Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-18
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

Col. Crews-Read, of the British army
and one Of the owners of the San Pedr,
ranch, is credited with killing four Apa
ches recently in the vicinity Of his ranch
Efforts are being made in Lincoln coun
ty to secure artesian water. A well be
ing dug near Pinos Wells, ia feet deep
filled with water to within ten feet Of tht
surface.
The goods and chattels of one s. T
johnson, Singer sewing machine agen
who formerly did business in Silver CITY
were sold at public sale yesterday to satisfy
the claims OF several creditors.
Since April |, 642 carloads of cattle
numbering about $4,000 head, have been
shipped from Deming. The Santa Re il
taxed to its utmost capacity with respect
| to cattle shipments from New Mexico.
The number OF prisoners in the Sierra
county jail has reached eight. ] lie ma
loflty OF them are serving out sentences
ior minor infraCtlons of the law; the
others are awaiting action by the grand
jury.
The Sierra Land & Cattle company is
Old steers, which will he shipped to their
pastures near Ellenwood, Kas., as soon
as the cars can be obtained to trans port
them.
The New Mexico party which leaves
April 50 for the City OF Mexico viii have
the pleasure and honor OF Witnessing the
the proceedings of the Mexican cong ess.
which will be III session " hen the visitors
are there.
The irrepressible Curren has bobbed up
at clayton as editor and proprietor of the
Enterprise. He says he reallzos that the
iormer owner of the plant went broke"
IN SIX months, but he expects to devate
from this sort OF management.
The best sale Of sheep that has vet been
made III Dona Ana county occur ed last
week, when 4. Cox sold l,2JO head OF
lambs and muttons for 81 10 a head all
round Tor shipment to Omaha. The sheen
we're OF high grade, and i'll lat, tine con
dition.
The dead body of Peter Buhling, who
mad charge OF Jacob Staples ranch in
Dona Ana county, was found Sunday a
short distance from the house. Buhinp
had been troubled for some months with
brain disease, and 1t is supposed that this
vas the cause OF his death.
The directors Of the Las Vegas Com
mercial club held a meeting Monday
evening and elected officers as follows.
ADM IL. hltmore, president; q. &.
dlse, lrst vice president; b. G. Winters,
second wee president; II. I. ValIe, sec
retary; and +. Ii. Pierce, treasurer and
assistant secretary.
Good mutton sheep in 1890 will be
higher than they have been before in |
twenty years. The east is depending
largely on the vest for its mutton sup
ply. Not week but what q full train
load OF corn fatled sheep goes from CHI
Gag" to New York and Boston. New
Mexico ran fatten sheep and send them
10 Tie Boston market cheaper than the
New England farmer can possibly do it.
Track laying on the Deming & Sierra
Madre road was commenced Yesterday.
1t Will pass through The rich mining re-
gions ut he Sierra Mudres, touching Chi
huahua (snd other important points in
northern Mexico. Ihe entire system
Will comprise 10000 miles and has been
Subsidized by tho Meniuan ooa1.oss. a
company has been organized to place ii
line OF steamers on the Pacific to be run
IN connection with this new road.
Two deputy MAJ shals made visit to
No Mans Land recently and captured
Dave Collins and Harry Averly, who were
taken to Paris, Texas, charged with steal
ny horses and cattle. The Folsom Idea
says: The people of that country have
had no protection from thieves, until the
of the court here with iuris-
llction over them. 1t has been a BIZ in-
iustry, and many parties have been in
the business of killing bpeves and taking
the hind quarters into Kansas and Colo
rado and selling them for | cent pound.