Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-01
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

A missionary Baptist church will be or
ganized at Eddy.
There was an interesting gathering Of
old soldiers at Flora Vista Saturday.
The recent freezes in San Juan county
will slightly injure the fruit crop there.
The heavy rains of last week were dis
tributed over the whole OF the territory.
Judge Mitchell, of Clayton, will supply
his summer resort lake with a yacht called
"Oro Feno."
Scott Ferguson, of the La Plata, and
Miss Mollie Sharp, O. Center Poiut, were
married Sunday at Flora Vista.
A, Z. Walcott, of Silver City is i'm
proving in health, and will soon he able
to attend to his business duties.
Miss Nellie Dyer, daughter of Supt.
Dyer, OF the Santa Fe, will shortly return
from San Jose to her home in Las Vegas.
New York capitalists have been in
vestigating the alum deposits near Gla
hot springs with view to investing. The
name OF the hot springs has been changed
to Alumni.
One of Trujillo's gang OF outlaws in San
Miguel county, Esperdeon Swayback,
has given himself up to the authorities at
Las Vegas and announces his intention
OF hereafter being law abiding citizen.
At Las Yes as the grand jury found a
true bill for murder against Eleoses Sena,
who killed his wife at that place last
winter. Hon. T. B. Catron, the defend
ants attorney, secured change OF venue
to Mora county.
Early Tuesday morning fire broke out
in the rear end OF the Silver City Nation
al bank building, and in short time
consumed G. M. Nolan j. Cos news con
fectionery stand, entailing II loss OF 81 800;
insurance, 81 900. Druggist Jackson and
wife, VINO were sleeping in the second
story of the building, had very narrow
escape.
The other night in Silver City two
Cinnamon engaged in tight in which
one of them was stabbed in close proxi
nifty to the heart. The cause of the quar-
rel is said to have been the result Of the
expressed determination of the Chinaman
who WAS stabbed to renounce his heather
lsh creed, cut OFT his cue and embrace the
Christian religion.
Tuesday evening, at Apache Springs,
Cruz Chsves shot and instantly killed one
Sanchez. The latter was intoxicated and
had become enraged because the former
refused to trade horses with him, and
made gun play, when Chavez grabbed
the weapon and shot his would-be muir
derer in the side. Chaves went to Las
Vegas and surrendered himself to Sheriff
Lopez.
Mrs. Caldwell, a Chicago millionaire,
owns a quarry of rock on the Gila river
The rock Is very peculiar; in its coloring
nature has touched it up with such re-
splendent beauty as to mock the efforts OF
accomplished artists. Mrs. Caldwell il
introducing the rock in eastern cities to
be utilized in making ornaments OF differ
ent kinds, such as pedestals for fountains,
flower pots, statuary, vases, decorations
for lawn fences, gate posts, brio brac of
various kinds, and Thousand and one
ornamental uses.
At Thompson & Talbot's camp near
Lookout last week, under the leadership
OF Felix Orteoja, number Of Mexicans
conspired to do" some Americans. Tie
attack was prevented by Florencio Ger
vantes and his father. Orteoja becoming
enraged gave Florencio brutal clubbing
and chased him for some distance, when
the latter turned and emptied the con-
tents of forty-hve caliber revolver into
his assailant. Each shot took effect and
Orteojs died in two hours. The murdered
man is known to have been desperate
fellow. Evidence at the coroner g inquest
was in accordance with the abve facts.