Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-22
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

Albuquerque is ende 'voring to pick ou
base bal nine to 20 to San Pedro O.
Saturday.
Las Vegas wants mail route to Ros
we'll. The mail for that po mt now come
up the Pecos valley from Texas.
Sheriff BaIela came in from his rancI
Yesterday. lie SAYS it Is hard mutter t.
get enough water fOr the cattle out TIM
Way.-Las Cruces News.
Scarcity of water in the mountains I'M
caused large numbers OF cattle to come tt
the Lower Mimbres, and the ranchmel
Ill that vicinity are very much annoyeL
by them.-Sllver City Sentinel.
III q editor OF the Rio Grande Repub.
llcan has procured u forked peach tree
S"Ilcll ana VIII leave town some time in
the near future to locate mythical lost
river somewhere between the Jarllla and
sacramento mountains.
Las Crures has an enormous supply Of
fruits and grapes, but it looks us though
lhuch ol 1t Will 30 to waste because the
market Is dull. A canning and preserv-
ing factory i'll this valley would enable
Its people to make fortune. -Abuquer-
que Citizen.
Gov. L. S. Stover has received letter
from Col. Max Frost, secretary of the
territorial bureau of immigra ION, urging
That action he taken by this city in regard
TO sending car OF products from this
territory to the eastern fairs. The matter
Is important and should receive PROMPT
attention. n.--Citizen.
A suit has been brought against the
city by Mrs. Mckangham for damages.
lie action grows out of the fact that the
city authorities had this lady removed to
Dr. lieInzeman's ranch under the advice
OF the health officer, who had reported
that she Was sick with the varioloid.-
Silver City Sentinel,
:. Llndauer, II. 0. Peck and Lewis
Cation are on the grand jury list for the
next term OF court ut Las Cruces and n.
Bell, ). 5. Brannin, John Brockway, j.
a. Potter, W. ii. Donaldson, Tom Fos-
ter, George Perrault, John Empey and
Alex. McGregor are AMONG the persons
selected as petit jurors.
Cruces note: At the meeting of the
subscribers to the agricultural college
iund at Dessauer u Smiths office last
Wednesday night it was shown that the
full amount necessary for the purchase of
the site had not yet been paid III, and a
committee was appointed to wait upon
delinquent subscribers and collect the
due.
The fine fertilizing properties OF the
waters OF the Rio Grande have long been
but it awaited an inventive mind
worthy OF that of a down-east Yankee,
says the Rio Grande Republican, to dis
cover that the sediment deposited makes
a first class razor hone. A specimen OF
hard sediment was shown in our office
)ne day this week which is being used Us
| hone with perfect success. 1t is alb
'olutely grltless and leaves no wire edge |
Doubtless new industry will be inuugu-
'ated.
Yesterday native came into town with
wagon load OF good coul, and great
'roWds gathered around him to know
where the coal came from, and If it was |
lis own mine. lie told them that he had |
discovered rich vein of coal at Bernal, |
md the excitement grew so high that
very bystander took from the wagon d
,lece OF coal Is sample of the rich coal
ields at Bernal. Some Of the gentlemen,
Who claimed to know all about coal, pro.
lounced it better than any that had ever
,een found ut Cerrillos or Gallup, and
we're anxious to buy an interest in the
lain. Finally, friend OF the man came
y, and asked him to state positively if it
lid come from mine at Bernal, and
imagine the expressions OF countenances
'hen lie acknowledged that he had picked
t up on The railroad track coming to town.
-Lss Vegas Optic.