Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-24

in need of rain, although he reports the
grass coming up here and there over the
range. He reports the sheep in very good
condition, and says that if rain comes
within the next few days his lambing will
be about 80 per cent; without rain about
60 per gent. He had talk with VIM.
Mcintosh, the Chilli sheep raiser, and
that gentleman feels confident that the
sheep industry will be up to the standard
this summer.-Cltizen.
DEMINa DOTS.
Deming is at last organizing fire de-
partment.
The base ball club has organized for
the present season and is stronger than
ever before. W. B. Lewis is manager,
and M. G. Rose captain.
1t is thought that Receiver Foster will
settle up the affairs of the defunct First
National banks of Deming and Silver
City within nine month. About 90 cents
OH the dollar will be realized.
The cold nights,of the week have in.
jured fruit to some extent in some parts
of the county. No injury has been done
here, but fruit growers from other places
say that considerable fruit have been
killed.
A large body of rich ore has been
opened in Bell & Stephens Pacific mine
at Pinos Almos. It is said to be the rich
est body of ore yet opened IN that mine,
which has been one of the principal gold
producers Of the camp.
The partnership heretofore existing
between Fred NJ. Smith and Harry H..
Fleisham, under the firm name of Smith
& Fleisham, has been dissolved by mu-
tual consent, Mr.. Smith retiring, and Da-
vid Beals, formerly of Sioux City, Iowa,
taxing his interest. Mr.. Smith will en-
gage in business in Colorado.
Simion Armalla, who is leading the
religious fanatics and malcontents in
Chihuahua, was former resident of
Pinos Altos, this county, having fed from
Old Mexico to escape punishment for
different political crimes of which he was
guilty. He only left Pinos Altos and re-
turned to chihuahua few weeks since.
Inquiries have been received by the A.,
7. q 8. F. people, asking for freight
rates on, carload lots of steel rails from
Galveston to Deming to use in construc-
tion of the Deming- Mexico railroad south.
1t is understood that the Southern Pacific
authorities have received similar inqui-
ries. Work is expected to be commenced
by May Is at the latest.
EDDY ECHOES.
Malaga is to have church and school
building.
Eddy has two Studebaker sprinkling
carts on the streets.
A special exhibit from the Pecos valley
will be made at the Worlds fair.
An Eddy lady writes from the east that
she saw Frank Lesnett on the train be-
tween Fort Worth and st. Louis.
The contracted depth of the artesian
we'll, 1000 feet, was reached yesterday.
Work on the we'll, however, has not yet
been discontinued. 1t is thought that
new contract will be entered into and the
we'll sunk to further depth of at least
500 feet.
Last week mention was made in these
columns of the purchase of the Fox Sec
tion of land near Francis, by j. H. Bolles,
Of Denver. The price was reported to
have been $4,000. This tract is to be
improved and -sown largely to alfalfa.
About fifty men are already at work in
charge of E.G. Shields, grubbing and
getting the land into shape. Two or
three dozen teams will be put to work
this week blowing. Mr.. Bolles will breed
racing stock, and will have kite-shaped
track laid out and fine stables built. A
handsome residence will of course be con-
tructed.-Citizen.