The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-06-22
Written Ter the LfAuER
OUR NEW YORK LITTER

" 'f 80 wv A"' VI
people 10 tia stricken city cfJohns
town aud Conemsugii Valley.
And this sym path,. il bang coin
ca ius gold. at the rate 81 81. 900
nj hour E~vcryosc who is nhlc
Is sUnlirg in bis mite, and tsosc
VIII" are uusbisio contribute money
Are expressing heartfelt sorrow ia
words The hundreds Of thousands
oi dollars that have already been
contributed BY The ii izsns OF New
York show their magnificent gen
erosiiy in II most convincing man
nsr, and serve to display what 10
perhaps their greatest characteris-
tic. Let either cities d. thar ut
most and let mency pour in from
all quarters OF the gleto 1t is
such things IA this terrible disaster
AZ Jo!,nstown lat bring out 10
the best advantage tho trait. u.
Itspic and SLou the tru,h 81 tbs
sdSgc, zone 'esch of nature ma Ike.
tie Whole world kin" TIE sub
ject Of the awful catastrophe, is en-
c"er.yone's lips, the great dailiss
arc filled with it, and 20 over
shadowing is it that it is difficult
to write or talk abont anything
else.
A. T. srkwARTs MILLIONS.
90 tnc fight over tho mill ons Of
dollars left by Mrs. A. T. Stcwar,
is ended at last, and the contest
ants have decided to accept 5000,
600 as a compromise. The wonder
Is that the lawyers did not keep it
up :ndeeritely. The first hearing
in the case was in ~Jassary, 1855,
when ono Of the lawyers, Mr. Che
ate, sareasiics!ly remarked that if
wsnId take about ten DAYS. It
took linn that length of tins 10
cross-s1amius ore witness. ana tho
whole testimony took overs year
dis. Stewart died in Octobsr. 1876
leaving about 500, 600, 600 - 10
divided among her relatives and
Judge Hilton. Tho contest was
II t begun anti! two years later and
IN 1t were Engaged some Of tho
most prominent LAWYERS in the
country. including Joseph II. Ch..
are, Roscoe Csnkllnx, ex-surr.-
gate Rollins, Judge Gilbert and
Iiiilu Root. Tbs tees q tho law
.Ner'. it is said, will amount to
$500, 900.
A barry SEA HON.
A sea len, iu,t atew days old. is
the great attraction at Csn;rai Park
now. He I. tie second sss lion
Dor" 81 Nt~ York City. H.
tie color Of 2 MaIlea>. kjus,
and his msther carries him ab,u
by tee nepo OF the neck. much "a =
cal does II kitten. IIo mskes'n
sound which could not be told
from the bleating sfa lamb. Tie
little n is not yet able to SWIM
n Tor two weeks mis- mothsr will
Keep hun .afe on dry land At
'ie end OF that time she will carry
him into the tank of water GIN b.r
back. He will live on milk diet
WI ne Is SIX months old. and then
DIS mother will vean INN and he
viii begin to snbsist on sold food.
such as bass and herring.
GRAM LODGE = e A. NJ.
Inc loSih Asnnal Commu.lr
ton sf the Grand lod.e 81 f..
ana Accepted Masons WIS ie}d
hsrc last week. For the first time
IN It's history the Grand Lodee.
met in building owned by the
fraternity, and entirely tree from
0sht OF eaoumbrance. For four
y"ars the labor of clearing of the
debt on the temple has absorbed
The attention Of tie fraternity. and
rel icing At its successful result i.
heartfelt. In Grand Naster + K.
~iawresce. who has held that er
allied position during all this time
tount the Grand Lodge in debt.