Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-07-13
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

Hayes Bros, OF Springer, are looking
for contracts to build reservoirs
The A., T. 4 s. +. company, iii a freak
OF economy, has temporarily laid off some
thlrty-fve men at the Ration shops
The sheep business is having 4 healthy
boom in New Mexico Those engaged in
the industry never had better year than
the present,
The Troy brothers have contracted with
Mr.. d. Rlsden TOR $4,000 feet OF lumber
with which they propose to build wool
warehouse in Ration.
Albuquerque adobe hotel note: 4 por-
ton OF the Armijo kitchen wall fell on TOP
OF the range last night about three min
utes before supper was ready for serving.
Charles Blanchard has on exhibition at
his place OF business lot of mineral sam
pies from the st. Peters mine, eight miles
from Las Vegas, that would be credit to
any mine in New Mexico. optic.
This morning L. E, Betzler, a ID
street barber, and DR.. G. G. Baker en-
gagged in three-round contest, with bare
knuckles, the barber winning first blood
first knock down and the fght.-Albu-
querque Citizen.
From parties who arrived from there
about noon to-day, we learn that there
was terrible rain last night on the up-
per Nermejo, and that when they left all
of the bottom lands were under water
Springer Banner.
The Troy brothers have sold their wool
clip OF 1000 pounds at liz cents. A
st. Louis firm was the purchaser. They
have also contracted to deliver 1000
wethers by the lst Of August at very ad-
vantageous figures, Ration Range.
Says the Albuquerque Citizen: The
races at the next territorial fair will be the
best ever held in New Mexico. There are
now number of good horses in the ter
ritory, and the liberal purses that will be
offered will draw fine field of flyers to
the exhibition.
The morning paper states that the river
is lower now than ever known. This is
q mistake, for in 1878 the river was dry
and a droutl lasted for twenty-five
months without enough rain to settle the
dust. There was not drop of running
water in the river below Isleta, twelve
miles south.-Citizen.
J. B. Wielandy, one of the special i'm
migration agents of the A., T. 1. S. +. Il.
r., is in town this week. He will prob
ably bring in a colony OF farmers to settle
near this city. Mr.. Wielandy is stopping
with the Catholic priest here, who by the
way is also doing good work toward set
thing this country with good German
farmers. Springer Banner.
The opinion is largely entertained here
that the supply of water in the attesian
well is inexhaustible, and it has been wise
ly suggested that the officers and directors
of the Artesian Well company get together
and take action to secure the use of the
steam pump recently used by Supt. Dyer
to test the well east of town, to ascertain
the permanency of the water that is in
the artesian well.-Raton Range.
At the meeting OF the New Mexico Med |
lcal society last night, the following Off |
GERS were elected for the ensuing year
DR.. E. G. Henriques, of Las Vegas, presi- |
dent; DR.. M. NJ. Milligan, OF Las Vegas,
DR.. A. E. Ealy, of Albuquerque, and DR.. !
Y. B. Kohlhauser, of Ration, vice presi- |
dents DR.. +. Palmer, OF Las Vegas, sec
rotary, and DR.. II. A. Armstrong, OF Las
Vegas, treasurer Dr. Philpot, OF Ration,
and Dr.. Farrar, Of the railroad hospital
near this city, were elected members of
the society.-Optic.