Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-07-01
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

The death is announced OF Don Vivian
Baca, prominent citizen of Socorro
county at Escondida few days since.
A difficulty between Don Pedro Simp.
son and Ferdinand Silvia, of Tijeras
canon, eliminated yesterday in shoot
ing scrape. Silvia firing upon Simpson
The trouble is over water-rights in Tijeras
canon.
Enrique Mares and Jose Chavez
charged with conniving at fence cutting
OH the ranch of Don Eugene Romero,
have each been placed under $500 bonds
for their appearance at the next term of
court, to answer to the grave charge pre-
ferred against them.-Las Vegas Optic.
J.P. Collingsworth, a sport recently
arrived from Albuquerque, skipped out
from Las Vegas with the wife of Mr..
Brilliant. Collingsworth's wife, the young
daughter of Lou Davis, formerly well
known in Las Vegas. where her father
was proprietor of the st. Nicholas hotel,
was sent to her parents, at Albuquerque.
Collingsworth and the woman took a
hack for Watrous and there boarded the
east bound train.
Says the San Marcial Reporter: The
dam on the W. S. ranch, Socorro county,
has been finished and will soon be full OF
water. 1t is situated at the mouth OF the
box canon of the Frisco, and is composed
chiefly of substantial solid rock work,
which can not be swept away by the wild
est flood. 1t contains over 100000 cubic
feet of rock and 1000 feet of lumber. Be-
hind 1t the water backs up for a mile and
quarter. From 1t flume built of lum-
Der carries the water for a quarter of
mile along the face of the mountain to
where it empties into the ditch, which
carries it mile and a quarter further to
where it can be made available to rrigate
some $50 acres OF choice land
Socorro county has just had duel to
the death between two old men and no
one was present but the participators.
The Magdalena Mine and Lariat states
that N. V. Nolan came into Luna and
told Mr.. Taylor that he and Mr.. New
berry had shooting scrape over the
Blue. He said Newberry emptied his
pistol at him, two of the bullets taking
slight effect. He NOLAN then fred a
shot from rifle and Newberry fell.
Taking several gentlemen with him
Taylor went to the spot described and
found Newberry dead, shot through the
heart. Both were we'll known citizens
of the country and always were considered
peaceable men. Nolan is over 60 years
of age. Newberry leaves wife and five
or six children.
A Springer dispatch saws "Grasshop.
pers have arrived here in such numbers
that two freight trains were temporarily
stopped. Where they came from is not
known, and but little conjecture can be
formed of their intended stay" The
Stockman says; We watched one column
for six hours. They filled Maxwell ave-
nue., l20 feet wide, moving at the rate of
about rod in two minutes, and so thick
as almost to cover the ground. On Satur-
day another column of them was crossing
the railroad track all day, just north Of
town and it was with difficulty that trains
could pass. Some trains were actually
stopped by the mass Of plaques. The
hoppers are doing little or no damage
here, except where they stop for the night.
Thousands OF them found their way into
snd through gardens, without injuring
hem to any extent. But in short time
heir wings will grow and they will take
heir flight to alight upon and destroy the
Grille fields perhaps hundreds Of miles
aorth or east of here.