Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-15


auction on the 10Th to the highest bidder,
for cash, $4,000 of 6 per cent bonds of
school district No. of Lincoln county.
No bids will be received for less than 80
per cent of the par value of said bonds.
Said bonds are due thirty years after the
date thereof and payable at the option of
said school district after ten years from
their date.
While John Owens was out rustling
cattle on Lone Mountain, his dogs treed a
big puma or mountain lion, but not
being armed, Owens left the dogs ON
guard and hurriedly rode back to town
for rifle. Returning, accompanied by
John Davis and Charles Woods, he
with few we'll directed shots and brought
him in to White Oaks. The anima! was a
magnificent creature, measured seven feet
four inches in length and weighed 121
pounds.
LAS CRUCES CRUMBS.
Six inches of rain fell between July
to August s. So much rain was never
known in the valley. The stock ranges
are in magnificent condition, and ground
that has been bare for several years is
nowcovered with gramma grass. A great
deal of alfalfa was spoiled, but the grapes
and other fruits have been much bene-
flied.
DEMINa DOTS.
The rain still continues and the country
hereabouts looks better than for five
years past.
Quite deal of the plain to the south,
between Deming and Las Palamas, has
been under water since the rains began.
Eastern capitalists are contemplating
the erection of several handsome store
rooms IN this city. The business houses
will he centrally located.
While attempting to drive across the
Mimbres Col. P. r. Smith had his buggy
upset by the force of the water. His
horse was drowned and the buggy washed
down stream. Col. Smith escaped in
jury.
The local riders are arranging for a
series of bicycle races to be run on Sop
tember 16th-the date of the Mexican
celebration. Medals will be given to the
successful contestants.
The ten Mexicans charged with violat-
ing the Edm unds act were brought down
from Silver City Wednesday and given
hearing before United States Commiss'
ioner McKeyes Thursday. All were ac-
quilted, no evidence being developed to
hold them.
I The Mimbres dam operation was dam.
aged by the floods which swept down the
valley to the amount of over $1,000
The work destroyed was that which lad
been accepted by the company and the
loss consequently falls upon that corpor-
alton. The damaged portion will not
materially interfere with the rapid com
pletion of the system. The dam below
the reservoir was partially swept away
and the lateral bitches were washed out
socoRRo s1FTINas.
There are mushrooms by the acre ur
at Magdalena.
The murderers of Lobato, the sheep her.
der, are still at large.
Don seferino Baca died on August z
1898, at Up. m. Aged 64 years.
A. B. W. Hodges has been promoted
from assistant superintendent at the Rio
Grande smelter to that of superintendent
Rev. Crutchfeld has left Magdalena fol
Silver City, where he will have charge Of
the spiritual wants of the M. E. church
south.
H. M. McChesney, of the Rio Grandt
smelter, returned from the east on Fri
day last and is now on deck looking aftel
the affairs of the company.
SPRINGER SPRAYS.
Farmers are very busy now in thei
wheat, oats and alfalfa.
An average of one shower of rain il
every twenty-four hours now.
J.G Abreu reports the greatest rair
he has ever known in thirty years. resi-
dence on the Rayado, Tuesday night.
The new school house looks we'll ant
the building of it at this particular time
looks better, for it looks to strangers
that Springer is not dead, even if she il
sleeping little.
JEFF Towner, sanitary cattle inspector
has had his jurisdiction extended to AL
buquerque. He now covers the grount
from Albuquerque to Clayton.
E. L. Hall, mining engineer Of the Mo
reno valley, came to town Monday. HI
says there has been very little rain abou
Elizabethtown and mining is consequent
ly very slow work this year.