Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-12-08
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
RATION ITEMS.

hAION IIEMS'
The new Touring mill at Maxwell City
has already received an order for car OF
flour for southern New Mexico.
At the banquets given by men the
women get toasted; at the luncheons
given by women the men get roasted
Range.
Rev. J. D. Bush, of Socorro, grand lec-
turer for the Masonic fraternity of New
Mexico, came up yesterday to spend two
days with the Ration lodge.
Mr.. j. j. Kelly, mayor of Ration and for
several years yard master for the A., T. &
s. +. at this place, has resigned his posi-
tion with the railroad company and ex-
poets to 60 to Mexico shortly.
Every good citizen of Ration and vicini-
ty is taking a deep interest in the build
ing of the big sanitarium. They all real
ize the great advantage such an institu-
tion will be in building up the town and
populating the surrounding country with
desirable citizens.
LAS VEGAS LOCALS.
John Alire, the Bridge street barber
was fined IS and costs in Judge Wooster
court for violation of the Sunday law
and has been arrested again on the same
charge.
The 3D. animal convention of the New
Mexico Territorial Union of Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor
meets at Las Vegas December 27 and %
1898.
At a meeting of Sherman post, G. A. R..
the following new officers were chosen
S. A. Connell, P. c.; Stephen Maxon, s.
V. G.; T. F. Clay, j. V. c.; John A. Ross,
quartermaster; 7. j. Bigford, chaplain
J. G. Bromagen, officer guard; Eli Caldwell,
officer day; 7. II. Clay, delegate to depart
ment encampment; Stephen Maxson, al
ternate.
II is estimated conservatively that the
grippe has caused prostration in fully
half the households of the city the past
three weeks. Scores of strong men and
women have been confined to their beds
with it, and scores of others are to-day
struggling to shake off the dreaded NAL
ady. Children do not appear to be SO
susceptible to the disease, and only few
deaths have been reported among that
Siuco' OluOl bOoPlO WIN dIO duoCbou Ill
some other way are most liable to attack.
Optic.
Some twenty years ago, as the story
goes, a Missourian saved from watery
grave one John Bennett, who died in Las
Vegas, leaving the Missourian S6OO,OOO.
There is no foundation for the statement.
No such man ever died here However,
the tale got into the kilograms, was be-
lieyed, and now Postmaster Koogler, of
the west side postof1ice, is receiving in al
most every mail letters of inquiry from
people who claim relationship with the
dead Bennett, one letter being from re.
puted brother.
CHAMA CHIPS.
Loose hay sells at $40 per ton.
Postmaster Groves has gone to Denver
on visit.
Harry Gilman killed three deer Sunday
above town.
The railroad coal bins at this place are
being filed for the winter.
Potatoes are quite plenty in the market
and sell at 81 hundred.
Hon. Z. D. Burns returned from busi-
ness trip to Trimble Springs.
Harold Carlisle shipped eleven cars of
cattle to Kansas City Monday.
McGlashen Bros. shipped three cars of
feeders to Gunnison Wednesday.
Harry Gillem killed 25o-pound brown
bear east of town on Saturday.
7. G. Jones is having hoisting works
kal ko -,
works at Monero.
Henry Lutz shipped car load of veal
ing steers to Denver to-day.
E. M. Biggs is prospecting to put up
mother saw mill about three miles west |
# Amargo.
Harold Carlisle has driven his cattle
back to their range and will ship no more
1t present.
R. NJ. Biggs, formerly of this town, has
ust bought an interest in the Durango !
Southwest.
E. E. Sommers, president of the San
luis Coal company, was in town yester-
lay visiting friends.
Henry Miller presented this office with
! dozen turnips that tipped the scales at
linety-six pounds Chama Northwest.
Lee Coffin, former citizen of Chama,
3 working some mining property in
Topper canon near Abiquiu, and has some
rood property there.
Sixteen cases of pneumon we're re-
ported by Under Sheriff Chavez in the
lifferent plazas about TERRA Amarillo
ast week, though none had proved fatal
o date.