ful  black  eye.  A by- 
stander remarked : ‘Let  her  go  Galloway.”

Louis  Abraham  whilst  monkeying  with  a 
screw  driver  yesterday,  managed  to  drive  it 
through  his  hand.  The  wound  though  painful 
is  not  dangerous,  and  Louis  will  be  himself 
again  in  a day  or  two.

SPAULDING  BUYS  RANCHES

Hon.  Israel  King  and  the  Hewlett  brothers, 
of  the  Mimbres,  closed  a sale  of  their  ranches 
last  week  to  Chicago  parties  headed  by  A.  G. 
Spaulding,  ex-president  of  the  National  Baseball 
league.  It  is  Mr.  Spaulding’s  intention  to  fix  up 
elegant  winter  quarters  for  his  team  on  the

Mimbres  where  the  boys  will  be  able  to  work 
during  the  winter.  Mr.  King  disposed  of  nearly 
1000  acres  of  land  and  the  Hewlett  brothers 
of  about  1200.  The  consideration  is  somewhere 
in  the  nighborhood  of  $40,000  or  $50,000.  A 
dam  will  be  built  across  the  river  and  four  or 
five  thousand  acres  of  land  set  out  in  orchards 
and  vineyards.  The  deal  was  worked  through 
F.  W.  Smith,  of  Las  Cruces.

Shot  Dead

Dr.  Charles  L.  Mason,  of  Kingston,  was 
shot  dead  last  week  by  J.  B.  Hiler,  proprietor 
of  the  Mountain  Pride  hotel  at  Kingston.  The 
Kingston  Shaft  gives  the  following  meagre  par- 
ticulars :