Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-29
ring. Some 80 feet Of bridge have
been washed away.

Mr.. and Mrs, C. c. Richter are
I among the new arrivals TO make Du-
range their permanent home. having
come from Delta where they resided
several years. Mrs. Richter will go
into the millinery business In the
room next to w. r. Gibson. She will
leave for the east next week to make
her purchases.
In the county court this morning
the case of ]. ]. Pride vs. Ernest Wet
ter came up before Judge Pike. The
case involves question of accounts
connected with the purchase and sale
OF cattle l. B. Melville is attorney
for the plaintiff and Reese McCloskey
for the defense. AS we go to press
the case is still in progress.
At 40 this afternoon in the county
court the wife of William Jones ap-
peared against her husband and sued
for a divorce. 1t was granted.
The case of the State VS.. Charles
Gallaher. accused Of selling liquor at
A'as hSiu Without q iiNChoC, up
before Justice Lennon this after
noon. The defendant was bound over
to the next term of district court un-
der bond of $500. There was n
brown jug in the court room. Said
to be very good whiskey. too.
Mrs. Cunningham. wife of John
CUNNINGHAM of this city. arrived last
evening from Iowa. For some time
she had been ailing and was sent east
in the hope of her health being i'm
proved by the change in the alti.
tude. The experiment failed the
poor woman was pronounced insane
by the commissioners of the county.
and she was sent back to Durango
The trial will probably take place
within a few days. While Mrs. Gun
nlngham has lucid intervals, 1t is easy
to see that there is mental trouble
There Is something very sad and pit
ifu in such case. especially so when
there are several small children de-
prived of mothers love and care
Miss Nettie Townsed started in this
morning to learn her new duties as
substitute clerk in the ,stoliice
The department requires that n SUB
stitute be provided who will be ready
to take charge OF the work when call
ed upon, either in case % sickness or
while regular clerks are OF vacation.
In case of a permanent vacancy Miss
Townsend will he offered The posi-
tion. Miss Evelyn Rawlins stood the
highest percentage in the last civil
service examination. but preferred a
permanent position to the uncertainty
of a substitute. In making selections
the rules of the civil service have
been strictly obeyed. On August G..
Harry West will leave for Del Norte
where he is summoned to attend the
U. S. court. Mr.. West will go on to
Belleville, ILL.,, to visit his father he
fore returning. During his absence
Miss Townsend will serve in his place.
There was quite an excitement at
the court house this morning when
William Bacon of the city force came
in with the horse thief Lumkin. Of
ficers Wickline. Thompson and Bacon
located him twice Sunday night. once
on the hill below the cemetery and
later in Dry Gulch. Bacon shot at
him twice, but under cover of the
darkness the thief got away. The
same circumstance likewise prevent
ed the officer from discerning wheth-
er he had hit the mark. AS it hap
pened the shots took effect, lodging
in the leg. and Gripping Lumkin Sc,
verely. He managed to make his
way to the |. X. T. ranch. three miles
west of Hesperus. There he was un,
earthed
Officer Bacon brought him to Du-
ango this morning. When found he
was lying in the brush unable to
walk.
The prisoner is at present lodged
in the county jail. He evidently
possesses certain amount of grit.
since he dug out two of the buckshot
from his wounded limb with his pock-
ct knife. Lumkin will be taken to
Mineral county for trial.