Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-08-09
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

= Prospects never looked brighter for the
mining future of the Kingston district
than it does at present
Decembel 8, 6, and 8 have been fixed
as the time Of holding the southwest
miners convention, and FL Paso as the
place OF meeting.
The smeter at Socorro is receiving large
quantities Of Gre for treatment from all
over southern New Mexico. A new stock
is being placed IN position.
The new public Fchool building at Las
Cruces is ain ost complete, ia beauty,
and structure Of which any community
might well feel proud.
The Pecos Valley Telegraph company
will extend their lire from Eddy to Ros-
well as soon rs the necessary material ar
rives. This will prove great accommo-
dation,--Pecos Valley People,
DR.. Nicely takes the place Of Rev. j. NJ
Major as presiding elder of this district,
which has been enlarged so as to embrace
the territory lying between tie San Juan
and Denver ana from Pine river to Rico.
San Juan Times.
Mrs. Joseph Waddingham has received
a telegram from Prof A. f. Smith, in
forming her that he won the roler-skate
contest for championship Of the world. !
The professor should have public re-
cepton when he returns home.-Las |
Vegas Optic
Persons who have climbed to the top of |
Baldy will he surprised TO hear that a
Mexican lady, 70 years of aye, made the
ascent yesterday, and after coming down
spent some umein picking Yed raspberries,
OF which there are great many in the
canon.-Las Vegas Free Press.
John c. Mead, the former travelling
man cut Of tins city, now located at Flag
etaf, a. T., in the hardware business,
writes to friends in this city that, on the
4th OF July, his little daughter Bernice,
was taken with convulsions and las not
been able to utter syllable since. This
IS, indeed, a sad atliction TO The family
Las Vegas Optic.
The Black Range Cattle company has
disposed OF its cattle, ranches and horses
to II. M. Porter, of Denver, the considera-
ton being $G per head for the cattle, with
all the calves and ranches thrown in. The
cattle are to be counted during the next
two years, alter which the horses are to
be turned in at $50 per head.-Slver City
Enterprise.
VIM. Dunbar passed through Folsom
last Monday with $4,000 head Of sheep +
belonging to Seldomrldge & Pebbles, of +
Colorado Springs, Colo, which he is
driving to pastures near that place. The +
firm has something over 100000 head of i
sheep which are being driven through to :
their pastures in Colorado, and nearly all q
OF which were purchased in this territory. /
+
Corporal Tanner, with worldwide
and who had both Of his legs {
shot of above the knees ut the battle of p
Bull Run, accompanied by his son passed b
down the road OH this mornings DELAYED c.
passenger train for San Marcial, where he it
will rustcate for few days, the guest of Il
Capt. Jack Crawford. Citizen. n
San Juan note: This time it is the u
winter wheat yield of Ira Fulcher, a 81
beautiful field of grain that will yield not a
esI tl,sn fifty bushels to the acre. There a
can be no question but that winter wheat G.
s the most successful grain for our conn. U
ry. 1t natures before the dry hot sum- u
ner comes on and does not need the II
work nor care that spring wheat does.
4 large number of the La Plata ranch.
men are going to put in wheat this fall.
Among others, we noticed Dennis Gun O.
bingham is busy plowing for wheat. CO
In 1891 there were 40,964 acres of land it
listed III 1892 this had increased to 49, al
33 acres, an increase of - per cent per D
mum. We can not help feeling gratified "
t the material advancement our county 81
} making in all those essentials that 20 al
0 build up solid country. On every es
ide are seen STEADY improvement in the ST
cry really beautiful homes scattered as
long our valleys. Churches are in pro- sc
ess of building, while nearly every pre- p:
inct throughout our county has its own til
eat school house.-San Juan Times. in
Mr. G. T. Lawrence, of Scotland Neck, al
|. G., who recently visited Eddy and this "
ortion OF the Pecos valley, said before he ql
sft: Il have grest faith in Eddy and the VI
ecos valley. 1t appears to me to have ar
n assured future that will be very pros al
erous." Before leaving Mr.. Lawrence be
urchased half dozen choice lots and e..
elected some fruit land down the valley.
lie expects to return within month, and
i'll be accompanied by wealthy capital.
1t OF his section, who, he Is confident
i'll invest largely in city property and
alley lands.-Eddy Argus. 4
San Juan Times: The quantity of fruit I
lat has been sent out OF San Juan county
lring the past two weeks, would pass
le belief OF any one not on the road to
urango and thus able to see for himself.
o fewer than from ten to twenty teams z
day have steadily transported thousands =
boxes of fruit, principally early peaches,
Ito Durango, whence it is shipped up
ITO the mountain towns. to the San Luis
alley or consumed there. The early season Cl
drawing to a close and there will be a lull
two weeks, which will give the growers
breathing spell and time to prepare for -
70 more steady trade OF the later fruits. =
he quality this year is go much superior
previous years due greatly to the small
quantities on the trees that the fruit is III
eferred to that of California. The price II
allied has been from to 10 cents !
ough there was material dropping off
ward the last. Early apples, plums and
are beginning to be placed
| the market. -
W ANTED-A good dry goods and cloth
q clerk mnat he we'll varoed in tba En-