Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-17
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.

ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.
The Democrat refers to Charles F.
Lummis as san irresponsible scribbler.'
Louis Baer, wool buyer for Eiseman
Bros, has returned from an extended trip
in Colorado.
All the newspapers in the territory are
literally sustaining the territorial fair
free of charge.
Gavino Delgado was arrested on the
charge of the Golden Rule Bazaar that he
was shop-lifter.
Several horses are missing around the
city and it is believed that horse thieves
are operating here.
A. L. Kiber, who recently sold out his
restaurant and few days ago received a
certified check for $40O fire insurance
money, skipped town Monday night leav-
ing number of creditors.
W. I. McCreight, chief of the Albuquer-
que fire department, writes that he will
leave his old home at Shelbyville, KY,
in returning to Albuquerque, on the 2Sd
inst.
Ex-Sherff j. L. Perea has not yet set
tied with the territorial treasurer, but is
anxious to do so. He owes the territory
$1,142.O1, while the territory owes him
about double that amount. The balance
due Mr.. Perea will be paid him in 5 per
cent territorial bonds.
The executive committee of the Com
mercial club held meeting, at which the
purchasing of large number of Elias D.
Longs booklet on the advantages of AL
buquerque as health resort was consid-
cred. It was decided to Immediately
correspond with the eastern printers and
arrange for the issuance of several thou
sand copies.
LAS VEGAS LOCALS.
Capt. j. W. Barney, an old-time resi-
dent Of East Las Vegas, has gone to his
old home at Queenstown, Delaware, to
spend his declining days.
The Parker-F Forsythe- BENZ jamin party
have been heard from. They we're in the
Pecos park, and catching so many fish
that they had to send to town for fresh
supply of "lard, salt and salt bacon"
The consolidation of the east and west
side bands is not meeting with general
approval. In the consolidated band the
west-side members are in the majority,
and, it is claimed, they can discriminate
against the east-side.
The Optic has this: Last Saturday
afternoon, Sara Navarro, accompanied by
an aunt, was visiting friends in the upper
Cebolla valley, some three miles from
Mora. The young lady was riding horse
back when the animal bucked, throwing
her back. Miss Navarro was crushed
about the chest and died in n few minutes
later. She was the only child of Don
Eugenio Navarro, and neice of Don
Juan Navarro, the we'll known ex-sheriff
of Mora county. The funeral was largely
attended on Sunday afternoon.
GRANT COUNTY GATHERINGS.
Every block in the lower end of Silver
City was surrounded by water during the
big flood.
The woods in the vicinity of the Twin
Sisters are said to be full of wild
pigeons.
Col. Dick Hudson will rem model some of
the rooms at the springs, and open up for
visitors seeking health.
The section hands on the A., T. Il s. L.
at Deming struck last week, and the
has acceded to the strikers de-
mands.
Ice will soon be a luxury in the city, as
the supply is limited, and there is no
probability of more arriving for some
time to come.
Rocks weighing several hundred pounds
were carried down Hudson street by the
food and we're deposited in front of the
Thinner house.
Times can not be 80 awfully hard here
when gentleman horse poker game can
run for twenty-four hours, and the take
off for a single pot amount to $140.
There is a scarcity CT railroad workers
in this section, and those needing work
can get it at Whitewater. The pay is not
very big, but enough to feed the hungry.
The food at Lone Mountain carried
away Bremen's fish pond and dam, and
washed down hundreds of catfish. The
youngsters in the settlement caught fish
by the sackful.
M. X. White, who has been keeping cases
on the situation, has recorded twenty
foods since the 4th day of July. And yet
some people think it never rains in New
Mexico. q
Mexican gold washers have been busy
for several days crevicing the rocks be-
low Silver City in search of gold. So far
as known they have been but poorly paid
for their labors.
The probabilities are that we may not
get any through trains before the Goth
instant as the Santa Fe road ia badly
washed out and will require several weeks
work to put it In working order.
Travellers from the Mogollens country
speak encouragingly of the cattle out
look. There has not been such season