-THE SPRINGFIELD HERALD, j County Officers. County Clerk and Recorder F. Mntlicw*. ; "*‘ Treasurer . .I**e-»* F. Ilnrri-on. j »» .1 tldgC .J. 11. Dll'll'I.' 1 .' • j District Clerk Eliza \. Tipton. siierltr U. " j :jc hool Superintendent ..Mary 1.. Cole. Assessor Tim*. F.Milligan. | County Attorney Coroner It. A. North. | .Surveyor County Commissioner*——Tho*. 11. Godwin. Eugene Walll* and John W. Lewi*. M. B. ( m ip ll—Wm. K. Mitcubll, P Mtor. - APPOI NTM ENTS lMymottlli, 11 n. in. Ut. Sabbath Knell Month J W. 11. konkcl’s a::» p- m. DtSabbath Vilas, 7:30 p. in. ** Minneapolis, II n. in. 2nd. Sabbath llear Creek, S:8o p. in. *• ** “ “ jl.>nunt/, 7::so p. m. Saturday Imfore :M. Sunday j 10:0!) a. m. :i'l sablmtli Vilas, 4:00 p. in Springfield, 11 n. in. and 7p. in. Uli. “ | Hmnrt's :i:M»p. in. Local and Personal. Little Claud Hooker is finite j sick this week. E. M. Whitaker went to Lamar | jLhis morning. N.J.Bray went to Lamar the fore part of the week. I*. C. Bresiin was in town, Mon day, attending to business here. Sherill Ward made a Hying trip , to Lamar, the fore part of the week.! W. 11. Smart is at Carlton, Mis- j souri settling up his father's estate. | Elijah llall, of Horse creek, was l in town this morning, transact : jug business. Fred Mathews, deputy county clerk, visited with his parents, Wed nesday, Walter Powell, the Vilas peda gogue. made a visit to the County 6eat, Monday. John Durrstem of Brookfield, was doing business here the fore part of the week. F. E. Lamport, of Ruff, and Joe Shields, of Vilas, were doing the town this morning. Daniel Woolley and Dr.Milligan were searching for mining claims at Carriso, this week. Miss Della Mvers, Chas. Com stock and G. E. Konkel are taking teachers examination. The first thunder shower ot the season occurred, Tuesday. In some localities a good rain fell. L. F. Mathews and Dwight Mi ser went to Lamar, yesterday to learn of a big bunch of cattle for sale. John Reichenbach has finished sowing his big acreage ot wheat and oats, and started to Lamar yes terday after hay for J. W. Wilson. Farmers are doing their spring plowing, and grain sowing is pro grossing. They find the ground plenty wet, with most too much moisture in places. Dr. It. D. Ilomsher ana son. Herbert, returned form the Carriso mining district last Sun day, where he had spent several days and located a dozen or more claims. Ed. McGillisay and brother of L’hsses. Kansas, were in town last evening. They made arrange ments with J. F. Harrison to take one of his fine stallions to Grant county to make the season with. J. T. and Alf Allen are investi gating the possibilities of the Car riso mines this week. They went to the camp, Monday, and did con siderable prospecting, Tuesday and Wednesday. Chas. Comstock of Stanton county, Kansas, came in last even ing on business. Learning that the regular school examination for teachers occurred today and tomor row, he will remain and tackle the list ol questions. Most ot the range slock is very thin, but grass is growing rapidly in the sand districts and canons. Cattle now put their time in searching for it. 11 the spring rains do not come too severe no great loss is anticipated. Milt Gordon made his last trip with the mail, .Saturday. He found that carrying mail in the winter time with bad weather, rough roads and light pay not what it is cracked lip to be. He is oil'to the Arkansas this week alter more feed for his stock. Capt. J. C. Jones, of Carriso was in town yesterday. He was on Ins way to his cattle ranch in Arizona, in response to a telegram received Tuesday. He will proba ) j blv dispose of 100 head ol two ; year old steers before his return. I He will be back in about three j : weeks. Mrs. Ella Hooker closed a very ! successful term of school in thej ! Bray district, last Friday. March! li'th. The scholars, patrons and i i their friends came early with a great feast which was highly en joyed hv all. The afternoon was j spent in excellent literary'exer cises, and all went home well ! pleased with the day's ontertain j meat. ! The Carriso Smelting Company | have not succeeded in getting a run on their smelter yet. The