,  say- 
ing he  would  wait  until  the  grand  jury  meets.

M.  C.  Jay’s  house  in  Georgetown  was  bur- 
glarized last  week  and  $400  worth  of  goods 
stolen.  The  owner  offered  a reward  of  $50 
and  thereby  regained  the  property  which  had 
been  secreted  in  Central  City.  Constable  Gil-

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liard  arrested  a man  and  has  been  looking  for 
a woman  whom  he  thinks  committed  the  crime. 
The  couple  had  been  keeping  a dive  in  George- 
town. Chapin  is  the  man’s  name,  and  Mrs. 
Miller  is  the  woman.

George  Mitchell,  arrested  by  Constable 
Norman,  of  Clifton,  is  in  jail  here.  He  is  accused 
of  robbing  a ranch  house  of  the  L.  C.  company, 
at  Mule  Springs.

George  Parker,  a son  of  Thomas  Parker, 
of  Silver  City,  was  instantly  killed  at  Benson 
last  Friday  night  by  a train  backing  upon  him. 
He  was  a brakeman,  and  is  said  to  have  been  a 
most  exemplary  young  man.

From  Ihe  March  16,  1888,  Issue  of  The  Enterprise