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Lincoln County Leader.
"Saturday, (ictobcr 21, isa"L
toiEfo' ha mm Riííiim
Par Delgado ni Ooiijíituo,
TRANQUILINO LUNA,
Condado lie Valencia.
Par cl Consejos,
). M.E ASTON.
JOHN A. MILLER.
Para lloprcauntnnti't,
FLORENCIO GONZALES,
NICHOLAS GALLES.
Par Al;u:u;il Mnyor,
JAMES A. TOMLINSON.
Vina Jm-7. de Pruebas,
"WILL DOAVL1N.
Par Escrilmno de In Corle Prueba,
SAMUEL S. COIUÍET.
Para Tesorero d'.'l Cundiido,
ARCADIO SAIS.
Pnra Cominioimdoa del Candado,
JOSE MONTANO,
E. T. STOXE,
ANDREW WILSON.
Par Comisionados de Escuelas.
JA HEZ HEDGES,
GEO. L. ULKICK.
FlUNC'ISCO TtOMKKO V LUEltAS
Nosotros estamos tristes en decir
a nuestro amigos Españoles, que
por unJ ticinjx, sera imposible
poder imprentar una orcion de la
Jsadcr en Espuiiol, lo que nosotros
intentamos asor tan pronto como el
serbicio de un imprentador Español
pueda ser aliado.
Mr. W. A. Leonard has ordered
a $2,000 printing outfit and will
dvocato Republican principles,
through the machine, atSilver City.
We wish the gentleman better suc
cess, thtn crowns the cfl'orts of
Republican news-papers in Texas,
from whence our brother editor
tame.
Governor Sheldon expresses his
appreciation of members of the
Council and Legislature who have
tihown roul merit, and says, ''Miller
and Easton were two of the best
member s we had. Send them back."
You arc capable of judging, Gover
nor, as ire thenajority of voters in
our su:i ny south ; and they will re
turn ain.
To one acquainted with Rill Hol
llmon' i Ktylw of chirography and
grew- ip-on-the-frontier mode of ex
press1 on, his communication in the
last i -isue of the Lea-Garrett organ,
cota .' like a now revelation. There
ic -a pungent worked-over-in-the-otli.:e
odor about it wo never find in
the genuine article.
Opinions of the Press.
Rat F. Garrett is not as popular
as he was in Lincoln, and the
chances are that he will not be
rlected as councilman from that
county. JVew Jlewican.
Miller and Easton will probably
appear in the next council. They
are both (strong men personally and
have made a popular record in the
legislature. Their nomination very
nearly "means election. Ailutpt
trque Review.
The chances of Pat G arret tV
fWtion to the Territorial council
from Lincoln county neo his
brutal assault upon Mr. Roberts,
un attorney, are growing beaut i-
1 1 1 v lees. 1'at makes a good
officer, but would make a poor
legislator. Optic.
Sheriff Rat Garrett of Lincoln
county, the slaerof the "Kid,' has
about ruined his chances for a seat
in the territorial council by un un
warranted assault upon "a young
attorney at Lincoln named Roberts,
whom Garrett suspicioncd of having
written an article in the Rio Grande
Republican accusing Garrett of be
ing two-faced and ungrateful to the
people who have made him. Ra
ton Conut.
Sheri.Y Garrett has a summary
way of discussing political questions
lie shows himself to bo thinner
kinncd than wo had supposed.
The urtido at which ho took um
brage wan entirely legitimate dis
cussion of Mr. Garrett's political
candidacy, am' should have been
unswered frankly, if in any respect
it was truthful. A blow with a
bludgeon is not a denial of it, but
rather nn assent to its truth. It is
hardly becoming that the chief ex
ecutive oflicer of the county should
take the law into his own hands,
under any provocation, and it will
no doubt tell agaiust him in his
ranva; ortho council.--Lake Yal
1 limit J.
PEOPLE S CHOICE
Hen. Jo!m A. Wilier, aa.l üon. David
M. Easton, for the Council.
Ion. Florencio Gonzales, and Kieliohs
al!?s, f.tr Ucpresotatives.
