Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-18

iHa Strictly nssiigss affair
Alexander MacLain. uncle of Dan
MacLain. returned this morning 70
his home In Keewanee, ILL.,
l.. &. Jakway says II Ia almost i'm.
possible to get men enough to keep
the mill going. Note the ad In this is
sue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Redman, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. l.. Williams went to the Upper
Florida yesterday. Good time and
plenty of fish.
Graden's delivery wagon was on the
rush Saturday morning and In the af-
ternoon they hnd an extra one. This
means lots Of business
| The Summer Whist club, which
did not meet last week on account of
the party at Mrs. Ritter's, meets with
Mrs. Haggart tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Lettie House returned last
evening from Silverton, where she
took In the Fourth. afterwards spend
ing pleasant week visiting friends.
Rev. ID. Summers, of Shelby. Ohio.
arrived n few days ago. He will spend
the summer with his daughter. Mrs.
II. NJ. West and Mrs. T. E. Bowman.
| Ex-Mayor Casey OF Silverton was In
the city yesterday. returning on the
evening train. Mr. Casey expects to
locate In Durango in the near future.
Application was made before Judge
Russell on Saturday for an injunction
to prevent the sale Of liquors by Mr..
Gallaher at Bayfield,. the aforesaid be-
ing without license. The Injunction
was refused.
j. S. Pheeney and wife left on to-
days Eastern for II weeks fishing and
camping in the neighborhood OF
Chama. Ed Hudson will take the Sll-
verton run during Conductor Pheen'
eys absence.
Marshal Wickline is keeping tab on
cows running at large on the mesa and
in other parts of town. Three were
put in the city pound this afternoon.
People owning stock should learn
sometime to take care of 1t.
The miners of the City and Champi-
on mines who struck work on Satur.
day on account of disagreement IN
to price received per ton. went back to
work this morning, At present they
are working under the same scale M
before the strike.
1t looked like the day before Christ
mas at Graden's Saturday. Their
store was crowded from early morn
ing until late at nikght with people
taking advantage of the many bar
gains they are Offering. Sale will
continue until further notice.
DR. T.. C. Condit. OF Aztec. and E. G
Arnold. of Pennington. left today FOL
Santa Fe. Mcssrs. Condit and Arm
old will represent respectively lodge,
% and a Independent Order of Ode
Fellows at the coming anniversary
The occasion celebrates the tiftietf
anniversary of the order held wes
of the Mississippi river.
The Smelter City State bank will
move into new quarters by August !
President Mcconnell and Mr.. Newman
failed to agree as to rent. The form
er has, therefore. has decided to occu
py other quarters temporarily. aftel
the first of the month. 1t Is possible
, that President Mcconnell may bui!t
, in the near future,
Last Wednesday afternoon Mrs. b
, W. Ritter entertained number o
, ladies' at uplicate whist, in honor o
Mrs. and Miss Robinson. Ther, were
, sixteen ladies present, making ION
tables. The decorations used wer,
roses and sweet peas. artisi,cally ar
I ranged. An Innovation that provct
both satisfactory and successful II
, every sense was the serving of the re
freshments as soon as the origina
score was played. The dainty ant
, cooling Ices proved an agreeable re
i spite from the intellectual effort {
game of whist demands. After the re
, 'rcshments the playinS uf duplicate
boards followed Ther were M
brizes. Instead. the ladies played fo
the favors-two at ench table.
The case of Dennis Helton. of Sill
. verton. versus Mrs. Carson, which
came up before Judge Russell on Sat
urday. resulted In verdict for th'
plaintiff. 1t was habeas corpu,
case, in which the father sued for tn,
, custody OF his child Mrs. Carson
the little girls grandmother. had pos
session of her and refused to give hel
, up In the evidence the fact wa,
, brought out that attempts had beer
made to poison the child's min,
against her natural guardian. Per
haps that partly accounts for the fac
that the little girl with tears in hel
eyes. threw her arms around the pros