Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-24

carats, and ring with the same class OF
q diamond weighing about "a carats
Both settings are of plain solid gold and
we'll set. Mr.. Howe values them at $500
The Sunnyside orchard will be chip
per Of over 100000 pounds of fruit this
year. Last year it shipped 175,0OO, but
this year will go over $4,000 better. One
apple tree of the Lowell variety will yield
not less than 1000 pounds, and Judging
from the way the fruit hung from the
branches it will yield considerably over
that figure. Other trees will yield from
GOO to 800 pounds The walnuts are per-
feet beauties, towering away above the
orchard and bearing heavily. They are
13 years old from seed Another walnut
tree, 5 years old, has twenty-five nuts
on it.
LAS VEGAS LOCALS.
Native citizens are flooding tho city
with wild plums.
Snipe shooting on the lakes, east of
town, was never better. So say the
hunters.
Friends of Paul A. Marcelino, who is
now serving time in the territorial peni-
tentiary, may address him care of post
Office box 1885, Santa Fe, N. M.-Optic.
Wright & Moss, hot springs druggists,
are closing out as much of their stock as
possible to down town druggists, with a
view to shutting down almost simultane-
ously with the big, modern, magnificent
hotel.
J. A. Carruth is busily engaged in pack
ing T.. B. Mills fine collection of native
mineral specimens, for shipment to the
Worlds fair. They will be distributed to
the public by the commissioners as
nementoes.
Jefferson Reynolds, DR.. j. M. Cunning
ham, A. M. Blackwell, Judge L. Y. Long
and other citizens went up to the hot
springs, Tuesday afternoon, to confer
with Gen. Manager j. J. Frey in regard to
Montezuma hotel affairs.
Clark D. Frost, manager of tho Mon
tezuma hotel, hot springs, has resigned
the postmastership out there and, it is
said, has suggested that the postoflico be
abolished. 1t is understood that the
present arrangement is for Mr.. Frost to
remain at the resort till October l, super
intending the closing of the big hotel, at
once the pride of the great southwest.
CHAMA CHIPS.
Tuesday coyote strayed into town
and was killed by Agent Pollard.
Railroad travel is on the decrease
Trains passing through are quite empty.
The Abiquiu placer machinery which
was due here several weeks since hns not
yet arrived.
The school fund for this prs cinct, it is
rumored, has been oyerdrawn $144.30 by
last years board.
DR.. Craig was up from Monero. and
reports the coal mines there as running
on less than half time.
u. M. Basham got home last week from
Texas. He brought fifty head of horses
with him.
Fred Townsend passed through hero
with a band of horses. He will drive
them to western Nebraska where he will
dispose Of them.
SILVER CITY NOTES.
The public schools of this district will
open September 4.
The late school census of Pinos Altos
gives $50 children of school age.
James A. Lucas is taking census of
the public school children of this city,
and he expects to get 500 names.
Society is said to be all torn up over
an effort on the part of young married
woman to elope with travelling man.
Major W. A. Towers, cattle broker
from Kansas City, Mo-, arrived Monday
and left next day for the L G ranches on
the Gila.
The house of Miss Kate Stewart was en-
tered early Saturday morning by some
light fingered party, and considerable
plunder obtained.
COW belonging to Harvey Cooley fell
into well opposite the railroad depot
and was extricated by means of a derrick
last Saturday. The we'll was forty-five
feet deep, and the COW had been impris-
oned for several days, but she's all right.
boy clerking for Col. Joe Williams at
Pinos Altos was held up Tuesday morn
ing for 81. Hearing of it, the colonel
put on his war togs and started out. He
overlook his man and brought him
back.
Dam the water. This expression has
been in daily use here for the past month,
and with good reason. Navigation of our
main thoroughfares has not been practical
without hip boots, and as everyone is not
bondholder and does not own q pair of
hip boots, we coincide with the ma
jority. Dam the ewater.-Enterprise
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