Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-20
NEW MEXICO NEWS.


with heavy rains last week.
Judge Collier expects to adjourn court
at Albuquerque on June l.
Street improvements are the order of
the day over at Las Vegas.
DR.. Driscoll is getting some fine ore
from his Water Canon gold mine.
The Blue Water canon irrigation en-
terprise is pronounced success.
The mining camps of Grant county are
displaying unprecedented activity.
Catalpa trees are in bloom and null
berries ripening in Eddy door yards.
The vines of the big Greene vineyard
at Eddy are heavily loaded with grapes.
Judge Smith hopes to clear the Colfax
criminal docket at the present special
term.
The White Oaks region was visited by
a general and beneficial rain ON Thdrs-
day.
Samuel McMullen, a we'll known sheep
raiser, dropped dead at Thatcher station
on Saturday.
The albuquerque A schools are reported
in tiourishing condition with about 200
attendants.
d. G. Winters, of Las Vegas, has coin
a new word for consumptives, 'ozoniers,
looking for ozone.
rebellion will unite in celebrating Deco
ration day at Roswell
Albuquerque Citizen: The people of
this city will expend $25,O0o on the terri
torial fair and irrigation congress.
The inmates of the terrgaorial hospital
for the insane a. Las Vegas were treated
to social hop on Saturday evening.
The Rio Grande has continued at about
the same height for several days and no
danger of al overflow is anticipated.
The Santa Fe is doing q tremendous
business at the present time in carrying
oranges from California to the eastern
markets.
With proper irrigation facilities New
Mexico can become in few years the
home of 100000 happy and prosperous
people.
Reports from all along the Mimbres in
dictate the largest fruit crop ever known
and corresponding luck with all agricul-
tural products.
Hon. George Curry has not yet fully
determined as to whether or not he will
reside in Socorro during his term as
clerk of the district court.
A correspondent of the Las Vegas OPP
tic suggests that David Bennett Hill, for
president, aud L. Bradford Prince for
vice president on 16 to silver plat
form, would be suitable ticket next time.
Says the Ration Range: Horse stealing
is becoming little too common in this
section of New Mexico. If few of the
thieves could be caught and summarily
dealt with it would have wholesome
effect.
Judge Louis Sulzbacher read before
the Jackson County Bar association, at
Kansas City, very interesting paper on
missouri Lawyers in New Mexico" The
press of Kansas City speaks very highly
of the paper.
The fruit, cattle and sheep shipments
ever the Atlantic & Pacific have reeched
greater proportions, in combined sense,
than at any one time in the history of the
road.
The Old Abe Eagle has passed into the
control of William Watson and John Y.
Hewitt under mortgage foreclosure and
will be sold to the highest bidder on
June l.
In the older states all farmers ki ow
that clover land becomes we'll fertiliasd
by roots and stubble. Alfalfa perfo II >
similar service, being like clover, rich in
nitrogen.
It makes Pecos valley farmer who is
other crops feel both glad and sorry to
read of the frosted corn and fruit of
colder countries.
For the fiscal year ending March 81,
1895, the stamp sales and box rents of
the Ration postoffice amounted to $4,-
328.26, an increase of $262.23 over 1894,
and an increase of $l,325 over 1880.
Mr.. E. w. Parker and wife, of White
Oaks, have gone to st. Louis for month
and will return by way of Golden, Colo,
to witness the graduation of their son,
James H. Parker, at the school of mines.
The Optic: The city council passed an
ordinance last evening making nickel-in-
the slot machines pay license of 800.
Dice throwing is prohibited, except for a
licensed game, by territorial law.
Columbus Noise, city attorney of East
Las Vegas, had an operation performed
on him in Kansas City last Monday by
DR.. HALEY, of that city, but his condition
can not be said to be encouraging.
Eddy Argus: E. @. Palmer, OF Will
Jams county, North Dakota, breeder OF
Shropshire sheep, intends to come to the
valley to engage in sheep raising and
fruit growing. In the north he raises hay
by irrigation, but can not grow fruit.
The Deming public schools will clos.
on the 3lst of May, after a term marked
by pronounced success both as to the ad.
vancement of the scholars and the conduc,
of the schools on the part Of the board.
Hon. W. 8. Hopewel is the busiest mar
in Sierra county, with his work filling q
contract to deliver 1000 steers on Jun.
23, looking after his mining interests ant
showing up the camp to strangers, he hal
no time to loaf.