Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-10
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Mr.. Rafael Rra.as, an old and respected
resident OF Mesilla, died last Thursday
night after long illness.
W. A. Maxwell has been appointed re-
ceiver of the drug store of DR.. Z. II. Bur
geas & Son at Albuquerque.
The desperadoes, Leandro Martinez and
Pedro Baca, are i'll jail at Springer, and
the Colorado authorities are expected &c
call for them shortly.
The total valuation of Colfax county is
$2,4S4,S ,SO5; total amount of taxes is $52,-
92766; town tax for Ration, $5,3iO.55;
school tax for Ration, $3,603.S2.
The wind now blows over the oats
stubble, an indication among old time
agriculturists and people in the rural dis
tricts that fall is fast approaching.
Albuquerque Citizen: Gov. Thornton,
in addition to making an address at the
irrigation congress, will be invited to
formally open the territorial fair with
one of his best speeches.
On Sunday, August 4, Rev. E. A. Osborn,
of Gallup, was advanced to the priesthood
of the Episcopal church by Bishop Ken
drick, Rev. W. L. Citizens being the pre-
sentor and vesting the candidate with a
white stole.
One of the best games of base ball
ever witnessed in Grant county was
played at Fort Bayard one week ago last
Sunday between Troop and the Fort
Bayard Browns. The score stood 6 to 3
in favor of TroopI.
The naked corpse of an unknown man,
Mexican, was found floating down the
river at Earlham on Sunday. 1t is sup
posed that the man was caught IN one Of
the floods and drowned somewhere up the
neutrality-suspicious. Democrat.
The Optic is informed that George
Beatty has gone mp the Gallinas angling
for Plasterer Bruce's sixty pound trout.
When Mr.. Bruce was asked how he knew
it weighed sixty pounds, he said it had
scales on its back.
Assessor Childers has unearthed over
5000 acres upon which final proof has
been made at the United States land Of
fees, but which have never been returned
for taxation, and is still engaged in the
good work.-Silver City Eagle.
At 6 O'Clock Saturday evening, at Max
we'll City, freight train first SO, in charge
of Conductor W. B. Hanna was doing
some switching when Rear Brakeman d.
W. Miller fell off of car and under the
wheels, which passed over his legs, almost
severing both off a few inches below the
body.
The Spite -oonfessas Tie joke, Which,
Deputy Loomis put on the paper. The
new bathing resort, near Wagon Mound,
whose medicated waters are good for
skin diseases, and whose accommodations
are so crowded, at present, is sheep
dipping station.
Lyman N. Cook, general superintend
end of the New Mexico Refining Il Smelt
ing company, which is building the big
smelter at Cerrillos, has received the
plans and specifications, and is now nego
tiating with engineers to run the lines on
which to erect the works.
A. McFadden, sheep buyer from
Wichita, Kas., yesterday went up to
Wagon Mound where he has bunch of
1000 sheep which he will send on to
Wichita for feeding. AS soon as he starts
them he will try and buy another bunch.
Las Vegas Examiner.
A hig flood come down the Gia from
above the hot springs Saturday. Prof.
Schaffner and companions from Fort
Bayard were in camp near the springs
and lost their whole camping outfit. The
water ran into the bath houses at the
springs.-Sllver City Enterprise.
Chas. NJ. Shannon was in the city
yesterday, en- route to Clifton to look
after his mining interests there. He has
some seventy-fivs men at work on the
mine on leases. j. /. Brown, of Silver
City, was accompanying him. Mr.. Brown