The following is laid by the Rio
Orando RejnMican, the live paper
of Dona Ana County.
"Wo place in our columns this
week the Las Cruces People's ticket,
which was nominated by the Peo
ple's County Convention on the fth.
We favor tfie election of the ticket
solely ujHn local grounds, and be
lieve that every true friend of our
city, as well as those having tho
best interests olVhe people of the
whole county, at heart should sup
port it.
The ticket is composed ot men who
occupy no half-way ground as to
the county seat question, and though
one or two of tho nominations
might have been more acceptable to
Borne of our people, yet it cannot
be denied that every man on tho
ticket is sound on the main ques
tion and therefore entitled to our
earnest support. The ticket is a
strong one and wo predict its sue
cos? by a tr.'umphant majority.
As to the nominations for the
Legislature, the Hon. John A.
Miller is too well known to require
any comment, at our lnds. lie is
one of the pioneers of Grant county,
having been a resident there about
sixteen years. Ho has been en
gaged in mercantile and mining
pursuits and has made himself pop
ular with all classes where he is
known. He served this Senatorial
District in the last Legislature as
its Senator, and there showed him
self to bo a legislator of no ordinary
ability, as he succeeded in having
passed some of the most wholesome
laws upon our statute books. Al
though ho was never a candidate,
he has been often and favorably
spoken of by the press of the Terri
tory as a probable candidate for
Delegato to Congress. H e secured
the passage of the bill through the
Council lixing tho county seat of
Dona Ana county at Las Onices,
and therefore is square upon the
record in favor of our city for the
county seat, and should receive our
united support..
David M. Easton is also one of
the pioneers of this district, having
come to tho county ot Lincoln at an
early date. He is favorably known
in the Territory and is a very pop
ular man in Jus own county, as well
as in this. He was a member of
the last Legislature from tho coun
ties ot Dona Aria, Grant and Liu
coin. He was a leading member
and mado a record as a legislator of
which he may well be . proud.
Through his efforts, seconded by
the Hon. Gregorio Miranda, the
member from Dona Ana county,
Las Cruces secured the county scat.
Tho friends of Las Cruces should
give him their hearty support.
Nicholas Galles, of Iliilsboro, in
this county, one ot the nominees
for Representative's an energetic
young man, well known to our peo
ple. At the last election he was
chosen as County Commissioner of
this county and has made an excel
ent officer. He is engaged in min
ing, and is interested in some of tho
most, important mining enterprises
in our county. He is a general
favorite, and will make an excel
lent legislator.
Hon. Florencio Gonzales, of
Lincoln county," the other nominee
for Representative, is aman deserv
edly esteemed. He is a native of
New Mexico; was educated in part
at Santa Fe, under the auspices of
lüshop Lamy, and finished his ed
ucation in I ranee. He has been a
resident of Lincoln county for many
years ; has occupied public posi
tions, among them that of Prooate
Judge, and lias filled them with
credit to himself and to tho entire
satisfaction of the public. He
speaks the English. Spanish and
I rench languages, but prefers the
Spanish. He will make an influen
tial member."
COL. EYNEESOrS DENIAL.
Wo take pleasure in giving place
to Col. IJynerson's letter, as it is his
first eay on tho subject of which
much comment lias been mado by
the Jlenilla Xew and tho Golden
Ara. All who know tho Colonel,
know him to be a man of few words
and full of truth.
Tho Iiio Grande RcjnMican
contains the letter as follows:
Editor Rio Grande Republican.
