John Sayle is in from Canoncito today on…

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of the quality of its water, will hardly do to depend upon when starting out in quest of news. It is a matter of congratulation, however, that the gallant colonel was safely returned to the bosom of his family. It is eight miles cross country from Pinos Altos to Hanover. John Sayle is in from Canoncito today on business, and is congratulating himself on the recovery of those mules. He says that 45 miles east of Chilili, in Bernanillo county, is a nest of as hard a crowd of citizens as could be imagined, and the chances are that here could be found the trail of many of the horses that have been stolen of late in south Santa Fe county, and all along the line from Raton to Albuquerque. He found there several good horses, evidently stolen by the gang. One was a large gray stallion, branded S U with a bar over the U. Another was a big brown horse branded J P and supposed to have come from Colfax county. Several of the men that infest the Davidson ranch are known to bear very questionable records, both in New Mexico and Arizona. It will pay the Bernalillo county offi- cials to keep their eyes on that region. — Santa Fe New Mexican.