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lar amount on account of disabili- ties contracted while in the country’s service. Both of these pensions were secured through Attorney B. M. Read, the latter being the sixth pension he has succeeded in getting for old sol- diers here under the new pension act. — New Mexican. A special to the Herald from Severance, Kansas, where the Freeman murder occurred, yesterday, says that Mrs. K. D. Smith, whose son married a daughter of Samuel Freeman, the man who shot his wife, child and himself, was so shocked when she heard of the tragedy, that she was taken violently ill and died within a few hours. FRISCO FUN Fish, Flesh and Fowl — An Experience With Bruin Pleasanton, Socorro County, N. M. August 3rd, 1891 Written for the Enterprise. It having been a long time since I wrote you I concluded to give you a few lines of gossip. If you think the same worthy of publi- cation, all right, otherwise you know what to do with the manuscript. The settlement of Pleasanton has been going backward for the past two or three years and but a few persons now inhabit this delight- ful valley compared with the population of three or four years ago. This is owing to the exodus of the Mormons who practically owned a good portion of the valley. The crops are looking fine and alfalfa will be a grand success. The cattle are in fine condition notwithstand- ing the prolonged drouth.