While it is not necessary to notice
every invention which lias been
originated and circulated by the
MrKilla Atífíaud its schemers, to
misrepresent and deceive, in its
death struggle to get tho eounty
seat back to Mesilla, I deem it but
just to myself, as well as to the
friends ot Las Cruces, to deny somo
statements made by tho man who
writes for the Xeic. The writer
for tho Xeic has stated time and
again that I was the owner of Block
o, whero the new court house is to
bo located, and that the change of
the county seat from Mesilla to Las
Cruces is a mere speculation on my
part, etc, etc. That is not bo. I
am interested in as much property
in Mesilla as in Las Cruces, it not
niore. Block ti is the property of
the county, having been deeded to
the county by the New Mexico
Town company. 1 have not now,
and never did" have, any stock in
that company. Tho townsite near
which the court house is to be erect
ed as provided by the law of tho
last Legislature, belongs to that
company and not to me nor any
one in Las Cruces. I do not ex
pect to make one cent by the
chango of the county seat to this
place. As to the townsite named,
I have .this to say, that some gen
tlemen together with myself did
what we could to have the railroad
depot at Las Cruces and to effect
that it became necessary to pur
chase the lands (now the townsite,
etc.,) and deed them to the Rail
road and Town Companies. I
pnid one thousand dollars for my
share of the purchase money. Tho
lands were conveyed and we secured
the depot and have a live town.
But if any of the Xcws people think
that a speculation, I would like
them to take it off my hands ; by
handing me that money back. It
can't possibly come back to me by
tho change of the county seat to
í,üi3 place.
v hen tlie county seat was
changed to Las Cruces a proper
site for the county buildings was
necessary. It was obtained. The
site did not cost the county a dol
lar. It was a girt of the Town
company. It is situated between
the main town and the railroad de
pot, and is ample and on land on
which trees may be planted and
grass grown.
The site is one which may be
beautified with trees, and thus an
attractive and comfortable place
made for the convenience and com
fort of the people attending to
county business. But let.it be re
membered that I do not own Block
rTnor any lands joining it. I wish
I did.
W. L. TivNERSOV.
Las CitccEs, N. M. Oct. 10, 1SS2.
A Good Time..
There is no better timo of the
year than the present for eastern
i copio to visit 7ew Mexico. The
la'iter part of autumn, which in
many sections is extremely
disagreeable, is one of the
most delightful of seasons in
this country ; the weather is neither
too warm nor too cold; the days
aro bright and warm, the nights
cool enough to mike fires enjoya
ble, and the. sky always unclouded.
The harvests have all been gath
ered, tho markets aro filled with
the most delicious of fruits, and tho
visitor can not only have the priv
ilege of enjoying tho most delight
ful weather, but can also get a
good, idea of w hat can be produced
in the country. Tho fall is a good
time to come. A'buqiu'npte Jimr-
Hi!.
The Mexican National Railroad
company completed the construc
tion of the bridge across the Rio
Grande at Laredo, Wednesday,
thus restoring rail communication
between the republics, which was
broken a few weeks ago by the
high water. The bridge has twenty
spans each thirty feet long. The
International and Great Northern
railroad, whoso bridgo was also
Swept away by the same freshet, has
not yet begun to rebuild.
The New Mexico Press Convention.
From the Lone Star.
Inasmuch as Iladley's editorial
convention in Las egas was
complete failure, we suggest to our
friends of the New Mexico press
that thev ro-organize. Tho farcical
convention at Albuquerque hist
year could not be expected to result
otherwise than in a complete failure
of any movement under its aus
pices. That convention stamped
itself as a "dead head" institution
and appears to have disgusted tho
1rofession throughout the territory,
t is about time to ' -break tho slate
and begin anew," if tho members
of the New Mexico press expect
ever to organize a respectable press
association. Tho only reason we
have seen advanced for the non-at-
tendanco of tho editors at the Liu
egas convention, is that they
could not get their passes icnewed
in time. This is ahumiliating con-fessi-.n
that they could not afford
to spend a few dollars in order to
get together and consider the meas
ures to be adopted to advance their
own interests. Wo refuso to be
hove that such miserly motives ac
tuated them. The failure was due
alone to the iupcow of the dead
heads of the profession in tho Albu
qucrquo convention oi last year
They captured it and, by thoii
actions and resolutions, stamped it
as a collection of dead heads who
were dependent upon, the public
for freo drinks, freo lunch, free
riilon.' freo tickets to miblic enter
tainments ami carte blanche to pass
. . i ii
tnrougn mo worm ns Honorary
members of society and receive the
benefit of everybody ebo's work,
without money and without pnce.
