The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
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 We wish a Merry Christmas to all our readers.
 The weather is pretty cold these mornings.
 Hank Sharp, cowboy. of Springerville was in town a couple of days this week.
 Jim Owens, stock man from the southern part of the county, is in for the holidays.
 MT. Tom Irwin, of Winslow, is visit ing St. Johns, and taking in the festiv- ities incident to the holiday season,
 The yonng people of the town gave the Misses Lottie and Maud Sherwood 8 pleasant surprise party on last Tues day evening.
 Extensive preparations are being made for the celebration Christmas Eve by the teachers and scholars of School District No. 1.
 The display of holiday goods at the c. NJ. & Nj. 1. and the Drug Store is larger and more attractive than those of any former year.
 There will be no drill of Company K. until Friday evening, January z, as the regular drills occur on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.
 Misses Lottie and Maud Sherwood, of arrived in St. Johns last Monday for visit to relatives and friends during the holidays.
 Ward conference was held in St. Johns Sunday last, in which David K. Udall, E. N. Freeman and W. H. Gib- bons were the principal speakers.
 Supervisor L.. J. Brown and Thos. w. Burgess, of Nutrioso. were in town last Wednesday. They brought down the lumber with which to build the fence around the court house.
 An exchange says: "You may save ten cents on two dollar order by buy ng out of town, but you lose two dol ars from the towns volume of money n sending it away, and thus injnre and every one else. Trade at lome.''
 E. M. Smith, who makes periodical visits to thIs place in the interest of the Singer Sewing Machine company, was ecently ''licked' in a very artistic manner, by one Rome Ohnemus, rival 'ewiag machine dealer of New Mexico. MT. Ohnemus pleaded guilty and paid $5 fine.
 The family of Judge l.. R. Gibbons vas augmented b. new arrival last AA0dN hlSit- SltAs " h'pC ! that circumstances may be such as to allow the young lady to vote when she becomes twenty one. Both mother and l laughter are doing well, while the Judge, also, will probably pull through.
 A Mexican by the name of Victor Celle was shot in the neck during the , progress of drunKen row, which oc- { urred at Atsrque Garcia one day last V reek. Immediatelv after the shooting he wounded man and hls assaiant ach took another drink out of the same ottle. which ceremony settled all diff J erences No arrests. s pleasant party WAS had at the rss. \ fence of Hon. John T. Lesueur on last Q Ionday evening. The occasion was the h elebration of Miss Alice Lesueur's ., She was completely surprised = v She young people of the town and n le Pleasantuess was kept up until the B e sma' hours. The following were Misses Mary Patterson, Hat t 6 Platt, Laverne Sherwood, Laura c reer and May Sh, rwood, and Masters