Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-18
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

The editor of the Ration Range is build
ing home for his family.
About 100 men are now employed by
the Confidence Mining company at Ora
ham.
Mrs. G.. II. Utter left Silver City on
Sundays train for Las Cruces, having
been called there by the serious illness of
her mother, Mrs. Livingston.
There is on exhibit at W. L. Jackson &
Co. two gold bricks worth about $4,000
They are from the famous Bell & Steph-
ems mine at Pinos Altos. They will be
sent to the mint.-Silver City Eagle.
The lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen at Silver City, of which
the late Marshal Cantley was member,
deplores the death of Brother Cantley
and pledges all possible assistance to his
family.
The Mogollon country has for years
been locally celebrated as the richest,
largest and most prominent camp in New
Mexico, and very practical proof of
this has recently been given by the Maud
S. and Little Fannie mines raising the
wages of their miners Is cents day
Silver City Sentinel.
The entire local board of directors Of
the Las Vegas academy, composed of
Messrs. Reynolds, Upton, Stearns and
Higgins, have resigned, for the reason
that the Chicago end of the school will
not follow suggestions and recommends
tions and effect change of the principal
ship in Las Vegas.
Rodney B. Schoonmaker has thrilling
tale to tell of his visit to Trout Springs.
One of its principal features is regarding
the sudden and unlocked for appearance
of a monster brown bear, which had
come down to do the fisherman act at the
spring pool. No mention is, however,
made as to which party stayed the longest.
Las Vegas Examiner.
T. K. Holden, who last week purchased
six and one-half acres of land from Col.
W. H. Williams, is going ahead with his
Improvements and is preparing to build
an adobe hennery, 20x4o feet in size.
The walls of the building will be one foot
in thickness and plastered on the inside.
The opinion prevails that Mr.. Holden
will be successful in his undertaking and
that chicken raising on largo scale will
prove remunerative.-Sg Juan Index.
Hon. F. A. Manzanares, at his suburban
residence in upper town, is running a
small experimental farm. 1t has often
been said that fruit can not be raised in
and around Las Vegas. His experiments
have certainly made this statement false
as he is raising numerous varieties OF
fruit-splendid apples and peaches, and
1ioh oil MT fraa n n
One of his apple tree was so heavily load
ed down this season that it was feared tha,
the branches would break.-Las Vegas
Examiner.
A number of apple trees in Scott's or
chard, two miles below Aztec on the west
side of the Animas river, were 80 heavily
laden with fruit this year that the roots
gave way and the trees were ruined. Mr.
Scott's apple orchard consists of only
three or four acres, bat without hiring
several pickers he will be unable te
gather the entire crop. And the same Ii
also true of number of orchardists be
tween Aztec and Cedar Hill and also dowr
} the valley.-San Juan Index.
If the law of New Mexico prohibiting
the carrying of fire arms was rigidly an
forced, there would be fewer murders
committed. Let the law be enforced
against officers as we'll as private..citizens
. The law has been interpreted by thu
courts that an officer has no right tt
carry gun under ordinary circumstances
He must be in the discharge of som'
hazardous duty when he goes armed
Ration Range.
The Eagle is requested to make th'
statement in justification of the late Mar
shall Cantley that he was sincere in MI
belief that there was liable to be trouble