We aro srlau that a convention
called under such auspices has
failed, and wo suggest to tho res-
jK'ctable editors ot jNcw ;ucxieo
that they communicate with each
eier and effect an organization
which will be both an honor to
themselves and a credit to tho territory.
were unanimously
DONA ANA COUNTY CONVENTION
lower district,
nominated.
For School Commissioner, S. II.
Newman, of Las Cruces, Emeterio
Irado and Joso Miguel J anímalo
wen) nominated by acclimation.
An hxecutivo committee, consis
ting of W. L; Ryncrson, M. Ixh-
Ascarate and Martin Amodor, was
appointed, with power to fill any
and all vacancies that might occur
on tho ticket.
On motion tho convention ad
journed nine die.
THE VALLIANT VOTES.
Miller, Easton, Galles and Gonzales
the Choice of the People.
The following proceedings are
taken from the Iiio Graixde Repub
lican of the 7th inst : .
Pursuant to call, tho Convention,
for tho pi'fposo of nominating
county offices, met in Stephenson's
hall at 11 o'clock a. m., last Thurs
day. A temporary organization
was effected by calling Pablo Mel
endres, of Dona Ana, to tho Chair,
and electing E. Van Pattou secre
tary.
Üpon motion acommittce of five,
consisting of L. Van 1 atten, 1 aolo
Melendres, W. L. Rynerson, Greg
orio Miranda and Eugenio Moreno,
were appointed to examine creden
tials of delegates. A committee on
pern anent organization was also
appointed; after which tho Conven
tion adjourned till 2 o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention called to order by
temporary chairman. Committee
oil permanent organization then
made their report, which was
adopted.
The committee on permanent or
gamzation recommended as perma
nent oflicers of the Convention the
following : For President, Eugenio
Moreno ; Vice-Presidents, Maximo
Castañeda, Gregorio Miranda ; Sec
retaries, Paeciliano Moreno, Greg
orio Garcia. lhe report was
adopted and tho several oflicers
took their scats.
Motion by W. L. Rynerson pre
vailed that the Convention proceed
to nominate, 1st, two Senatprs for
the district comprising Dona Ana,
Grant and Lincoln counties ; 2nd,
Representatives for said district;
3rd, county officers for Dona Ana
county m the order iollowed oeiow,
Mr. S. II. Newman, proxy for
Silveftro Garcia, addressee! the
convention at considerable length,
and at the conclusion of his remarks
moved that tho chair annoint a
committee, composed of three Re
publicans and three Democrats, to
decido what proportion of the ticket
nominated should be taken from
each party. Col. Rynerson stated
that inasmuch as the Convention
was called, not upon political issues,
but to Belect a ticket that would
best represent tho interests of Las
Cruces and the county of Dona
Ana, he would thereforo riso to a
point ot order. Messrs. Arnold
and Kohl, of Rincón, and several
other delegates from different parts
of tho county, concurred in the Col
onel s statements and arguments,
and tho chair ruled the point well
taken and that the motion was not
in order. . Upon an appeal tho Con
vention sustained tne runng.
It was then moved and seconded
that D. M. Easton, of Lincoln, and
John A. Miller, of Grant, bo nonn
nated as Territorial Council men,
from this district.
Mr, Newram concurred in the
nomination of Mr. Easton, but in
opposition to Mr. Miller nominated
it. II. Whitehill, of Grant county.
Nomination of Mr. Easton was
made unanimous, and upon a ballot
being taken, Miller was nominated
over W hitehill by a votoot 48 to 1.
