Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1885-07-16
COUNTY NEWS.

Mrs. Jones Taliaferro has been
very sick for the past week but is
now convalescent.
Wouldn't it be a good idea TO
start graveyard for those fellows
who ask: ''Is this hot enough for
you?'
Jack Forsythe made US happy the
Fourth with ice lemonade and milk.
Jack always treats fellow in royal
style.
Samuel Wells, and A. N. Harp, Of
White Oaks, and Sam Beard, of Stan
ton, were in the county seat Satur-
day proving up on some land.
Johnny Whelan's new advertise
ment appears in another column.
He is carrying a nice, fresh stock of
family groceries, tobaccos, cigars and
liquors.
Joe Lea, of the Socorro Chieftain,
passed through here last week on
his way to Roswell, whore he will
visit his pa and ma and stay up O
nights with his dulce.
Ed Mcpherson. the deputy census
enumerator, reports 622 people on
Upper and Lower Penasco. Two
or three years back the last two
figures would have probably been a
fair estimate.
The flavor Of apples grown i'll this
county is delicious, at least those
grown on Chas. Fritzs' ranch are
He presented US with q peck of this
fruit for which we have remembered
him in our prayers,
H. NJ. Bellomy, postmaster at
White Oaks, disposed of two back
town lots to Lieut.. Weinberg, Of TT.
Stanton, for Sl20. For the location
OF the lots and hard times this is
considered pretty good price.
Mr.. Henry johnson, who has made
several visits to this county in the
interest OF +! l'aso firms, is now in
the employ Of Is. Schuster g. Co.,
merchants. El Paso. He will mako
this county visit in IA few DAYS and
Is his acquaintance is large and his
ways pleasant, We expect to hear
of MS working up an extensive
trade.
Hrbocca Salazar and Sara Baca,
two young ladies' about twelve wears
OF agc, are the possessors OF tNo o
beautiful dolls. Child like they
thought these dolls should he married,
and after great deal Of plea ling
on their part, their parents gas e
their consent, and Sunday was set
for the day. A number Of little
folks we're invited and at ! o'clock
an elegant dinner was spread. and
the usual wedding cake was notice
able in the centre Of the table.
After dinner, the large hall in Mr..
Salazar's now dwelling was made
ready, music was procured, and
dancing was the order OF the after
noon. The little folks never enjoyed
themselves better.
The boys of the levitt surveying
party: Pete Ried, Frank Conger,
Oscar Dyer, john Woodland, Geo.
Clrick, Emil Ozanne and George
Critchfeld, returned to White Oaks,
after four months trip into Texas,
Tuesday of last week. On their
way home they suffered greatly from
thirst and hunger, going thirty,siH
hours without anything to eat and
twcnty-four hours without water
!. Two of the boys got SO low thai
their tongues became swallcn and
they could not talk. The outfit tells
some pretty tough stories. We vii
give two Of them as samples of the
kind they are dealing out Of which
they have full stock. We Gues
toned their yeracity, for the reason
that we dislike very much to pre-
varicate and Oscar Dyer thought
we were too particular. Here they
are: After running out of eatable'
- and becoming so weak that the,
wished they were home eating cake
they cooked tender three week,
old burro, and ate ravishingly thereof
/ No. 2. Frank Conger was telling III
of turtle he caught along the banks
of Red River, three hundred mile
= from any settlement, that weighed
1863 pounds. Upon asking him how
he knew that its weight was exactl,
/, 1864 pounds, being miles from wher,
a mopster of this size could b,
weighed, he scratched his heaC
p and looked sad, and a broad smil,
- was noticeable Oh the faces of thu
bystanders. Pete Ried, in that dr.,
way of his, said: "Why, Frank
don't you remember that fish w
caught that took two burros and
mule To null outp Wall "a,