Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-20

last night from San Ysidro, on the Jemez
river, where they were looking over the
Jemez ditch line. The ditch line runs
along the south side of the Jemez river
and to a point just west of Albuquerque.
SILVER c1TY SCRAPS.
Grass is growing rapidly but the winds
last week dried the surface of the ground
so that good rain is needed.
An assay OF 100 pound sample of ore
from the Flora Temple, tho new gold dis
covery near Hillsborough gave nearly
seven ounces of gold to the ton and about
an ounce of silver. The value of tho ore
is $40 per ton.
The court docket for this term of court
consists of 70 pages and ia a much larger
docket than can be cleared with the
amount of money on hand with which to
pay court expenses. When the money is
exhausted court will have to adjourn.
Several loads of wool have arrived here
this week. Some large shipments have
been made and more are to follow.
Ranchmen in this county generally have
not looked upon sheep raising with much
favor, but during the past two or three
years some of them have turned their at
tention to sheep and found them moro
profitable than cattle.
There ID considerable work being done
in the mines at Pinos Altos, but the clos
ing down of tho Pacific threw good
many men out of EN- mployment. There is
a. prospect that tho Pacific company will
develop water at Pinos Altos and If en-.
ough can he obtained to run the mill it
will be moved there and the mine will be
started up again.
A light snow fell here last week.
Geo. Bsters has forty acres of ground
ready to be planted to oats.
:, Howard Shields has bought the dxtures
i3t the Railway hotel, and will reopen
that place next week.
Mrs. NJ. J. Borden, territorial president
of the W. G. T. U. spent part of the week
hero, and delivered two lectures.
Prospectors say great deal will be
done toward locating claims along Pine
river whom the snow disappears.
Las CHuCHs LOCALS.
Mr.. L. W. Lenoir has purchased the
library and Office furniture of E. G. Wade.
The sanitarlum question is being agi
tated again, with probably higher pros
poets for success.
Authentic reports reach us "that the
main body Of ore has been struck at the
Grey Eagle mlne." Fuller information
will be given as fuller developments
Justify.
Postmaster Smith and his relative, Mr..
Mitchell, of El Paso, together with other
gentlemen were in the city Monday. We
are informed they are looking fc- invest
ments in the Mesilla valley.
Sgr. Bariani has returned from visit
to the north, and will 60 at once to Tule-
rosa, where he has contract to bore for
artesian water. Success in this enter
prise will open up to rapid settlement
one of the best sections of southern New
Mexico.
Col. Chaplin, special U. s. attorney for
taking testimony in Indian depreciation
claims, has besn engaged on two cases for
nov oA a. u0yos AA OuO VI VASO OoUEo 0OONV
317 900 was claimed for horses and cattle
stolen by Comanche and Kiowa Indians.
Y On Saturday night last at q baile in
Dona Ana, Patrocinio Caballero was
stabbed by Crecencio Olgin, . hard char
acter from Old Mexico. Caballero was
stabbed in the shoulder, but not very
seriously injured, though a detection of
an inch would have carried the knife to q
vital point.
CLAYTON MAvE1ICxs.
A. G. Miera, of Mora county, has ac-
cepted q position with the Clayton Com
mercial company. Az soon as he can Sc
cure house he will move his family to
town.. as
" Buy yearling steers. There is a hand.
some profit to the cattlemsn who puts his
dollars into stock Of this class Just now.
Our prediction 10 that 2-year-old natives
will b worth t19 noxt April. This is the
Clayton Maverick editors advice.
The Y I T outfit start four steer herds
from their Buffalo Springs ranch, 125
miles below Clayton, for Montana soon,
the first leaving next week and others
fo1lovinO m 0O0n A thev can h0 cath.