Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-18
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

COl. 0mlCH mas aDOuC lily Teams ana
seventy-five men at work on his irrigation
canal up there, and that work is progress
ing well in the direction of Deming.
Kirchner & Kirchner have completed
plans for the new city hall at Las Vegas,
N. M. 1t will be large two-story stone
building with tower at the front reach
ing four stories high. Bids are now being
received and it is expected to let the con.
tract at about $50, OO0--Denver Times.
Trinidad is not taking the proper inter
est in the Ell Paso convention. 1t is said
that but two of the delegates appointed
from that place will attend the conven-
tioA. This is but another illustration that
Trinidad, with all its natural resources,
will never be more than mere village
Las Vegas Optic.
H. L. Brooks, mining man of Trim
idad, was pounded over the head by a
Denver man named Lemon, on the train
near Las Vegas, night before last. The
trouble originated over car seat. A u.
S. marshal arrested Lemon and he was to
have had hearing at Las Vegas yester
day afternoon.
The Denver men who recently paid
100000 for the Lincoln Lucky silver
lead property at San Pedro, N. M, are
sinking shafts to the great ore bodies
below, through which the ore tunnel has
been run. When these shafts are COM
pleted the mine can ship 100 tons per
day.-Sa!t Lake Times.
Work on the artesian well being bored
for j. J. Schmidt will soon be resumed at
Wagon Mound. The water has risen to
within twelve feet of the surface, and the
hole will have to be piped up before any
strated that a Greeley pump can be used
to advantage if flow can not be OBJ
tanned.
Capt. Patrick Higgins, one of the few
left OF the grand column that followed
Gen. James H. Carleton from the Preside
to Santa Fe, over ella desert with it's
untold horrors, over mountain and river,
is in town. The captain has fine ranch
hidden away in Socorro county, where he
is making money.-Albuquerque Demo-
crat.
w. P. Lane, who was arrested and
taken to Clifton on the charge of burning
the railroad bridges, died Wednesday
night from fever with which he was suf-
fering when he left Ell Paso. 1t is report.
ed that before he died he confessed to
burning the bridges and told who his &C.
completes we're and to what extent they
were guilty.-Lordsburg Liberal
The Elkhart mine of Chloride shows
ore that runs $50 in gold and silver and 60
per cent lead, and the Silver Hill mine in
the same district, very large lead, aver
ages $40, while the ore from the Empire,
large producer in the same vicinity,
yields 500 in silver and lead. This is but
a specimen exhibit and attracts the atten-
ton of every miner who visits the hall -
Albuquerque Citizen.
The San Juan county fair opens next
Thursday. The Junction City Times
says: Our people should unite in giving
Governor Prince rousing reception. As
before stated, he can do wonderful
amount of good for San Juan county, and
his visit to our fair should be made an
occasion long to be remembered by all
interested. In the language of celebrat-
ed genius, "let us get together"
Ell Paso Bullion: The rain makers are
here, bag and baggage, and promise to
lay the dust on next Thursday, the 18th
inst. There are great many people here
now and more are arriving daily. A large
delegation is expected to arrive tomorrow
from the City of Mexico and other points
in our sister republic. The explosions
will commence at 10 o'clock, a. M, on
top Of Mount Franklin, just north of the
city, and continue for several hours.
Del Holson came in from Lone Noun
tain yesterday afternoon and called for
DIR. Stephens to 60 to that place and at
tend John A. Wolford, who had appeared
at Hoson's ranch with his clothes burned
off and blood streaming from his hands,
stating that he had been blown up with
giant powder while blasting stumps for
wood. DR.. Stephens left at once to at
tend the injured man.-Silver City SEN
tinel.
Peter Hall, ST., William D. Witt, alias
"Skeet," Tom Hall and Peter s. Hall, Jr.,
were arrested in the Pine Cienega pre-
cinct in the north estern part of Grant
county, where the Halls were engaged in
stockraising. They came there about
three and half years ago with about two
hundred cattle, and it is now claimed that
the Hall brand can be found en- nearly
two thousand head in that section. They
are charged with not only stealing calves
and branding them, but with killing the
COWS the better to hide their crime. They
are now in Jail at Silver City.
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