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VOLUME IV.
HILLSBOROUGH, N. M AUGUST 21, 1880.
NO. 20.
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V 'STOCK BRANDS.
Lfwclllnf'i Mmh and Brand.
V I infill II
Brands and ir
mark. Knr mark
across the left and
under (liu fetoop in
ignu
S. 8. N.ailf j's Brand.
Brand used by 8.
ft. Hlld J. H. Stailoys
for branding their
L cHtt !: brands ou
loft side; tind ror
horses,!!!! triangle
loj.vtt'll auouiuer.
1 X Jjl
T'. (). address, Chloride, N. M.
(irajson A Co.
Placed on left of
attic.
riaoed upon tke
li'ft shoulder of
hows.
Placed upon thi
li'ft. side of calves
jnd yearlings and
mi the left shoulder
of horses.
Ilrand on leftside,
asraiirhtbrhrand
nuder half crop In
right car.some with
split above crop lu
oar.
p. 0. address, I as
Paloinas.SlerraCo.,
N. M.
Thomas AbeTtlas.
Horses branded
on either shoulder.
(In cattle, either
Hide. Any branded
i vice, same brand,
I hare sold.
Nectindino Pomlnfruez.
Brand used on
cattle and horses.
Joseph Franklin.
Horses branded
nn left 6 do or left
hip. Same on cat
tle, with the addi
tion of ear mark,
left ear being split
and undor b.U
Herman (Jrobe & Fred Shaw.
Cattle branded
.twice, oncfi on li'ft
ilpand once on left
u ile; alsoone-third
r caen oar cm on.
Hrand on horaos
is above on left
ihoulder.
John II. Alley.
Brand for cattle;
ilrst on shoulder,
second on side,
ihlrd on hip.
P. . adrtress.
Grafton, N. M.
l'ucblits CandelftTio Chare.
Block on left hip
nnd ear mark on
both oars.
Mary Yaplc.
Wcllj & Minoi.
Brand for stock
Ear marks cropped
to the right and
I ngle bob to the
lett.
Ear mark In swal
low fork rigtit ear.
Jobn Sullivan.
Brand on atoek:
Rar mark la a hole
t hrouirh left ear and
li'wlup ou nglij ear.
W. F. Orubaun.
Rrand used.'on tlie
left side of -atUe;
split on rlKbt ear;
ono-half leftl-arcut
Dir.
I'. O. addrcoas
b'lllsborough, N. M.
B. Ji. Greelr.
Five-Inch on left
f&'e; ends oif both
eu as cut off and a
iiotlch In under sida
or right catr, near
t he-head.
P. O. addrt'ss:
J.nke V alloy, N. M.
Sierra Land and Tattle Company.
A GIRL'S PROTEST.
-The brand lluaed
on the left aid In
the lollowlar man
ner: 8 on shoulder I
1, on line ana u oa
hip and - " -
aornsa the rump
t he rump mark I
used In place of the
ear mark as record
ed In book "A," p. IB, Blerra Co. rooordi.
s
The above Is also one of our brandi for
stock on the loft aide.
U. H. Hopper, General Manager.
r. Jackson, naticn aiauager,
P. O. address: Kingston, N. M.
William Cotton.
Stoelf brand used
on rlglitt side.
Houghton & Bono.
Tattle oM lnva
rhitly boar the
coiuntf r brand, thus
Brand of Conti
nennil t attle t'o.
nsed.us above stilt
ed. Range headquar
ters of (ilia and Ucd
Canyon.
See Black Ilange.
Pcst-offlce:
Uraftou, N. M.
Sum ml (irogff.
Hanch on Indian
freek, eight miles
south of J.ake Val
ley, lirand on left
side of cattle and
in either side of
horse atoek.
P. O. address:
I.ako Valley, N. M.
James Knight.
JK (connected) on
eft thigh.
P. O. aildresi:
l.ako Valley, N. M.
F. I'arkt.
Howell & Read.
Borse brand lama
.ia cut, only smaller
on left hip. other
nranii m i ana
dewlap slit once.
Kar marks, crop and
split both. Other
ear marks as above
Ksperltlan Tafoya.
Brand for stock
used on right side.
Francisco Apodara.
Branded on right
side of hones and
cattle.
Jose Tafoya y liarcia.
Post-office:
Cuehlllo Negro,
Mow Mexico.
Canuta Tadlllu.
B
il l X LW
r I v Jill
This brand used
on the rigl- side of
cattle and on the
left thighon horses.
