Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1896-08-28
LOCAL ITEMS.


Thanks to Don Blas Chavez for n
trst watermelon of tho sea80n-, receive
by rHR AnyocssR.
Born to Hon. w S. IIapawcll an
wife Saturday morning. August 22nd
! ason Mother and child doing well
/ The very muay friends Of the distin
gulshed Legislation congratulate, feelinl
snro that with this invans victory snt
Tho election OF BRYAN and Sewall hi.
ambition Will b. satisfied and his hap
pluess will be complete.
-Rey Il. II j Andrews preache,
his farewell sermoN 90 u large convrega
ton at the Episcopal Church last sun,
day evening, preparatory 10 bepuminl
! assistunt pQstor Of 81. Clements Churcl
at lel i'aso, Az are very sorry To pan
with Rev. Andrews, who has greatl,
endeared himself 20 the church peorl,
OF the town II Ia hoped that his ways
viii fall in pleasant places in the Pas,
! CITY, aud that he will find Il convention
to Wait his many friends here occasion.
ally, lie isa very earnest. devout and
kindly gentleman, and as such will be
missed among us. No arrangements
have yet been made by Bishop kendrek
as 70 Vi a ndfevs' successor here.
Col. a. w Harris IL said to be in
receipt OF real, live friendly letter from
Major Mckinley in reply to the Colo
ncl's request for campaign literature 10
set him and hold him ON the right track
IN this campaign OF our Lord Bat that's
nothing. What he should get IL letter
from Hanna. That would he something
like it.
The Silver City papers speak very
kindly OF our formor resident and 70.
sreeted townsman, Col Geo q. Perrault
who is candidate for sheriff Of Grant
County, subject TO the will of the Re-
publicans. And 80 the Silver City pa
pers should Col. iefrauIt is man Of
sterling integrity and fine executive
ability and would mako model sheriff.
While living here he could have had the
highest office in the gift of the people
ol Sierra county any time he
choose to accept il. Though no Is u
Republican he Is also sincere free silver
man, and for this last reason ut least
InE ApyouArn hopes he will loo nomi.
mated and elected.
"A laire bull snake got into o canary
cage at Mowers drug store, tho other
day, and before being discovered had
killed and eaten two songsters and mu-
tllated another no cruelty that IL died
shortly aftorwafd. w. l.. Ofkolley,
living near by. has been loosing small
chickens for some time past and now
hlames this same snake Tor making away |
With them. The snake was killed.
Hide inspector Gus Duvall left on a
RIP through the county this morning, 1
10 inspect hIdes lis ierrit )ry takes IN
he whole OF Sierra county and portions /
II DOna Ana and Grant conntios, and II
axes bin about ten days 10 travel H.
Dayall haa held this Office Off and on for
! long time and knows all about It,
While Lake Valley raucliman was
Irving closa TO the old Cottage Meat
'larket' building Monday, one Of the
wheels Of his wagon struck post Of the
'orch, and the porch, which was about
aady to fall anyway, tumbled down
he ranchnan aud IA lady sitting beside
i'm in the wagon narrowly escaped boz
1g injured Geo. Powell put the old
orch up again Wednesday. Tho porch
I tho Mercantile building Ia also apt to
al any day # not repaired In time.
Two cowboys were arrested Wednes-
ny, charged with knocking Frankie
.yons (colored) Of hs horse aud raising
lump on his head. They were brought
efore Judge Nick le but there being no
yidence against them they were dis.
largcd For this reason we Withhold
leir names
Three eolorod soldiers from Fort
tanton, IN Lincoln county, passed I
trough town yesterday morning, bound {
r Font Bayard in Grant county. They s
ere the last Of the troops stationed at
oit Stanton, which is now abandoned. q
Book keeper Baala, % Lake Valley,
said 10 We lhyontlBg an electric type
tting machine II successful he will
} doubt present TaE ADVOCATE with .
10. !
There will bc Episcopal services at "A
iugston on Sunday evening, a Z O'Clock.
We have received from Judge
hltham, formerly Of Kingston and now
Denver, Colo, a copy OF song en-
lei "pie, Bonds and Rye composed
lis play "i6 to j" The song IL set to
nsic and viii no doubt become very
pular.
-Roscoe ", Fulghum, formerly Of
he Valley and now of Chicago. has
ID Isis newspaper after quitca successfi J I
u 81 nearly year. lie may return
re. Atleast his many friends hope so.
John Bennett, tho big Augoa goat
( payer Of this county, was Ia town
esday.
The Hermosa road il said 10 be
shed DOT and dangerous TO travel
= Perkins, Sharon & Co. have sold
iir cattle and ranch interests in north
! Sierra County to w. 9. Kendall Of
rmosa,
Rev. T.. fitzpatrick will preach
Union Church Sunday Aug. S0th,
II G, N. aud $50 p. M Sunday
'ool ut II m. All arc cordially in
ID.
Geo. T.. Robin left for Albuquerque
morning, 30 act as delegate 10 tue
single-standard convention
re tomorrow. A
? Editor Ff,d 4. Anderson Of the Rim no
Weekly and Miss Irene Howard VI