Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-26
THE NEWS ROUNDUP.
Paragraphs Of Timely Topics Cover
ing Every Part Of New
Mexico.

Watermelons are sellingat 81 apiece in
Chama.
The artesian we'll at Lumberton is down
l60 feet ''and still boring"
The Cochiti Call has been enlarged
again. A good sign for the camp.
large quantity of coal is being mined
at Monero and transported to Alamosa
and Pueblo.
The Biggs Lumber company is building
three miles of railway up the Brazos
river, Rio Arriba county.
Eighteen men are employed taking pay
ore out of the Texas mine in the Central
district of Grant county.
The Springer Stockman makes timely
protest against the use by newspapers of
empty and meaningless titles
d. H. Harroun captured giant cente-
pede on Wednesday, in the Socorro Ma
tional bank. Helived fully five minutes in
alcohol.
The miners in the White Signal district
are much elated over the improvement
of their properties as development work
proceeds.
Judge L. M. Prescott formerly probate
Judge IN Grant county and resident of
Pueblo, Colo, is visiting his friends at
Silver City.
DR.. Bartlett, of Canon City, Colo, is
negotiating with Hon. 7. F. Conway for
the purchase of the Ivanhoe mine near
Silver City.
Messrs. L. B. Ames and d. l.. Miller, of
Cerrllos, are assisting Capt. Pradt in
making government surveys in Valencia
and Bernalillo counties.
The First National bank of Ration held
a meeting Of the directors on Tuesday,
the 10th inst. dividend of 4 per cent
on the capital stock WAS declared and /
per cent was added to the surplus ac-
count.
The San Marcial lodge of A. o. U. W.
has about seventy members, an increase
of one-haf in the past year. Each one
of these members carries a policy for
$4,000 payable at his death.
The New Mexico National bank is now
settled in its new quarters, much to the
delight of Cashier Mold and Book keeper
Smiley. They have reason to be proud
OF their new quarters and equipment
Socorro Advertiser.
Speaking of the prospective sale of
Ojo Caliente springs to the Volcanic Cure
association, of New York, the Optic re-
marks: "What a pity that Mr.. oseph or
Mr.. Elkins were not let in ON the ground
floor of the Las Vegas hot springs"
Savage Brothers and Kilburn, of Cen
tral, Grant country, are working the
Scotch Lasse mine, which recently pro-
duced shipment of gold ore that aver
aged $l per pound. There is plenty
more of it there and they are going after
| it.
The Stock Grower says: "The man
agement of the Pecos Irrigation and I'm
provement company of New Mexico is
going to undertake to dispose of. the
alfalfa crop this year in eastern and
European markets, to get the largest pos
sible profit for producers"
The Gallup Cleaner mentions: Hon.
John G. Spears arrived from the Cochiti
mining district Sunday. He paid the
Cleaner Office call Monday and spoke in
the strongest terms about the great camp
and its future. He will remain here for a
few weeks before returning to Bland.
However, for the present Gallup will still
be his home"
The bimetallic league has entered upon
the fall campaign. First meeting July
Is. The Black Range brass band played
several pieces. The principal discussion
of the evening was on the question: "Re-
solved that George NJ. Pullman has no
rights which laboring man is bound to
respect" Judges Walker and Whitman
favored the affirmative, and Edward j.
Cahill the negative. The audience de-
clded by vote of % to few that the
negative had the best of the argument.-
Hillsboro Advocate.
Las Vegas is the greatest wool market
of the southwest, and as stated in pre-
vious issue, will ship in the neighborhood
of 100000 pounds this year. The price
received for it will be very materially
different than last year, our sheep men
now only receiving from to cents
pound for their wool, where last year
they got 10 to Is cents. Browne & Man
zanares Co. will handle about 100000;
Chas. Ilfeld, 100000 pounds; Myer
Friedman e. Co., 100000 pounds; Gross,
Blackwell & Co., 2,5OOOOO; other dealers,
100000. The quality of the wool is bet
ter than in previous years, and is sought
after by eastern dealers.-Stock Grower,