Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-04
EDDY DOTS.

Wages for men and teams on the re-
building of the dam are quoted at $3.50
per day.
Alonzo Lucky is installed as the sue
cessor of G. 0. Shields in the immigration
Office at Eddy.
DR.. Tomlinson will probably appeal the
case recently decided adversely to him
to the supreme court of the United
States.
j. A. Hill is patentee of new irriga-
tion box or device to sell, and will allow
water to run a certain length of time,
then automatically closes. The device
was shown Mr.. Bartlett, who pronounced
it success and great labor saver.
Several large glass jars have been filled
with grapes from the Greene vineyard at
the immigration Office. The grapes are
Of the Flaming Tokay and Muscat vare-
ties. A number of jars of apples from
the Poe orchard and apricots from A.
year-old trees at the home of c. B. Eddy
are also on exhibition.
sample of the brick clay taken seven
teen feet below the surface at the Dark
Canon wells was sent to Chicago some
time since to be tested by the process for
manufacturing pressed brick. The sam
pie of brick made from this clay was re-
ceived last week. The brick are light
cream color and ring like pot metal. The
corners are clean cut and sharp as a
knife. Ellice, Every, Bryant & Skeats
are putting in machine for manufactur-
ing purposes.
Fire destroyed $4,000 worth of proper
ty at Eddy. The principal losses are:
The Cottage building completely de-
stroyed with all its contents, valued at
$1,000, insured in favor of R. Fl. Pierce,
the mortgage, in the Providence Wash
ington for $1,000; A. j. Allen, loss on
stock and machinery, $1,000; insurance,
$500 IN the Nicaragua; s. s. Mendenhall,
damage to hay, grain, ETC., covered by IN
surance in the Pennsylvania; Osborne
building damaged to the amount of $500;
covered by insurance in the Pennsyl
vania.
WHITE OAKS NOTES.
The little stamp mill on the Vera Cruz
resumed operations on Tuesday.
Last Sunday the Old Abe Eagle base
ballists were defeated bya picked nine by
a score of "a to Is.
Morris Parker, who is preparing to
work over the South Homestake tailings
by the cyanide process, has his plant
about ready to start up.
A report reached here that Allen Hick-
erson, who owns. homestead in the
killed himself in the San Andreas noun
tains last Saturday.
Oscar Hill, who went up the trail with
G. r. Young's cattle, writes from Eubank,
Okla, to friend here, and states that on
The Goth ult, lightning struck the gray
horses used in hauling the "chuck" wagon,
killing them instantly.
The Eagle learns that George Weishar
las struck good thing in the Democrat,
n the Jicarillas. At fifty feet in depth he
las disclosed strong lead thirty inches
vide, between granite walls, that pans
away up.
CLAYTON CRUMBS.
Tho inhabitants of this county arc now !
N the eve of taking control Of their own
interests as far as Independent and local /
government is concerned. Union county |
politics is all the talk at this time.
Gone & Duran Mercantile company's |
$50, 900 stock was destroyed by fire last
week. 1t appears that hole had been
lrilled through the north rear wall
If the building by incendiaries and
Explosive inserted therein. The building
belonged to A. H.. Young and was not in
ured. The stock of goods we're insured
n six different companies.