Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-21
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lndlan summer once more"
A petition is being signed at Wico.
asking congress TO separate Arizona iron
the Fl Paso custom district -Prospector
tombstone, A. T.
j. r. Curren, of the Folsom Idea, is a
his old tricks up in Celfax county HI
mas bought out the CLAYTON Enterprise
and will probably locate at Clayton.
Country note in the Las Vegas Optic
PERSONS having friends or relatives ar
irving In the city will oblige the reporters
oy handing in the names, residences
occupations, ETC., for publication"
1t is stated that on Monday OF last week
party OF engineers i'll the employ of the
Rio Grande, Utah & Pacific railway came
down from Durango, and is now about the
mead waters OF the Gallegos San Juan
Index.
James Harvey, of Cribbonville, Ric
Arrlba county, sends this office UNUSUAL,
hne specimens of mica, from g mine
which he is working in that vicinity
They have only to be seen to be appre
ciated. Chance here for somebody with
little ready money.-Optic.
Z. q. Parsons went through Tuesda,
night by stage to Parsons City. We un
derstand that while east he received the
active cooperation of eastern capitalists
and that work on an extensive scale NAV
be looked for at an early date on the Par
SONS mlningproperty. Hope so Leader
A test was made of the Greedy irriga,
ton pump, by Messrs. McCutchen,
~ IN Il ,
that the Greedy pump was necessity in
the RIO Grande valley and elsewhere
In the southwest. The pump in question
would supply sufficient water to irrigate
100 acres of land.-Bullion.
The zinc mines at Hanover are improy
Ing, and now that reasonable freights are
assured this branch of the mining indus.
try will become dlstinctively important
feature IN the output of the county. Dur
ing the present week, Wisconsin capital
made several investments and has Sc
cured options.-Enterprise.
Queer item in the Northwest: dele.
gate Anthony Joseph has sold an interest
III the Olo Caliente grant for $l5O,OOO. 1t
Is understood that % 100000 feet of tim
Der is on the land. Experts are examin-
ing to see if RATS can be foated down the
Olo Callente river to the Chama and Rio
Grands rivers and to Albuquerque"
No sooner had the three murderers of
the Chinese gardeners been convicted,
than new and important evidence tend
Ing TO remove all doubt as to the guilt of
the prisoners was discovered. A man
named Roach said he saw Travino, Her
nandez and Ortega together near the
Chlnaman's house very short time be-
tore the murder WAS committed. And
Roachs statement is corroborated bv
Jess Thomas, the milwright. 1t is now
In order for the district attorney to pros
ecute the man who testified that Ortepa
was in Deming the day the Chinaman
was murdered. Roach and Thomas
should be put under bonds to appear
as witnesses against the perjurers.
tinel.
Saturday evening, about 8 O'Clock, Bill
Brock, ell-knOwn miner at PinOs Altos.
shot and killed one Gee Let, a Chinaman
employed as cook at the Pacific restaurant
The Silver City Sentinel says: "The
10 year-old daughter of Brock had been
IN the habit OF going into the kitchen
OF the restaurant for scraps to feed her
dog. She was there for that purpose some
time Saturday afternoon or evening, and
took some pieces of meat which the
Chlnaman had laid aside to be cooked. |
The Chlnaman seeing her do SO became
angry and struck her with Il fork. She |
told her father of it; he became enraged,
and procuring six-sh0oter he shot the
Chlnaman as the latter was going home
from his work. Brock was around town |
until about 10 O'Clock the next day, he
then armed himself and took TO the hills.
He has not been seen since"
The Las Cruces Republican, speaking
OF the opening OF the Selden reserve.
says: This act provides that the secre-
tary OF the interior, if it is his opinion
public interest 80 requires, may cause any
part OF the reservation to be regularly sur
veyed or subdlvided into tracts less than
Iortv acres each, or into town lots. Then
each tract to be appraised by three dlsin-
.erested persons to be appointed by him.
When the appraisement is approved they
shall be sold to the highest bidder for
cash at not less than $l.25 per acre. The
buildings are 10 be appraised and sold at
not less than their appraised value. Spe-
'lai Agent Stidger received instructions
rom the secretary of the interior Thursday
o see that settlers were XII pit of the land
Until the department took action in the {
natter, it having been notified that settle
nents were being made.