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INCOLN NTY EADEB.4 Dovotod to tho Bast latoroata of Lincoln County and tho Development of Its Resources. VOLUME I. WHITE OAKS,, LINCOLN COUNTY, N. 1L, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1R32. NUMBER 3. J 'Ii O FES SI OX A L VA JiDS. JOHN A. IIELPHINUSTINE. Attorney at Law. SfalstaU-Jini lining Exchange. Office Cor. Washington street and White Oaks Avenue. WHITE OAKS. KKW MEXICO. JOHN. Y. HEWITT. -Vttornoy lit T-iwv, WHITE OAKS, N. M. GEO. T. BEALL, Attorney it Iiiav, Mining and Land Law a Specialty. WHITE OAKS, N. M. WM. M. ROBERTS, -Attorney lit Lnw, LINCOLN. N. M. Espoclal and personal attention Riven, in presenting claims to the Interior De partment, fur losses in Cattle, Horses etc. Correspondence solicit. w. c. Mcdonald, U. 83UXERAL2EriTY SlRVEYOIt. AND TVotmry Jullic? WihtbOaks, Nbw Mexico. T. II. CATKOH. W. T. THORNTON. CATRON & THORNTON, .LttornoyH atLaw 8anta fe, Nbw Mexico. Will practice in all tho Courts of Lnw and Equity in the Turritorv. Especial attention given to the collection of elaims and remittances promptly made. s. Mcc. Mcpherson, Notary PuLlic and Conveyancer, Ocr. Vuhliglo An tid LMigrtm Btt. WHITE OAKS. .... NEW MEXICO. L. M. CLEMENTS, Xtrtomoy at Xjv7V7- LINCOLN. N. M. KspeciaJ attention Riven to the collec tion of claims for non-residents and to mining litigation. ' Messrs. Cutron & Thornton, of Santa Fe, are associated with me in all business rn the District courts. ADNA LAMSOM, MINING EXCHANGE AND Real Estate Agent. Iim bat fio4 lining erty Undid. Correspondence solicited when parties mean business. Offlco in Lbadbu Build- WTOTB OAKS, NEW MEXICO. TOM C. WILLIAMS, Of Willi tal Bmhiri 0. Minincj Contractor WHITE OAKS, N. M., Bai hii EiprieK li bolk ivtrici and Enrvjx. Will furnish Estimates, tako Con tracts ami Guarantee Satisfaction. CHIilS. EBNER, rilOlKIKTOB PeopleV Market WHITE OAKS, N. M. Fat Beef. Mutton aiid Pork alwars on hand. Hnusngc, Head cheese and Tickled 1 npo. i enus Vmh. Price low. Petor Ilackol, Boots and Shoes Wlsit OaJam, XT. XC BooU u7bi lade U iiief iri Tii GturuM tV Irpsiringjloatlj u4 frenpUj bK. I have the largest and best stock of ready made hiHitit, shoes and klippers in tho city ul the lowest prices, uluo a full liuu tf uiiutrs' bout and hIukm. At last Wendell Phillips litis a show. The'prohibitionists of his district Lavo nominated him for Congress. Won. needs encourage ment ' Prescott, Arizona, in prosperous, It wants ono hundred Hcrvunt girls, and it in paid that common laborers receive four dollars per day, and they can have constant employment. PROCLAMATION. Tho jury in tho case of Robert Ford, slayer of Jesseo James, charged with tho murder of Woot Ilite, after being out forty-one hours returned a virdict of not guilty. James Carter, a Chicago man who had married two women, each without the other's consent, in order to get out ot hot water jump ed into u warmer place from the muzzle of a revolver. Bill Nye has made an exhaustive search and come to tho conclusion that John tho Baptist is dead. Nye was driven to tho work by the presence, in the streetsof Laramie, of a man who claimed to bo the "ono sent." The Socorro Sun under its col umn of "Aliasing Links," informs its readers that school ma'ams aro so scarce in California that many of tho schools have been closed. The "Links" can probably bo found in Boston. Tho Utica, N.T., Observer, says the latest etory about tho new comet is that it is oneof tho bald headed kind, and is hurrying up toward the tun to get a front seat, where it can havo a good look at tho transit of Venus. King Milan, of Servia, was the target for a pistol in the hands of a female disciple of Guiteau, but the weapon was a little cranky too, and missed tho mark. Congratu lations tire now pouring in from all tho frightened figureheads of Europe. Two very merited promotions were made in the army Oct. 20th. Brigadier General John Pope was made a Major General, in piuco of Gen. McDowell retired, and Col. It. S. MacKenzio was promoted to bo a lighting Brigadier. This means work and no foolishness to ward raiding redskins. Dorsey is paid to bo suffering from iin