Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-25

to the county assessor expires on Monday
next. Tax payers should give heed to
this matter.
Mr.. Ralph Halloran, the energetic agent
of the New York life Insurance company
in New Mexico, Is doing business in the
city. Fe does it, of course, because he ad-
vertises in the New MEXICAN.
The new water mains on Palace and
Hillside avenues will be tested second
time tomorrow and it is thought no leaks
will be shown. In that event, the trenches
will be Immediately filled in.
Rev. j. Mills Kendrick, bishop of New
Mexico and Arizona, is here on his an
nual visitation to the parish of the Epis-
copalian church. On Sunday morning the
bishop will conduct the conservation
services at the church of the Holy Faith.
Col. c. W. Stone, general agent for the
Bankers Alliance, of Los Angeles, CAL, is
in the city and has procured authority
from Auditor Demetrio Perez to transact
business of life and accident insurance
combined upon the assessment plan. In
stead of lodges the local banks collect the
quarterly assessments and no dues are re-
quired. The cost for $4,000 straight life
insurance with 1926 per week accident in
demnlty is less than in a lodge or other
company in the United States.
Peter Smith, who is in company with
G. W. Hickox, P. J. Barber and others in
developing some great mines in Cola
canon, came in from Cochiti last night
He brings good reports from the mines
The third carload of ore which the Crown
Point people sent to the Socorro smelter
proved to carry the usual values, averaging
500 per ton.
M. F. Sena leaves tomorrow to erect
monuments on about $4,000 acres of land
in San Miguel county which has been just
confirmed to the Sena estate by the &C.
ton of the land court in the San Miguel
del Bado case. Their holding is 1900 feet
frontage on the Pecos river and runs
back to Sierra Blanca, g distance of forty
five miles.
George Scott, an old resident of New
Mexico, died at St. Vincent's hospital at
O'Clock this morning. He was attacked
with grippe some time ago and never re-
covered. Scott was about so years of
age and was well known throughout the
territory, having driven stage for Bar
low &; Sanderson between this city and
Trinidad, Colo, in the '70s. He was also
at one time in the government service
and had many skirmish with Indians.
Hon. C. W. Dudrow will see that he gets
decent burial. The funeral will take
place tomorrow morning from the hos.
pital at 1880. 800 - -'
W. B. Fisher, an ex-convict, the fellow
who aided VIM. Richardson, convict, to
escape from the penitentiary in March,
was captured at Las Cruces a few days
ago by q. S. Deputy Marshal Ben Will
Jams. He was brought here yesterday
and in the afternoon had hearing before
u. S. Commissioner Victory, as result
of which he is again in the pen in default
of $500 bail. Richardson was recaptured
some time since.
Hon. Filomeno Perea, county school
superintendent of the county of Valen-
cia, and Don Lucas Zamora, both
prominent citizens of Manzano, arrived
in the city this morning. They report
that there is much excitement at La Gran
Quivira owing to the discovery of gold in
that section. They report the water found
at Gran Quiyira promises to be permanent
in spite OF the productions of old timers.
There is rush of people to the new gold
fields from Albuquerque, White Oaks and
Socorro.