Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1885-02-12
COUNTY NEWS.

Di'! you bet your money on the
bob- tailed horse?
l.. W. Holt, a brother of W. I. !
Holt. Of Seven Rivers, was in Lin
coin Monday.
John Walters aad Ki Harrison,
two White Oaks Young men, were in
Lincoln last week.
Montana and Sais have made a
few improvements around their store
during the past wcek.
A. w. Bryan was up from the
Penasco Saturday and reports every
thing lovely when he left that eoun-
try.
W. W. Brazcl Of Eagle Creek,
had man in Lincoln with q wagon
load of potatoes and turn'ps the lat
ter part of the week.
TIE Masons of the Pcnasco will
hold meeting the 2lst inst. on the
upper creek for the purpose OF Or
ganizing a lodge. There are some
fourteen or fifteen AIasons in that
locality. This will be the first
meeting Of the kind ever held in the
county.
The boys had q great game down
the street the other night. There
were three of them playing poker,
when an outsider slipped in part Of
five decks, making the deck used all
hearts. Every one bet the last chip
he had, and when it come to the
showdown, there was much excite
ment and swearing prevalent.
Ed. Fcedricks straddlcd ar,.uning
horse the other day without any sad
die, just to see how he would rae.
lie saw. The horse got a good
start down hill and couldn't stop, al
belt Ed. pulled with all his might
The horse took one fork of the road
and Ed. the other, andas the ground
wasn't particularly soft he got off with
a spraincd ankle AMI good shaking
up.
Rev. Ga,uier Is making many nice
improvements around his house. lie
| las hsd several cottonwood trees set
OUT in the front yard, and Intends
sowing the !ot in iinc grasses. That
portion OF the yard facing the street
will be seeded in letters SO as TO read
'Lincoln COUNT" The plans for the
new church have already been drawn
and work will soon commence on the
same, The building will be about
| 24x80, adobe, finished nicely inside,
and topped off with snowy cupola
and bell on the outside.
The Penasco country is suffering
severely for mail route. The In
dians at the agency used to carry
the mail from that place to the PEN
asco, ard the citizens paid them, but
since TIE cold weather set in, the
Indians have gone back on them and
they have not been getting any
mail only when some one from that
country would be going by. There
are too many people on the Upper
and Lower Penasco to be treated in
that way, and we hope to hearof SER
vice being put on Immediately.
Maj. w. II. II. Llcwellyn, our In
dian Agent, and Col. Max Frost,
Register of the Z. S. Land Office at
Santa Fe, made this Office pleasant
call Friday. Major Llewellyn in
formed the ERA that no part Of the
Indian Reservation had, as yet, been
leased, and was not positive it would
be at all. In case part of the Reser.
vation should be leased, it would not
be to St. Louis syndicate, but tc
parties residing in the territory, and
the Indians would be paid for the
use of the same in cattle.
Jake Miller and A. n. Clenney re-
turned from a ramble around For
: Sumner, and that portion of the coun
try east Of the Gallinas and north o
the ,Jicarilla mountains. They were
looking for water. Mr.. Miller in
formed us that they suffered con
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