Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-20
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

The White Oaks p1hIic school has Just
closed very successful seven months
term.
The accused fence cutters in Collax
county will have hearing to-day at Las
Vegas.
Major Towner, Of Kansas City, bought
1000 beef steers from the G. 4. outfit,
Lincoln county, paying $40, fla and $l8
for them.
Cattle are being assessed at SIS per head
in Grant county this year, as against $40
last year. The condition of the cattle is
such that So is really too high.
Elaborate preparations are being made
for the observation of Childrcn's day at
Las Vegas to take place at the first VI. +.
church on June $. The day will be de-
voted to the children.
Mr.. John j. Cockrell and his estima-
BILE wife have gone from Lincoln to Glen
wood Springs, Colo, where it is hoped
John j. will be benefited in health. The
kindest wishes of everyone in Lincoln
county 90 with them.-Interpreter.
E. A. Chaffee shipped 260 pounds OF
cactl from this station to the east recently.
He is corresponding with parties in the
east with reference to sisal fiber, As
there are large quantities of the plant
from which sisal fiber is extracted here he
may work up good trade in the near
future.-Las Cruces Republican,,
j. X. Byers, the popular school super
intendent of Lincoln county, has been in
and about White Oaks the past week,
visiting the schools in this vicinity and
attending to the duties appertaning to
his office. Mr.. Byers reports the schools
in excellent condition and is we'll pleased
with school affairs generally. -Interprete
Over $500 head of cattle are being held
at Magdalena awaiting the arrival Of cars
1t is impossible Tor the Santa fe to furnish
sufficient number Of stock cars to sup
ply the demand now being made upon it,
in fact, the road can not do it with The
assistance of its feeders and connections
A train of 5. L. cars was sent up to Mag
dalena mountains.
Jake Levy, the general merchant Of
Los Lunas, is associating with his friends
to-day. Jake is the twirler for the ''Star
Spangled Banner" club of his town, and
is anxious to make arrangements to play
Manager Yondorf's team on Decoration
day, if the manager will consent to have
the match come off at lsieta, which is
about midway between the two places
Citizen.
The Las Vegas Stock Grower, in the in
terest OF cattle shippers, very aptly says
"And still that snide Colorado sanitary
board stops all cattle going north at Ration,
n. NJ. The cattle going over the Santa
Fe road this season are all from New
Mexico or Arizona and no sane man has
ever claimed that any disease exists III
these territories"
The Rio Grande continues to rise and
levees, little private enterprises, have
been constructed at several points to pre-
vent the overflow of private property. A
break has occurred in the large canal at
q point opposite the fair grounds, and
water from the canal has overlooked the
low points in that vicinity, including
portion of the fair grounds.-El Paso
Times.
The shooting bee between N. Segura,
of the Mora Gazette, and Don Leandro
Sanchez, at PenascO BIancO, was settled
by the Intervention of friends in Nest
side Justices of the peace office. The
matter was brought to the attention OF
the grand jury, but all efforts to secure a
Indictment against Mr. Segura for ms
participation in the affair that might
have resulted in loss of life, proved futile.
Optic.
A representative of this paper visited
the marble deposits near Riley's wells
There is no question OF quantity, but the
quality has not been tested A piece sent
to a marble works iii st. Louis Was re-
turned beautifully polished and pro-
nounced very fine. The surface out
groupings are very large, the belt being
over 200 feet wide and extending along !
the base OF the mountain for long dis
lance. Miles away the white belt can be
clearly traced 1t yet remains to be seen
whether it is clear from flaws and can
be easily quarried. The deposits are
readily reached and can be driven to
without building roads. They lie along
the base of the great peaks, about twelve
miles from Las Cruces. -kepublican.
Sam. T. Rail, who is now here, in a
communication to the Kansas CITY
Live Stock Indicator, after ably dscussing
Range Cattle COMMISSIONS says the
following about New Mexico: 81 "9nid |
write many interesting things | have
seen and observed on this, my first trip
to New Mexico, but will conclude by say
ing was much surprised to find more
general diffusion Of knowledge here than
any country was ever in. have a
ways claimed this for Kansas, but now
fall back on New Mexico. There were
good reasons for claiming this for Kan
sas, ii is the case in all new states; the |
more intelligent, get-up and cluck boys
and girls migrate Ms Susan B. Dr. Molle |
w. or some of the rest of the boys have
advised: eco west young man and grow