d  in  the  left  arm.  It  is  claimed  by 
onlookers  that  Vega  was  intoxicated  and  was 
the  aggressor,  and  that  young  Lyons  acted  in 
self  defense.  The  wound  though  painful  is  not 
very  serious.  Doctor  Guthrie  was  called  and 
attended  to  the  wants  of  the  wounded  young- 
ster.

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Several  days  ago  the  elaborate  wooden 
cornice,  with  the  figures  1872  carved  on  the 
pediment,  surmounting  the  H.  M.  Porter  build- 
ing near  the  corner  of  Main  and  Spring  streets, 
became  loosened  and  fell  off,  dropping  to  the 
street  below.  The  carved  figures  denoted  the 
date  of  the  building  of  the  edifice.  This  corner 
for  a number  of  years  was  the  headquarters  of 
the  largest  mercantile  trade  and  bullion  business 
done  in  Grant  county.  To  the  Mexican  popula- 
tion, the  establishment  was  known  not  by  the 
name  of  the  merchant,  H.  M.  Porter,  but  by 
the  emblem  that  glistened  on  the  top  of  the 
cornice,  a gilded  mortar  and  pestle,  hence  when 
a Mexican  enquired  for  the  “tienda”  of  H.  M. 
Porter,  he  asked  for  ‘‘la  tienda  del  almirez.” 
The  reason  for  the  mortar  and  pestle  was  that 
Dr.  Bailey  first  opened  there  with  an  assortment 
of  drugs.The  anti-scandal  society  of  Pinos  Altos, 
composed  exclusively  of  ladies,  graced  our  city 
with  its  presence  on  Tuesday.