Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-02

scription,p writes Mrs. John Green, of Danviile,
mended to me by other patients. have taken
six bottles and feel like another person."
The dealer who offers a substitute for
uFavorite Prescription" is only seeking
to make the little more profit paid OH
the sale of less meritorious medicines.
His profit is your loss. Refuse all sub
stitutes.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
used with Il cFavorite Prescription when
ever laxative is required.
ty of water during part of the season.
Efforts to develop the underilow of
the river will be continued, and in
one way or another success will be
achieved in arranging for the water
supply AS it was an immense
amount of hay was produced on the
La Plata this year. and grain and fruit
made good yields also. There is no
more fertile or productive spot in
the west than the La Plata valley of
San Juan county.-Aztec Index.
Miss Cloa Steineger, who has been
teaching the Upper Florida school
for the past month, is again at home,
the session which she was appointed
tc fill out having expired.
Charles E. JOY who was arrested
yesterday for stealing horses, was
brought before Judge Houx this after
noon and after a hearing was bound
over to the next session of the dis
trict court in the sum of $500.
Latest certificates for mining loca-
tions filed were Short Stop, Virginia,
City, Besamar, July, Early Morn.
and Nellie Bly,, all by d. p. Ritter ct
al. and Windy Point and Ragtime
by A. f. Pearce ct al.
Votes at the special election for re
funding the water bonds are coming
in very slowly today. only a few being
cast up to two o'clock this afternoon.
The court house had only five, and
about the same condition prevailed in
other precincts. The general opinion
seems to be, however, in favor of re
funding, and in that case. it is imma-
terial about the number of votes.
A pleasant dance was given by fif-
teen of the Silverton boys in that
place last evening in honor of Miss
O'Donoghue, one of the Telluride
teachers, who is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Dave Cunningham in Silverton.
About twenty-five couples We're pres
ent and enjoyed the dance until
O'Clock this morning. Many pretty
gowns were in evidence.
C. w. Moore, who was arrested
about ten days ago in Silverton by
Sheriff Thompson for giving checks
when he had no money, and lodged
in the Durango Jail, was tried today
in the county court for lunacy. and
the jury found him to be insane. This
trouble seems to have been coming on
for some time. and both in Jail and in
the court room Mr.. Moore showed un-
mistakable evidences of his condition.
1t has not yet been decided what will
he done with him.
THE Brown Book of Boston," a
monthly publication well known for
its high literary standing and illus
trations, contains photograph taken
by George NJ. Carr, entitled ~
Hard Pull" The picture represents a
logging team hauling logs to the mill,
the scene probably being located near
the Buckley mills on the Florida.
where Mr.. Carr is employed The
photo was awarded first prize for the
monthly contest, being quite an honor
and Mr.. Carr should be proud OF the
standing his work is attaining
Master Leonard, the son of Mrs
Cora Black, met with a very painful
accident late yesterday afternoon.
Shortly before o'clock telephone
message reached his mother at the
Famous. saying that the boy had cut
of his finger. He had been chopping
wood for the evening fire, and was
trying to see how well he could do
with his left hand. when the axe
slipped, taking off the end of the sec
ond finger on his right hand. DR..
Lackey was summoned and the boy
removed to his office, where he was
chloroformed and an operation per-
formed. He suffered much pain from
the accident.
Charles +. Herr returned from Sill
verton this morning where he journ-
eyed Sunday morning with S. F..
Herr to assist his cousins in the
search for the body of David Herr.