Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-06
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
GRANT COUNTY CRUMBS.

GRANT COUNTY CRUMBS.
Sneak thieves are perpetrating many
c.imes at Deming.
1t is just given out as the sentiment OF
n.any at Deming that the native citizens
d own the proposition for admission to
tile Union. Ex-Gov. Ross is presumed to
be the father of this idea.
Numerous attachment suits have been
run against the American Silver & Lead
Mining company, operating at Cooks
Peak and Hachita. The affairs of the
company are said to be in bad shape.
A prominent society lady of Silver Ci' y
has invented Il duplicate whist tray tina,
throws that celebrated artist, Pole, clean
out of it when it comes to duplicate
whist. These new duplicate trays are an
extravagantly fine work of art. A patent
has been applied for.
Thieves recently effected an entrance
into the saloon of Steve Uhle in Silver
City and robbed the till to the amount of
about $25. Not satisfied with their work,
they returned last Wednesday night and
made desperate attempt to blow open
the safe, but were evidently scared off Just
in time to save the funds therein, amo cunt
ing to over $4,000.
ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.
1t is announced that Rev. Mr.. Citizens
is coming from Las Vegas to take charge
of st. Johns church.
1t is said that Albuquerque citizens are
arranging to start a stage line along the
Albuquerque e. Durango railroad route.
Bishop Kendrick will remove to Phoenix,
A. L. A corner lot has been donated to
him for a residence, and had Albuquerque
been SO thoughtful, the Episcopal resid-
ence would have continued here.-Demo-
crat.
The Santa Fe school authorities have
written for information regarding the
course of studies, ETC., in the Albuq uer-
que public schools. The fame of Albu-
querque's public schools is extending.
There was born to Mr.. and Mrs. W. B.
Childers, about five o'clock Saturday
morning, pair Of beautiful girl babies,
one of them weighing six pounds and the
other five. DR.. Wroth reports tho twins
and the mother are doing finely.
Parents whose children are sick should
exercise proper caution in keeping them
away from other children. There are a
few developed cases of diptheria in town
and too much care can not be taken to
keep the disease from spreading.-Dem-
mocrat
sOCORRO SETTINGS.
Rudolph Baer, OH Tuesday last, obtained
Judgment against the Socorro Mountain
Tunnel company for $1,150.
J. II. McGee isworking the Black Cloud
and has made fine strike of galena ore.
The mine looks very promising.
Socorro was inflicted with another
fourth rate show last week, viz: that snide
sole Olson company" says the Chief
tain.
Hon. W. II. Patterson and his co-owners
in the Graphic are doing large amount
of development work. The mine looks
splendid. On Monday last they COM
menced to ship ore. They have large
amount of ore 80 the dump, which has
been held up on account of the low price
of lead and silver.
On Friday evening last, Hon. Juan Jose
Baca gave a grand invitation ball at the
opera house in honor of his son, Don Sal
omon Baca and bride, who returned that
day from her fathers home at San Anto-
nio. There was some 500 invitations out
and all the beauty, as well as fashion of
Socorro and surrounding country, were
there to honor the young couple.
LAS CRUCES ouLL1Nas.
Cruces is yearning for big brick
hotel.
The Republican is informed that a
rich gold mine has been struck east of
the Organs. The ore pans out SIS to 500
per ton, and the propretors expect
to erect the necessary machinery next
month.
From Las Cruces and Mesilla Park 257
cars of alfalfa, carrying close upon $4,000
tons, were shipped during the year 1892.
Although in excess of the previous year,
prices were on the average fully main
tained.
Mr.. J. H. Riley will very shortly remove
with his family to Denver, where he has
already rented house. He intends to
devote his time principally to the stock
business, and will spend good deal Of
his time at Las Cruces.
The new assessor is hunting up all our
wholesale and retail me rchants and is
making them out license in accordance
with the law. A merchant doing over
| $4,000 worth of trade year is liable to
tax of $3.50, and all others doing over
$1,000 are liable to pay $40. Quite a
number have hitherto escaped this tax
but they will now be called upon to
"divy" up.
| sAN JUAN NOTE.
| Messrs. Chase, Dunlap and Shahan who
have the contract upon the lower end of
the Independent ditch, have completed
about two miles of their contract, and
are at work back of Elliott Locke's place.
For the completion of their section of
the ditch before April l, the contractors
get So acres of land that lies back of
Stevenson's and Goes ranches. 1t il, also
learned from Mr.. Griffin that he has
teams at work on the ditch and has COM
pleted the ditch to the arroyo back of the
Mccoy ranch. Mr.. Griffin has sold water
rights to the parties who have taken out
desert claims under the ditch at from So
to $l2 per inch of running water.-Junc-
tion City Times.