P. (. address:
Lake Valley, N. M.
J. B. Bonmiin.
Tattle branded on
the left side; horses
hranded on the left
hip and afewhrand
ed on the right hip.
P. (). address:
KlHtniin. Blerra
Comity, N. M.
We're 'getting very (ired of the silly things
men fny
Aliout the -giw-d old fiishloned girl," and her
sniMr-(,t m
The highest point of nonsense they hav.
titii iv ovcitnppetl,
Andwe- 'the gils -dec dn that It Is rmllr
t :ue llicy stopped '."
t'ur dear oui uinmliiiHS bless them! never
m ail to lead aUniy
I uting Ned or Tom, w lien, with a loving smile
al us, i hev sit v :
"Ah, buys, the g i is are d Anient from what
I hot' ii-M-d to be!"
Hut weih nk they've forgotten all the fun
I hey luul. you seel
I'liey ii iih iiiI.it all the spinning, but the
d.uieuig they forgi l ;
I'liey inn iffoiici't Hie linking not the way
I hey used to fret
When they had to slay at home sometimes,
to dust 1 he parlor cu an,
hen lots of other girls ami boys were
"diitlcing on the green!"
W hy should a girl sit down and spin from
morn ng until leght,
With mi much ug nmchniery do you think
it would lie liliti'
And inoilerii g rin ran make good pies, and
tHticy dishes, too.
And Just us well, we'll linger, us the old ones
il!c-J to do.
Hut for nn lntant w e'll assume the girls were
heller then,
Wire mure sedate. Industrious hut how
ni'oui the uKini'
We think our grandpa just too nice when
sometimes he will say :
"Uh. g i-U, the boys me not so flue as In my
old-lime diiyi"
Hut, seriously, we should llilnk Hint older
folUs would know
That limes are very dilterent from fll'lv years
nun !
"The girls" must follow w th the w orld, which
surely litis Hdvnneed
per-
tine otiv griiuiliiiH forgot and we were
li-cl Iv nil i unecil
When slii' mi ui Hint she was tinted oneo for V
unhurt she danced.
nmi Muiun Nini'i, in .Vnri fsfiui'ii Jfrniln.
MADMAN AM) IIKIM).
Manlno, Liquor-Wild, Saved
From An Awful Death.
Lake Valley Land anil Live Slock Co.
On cattle, horses
'ind mules tho fig
ures WW on the right
hip. On Bheep and
lioga an under half
elipp In the loft ear.
A. M. James.Sec'y
L. V. h. Si I- 8. Co.
P. O. address:
Lake Valley, N. M.
Kuben Shiver.
B. F.
P. O. uddresi:
Falrview, Hierra
Co., N. M.
(Jrobp.
Hangn at and
around White Koek
Spring.
P. O. address:
Lake Valley, N. M.
Perkins, Sharon & Co.
W on
lor.
m
left shoul-
on left
hip.
P. 1 1, address:
Falrview, Hierra
Co., N. M.
Hilliam Cotton.
Brand used on left
hip of horses and
cattle.
F. O. address:
Hilliboro, N. M.
Rafael Olquicn.
Brand used on
horses, mules, cat
i le and burros.
Antonio Bpez.
Brand nsed rn
'lorses, mules, bur--os
and cattle.
P.O. address:
Lu Tolomis.
Ohineu, Wolf & Ohlsen.
Cattle brand uaed
in loft aide.
3.
T'snd njn rlirlit sld.
Knr mark: Kound
hole m each ear.
P. O. addreis:
Lako Valley, N. M.
W. Tftte.
Tattle bramlnd on
left side. Ilurncp on
left hip. tiomo cat
Mo on the ranfro
mnrhe'1 nnd brand
cd ilni:
branded on the left.
P. O. address: Grafton, N.M.
.V
J. W. Siator.
The ftbov Is used
for a ranch and
road brand. Cattle
hranded on left
nid. Some cattle.
bow on tho rangei
Hm hrntipd thui:
O. address:
Grafton, N. M.
a connected,
LTi used on
aaa left thigh
. u-.sc brnnd.
P. O. addresa:
Grafton, H. M.
B. Most.
8.
My mark and
braud nsed on cat
tle and horses; cat
tle branded on right
hip, horses on left
shoulder. Some cat
tle branded thul
"A" on lefl hip.
V. O. address:
Grafton, X. M.
