Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-10
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

ID. ii. Burdette purchased 200 head
sheep, recently sold at public auction
Hope, for W. H. Ney.
Geo. Bailey is doing assessment wol
on some of his mining claims in the Sa
Pedro mountains.
Harry Myers, of Pennington, has sol
100000 brick in Gallup and has 25O,OC
more contracted for.
The New Mexico Lumber compan
has completed its telephone froI
Lumberton to their mill on the Navajo.
A wagon load of native salt from tn
Manzano salt lakes was retailed on tn
streets of Albuquerque at half cent pc
pound.
The Madrid people are preparing for
big celebration on July 4. Severa
hundred dollars have been raised for tn
purpose.
Albuquerque has taken a much needle,
step and passed an ordinance prohibltin,
the reckless cutting of trees within tn
city limits.
Gallup is not enjoying mushroom
boom. It's phenomenal growth at present
is natural, therefore no fear of reaction
is entertained.
J. E. Brown, formerly with tho Finlay
lumber yard at Eddy, has moved to Ros
we'll with his family and taken charge ot
the yard at that place.
The Chronicle says: "a number Of
Trlnldad's Knights Templar intend go
ing to Las Vegas to assist in the dedica
tion of the new Masonic temple in that
city June a."
I. G. Jones has arranged to put in 8
sawmill at Monero that will cut twenty
or thirty thousand feet day. Judge
Caldwell will have charge. The mill is
expected from Denver soon.
J.J. A. Dobbin, who is raising big
crop of potatoes on his Water Canon
place, was in Socorro Thursday. He re-
ports that Mccoy has made good gold
strike IN Garcia canon.
Director Wolcott, of the United States
geological survey; is making arrange
ments to give good deal of time and
money to the mining regions of New
Mexico this year.
The Springer Stockman: The press of
New Mexico seems to be unanimous in
opinion as to the justice of the verdict
in the Frank Chavez trial at Santa Fe.
The people of the upper Pecos valley
are highly pleased that Chavez Chavez
has been landed behind the bars. He has
been terror to the country and they
now feel easier since he has at last been
captured.
Cerrilos Rustler: Town Marshal Tom
O'Donnell has resigned his Office and will
leave at once for Solomonville, Ariz
where he expects to locate. For the
present his family will remain in Cerril-
los, but will probably join him later.
The corner stone of the new Masonic
temple at Albuquerque was laid, on Sat-
urday afternoon, by DR.. j. H. Wroth,
grand master of New Mexico. The ad-
dress was delivered by Mr.. W. B. Childers,
worshipful master Of Temple lodge.
R. P. March, OF katon, and George Sex
ton, of Las Vegas, have returned from st.
Louis, where they attended the annual
convention of the grand division of the
Order Of Railway Telegraphers, as repre-
sentatives of Gate City division, No. 232,
Ration, N. NJ.
Cerrillos Rustler: Preliminary work is
being done looking to the reopening of
the anthracite coal mines at Madrid. The
expects to commence opera
tions the last of this month. This will
insure employment to over 200 men, and
once more the picturesque mining camp
will buzz with renewed activity.
San Juan Times Mrs. J. Ellen Foster,
now visiting in Pennington, in express
ing her opinion of our county to Times
reporter, said she liked this country ex-
tremely, and prophecies that every inch
of land will be taken up as soon as peo-
pie know of the wonderful water facilities
and the more wonderful climate.
Las Vegas Examiner: The normal
school building, now being constructed
ia this city, will be one of the finest build
ings in the territory, and located as it is
on q commanding eminence, overlooking
the city In every direction, will be one of
The most slightly. If there is,one thing in
particular that Las Vegas can boast of
It is her fine school buildings.
Socorro Advertiser: Madrid and Padilla,
The two young men recently tried for
The assaulting of a United States mail |
,arrier and acquitted, and afterwards ar
rested on bench warrant, we're admit
ted to bail in the sum of $4,000, which
they gave. Those who heard the evil |
lence contend that conviction can be
secured if the witnesses are properly |
handled, evidently Judge Laughlin |
thought 40 too; hence the determination
10 give District Attorney Dougherty
whack at them.
Las Vegas Optic: DR.. NJ. NJ. Milligan
On yesterday brought in from his mine
On tho Pecos river about forty miles |
south of Las Vegas, a solid block OF onyx
Measuring l1x7x6 inches, and weighing
SIX pounds. He will have this specimen
dressed. The doctor has
number of other specimens, one of which
s larger than this, but of different shape,
which he will send to Denver and Chicago.
should these specimens prove Of good
auality the find will no doubt be valu-
able one.
Says the Cerrillos Rustler: at has for
some time been current talk in Cerrillos
that the board of education has not
been as careful in the disposition of the
public school funds as the Law requires,
Or the best interests Of the Taxpayers OF
he precinct demand. In fact actual
nisappropriation of school money has
been charged and that, too, so openly as
20 create something of scandal" The
ject will be investigated by com
nittee of the Cerrillos Board OF Trade con.
listing of Messrs w. E. Dame, =. Gold
ing and A. @. Teichman.