Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-06-24

dealers they could keep. The same pail
took in San Marcial, Las Vegas and sew
erai other towns.
Owing to the shortage OF court funds il
would have heen impossible to tiy jury
cases at Socorro but for the public spirit
OF II. Il. Brown. If he was willing to
wait until November for boarding and
lodging the jury court could go on, if not,
all jury trials must stop and cases be con-
tinued.
The Mitchell Bros. have started their
saw mill going and in very short time
will have their lumber on the market.
These gentlemen are the owners of the
immense timber lands in western Berna-
lilo and Valencia counties and have
established town named Mitchell on the
Atlantic q Pacific, within few miles of
their timber lands.
San Juan note: In the matter OF the
Rlo Arrlba county indebtedness, a com.
munication from Hon. E. L. Bartlett was
read stating that the proposition made by
this board to pay 10 Rio Arriba county
$5,5OO to settle said suit would be accepted
by District Attorney r. +. Twitchell, at
torney for Rio Arriba county, and by
agreement, judgment would he allowed to
be taken for the sum of $500 at the
present term OF the district court now in
session in the county of Santa Fe.
Louis Huning, Of Los Lunas, is loading
GU, head OF cattle at the stock yards here
to-day, to be shipped to G. E. Trask, in
South Dakota. Mr.. Hunings ranch is
located on the Rio Puerco, in Valencia
county, and he reports no grass on the
range and great scarcity of water. Con-
sldering the condition of the country, the
want OF food and water, these cattle look
lalrly well. 1t is the opinion of Mr.. |
ttuniDg that if rain does not come soon
q large number of cattle in central New |
Mexico will die for the want of water
Citizen.
Democratic note in the Las Vegas
optic: 1t was reported about town this
morning that DR.. NJ. M. Miligan had
lied OF hill fever (Which differs somewhat
character from mountain fever at
'bout 3 ;25 a. m. The rumor seemed to
'e cerroborated by mourning attached to
lis Office door, and by an Inscription an
iouncing the fact. However, the doctor
moved up in due course OF time, and he
eClares ii will be the other fellows who
'llI find the Hill fever fatal in November
lext. The doctor will now probably be-
ONE third party man.
San Juan Times; 1t is from the fruit
over, alfalfa blossom, cleome, buckhorn
lover and the great number of wild
overs that the little workers gather
leir sweets and from early spring till fall
ne work goes on. A conservative esti-
late places the number of colonies in
an Juan county at from 1000 to $500,
Inch will be- greatly increased during
he season, as the work of dividing them
az hardly commenced The lowest
rice that colony has been offered at is
5O, which would make the valuation of
lr bees alone from $4,000 to 500 900.
ne average product of hive is so
ounds OF honey annually which, at 1215
ents per pound, will reach total value
Sl5, 1000. AS colony with proper care
Ill double Itself each year, we can easily
ee that this industry alone yields an in
ome for the county of from $50 900 to
$1,000 annually. We give these figures
fter careful examination of the business
showing an industry that, like our
ggse, chickens and butter, is given over
the women folks as beneath the dignity
men folks to bother with.