The corner of Chestnut and Tliirly
tltinl streets, l'iiilailelpliin, was lately
tho scene of a thrilling iuoitlenl. For
some (Iny.-i juist worUiiien liave been en
IXlXi' in liiiililiiiir a wooileii steeple on
tliu eastern tower of SI. ,J:inus' t'ntlio
lir C'linreli, which sland.s tin (he north
east corner. The tower, like f hit
church hiiihliner, is of unhewn marble,
and risen to a height of about scventy
live feet above the sidewalk, its top be
ing circular anil lifleen feet in diame
ter. Above this four stout uprights
have been put in position, in pyramid
shape, reaching an additional height of
thirty feet, 't he tops of the uprights
arc joined around the base of a wooden
cross, which extends fifteen feet still
higher in the air. The whole ahrio is
n mere skeleton yet, and the fearless
workmen who are building it climb
about the timbers with the agility and
Heli-posessioii of sipiirrcls. They have
been seen and admired bv ueonle for
blocks around, and at least one lady in
the neighborhood watches them from
her window all day long, in confident
expectation that she will sec one of
them fall.
't he other morning, however, there
was a scene enacted on the skeleton
spire that thrilled the watching lady
nnd hundreds of other people with hor
ror. A few in i ii til cm before seven
o'clock, as workmen were approach
ing the church to begin their day's
work, they were amazed to see a man
climbing nimbly and rapidly up the
cross-pieces w hich had been nailed on
the outside of one of the uprights to
serve as a ladder. He was clad only
1,1 trousers anil shut. Ins feet being
bare and his head without a hat. The
workmen knew in a moment that he
was not one of their number, ami their
amazement was speedily succeeded by
utter consternation and alarm. By
this lime the strange act inns of the
man on the steeple had attracted the
attention of people in the vicinity, and
they, ton, realized that he was not a
workman - that a terrible tragedy was
before them and they came, in crowds
to witness it.
While they gathered silent and swe
at ruck in the street below, the man in
the air above them hail climbed to the
top of liic upright and now stood tvi;)i
his arms about the base of the cross.
He seemed utterly unconscious that he
w as watched, never looking down for a
moment, but always up to the top of
the cross, as if measuring how far he
hat! yet to go to reach tho end of his
perilous journey. There was many a
quick heart-throb in the breasts of the
horrilicd watchers below, but appar
ently no means of Raving the man had
suggested itself to any of them for
hardly a word had been spoken except
a few short ejaculations of alarm. Tho
workmen, who were brave enough
when they were in his position, now
that they saw him there were absolutely
speoclik'.-s with fear.
t'p to this time, as has been said, the
climber had not looked down; but now.
its be stood with his arms around the
(i..s, l.c tu;-:.d L:s I.e. -id r;d 'aw the
crowds of piople staring up at him.
Tho sight appeared to infuriate him,
for, uttering a cry that almost froze
the blood of those who heard it, he
sprang up the straight Mem of the
cross, climbing with frantic haste as if
trying to escape peril, instead of seek
ing it. There was no longer a doubt
as to who he j: the man was a luna
tic, and that fact added another horror
to the scene, .lust as a few men in the
crowd regained enough self-possession
to talk coherently of some way to res
cue him, the superintendent of the
workmen Arrived. He was the very
Inati for the occasion, for he took ill the
situation at once and issued his orders
with a coolness ot one accustomed to
danger. I!y this time the madman
had reached the arms of the cross, and
was now astride them, gazing lielow
him with every appearance of the wild
est fear.
'The imminent peril of his position
may be appreciated w hen it is remem
bered that there is no scall'nldiiiir ot
any description around the steeple
the only means of reaching the point
to which he had climbed being the
cross pieces nailed to the tall upright.
How was he to be brought down in
safety? That was the tpiestion every
anxious watcher asked himself. A
dozen men gathered about the superin
tendent, some making suggestions,
others predicting the certain failure of
any plan that might be adopted, lie
abruptly silenced them by a word, nnd
went on with his preparations in a way
that inspired confidence, in his men at
least.
Hundred of people were now in the
streets, all looking up to the dizzy
height where the poor mailman clung
to the frail-looking timbers forming
the cross. None doubted that his hor
rible death was inevitable. Men
looked up with blanched checks and
beating hearts. Women and children
- and there were many of these
wrung their hands and uttered low
cries of distress. It was a moment to
try the heart of the bravest. Hut the
superintendent was now ready to begin
his desperate task the rescue of a
madman who clung to the top of a
steeple, a hundred feet iu the air.
