Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1885-03-19
COUNTY NEWS

leaf.
Green grass is beginning to show
itself.
Geo. Peppin and family are back
from Las Vegas.
Everybody was out looking at the
eclipse on Monday forenoon,
The Penasco people are still suf-
fering for the want OF mail facilities.
1t is an outrage.
Messrs. Milestone, Boney and
Davis, of Roswell, were in Lincoln
Monday OH land business.
According to tho almanacs, spring
doesn't commence till the goth Of
March, which is tomorrow.
Andy Richardson has returned to
TT. Stanton. Mr.. De{.anv was
called cast on unexpected business.
We are sorry that we did not have
room for the 'Household Corner"
1t will appear in full in our next
issue.
O. d. Kelsey has about recovered
from the knife cut he received at the
hand of a soldier, OF which we made
mention last week.
Capt Wilkerson and j. Miller, Of
Penasco, struck the county seat Sun
day evening. They brought their
pack train with them.
T. G.. Tillotson and Bud Rattle
leaf, Of Penasco. came to the county
seat Tuesday. They report stock in
exceptionally fine condition in their
county.
Dad Corn, who has been stop
ping over near Socorro for some
months. but who calls Lincoln county
his home, was at the hub the first of
the week.
Reports from Las Vegas say that
Jim Brent is buying presents for his
best girl and that he is going TO get
married soon. Won't believe it
until jim says so.
In this page we publish letter
from w. r. Cummius, who offers to
run against any animal in this
vicinity for money, marbles or chalk
2o0 yards, the race to be run at
Roswell the 6:hof next month. Trot
out your horses.
They held 4 meeting in the office
Of the Justice of the Peace at this
place, Saturday afternoon, for the
purpose Of clecting a boss Of the
aceQuin. Mr.. Jose Otero was the
choice If the meeting and enters 3on
his duties Forwiih.
Last week we made mention that
Mr.. Mi'lio had had fifteen chickens
stolen lie thought lie had a way
to catch the thief should he return,
and placed dog on watch. Monday
night some one slipped up to the
coop and stole the dog. The at
mospherc was full Of a s,ilpburic sub
stance from the lips of Milo, Tues
day morning.
The country between this place
and Roswell was flooded from thc
rain Of last Saturday. When the
storm reached here it was short and
sweet, and turned into snow before it
rot to Fort Stanton. Haven't heard
from Seven Rivers yet, but if the
rain increased in proportion to the
distance south OF us, it wouldn't sur
prise as one bit to hear of that sec
ton being washed out of the coun-
try.
Parties in this comfy thinking of
ordering goods from the railroad in
the next month or six weeks, had
better withhold their orders until
Mr.. Il. II. Johnson, representing p.
Roberts & Co, of El Paso, arrives.
He will he in this county the 25th of
this month or the lst of April, we'll
equipped with samples of everything
used in household department. He
is representing good firm and will
sell you goods so cheap that it will
make your hair stand.
Word camo to the county seat
Monday that Lee & Pierce's l. / l.
and Twelve-Mile ranches had been
jumped. We have always been
a strong advocate of living up to the
law, bat when a certain class of lazy
scoundrcls that do nothing but lay
around and try to beat honest people
out of their homes, come into
locality, we think the necktic route
would be the most profitable journey
for all in the vicinity.
A few nights ago, Martin Cordoya,
working for Donaciano Serrano, some
fifteen miles from here, was
found dead in his bed. The floor
near the bed was covered with
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