Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1885-07-23
COUNTY NEWS.

ANo ihoSt tH'to~0 ut 'iio ""t ii'"
is it down below?
Jose Montana and son, Rumaldo,
left for Santa te, Tuesday.
A big force Of men have been at
work most of the week on the town
aceqnla.
Quite large rattlesnake was
killed near Johnny Wllolan's place
Monday evening,
The new building for the brewery
above Stanton is nearly completed.
1t is two story adobe.
B. Schuster &. Co., Ell Paso Texas,
came out inquite respectable look
ing ad. in this issue. Bead it.
Little things make y big difference
in a mans feelings--eapecial!y II a
Ay falls into his soup. A ''ny' re-
mark.
The first three thousand brick for
the new vault il the Probate Clerks
Office, arrived Sunday. They are
bricks, every one Of them.
Billy Mathews has piece of china
ware that he lends out on BIG occas,
ions to his ncighbors on the creek.
Nothing stuck up about Billy.
j. 7. Bates, A. Y. Gunter, T. B.
Powell, J. b. Mathews and r. G.
Tillotson, all Penasco fellows, painted
the town the color OF their noses
last Friday.
A weary traveller, with his family
and a small banch of cattle passed
through Lincoln Tuesday forenoon
from Texas on their way they
didn't know where. a poor way to
do.
r. G. Tillotson Of Penasco, has
sold bis ranch 10 4. I. Glntor, the
price paid baing $500. This does
not include the cattle. Mr.. Tiilotson
will visit Monterey, Old Mexico, as
soon as he can straighten ap aiiaira a
little.
Tommy Napkin, wife and family,
of the Fort, made Lincoln a visit
Sunday. Tommy is the father OF Il
bouncing baby which looks exactly
like its beautiful papa. From Tom
my's looks we suppose it is a boy.
Sheriffs Poe and Brent and Geo.
II. Beall returned from Santa Fe
Yesterday about noon. They came
overland and were five days on the
road. Justice, they think, has been
greatly outraged in the aoqaittal of
Aragon, for the killing Of Johnny
Hurley.
Mr.. Henry Johnson representing
B. Schuster & Co., El Paso, who, by
the way, are advertising in the Col
DEN ERA, dropped down on us
Christian inclined folks on the Sab
bath. He makes friends for him
self and the house he represents
wherever he goes.
Sheriff Russell, Of Socorro county,
and Deputy Sheriff Davis, Of Hays
county, Texas, arrived in Lincoln
Saturday. Sheriff Russell came to
indemnity Isaac Green Mckee, who
they supposed was one William
Hoover, wanted in Hays county,
Texas, for murder. Mr.. Russell took
a good look at the prisoner, but says
he is not the man, but answered the
description Of him nearly to IA 7.
Deputy Davis. covered nearly 1,4O0
miles in his journey and he hated to
90 back without his man. This man
Hoover killed man in cold blood
He was caught and everything was
moving along smoothly for his con-
viction until the last hour of the day.
The evidence had all been taken,
the lawyers had "spruted" and the
jury had retired to the jury room.
This was between ten and eleven
o'clock p. m. The court gave re-
cess of few minutes and Hoover,
accompanied by guards, went to the
rear. Just as he turned the corner
Of the house, Hoover run for dear
life and he has never been seen in
that neck o the woods since-eipht
long years ago. When the twelve
honorable jurvmen came in with
their verdict of ninety-nine years in
the penitentiary, after only being
ont fftppn n1inutna thav vvara shock