Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-29
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

| The San Juan county fair has been
postponed from September and 10 to
October l, 2 and 3.
"A. Carruth, the Optic understands,
has begun the preparation of city direc-
tory at Las Vegas.
The subscriptions to the territorial fair
at Albuquerque have reached the hand
some total of S3,723.
The Optic reports that the postofiice
department has finally consented to estab
lish postoffice at Las Vegas Hot Springs
and to call it by that name.
| number of valuable gold nuggets
have been picked up by Mexicans in the
| streets of Silver City since the floods be-
gan. They we're no doubt washed from
the Pinos Altos mountains.
Capt. Jack Crawford, who is in Colum-
bia, South America, Investigating placer
mining, has sent cablegram to friends
| in Ell Paso stating that he would be home
September Is.
The colored preacher, W. P. Roberts,
left town Tuesday night rather hurriedly,
his movements being accelerated by
party of men who had become disgusted
with his actions toward some of the
| colored girls of tender age, and many of
| the dusky sons and daughters of Ham as
sisted in running him out.-Eddy Cur
rent.
Mrs. M'Rose intends TO make fight to
| try and secure possession of the personal
effects of the late John Wesley Hardin,
together with the manuscript of his biog-
raphy, now in the possession of Alderman
j. l.. Whitmore, who was appointed by
Judge Hunter as temporary administra-
tor of Hardin's affairs.-El Paso Times.
The plans and specifications for the
new depot we're here a few days for the pur
pose of allowing the local contractors an
opportunity to bid for the work. The
new building will be quite handsome
structure and an ornament to Silver City.
There will be plenty of room for the con-
duct of the business and the employees
will not be crowded into small space rs
with the one that burned.-Silver City
Eagle.
Judge Bennett lot the contract yester-
day afternoon for converting his two va
cant rooms on Billiard street into nm
opera house. The auditorium will be
48x55 feet and the stage will be 30x50
feet. The stage will be about two feet
higher than the one formerly used in
Morrill, hall, and will be set with new
scenery andso arranged as to accommo
date the largest opera companies on the
road. The new hall will be ready for use
no later than October /, and perhaps
sooner.-Silver City Sentinel.
The mineral exhibit at the coming fair
now promises to be the finest ever made
in the west. All the famous camps of
Arizona and New Mexico will be well rep
resented, and the visitors will have n
chance to get correct idea of the vast
mineral wealth of this wonderful region.
The camps in the vicinity of Albuquer-
que should bestir themselves. Cochiti can
make as fine display as any district in
either territory, and the miners of that
country should be getting ready. Don't
hide your light under bushel, but let
the world see what you have.-Albuquer-
que Citizen.
Word comes from the Jemez hot
springs that the other day young lady
from San Francisco, who is sojourning
for short time at the springs, actually
dug up grave, near the ruins of the old
Jemez church, in her search for relics and
curios, and instead of finding what she
was after unearthed the remains of a
white man. The remains, it is also
stated, laid bare to the bleaching rays of
the sun for few days, when the young
lady had them re-interred. Our inform
ant states that the people of the springs,
with the visitors, are very ind ignant over
the outrage Citizen.