Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-03-26

The bovine cattle in this terri
tory now number l,250,000 head,
valued at $l3,000,000.
The city courcil Of Albuquerque
has passed an ordinance requiring
all buildings in the city limits to
numbered. Albuquerque is becom-
ing quite metropolitan.
The Demlng Headlight says the
passing through town OF trains of
Mormons on their way to JON the
colonies at Diaz aud Juarez, Mex
leo, is a daily occurrence.
The Optic is authority fol the
statement that both Dick Hudson
and w. III II. Llewellyn have with
drawn ms candidates for the mai
shaIship, and seems to think that
Don Trinidad Romero has the in
side track for the appointment.
Large numbers of people, from
Kansas are now visiting this terri
tory with a view of locating here.
Droughts and cyclones in summer
and blizzards in winter in the Sun
flower State are the causes turning
the attention of these people in
this direction.
Says the Albuquerque Citizen
an order to preserve its tickets
from destruction or mutllation by
mice or rats while in the cases, the
Atlantic Il Pacific is now using
ticket paper prepared with arsenic.
Passengers in the habit of chewing
their railroad tickets are cautioned
to discontinue the practice"
Frank Thurmond has purchased
of Tony Clark "Ihe Turf" saloon,
and will take possession on the
first OF April. The saloon is heing
reftted and improved and will be
tirst-class in every respect. Frank
is one of the pioneers of Deming,
and has name worth dollars in
the saloon business OF southern
New Mexico.
There was double welding at
Lake Valley Tuesday two weeks
ago, at the residence of S. G. Hol-
brooke, when John L. Kllburn was
married to Miss Hattie Randall,
and Charles l.. Gardner, A. L. &
S. Il. railroad conductor, was mar
ried to Miss Grace Colby. Rev. L.
l.. Wiltsee, superintendent of the
NJ. T.. missions in New Mexico, Of
ficiated. The happy party visited
El Paso on bridal tour.
The act passed, preventing the
sale OF lottery tickets, under pen
atty of from $500 to $4,000, is very
rigid and sweeping, Any newspa-
per printing an advertisement for
lottery is subject to fine of from
500 to $1,000 for each offense. This
law does not apply to church fairs.
1t Is good law, but the man who
attempts to enforce it in this city
since the big drawing, had better
get his life insured before starting
in. Lottery tickets are as much
matter of necessity here jast now
rs bread and meat. - Silver City
Enterprise
Under Sheriff Parks returned
from Thomas on Wednesday. and
brought the news that word had
been received there TO the effect
that large body of Indians had
left the reservation, and probably
gone on the war path. Their num-
ber is varlousiy estimated, differ
ent reports giving it at 40, 80 and
the last, probably the nearest cor
rect, at rs. As near as can be learn
Ell the Indians out are Tontos and
White Mountain Anaches, under
the leadership of Chilchauna, the
} chief who murdered his squaw and
escaped some time ago. The hos
tiles left the reservation travelling
in southerly dirSesi9n towards
Tucson, but after proceeding some
distance, turned aud passed within
seven miles Of Globe, started in the
, direction of the White mountains.
, Troops have been ordered out and