Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1885-12-10
COUNTY NEWS

capt. DraZel was IN town from the
ranch Friday.
We will sell the Guide and Hand
Book for so cents, or with this paper
one year for S2.2o.
NJ. Cronin is in Tularosa tending
store for Pat Coghlan, who is on the
grand jury at Las Cruces.
a. K. Dale, w. X. HOLMAN, and
w. H. Mil er were in from Roswell
Saturday on land business.
Jake Miller, of White Oaks, came
in by Lightning express Friday on
his his fiery steed--a burro.
Hart Crouch has gone to Socorro
after several thousand pounds of
Christmas goods for our merchants.
Harvey Johnson says that DIR.
Tomlinson fetched his little sister,
and that his papa paid the Doctor
three dollars for her.
The ground hereabouts was Gov
cred with snow Tuesday morning,
but by noon there was little left.
This was the first of the season.
J. G. Swarts, our correspondent at
South Fork, has been appointed
one of the farmers at the agency.
He is a solid Democrat, and we are
glad he got there.
WANTED-American mares not
under IA hands high. May be old,
poor, broken down or have any kind
of blemish, for work If cheap. Any
person having such animals, ad
dress, H. COTTON,
SOL Carthage, n. NJ.
Tom Osby, an old time freighter,
came in from FL Paso last week with
lemons, oranges, cocoanuts, etc.
which he dealt out at reasonable lie
prices. Fruit of this kind is some
thing us isolated folks connot get
very often.
Last week We received an ex-
press package from Chicago. The
express charges amounted to Sl.lO
Thirty-tive cents was from Chicago
to Carthage, and seventy-tive cents
from Carthage to Ft. Stanton.
Comes pretty near being robbery,
doesn't it?
James H. Carpenter is laying the
foundation for building to be used
as furniture store on the ground
just east of banners. The build
ing will consist of a deep basement
and one story, and will be made OF
stone. He has ordered his furniture
from the east.
w. Ii. Sanders, of the west side
Of White Mountains, left for Ell
Paso Monday, where he will take
the cars for the coast of Texas. His
trip will be purely business one
that of buying cattle for his ranch
in this county, and he will be gone
five or SIX weeks.
Many will remember Robert NJ.
Hunton, a distant relative of Jim
Brent, who was visiting here last
spring. He died in Socorro on the
4th inst, of consumption, in the 2lst
year of his age. He made many
friends during his short stay here,
who will be sorry to hear of his
death.
A. + Powers will now receive
THE GoLurN Era for the coming
year at FIT. Stanton. He also sent
us dollar for the Guide and Hand
Book and the New York Weekly
World After he reads the book we
bet he would not take twice the
price of it, if he knew he could not
obtain another.
S. A. Johnson, our liveryman and
hotel man, was setting 'em up tc
everybody Thursday, and seemed tc
be uncommonly happy. On spying
us he said; "Come up here, old boy
and take suthin' it's girl this
time and weighs nine pounds" Mrs
Johnson has been quite sick, but i:
now getting along quite nicely.
Last week we did not call atten.
tion to the new ads. of Theo. w
Heman, and Littell & Lane, o
White Oaks. The former has opened
out real estate and mining ex
change, where parties wishing tC
buv or sell can find him. The las
named gentlemen have corral anC
feed stable, and the best of atten
tion is paid to stock and reasonable
rates charged.
Mr.. Il. =. Segrest, of Seven Rivers
informs MS that there were no COW
boys concerned in the affray at tha
place, as chronicled by us a shor
time since. He says: "Our COW
boys are above associating witt
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