Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-08-23
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

♦ Jake Heffly seems to be singularly unfor- tunate. A few years ago he made money at Georgetown faster than anybody. He then married and moved onto a ranch, when his luck changed. Nothing went right for him. Last spring he moved back to Georgetown and again opened the National hotel. Business was dull, so he let his wife run the house, while he went to work. Not long since he took a prospecting trip, and on his return found that his wife had taken his best team and wagon, sold the furni- ture and left the country. Jake took the loss very philosophically, but that was not all, for he soon discovered that his wife had contracted any number of debts, large and small, which would completely wipe up all his remaining property and leave him in debt besides. He has now a lease on some pretty good ground in a mine, and hopes soon to be able to pull out clear of the world. When last heard from his wife was in Colorado. He will not follow her.

would completely wipe up all his remaining property and leave him in debt besides. He has now a lease on some pretty good ground in a mine, and hopes soon to be able to pull out clear of the world. When last heard from his wife was in Colorado. He will not follow her. Jack Frost was arrested Tuesday morning on complaint of the old French fruit vendor, for assault. It seems that Jack was invited to the Frenchman’s house to spend the night with Gila Bob, who was rooming there. The French- man came home along in the morning and sup- posing that Jack was an intruder made an as- sault upon him with a club. Jack defended himself, and the Frenchman was badly hurt, hence the arrest. The judge dismissed the case after hearing all the evidence. The death of John Cleary, of Hillsboro, which was incidentally mentioned in last week’s Enterprise, was shockingly sad. The local papers state that he died of cholera morbus, but the Enterprise has been informed that his death was brought about by a dose of prussic acid, taken with suicidal intent. Mr. Cleary was a popular man with all classes of people. He was a Mason in good standing, and was buried with all the honors of the order. His funeral is said to have been the most largely attended of any in that section in many years.

acid, taken with suicidal intent. Mr. Cleary was a popular man with all classes of people. He was a Mason in good standing, and was buried with all the honors of the order. His funeral is said to have been the most largely attended of any in that section in many years. Some one broke into the store of Howard H. Betts Wednesday night. Nothing was missed but a few boxes of cigars. The money drawers were pryed open, but nothing found therein. On Monday morning last a warrant was sworn out by Mrs. O. L. Scott for the arrest of her husband on the charge of “wife beating.” The case came up before Judge Lucas in the forenoon of the same day. Mrs. Scott and chil- ( 19 ) dren appeared, and gave evidence while the defendant had nothing to say. Mr. Scott was bound over in the sum of $500, and Mrs. Scott in the sum of $200 to appear before the grand jury, which subsequently found a true bill against Mr. Scott. From ihe Augusi 30, 1889, Issue of The Enterprise Vic Culbertson came over from the Sapello Friday last to be initiated in the chapter, A. F. and A. M. He was put through in the regulation style, and returned home a wiser, and it is to be hoped, a better man.