affection of tho eyes and the premonitions of softening of the brain, whilo his beautiful wife is worn with anxiety and mortifica tion over tho recent trials. Dorsey has probably never been seen so happy in all hisday's of stolen great ness as ho was when ho drove that hack for his father-in-law to and from thoOberlin depot, while his pretty little wifo ran to tho window to give him a nod and a smile and sco how many extra plates to lay for supper. The Rev. M. J. Savage, of Bos ton, preached a sermon on news papers. "People often hold," he 6aid, "that tho world is moro wicked now than ever before. An explanation of this, I believe, will be found in the fact that no man who is not so uttely alono and bo far away that what ho does and says cannot bo reported as news, is safe to-day in tho commission of crime, for tho chuncos uro that very soon ho will eco his name in a newspaper, telling all about him, and this if you think of it, is tho ono thing that the javcrago man fears more than he liars (Jod, more than ho dreads hell." On tho other hand, Mr. Savtigo blamed tho newspapers because ho thinks they are generally cynical in tone. November 30th Fixed as the Day of National Thanksgiving and Prayer. Tho Day to Bn Specially Devoted to Deeds of Cliarlty and Klmlucts. Washington City, D. C, ) Oetoi.tr 2S, 18H2. f The following is the Thanksgiving proc Inmntion issued by the President of the United States of America : a phoci.amation. In conformity with the custom of the annual observance which is justly held in honor by this people, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby set iipurt Thursday, the ilOlh day of No vember next as the day of public thanks giving. Blessings demanding our grati tude are numerous and varied, pence and amity which subsist between this republic and ull the nations of the world, for free dom from internal discord nnd violence ; for increasing friendship between the dif ferent sections of the land of liberty, justice and constitutional government ; for devotion of the people to our free institu tions nnd their cheerful obedience with the Inws ; for th constantly increasing strength of the Republic wliilc extending its privileges to fcllowmcn who came to us ; for improved means of internal com munications and increased facilities in intercourse with other nations; for the general prevailing health of the year; for the prosperity of all our industries ; for liberal terms for mechanics ; aiTording a market for the abundant harvests of the husbandmen ; for the preservation of national faith and credit, for wise and generous provisions to effect the intellect ual nnd moral education of our youth ; for the iullucnccs of a conscience restraining and transforming religion and for the joys of home. For those and ninny otherblesn- ings we should give thanks. Whereof I do recommend that the day above desig nated be observed throughout the country us the day of national thanksgiving nud prayer, and that tlie people ceasing from their daily labors and meeting in accord ance with their several forms of worship and draw near t tic throne of Almighty God, offering to Him the praise and grati tude for the manifold good which He has vouchsafed to us, unu praying that His blessings and mercies may continue. Aud I do further recommend the day thus ap pointed may be made the special occasion for deeds of kindness nnd chanty to the suffering and needy, so that all who dwll wilhiu our land may rejoice and be glad in this season of national thanksgiving. In witness whereof, I have written my hand and caused the seal of tho United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 25th day of October, in tho year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred nnd eighty-two, and of the Iudc- Eendencc of the United Stutes the one uudred and seventh. CHESTER A. ARTHUR, (Slcned) President. By FhederickT. Fiiemnchuvskn, Becretary. It is not believed that tho Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will ever becomo crazed through religeous excitement. In tho Scovillo divorce caso at Chicago an expert testifiied that he believed tho wholo Guiteau family insano, find tho peoplo of tho