Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-07-09
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

The rain of the last two days missed
Las Vegas, going all around the city.
Las Vegas will vote on granting a new
water franchise to a. G. Voorhees,, OF
Ration.
The new national bank OF Daming, has
opened up ready for business, with J. w.
Brown, Of Sioux City, Iowa, as president,
]. A. Lockhart, vice president and l.. II.
Brown, cashier. The bank commences
business with a capital Of $4,000, and
the directory contains the names If good
substantial men.
Sheriff Jose L. Lopez is being sharply
criticised for making circuit OF the town,
even telepraphing to the widow, at
Wagon Mound, in the endeavor to
ascertain reward, If any, had been offered
for the apprehension of Jose d. Gallegos,
he (the sheriff. knowing at the time
the exact whereabouts of the man.
But, then, Joe will not be candidate
for sheriff again, this fall. Vegas
Optic.
The two school houses OF the west side
are looming up finely. They can be dis
tinctly seen from the lower ground of the
east side, and they are ornaments to the
entire city. No other town in New Mex
leo can boast of three such handsome
and substantial public school buildings.
The fact that two OF them are in the
Mexican part Of the town, built by taxes
which Mexicans have imposed on them
selves, ought to be known throughout
the country, as refutation of the ISLANDERS
so often uttered against these people,
Las Vegas Opuc.
Deserts the Democracy item from the
Albuquerque Citizen; "Thos. f. keleher,
who has Just returned from Kansas, stated
to the reporter that he is from now on an
avowed member of the Peoples party.
He thinks that the platform adopted by
the Omaha convention is one of the great
est political documents ever written, and
upon it the Peoples party will carry at
least ten states. La that event, Mr..
Keleher believes that the election of a
president will be thrown into the national
house of representatives, and that body
being Democratic, Cleveland will be
chosen. He states that since returning
home he has met number here who
share with him in the belief that the
Peoples party has come to stay, and
while they will not be successful in this
election they will elect their president four
years hence"
Deming note: The representative of
the English syndicate which has been
negotiating for the purchase OF the 100
miles Of railroad grade built from here
south, by Jno. w. Young, several years
since, says positively that work will COM
mence on this road the first day of the
coming month, and that if the syndicate
fail in purchasing the grade already built,
they will build a grade from this place to
the border alongside the one now built,
and that they have secured the right-of
way from the Mexican government to use
the sixty miles Of old grade built in the
republic. Steel has been purchased and
Huss, Townsend & Co., OF Chicago, have
the contract for construction. This road
will run from Deming to Chihuahua and
a branch will run to the Pacific coast,
striking at Topolobsmpo and running up
to Guaymas. The total length Of the road
will be 1900 miles. The builders Of the
old grade owe great many debts in Dem
ing and the starting of this work will
mean the payment of these monies.