Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-22
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

Martin Amado died at Las Cruces.
Col. Hudson, OF Socorro, is dangerously
i'll.
Ben Holmes, Capt. Cooney and Howard
Wilson have sold the Maud mine to an
English company for 100000
w. B. Creager, of Indiana, will be in
Albuquerque to take charge OF the gov
eminent Indian school on May 10.
All the property belonging to the Mag
dalena Store company in Magdalena and
Kelly was sold by the sheriff on the 10th
inst.
There is well authenticated rumor
that proposition will soon be made to
our people by the Trinidad & Las Vegas
railway company Optic.
Water works note from Socorro: Part
water dog, part fish, some lizard and the
rest something else, is about the only
way we can describe the animals elected
from the mains Wednesday.
Chairman La Rue, Of the New Mexico
Live Stock association, has issued Cir
cular, urging upon the producers and
butchers the necessity and duty of stand
ing by their national association in the
fight with the dressed beef combine.
adobe" note from Albuquerque: "The
two-story building OF Santiago Baca,
where good business was done in former
times, is being neglected and is fast going
to decay. Window panes have been
broken, doors swing loosely on the hinges,
and an air OF abandonment pervades the
entire CITY,"
A resident OF Dona Ana county put in a
claim against the government, through II.
G. Burnett, Indian depreciation claim
agent, for yoke of steers stolen by the
red devils many years ago. Not hearing
from it within few weeks, the man
drew sight draft on Mr.. Burnett for 500.
the amount claimed.
"Tex," brave cowboy working for the
Corillitos company of Mexico, rode l52
miles (some called it 1907 miles to Dem.
ing, for a doctor, stopping to change
horses and arrange for relay horses for
the doctors return, in twenty-five hours,
the doctor returned in twenty-four hours
and found the man dead. A number of
resolutions were sent to the doctor, but
the brave cowboy was forgotten.
M. A. Otero, probate clerk of San
Miguel county, certified that the total in.
debtedness of the same is $272. 643. II.
composed Of the following amounts
Bonds and warrants for court house and
Jail, 1884, $4,000; bonds, funding,
$55,O88,ll warrants outstanding, $751;
723.5l; total, 1892 ,8l1 .o2-less cash in
treasury in various county funds, $50, 1877
80; total net Indebtedness, $272, 643. ~:
total assessed valuation, 1883, So, 064 $40.
Optic.
In q very few years New Mexico will
take the lead in being one Of the first
fruit growing sections Of the United
States. There is scarcely state or terri
tory in the union that can produce better
or finer quality of fruits than does New
Mexico. Its grapes, apples, apricots,
pears, plums, ounces, peaches and other
small fruits are not excelled in quality
and flavor by those of California. The
territory has splendid future before it,
and only remains for an enterprising class
of farmers and fruit growers to develop
its many resources. Socorro Advertiser,
Mesila valley note: Supt. Nudge is
putting his division Of the Santa Fe road
in good condition. A steam shovel ia at
work short distance below Anthony
raising the level of the grade at low
place there two feet for about mile, A
large gang of men are at work on the
quarries looking out large quantities OF
rock, which will be used In making the
approaches to the bridge at Rincon, and