Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-07-28
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About a o'clock Oh Monday afternoon
, cloudburst struck the town of Gallup
carrying away several houses, among
: which was one occupied by young mar
! ried couple named Barney, the cloud
burst struck the centre of the town nea'
the Office OF the Aztec Coal company. A
collection was taken up for the Barneys,
whose belongings were completely wiped
away in brief time.
By sad accident Tuesday Chama lost
one of her best citizens. Henry NJ. Will
lis, fireman on engine 2S6 pulling freight,
when two miles east of Durango got
down on the step Of the cab to look at the
ash pan which was leaking. Unknown
to him they were approaching mile post,
which struck him in the head, breaking
his neck and throwing him from the
engine, causing almost instant DEATH
Chama Northwest.
The calf crop throughout New Mexico
will be poor this year; and will continue
go until the range RECEIVERS from the effect
p OF the overstocking which took place
during the boom days. The rapid reduc-
ton which las taken place in the number
Of cattle in the past five years is already
having good effect, but the damage re-
sulting from the ovcrstocking will not be
effected for several years yet.-Stock
Grower.
Lincoln Leader; Mrs Isaac Ellis has
among her collection of beautiful flowers,
Paulownia Imperialis. This plant
comes from Japan and is one of the
handsomest foliage and Towering plants in
cultivation, producing heart shaped leaves
several feet across, and its flowers are as
large around as a small tea plate and is as
white as snow. This grand ornamental
plant is not unknown in some parts OF
the country, but Mrs. Ellis was the first
to introduce it in this country.
La Plata ditch, in San Juan county,
now under construction, employs 100
men and thrty-fve teams. The main
line OF ditch will be about fifty miles long
with forty miles of laterals. Reservoir
sites are being selected and will be utilized
to store water in the dry season. This
canal will cover about 5000 acres of land
in New Mexico, and there is also very
fine, although smaller, body of land in
Colorado it will irrigate if the Ute reser-
walton is thrown open.
Roswell notes: Col. Robt S. Goss /
wrote back from White Oaks that he had |
already secured seven new pupils for the |
coming term of the Goss Military Insti
tute. If the colonel keeps up his lick,
the buildings will have to be enlarged to |
accommodate the rush. It. |.
N1n, 7
worth, Kas., is visiting his old Roswell
friends this week. Mr.. truse has consid
cradle landed interests hereabouts, and is
greatly pleased with our country.
Jim Warren, the alfalfa seed king,
was here from Eddy this week His firm
sold 10000 pounds of alfalfa seed last
season.
W. A, Townsend and family, r. L.
Townsend, r. II. Faure and William
Smith, all of Halls Peak, Mora county,
N. M, have recently moved into our
county to locate. They will make their
home with Bob Townsend on the John |
they have time to rest up and look |
around. r. E. Townsend is recently |
from Texas and has been three months
on the road w. A. Townsend Is the
father.in law OF &. II. Mccartney, OF
Frutland, and will be heartily welcomed
among us, as indeed will all the new
comers.-Times.
News reached this city, yesterday, that
Pablo Lucero had been seriously stabbed
in an alteration at Bernal. He is the
father of Antonio Lucero, the court inter
prefer, and he and his mother left for
Bernal Immediately upon the receipt Of
the startling intelligence. Antonio Lucere
returned, this morning, and states that
the parties who attacked his father were
named Gonzales, and the officially grew
out OF dispute about water, the elder
Lucero being mayordomo.-Las Vegas
Optic.
The Albuquerque Times has put on it's
war paint. Hear it: Garbage lies rot.
ting in the sun, the stable sends up its
fermenting odors, hundreds of outhouses
poison the air with their stencil and the
man holes of the sewers let up mighty
stink which is enough Of itself to eCare
the city council into vigorous and imme-
diate action. In few weeks, at farthest,
and the inhuman absurdty of tofturing
and numbering dogs will begin, but all
summer long human life is threatened
and sacrificed when it does seem as if q
sensible, economical system of cleaning
up and keeping clean might be inaugur-
ated. From misguided patriots, already
hear the cry, 'oh you're hurting the town
by writing such things, you're hurting the
territory. My goodness! one season of
typhoid fever, or even good, old fashioned
Wabash 'ager' and our town will be hurt
far worse than any words OF mine could
injuie it,"