The St. Johns herald., 1889-07-25
HOLBROOK LOCALS.

ever. Still holding her own. Nc
 worse or no better.
 H. H. Scorse's 5000 business house is about completed.
 Col. Reed, an old-timer, and a former resident of Holbrook, has returned to his first love, and is cir culating in our midst. Time has dealt gently with the Colonel. i J. P. Springer and wife, of Show
 Low, are in town visiting friends.
 Dame Rumor has 1t, that several of our bald-headed residents, are about to take unto the mselves part ners for life. Go it gentlemen
 Better late than never. Be the day radiant with the golden sunshine of fortune, or darkened by the gaunt, haggard figure of despair; never give up, keep on trying, until your efforts are crowned with success.
 Rain plenty of it-every after noon we are blessed with a shower, and every one is satisfied, except those of our population whose res idences are covered with dirt roof. Col. c. o. Brown is one of these unforturates. During a recent rain storm, he states without fear of con- tradiction, that he dipped up and threw out from the floor of his room, over 300 buckets of water in seven minutes. This was not very pleasant for the Colonel. Although he had taken the precaution of hay ing the roof painted twice, it could not withstand the fury of the ele- mentF.
 Sam Brown and wife have return ed from the east. Sam don't kick as much as he did.
 Wm. Amos, of Show Low, is in town disposing of his large wool clip,
 The family of our townsman, r. J. Wattron, have returned after an absence of several months.
 Col. Reed is after the post office, and is receiving many signers to his petition.
 Our noble dispenser of justice, at so much per single dispense, united in the bonds of matrimony on the 18th instant, MT. Matthew McCarty and Mrs. Emma Conover.
 Another horse thief has climbed the golden stairs, through the agen- cy of a 45-90 It happened in this way: On Sunday night MT. Frank Ritts, of Gallup, arrived in town in quest of four horses that had been stolen from him. He also had the description of two horses belonging to s. N. Dedrick which had been stolen, branded bar c on left hip, one a sorrel and the other a black. Monday morning, the 18th, MT. Ritts hunted up H. A. Larsen, the deputy sheriff, and made inquiries of him in regard to the horses. While they we talking three Mexi- cans, each one mounted on a horse and leading one, crossed the river and passed through the lower DOT tion of town, in a deep gully going west. Ritts said to Larsen, 1 believe that is the outfit 1 am after. Lar sen replied, get two horses and we will follow them. They procured | the horses and started in pursuit, overtaking them about ten miles west of Holbrook. The leader of the gang was riding in advance. Larsen rode within about thirty feet of him and called to him halt, say ing here is a man from Gallup who has lost some horses, and we want to look through your horses. At this the Mexican raised himself in the saddle, pulled his pistol, and jumped to the ground, placing his horse between himself and Larsen. 1 Larsen kept advancing, telling the Mexican to put up his pistol, as there was no need of having any trouble. About this time Ritts said there is one of the bar c horses.