Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-08
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.

AL6UQOhhHOE hAoMos
Tho annual session of tie Presbyterian
synod will be held in this city on the 14tll
inst.
D. B. Robinson, first vice-president of
the Santa Fe, expects to be in Albuquer-
que soon.
The fremen's convention, which will
be held on Thursday evening of the fair,
is assuming successful proportions.
The new Baptist house of worship will
be ready for use in u few weeks and the
church expects to open it to the public
on the first day of October.
The Citizen learns that Alfred j. Otero
son of Hon. Mariana s. Otero, and Miss
Candelaria Armijo, daughter of Perfecto
Armijo, arc engaged to be married.
Railway employees are talking of send
ing east after groceries after payday
because Of the lack of accommodations
and high prices charged by Albuquerque
grocera.
Gep. T. 8. Hutchison, brother of Col
J. s. Hutchison of this city, dropped dead
at Magdalena. He was we'll known
miner and prospector. The deceased
leaves wife and several grown.up chill
dren.
W. T. Behrens, the civil engineer, re-
turned yesterday from Fruitvale, where
he has just completed survey for
di7irsion dam, canals and storage reser
voir. Everything is in readiness for the
contractors and wo1k will commence
shortly.
The G. L. Brooks tract of land situated
| lust east of the Indian school, twenty
acres, upon which Fish Bros, of Denver
took an option about six months age
paying $500 for the option, has been
finally sold to the Denver firm for $l2i
per acre.
On or before the 18th inst. 100000 vii
be paid to employees of the Santa Fe and
the Atlantic & Pacific railroad companies
OF course this is comparatively small
sum OF money to be distributed among
| 10000 people in Albuquerque but it vii
give US nine dollars each if distributed
equally
Miss Lottie Gilman, formerly of this
| city, now one of the celebrated primt
donnas in the "America," at Chicago
gives to the Chicago Herald long &C
count, with sickening love letter, of hel
acquaintance with Loais Won Meyeraof
the we'll known musician whose death
resulted suddenly in this city few year:
ago.
EDDY ECHOES.
Messrs. Ellice and Every are fattsn
ing 100 hogs on alfalfa.
Pat Coghlan has shipped to the Chi
cago fair some Tularosa apples meas
uring six inches in diameter.
There will bo bicycle race at Roswell
October 8, for $25; also swimming and
running races and a roping match.
The pay roll at tho dam will be from
5000 to $1,000 per day. The farmers
laborers and merchants will get hold Of
all as it moves along.
A second Rider Haggard has arisen in
the confines of Chaves county and writ
ten for the Register chapter on the
Haunted Valley or Red Death Mountains
of New Mexico"
Tho. Lincoln Baptist association il
composed of John Hunter, Upper Pc
nasco; W. +. Newton, Upper Penasco; R
p. Pope, Weed; Caleb Maule, Roswell; W
NJ. Tulk, Weed; NJ. S. Stamp, Eddy; j
Midd Hill, Anderson, Texas.
A. 8. Harris, postmaster and genera
utility man of Hope, was in Eddy yester
day. He states that the disappearance o.
the Penasco through its pebbly bottom
was but temporary. The river is now
running even down to Gilbert's. Th'
grass crop is very fine in that part of thu
valley.
With $125,OO0 to be spent in repairs by
the P. I. g. I. company, $4,000 for coun
ty bridges and more upon the Sever
Rivers dam and the Hagerman powel
system and for private Improvements
money is going to be moving in Eddy
BY the time Of all this construction il
done probably railroad building viii
! commence, and work on the Hondo dan
will be resumed. There is always "some
thing going on" in the Pecos valley tt
keep away hard times.-Argus.
GRANT COUNTY CRUMBS.
Ca.tlemen are making preparations fo
the roundup which will commence tn
f, first of next week.
Moro soaking rains fell last week. TIL,
ground has now heen thoroughly mois
tened for more than six weeks.
G. NJ. Nolan has packed up his good
and will remove to the Indian territory
where he expects to find times better thai
they are here.
Deming is going to celebrate Mexican
independence day in becoming style