Florencio Gonzales, of Lincoln
county, Nicholas Galles, of Iliils
boro; Chas. Armiio and Manuel
Nevares, of Las Cruces, were put
in nomination tor Representatives
After balloting tho vote stood, Gon
zales, 44 ; Galles, 41 ; Armiio, t ;
Novares, 4. The nomination of
Gonzaks and Galles was thereupon
made unanimous.
Mr. Murphy, of Lake Valley,
nominated Guadalupe Ascarate, of
Las Cruces, for sheriff, and a mo
tion prevailed that he be declared
the nominee by acclamation.
Jl. J.', frtcpuenson received the
nomination for Clerk, Pablo Mel
tndres for Probate Judge, and
Evangelisto Chavez for County
Treasurtr, all of which nominations
were made by acclamation.
Wm. Dessaur and Numa Rey
mond, both of Las Cruces, were
nominated for County Commission
er tor the middle district, and vote
being taken Deoeauer rwived 5W
and Reymond 22. On motion th
nomination of Mr. Dessaucr was
mado unanimous.
IS. E. Smith, of Lake Valley,
County Commissioner for the upper
listrict, and Lugemo Moreno, of
San Miguel, Commissioner for the
Eoards of Registration and the Duties
they Have to Perform.
From tho Las Vegiw Optic.
As an important Territorial
election is drawing near, The Optic
has informed itself upon mattri
pertaining thereto for the informa
tion of the general reader. Accord
ing to law, no one will bo allowed
to castf a ballot at the approaching
county and territorial election
whose name does not appear upon
the roll of registration, therefore it
is very necessary for every citizen
who contemplates voting, and the
act is certainly one of the highest
rights of citizenship, to see that his
name be enrolled by the board ot
registration of his precinct. Fif
teen days prior to the election, tho
registrarsot eachprecmct will com
mence listing the names of qualified
voters. It will be tho duty of tho
voters to visit the board at the
place where the list will be kept,
and, before having their names
entered on the roll, must show that
they have resided in the territory
six months, m the county three
months and in the precinct in
which they propose to vote thirty
days. If they can answer the three
qualifications in the affirmative;
trier, it becomes the duty of tho
boiu of ;"gistration to enter their
names u4x)n the list. The board
will have the right in case they
know of any voter whose name
does not occur on the list, to place
it there, but tho gentlemen com
posing the board are not presumed
to. know all the legal voters; hence
the urgent necessity of each voter
looking after tho matter in person,
if he desires to have a voice in tho
next election. There is a penalty
that attaches to tho judges of elec
tion of not less than one hundred,
nor more than five hundred dol
lars, or imprisonment, iu case they
allow any one to vote who is not
registered beforehand, consequent
ly everv man who expects to vote
must first register. It would be
well for voters to scissor this article
and file it away, as it can be relied
upon as the law.
Tho mammoth piece of horn
silver that the Percha bonanza
gavo out recently, which was esti
mated to weigh two hundred and
sixty pounds, proved when put
upon tho scales to pull down three
hundred and forty. Just think of
itl A three hundred and forty
fiound ehunk of almost puro silver
bund in tho dirt on a hill sido.
No other country has produced
such a phenomenon. Tho Black
Range seems to bo a solid mass of
precious metal from Lake Valley
to Ojo Caliente on the north. And
the half has not been found. Black
Range.
A Nuisance and its Sequel.
The following conversation is said
to have occurred at about midnight
at a hummer hotel. Tho children
began it:
"Ma!"
"What, dear?"
"Is that you, mal"
"Yes, dear."
"Pa!"
"What, dear?"
"Is that you, pal"
"Yes, dear."
"Good night, ma."
"Good night, dear."
"Good night, pa."
"Good night, dear."
Tho dialogue has been repeated at
intervals of fifteen minutes for two
hours, when an elderly man in an
adjoining room, who had been try
ing to sleep all that time, rolled out
of Ded witn a thud, climbed up into
the transom, and putting his head
out shouted at the top ot his lungs,
"Ycb, it's me maw, and it's me paw;
now go to sleep you little brat, or I'll
come in there and chew you up."
