Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-10
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

On account of the drouth on the Pecos,
| W. l.. Crockett, of Puerto de Luna, will
drive his sheep into Texas for the winter.
City Marshal Stetson is said to have
fed from Albuquerque. The grand jury
is investigating serious charges against
him,
As an indication as to the extent the
game of craps is indulged in in Kingston
one man stood at table one night the
past week and shot away $1,025.
Chas. Springer, assignee of Marcy, Geer
q McCarn, Ration, has promised a com
mlttee of the creditors to meet them in
few days and explain his stewardship of
the affairs of the defunct Ration bank.
J. B. Dawson, the veteran ranchman of
the Vefmejo, yesterday sold in this city
100 bushels of pears, product of his orch
ards, as fine as ever marketed in this city.
Trinidad Advertiser.
W. f, Jones, aged 63 years, an oldtimer
In western Socorro county, where fiss HAS
ranch in the Datil mountains, and a few
hundred head Of cattle and horses, died in
his room at the Los Angeles house, Albu-
querque, from dysenteric fever.
The Kingston public school is surprising
all precedents in attendance, and the dis
trict school board have been compelled to
rent and repair the large hall formerly
used for store--two doors west of the
fremont honse-to accommodate the
younger echolars.
There has been considerable demand
the past week for desirable real estate, but
few sales, however, are reported up to
date. The number of inquiries made
would indicate that the Mesilla valley can
look for prosperous year.-Las Cruces
Republican.
A shooting ARRAY took place in dis
reputable house at Deming, in which
one Maesa was shot in the head.
The bullet entered his forehead above the
eye and passed out through the top of the
skull. Strange to say, it is believed the
injury is only slight one. No arrests
have been made.
Las Vegas Free Press: when man
has lived in the territory of New Mexico
number of years and can not tell in what
city the New MEXICAN is published, and
when he requires some one to identify
man whom he has seen on the streets
hundreds of times, then he should be re-
moved from office for his name is Burro."
A drilling match will come off in King
st on on Oct. 18th, 1892, between the hour
of and pm, between Dan F. MCGOWAN,
ofKingston, and w. r. Marlet, of Colorado,
for S1O0. Fifty dollars has been placed
in the hands of I. d. Hilty by each side as
forfeit. Both gentlemen are experts in
the business of handling hammers and
drills.-Advocate.
D. A. Davis, the tree man, died this
morning at 10 o'clock. He was well
known throughout the territory, and a
more generous hearted young man we
never knew. To him belongs the honor
of placing more trees in tn territory
than any othe" man. He came from Kan
sas City and represented the Lee Summit
nurseries.-Free Press.
Albuquerque note: The public schools
have enrolled 40 to begin with. This is
a larger enro'dbent. than was recorded at
the beginning of last year. Everything
seems favorable for an excellent years
work. The printed course of study and
rules and regulations of the board of edu-
cation will be issued very soon, and the
new buildings, it is hoped, will be ready
at the appointed time.
Reports received from Cooks during ,
the week say that the late strike on the
Inez property is the largest ever made
in southwestern New Mexico. The ore
body as exposed without any develop
ment woak is IS feet in width Is feet in
length and extends back distance of rs
feet. The ore runs between so per cent
and 60 per cent in lead and over ten
ounces in silver, yielding 5000 net to the
car. The owners of the mine, Messrs.
Martin Lindauer and Thurmonb, are max
ing arrangements to ship two or three
cars per day. Ore has also been found in
five other places on the property, and
there it said to be over 100000 in sight.
Cooks is destined to be the camp of the
territory, and little systematic booming
will make it second Leadville. Deming
Headlight.