coun try will concur in the opinion. The annual sausage crop of the world is reported to be far above tho average. In London ulono Roventoen thousand five hundred and forty-five stray dogs wcro gob bled in, during the past year. Tho editor of a New York reli gious newspaper wrote aro buke to a fashionable young bello on ac count of her "trousseau which eost $25,000," aud the printer got it trousers. The good man swore for tho first t-'ino in hislijj. C. P. Baiiey of San Jose, Cal Col. Richard Peters of Atlanta Ga. and Robert Scott of Frankfurt, Ky. aro regarded as tho goat kings of America, Mr. Bailey alone having a herd of 5,000 on his ranch in No vada. Last year ho shipped east ward. 10,000 pounds of mohair at C0 cents per pound, and during tho past two years ho has sold $ 30,000 worth ot goats. Tho principal agricultural indus try in Florida, just now seems to bo Alligator farming. They plant the eggs in tho sand about ten feet apart, five in a place and thin out to three, when tho young plants are about a foot long. They till them with a palmetto club and a fire brand. When ripo they gather them with a torpedo boat, and only the husk is used as an articfo of commerce which is manufactured into boots, ladies' belts and grip sacko for drummers. Tho latter aro said to k.nuetiiuud use it in the place of cheek. Poem on the Death of a Young Man Crowned in Slinking Creek. DT BILL NYE. O, treacherous, treacherous tido, Young William for to drownd To madly yank him off his baso And whirl him round and round. We found him in the twilight Lour, Freed from his earthly woes ; nis calm face upward turning, And alkali up his nose. His person was sunk in the sifting sand, His mouth was open wide ; The pollywogs nestled In his cars, Beneath the fragrant tide. His open-bnek shirt lay on the shore, And the balance of his trosscnu, While his soul went scooting up tho flue Out through the eluer blue. 'Twas down around the Coyote Point, We found him when evening fell. And we planted him under the cactus vine In the shaft of the Mountain Bell, Good-bye, William, for away On the edge of alargo damp cloud Though you are among the angel gang, You needn't feel so doggon proud. A Reproductive Comet The present comet in tho eastern sky, which can bo distinctly seen by every ono at early morning, is certainly tho most remarkable one ot all tho modern comets. Prof. Lewis Swift, director of tho Warner Observatory, Rochester, New York, 6tates that tho comet grazed tho sun so closely as to cause great dis turbance, so much so that it has divided into no less than eight sep arate parts, all of which can bo dis tinctly seen by a good telescope There is only ono other instance on record where a comet has divided, that ono being Biella'a comet of 1845, wliich separated into two parts. Whether tho great comet will continuo to produce a brood of smaller comets, remains to bo seen. A correspondent of tho Kansas City Journal among other things has this to say ot our country : Nature seems to have been striking it rich of late, in an aesthetic way, At least sho has been getting into her soft clothes and spreading around as if she meant to go to the picnic or have a row with tho old man. The promiscuous way in which she fastens on her "bokays" would make tho utterly-too-toota in tho Just stages of goneness run Wilde. Ono encounters a torrent of verdure and bloom everywhere. Crimson and yellow nod to each other across tho gulches ; red and blue moot under the shadows of the pine3 and whisper tho story of hfo winch gives them but time "to bo sweet and grow old." Laughing coquettish, wide-eyed daisies flirt with stately astera between tho rocks on tho mountain sides. It is one grand carnival of bloom of semi-tropical luxuriant, wanton not tho live long day. But to como down to things mra practical ; tho observer in traveling over this Territory cannot help be ing impressed with its grand possi bilities on every haud its undevel oped resources its diversity of climate, and tho apparently inex haustible richness of its soil and mineral, which, at no distant day, will go to make it, not only self-sustaining, " buf'ono "of " the "greatest wealth-producing