Five minutes later a holy calm
brooded over the house, and no
sound was heard sa-. the lat sob of
a weary wave telling its story to the
smooth pebbles ot tho beach.
n
Wultcrs uud Milder lost a dog
Friday, He was firoiul in un 80 ft.
haft wagging hi tail.
ZONING MATTE2S.
Silver oro assaying 77 per cent
of silver mixed with copper, has
been discovered in tho bed of Pan
ther creek near Secor, 111. Over
1H0 pounds has already boon taken
out, it is reported, and tho work is
getting lively. The report does
not say, however, that the rush for
New Mexico is all tending that way.
Owners of properties near Han
sonburg in the Oscuras are about
to begin work.
Tho Magdalenas are trying to
start a boom. Tho latest is that
tho Nameless mine near the summit
is showing an extraordinary body
ot black oxide of manganese yield
ing 60 percent. Also an eight
foot vein of rich ore running from
100 to 500 ounces per ton in silver,
has been found ntar the north end
of the range. So says tho Socorro
Jfiner.
Water is reported as becoming
very scarce in the Oscuras, and n
.jllow, with an eye to tho necessi
ties of pilgrims and strangers, who
are prospecting over ther, has
taken possession of tho only re
maining source of supply, and deals
out liquid muddincss at tho rato of
fifty cents per barrel. Miners had,
better stop fooling around over in
that region and come to White Oaks
or the White Mountains so as tobe
here when tho bwinei comes in on
the White Oaks & El Paso rail-mid.
Lake Valley is Btill on tho rise,
and ninety-two thousand dollars in
silver bullion was shipped from Nutt
station on the tenth of October, it
is said.
Over on the Percha when one
locates a claim he has to hire men
to stand guard over it with Win
chesters to keep jieople from jump
ing it or pulling it out by the roots
and carrying it off bodily.
The Nogal and White Mountain
country is destined to make one of
the richest and best mineral dis
tricts in the territory. It will take
capital and timo to dovelopo tho
mines but when down to a paying
basis the mineral is there to stay.
This is tho verdict of men who have
examined that country after visiting
nearly all the other camps in New
Mexico.
The days ot sentimental politics
are past. Citizens now want facts
and no fancy in tin., political bill
of fare. The business of tho state,
like the business of tho citizen,
should be conducted with honesty,
economy and an eye to the public
weal. The pure metal of utness
for the discharge of tho duties of
he office should bo recognized in
every candidate. Miver plated
politics must be remanded to the
rear.. Like a punched nvo cent
picco, they have no commercial
value, and aro impressed with per
petual inconvertibility.
Weight of a Million Dollars,
From the Scientific American.
Mr. E. B. Elliot, tho govern
ment actuary, has computed the
weight of a million dollars in gold
and silver coin as follows :
The standard gold dollar in the
United States contains gold of nine-
tenths of fineness, 25.8 grains, and
the standard silver dollar of silver
of nine-tenths of fineness, 412.5
5 rains. One million standard gold
ollars, consequently weigh 25,-
800,000 grains, or 53,750 ounces
troy, or 4,47'J 1-0 pounds troy, of
5,7tiO grains each, or 3,685.71
pounds avoirdupois, or 21 464
1000 "short" tons of 2,000 pounds
avoirdupois each, or 20 307-100O
"long" tons of 2,240 pounds avoir
dupois each. In round numbers
tho following table represents the
weight of $1,000,000 in tho coins
ramed :
DKSCUI1TION OF COnt. TONS.
Standard Gold Coin 1
Standard Bilvur coin , 2flJ
Subsidiary nil ver coin 8:i
Minor com, Ave cunt nickel 10Q
ADNA LAMSQN,
MINING EXCHANGE
-AND
Real Estate Agent.
I sat Cm4 Kiaisg frtrttrt; tuSld,
CorrcKpondence solicited
menu busineu. Office in Lkadeu
inu.
Ik'ILD.
WHITE OAKB, KETT MEXICO, \n\n man, Pablo Molondros, Guadalupe
ben partió