Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-06-18
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

San Juan county boasts OF it's strawberry
crop.
Las Vegas is full OF railroad spot
ters."
C.J. Booth, the Kansas City sheep
buyer, is haunting Chama at present.
Lincoln county will vote July 2 on the
proposition to issue bonds for the erection
of court house at Lincoln.
The people of Mesilla love misery
Two brass bands have been organized in
that town.-White Oaks Interpreter.
The 10th infantry boys at Fort Stanton
have organized base ball team and cal
themselves the Oftlleys after COL Ohlley
Mora is receiving very large quantity
of wool, almost daily. Tuesday, some
$4,000 pounds were delivered there from
Taos.
The FL Paso gun club came off victor in
the contest with the Las Cruces club. A
match "shoot" between the two clubs is
being arranged for July at Ell Paso.
E. w. Lift, Of San Juan county, has
been placed under 81 900 bonds for alb
Quoting girl II years old and named
Nettie Colburn, who charges him with
criminal assault.
Nearly five times as many beans will be
planted this year at La Mesa as compared
with other years. Some parties intend put
ting in as much as sixty acres. They are
always sure crop and big cash.
The marriage Of Louis Hofmeister and
| Rose Sporleder, was one of the most bril-.
liant affairs of the kind which has ever
been celebrated in this city.-Las Vegas
Optic.
The large wool clip OF w. W. Fraser,
OF Chilli, aggregating 10000 pounds has
been purchased by A. J. Crawford for
Krille & Nicholas, of Trinidad. Over
$4,000 changed hands in the deal.
"San Luis FoxtaiP" grass appears to be
getting hold in some parts Of San Juan
county. Up about Flora Vista the people
are waging unrelenting war against the
pest, persistently uprooting it, which
should be done everywhere.
Raton Range: There are in Ration
more intelligent, sober and industrious
mechanics, with larger percentage own
ing handsome and comfortable homes,
than in any town of its size in the south
west.
PR. Smith, of the Rio Grande Irriga-
ton Il Colonization company, now at
Deming, states that he will be in Albu-
querque about the Goth of this month,
and will then settle up all the indebted
ness against the company.
A letter received by Wayne Russell,
superintendent of the SILVER Monument
mine, attending court at Socorro, gives
information that the teams belonging to
the mine have been sent out to bring in
families who are located in parts of the
country rendered dangerous by In
dians.
G. L. Davis, superintendent OF the Over
ton copper mines, Coyote valley, Mora
county, is in the city on his return from
the east. He reports having raised $685.
900 for the working of the mines. Tie
of the Overton company is
amongst the most valuable in New Mex
ico.-Las Vegas Optic.
Says the Trinidad Advertiser: The
coroner's jury in the case of Arthur L.
Cammell rendered verdict of accidental
death without attaching blame to any one.
The body is still held here awaiting a re-
ply to cablegram which was sent to the
relatives OF the dead man in England.
The elegant grass and abundance of
water surrounding Clayton is Of great
benefit to cattlemen who are holding
herds here for sale, but buyers are
slow to purchase. Buyers don't want to
buy on future prospects, while sellers are
enabled by the good grass to procrasti
nate profitably. Clayton Enterprise.
Socorro Chieftain: There has been
considerable Indian scare in the western
part Of the county, but it has amounted
to nothing 30 far, and is the regular
spring turnout of the red devils. If the
advice of the last grand jury was fol-
lowed and few Indian agents given a
murders by these government pets.
San Juan note: Jos. Starriett sold a
portion Of his homestead, the first of the
week, to DR.. Frank E. Prewitt, of Farm
ington, the purchase of which gives DR..
Prewitt a body of 270 acres under the
south side canal. The owners of the
ditch expect to have water through to the
end Of the ditch within the next thirty
days.
Mesilla valley flood echo in the Repub-
lican: The lands that were recently over
flowed are again dry, and everyone is
busy putting in late crops. Several fsmi-
lies were compelled to move to higher
ground when the food was at it's highest.
One informed US that his chickens had
got 80 accustomed to moving that when.
ever wagon came in sight they would
run down to the house, lay down and
cross their legs ready to be tied.