Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-06
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.

ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.
s. E. Newcomer will soon engage in the
stationery aud cigar business on Gold
avenue.
John Powers, an old man from Sacra-
mento, claims that while asleep in First
street lodging house he was robbed of
about $295 in cash and letter of credit
for $500.
j. W. Sanders, president; George West
ley, 1st vice-president; N. Carper, I'd vice
president; F. M. Sims, secretary; j. w.
Berry, assistant secretary, served as officers
of the colored mems convention.
Rev. +. H. Ashmaun, the new superin-
tendent of the Congregational church for
New Mexico and Arizona, with his family,
have arrived from Ohio, and are quar-
tered at the residence of Mr.. Miller on the
Highlands.
W. s. Burke is collecting printed matter
to be sent to tho Worlds fair, and in a
very short time will have enough Albu-
querque literature at the New Mexico
building to let good many thousands
of visitoas know great deal about Albu-
querque and the Rio Grande valley.
Messrs Sammis & Stamm received word
yesterday, through the manager of their
packing house at Peabody, ,Kas., that their
we'll known brand of Peabody butter re-
ceived the highest award at the Worlds
fair, scoring ninety-six points out of a
possible 100.
DEMrNd DOTS.
The Southern Pacific has INST the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe rate from this
point to tho Worlds fair.
W. B. Walton, editor of the Headlight
takes full possession as publisher and
manager, 8. NJ. Ashenfelter retiring.
The L. arraometer registered 1OS degrees
Wednesday and the 'oldest inhabitant'
came forward to remark that it was the
warnest day of the year.
1t is reported that number of Mexican
troops will shortly be stationed at Las
Palomas, Mexico, just across the line, for
tho purpose of intercepting fugitive Te-
'nochians and their sympathizers.
Manager Lewis, of the Deming Ore
company, has sent out notifications stat
ing that no ore would be purchased until
the market became settled. Tho ore on
hand will be disposed of and the sampler
will then be closed, throwing about twelve
men out of employment.
The operations Of tho Rio Mimbres
Irrigation company in the Mimbres river
valley have developed much larger sup.
ply of water than was expected by the
most sanguine. 1t is thought that the
project will be practically completed
within few weeks.
SAN JUAN EoTRs.
Messrs. Parsons and Daily, of Gunnison
were on the San Juan river recently, ano
offered the Blanco cattlemen SIG per head
for their steers.
Benjamin F. Coe died at Aztec. Mr.
Coe was born in Virginia little over 7S
years ago. He came to New Mexico from
Missouri in 1881.
J. R. Curlee, of Largo, has added twen-
ty-five acres of alfalfa to his ranch, and
has set out some root gratis of apple,
pear and plums that are growing finely.
The work on the Bloomfield school
house is nearly completed and will be
finished this week. D. E. Lobato laid the
adobes, while Fred Abiland and Frank
Heathers did the carpenter work. The
building is 2o13O feet.
The farmers who are dependent upon
the Jaquez ditch, at Alcatraz, for their
water are all at work damming the mouth
of it in order to irrigate their crops. The
crops about Alcatraz and above are back
ward the wheat, corn and beans will not
realize one-half as much as usual, the fruit
on Lobato, Manzanares and Jaquez
ranches is quite as good as elsewhere
through the county.
Osequie Jaquez, ono of the prominent
sheep owners of the county, was recently
interviewed BY the Times. He says that
the ranges are dry and nearly barren of
grass or of anything else that will afford
sustenance to sheep; many sheep men this
year have been heavy losers, both in the
lamb crop and with the older sheep. He