Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-12-01
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
DEMING DOTS.

DEMING DOTS.
Mining reports are looking up all over
Grant county, and indicate big results.
Many Grant county cattlemen are cut
| ting winter hay along the international
line, where the grass is quite abundant.
Ore shipments from the Cooks Peak
camp are being delayed by the inability
of the Santa Fe company to provide
sufficient cars to handle the output.
Mrs. Irwin and Miss Jennie Lockhart,
| of Toronto, Canada, mother and sister of
| Sheriff James A. Lockhart. are visiting
the family of the sheriff in this city.
! 4 dramatic association will shortly be
organized in this city. 1t is the purpose
of the members to present standard at
fractions during the winter for the hene-
fit of public improvements.
Work on the big well at the new water
works has been temporarily postponed
owing to the failure of pumps and other
machinery to arrive. The six acre reser-
voir has now been completed
Cowmen are feeling in better spirits
relative to the cattle interests in this sec
tion as there are numerous inquiries for
steers, yearlings and 2year olds, yearlings
being desired to ship TO ranges in the
north.
ALBUQUERQUE wAIFs,
George Cundif is in the field for city
marshal.
George Leibach, consumptive from
Monroe county, ILL.,. died at the journal
hotel.
Lloyd j. Hope discovered an incipient
fire in progress in the rear of the Frisco
restaurant, and prevented serious blaze
by putting it out with several buckets of
water,
/ The Citizen dominates Lieut.. Howard
Baldridge for captain of the cavalry
company, vice j. d. Bushnell, whom the
Democrat says left by the light of the
moon, when he heard Of the earthquake,
November 8.
In the district court the case of Joaquin
Montana vs. the Atchison, Topeka & San
Va Fe Railroad company. was called for
trial, The suit is for $4,000 for injuries
sustained while plaintiff was in the en-
tploy of the defendant company.
LAS VEGAS NOTES,
James Campbell Curtis youngest sou
Of Rev. j. W. Curtis, died of scarlet fever.
burro chiseled out of stone will be
Las Vegas special exhibit at the Worlds
fair.
1t is reported that man was shot at
San Miguel, but The Optic has heard no
particulars.
At meeting held at the academy, ar
rangements were made to organize choir
for the east side Catholic church.
Contractor Jno. Hill has obtained an
extension of three months time on the
new court house. at Puerto de Luna.
0. L. Gregory will begin the erection
of a big block in the burnt district on
Center street, in the early days of the
spring.
Mrs. Ed. Betry is in very critical
condition. Her husband, and Joe Gray,
her father are constantly by her bed
side.
Don Trinidad Romero went to Socorro,
but will return on next Monday to ship
500 head of steers from this place to Kan
sas City.
Martin Aguirre, native of Old Mexico,
but who has been a resident of New Mex
leo for the last thirty years, died day be-
fore yesterday,
John Pendaries has three hay binders
constantly at work at his place near Roci-
ada, binding his magnificent crop of hay
before the snow falls.
Tommy Burnham, at tie works, came
near meeting with fatal accident His
good right arm got caught in cog
wheel and his clothes stopped the ma
chinery. The clothing had to be cut from
his body in order to release him.
GRANT COUNTY ECHOES,
The Pickett building in Silver City was
damaged $1,500 by fire.
A number of families from the east
would come to Silver City and spend the
winter if furnished houses could be OBJ
tanned to accommodate them.
In getting out stone for repairing the
streets, Road Supervisor Durkee has
opened valuable quarry of red sand
stone within the limits of Silver City. The
ground where the quarry is situated be-
longs to the city and may prove to be
valuable property,
Cattle on most of the ranges in this
county are looking better than stockmen
expected they would few weeks ago,
The weather has been very mild, and
although cattle are dying by hundreds,
the prospect is better than it was a month
ago for stockmen.
Local astronomers have not been very
successful in locating the comet which
has been attracting the attention of as
tronomers for the past few weeks, but
they have been rewarded for their star
gazing by seeing the most brilliant me-
teorc display of recent years,