Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-11-24
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

IncenGiaries burned Lorenzo Lopez
barn at Las Vegas.
Miss Ollie Chandler, of Wagon Mound,
got up donation for the poor of that
place. Fifteen dollars were realized.
Ground was broken for the court house
and Jail on Monday afternoon, and with
in six months Eddy county will have a
fine building for holding court and the
transaction of other official business,
besides safe place for violators of the
law.
"Topy" Johnson, a mining expert from
Arizona, passed through Hillsboro the
fore part of the week on his way to Her
mosa, where he goes to report on the
Pelican mine in the interest of a Callfor-
mia company which contemplates its pur-
chase. Hillsbcro Advocate.
1t is reported that the Hanna railway
survey found an excellent pass for con.
struction OF railway from the Animas
to the San Juan, leading directly south
from Aztec. 1t is the pass followed by
the trail taken by horsemen in the short
cut between Aztec and the San juan
San Juan Index.
Mrs. Addie Smith, who was soliciting
subscribers for pictures, was reported sick
on Saturday last. The case was found tn
be developing into small pox. The family
in rear of premises, were moved out and
the patient, with her son, years, and
brothar, 81 years, placed in strict quaran-
tine,-Las Vegas Optic.
The Pyramid company received the
pump and piping for the new we'll last
Wednesday. The outfit weighed a little
over 7 1000 pounds and came from Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania, by express. A nice
| little express bill had to be paid, but
the company is in hurry for water. The
company will be milling lots of ore in a
few days.-Lordsburg Liberal.
Jose Leandro Perea, the year old son
of Mrs. Jesus M. Perea, died at his
mothers residence Saturday night OF
typhoid malaria, after an illness of only a
week. His body is being embalmed by
Undertaken Strong, and soon as his sister
arrives from st. Louis be will be buried
in Santa Barbara cemetery beside the
grave of his father. The deceased was a
bright little fellow and was the pet OF the
ousehold.-Albuquerque Citizen.
In the case of the territory against Epi-
tacio Escoval, for assault on the person
of Juan Serna, trackwalker, in the
employ of the Atchison Railroad
company, just below San Miguel,
where lie was set upon by the de-
PENDANT and sundry masked men, and
thrashed and beaten with whips and
sticks, it is thought that the county has a
genuine case of Indiana White Caps.
The issue of the case is watched by gen.
aral interest.-Las Vegas Optic.
There is on exhibition at the First Ma
tional bank in Las Vegas samples of pure
native soda, taken from the immense
soda beds at ali extinct lake on the pro-
posed route of the new railroad between
Ell Paso and White Oaks. 1t requires no
process of treatment before being put on
the market. At present soda imported
from England, where it is manufactured
from species of sea weed, brings $50 q
ton in New York. In New Mexico it is a
natural product of the country. Optic.
Judge H. L. Warren, one of the attor-
neys for John w. Young's new railroad
from Deming, N. M, to chihuahua,
Mexico, arrived home last night from q
business trip to City of Mexico. He
reports the death few days ago of Louis
Huller, the gentleman who secured Ger
tain concessions from the Mexican gov
eminent for the construction of railroads.
He also states that work is progressing
finely on the Sonora, Sinaloa & Cbihua-
hua acknowledgements Citizen.