Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-10-23
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

JOl.u N. van IAN, BeHeIdl cdstctL
agent of the Maxwell company; Martin
Rozena, of Grand Rapids, Mich, and
John r. Bower, of Chicago, registered al
the Springer house.
There are thirty-fve men now at work
grading, excavating, building stone walls
etc., preparatory to the building of the
gold refining mill about one mile from
Hillsboro for the Richmond Mining com
pany, OF which Tom O'Neil is resident
manager.
E. Fl. Trsfton, special correspondent OF
the New York Mail and Express, and M
M. Barnet, special correspondent of the
New York World, and several leading
eastern journals are at Las Vegas. Both
gentlemen are seeking to recu2erate
their health as well as to write up the
special features of our country, its sur
roundings and people.
The Valencia county court has ad.
journed, and Judge Lee, Clerk Hunt and
the attorneys have returned to their
homes in Albuquerque. A big lot of
criminal and civil business was settled,
and the dockets almost cleared. Clerk
Hunt states that the people of the county
are camoring for new court house, on
the improved modern plan, and while
the commissioners have not issued an
order to that effect, it is positively certain
that by the next term of court Valencia
county will have new court house.
Great excitement prevailed in Alma, in
the Mogollon country, on Thursday, by
the discovery that two Mexican sheep
herders had been murdered and their
bodies horribly maugled by Indians at a
point about twenty miles from the town.
Their heads were mashed to jelly. A
party of twenty men are in pursuit of the
renegades. Travel in that section is now
confined to the night. The names of the
murdered men are unknown. Indian
signal fires are seen on the peaks nightly.
Silver City Sentinel.
Eddy Argus: Capt. Roberts, the tax
| collector, was III town few days this
week. He reports collections good among
small tax payers. The heavy tax PAYERS,
he says, are holding off till the last mo-
ment in order to have the use of the
money as long as possible. He says that
notwithstanding the high assessment this
vear the tax is not high as last year, be-
ing only $l.76 ON the 500 without cattle
tax and $l.8l with. Last year it was u
few cents higher. Capt. Roberts says
that the taxes of Lincoln county are low
compared with other counties in the terri
tory. For instance, the people of San
Miguel are compelled to pay $245.
Mr.. M. E. Dane, one OF Colfax coun-
TVS progressive citizens, writes the fol-
lowing to the Field and Farm: "rhe
Vermejo valley is a beautiful tract OF
country extending through the central
part OF the Maxwell grant, which is being
sold very fast to eastern farmers. Some
fine farms have been opened up within
the last eighteen months, and the crops
this year are as fine as ever seen. 1t is
probably the best tract of farming land in
New Mexico. We raise alfalfa, all we
can handle; wheat, oats, barley, rye,
corn, etc., grow to perfection, and we
are sure that fruit and vegetables
do as well as any place in America.
We know your people are full of
life and energy. But as we have little
the best climate, country plumb full of
timber, coal and all kinds of mineral,
and first-class farming lands, with rain
fall enough to water it, if saved in reser-
vors, We expect to follow close behind
you and after short time take the lead"
Turkeys, ducks and chickens Saturday
morning, at Fmmert's.
New Jersey Sweet potatoes, at En-
merits.
Fresh fish and oysters Friday morning,
at Emmert's.
Bishop has the best butter in town.