Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-14
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Deming laid 1000 feet of new side
walks last week.
W. D. Lees residence was destroyed by
fire at Chama. Said to be incendiary
Loss $1,000. He is rebuilding.
The statement of the new Nationa
bank of Deming shows that institution tc
be In most flourishing condition.
Col. Broad has his teams at work
ploughing up 400-acre field preparatory
to sowing it to rye.-Chama Northwest.
Ration has new weekly paper. The
Colfax County Democrat is its name, and
it is single tax organ without anybody
named as editor.
The cold snap which struck this city
| Tuesday evening with a storm of sleet
and high wind is the edge of q violent
storm which passed over the northern
part of the country.-Albuquerque Times.
If present indications are to be be-
lieved, Grant county will very shortly ex-
perience an immense mining boom.
Strikes are being made in every quarter,
and developments are being pushed rapid
ly forward.
r. j. Kerr, of Ell Paso, is in Deming
perfecting arrangements for the imme-
mediate commencement of work on his
contract to supply the Tanning Extract
company with 1,200 tons of cana agria
root.
The wife of Manuel Sanchez, county
commissioner, died at Aqua Sarca, We'd
nesday, leaving ten children. She was a
lady who had the highest esteem of all
who knew her, and great sympathy is ex-
pressed for the bereaved family.-Chama
Northwest.
Thomas Baughman, who was employed
In the water service department of
the Santa Fe, died suddenly on the track
between Cerrilos and Waldo, Wednesday
evening, at o'clock. The body was ship
ped to Walnut, Kansas. He leaves large
family.
Deputy Collector of Customs Holiday
arrested three Cinnamon Tuesday for
illegally entering the United States from
Old Mexico. One was discharged at the
preliminary hearing for want of sufficient
evidence, the other two being held
Deming Headlight.
Agentleman A in search of good build
ing site for residence, says that within
the old original town of Ration there are
not twenty eligible lots that can be pur-
chased. This indicates the compactness
of the town. Nine foundations for resi-
dencts we're laid last week.--Raton
Range.
The government has surveying party
on the south side of the San Juan below
Pennington doing the preliminary work
on large irrigation canal destined to
cover the Indian farms upon that side of
the river. F. J. Coolidge, who is with
the party, says the canal will be about
twenty-five miles in length.-San Juan
Times.
1t appears that Mr.. Halle, who was in
the employ of J.. R. MCGOWAN, has been
living too high oflate. The ticket brokers'
business does not coin money and the
profits accruing from a branch Office will
not support gambler. When Mr.. Nc
Gowan came to check up Mr.. Halle's
books, he found him nearly 800 short.
Las Vegas Free Press.
Southern New Mexico stockmen will be
interested in learning that telegram
from the Mexican government has been
forwarded to the custom house officials at
Las Palomas, ordering the immediate ces-
sation of all confiscations and seizures
of American cattle straying across the
line, within the jurisdiction of that sta
tion.
Blossburg note: Richard Wales the g.
year old son of Richard and Mary Wales,
died Thursday night from the effects of
being burnt on Thursday 1t seems some
one had been burning some paper or
other rubbish which attracted the little
fellow. In some way not exactly known,
his clothes caught fire and he was terri
bly, burned, from the effects of which he
soon died.
A number of Raton's young ladies and
gentlemen have formed society to be
known as the Ration Theatrical association.
A meeting was held Thursday evening and
the organization was perfected by elect
ing the following officers: President,
Miss Lizzie Mathews; secretary, Miss Bell
Geer; treasurer, Miss Fannie Lay; stage
manager, Mr.. P. j. Hit. The association
expects to give series of dramatic enter
tainments during the coming winter.
Deming yarn The 12-year-old son of
Mrs. Collins, of this place, has been the
victim of an unusual experience with
silver half dollar. Nearly fifteen months
ago he swallowed the tcoin, and all the
efforts of local physicians to remove the
same proved unsuccessful. Nothing
serious resulted from the, accident, and
the occurrence had been forgotten until
this morning. Young Collins was sud-
denly aware that some substance had
lodged in his throat, and after some
trouble expectorated the half dollar
which he had swallauad ouar n roa. Ia