Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1885-06-18
COUNTY NEWS

Ben Stimel and Mark Patty drove
over from the Oaks, Monday.
Jimmy Dolan and family started
for their ranch on the Fohx, Mon
day.
Men arc at work making sdobes
Cor the new school house. The
building will bs ares.ed dirotly cas-,
Of tnu court house.
II. II. Hanning, Of White Oaks,
has new store, new drugs and a new
trade, and is selling goods cheaper
than the cheapest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Young an
family and Mrs. G.. A. Buford, of
White Oaks, were visiting relatives
in Lincoln the first OF the week.
Lncius Dills, at ono time probate
Judge and at another time prosecu-
ting attorney, Of Wheeler Co., Texas,
will probably locate in Lincoln.
J. G. Lacy, of Gospie county,
Texas, passed through this place
with his f.mily, Tuesday, on the way
TO tho ranch of his brother, A. 2.
Lacy.
jim Brent called us out Of the
Office the other day TO see his fine
riding horse. Jim is ono OF the best
shaped men, when riding, in the
county.
During this warm, but pleasant,
weather. it is we'll for the people Of
Lincoln county to remember that the
GOLDEN ERA is increasing its cir
culation wonderfully.
| J. 2. G. Langston, Of White Oaks,
was at the county seat the last of
the week, and while here managed
to sell his spring wagon and came
pretty near trading horses.
Geo. T. Perkins and J. s. W'hatly,
both Of Greenville, Hunt Co., Texas,
are looking the county over. Mr..
| Whatly is stockmau and is thinking
Of locating with Us, if suitable
ranch can be found. BY tho wa3',
ranches arc away aborc par now.
! We understand that John Joys
property has bern attached near
Lake Failey and that Judge New
comb, Joys attorney, SAYS that he
can get no one TO go his bail. Joy
was sentenced at the last term OF
court to five years iii the pcni.cn-
tlary io7 stealing cate.
| Mr.. a. n. Clonncy sold portion
iof his ranch through Jake Miller,
who had il bonded to Lieut. II.
! Dr.aney,a brother cf !. G.. ol.any,
at the Post, for 81 800. Wa believe
j, is L;oNt. DeLsny's int"ation to
live on the ranch. We welcome
him Is = resident 81 Lincoln, eountv.
| Il viii be seen by the new apportion-
inent that there are 1928 scholars
in the county and the rate per scholar
is $5.305. The Superintendent has
the grand total Fl cured at $6, ,5J5. 90.
We make it s6,5Gl .3N} or $5.40l
more than the Doctors. Lincoln is
put down for s852.3l, and we make
it at the rate he fixes, for l59 schol-
ars, $S53.03}. Who's wrong?
Quite numi or OF improvements
have been made here during tho last
six months. The new addition on
Johnny Hurloy's property and that
CT Capt. Baca, the new rooms put
up by Mrs. Ben Ellis; the new dwell.
ings of Scipio Salazar, J. J. Dolan
and Rocco L. Milo, the new school
house aud we understand George B.
Barber will soon erect a new Office.
These buildings are, or will be
made of adobe, and we think it does
very we'll, indeed, for slow going
Lincoln.
Or all the business houses in Fl
Paso none. carry larger and finer
stock or have the confidence Of the
people more completely than Light.
body and James. Their specially i,
mems wear, embracing clothing
boots and shoes, hats, shirts, under
= wear, trunks and valiscs, comfort.
blankets. They have just completed
a large building where they max,
suits to order. Samples of good,
: and blanks for self measurement
sent to any address. All mai
orders promptly filed.
LIGnTBoDY & JAMES,
26.20 FL Paso, Texas.
Seven hundred sheep were kille(
one night last week on the Carrizozc
range. The sheepbelong to Arcade
Sais Of this place, but Dionisio Chave.
: has been overseeing the herd. Som,
time ago J. a. Alcock, manager o
the Carrizozo company, paid Chavei
S3,SO0 for his ranch, with the under
standing that Chavez was To mov,