Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-07-08
TERRITORIAL TOPICS,

Mrs Sever, wife Of The sheridoftoliax
died at Springer
Peague explains why the bear fight did
not take place, but Van Tassel does not
tell why the balloon did not 90 up on the
4th.-Albuquerque Citizen.
The recent high waters in the Berenda
did much damage to the dams in that
river. Col. Milne, Rowden K Barnett
and Garrett x Crows dams were all
washed away.-Pecos Register.
The San Pedro Copper company has
| purchased Il l00-ton silver smelter, which
will be added to the big copper plant at
San Pedro. This means a great deal for
the future OF that mining camp. Citizen.
Sierra county has just given bond to
Dona Ana for the payment Of about $l6,-
900, the amount of Dona Ana countv's
debt assumed by Sierra on the formation
OF the latter county, together with interest,
| etc.
Walter NJ. Wilson, the stenographer for
Gen. Williamson in the office Of the land
commissioner of the Atlantic x Pacific
road, has struck streak of good luck.
lie will soon leave this city to be the pri-
yate secretary OF President Williamson at
| New GOrk.-Citizen.
The successful application of j. p.
Browns spark arrester to engines on the
| Atlantic & Pacific road has led to their
test on California motor roads, the result
being that according to Il careful test each
spark arrester saves 1925 per diem in
cost of fuel by their use and the use OF
Gallup coal over Australian coal. The re-
markable saving has induced the motor
companies to contract with Mr.. Brown
for his invention to be put on every one
OF their motors, and will, later on, result
in the use Of Gallup coal. News Regis
ter.
The cattle shipments from New Mexico
this year will amount to more than 300
600 head, which at $15 net will bring into
the territory and put into circulation &c.
100000. 1t is quite noticeable that by
far the largest per cent of these cattle
come from southern New Mexico. The
shipments are about equally divided be-
tween Kansas and the northern terrific
RES The Santa Fe road will be benefit
ed by these shipments to the extent OF
over 81 ,0O0, 900, which will be quite
help to the company in its strained
financial condition. Silver City Enter:
prise.
While in New York a proposition was
submitted to Mr.. &. Wormser, of Deming.
by Mr.. j. Ii. Flagler, for the formation
OF n company to erect at Deming a large
plant for the reduction, smelling and /
refining OF all classes OF ore, the works .
have capacity of seventy-fve tons per
day, and to be increased in capacity as the |
business may justify and demand, The
eastern shareholders are to furnish all the
capital required with the exception of
1925, 900, to be taken by the people of
Deming and vicinity. This $4,000 is
not in the nature of bonus, but as an
Work began in earnest on the grade OF
the Deming, Sierra Madre & Pacific rail
road last Monday morning, and by Tues
day evening about one mile of the road
bed had been thrown up. Even with the
small force now at work Chief Engineer
Weber estimates that the road will be
to Las Palomas by the 23d OF
August, and as it is settled that during the
coming week the grading outfit will be
more than doubled, the probabilities are
that Mr.. Weber's time will be beaten.
All the laborers on the road are green
hands at railroad work, but are breaking
in rapidly and with few days experience
will be able to make standard time over
the road. -Headlight.
During the firing of salutes ut Silver
City on the 4th, Santiago Baca, a Mexican
boy, who was standing against cotton
wood tree, was somewhat seriously
wounded. An open can of powder rest
ing against the foot of the tree was acct
ientally ignited, presumably by the ashes
rom u cigarette, and the explosion which
ensued bruised the boy considerably.
One foot was torn nearly in two, his coat
vas burned off, and he was more or less
lurt generally. He was conveyed to the
hospital. c. T. Warren, who was sitting
N bench against the wall of the Ex-
'hange building when the explosion oc-
,urred, was badly cut about the head by
alling glass from the second story win
lows. Pat. Kelly, OF Rincon, was badly
powder burned and shook up, but not
'adly hurt. In all nine persons were
more or less hurt.
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