Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-07-06
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

Silver City, White Oaks and Raton hat
bowling big times on the 4th.
The Las Vegas Optic says that the re
Gently pardoned murderer, Jack O'Brien
has skipped the town without lquidatinl
bis Indebtedness.
Chas. A. Gregory, of Chicago, pur
chased from Jno. T. O'Meara, last week
64o acres OF unimproved land near the
Fellz, Chavez county, for $1,000.
From Colfax county the case OF Frank
! Woods, murderer of James Lonnon, who
was sentenced to be hanged on June 8
will be brought to trial in the supreme
court.
Generous rains have fallen all over New
Mexico during the past two weeks, and in
the northern portion OF the territory they
have been very heavy, causing in some
places floods Of disastrous nature.
D. E. Young has planted 600 fruit trees
on his ranch in Oak canon this spring
and all are doing nicely; only few out
of the 600 died. He intends planting a
like nuMber next spring. Folsom Metro
politan.
A new road to Durango has been
opened via Pennington glade, Soda springs
and Pruden's ranch in Basin creek. A
gentleman acquainted with the county
states that the new route works material
shortening OF the distance between Farm
ington and Durango.
Information recently received at Duran
go conveys the intelligence that Mr.,
Fowler has reached conclusion that
Durango-Albuquerque railway would
provaa handsome investment, and he
has %f to England to place the bonds
of the Cook project, with strong prob
ability OF ess.+Irdex.
Eight horses were stolen from O. X.
Shows ranch last Tuesday night. The
thieves cut the wire fence and took the
horses out. Six of them have since re-
turned all worn out by hard usage, but
the two best horses in the lot are still
missing. The horses are the property Of
Hon. Demetrlo Chaves, OF Mesilla. Las
Cruces Republican.
One Of the largest cattle deals in this
section of the territory was the sale, or
rather exchange, of the q G ranch and
cattle, owned by Simons Brothers, for the
Ogden house, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The new owners of the ranch are John
Danforth and Frank True, of Council
Bluffs. S. S. Hover will manage the
Marcial Reporter.
A large number of steers will 90 out of
Socorro county this season, the shipments
III being made from Magdalena. Among |
he outfits which will unload are the W. |
J. company, 500 to the Rowe Bros, of
he Panhandle the Gila Cattle Co., | ZOO.
The Berry-Boice Co., of Montana, shipped !
100 on the 2Sth, purchased in western
'ocorro county, and W. G. Barney, OF
Dakota, will ship 1900 on July 8.
Those who were out at the unseason-
'ble hour of 2 O'Clock Monday morning,
nd gave attention to the northern
leavens, Witnessed display of the north
rn light seldom seen outside of high
attitudes. From great disk OF light rest
ng on the horizon, there radiated great
ongues of red, blue, green and golden
Ire that measured about thirty degrees.
t was sight we'll worth sitting up all
light to witness.-San Juan Index.
A'oe iou6 dSO IN U IleILuUsu pIUspeClOTS,
rmed with an ancient chart, which they
rocured in Old Mexico, that gave descrip.
ION OF an ancient town and placer ground
ich in gold, proceeded to the west
lde OF the Black range in search OF the
ing lost gold fields, and in part they were
uccessful. About fourteen miles west of
lermosa they found the ruins of the an
lent town as well as spring walled up
18th stone that was fully described by the
hart, but it is said they failed to find the
ld.-Black Range.
Dona Juanita de Padila died at Las
ruces recently, aged 30 years. She was
sister or Don Mariana Barela was born
Los Barelas, near Albuquerque, and
er ancestors were among the first settlers
no came to New Mexico in the days of I
en-. Armijo, and were OF Spanish origin
Ter father, Don Anastacio Barela, set.
cd in Mesilla some time about 1854, was
prominent merchant and carried on
eigbting from Kansas City, Mo-, to Me-