Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-16
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W. II. Lumley, of Picacho, informed
Lincoln News reporter that he woult
raise about $4,000 pounds of beans thu
year on his school land place. Last yea
Mr.. Lumley harvested the largest crop o
beans grown il the county.
District Attorney Young has returned
from the White Oaks country, and he re
ports that the people over there arr
working like beavers on the railroad
project. Bell is there, and the Pecoi
Valley railroad people seem to be co
operating with him. 1t appears to be
pretty near sure thing that the line viii
be extended to White Oaks and connec
tion made with the Rock Island in Kan
sas.-Las Cruces Independent.
Lincoln county note: Theodore Harris
recently discovered some bits of coal at
the mouth of badgers burrow on the
plain five miles north of Three Rivers
and west of the Hog ranch, and by sink
ing hole twelve feet deep he uncovered
vein of bituminous coal five feet thick.
The discovery excited the White Oaks
and Three Rivers people.
The small farmer who grows fruit and
berries, corn and vegetables, a little hay
and grain, ana keeps COW and few
sheep and hogs is not complaining, like
his big neighbor, of hard times, low
prices and short crop. The small farm
we'll tilled is a success in all parts of the
territory.-San Marcial Bee.
Mrs. B. f. Houts returned Sunday with
her son, Bert, from Albuquerque, where
Bert was treated by the "healer." At the
time they were there the "healer" was
very weak from his long fast. He saiG
that Bert would feel better in two weeks
and be we'll in three months.-Raton Re-
porter.
The Chama paper reports: Miguel
Chavez, a merchant Of Parkview, loaded
several wagons with goat skins last week
and started them overland for Santa Fe
While crossing an arroyo near Chafnita
one Of the teams got stuck and before he
could pull out cloud-burst came down
and carried team and pelts into the Rio
Grande river.
The fruit market at Pennington is
congested at present probably week or
two will relieve it. The San Juan Times
wonders whether the railway will con-
descend to give any reasonable rate out
of Durango. Should they decide to do
this then their market is further on, and
chance of getting rid of the splendid
crops at a decent rate.
B. M. Prewitt returned from Gallup
Tuesday. He reports Gallup as booming
The citizens there are calculating on
building large reservoir in spot where
the formation of the country is adapted
for that purpose. The A. & p, whose
line runs through the locality, will moye
their line to permit of tho raservo:r I =
ing constructed.-Fa Times.
Geo. A. Griswold, of Denver, and a
Starkville woman, named Lenore Ed
wards, had quarrel at Ration on Sunday
when Griswold drew a revol,er and plac
ing the muzzle on the woman's temple
pulled the trigger. Fortunately there
was some dirt between the hammer and
the shell and the gun failed to explode.
Griswold was jailed but made his escape
Sunday night.
E. R. Ziser, of Flora Vista, San Juan
county, has issued the following peculiar
announcement: "Mrs. L. r. Ziser, or
Mary Ziser, the lady travelling around
the country, is my wife and the mother of
my children, and l hope all will treat her
with kindness and respect, as suppose
she is doing her duty as a wife and a
mother; but differ from her in that res
pect, and my financial condition is such
that can not stand any foolishness, but
my own, and give notice that I will not
be responsible for any debts she may in
cur or transactions enter into"
At Las Cruces Constable Williams was
arrested again last Sunday by Deputy
Sheriff Lee and taken to Jail for wearing
a pistol while ON the street and not in the
discharge of his duties. Mr.. Williams
did not claim to be in search of anybody,
but said he was just "looking for general