Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-05-29
EDDY EOHOEs.

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business block.
4 A.E.C Campbell, of Nebraska, has bough
two town lots IN Eddy, one in Roswell ant
500 acres up in the valley.
The Pecos company immigration offic'
has sent small exhibition packages of nev
alfalfa to 400 people in various parts 0
the United States.
An exesllen. Mexican orchestra Of fy,
pieces plays each night at Hotel Hager
man from z to B o'clock, giving the public
much enjoyment,
Fred Nymsyer returned few days ago
from the penasco, wcro he assisted Messrs
Chapman, Neal, OhEonus and Hastings il
locating homesteads. Phillip Sillem wal
also with the party.
have been planted to tomatoes, and prob
ably more will be. The plants were pro
pagated on the place. If the experiment
be successful, email canning outfit viii
be bought.
I An order has bsen given to sink tbs
1000 foot artesian we'll in Eddy 500 feet
deeper, if necessary, to procure agood
supply of water. The machinery takcr
away is to be replaced and work begun
at once. J. B. Fowler, of Waco, is tbs
contractor.
G. W. Greene has been buying all the
cattle bones that have been hauled in
from over the valley. He brushes them
with machines brought from England
and will use the fertilizer in his orchards
Bones are worth $19 per ton and hnne
dust $45 per ton in El Paso.
H. Garrett, dealer in boots, shoes and
leather, at Harper, Kas., writes to thia
paper: II am looking for good loca-
tion for my business. wish to find q
go-ahead town where .hars would be a
good show for 4 boot and shoe factory
Eddy Argus.
Last Sunday, two men caught with
hooks sixty pounds of catfish in tho Fl. J.
L. reservoir, down the valley. One
weighed ten pounds. The wind was
heavy and the lake rough, but the fish bit
fast and furiously. Monday night during
high wind another party caught four
catfish in the Pecos river, near the Hager-
man farm. The four ranged In weight
from eight to twenty-five pounds, three
weighing forty-two pounds.
SILVER o1rY s1FT1Nas.
! The hearing of the Lawsuit, the Fidelity
| Title-tE Trust company of Pittsburg vs.
| the Oak Grove q Sierra Verde Cattle
company, has been postponed from May
20, to June S. II will be heard at Las
/. Cruces.
T Hfcssrs. Il. J. Hutohicon, Juiius Well
gehausen and j. G. Givens, accompanied
by their attorney, Hon. j. J. Bell, went
down to Las Cruces to attend the Central
City townsite contest case set for hearing
before the land Office.
DR.. G.. N. Woods won't to tho Mogollon
on Wednesday to assist DR.. Stephens Of
that place in caring for Edward phenix
who was shot by Eberle last week. --latest
advices from there say that tho case is a
hopeless one; that Phenix is very low
and that there is lite chance of his re-
covery. DR.. Woods will pull him through
if anyone can.
r. H. Theilman, county superintendent
of schools, returned Wednesday from a
two weeks trip across country in buck
board to the newly located coal fields
about It's miles north of here. He reports
splendid showing in the coal mines and
says they will certainly be very valuable
| in the near future.
Wm. Feagles, on the ranch just east OF
town, has about 900 goats. One day last
week, in gathering up the young kids, he
found one with two heads and Joined at
the base of the neck. The kid lived only
few hours and its skin is carefully pre-.
served for mounting.
Thomas Lyons, manager of the Ly ona
and Campbell Ranch g. Cattle company
and the San Vicente Cattle company, has
returned from the east. He went to see
about getting cars in which to ship about
5000 head of cattle which these COM
panies have ready for shipment. HIS
trip was successful and he says that he
was assured that cars would be sent here
as fast as they could be loaded.
On Wednesday evening Mrs. W. H. New.
comb attempted to ride her horse, which
has heretofore been quite tractable and oi
kindly disposition. The horse became
fractions as soon as she was in the saddle
and after plunging about for some time
reared and fell backward ona barbed wire
fence. Mrs. Newcomb very nimbly leaped
to one side and escaped unhurt, but the
horse and saddle are slightly the worse
for wear upon the barbed wire.