News has reached this city that Montague…

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and were of such a brutal nature as to have long since become the talk of the town. He has several times been under arrest, each time his wife begging for him, under the empty promise that he would drink no more, but after each time he became more violent than before. News has reached this city that Montague F. Stevens, a most successful cattle raiser of west Socorro county, while hunting geese near Bakersfield, California, the other day, met with a serious accident that resulted in the amputa- tion of his left arm. He had leaned his shot-gun against a tree and mounting a horse, reached over to take it. It seems his hand grabbed the lock, and the force caused the charge of one barrel to go off, shattering the arm. He was taken back to the city and the doctors attend- ing concluded that amputation was necessary to save his life. The papers of the territory are in error in stating that Adams of “Adam’s diggins,” fame is dead. He is now living in Encinada, near San Diego. He has already spent three fortunes seeking for the lost diggins, and hopes to be able to find them yet or spend another fortune in the attempt. Arizona Frijol, of Deming, claims that two men were trying to steal his horse. He fired twice at them and thinks he hit one of them, while he is sure that one slightly wounded his horse “Dude,” who broke away from the thieves.