Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-11-10
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

-Four city prisoners dug under the wall
and escaped from the Albuquerque iai
Sunday night.
The Thanksgiving campfire, to be helC
at Springer, on the 10th inst, promises
to he largely attended.
On Saturday night the snow fall a
Glorieta was quite heavy, and it extended
about forty miles above Trinidad.
Two patients at present in this city
were advised to come hither by the Amer
lean Health association. - Las Negas
Optic.
About 81 200 has been subscribed to-
wards building the junction City-Farm-
ington bridge, and about $500 more is
needed.
Sam Staley, the Albuquerque hack
driver who was shot by his wife, died
yesterday. He made detailed state
ment of the affair just prior to his death.
The Trinidad papers are still urging
upon the people of that place the necessity
OF raising their 81, 900 for the preliminary
survey of the Denver & Ell Paso short
line.
There is considerable excitement
among the Isleta Indians. A tramp en-
tered their church and robbed it of few
things. After short chase the thief was
arrested and placed in the adobe Jail.
Shortly afterward he escaped.
A meeting of the stock growers of south
westere New Mexico and southeastern
Arizona, has been called, to meet at
Deming, Friday, the Goth, for the purpose
of taking the preliminary steps to open a
trail to the norsh and east.
Cowan's crop of oats from 1l5 acres has
been threshed and measures 2, 1850 bushels.
The grain weighs forty-one pounds to the
measured bushel, making 90, ,760 pounds,
worth at $l.25 per 100, reasonable price,
81, l,249.50. Most OF this crop was raised
on new land,-Springer Stockman.
San Juan note The testimony in the
county seat contest case is now all before
the court, and nothing can now be done
on either side that would have any bear
ing on the verdict. Such boing the case,
Major Hanna's proposed railroad should
next receive the consideration of the peo-
pie of San Juan county.
Hon. Russell Marcy, member; of the
directory of the territorial insane asylum,
returned yesterday from a meeting of the
board at Las vegas. Mr.. Marcy pro-
nounces the work on the new asylum as
being better tLan the contract calls for
and thinks too much can not be said in
praise of the ntlactors and architect for
the splendid work they are giving the
territory.-Raton Range.
Messrs. Hawkins and Logan have just
returned from surveying trip to the La
Plata, where they have been engaged at
surveying a ditch for John kavanaugh,
W. B. Firebaugh and Smith Bros. There
will be tunnel of l50 feet on this ditch
1t irrigates part of the McDermott glade.
The Living Spring ditch, which waters
part OF the upper La Plata valley, taken
out by Messrs. Thomas and Firebaugh,
was also surveyed by them. Juan
Times.
We have so many natural advantage
that we are careless of their value and
look too lightly upon them. Nowhere in
the United States can living be made as
easily as right here in San Juan county.
Though none of US are wealthy, there is
not pauper or begger among us. How
many counties in the republic can say the
same? Then we feel that it is time to
reach out and invite the outside public to
come and see us and see our broad val
eys, our delightful climate and the rest OF
our many advantages San Juan Times.