The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-16
GENERAL.

! tc COdl miuSiS iu tbO SICluity Salt Lake are out on 8 strike.
 Taylor was inaugurated governor 0
 Kentucky last Tuesday.
 The Boers are showing some of tn,
 spirit and fighting qualities of the A.
 merican Revolutionists, much to thu
 discontinue of the British.
 C0l. Winfield s. Williams. once ed
 itor Of tie Soccrro Chleftain, veteran
 of the Civil war. died of pneumonis
 at Socorr0, x. Mex, Dec. 7th. Col Vii l;ems WAS widely and favorably known
 and numbered his friends by the score
 J. c. DeMoss marketed 2,700 pounds
 of Angora hair this week at 225 cents
 per pound. This was the second ciip
 this season from 900 goats and first
 clip from 700 kids. The clip brought
 the highest price paid for mOhair. Carlsbad Current.
 J. NJ. Cowles raised twenty. five acres of red katlir corn on lis farm near Ha- garman this year, and the blackbirds which always destroy great deal of
 white kafIir corn or milo maize, did not damage 1t at ail.-Roswell Register.
 St. Johns Drug Co. guarantees every bottle of fChamberlan's Cough Remedy and will refund the money 10 any one who is not satisfied after using two. thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in the world for Ia grippe. colds, coughs, croup and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It pre- vents any tendency Of cold to result in pneumonia.
 4 company of farmers from San Diego county, California have moved to the CiboEd valley, Yuma county, Arizona, and have started cooperative settle ment. They have begun work upon a big canal and iutend to practice irriga- ton on large scale. At the local land office today each mau of the company, ten in number. made desert land en- try of320 acres, thus getting all theland they will occupy. Citizen.
 The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady who contributes some personal experi- ences 10 the Ladies Home Journal, un. der the heading. What Christmas Means in the Far West" IS rector of the Memorial church of St. Paul at O. verbroek, a Philadelphia suburb. For a number Of years he was archdeacon of the Episcopal diocese of Kansas, and W hile engaged in that missionary work had many unusual and varied eXpcrien- ces. Mir Rrady's first literary work was "For Love of Country" a&d his next story, "For the Freedom of the Sea, is the latest novel from his pen. Mir. Brady has marvellous capacity for work. In addition to his literary labors he has done more than one mans task in missionary work as arch deacon of Pennsylvania, retiring from the post but recently.
 Luis Chavez, one of the most fiendish criminals that Arizona eyer knew, was shot and killed by Sheriff Wakefield last Saturday night, says the Citizen of Tucson. Chavez was a member of the quartette of desperadoes that recently escaped from the Pima county jail Last Friday morning a Mexican boy came to the jail and told MT. Wake field that Chavez had eaten breakfast at Tanque Verde the day before. Sher- if Wakefield paid the lad liberal re- ward and immediately went to Tanque Verde. He struck the trail of the flu. ritiye at that place and followed him across to the Rincon mountains. Just at sunset Saturday, when about five miles east Of Greaterville, the sheriff caught sight of Chavez about sixty yards ahead of him. He at once yelleG put for Chavez to throw up his hands, but the desperado, instead of Obeylng the summons, reached for his revolver and the sheriff fired upon him with big doub!e-barrel shotgun. A large portion of the charge entered the chest ot the outlaw, killing him instantly.
 Chavez had killed hls wife, and four men. at different times in his career, and had been suspected of other mur- ders in New Mexico and Arizona.
 As cure for rheumatism Chamber. Iain's Pam Balm is gaining q wide rep utatlon. D. E. Johnston of Richmond, Ind. has been troubled with an ailment since 1862. In speaking off he says: "I never found anything that would re- leve me until used Chamberlain Pain Balm. 1t acts like magic with me, My foot was swollen and paining me very much, but one good application of Pain Balm relieved me-" For sale by St. Johns Drug Go.