Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-19
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

The Colfax County Courier is a new
paper at Ration shortly to appear.
At least $4,000 worth of hay has been
cut this season on the plains of southern
New Mexico.
Emigrants continue to pass through
Demng, bound for the Diaz and Juare,
Mormon colonies in Mexico.
Good cattle are slowly advancing in
value, and the prospect for very high
prices in the spring daily brighten.
Las Vegas wants chance to prove that
her merchants handle more wool in year
than do the Albuquerque merchants.
Joe Lopez, sheriff elect of San Miguel
county, has presented his bond to Judge
James O'Bren for approval in the sum OF
100000.
Mr.. w. Fl, Mead and Mr.. Wm. Pitzell
of Luray, Kas., are examining the pros
poets with view to investing in lands in
the Mesilla valley.
Edward H. Hines, of Las Vegas,
formerly of Sioux City, Iowa, was mar
RED in Albuquerque, to Mrs. Matte NJ.
canOers0n, OF California.
The owners of the Flower Queen mine
in Cooks Peak district have Just made q
years lease of their property to Messrs.
Bowman, Cook and Painter.
Some inhuman person shot through
the window of the depot at Dorsey sta
ton one night last week. The operator
just stepped back from the window a
moment before, which probably saved his
life.
The Pecos Valley railway has issued its
first tariff sheet The rates are not ex-
cessive, but are too numerous to give in
detail. First-class freight, however, is
charged SO cents per hundred.
1t is reported that there are but forty
soldiers remaining at Fort Lewis, almost
the entire garrison havin been dispatched
to the scene Of the Indian difficulty in
the north.-San Juan Index.
1t is rumored that work will soon be-
gin on the big Prewitt ditch, that will
convey water from the Animas to the
McDermott Glade, on the east side of the
La Pata.-San Juan Index.
j. W. Lynch, who used to cavort
around Las Vegas in the days OF booms,
when suckers were plenty, was an en-
ploye OF the Dahlman Packery which
closed down at Fort Worth recently.
W. A. Hawkins is expected to return
Friday evening from Lincoln and Ros-
well. He will be accompanied by Judge
Freeman, who will remain few DAYS
inspecting the reservoir, canals and other
points OF interest in the valley. Eddy
Argus.
The question OF incorporation for Ration
is meeting with general favor and there
is no doubt, if put to vote, it will carry
almost unanimously. In the past week
we interviewed a large number of orr
citizens and failed to discovers single one
opposed to the movement.-Reporter.
There is no greater potato country in
America than San Miguel county, N. M.
The tubers can be planted in May and
harvested in September, and without one
particle of WORK between the covering of
the seed and the gathering of the crop,
they will yield enormously of the best and
largest potatoes to be found anywhere
Optic.
U. ). Supreme court record: No. IS.
Singleton M. Ashenfelter, app. We. the
Territory of New Mexico, OK rel. Edward
G. Wade; case restored to the docket to
be argued orally before full court, and
the clerk directed to notify the attorney
general OF the United States that he may
take part in the argument if he finds it
expedient to do so.
Albuquerque "boom" note from the
Las Vegas Optic. "a framed house in
Albuquerque, situated on the second lead
ing business street of that town, and
within half block OF Railroad avenue,
the leading business thoroughfare of the
place, .sold Tuesday for $50, the purchasers
being the brothers of Las Vegas we'll
known toWnsman, E. Rosenwald.
The members of the Spanish mission in
New Mexico have lately purchased three
beautiful Italian ombstones, one for the
late Rev. Benito Garcia, who took sick at
Socorro and after being remov ed to his |
home in Wagon Mound, died One for
the late Rev. Ambrosio Gonzales, who
died at Peralta. One for the late Rev. |
Christie Saazar, who had charge of the
work at Hillsboro and died at that place.
-Socorro Cheftain.
The Stock Grower will next week pres
ent table showing the number of cattle
for taxation this year in the
various counties Of New Mexico, together
with the number returned in 1889, and
the tax rate of the two years. So far as
heard from it is evident that there has
been a considerable reduction in the
number of cattle and horses, and a small
increase in the number of sheep. The
lax rate in nearly every county shows a
small increase. Stock Grower.