Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-01-20
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Silver city, Jan l6.-Much sl'eculA.
,iun - iudulgcl IN here now ~ io whure
poe will kn"k the pnStoiticc lrrrmmnn.
winch ta believed Ia be- alnui rive. NJ
one hrir now hrllrvrs that Postmaster
Lucas will ever return to Silver city. and
made rnrrr ARE three candidates Tor Ap.
puintm"nt {" the Office IL Ia~tinAstcr-L
\ Nkrlly, u I. Link aud Mrs L.ttie u.
Morrill, Skrlly has the endorsements ~
many Of the leading Democrats II the ter
rit"ry Link has strong support frum his
native state M,sr, uri--- aud Mrs. Nor.
I'll has been recommended Tor appoint
m"ut hya pr' .tinu S,gnrd 10y large mum
Ter # the irsidrnia of tins city. Skrlly'r
| chances for the place seem Ia he the l. {
now. and II in Thought that the appoint.
mrnt cannot lie deferred long.
Nothing can br learned ~ Ia the
whereabouts 1T Lucas and II has already
h-cn aoccriaincd that IN addition Ia mum.
erous debts in town lag IL short In his &C
counts with the Masonic lodge here ni
which he wAS SECRETARY II In believed
by many that he has deliberately desert.
ed hls family aud Appearances certainly
seem To strongly bear out that view of
the case,
In spite IT the harl times business
seems Ia br improving u little here. The
demand for supplies from the surround
ing mining camps IL g"si And there
seems IT, br every reason Ia expect an
improvement during the early part IL the
year PREPARATIONS are being made AT
Pines Altos Tor more extensive operations
tbs year ,hau hnv. been carried un there
for more than twn years. There IN
NJ fear ni al early failure 81 the
water supply Their. this year
aud there will he nothing In the way Of
running the mills far into the summer II
the supply 81 ore holds out.
Cattle TN the ranges are looking better
now than they have at this season Of the
year for long time past. This condition
ui affairs has been bruugh, about partly
through III. great reduction Of cattle on
the ranges 10y the unusual losses during
the past three years and the heavy ship.
m.nts that have been made. and partly
on account nf the heavy growth of grass
caused 10y the unusually heavy rains II
las, summer, There in enough of grass
on III. ranges now Ia warran, the asr-r-
ton that cattle in this county will ge,
through the winter in fine shape.
The cattle AMI horses belonging TO the
cs,a,. II Calvin Herring. who committed
suicide something over two years Agu on
account II III. SUPPOSED disgrace IL his
daughter, were sold here to-day 10y A. IL
Hsrllee, who was appointed special mas.
ter IN the case II Fitzgerald Moor aga inst
the estate Of Herring. AL II the stock
was bid in 10y M""r who bid 1000 Ter the
cattle and $500 for III. horses. llrrring'S
ranch In abou, eight miles north of Pines
Altos AMI the number " cattle on the
ranch in estimated at 500.
The ladies II the Methodist church Hr.
making arrangements :or an entertain.
ment Ia hc given the latter part IL this
month for the benci, IL the pastor. Rev.
Fitch.
. II seems that there are gooi grounds
for believing tina, the railroad from Dem
ing into Mexico. which has been talked If
for 81 long, will be built at last, A new
concession has been granted by the M.s-
lean government which Ia in all respects
aH liberal an the old one which was de-
clar-d forfeited some time ago, u In
stated in the mos, positive manner by
those who are in position Ia know, that
the rad will lie hull, and that the capital
necessary for the construction 81 the road
has Alreany been pledged. People a,
Defining are highly elA,ed at the pro~pec,
that that place will become one III the
most important places In the southwest
after the ruad gets into operation. II IL
expected that Defining will become an i'm.
portant smelling point and IN case this ex-
pectation Is realized II will he Of inealcu-
liable benefit To Silver City and the sur
mining camps, j.