Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-13
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

The outlook for crops of all kinds il
San Juan county ls more promising thar
for several seasons.
R. p. Barnes, of Silver City, has as
sociated himself with S. M. Ashenfeter il
the practice of law in Deming.
Invitations have been issued for tn,
marriage of Mr.. Chas. H. McHenry, O.
Junction City, and Mrs. Mary Thompson
of Pennington.
Mr.. l.. R. Z. Paulin, of San Juan coun-
ty, will act as agent for l.. Welch in carry.
ing out the latter's contract for furnish.
ing Fort Wiugate with beef.
Mr.. Joseph E. Saint predicts that
Garden City, Hutchisonan all portions of
western Kansas would send big delega-
tions to the irrigation congress in Albu-
querque.
Pete Burleson, of Lincoln, has Just sold
a bunch of 262 cattle, for the Three
Rivers company, to the La Cueva COM
pany at Mora. They will be fatted on
alfalfa.
A preliminary survey is now taken for
line of railroad from Hanover to Lone
Mountain via Chloride Flat. 1t is under
stood that the new road will intersect the
A., T. & S. F. at a point near Munson's
ranch.-Silver City Sentinel.
W. D. Gossett, representing John E.
Frost, of Topeka, Kas., recently visited
Aztec. Mr.. Frost has secured control of
5000 acres of land in San Juan county
which was formerly embraced in the old
A. q P. land grant
Citizens of Las Vegas will endeavor to
get their grant troubles before the U. s.
court of private land claims. F. O.
kihlberg was appointed committee to
investigate and report at the next meet
ing if such thing we're possible.
Several parties have made application
to the probate court to be appointed
guardian of the two children of Feiciano
Chavez, now under sentence of death at
Santa Fe; also, petitions have been filed
for the guardianship of the children of
Lazaro Velasquez. now in the county jail,
awaiting the action of the grand Jury for
the murder of Jose Ulibarri and his Vel
asquez') wife.-Optic.
One Klausman, of Deming, it appears,
was being tried for having his saloon
open on Sunday. Judge Bantz decided:
"As Mr.. klausman WAS not in the saloon
and doing labor, he, Klausman, did not
violate the law, and the law can not be
violated by proxy" 1t would appear that
the bartender is tine one who violates the
law, and not the proprietor, who pays
him.-Optic.
Hon. G. W. Miles will move his family
from Silver City to his farm near Rincon
in a few days where he will give his per-
soual attention to agriculture and fruit
growing. Mr.. Miles has 64O acres of ne
land along the Rio Grande all under irri
CATION and about 150 acres under plow.
This season he has 100 acres ia
wheat and barley and fifty acres in corn, |
beans, etc. Barley harvest has com
menced and the crop is said to be bounti-
full.
San Juan Index: A few days ago as
Joe Martin was returning home from
Aztec he ran across swarm of bees in
the hills. He was desirous of making a
wholesale" capture but as he had made
The trip on horseback the problem of how
10 get the bees home was difficult to
solve. He finally concluded to "hive"
The bees in his overshirt. Although ten
miles from home he succeeded in bring
ing in his prize, and at last accounts the
bees we're doing we'll and gave promise
Of going to work.
Geo. Dickenson, N. James, Section
Boss Causlin and Hank Dorsey came in
from the Burro mountains last Friday
morning and reported that band of In
lians had been seen on the day previous
On the Gila, in the Burros, few miles
above the Rhael ranch. The band num-
Dered seven or eight bucks. detach-
nent of cavalry was ordered at once to
The scene. The march was taken up last
Sunday morning and the soldiers passed
through Silver City in the afternoon.
number of prominent citizens joined the
troops at this place. No information has
3een received from them up to the hour
If going to press.-Silver City Sentinel.
At a meeting of the board OF regents of
,he Silver City normal school in this city
asst week Prof. Geo. Selby was reelected
principal, and Prof. j. A. Long and Miss
May B. Gaddis assistants. The salary of
Prof. Selby was fixed at $1,800; Prof.
Long at $1,000 and Miss Gaddis at 5000
or the school year. No higher compli-
nents could be paid Professors Selby
ind Long than to re-engage them at an
ldvance in salary. The selection of Miss
3addis is highly commendable on the
,art of the board.-Siver City Sentinel.