Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-15
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

| George CarIin, OF Albuquerque, was
found on top of a plumbing house at FL
Paso wrestling with delirium tremens.
J. H. Gordon states that the ravages OF
| bear i'll the neigborhood Of Black Hawk
Grant county, are becoming monotonous.
Bear have killed no fewer than twenty
five head Of calves.
The Ell Paso smelter. which gets 50
much lead ore from Mexico, EMPLOYS
several hundred Mexican laborers in the
works, who are paid 50 cents per day of
eight hour shifts.--Rio Grande Republi-
can.
Silas Foster, at Mound springs, on the
Fort Craig road, has opened up spring
just north OF the road and is prepared to
furnish water for herds, trains and the
general public that will not make horses,
mules nor men sick.
The Silver City Enterprise is certainly
not conversant with mining camps. 1t
argues because the Outlook failed at San
Pedro that the mines are worthless. 1t
IS our experience that miners DO not
patronlze newspapers. Citizen.
]. X. Basye, Ed. Pollard and Lou Potts,
formerly of jewelry fame in this city, left
to-day for Seattle, W. T., where Mr.. Basye
will engage in the jewelry business, and
the other two gentlemen accepting posi-.
tons i'll his store.-Albuquerque Citizen.
Cashmere Barela, of Trinidad, predicts
that railroad from that city will be run
ming into Las Vegas by the month of Aug
nst next year. Cashmere Barela, of Trini-
dad probably knows what he is talking
about. May such prove to be the case
Optic.
The Las Vegas Stock Grower is author
ity that an order has been issued from
Washine ton, reopening the Nolan land
grant case, and that for the present 10
more entries are to be received for the
lands Of that disputed tract around Wagon
Mound.
Says the Silver City Enterprise: Chief
Engineer Brown finished the correct sur
vey of the Silver City, Pinos Altos & Mo-
gollons railroad between this city and |
Pinos Altos, Monday. The heaviest grade
in any one place will not exceed 4 per
cent, Willie q large portion of it is only |
per cent, afIordiug a model grade for the
new line.
A. L. Morrison succeeds Jas. H. Walker
rs register Of the U. S. land office in the
Santa Fe district. The change will be
made about the LIST of November. Ii Mr..
Walkers successor fills this important
position as ably as it has. been for the
past four years we may well be satisfied,
rs Mr.. Walker filled it with credit. Clay
ION Enterprise.
George Wheeler passed through the
city yesterday for Grand junction, Colo
with party of fifteen Indian children
rom the Mescalero reservation, who will
attend school there. Why are these
children sent out of the territory for
ii the schools here can easily
accommodate them? Somebody ought to
be able to answer this timely interrogative.
Optic.
The assessment for Albuquerque for the
coming year has been fixed as follows:
Territorial levy, Clio mills; county and
schools, $40 mill city, II mills; total
y ITO. Two cents and seven and one
enth mills on the dollar are pretty high
axes, considering how little imp
nents in any line are gotten in return for
he money demanded. The levy in San
Miguel county is % 2-10 mills, though
he city levy of East Las Vegas is only
Mills against our II.
Springer Stockman: The Santa Fe
abroad runs through the center o. the
reatest cattle range in the United states,
'ut it isn't carrying out any of the cattle
o speak Of. Stockmen are driving from
IS immediate vicinity to the Fort Worth I
DAD, and there making shipments. The
easons for this are not that better cars
re furnished, nor that better facilities
or shipping are given, but the shippers
ay they save $40 on each car OF stock
hipped, and $40 car is worth saving.
t is none OF our business, particularly, :
My as it affects our town, which two
ears ago was the largest shipping point
a the southwest. ...