Throwing over his arm a long, stout
rope, he called two of bis men and dis
appeared in the door of the church.
Five minutes later he appeared on
the top of the tower, where the wooden
structure began, but his men were not
with him. The mailman was still
fotlv-live feet above him, and the dan
gerous part of the rescue was now to
begili. When the brave superintend
ent slatted up the cross-pieces the peo
ple iu the street below were horror
struck, and many cried out to him:
"Come back! ciinie back!" But lie
slopped Ihem with a iptiek motion ot
his hand and coiilinucd his perilous
course. They could see that he bail
tied one end of the rope around his
waist, and the rest of it trailed after
him as he went up. Mill his men did
not appear, mid many persons in the
crowd cursed their stupidity that they
allowed their companion to attempt
such a foolhardy task. The madman
diil not sec him until be was alHiut
half-way up, hut when he dtil he
showed so many evidences of alarm
that the watchers expected every
minute to see lulu loosen his hold and
fall headlong to the ground. The res
cuer now stoppi'd and appeared to lie
talking to the madman, but nothing
could be beard by those below. Tell
minutes passed ilius-ten minutes of
the most terrible suspense - and then
the spectators were amazed to see the
lunatic, with astonishing agility, aban
don his position ou the arms of the
cross and slide rapidly down the stem.
He now stood on the top of the up
rights, but there he hesitated and
looked down at Ihe man who was there
to save him.
The superintendent must have
spoken a few encouraging words, for
the madman at once began to come
down the cross pieces. As he ap
proached the point where the super
intendent awaited him, the hitter came
down step by step ahead of him, and
in a few minutes they stootl together
on the platform on tup of the tower.
And then there went up from the hearts
of hundreds of people below a great
shout of relief, followed by warm
words of praise for the brave (ieorge
Simpson, the stout-hearted superin
tendent, who had so heroically risked
his own life to save that of another.
Fifteen minutes later Simpson came out
of the church door alone. In a few
words he explained bow he had in
duced the madman to descend from his
perilous position ami follow him into
the tower. "Of course," said he, "1
expected to have some sort of struggle
with the man on the spire and I lied the
rope around my waist iu the hope that
if we i should lose our bold I should be
able to take a turn with the rope
around the cross-piece and thus stop
my fall."
"liis! 1 thought I would try s rus-e
lirst. I spoke to him quietly when I
got near enough, and told him 1 was
there to save hi in from the people below;
that they intended to climb up and take
him, and I would prevent it if lie would
follow me into the tower, where I
would hide him in safety. Fortunately
I hit upon the very thing, for he fancied
himself pursued by the people, who
would do him harm, and when I got
him into the tower my men, who were
left there for the purpose, seized him
anil securely tied him. lie is now in
the church, where I shall keep him
until I can send him where he be
longs." It was afterward learned that the
man had a terrible attack of mania
a potu, and escaped from his home. By
the time his friends arrived he was
i,u i. t if.. I trac!.ttlc, ar:d made no re
sistance when they took him away.
riiitii'lcljiliia for. Cincinnati Enquirer.
When Klhalinda UeWiggs visited
her cousins in the country last week,
one of them said: "Linda, don't you
want to help nie pick peas this morn
ing?'1 "I'd like to, dear," replied
Klhalinda. "but I am not properly
dressed for picking peas." "Why,
how is that?" "I forgot to bring' a
pea-jacket w ith me. 1'iUshnrgh Chrvn-
lr- ft Icird'i.
FLAGS AND SCALPS.
Vermont proposes to establish a,
State imtiluliou for the criminally in .'
sauo. I
A Valuable and Interesting; C'alleclloai of'
Kiel ItflM-IIInu ICrllea.
Louis Kiel's ling is now floating in
Waterbiiry. It is nothing but an or
dinary linen table cloth, bearing at on
one end, sewed on, a steel engraving,
"Notre Dame de Lourdna," with cou
sidcirable holy writing on the back ol
it. Beneath it is written the full pedi
gree of the Kiel family down to Louis,
who pnid the penalty of his half-breed
reladlion in Canada by being hanged.
The Hag was blessed, and for several
days, while floating from his council
chamlicr, was not tired upon bv the
British, thev thinkinir it a flair of iruue.
