Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-07-17
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

Daily showers about White Oaks.
The Lincoln county roundup is in
progress.
The Gallup coal strikers are still out for
So 'nts ton.
Las Vegas, SoCorro and Kingston are
building new school houses.
4 son of II. b. Drake, 10 years of aye,
died Of diphthcria at Albuquerque.
Harper's Weekly of July 5, contains an
article from the pen Of Clarence Pullen,
describing f. II. Harvey's ranch, and
full page Illustration OF the same by Chas,
Graham,
The work that is now being prepared
by W, S. Burke, of Albuquerque, on the
resources and advantages OF that section
OF New Mexico, is just such publication
as the country has long needed for immi-
grafton purposes.
One death resulted the other day at
Hillsboro from smallpox. The official
report says there are three cases in the
town, and there is no danger of a spread
OF the disease, as the strctest quarantine
precautions have been taken.
Col. M. Brunswick has been appointed
receiver of the Mccartney cattle outfit at
Fort Stanton, which were held by w. H.
McBroom on partnership. Col. Bruins
WiCh left for TT. Stanton this morning to
take charge Of his st.-Optic.
One OF The greatest combats between
man and reptile happened near Wagon
Mound Tuesday evening between Roman
Romero and a twelve foot rattlesnake
The battle lasting about one quarter of an
hour before Roman could overcome his
enemy, after shooting it six times.
Albuquerque is to have an electric rail-
road, circling the city for distance of
fifteen miles. II. E. Pyke, of Philadel-
phia, is the moving spirit, while F. Low
enthal of that city, is treasurer, and w.
B. Childers is attorney. 1t is said the
company has a paid up capital of 1900.
In the Three Sisters mountains, thirty
miles south OF Deming, and in Grant
county, there are enormous deposits OF
guano. This has been accommodating for
thousands of years. In some of the
numerous large caves in those mountains
the deposits are from one foot to three
feet thick.
Harmony lodge No. 6, X. of p, at its
last meeting in Ration installed the fol-
lowing officers: S. Coin, 2. c.; E. Else
man, c. c., J. E. Beringer, V. c.; A.
Loeb, p. G. Sandusky, X. of R. and S..
ii. Won Hemert, NJ. of F. B. f. Houts,
NJ, of E. F. Wright, M. of A.. F. E. An
derson, |. G.. j. j. Murphy, 0. G.
James Hughes was struck by a train OF
coal cars coming down the Black Da-
mond switch and instantly killed last
Wednesday. His body was dragged
some sixty or 100 feet from where he was
first struck and horribly mutilated. His
right arm was severed from his body, and
d hole as large as man s fist made in his
forehead.
Kingston Shaft: Kingston has not al
ways owned her school houses, some
times the school rooms were rented, but
the fire OF June IA caught the district
with two school houses of our own, unin-
sured, which went up in smoke. On the
4th the school board opened an ice cream
parlor, and cleared about $l25, and ex-
pect to have an entertainment at the
opera house on the 10Th, which will
likely yield as much more.
Speaking Of roping steers the San Mar
cial Reporter says When Harry Craw-
ford won the prize last year, in 46ia Sec
onds it was thought that he would never
better it, but he clearly demonstrated that
he could beat it Chis year and his record
OF 3l}a has never been equaled. Albert
Chapman and Harry Crawford publish
challenge to rope three steers each quicker
than any other two men in the west,
challenge open for sixty days.
Don Manfor Romero, of Rito Quema-
do, came in Tuesday evening, reports
some good rains in the western part of
Socorro' county, light grass but starting
in many places, cattle doing well, the
largest calf crop for years. Immediately
west of Magdalena on San Augustin plains
light rains. In the American valley
plenty of rain, fine grass and cattle fat.
He says the sheep all over western So
zorro county are doing well.--Chieftain.