Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-08-23
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

lhe new scnCol trustees at lllllsbort
contemplate building a two-story bricI
public school building to cost $9,O00
The socorro fire clay works have jus
finished an orGer OF 10000 brick for tn,
Rio Grande smelter. They are nov
cleaning up preparatory 10 starting IN fo
fall and winter work.
The Santa Fe road has announced tina
after September 10, the rate on scouret
wool to eastern points will be double tht
present rate Should the announcement
not be withdrawn it will have yer,
disastrous effect on the fine wool grow
ing industry Of New Mexico. Stock
Grower.
1t is thought at Cerrillos that Hosmer's
Beacon has suspended publication. There
is a notice On the do0r of his Office te
vacate the premises by the end OF this
month, While the printers devil states
that the boss has not put in an appear.
anee for several weeks.
Last Saturday the remains of John
Whalen were discovered in his little hut
in this city. "Od john" was a harm
less and eccentric character, and was
we'll known to many citizens. lie has a
brother who is said to be wealthy resid-
ing in Tacoma, Wash. - Albuquerque
Citizen
The range all over New Mexico at the
present time ia very dry, and unless rains
come in some sections soon the prospects
Tor a successful Wlntering of stock will not
be encouraging. This is especially the
case in southern and central New Mexico
and in tie Pecos valley. The northern
and northeastern portions OF the territory
have very good grass, but surface water
is scarce. Stock Grower.
Messrs. Sheek & Gambil have COM
pleted their contract to bore a well to a
depth of 200 feet for hlr. VIM. Locke, of
Pennington. A stream of fine water that
raised within forty feet OF the surface, was
struck. Surely penetration to the next
stream below would give an artesian
flow. Mr.. S. has gone to the McDermott
glade to contract for an artesian we'll
tbere.-San Juan Index.
On Monday last fire occurred at the
residence of Levi Sanchez, at Park City,
in which the sister-in-I4aw Of Levi San
chez was severely, if not fatally burned.
It seems she had started the fire with coal
oil and left the can on the stove; when
she went to get it the can exploded burn
ing her in horrible manner. She was
taken to Bernalillo the same evening for
t-eatment.-Socorro Cbieftain.
The report Of the directors Of the New
Mexico insane asylum has been issued,
and shows the building completed, fur
nlshed and ready for occupancy as soon
as the board can be assured OF sufficient
income to support the institution. The
County OF Eddy is the only one that has
accepted the directors offer to board
patients at rs cents per day. The treas
urer's report shows receipt from all
sources to be $42,l50, and expenditures
SAL ,0lS.35.
Kingston comment: "The Shaft was
presented by Capt. J. ?. Casey, of Las
Cruces, with couple of hams from alalfa
fed pork OF his own raising on his exten
sive ranch near Las Cruces, short time
ago. The captain informed the writer
that the swine were turned out in this
alfalfa field and fed on no kind Of grain
and fattened as well as if fed Oh corn.
We can say for ourself that We never
tasted sweeter or better favored pork"
Mr.. Kuckenbacker, Mr.. Maxwell and
Mr.. Hite, with two experts, are in from
Gallup looking up the coal fields at Fruit
ands and on the La Plata. From the
after place they so to Durango, to take in
Ill the country. They are much pleased
With this region aud take with them
'ampes of the oil from the wells north of
Jlio. AS they are prominent men in
iallup We are led to believe that this
means railway IN the near future
ndex.
Some of the finest peaches you ever
aw are on exhibition at the office of S.
Y. Russell in the Hotel Hagerman.
they are the Alexander variety and were
rown at the Witt ranch. Seventeen of
hem weighed total of 1l2la ounces.
'ix put in jars for exhibit at the Worlds
air, weighed fofty-one ounces. Two
veraged seven and half ounces each;
hree, seven ounces each nine, six and a
ali ounces each, and three, six ounces
sch. EDDY Citizen.
At White Oaks yesterday Tom Barker,
miner, while closing trap door over
halt in the Lady Godivia, lest his balance
nd fell head-first distance OF eighty
eet. The shaft is an incline, and going
own Barker turned completely over,
'nding on his feet. He was at once re-
1oved to Brothers hotel, where upon
Examination it was found that though bad
shaken up, cut and bruised, no bones
'ere found to be broken, and his injuries
re not considered very dangerous. 1t
las miraculous escape from instant
cath.
The eastern New Mexico stock growers
ssociation makes the charge that at Des
lones and Clayton, New Mexico, there
re parties engaged in systematically
Ieallng and shipping cattle. K. S. Miller
Bro, and DR.. s. |. North, all OF Clayton,
lade shipments on the 10th of August,
'om which, at Cheyenne, were cut.out
q strays, among which was one steer
elonging to the Bell ranch. The associa-
on proposes that the 147 head be sold
nd so much of the proceeds as may be
ecessary be used to prosecute the parties
harged with the theft. 1t is to look into
MS matter that Judge S. E. Booth has
one to Cheyenne.