utatea m the Union. Its cattle and sheep aro already numbered by tho hundreds of thousands, and new ranches are daily being located, whilo corn, wheat, oats, and all manner of veg etables can bo very successfully grown along the water courses, and m many places without irrigation. However tho conformation of tho valleys renders tho latter compara tively an easy task as it usually can bo done with much less labor and expense than would bo required in ditching an ordinary farm in tho States. This once accomplished an abundant crop would be on abso lute certainty, bo tho drouth ever so severo, lloro in these moun tains, at fan altitude of over 8,000 feet, without any especial care, thero havo been potatoes raised this season that weighed over three pounds. Onions of four pounds and over are not an unusual sight in tho White Oaks markets. As to minerals : Tho New Mex ican exhibit at Deliver abundantly jjrovea that we do not Lave to ait ut tho feet of any other state or terri tory cast or west. Wo tako a laudable prido in tho fact that our own camp has contributed much to make that exhibit a success. In my late round among the Camps in this vicinity I found with in a radius of a hundred miles the following minerals: gold, silver, copper, nicklo, lead, zinc, iron, cotmlt, sulphur, gypsum, eoda, salt and fireclay; whilo of the precious stones I proenred speci mens of turquoise, topaz, ruby, garnet, agate, amethyst, malachite and blood-stone. And hero bo it known that our coal is said to be the best that has been found west of the Mississippi river. It is ex tremely doubtful if any other like section in tho United States can produco Buch a variety of those concomitants which go to make glad the heart of man and orna ment the person of tho cook. And the Scenery ; It may bo equaled, but cannot bo surtiasóetl anywhere on the faco of the broad, green earth. Perhaps tho vales of Cashmere hold something as lovely and as perfect as these broad val leys sleeping under tho flowers and sunlight in a land' where all the days aro afternoons, but in tho mountains where eternal grandeur dwells as first flung out by tho crea tive hand of Omnipotence, and the peaks stand snow-crowned and sun set flushed, tho tinkling bell and tho ram des vackes of tlie Swiss peasant would only add a a racket to tho charm. Lucy and the Ice Cream. The following is from the Chica go Tribune, but applies to White Oaks as well ; Ono day Lucy and her brother wero going to tho placo where tho ice cream was kept. Lucy was trotting along, holding Charles' hand she heard a etrango noiso in tho street near them. Looking she saw two boys with a little ecru dog. Ono boy had tied a string to tho poor dog's tail, and on the other end of the string was a de ported oyster can. "Oh, brother," said Lucy, "seo what the wicked boys are doing." And then the tears fillea her eyes, becauso sho felt sorry for tho dog. Then Charles asked the boys to let the dog go. They would not do this, but said thoy would sell him for twenty-five cents. "If we buy tho dog, Lucy' yon can havo no icq cream, for Í have only twenty-five cents ia my pock et,'' said Charles. Then Lucy was very sad, for she loved ice cream dearly, but still she knew it was .her duty to pre vent tho dog from suffering. - .So for a moment sho was silent, anil then looking up to her brother she said in her pretty way ; "You kick in the ribs of tho boys, dear brother, and I will hustle tho pup up tho alley." And so Lucy had her Ice cream after all. The American Newspaper. From tho Kansas City Journal. The first newspaper ever printed in America was cstablinhed in Bos ton in ICOO. Ono hundred yearn later tho total number was only 200, of which only two or three wero dailies. Since tho close of tho American revolution tho progress of journalism in this country h-u been marvelous. It is oulhorila tively stated that tho total number of newspapers now published ex ceeds 8,000 of which about S00 arc dailies. Tho wonderful growth of journal ism was well illustrated in a lecture delivered by Wendell Phillip ii New York some time ago, in which ho stated that when the battle of Waterloo took place, in 1315, the London