Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-12
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

J. X. Byers, of Lincoln, has receive
, the appointment OF county superintendent
of public schools for the county of Lii
coin, i'll the place of Prof. f. II. Ricl
mond, resigned.
G. 3. Ladd has sold his entire slee
interest in Colfax county to D. G. Hol
comb and has purchased large flock O
Joseph Clouthier, OF Taos county, TIN
same to be delivered near the town o
Springer.
Las Vegas note Four electric lights vii
soon be erected on the plaza, location ye
to be decided upon, and an electric ligh'
is being placed on Bridge street, The ex
pense to parties accommodated and bene
tted by this arrangement is $50 0amonth
1t is rather remarkable that Col. Ashen.
felter, who raised such 4 howl against
the change Of venue law, should avail
himself of its "villainous" privileges
Immediately on being indicted by the
grand jury Of Dona Ana county.-Enter-
prise.
Stafford & Robinson have completed
a very nice model for their straw binding
harvester. Mr.. Robinson took it out to
the Pueblo fair last Tuesday. 1t is very
excellent piece of mechanism whether it
ever performs its work or not.-Ra!on
Range.
Out OF 100000 head OF cattle handled
this season by Uncle Joe Oyerhuls, not
more than 5000 head went to market, the
large majority having been shipped either
to grass or feed pens. And at present the
demand for stock cars on the Santa Fe
road is greater than can be met by the
company.-Optic.
Clayton and George Dorsey left on
Monday for school. Clayton goes TO
Yale college, where he graduates next
year at the age Of 10. He is u most OK
emplary young man, brainy, ambitious
and industrious, and ii these essential
clements count for anything he will be
heard from in the future, George is one
Of the brightest students at the Fort Col
Inns, Colo, college, where he goes this,
the second year. Range.
The news from Ute Creek is Of an I'M
usual and startling nature. Santiago.
Martinez was accidently killed by wagon
running over his body while he was driY-
ing from the house Of Emiterio Gallegos.
This is another instance where whisky
deprived wife OF husband and five
children OF father. And it is street
talk here that Francisco Gallegos, Of Ute
Creek, offers snug reward Of $4,000 for
the apprehension OF the men who assault
ed the wife of his bosom in her own
house. Optic.
Thomas Nolan, the "father of the
camp" as he is known in Georgetown,
died from an overdose oil morphine, taken
with suicidal intent, on the morning of
the Sd inst. On the forenoon OF the 4ti
Mr.. ,Deemer called on DR.. Brown and re-
quested the latter to accompany him to
Nolan's place of residence, saying that he
had seen old Tom in adream last night, ly-
ing on his bed dead. On opening Nolau's
bedroom door, there lie lay, dead, sure
enough, with the bottle of morphine lying
beside him empty.-Silyer City Enter
prise.
Speaking of the Ada Humes case (the
southern papers spellit "Hulmes" also) the
Silver City Enterprise says "The trial
itself was lengthy, it had its ridiculous,
ludicrous, solemn and tragical phases.
One moment there was comedy and the
next there was stage tragedy enacted. |
There is no scene on the stage that could
have depicted so liielike the various
peculiariies and characteristics of that |
famous trial. 1t is generally believed that |
Ada Humes deserves her punishment.
That although the deceased had the repu-
tation of being bad man, yet the circum-
stances OF the killing clearly showed she
had not one jot OF Justification for taking
his life. We learn that she will not apply
for new trial and that she accepts the
verdict of the jury and sentence in good
grace. 1t is said she will throw herself
On the clemency OF the governor by ask
ing for pardon in the near future.
How she will succeed dremains to be seen."