Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-03-21
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Spirits Of tie Territorial Press.


ap IN the gubernatofial fight.
Gold Hill Is petitioning for a
poatofiice and nsail route.
The uiner' union Of .5ecorro Sc
verely condemns the anti-silver at
titnde OF President Cleveland.
The people Of Bernalilo county
did we'll and acted wisely IN elect
ing Santiago Buca as sheriff. lie is
found 70 be prompt, energetic,
! fearless u discharge OF duty, hon
est and fully competent.
George Darrow, ex-alderman of
Denver, was passenger north
froa Arizona this afternoon. Aid
erinan Darrow owns tho Uncle
George mine in the Harshaw dis
trlct and ships his elegant ore clear
tn Denver for treatment. 1t runs
something like SO 900 a ton. Op-
tic.
Dolores McCratli perpeirated
double murder at n dance hall in
Anton Chico some FIVE years ago
aud has been captured only within
the past month. He was arraigned
at Las Vegas on Saturday and ask.
ed for bail, but this Judge Axtell
refused His attorneys have now
asked for u change of venue.
Thomas Harvey, one Of tho
hrutes who fought knife duel Mt
Gallup few weeks ago, has just
died. Big Jim Pu.nam, the other
brute to the duello, escaped into
Arizona and Coy, sheldon has is
sued proclamation Offering $500
reward Tor ms arrest and convic-
ton,
j. {. Clutton, through Hon. NJ.
W. Mills, has purchased the prop
erty OF f. w Sherwiu, known as
the Urraca ranch, including a lease
from the Maxwell land grant COM
pany for other lands adjacent for
sixteen years, for which he paid
$4,000. 1t is Clutton's intention
to devote the ranch strictly to the
raising Of fine stock. 49, Stockman.
The unfortunate shooting affair
in which Col G.. w. Stoneroad was
the principal, wall come up before
the grand jury for investigation on
Monday, and the case will probably
reach trial at the present term Of
court. Col. Stonerond has suffered
enough in mind since the fatal en-
counter without any unnecessary
reference to the tragedy in these
Columns. -Opfir.
The New Mexican Rcricm has
its twentieth volume. It
was the first office in which our ed.
itor took case in this territory IN
1868, since which time he has also
been in active service on ne1gspa-
pers. Tom Tucker, formerly one
If the proprietors of tho Ncto
NGricau, is the oldest printer IN
service in New Mexico.
LAS Vegas Chronicle.
Thomas Murphy, the finely con-
tructed physical man, who has
hnrge OF tho new county of Sierra
S sheriff, was in town last night.
has been to Santa Fe turning
yer the sbekels lately collected, to
he territorial treasurer. Some
ines we say ever so many good
hings of men, for various sums,
nd the puff varies according to tho
mount of change. In this case
igar a genuine squeeze OF The
and, and few kind honest words
rought us to look upon Sheriff
lurphy as a man, every inch OF
i'm, and we are glad to put him
n our list of friends. journal.
Arrangements are being made by
newspaper man of many years.
for tine publication in
his city of the Sunday Morning
'oH The paper will be issued
'eekly, and will be devoted to So
ial, literary and miscellaneous
ews. That such journal will
nd a hearty welcome there can be
q doubt, and we bespeak for it
uccess from the START Journal.
The recent cold snap was pretty
eneral in the territory.