Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1897-07-02
FROM JUDGE WHITMAN.
y. NJ. EVANS REPORTED DEAD
HOWARD SN0DGRASs FATALLY
INJURED-SIERRA COUNTY
FOLKS ABROAD
Denver, Col, June 2S, lS9'

EDITOR ADVOCATE -
New Mexico people aren't often
hard to tnd MS they rush in ano
cut OF this ggeat mining center
Ex- Gov. Thornton is now stopping
at the Metropole; Hon. W. II. II,
Llewellyn at the Albany; Hon. L,
A. Reynolds made a call at the
Miners Ba.eau last week aud
brushed up Silver Sierra little
with a good talk; Ex Gov. Prince
comes and goes and is as often seen
in Denver as elsewhere, and other
honorables, colonels, Judges and
ex governors, etc, from New Mex
leo are constantly dodging around
town--on 18th, the money street,
principally.
d. NJ. Evans, vel! remembered
in Kingston as the builder of the
elegant BRICK residence of John r.
Hopper, is reported as having met
his death at Rico, in tins state, by
falling down a mine shaft. Que Of
his friends here told me that he
had often remarked that he would
be killed IN n mine.
often meet Mr. Phelps. one Of
the old timers Of Kingston and 10
Gators of the Superior and other
noted mines John Frazer aud the
other old timers will remember
him. He is in the plumbing buei,
ness here, which ms the situation
now catches man, is better than
silver mining.
Howard Snodgrass, a well known
livery man of Sierra county, is re p
ported as having met with a serl.
ions accident in the Evening Star
mine qt Lpadvilie, few days ago,
which it is feared may result fa
tally bones broken, you know.
Col. Robert +. Bludsoe. whom
every old timer of Sierra county
knows and who has been reported
killed more than once, Is still IN
evidence in the flesh in a flourish
ing mining camp in Colorado
across the range.
Taking all in all Sierra county
miners are still fairly well repre-.
sented IN Colorado mining camps.
Now and then they are heard
from in Arizona and old Mexico,
and even South America, where
Joe Brunei was digging gold out OF
the ground at last accounts.
The papers have been telling
that Col. Philip MothersiII, of
Sierra County, has sufficient pull
to draw in the EI Paso Collector
ship. This would be at least one
deserving appointment among the
many that the present administra-
tion has made, if ability and in
tegrity go for anything.
S. II. Bernard, of Kingston,
through an innocent little item in
THE ADVOCATE, is getting news
paper notorIety that would set the
man who does not want his name
in the paper green with envy.
rhe Las Vegas Optic. and the
Denver Post gathered him IN and
that settled it. The Optic added a
passing smile. as it clipped from
THF ADVOCATE for its Territorial
News" La the Denver Post he
was recovering from a tarantula
bite, but had been so near the
pearly gates that he could hear the
band playing inside The Post
does not know that Kingston has a
band. that, from word sent back by
those that have heard both, there
is nothing inside the pearly gates
that can equal the Black Range
brass band of ningston, New Mex
leo. and they have made applicator
to st. Peter that unless silver is
soon made rs TO with Col', for n
position mp there provided they
are furnished with silver and gold
horns. etc. Bot 10 get back TO
"Col. s. II Bernard, aa one paper
calls him, "a prominent Kingston
politician has been bitten by n
Texas tarantula." Another says:
ave are surprised that the Al
mighty has not turned loose All the
tarantulas in Texas on man in a
silver camp who wonld support
Mckinley" etc. Aud oow sure,
the administration ought 10 save up
a good job for Sam, aud this item
ought TO bring il. for Mex il look
ing for just such folks that even
tarantulas from Texas perish IN
their attempt 10 get bite. and