Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-03-26
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

About 100000 fruit trees have been
planted in the Pecos valley during the
past season.
Mr.. Charles 8. Bahney was united in
marriage to Miss Julia Henson, ut the
home Of the brides sister in Merced, Cali
fornia. Mr.. Bahney is Socorro's post
master.
1t is alleged that Ration is paying in
round figures $4,000 per annum for fire
hydrants. At tho same rate the city of
Chicago would have to pay for fire hy-
drants about $24,OoO,00o per year.
Evangelist Abe Mulkey will be here
Friday. He will commence his series of
special meetings Friday night at 1880
and will hold meetings every night for
ten days at the military hal!.-Roswell
Register.
There was a match game of ball be-
tween the married and unmarried men at
the upper town yesterday. F. A. Manza-
mares Is said to have done e1cellently we'll
in the position of pitcher. The young
men won.--Las Vegas Optic.
Albuquerque court note: J. w. Scho-
field, receiver, vs.. A. M. Codington
and E. s. Stover assumpsit; j. W. Scho-
field Vs. j. G. Albright, assumpsit. De-
fault for failure to plead under the rule
entered, and final judgement rendered in
both cases.
Geo. T. Lyman, Bellport o.. ~ New
York, has contributed, through Wise g.
Hogsett, $25 toward the normal school.
Mr.. Lyman is the owner of several pieces
of real estate, in Las Vegas, that were
owned by his son, who was health seeker
in these parts, about fifteen years ago.
Optic.
At Albuquerque, W. Moore Clayton,
who was named by the Democrats for
school trustee for the I'd ward, has
declined to make the race. A. M. Whit
comb, whom The Republican delegates
named as their candidate for alderman
for the 4th ward also declines to run.
number of those owing the Albu-
querque National bank are trying to es-
cape the payment of their notes. Those
in this county interested as depositors
feel safe with W. B. Childers attending to
the collections, as that gentleman is fully
capable of stopping up any legal hole
through which the debt-dodgers may seek
to escape.-Socorro Advertiser.
The colored people held their mel rial
services, in honor of Frederick Douglass,
Wednesday evening at their school.
Messrs. W. H. Brown and G. H. Summey
had articles on Douglass as a man and
Douglnss as statesman, and Mrs. Wickes,
the teacher, a paper on the life OF Doug
lass. The services were highly entertain
ing, and showed high intelligence in the
colored element Of Eddy.-Current.
young man named DAiel Trrjillo
was accidentally killed while out hunting,
In Romero canon, about five miles from
Las Vegas, on Sunday. The young man
was in company with number of others,
and in attempting to take his gun from
the wagon, by the muzzIe, it was dis
charged, the whole charge striking him
just above the heart. Death resulted in
about two hours. An autopsy was held
on Monday by Drs. Atkins and Marion.
A petition of the receivers of the A. &
P. Railroad company to be relieved from
the tri-partite agreement, entered into
between the st. Louis & San Francisco
Railroad company, and the Atchison To-
peka & Santa Fe and the Atlantic & i
Pacific, was presented to the district |
court at Albuquerque and the matter was
referred to H. l.. Warren, master in chan
Gerry in the case, to take proofs.
The Republican convention at the court |
house Thursday evening was fizzle, not
because there are not hosts of Republi-
cans in this neck of the woods, but for the |
simple reason that the majority believe
that there should be no politics In an
election for the officers Of a city the size
of Socorro. Not many Republicans at
tended, and but few of them responded to
the invitation to enter inside the railing.
8. Alexander was made chairman of the
meeting. Estevan Baca WAS nominated
for mayor, j. F. Towle for clerk and Sc
vero A. Baca for treasurer. 1t was decided
to have ward conventions the next oven
Advertiser.
Martin Mrose, who sold his property
and left the country last Saturday, was
found in Midland, Texas, by VIM. H. Null
lane, who was in $500 bond with Todd
Barber for Mroses appearance at the
next term of the district court. Mrose
agreed to waive his right to requisition
it the sheriff at Midland would accompany
him home, being then under arrest and
in charge of the sheriff. On going to
supper the sheriff left Mrose with instruc-
tions to Mullane to watch him, he being
then in his room at the hotel, but on 60.
ing to his room after supper it was
found that Mrose had escaped through
.ome back way. Mrose probably pro-
loft I. G. Sanchez with $179 of unpaid
notes, and the Fisher Bros, at Florence,
with debt of $3.50, also Ed Lyelll from
whom hel borrowed 800 in cash.-Eddy
Current.