Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-06-09

. PAID up capital OIL $lU0,OJU.
Cattle in and around the White noun
tains, Lincoln county, are browsing upol
oak brush and doing fairly well. There /
no grass, and rain is badly needed.
A. NJ. Peel, of st. Louis, arrived a
Eddy, and is purchasing largely of tn
d. spring clip of wool. He expecte to shiI
about 100000 pounds from that place.
Mr.. VIM. Locke, of San Juan, has con
tracted with W. s. Sheek to drill wei
on the Locke ranch to depth Of 200 fee
in an effort to strike an artesian flow.
Col. Broad accompanied by E. A. Pat
terson, of Fort Collins, Colo, have beer
looking over the Colorado part of thi
grant for the major part of the week
Chama Northwest.
VIM. Rosenthsl was thrown from thu
delivery wagon of Rosenthal Brothers
this afternoon, and quite badly hurt
How seriously can not be stated at thil
writing. LAS Vegas Optic.
Socorro note The management of the
school OF mines intend to send for 2,50(
leet OF four-inch water pipe for their new
building, and will also put in two water
plugs to protect it from the fiery element
w. z. Slaughter, of Albuquerque, writ
ing to VIM. Courtenay, of Miles City, SAYS
he has started with drive OF 10000 cat.
tie which he will locate on the Milk river.
He expects to arrive at the Yellowstone,
near Miles City, July Is.
A barbecue will be held at Los Cor.
r&les next Sunday, in honor of the com.
pletion of the new bridge Two fat steers,
besides several sheep, will be roasted and
served and other nice things to eat will
be found on the tables.
Silver City note: At the teachers ex-
animation there were eight teachers ex.
amined, and Mrs. M E. Connor, Miss
Ada M. Cutler, Miss Myrtle Bailey, Miss
Mary L. Webb, Mr.. w. L. Jackson and
Mr.. John Howard received certificates of
the first grade, and Miss Ella Graham
and Miss Mittie Franks received certfi.
Gates Of the second grade.
More good words for alfalfa. George
W. White, of Badgervile, one of the
most reliable men in the county, was in
town during TIVE week. and says he pas
tured SS0 ewes on twenty-five acres OF
alfalfa, last fall and this spring. and clip
ped from them $4,000 pounds of wool,
and marked S71a per cent of the lambs
He will irrigate his alfalfa, and expects
in four weeks to cut forty-fve tons, which
is worth SIS per ton.
A special freight line or number of
teams should be prepared to transport
the fruit to the railroad Immediately upon
commencing to gather. 1t will be an
plQftnr 70 shin
frult this year, and it will require 100
wagons to carry the same to the railroad.
To protect the fruit, it will also be nee
essary to ship it in boxes, and preauming
upon 100 pounds OF fruit to the barrel
it will require over 1,50O barrels in which
to pack the fruit. 1t is suggested that
immediate action be taken toward pre-
pairing for the large shipment, in the way
of securing barrels and boxes and con-
tracting for the same to the commission
houses on the railroad. Lincoln Repub-
ican.
For some time past Mr.. Bernard D.
Thorner has had large force OF men at
work IN the lower part of the valley
gathering canaigre, which he is shipping
IN large quantities to London and Liver
pool, England. More than $4,000
pounds of dried roots have already been
shipped to these places from different
parts OF Texas and New Mexico. Mr..
Thorner states that if the experiments
which are now being made prove success
full, it will be almost impossible to
estimate the many advantages that will
accrue from this new industry if properly
taken advantage Of. This means that
thousands of farmers can cultivate and
find ready sale for this valuable root
throughout this section, whether grown
In large or small quantities. The root ls
last becoming an important factor in the
,anning of hides, and is used in various
other ways.-Eddy Citizen.
In the election for school boards in the
,wo old town districts yesterday the Peo.
oe's party were victorious. In district
No. /, south OF the plaza, Lorenzo Lopez,
Aniceto @. Abeytia and Jose |. Garcia,
we're all elected from that party defeating
)onaciano Garcia, Juan Cavanaugh and
1duvien Patron, of the Citizens ticket.
t is understood that some 300 votes were
ast in this district, and the majoritles
anged from 2S for Jose Garcia to 35 for
Jon Lorenzo Lopez. In district No. 4,
wo OF the Peoples party candidates were
lected and one on the Citizens ticket,
IND strange to say, the one exception to
he rule, Francisco Romero, received the
argest vote polled in his district his vote
eing 1876 to Rafael Gallegos 1l8. L.
Q Baca defeated F. o. Kihlberg by vote
I 130 to 1913, and Romulo Uibarri defeat
d j. Dolores Gallegos by l31 to 1872. This
hows close work throughout. Las Vegss
'ptic.
John A. Murray was found guilty OF
lurder in the first degree at Las Cruces
ist week and his punishment fixed at 90
ears in the territorial penitentiary.
iurray, blew up his two sons while
sleep in bed, with giant powder, at Pinos
.ltos, about two years ago. Three Grant .
ounty murderers, all of whom had taken
change OF venue to Dona County, were
.ken down to Las Cruces for trial at the
resent term of court. Two of them,
rooks and Murray, have been found
uilty and the term of imprisonment of
ach was fixed at 50 years. Davis,
no murdered Fox, at Pinos Altos, Dec.
5, 1890 is now on trial. The Silver City
entinel says "At the April term of court
ere Martlno Legardo was sentenced to
inety.nine years in the penitentary for
murder which was committed but few
eeks before, and this has been followed
two more. Such sentences as these
re calculated to discourage murderers,
ut hanging would be better"