Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-11-23
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
ALBUQUERQUE MOTIFS.

The settlers in the Fruit Vale colony III
the Rio Pueroo valley have left for their
future home.
The ladies Of the Catholic Aid society
are working hard for their grand affair
during Christmas week and are meeting
with great success everywhere; the enter
tainment will without doubt be one of
the finest ever held in the southwest.
DR.. Harrison, of the Gas company
made proposition that his company was
willing to furnish gas to the city, on the
'moonlight" scale, five foot burners, at
1888 per lamp per month, the company
to light and extinguish the same. For
half night at $2.75 per lamp, and all night
at IS, the city to furnish posts and pipes.
Col. p. R. Smith, who has been figuring
on scheme to water the immense mesa
lands east of the city for the past four
years, says the suits in Boston have all
been satisfactorily settled and that pros
poets are bright for the early commence
ment Of, work on the mesa canal. There
ia q suit id the district court here against
the company, which will probably have to
| be settled before the scheme is 60.
Wilson Turner, familiarly known as
.Doc," brickmason in the employ of Ruby
& Lembke fell from the scaffold while at
work on the 3D. ward school building. He
fell with some of the brick to the ground,
distance of twenty eight and half feet,
falling on his right side. The injured
man was conveyed to his room at Mrs.
Ruby's, on south First street. He COM
plains of his right shoulder and hip, but
the doctor is under the impression that
| no bones are broken.
CHAMA CHATTINGs.
The D. &R. G. track on this division
is in fine shape
The receipts of the Chama station aver
age $1,000 per month.
Chimnies and signs were upset by
Wednesdays wind storm.
Col. Broad sold the Jicarilla agency
three cars of hay the first of the week
Rev. W. R. Weaver will commence
series of meetings next week at Monero.
H. Ball. of the Home Comfort Range,
has gone TO Aztec on a ten days business
trip.
Thursdays wind storm blew down sew
eral telephone poles between here and
the Brazos mill.
Mrs. Raphaella Chavez, nee Lucero, of
Taos, niece of Mrs. 7. D. Burns. has just
died at her home.
The Biggs Lumber company is talking
of putting on u double shift owing to an
increase of orders.
The firm of Burns, Biggs & Co., has
heen changed to Burns & Douglass. J, D.
and c. A. Biggs retiring
Roadmaster Tom Gleason has laid two
miles of 40-pound steel rails and will lay
another mile, weather permitting.
Rev. Father c. Tomasini, of Conejos,
and Father Sewo of Westclitf, went down
to Parkview with Father Gourcy to Off
ciate at the feast of st. Joseph.
The following gentlemen will ship lO1
cars of sheep east from Chama this week:
c. B. Reynolds fifty five, Judd q Car
penter twenty-si1 and Ed. Yo1all twenty.
A Chautanqua circle has been organized
in Chama, Rev. and Mrs. Weaver, Mrs. j.
V. johnson aud Mrs. w. J.. Stevens are
charter members. This is the first Chau-
tauqua class ever organized in Rio Arriba
county.
EDDY BoHoRs.
The success of the Canal company in
disposing of land and water rights, in the
vicinity of Eddy, has been much greater |
than was anticipated.
The excavation for the reservoir on |
Hagerman Heights has been completed,
nj ha IL, nf l>uiIl,nrr tho tpo1lc !
will be commenced next Monday, under |
the supervision of Hart & Herrod. who !
have the contract.
The great Grant county mining case
still occupies the attention of the district
court. A large black board has been set
up, in order to better illustrate to the
jury, the location and working of the
mine in controversy. Judge Freeman is
holding evening sessions in order to ex-
pediate his business.
Word was received here yesterday that !
an inhuman driver, in the employ of |
A. Luckey, while on his way to Roswell |
with load of freight, became incensed |
at his team, and struck one of the largest |
and best mules over the head with q |
heavy club, killing it instantly, and be-
laboring two others so mercifully that
they are not expected to live. The ami
NAL killed was valued at $3.50.
Among the indictments returned by !
the grand jury were those against c. F.
McDonough, Jas. Day, John Brookhoyen,
H. A. Bennett, W. L. Lyle, Albert Rhodes,
W. E. King and G. R. King for violating
the Sunday liquor law. They entered
pleas of guilty. Under the law the court
has right to both fine and imprison,
but the Judge said he would probably sus-
pendthe sentence of imprisonment in
these cases, but should the accused be
brought up again, he would enforce it,
together with such other punishment as
he might inflict.
A few weeks ago the Argus announced
that colony from Louisiana had select
ed 5000 acres of land near Black river,
and would move to the valley in Decem-
Der, j. P. Massie, who assisted the
the agents in making location, came to
Eddy last week, and when questioned as
to the advent of the settlers, answered:
81 have just been among them. They
will start December l and will come
through by special train, bringing lum-
ber and agricultural implements with
them. They sold their stock at good
prices and will settle here. They will