The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-06
ASSUMING OFFICE IN peMlNe.



Postmasters In New Mexico.
Stranger, this here is true story.
1t happened in Deming, New Mex
leo, at the thriving town that lies at
the junction of the Southern Pacific
and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe. Politics had been red hot for
months there. The opposition, headed
by Bill Carnis, leader with "a pull"
wanted to GUST the postmaster. The
postmaster is the boss of the town in
New Mexico. The Carnis party made
things hum in their campaign, and,
with the aid of two newspapers that
Carnis ran, they succeeded in their
fight. The victors called q conference
in the highest art gallery that the
town boosted. The great question was
who would take the postmastership
The defeated man travelled with bad
gang, who were mad clear through
about the defeat, and who had shoot
ing irons galore and weren't particu-
lar about the way they let them off.
II guess you'd better take it, Car
MIS-" said the 'bhoys."
"What, me2"
Eyes, b'hevins, there amt no one
else as can properly represent U.S."
''But I've got my newspapers to edit. "
"Let 'em run themselves, and step
in and whoop the postoffice up"
Carnis saw there was no use .declin-
ing the honor, and so he said in a de-
spairing tone that he'd see about it..
He had band of friends himself who
weren't used to standing monkey bus.
mess with meekness. They were the
gamblers of Deming They had taken
a shine to Carnis ever since he had
said that the sheriff of the adjoining
county was horse thief in disguise
and proved it, despite the sheriff's
threat to blow his head off if he didn't
retract the impolite insinuation. He
told the gamblers that he was going
to interview the postmaster. The an
nouncement ticlxled the gamblers.
The leading gambler said he would
90 around and see that there wasn't
any monkey business
The defeated postmaster was sitting
in bank, the office of which he used
as the postal headquarters. Carnis
started in right off:
I've been appointed postmaster"
y ,
but don't believe it,"
Pm going to take the Office Per
haps that will prove it."
You can't have it, that's ALL"
The head gambler of the town broke
into the interview at this juncture.
Say, we'll give you just twelve
hours to step out of Office"
''Ah, you don't say So"
Sec here. don't want any non
sense. We're peaceful, but don't gel
our mad up"
Suppose give up, Carnis, where
are you going to take the postoffices"
''Dickinson's."
Dickinson's was the rival banl- al
the other end of the town. 1t was G
sweeping move. In Deming, wher
ever the postotiice was located was Of
necessity the business center of the
town. It's removal would mean grea
injury to the eligible real estate clus
tered about the old postoffice head
quarters. The defeated postmaster
brows contracted with CONSERVATION.
''That's damnable notion"
"Just so. Well call tomorrow ant
get the letters. Good day."
The defeated postmaster's friend:
had been very busy during the inter
view giving vent to their chagrin
When Carnis got outside he saw rag
figure stuck on pole over grocery
store, with old tin cans tied to the tai
of the old coat around the figure. II
was an effigy of Carnis, labeled 1.-THE
New Postmaster.
The boss gamble boiled over with
rage when he caught sight of it. He
called greaser over to him:
Want to make q dollar, Charley?
Eyes"
"Go and tear that thing down."
The boss gambler gave the greaser 6
silver dollar, and went back to his
fair den The etfigy was still there
three hours later. when he strolled
back. Charley was there, too
What do you mean by taking my
dollar and not earning ita" the boss
reared.
They said they'd kill me if I touch
ed it,"
The boss gambler pulled big shoot
ing iron and took up his place in the
roadway directly opposite the effigy.
Charley, you go over there" he
said, land tell those sneaks that if
they move I'll blow the daylights out
of the first man that stirs."
Eyes, SIR" said the greaser, meekly.
''Then you come out and rip that
down."
Yes, sir"
The gang saw the boss gambler in
the roadway with his shooting iron
drawn, and received the message with
the Difference due an official edict.
Then they stood close together and
with crestfallcn faces watched the de-
spised greaser shin up q ladder and
tear the effigy down.
Gentlemen, | am of few words, "
the boss gambler shouted in through
the grocery door at the cowed gang.
''The' next man who attempts to
hang that thing up dies with his boots
OH. Don't nybody forget it,"
That settled the great political battle
III Deming. Next day Carnis set up
the postotlice in Dickinson's bank, and
it stayed there until Postmaster Car
mis- came east.-New York Sun.