Lieutenant Howard, who was doing
such ell'eclive service U'ilh the (lulling
gun, linally captured it in the trenches,
and brought it home. It is now in
Jones, Morgan & Co.'a window on
Hank street, with a whole carload of
other interesting relics of that rebel
lion which Lieutenant Howard brought
home, and which he has with him hers
while his machinery is being made for
his Canadian cartridge factory.
l'romiiicnt aiming these is the full
outlit of Little Crow, the Minnesota
Sioux. It includes part of the blade,
with the hilt, of a Mexican sword,
which must have belonged to somo
ollicer killed in the massacre of 18(1.1.
The scabbard is adorned with scalps,
as Is also the tobacco and pipe pouch.
'The pipe is very elaborate as well as
the "pockc thook." In front lies th
trusty weapon of this chief, a double
barreled muzzle-loading rille, which
killed a friend of Lieulatinnt Howard's
among others. . Near these is Littln
White Cati's scalp, the obtaining ot
w hich by Lieutenant Howard caused so
much newspaper talk. This chief re
ceived nine bails in the side from thn
"music box." In one corner standi
the still loaded gun of Chief Cut Arm
of the Wood Crees, whose hand bad at
one time been blown off. He wan
killed by a shell at Frenchman's liulte.
In the other corner is a Springfield
breechloader, which is a relic evidently
tif the. Custer massacre. Donald Boss
was one of Kid's council, a six-foot-three
brave who killed Captain French,
chief of the scouts. His elaborate hat,
with Ihe tail on top, Is in the window.
In the background are a saddle, saddln
clolh and bridle (old Mexican). A
medicine bag of elk skin was used by
Lieutenant Howard, after he had
emptied out the frogs, lizards and
such, ns a haversack. Scattered around
in Ihe window are such things as lha
pool ball of (iabriel Dumas, Kiel's (ien
cral, now in New York; a hatchet,
leggings made from British uniforms,
ugiy Sioux war clubs, kin-a-knniok
tobacco, a tom-tom, etc. On the sidrt
hangs a biillalo calf skin, on which ia
depicted an Indian ballle with soldiers,
bullets in the air and every thing.
This was evidently Sioux-American.
It. is the only way tfie red man has of
handing down history and is considera
bly simpler than Fronde's method, if
more crude. Above this hangs a free
bow, with arrows and quiver. From
the center hang a hall-breed's sash, a
hide scraper, an Indian charmer, (two
human snort ribs,) a spoon, a beaver
castor, a sample of the tobacco issued
by the Hudson Bay Company nnd ear
rings. There are also several photo
graphs of leading men of the cam
paign. Wnlirliuiii ((.Win.) American.
Willing to Be Translated.
A man was crushed by having a well
cave in on him in Fargo, D. T., one
day recently and died a few hours after
being rescued. Some of his neighbors
were talking about it the next day.
"Well," said Colonel Bent ley, "Jones'
was a good fellow, and I'm sorry he's
gone. Did you help rescue him, Cap
tain?" "Yes. I and Major Powers and Jitdgfl
Alexander look him out, nnd staved
with him till he died. As I was just
saying to .Senator (iloomy, it. was
touching sight ?"
"But llicy say he was resigned?"
"Yes, he was."
"What seemed to be tho greatest con
solation of his dying moments?"
"Well, he seemed to get some com
foTi'froui religion, but he said that what
really made him resigned to death
was the fact that he was thn
only man in Fargo without a title.
He said he gucsscdit was better thnt
lie should go."-.'.rcWe (1. T.j Veil,
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A Liberal Reward.
A rock weighing over a ton fell on
the track of the Derby railroad, and
was seen by two twelve-year-old New
Haven boys. Ono of them, Willio
Kehoe, at. once began stripping to get
off his red undershirt, but the other,
Christie Holton, ran to some boys on
the bank and got a red handker'chief.
Tliis was vigorously waved as a train
came iirounilthe curve. The engineer
slacked up, but, seeing that the flag
was waved by small boys, started no
again. Tho boys made such frantio
signals that he decided to atop, and
brought his locomotive to a halt m
hundred feet from the bowlder. It
took nearly half an hour to remove it.
Tho passengers were $0 pleased at bo
ing rescued from danger that they gavej
four dollars and twenty cents to the
bovs, w hich is considered a good deal
in' some portions of Connecticut.
liiiiortl Vtiuraiil.
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In Lewis County, Wy. T., there ts
not now remaining a single one of the
six hundred Chinnmen who lived there
a year ngo, and not over tifty are said
to remain in Seattle.
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