Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-06
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NEW MEXICO NEWS.

The Albuquerque base ball club will
visit Prescott on July 4.
Corn in San Juan county is coming up
nicely and all crops look fine.
The total assessed valuation of Ber-
nalillo county is about $l,0Oo,000.
No danger is apprehended from high
water in the Rio Grande this season.
The Atlantic and pacific shops at Albu
! querque are busy these times repairing
the eight engines damaged in the recent
Winslow fire.
Alfalfa cutting is in progress in the
Gila valley in Grant county and it will not
be many days before tine new crop will be
on the market.
The bridge built across the Animas
river near Pennington reflects great
credit upon the enterprise of the people
OF that progressive town.
Last winter over $4,000 head of sheep
wintered on the range south of the San
Juan and all are being driven east and
south for shearing near the railroad.
The sheepmen at Largo are we'll salts
fled with their lamb crop, as owing to the
nice weather during the lambing season
their losses have been comparatively
light.
| The grand showers which have fallen
throughout San Juan county during the
past two weeks greatly aided the ranch
men and were of inestimable benefit to
the ranges.
Las Vegas Optic: The prisoners of
the county jail, thirteen in all, under the
supervision of Guard Aureliano Gonzales,
are thoroughly cleaning and painting the
interior of the Jail.
A dangerous lunatic named Andrew An
derson escaped from tho hospital for in
sane at Las Vegas, on Tuesday morning,
and made his way back to his home in
Albuquerque, where he was apprehended
by Marshal Fornotf.
The district court at Albuq uerque has
adjourned. Says the Citizen: Judge
Collier disposed Of several hundred cases,
criminal and civil, and won the good
opinion of everybody by his energy in
trying to clear the docket.
Las Vegas Optic: The asylum board
yesterday transacted the usual routine
business, disbnrsing some 81, 500 in pay
ment of accounts. There will be called
meeting when Judge Long returns from
Springer.
S. NJ. Ashenfelter announced the disso-
luton of the partnership of Ashenfelter
d Mulvane in the last issue of the Deming
Headlight. r. 2. Barnes will have charge
of Mr. Ashenfelter's legal business in this
section in future.
Albuquerque Citizen: Judge W. .. Hen
cock, who has resided in the city almost
steadily since it's inception, with his wife
and babies, left this morning for Bland,
Cochiti mining district, their future
home, and where the judge will follow his
profession and dabble in mining.
Silver City Eagle: great deal of
business has been transacted in court
since the opening of this term. Judge
Bentz is giving general satisfaction on
the bench ard keeps the court moving in
such a way that the docket is being rap
idly cleared.
The two applicants for admission to
the bar at the recent term of court at Sill
yer City failed to mass the examination
and were denied admission to the bar of
this district. The examination was a
thorough one and covered the ground
completely.
Silver City Sentinel: Postmaster Skelly
who suffered such serious accident a
few days ago, was able to be driven
. down town last Friday morning. Owing
to his great loss of blood he looked quite
, bad and is still weak, though in fair
way to speedily regain his former good
health.
Albuquerque Citizen: The neighbor.
hood of South Edith street was startled
by a shot last Sunday morning, at about
10 O'Clock, and en- investigation it was
ascertained that NJ. F. Smith, an employ
of the Atlantic d Pacific shops, had ac
cidentally shot himself and his l3-year-olt
son, Frank. Mr.. Smith received part o
the charge in the muscle of the left arm
while thirteen shots were taken from tn
left side of the boys face, near the ear
and part of the ear shot away. The lit
tie boy is regarded in a bad condition
/, and in consequence is partly deranged il
I mind. Smiths wound will soon heal.