clay lining first put in let the blast 1 and heat escape too liberally, and j an attempted run resulted in a! “freeze up.” It will be lined with fire brick and in working order in : side of ten days. J. F. Harrison and E. M. Whitaker returned from t he camp Tuesday, and report work going on. Uncle Dave Drumheller has! sold his cattle to John A. Durr stem of Brookfield, and let his horses to him for a term ot three j years on a percent of the increase. He lias also sold his tence to Bat Bresiin and is making his arrange j ments to go east when grass comes, j He expects to return to the place | of his birth in Pennsylvania, and J perhaps make his future home with'a sister who resides m Ma lianoy City Pa. Uncle Dave lias: been a stayer in Baca, and bis! friends here will be sorry to miss his familiar lace from among them.! but he is growing older and not able to rough it in stock-growing or farming, so has made up his mind to visit with friends and rel atives in Kansas, Missouri and the Keystone state. Southeast Baca. B. L. Addington is taking down his lence and moving it to his new location south ofWestola. Kansas, on the North Fork. F. E. Lamport made a business trip up the Cimarron some time ago Charley Wiley, Wells Metcalf. Will Bupt and T. 11. Evans went to Fred Twyford’s, Sunday, to as sist in moving a house to Mr. Ev ans 1 ranch on the Cimarron. K. D. Nance deliverd his broom I corn at Syracuse last week. lie was assisted by Jake Haney. F. E. Lamport attended the last ball ot the season at Richfield, on the 12th inst. and had an excellent time. Cattle are doing well. The ground is in fine condition for planting. Frank Haven is working for E. W. Leeds, A. E. Addington has gone to Syracuse after a four horse load of supplies. Sim Konkel is having some list ing done. Johnny Thomas is very busy of late, but Sunday seems to be the busiest day of all the week. B. L. Addington has traded a Winchester to Caddick Bros, fora horse. Sam Florey has built a good reservoir. Theo Brown and wife are ex pected home next month. b. J. Konkel and A. A. Yowell are holding their broomcorn for higher prices. Hubert Applegate has purchas ed an autoharp of F. E. Lamport. Frank Applegate intends to plant some fruit trees this spring. W. A. Wight today returned to Rocky Ford, where he is wintering part of his sheep. He says the gold district in the eastern part of this county and extending into Baca county, is making a splendid showing, and that Colorado Springs and Denver capitalists are taking hold in the country and pushing matters in a business-like manner. —Trinidad News. A numbor of those owning cat tle are having them vaccinated to prevent Black leg.—There seems to be quite an excitement over the Carriso mines. It is thought by some that there will be five htin ! dred people there before six weeks j pass.—Richfield Kansas, Monitor i Renublic. | A bunch of cattle that was bought in Stanton County when calves m Nov. 1895 for #0 per head, sold last week at Garden City for the snug price of .$25 per head— sl9 profit on a $0 investment in side of sixteen months is not, pos sible, except in Western Kansas. —Johnson City Journal. The cattle business seems to J be the only one that is booming these davs, when all branches of j I business in otiier lines are depress : ed. The supply is limited and the > ! price of heel is advancing every | day. All things travel in circles. We have our Cripple Creek and other good paying mines, next our cattle industry booms. Now lookout lor re.il estate to go out of sight, both ranch and city property. Buy real estate now.— Alamosa Independent Journal. THE NEW YORK WORLD Thrico-a-Week Edition. IS Pages a Week. 150 Papers a Year. 1 -V paper as useful to you as a, ] great $0 daily for only one dollar a year. Better than ever. All < the news of ail the world all the time. Accurate and fair to every- i 1 body. Democratic and for the | ( people. Against trusts and all monopolies. Brilliant illustrations. Stories by great authors in everv j number. Splendid reading for women and other special depart ments of unusual interest. 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