Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-14
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

There are numerous applicants for
Lilcoln's public school.
J. Jenkins, the sheep buyer. recently
purchased 5000 !isad of the fief,y y fellows
at Las Vegas.
There has been very little damage
done to wheat in and around San Anto-
nio and the corn crop has never looked
better. So
1t has been years since the grass was
as fine in Lincoln county as it is at this
time. Range stock is sleek and rolling
fat.
1t gives the Eddy Independent pleasure
to learn that General Manager Jeff N.
Miller's resignation has not been accept
ed by Mr.J. J. Hagerman.
The Christian Brothers of Las Vegas
will employ five teachers instead of two,
for the coming year, and will have first
class school in every particular.
The rainy season must be drawing to
close. This is the seventh day since
the clerk of the weather last opened up
the flood gates upon us.-Lincoln News.
A Judgment has been entered in favor
of the First National bank of Las Vegas,
against VIM. B. Stapp in the sum of ST.
633.32, this being revival of judg-
ment heretofore entered.
The Rincon Weekly reports: The sur
veyor's camp at the Smith dam site near
Selden has been removed. They have
been there for some weeks, running levels
and prospecting bedrock.
Manuel Jaramillo had four acres seed
ed to Sonoro wheat which yielded 230
fanegas of wheat. This makes an aver
age of 12O bushels to the acre, says the
San Marcial Bee.
Nogal district, Lincoln county, wants L
teacher for the public school. Term,
about six months; lady with experience
preferred; salary commensurate with the
times; term begins September L.
The assessed valuation of property in
Chaves county, for the current year, ex-
elusive of the 5000 exemption for each
head of family, is $2,0lS,369, gain of
nearly 100000 over last year.
In the case of M. Brunswick VS.. Alex.
Goldenberg, of Las Cruces, a final de-
cree was entered which makes the com
plainant owner of the individual half in
terest In the tornado ranch, the Fleck
ranch, the Rop and the Golden
berg ranch of county.
The Deming at gives the fol-
lowing further particulars relative to the
murder of A. j. Smith near Separ, N. NJ:
"When found the body was badly decom-
posed and he had evidently been dead
two or thfee days. There we're two bullet
holes in the body and the head had been
cut, as with some blunt instrument. Mr..
Smiths watch and money and one of the
animals he was driving was missing
showing plainly that the motive was
robbery. A mule was still htched to the
wagon and had drawn the same quite a
distance from the scene of the murder"
Richard Demady was jailed last night
by the police as vag. This morning
the police preferred charges under the Ed
mund's law against him, and the warrant
being placed III the hands of United
States Deputy Marshal Knight he was re-
arrested at the Jail this afternoon. The
officers then arrested the woman in the
case, Lille Belmont alias Laura Johnson.
They will havea hearing before Uuited
States Commissioner Bryan tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. Demady and his
woman arrived in the city ahout three
days ago, since which time the city
police, with Deputy United States Mar
shal Knight and Merchants Officer Ryan,
kept pretty close watch on them, for
the reason they are dangerous and un-
desirable people in. any community.
Demady is the same individual who was
recently tried IN Denver for the murder
by strangulation of the Pappan woman
and two others of her kind. His woman,
Belmont alias Johnson, was also in the
celebrated case as an important witness.
Albuquerque Citizen.