Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-09-20
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

TERRITORIAL TIPS.
The Pecos district fair will be held at
Roswell on October 4, 5 and 6
Leeson gays that sweet potatoes are a
failure in Socorro, as they grow too large
for market use. II is hard TO please man
kind.
Held Bros, Of Albuquerque, gave the
fire department check for 500 for their
work in saving their store from destruc-
rtion by fire.
Experiments have been made at So
corro lately in drying the blue plum or
prunel, which has demonstrated the
fact that it is a success and is very profit.
able. 49,
The pupils of the public school, on
Saturday, seemed to be meeting with good
success in collecting money for the 2lst
Of October celebratlon.-Las Vegas
Optic.
Eddy note: Wool men are in the midst
OF the fall clip. A. D. Wallace estimates
the total amount of wool which will find
a market here, at quarter ola million
pounds.
Walter Owen, who successfully present.
ed the Messenger here with local talent,
las been offered the management of the
Phoenix, A. T, opera house and will leave
to take charge of his duties in a few days.
Albuquerque Citizen.
Chama note: During the absence of
Greene & McDaniels Saturday last sneak
thieves tapped their bank roll on the Crap
table for hundred and thirty-fye dol
lars. In their haste they overlooked
twenty-five. No clue.
The city should at once comm ence
building reservoirs to save the water that
goes to waste seven months out of every
year. Sufficient water could be stored to
supply all the land that is under cultiva-
ton within the city limits. The cost will
not exceed $500.-socorro Cbieltsin.
The Biggs Lumber company received a
400 pound steel cable for their Brazos
mill Tuesday, says the Chama New Mex
lean and then it adds: Mr.. Bpgs has
JUS: received an order from Denver
paper mill for eighty cars of three-inch
flooring with lots of other orders that will
keep them moving for several months.
Schools opened here last Monday, Mr..
Neymeyer having about so scholars, and
Miss Porter 54. The number in each
school will reach sixty before the end of
the month. Mr.. Neymeyer has added
physical geography and bookkeeping to
his curriculum, and will form class in
algebra in short tlme.-Eddy Argus.
Mariana Perea sold this week to Judd &
Carpenter, Of Chicago, 1000 lambs for
October delivery. Terms private. n
j. NJ. Archuleta Jr., has sold sixteen
thousand |, 2 and 3,year-old wethers to G.
B. Reynolds of Saymond, Neb., 5000
will be shipped to morrow, the balance in
coupe Of eeks.-Chama New Mexican.
Gambling and sure thing games, es.
peciaiy the notorious shell games, were
carrlf d on openly on all the prominent
cori lbs OF the streets last week, and this
in the very face OF the present city council.
Many q sucker got caught in the bunco's
trap last week, and it looks rather suspi-
cious that the council allowed these tough
characters to have the sway they did
Albuquerque Citizen.
James Brown, who is a printer resid-
ing in this city, was one of Cleveland's
land officials at Las Cruces. The Repub-
lican OF that place says: "The bondsmen
of James Brown, late receiver of the
United States land Office in this city, are
reported to be striving to settle the gov
eminent claims against Mr.. Brown for
So 500. This case is set for hearing in the
United States court for next Tuesday,
to-day.
Last Sunday while at his sheep camp
five miles north of Hope, about 8 O'Clock
at night, during a rain storm, lightning
struck near the middle of E. G. Carlos
flock Of 2,2O0 sheep, but 10 bis surprise,
killed only five of that number. After he
came to from gentle knock. down, it
in the mud and water. Mr.. Carlos is
feeling very badly from the effects, with
pains in the head and neck.-Eddy
Argus.
Albuquerque fair waif: President
Brooks informs the Citizen that the fair
has been managed so judiciously and at
the same time liberally that general
statement of receipts and disbursem ents
will show a credit to the eide Of the re-
ceipts, and he also stated that the citizens
will have the pleasure of reading the state
ment as soon as possible. The receipts
Of Thursday, the big day, were about ST.
700, including grand stand and quarter
stretch tickets.
A mine swindle in which the bogus
disposed OF was said to be located
twelve miles from Socorro was recently |
in Chicago, in which the
victim paid $l2 900 in cash and gave his
note for $4,000. The bogus mine was
claimed to be owned by man named
Judson, while another fellow by the
name Of Weston claimed to have struck
rich mineral in the same mine, and a
third man named Scott is under arrest !
and the officers are looking for Judson
and Weston. Men Of the two last names
have formerly been engaged in mining
in this county but have left the country,
and those who knew them wonder if they
are the parties implicated. Investigation
showed that there is no such mine in ex-
stence. e.--Socorro Chieftain.
Eddy Argus: Martin A. Dougherty
was in from Weed neighborhood Wednes-
lay with q load OF new potatoes. He has
orty acres of wheat in that will yield
twenty five bushels per acre. A
half bushel of handsomely colored and
inely favored peaches grown at the Pad.
ieford ranch are on exhibition at the
immigration office. Some of them weigh