Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-02
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that the killing was entirely in self de-
Tense. District Attorney A. H. Harlee
represented the territory and John j.
Bell, James S. Fielder and R. p. Barnes
the defendant. Justice Owens held
Davenport in $4,000 bail to await the
action of the grand jury. City
Eagle.
Silver City flood note: At a meeting
of citizens, in view of the heavy losses
sustained by many of the residents of the
city, the feasibility of asking for aid was
suggested but this idea was vigorously
combatted by the ma ority of the bust
ness men who, although they were heavy
losers by the flood, said that they were
willing to contribute not only to fund
to clean up the streets but that they
would also contribute to n fund to relieve
anyone whose losses by the food had left
them in Strengthened circumstances. In
ess than five minutes fund of about
: ahos'sand dollars had been contributed to
be uaed in cleaning the streets on condi-
ton that no aid should be soicited from
other places. Aaron Schultz was the first
to offer to contribute and he said that he
would give 800. l.. G. Parker thought
that there were no destitute people here
and if there were any he was willing to
contribute. He gave 800 toward clean
ing the streets. Martin Maher, the Silver
| City National bank and others contribu-
ted like amounts and others contributed
smaller amounts.
A communication from Rivera, San
Miguel county, to the Las Vegas Optic
says: Juan Garcia was found dead, one
bo1 Ia ri rfR rs al
"wednesday evening. 1t was at first
thought he was killed by lightning, while
out hunting his horses, but after the
body was taken to his home and examin-
ed, it is the opinion of all who saw him
that he was murdered, as the wound on
his body was evidently made by shot
gun. Garcia was good, quiet citizen,
about AZ years of age. He leaves wife
and two children in fair circumstances.
No clue. Coroner notified.
The contract for carrying U. S. mail,
daily, between La Belle and Catskill,
beginning August Is, has been let to V.
Boring, London, Kentucky, $l43O per
year. Mails leave daily except Sunday, at
10 a. m, arrive at La Belle by 8 p. m.
Leave La Belle at $3.50 a. m. arrive at
Catskill at 2 p. m. The price, which
amounts to less than $1.2O per month, is
ridiculous.
Rev. j. A. Menaul, superintendent of
the Presbyterian missions for this terri
tory, who has been engaged for about a
year on new edition of hymn book in
the Spanish language, will have the work
finished in few weeks and ready for dis
tribution.
Though the territory has been visited
with many heavy rains during the past
few weeks, many old residents say the
climate of this country has merely re-
turned to its normal condition, ms the
past five years have been years of unusual
dro OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Citizen.
The vast quantity of water going to
waste in New Mexico for the want of
storage reservoirs. to preserve it for
future use on growing crons, is a painful
sight for the average citizen to behold
Optic.
A. J. Wells, formerly of Anthony, Dona
Ana county, was stabbed to death Tues
day night in Ell Paso by his brother-in-
law Miguel Avalos. Avalos is in Jail.
Fruit teams are beginning to line the
road between Pennington and Durango.