Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-20
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

"hoo III Las vegas Sesteruuy -dNu
killed dog.
There is talk of horse thieves operating
In San Juan county.
Judge Tice, of Monero keeps a beauti-
full pair of mountain lions for rets.
Superintendent Dyer arrived in J
Vegas yesterday to remain during t.. i..
tiylties.
The TERRA Amarillo grant is chock
full of sheep and more are coming says
the Chama Northwest
I Tom Hughes, of the Albuquerque Citi-
zen, is expected up this way soon on n
fishing trip.-Chama Northwest.
Mrs. Thomas Hughes and daughters
have returned to their Albuquerque
home from southern California.
The Fort Wlngate military bard has
been engaged to furnish music for Flag
staff's Fourth of July celebration.
Business was generally suspended in
Albuquerque this morning during the
funeral of the lamented Henry V. Harris.
The electric light plant at Las Vegas
hot springs was tested, Saturday evening,
and found to be In exceptionally good
condition.
In San Juan county it is proposed to
vote bonds to the amount of $4,000 for
the purpose of building a new school
house in Aztec.
The La Belle mining camp, it is said, Ia
steadily growing, while it is estimated
that there are more than 1000 people In
and around that camp.
1t is reported that W. FL. Mullane, of
the Eddy Current, will soon abandon the
newspaper business and engage in rails
sing bees and chickens.
Pablo Trujiilo was arraigned yesterday
before Justice Daniel G. de Baca, in Lus
Vegas, on the charge of beating his wife,
and bound over to await the action of the
grand jury in the sum of $500.
Manager Plank, of the Montezuma hotel
at Las Vegas hot springs, were destroyed
by fire, ot Chicago, they having been
stored at the Oakland warehouse.
Albuquerque Citizen: There are
about 500 men employed at the Atlantic
& Pacific shops in this city, larger num-
Der than ever before. This means dis
tribution of 100000 or more on the ap-
preaching pay day.
DR.. r. T. Stovall, formerly of Deminp,
will be united in marriage to Miss Maud
LeNoir. by the Rev. Edward s. Cross, at
the residence of W. Lee Thompson on the
Mimbres, this evening. A large number
of Silver City people will attend the cere-
moDy.
Las Vegas Optic: J. P. Mullens left
for Brown~ood, Texas, to-day. He came
to the insane asylum here on December
30, from Albuquerque. He has been pro-
nounced we'll of his malady, and goes
home greatly rejoicing. He is a cowboy
by occupation aud about so years old, or
less.
Those Of our citizens who have visited
the experimental farm recently state that
Supt. Griffin has made marked progress.
They are enthusiastic in their praise of
his management and say that all who
desire to see farming done in q scientific
and systematic manner should visit the
station at their earliest convenience
San Juan Index.
Mr.. j. Mckay, yard foreman of the
Santa Fe, is laying about 1000 yards of
additional sidetrack in the Albuquerque
yards, and says he las been instructed to
extend the ice company sidetracks and
put in a complete set of new switches.
Mr.. Mckay, who has been fifteen years
in the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad
company, declares that never, during that
period, has he seen so much traffic pass
ing over the road
Eddy Independent: Our worthy Sheriff
j. d. Walker, returned Sunday from
Juarez, but minus Mrose and Queen. He
informed us that the supreme court
of Mexico had decided in favor of
his men, on account of some critical
errors in the extradition papers. Martin
M'rose and Victor Queen are now at
liberty ana are fnll-fedged citizens of
the Mexican republic. It was money
that gave them their liberty and not
justice.
Writing of the failure of the legsla
ture to act on an important question
Representative VIM. Locke, of San Juan,
says: 81 introduced a bill to regulate
the spraying of orchards, which was in
dorsed by the Horticultural society
Of the territory and approved bya num-
Der of the members Of the legislature,
but not enough to carry it through. l
am sorry to say that our laws are SO de-
ticient on such an important matter.
For the magnitude of the fruit interest
in the territory is so great that our in
terests demand all the protection there
is for us. The old saying that IAN ounce
of prevention is better than pound of
cure is as applicable in this case as any
other it can be applied to-
Hugh McGregor, who for long time
was an inmate of the Grant county char
ity hospital, and more recently confined
in the county Jail, was sent to London,
Canada last Friday, where he vii! at once
be put in the insane asylum. At tho last
regular meeting of the board of county
com mmissioners an appropriation of $lGO
was made for the purpose of sending him
to some place where he could receive such
treatment and care as his case demanded.
Aside from the 500 ordered by the conn
ty, several OF our citizens made up a
purse OF s3a to defray the expenses of
Mrs. McGregor, who went with him.
Silver City Sentinel.
No Cards Were issue.
New York, June 20.-At the church OF
the TRANSPORTATION last night David YEN