Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-07-25
LAS VEGAS FREE Press
MONDAY, july %, 1892.
TERRITORIAL.

M. @. de Baca is making arrange
ments to establish a Spanish news
paper in this city. 1t will be- pub
lished weekly, will be Republican in
politics, and will be great help in
developing the resources of this
county.-Albuquerque Citizen.
There are 100000 sheep now on
the trail and passing here in six out
fits, for Seldomridge & Co., Denver.
They come from all the way south
as far as Eagle Pass, Texas. Thos.
Stevenson is in charge. They are
following the old Santa Fe trail, via
Emory Gap.-Stockman.
In the Colfax land Office 1900
acres more land was taken up during
the fiscal year ending June 80 than
the year before. During the year
1892 1913 homesteads were fled on
in the land district, against 81 the
previous year. This shows what
people are beginning to think of
northeastern New Mexico.
Early fruit shipments from the
valley have been large and they
clearly show the possibilities. Our
fruit has been the favorite IN every
market to which it has been shipped,
and our commission men have been
flooded with orders they could not
fill. Early fruit commands the top
of the market, and several orchards
in the valley will this year show a
yield of from 800 to 81, 900 per acre.
Las Cruces Republican.
From the Deming Headlight:
Claims on the defunct First Ma
tional bank, aggregating over 81 900,
have been sold here recently for 95
cents on the dollar.
H. B. Tucker has opened vein of
mineral in the Cooks Peak district,
three to ten feet in width, and rum
ming in silver, copper, iron and lead.
Col. r. p. Smith, now in the east,
writes Mr.. S. Lindauer under date of
July 18th, that all drafts and indebt-
edness incurred and outstanding on
account of the water works and irri-
cation enterprise organized here
some months ago, and now partially
executed, will be paid on the 25th
inst. This will be good news to the
people of Deming. The scheme is
comprehensive and expensive one,
and an enterprise fraught with great
benefit to Deming and all the inter-
ests and industries of this section.
Col. Lockhart purchased the Gin
cinnati mine, in the Tres Hermanas,
few days ago at sheriff's sale. 1t
is understood that he intends to de-
velop the mine. 1t is undoubtedly
good property, and has been worked
with paying results. 1t was former
ly owned by Judge Bail and others.
The painful news was received
here this week of the death of VIM.
D. Johnson, Jr., eldest son of Bishop
Johnson, of Diaz, south of here in
Mexico, aged 81 years. AS hereto
fore stated, young johnson was bit
ten on the chin by coyote one night
while asleep in camp where he and
others were herding cattle. Several
weeks passed by without the devel-
opment of any i'll effects of the bite.
But some two weeks ago, while in
the act of taking drink of water,
he was seized with commissions. 1t
was then evident that hydrophobia
had resulted from the wolf bite and
that he was doomed. His father
was Immediately summoned from his
office here and started at once, but
failed to reach his sons bedside till
several hours after his death. 1t was
a sad blow to his parents, which is
Inexpressibly intensified by the awful
manner of the sons death. Mr.. and
Mrs. johnson will have the keenest
sympathy of their large circle of