Times devoted only ono third of a column to its description of that fearful and momentous struggle, whereas a full page ac count of tho Uto niBssacre of ten persons in Colorado, a few years ago, was given by tho great Amer ican dailies. Ami it might bo ad ded, the details concerning Frank James and his recent surrender to the governor o&Missouri havo filled from four to eight columns of many of tho leading daily newspapers of tho country. When William Lloyd Garrison was mobbed in Boston in 1835, tho Sapors of that city puplished no etaila of that outrage. President Harrison had been dead ten days in 18-41, before the news roachod Snringfield, 111., and Abraham Lincoln doubted tho truth of tho report even then on account of tho short timo it had taken to convey tho meseago I Now tho afternoon papers announce " William E. Gladstone's speech in tho British parliament this morning." Tho influence of an enterprising news paper conducted in an honest and liigh-minded manner can hardly bo overestimated. It has largely taken tho placo of magazino anil printed volumes. Its brief and terse comments upon passing events aro better suited to our busy peo ple, who havo not time to read long articles. It haa even usurped, in a largo degree, the place of tho orator and lecturer, sinco tho writ ten words carry moro power with them than the spoken. Mr. Phil lips aptly remarked with referenco to the man who reads newspapers, "Ho has a telegraph wire that con nects him with the world, and tho man who doe 3 not might as well bo Robinson Crusoe on his island." A Mineral City huntsman named BraEdeberry, whilo scouting over tho rango afow days ago, was startled at finding a pair of boots containing tho pedal extromities of a pair of human limbs; " Tho scene indicated that a man had boon chewed up by wild animals, prob ably bears or mountain lions. Tho sickening tragody will always ro main a mystery, as no ono is mising around tho camp and tho identity of tho victim will no ver be known. Optic. It ia reported that when Arabi was about to cut off tho supply gof water which would reach the Brit ish troops, it was considered neces sary to obtain tho approval of the holy Bedouin recluse. "This may not be," said tho Bedouin sage "know that tho hateful Christian, though lamentably benighted and besotted, nnd previously arrogant to boot, is, after ull, an erring chihl of Allah. Water ia given to all creatures." Tim: is a grand sentiment to come from any man's lips, and the lesson is worthy of at tention in the civilized West, though it comes from tho humblo recluse of tho Oriental desert. That Arab would probably bo prottv sound on tho land question. liio UruiuU lCwjltcan. The Lime-Kiln Club- Tho peach stones ceased rattling around tho hall, tho windows went down, tho munching of peanuts was hushed and Brother Gardner had a firm hold on tho platform with his toes as he roso and began : "A resident of my nayburhnd dido do odder day, an' dia ebenin' do committee 'pinted to write an eulogy on his character war' showing mo a draft of what doy had prepar d. Do eulogy am in sections, an' I will quoto it to you : "He was a man who did not gib to do poor wid one han' an' steal from de taxpayer wid do odder. "lie neber gin a dollar to do heathen in Africa, but ho alius paid 1 1 i A - - - uia ueuis in vmerica. ' "While ho did not purfees to bo a pcrfeck Christian, ho remembered dat only ono seat belonged to him when he trabbled. "Ho made no great adoo'bout his honesty, an' yit ho remembered when an' whar' ho borrowed a hoo or a shovel. "Ho did not call hisself better dan his fellowman, an' yit ho had a kind word fur a boy wid a soro too an' a ton of coal tor a neighbor wid a broken leg. "lie felt dat Tio had a duty to do by do church, an' yit he entered a circus by do front doah, an' do toun' of a fiddle put new epeerit into his feet. "If ho did not sing his hvmns from do housetops, neither dul do world h'ar what ho said when ho arrovo homo an' found' his wifo sick a bod, do hired gal gone an' do baby" howlin' wid a paper ob pins in his mouf." Detroit Free Vrtxs. A groat boom has set in for New Mexico mining properties. J'ul adJphia Mini(j Juumul