Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-22
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.

ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.
The highland residence property of M.
A. Lutz was sold at mortgage sale, and
was bid in for $500 by the mortgages.
The Democrat learns that one of Uncle
Sans "sojer" boys who had $50 in. the
Savings bank sold his claim to a local
shark for $20
V. p. Edie returned from Santa Fe and
was greeted at the depot by number of
friends. He has been granted 4 reprieve
of thirty days.-Demecrat.
The wagon road between Albuquerque
and Bernalillo was washed out in several
places by the late heavy rains. A cloud
burst in Bear canon upset the camp of
the pleasant party who are snmmering
there. Cattle were carried down by the
torrent in Tijeras canon.
Alfred Richards, prominent mining
man and stockholder of the Silver Belt
Mining company, has returned from n
trip to Las Huertas canon and San Pedro.
He reports the drill prospecting in con-
tinuous operation on their property at
San Pedro. He visited few of the pros
poets at Las Huertas, and went through
the workings of the old Montezuma mine
which is now being put in shape for ex-
tensive exploitation.
DEMING DOTS.
The public schools begin on Monday,
September 4.
Col. McGrorty is making some improve
ments to the Galena house.
Some magnificent fruit was brought in
from the Mimbres The peaches we're
particularly fine.
It is rumored that the appointment of
collector of customs for the port of Ell
Paso will shortly be made, which means
the selection of new deputy for this
point.
A reduced railroad rate will be granted
for the irrigation convention by both the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe systems.
It will not be much more than cent a
mile.
The Deming Duster is the title of an
amateur paper which will issue next
Wednesday. Messrs. George Lockhart
and Arthur Raithel are the editors and
publishers.
The kind hearted residents of Deming
last Tuesday raised subscription of $50
to send consumptiye and his wife and
child from Deming to Los Angeles. The
citizens of El Paso had provided trans
frnrtatieu to this pei~t'
Inu DemIng Laad u Water company is
putting quite deal of money into Dem
ing these days. Col. Smith, the president,
has paid the balance due on the COM
pany's land purchase adjoining and sur
sounding the city.
Col. Smith states that the water works
enterprise will be completed and the
water flowing through the streets by
October /, at latest. The largest engine
has been placed in position. and during
the week efforts we're made to reduce the
body of water in the large well, in order
to dig through the first strata. Three
pumps with combined capacity of nearly
5000 gallons per minute failed to dimin-
ish the water in the slightest degree.
FARM1NGToN NOTES.
The second crop of alfalfa is rapidly
going into stack.
About ten persons left for the placer
diggings on the San Juan, Tuesday morn
ing.
l.. Il. E. Pauliu and Thomas Cramer, of
Bloomfield, publish notice of their inten-
tion to make final proof on their Bloom
field ranches.
E. g. Berry left Monday morning for
the placer diggings on the San Juan to
start camp on the claim located by him
last week. Ed. took lumber with which
to build shanty.
There is rumor afoat that an attempt
at rape was made on lady of the San
Juan below Farmington. W. Garrison,
of Pennington, as attorney for the as
saulted party, made out a complaint and
laid it before Judge Cameron, Of Flora
Vista, who issued warrant for the ac-
cussed.
George Ditchfeld, of the Grnden Mer-
camille company, and Mr.. Mathews, of the
Standard smelter, spent several days in
San Juan county this week. Mr.. Ditch
field expressed the belief that the San
Juan county ranchmen were in better
financial circumstances than those any
place he had been.