Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-14
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.

Prof. Hodgin aud wife have returned
from visit to the Worlds fair.
| kSrtha, the 4-year-old daughter Of Mr.
a4.l Mrs. D. Levy, died from meningitis
| The silver cornet band, recently charged
by some as being "a nuisance" has dis
banded.
W. s. Burke came up from his ranch
and reports corn growing just the same
as if silver was at premium.
VIM. Barnes, an aged gentleman who il
engaged in selling catarrh cure in this
city, was robbed of $50 by foot-pads.
Considerable prospecting is being done
in the Sandia mountains adjacent to Al
buquerque at the present time. The
search is for gold.
EDDY ECHOES.
Alfalfa is selling at Sis per ton.
The new water mains are being laid.
Grass is growing quite luxurlantly in
the valleys of the mountain ranges on ac-
count Of the numerous rains.
Mrs. Siocum about year ago purchased
five west-front lots opposite the Tansill
block and paid 800 each. One of these
was recently sold to Mr.. Blood for $3.50
upon which Is now erecting d one story
brick block.
Now is said to be the proper time to
set out Bermuda grass. 1t will take but
sixty days for it to cover tho ground.
The Bermuda grass in the court house
yard now about covers every foot of
ground, although the roots were planted
only last March.
Work on the Seven Rivers dam will
soon be completed. The gates are being
made and the masonry work put in. The
dam is 1856 feet long, BOG feet wide at
the base, and is ffty-two feet high. The
crown of the rock dam is seventy-four
feet and the earth dam is six feet wide at
the crown. The reservoir will hold 6,O00,-
100000 cubic feet of water and covers s.
600 acres.
LAS VEGAS LOCALS
E. G. de Baca would like to know who
threw the stone through the window of
his house.
M. O. de Baca and family left for Ga
listeo, to attend the bedside of Mrs.
dhliShhio INV, Wac 10 iop Val ApoSt01 w
live.
The wife of German carpenter, named
Franz, 10 reported as having eloped with
Mexican. She was of that nationality,
iiesself.
The fruits of good higher school, that
bringing of thousands OF dollars to our
city, which will be pretty evenly dis
tributed among all our business men.
The Optic has word of advice to the
new bicycle riders. 1t is that if they
don't want to catch "kyphosis bicyclis-
tarum" should not bend forward on their
bicycles, but ride upright. The disease is
worse than its name.
GIANT COUNTY CRUMBS.
Amad dog put in his appearance Tues
day, in Lordsburg, and created a panic
among the dogs of the town, biting sew.
eral Of them. He was killed next day.
George H. Utter is seeking new
franchise in Silver City for water works.
The council demand bond of $4,000
for the building Of the works before the
franchise is given. Hon. H. II. Belts is
making the bond for Utter.
Sunday, q week ago found Silver City
in the midst of flood that was the worst
over experienced there. wave five feet
high swept through the principal streets
The Benton hotel, the Enterprise Office
and numerous stores and dwellings were
flooded and many garden patches were
ruined.
During the SIX years the writer has
lived in New MEXICO he has never seen
so much grass as there is in the country
now. In the trip from Silver City the
poorest grass to be seen is between
Lordsburg and Gold Hill, and yet the
wide valley between here and the Hill is
one vast meadow. Reports of the coun-
try to the west, the south and the east are
all the same. The cattle men are happy.
-Lordsburg Liberal.