where t, ey have been at
work.
w. IL. Weed sent q courier to over.
take an OK team loaded with wool for
Las Vegas, to take a letter for him.
Mr.. Weed says the letter will get
through sooner than it would TO go by
way of San Antonio.
Mr.. Wilson, an old resident and Que
of the present county commissioners,
informs lis that the Indians on the
reservation arc very much dissatisfied.
on account of not having enough to
eat. He speaks in the highest terms
Of Indian Agent Llewe|lyn and says
that it is no fault of his.
Somebody poisoned Capt. Kempton's
dog Saturday night. The dog seldom
left home, and was very watchfnl
over lis little son Cody. 1t is wei!
enough to poison some Of the worth
less ours that run around town, but
when there is faithful, watchful dog,
it won't do. Mr.. Kempton offers q re-
ward of S25 for the party that did the
poisoning.
Z. OZannc came up to day from
White Oaks with sky four ounces OF
gold bullion. the last mill run from the
Solitaire mine of that Furnishing
caup.-G0zetie.
Nothing like having a gold mine.
Nearly every boy that visits the rail.
road towns, has free gold specimen
f 60 or 70 ounces AIl they lave to
do Is to 60 MP TO their Inc AMI get
out as much as tl.6y think they will
uecd. Nothing like it!
Lieut.. Cavcnqugh informs us that no
bids were received for coal, notices of
which were posted in White Oaks,
several weeks ago TO our kuoWled ge.
The contract calls for 900 tons, to be
delivered at Ft. Stanton. 1t certainly
seems strange to ua, that owners of
coal mines IN this vicinity, would let
such an opportunity pass without max
ing an effort at least, TO secure il. 1t
not on'y meant money in your pockets
but the development of your mines.
The Rev. Sambrano Tafoya met
with very serious accident Oh Sunday
while driving from Lincoln TO the res
idence of CGndelaril Griego. HE
horses ran away threw him out and he
becoming cntangled in the harness, wa
dragged aud cut aud in jured about the
head and person in Il very serious ant
, dangerous way. He lies now III an I'M
conscious condition at the residence o
Mr.. Griego, surrounded by his fam
lily and friends. DR.. Atkins is in al.
tendance upon him.
Nicolas Aragon, who was convicted
of horse stealing aud sentenced to tn,
penitentiary for four years, made hi
} escape from our county Jail on tho
. evening Of May 2Slh. Dept. Sheriff
: Lea had the prisoners in the jail yard
t Aragon asked permission TO 90 to thC
t water closet, which was granted. Mr.
Lea waited not longer than tire,
, minutes, he says, when he called to th,
, prisoner, receiving no reply, he imme
diately locked up the rest of he pris
: oners and started in pursuit. TIL
prisoner was shackled, but had the ad
> vantage of approaching darkness
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