Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-07
; COUNTY NEWS
Sure enough winter.

John Phillips came in from Toyah,
Texas, on Tuesday nights stage.
Mrs. Geo. Cullen, of White Oaks,
died Sunday night from child birth.
Henry's old store on the Upper
Penasco, burned to the ground Fri
day night last.
Capt. Lea has bunch of 1,050
long ones, she stock, that he will de-
liver to Milne & Bush.
Jack Thornton and Miss Nellie
Lehay drove over to Frank Lesnet's
Friday, returning Sunday.
The Ayers VS.. Chisum case has
been taken to the supreme court of
the territory, by writ of error.
John r. McFie and S. B. New
comb will practice law together in
Dona Ana and adjoining counties.
Samuel J. Slane, one of the prin-
cipal stockmen in the White Noun
tain district, has been called to Colo
RADIO to visit his sick father.
Sunday was a most disagreeable
day. a cold, piercing wind pre-
vailed, and those who were unfortu-
nate enough to be out suffered no
little from the cold.
A brief history and first-class map
of every state and territory in the
union is very desirable as work of
reference. These are contained in
Guide and Hand Book.
Samuel Bitter and son, of White
Oaks, stopped over Monday night in
Lincoln. Mr.. Bitter was on his way
to the Aqua Chiquita country to buy
cattle. He will probably buy one
hundred head.
AT rattle the other night at Sen
mas for a saddle and fine silver bit,
Jim Brent threw 40 for John w.
Poe, winning the saddle, and Smith
Lea won the bit. There were ten
chances sold in each at $500 per
chance.
Mr., J, J. Dolan, the gentlemanly
secretary of the Lincoln County
Stock Association, informs us that,
making rough estimate, it is found
that the members of the Association
own nearly 2S6,000 head of cattle.
Nearly all of this stock runs in Lin
coin county.
The dance at Mrs. Sarah Cope
lands, on Lower Penasco, New
Years eve, was the best attended
and most pleasant affair, we are in
formed, Of any held on that creek.
Nothing was left undone by Mrs.
Copeland to make the evenings en-
joyment complete.
Over in the neighhorhood of No
gal, Carrizozo range and White
Oaks they have five or six inches of
snow, and the thermometer away be-
low zero at nights. Down this way
not a night has it been colder than
five degrees above zero.
A. Z. Gunter and T. c. Tillotson,
of Lower Penasco, came in Tuesday
and left the same day for home.
They intended to bring in with them
two of Penasco's prettiest widows,
but the cold weather of the last few
days caused the females to give up
the trip until milder season,
Every meeting of the County
Commissioners some one comes be-
fore them complaining that they
have been enormously assessed.
Tuesday, a man came before them
and said he had been assessed upon
information, and that he did not have
half the stuff put down. When
questioned, he admitted of having
40 goats and twelve children.
When Uncle Bobby Dixon proved
up on his land in the Penasco coun-
try it was found that there was a
mistake in the plats; that instead of
his claim taking in the water, it fell
far short of it. A man named San
gers, learning that such was the
case, entered the land supposed by
Uncle Bobby at first to be his. 1t
is learned now that the land Office has
cancelled Sanger's claim on account
of error, leaving Mr.. Dixon in pos
session of what rightfully belongs to
him.
]. b. Randall, an architect, after
examining the capitol building, ex-
presses his views in the columns of
the Albuquerque Journal. lie says
the foundation is but three feet and
six inches wide, and is in no particu-
lar as good by far as any architect or
mechanic Of common sense would put
in cheap two story building. The
stone used is sandstonc-rotten and
unfit for use in any building. He
further says that before the building
is completed thousands of dollars
will have to be expended OH extras
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