Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-03
LOS LUNAS LORE.
A Historic Village-The First Normal
lnstitGte-The Romero Affair
and Other Matters.

Correspondence New MEXICAN. ...
| Los LUNAs, June 1.-The historic tow,
of Los Lunas is now g very quiet place
The time wac, not SO very long ago, wher
this was one of the most lively and pros
porous towns in the territory. For gen
erations this place was famous on account
of the distinguished inhabitants that il
POSSESSED. In 1896, a grsndee of Spain
| Doe Domingo de Luna, established this
colony, and his descendants are up to this
Gate the leading men of this section OF
tho territory. All the older Lunas are
now dead, and many of the younger mem
bers OF the family have passed away dur
ing the last few years. All who come here
now will miss the big-hearted Jesus Luna
and the handsome Tranquilino Luna,
whose gracious cordiality made him a
fevoEite all over the territory. At this
day Hon. Solomon Luna, tho present
sheriff of the county, is the head of the
family, and worthy representative is he
of noble family.
This is the present home slso OF Col. J.
Francisco Chaves, the distinguished son
of Don Mavlano Chaves, the last Spanish
governor and captain general OF Now
Mexico under the Spanish regime. The
colonel is in the prime of life, and Ill tho
inhabitants of the county of Valencia are
proud to have in their midst this most
distinguished son of the territory.
TIE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The last Legislative assembly made pro-
visions for the establishment of Eve
normal institutes at various points in the
territory, one of which is Los Luuas.
The teacher selected by the Territorial
Board of Education to conduct the insti-
tute at this place is Miss Alice H. Casey,
graduate of the convent of Loretto ut
Santa Fe and a general favorite here.
The normal institute was opened on the
Goth of May with good attendance. Hon,
Amaio Chaves, the territorial superin-
tendent of public instruction, was here
accompanied by Hon. Filomeno Perea, the
efficient county school superintendent.
Both of these gentlemen have been work.
ing hard to arouse interest among the
people and their efforts have met with
great success. Mr.. Chaves goes from here
to visit the normal institute in the county
OF Mora and from there to Taos, Chama.
andalater on to Roswell. He takes great
interest in the success of the institute
here as this is his home county. Sheriff
Luna has kindly rendered the use of the
county court house to the territorial
board and in it will be held the institute.
The room is large and we'll lighted and
Arrangements have aNo
been made for the accommodations of
all persons wishing to attend the insti- |
tute.
THE ROMERO AFFAIR.
Since my stay here havo taken some
points to ascertain the facts in the case
OF the disappearance of the lato Hon. J. |
Placido Romero, and as he had hundreds
Of friends among your readers will give
me "a facts to you, and they are simply
tnese: on the evening of the 11th of
May he left Los Lunas on his way to his
home in Peralta. The next day his am
bulance was found in the river, upset, and
one of the horses drowned. He has not
been seen since, and it is believed that he
was drowned also. This ia all that is
known or what will, in all likelihood,
aver be known. Mr.. Romero was a
prominent man in his native county.
ae has occupied many positions of honor
md trust, such as sheriff, county commits
'loner, county clerk, etc. He has left
numerous and interesting family to
mourn his loss, and the county has lost
me of its most enterprising and prosper
Jus citizens.
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