Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-03-30
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Il. f. Summers is erecting boardin,
house 2Ox40 for the accommodation of IN,
coal miners at Monero.
Pat Coghlan, "the alfalfa king" ha,
hnlshed baling his last crop of hay al
inlarosa. The new crop comes in aboul
May 10. "'''
There are seven murder cases to be tried
at this term of the Cofax county court,
now. in session at Springer. Two cases
are from Folsom.
Colfax note A rich strike of free gold
quartz has been made west of Stonewall
about forty mi es west of Trinidad. No
assay has as yet been made.
At Aztec Old Novelty Rogers ls fixing
to put in mill for grinding graham flour,
corn meal, barley, etc, the machinery for
which is now on hand and will be ready
Tor operation by the time water is running
in the ditch.
Ewood was indicted by the grand jury
at Lincoln for murder in the first degree,
and remdnded to the county jail, to
await trial at the next term OF the dis
trlct court, in October. Mrs. Elwood
was released, no Indictment being found
against her
The II. A. R. encampment meets at
Las Vegas April7. Among those invited
and expected to be present occur the
names of Governor L. Bradford Prince,
ex' Governor Elias S. Slower, ex Senator
Dorsey and ex-Department Commander
Francis Downs, Gen. A. J. Sampson. U,
5. consul at Ell Paso; Gen. A. G. Malloy,
past department commander of Texas
and Hon. E. A. Fiske.
Articles of incorporation of the Ex-
change bank, at White Oaks, have lust
been drawn up. 1t is capitalized at
$50, 900. with John Y. Hewitt, president;
VIM. Watson, vice president; John w.
collars, cashier; Jefferson Reynolds and
Geo. L. Ulrick, as officers, directors and
lncorporators. The bank will probably be
opened about the middle Of April.
Albuquerque is taking time by the fore
lock and preparing for the floods that will
soon be sweeping down the Rio Grande.
The board will direct all their energy this
year TO putting in substantial dyke at
Ranches de Albuquerque III place of the
earthWork temporarily put in last year.
The board has levied tax Of 2 cents on
each 500 Of the valuation of property
within five miles of the Rio Grande for
this purpose.
San Juan note: Last Friday Sheriff
Carson showed the Index man tonpe @ of
samples OF ore carrying gray copper and
brittle silver that he asserts was found in |
San Juan county, and that the ledge from
which 1t came is five feet wide and NAV
be traced distance OF FIVE miles. Its
location the gentleman is at present keep.
ing to himself; but he does vouchsafe the
information that it is about thirty miles
from Aztec.
Albuquerque note: At the stockhold-
ers meeting of the Rio Grande Irrigation
& Colonization company a new board of
directors was chosen to replace the old
set OF donothngs, and among the number
chosen are several of the foremost busi.
ness men of Boston. The new board
Charles Howard, James p.
Cook, Franklin +. Gregory, r. G.
Flower, John Brooks, L. p. True, Girard
Bement, A. L. Richardson, Horace D.
Hall and Walter G. Trumbull, all of
Boston, and Tranquilino Luna, NJ. S.
Otero, J.. Francisco Chavez, Thomas
Smith and H. L. Warren, of New Mexico,
The stockholders have instructed the
directors to pay off the Indebtedness of
The company outstanding in this territory
Ior about two years. Col. Smith gave
positive assurance that the new directors
mean business, but prefers nothing
'houid De said about the enterprise until
here is practical demonstration of what
hey propose doing.