Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-08-18
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

Local news is evidently scarce at Las
Vegas.
Water is very low in the Rio Grands at
Ell Paso.
The Montezuma hotel, Las Vegas hot
springs, is having prosperous summer
season.
A heavy rain fell at Organ and vicinity
Friday of last week-the best rain that
has fallen for three years"
Col. l.. S. Hanchett, special U. $. land
agent, who succeeded Col. J. S. Stidger
at Las Cruces, has been removed to the
frigld regions at Duluth.
A tax Of l1s mills will he levied here.
after for the maintenance OF our public
schools. So decided the city council at its
meeting last night.-Las Vegas Free
Press.
Las Vegas division No. Z, uniform rank
rangements to celebrate the anniversary
of the order on August 80 with full dress
parade during the day and grand ball in
the evening.
Tho election for a special school tax OF 5
mills, held last Saturday in district No. 2,
(Aztec) resulted in defeat of the tax by a
tie vote. A new election will probably
be ordered. San Juan Index.
Chama Northwest Col. Broad, fish
commissioner, has notified several citi-
zens that fishing for the market is con-
trary to law and the practice must cease,
or the majesty of the law will be called
into requisition.
Notices have been served upon the de-
PENDANTS in the suit brought by Mrs. Clara
Garcia de Simpson, wife of james Simp-
son. and Vicente Arias to quiet title to a
large tract of land lying between the Ba.
reas road and Sixth street. The tract
embraces the handsome residence prop
erty along Copper avenue, and the trial
of the case will be had at the September
term of the district court.-Albuquerque
Times.
Every mail brings letters OF inquiry
from eastern people, who are tired of
striving for an existence in the rigorous
climate. 1t is expected that before the
year is over, the valley will have many
new settlers, who desire to make homes
where they will not be frozen in the win
ter, swept away by cyclones in the
spring, nor drowned ont by floods in the
fall Eddy Argus.
Roswell notes: The peach crop on
the Chisum ranch this year is immense.
Roswell will soon have new
church and good one. 1t will be erected
Inv tho (hriufiopo | u Nopnar
has finished three fine ahesian wells for
Rheinboldt Bros, and three for Turnkett.
Talking about pears, you should
see the trees full OF great big fruit, with
limbs almost breaking, at w. II. H. Mill
er's fine farm, southeast OF town.
The Berendo school district has voted
for 5 mill levy, with which they will
erect decent school house. Good
scheme.
Last Sunday as Ysidro Guerena was
riding past the ranch of Apolonio Gomez,
near Gillett's ranch, above town, dog
ran out and commenced barking. Guer-
ena shot the dog and then fired several
shots at Gomez because he objected.
Yesterday Constable Rodriguez went out
to arrest Gnerena who opened fire on the
officer. Rodriguez returned the fire and
Guerena took to the rocks on the noun
tain side. His trail was lost and Rodri-
guez came in for reinforcements. Mar
shal Cantley and Mayor Fleming went
out but they all returned last evening
after fruitless search for the man.
Silver City Sentinel.
San Juan Times: The Cedar Hill
Ditch company was organized Wednesday
OF last week and includes among its
members Messrs, Koontz, Flack, Berry,
Tinker, Graves, Wight and Wilkins. The
preliminary work was commenced Mon
day. The ditch is taken from the Animas
river at the lower line Of the Dietrich
ranch, and will not be difficult under
taking. With the exception of 1900 feet
of rock work at the lower end of Peek-a-
boo valley, it is simple plow and scraper
work. 1t will cover choice portion OF