Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-03-22
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

1894 was $650,62O.
The Knights of Pythias at Silver City
are making arrangement to build cas-
tie.
A daughter was born to ex-Msyor Man
dell and his good wife at Albuquerque
yesterday.
The tower on the Dona Ana court
house 10 about to collapse. Architects
are looking after it.
The San Miguel county Jail is said to
be without an inmate, for the first time
since the stone bastile was built.
The Eddy public school observed Ar
Dor day (last Friday and planted some-
thing over 100 trees on the school house
block.
It Is reported that R. w. Tslsill, of
Chicago, intends to satisfy claims against
the Mormon mine and take charge of the
property.-Las Cruces Democrat.
The lakes in the vicinity of Springer
are literally covered with ducks. One
sportsman says he knows he does not ex-
aggerate when he says he saw 5000 on
one small lake.
Messrs. Grace & Stanford have pur-
chased the V7-ranch, near Clayton. They
will plant forty acres of sorghum this
year, and the same land is to be put to
alfalfa next year.
The postoffice at johnson, old Fort Bas-
com, will be discontinued on the first of
the approaching month and applications
will be made by interested parties for the
establishment of postoffices at San Lo-
renzo and Ell Cuervo.
The desecration of Memorial day, May
30, is more or less INDUCED every year by
the towns of New Mexico, in making it
an occasion of hilarious sport. This
ought to be to every patriotic citizen the
most sacred day in the ysar.-Raton
Range.
1t Is fact that tho advertising columns
of live newspaper contain information
of such importance that no reader can
afford to overlook them. The announce
msnts of business men are of general i'm
portance, because everybody is pur-
chaser.-Optic.
jeff N. Miller, in behalf of tho Pecos
Valley Railway company, presented the
Eddy fire department with $25 check
for the assistance they rendered in pro-
tecting the oompany's property the night
the oil house burned down.
After April l, Ration will be ono of the
best lighted towns in the country. Poles
are being erected and the wires placed so
a. to locate arc lights that will reach
every portion of the town. The cost at
Ration is about ~ per cent less than in
any other town in New Mexico.
VIM. M. Henry, deputy organizer of
Woodmen, is in the city for the purpose
OF building up the camp OF the order.
He comes from Santa Fe where he organ
lied fne camp of the best material in
that city of forty members. At Les
Vegas he instituted 4 camp of over 100
Nom bers.-C Citizen.
The Las Vegas Citizens cl1b will hold
a meeting at the city hall, Monday evening
of next week, for the purpose discussing
the probabilities of railroad connection
with the Pecos valley and other matters of
importance to the citizens of Las Vegas.
The sun made considerable ado in get
ting over the line, to-day, In fact he
couldn't have kicked up more dust if it
had been the family clothes line, and
Madame Luna had been after him with
the broom stick.-Las Vegas Optic.
Deputy United States Marshal Perry
arrived last night having in charge Jim
Turner, the noted train robber and
bandit and associate in crime Of Bill
Cook. He was taken to the county Jail
and will remain there till papers for his
extradition arrive from Arkansas, the
scene Of his most daring outrages.-Al-
buquerque Democrat.
The territorial grand jury have brought
in an indictment against Samuel NJ. Fol-
som for embszzlement. Folsom 10 now
IN Chicago, after having been convicted
of making false entries In the books Of
tho Albuquerque National bank, but 10
under $4,000 bond, pending hearing of
the case in the supreme court. Ofhcers
will shortly leave for Chicago to arrest
Folsom ON the indictment now found
against him. Albuquerque Democrat.