Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-04
VALLEY VARIETIES.
Cosby News Item from the Heart
Of the Beautiful Mesilla
Country.

Correspondence New Mexican.
Las Cruces, Jan. 3.--This is the ami
| versary of st. Genoviva, the patron saint
of Las Cruces, the recurrence of which is
regularly observed by our native citi-
zens, who commemorate this event an.
nually by firing pistols, anvils, ETC., and
with the illumination of majority of
business and dwelling houses ON Main
and other streets. The dwelling of
Father Lassaigne was noticeably well
Illuminated, as was the store of Martin
Lohman.
Sheriff A=sarate was duly installed this
morning, Sheriff Lohman having turned
over books and other official parapher-
MALTA to his successor. Puerile reports
that Mr.. Lohman would not vacate the
Office were circulated by Mr.. Ascarate's
personal and po''pjcai enemies, but in
spite of all the y.a Ser was peacefully
and expedition ~aae, @r, Ascarate
receipting al f ah-naa for seven
teen priso Ya1 sanEas ~
Wild ru,aJ faasatioua -ac-
ter have reaoaod Hafo u Ute ~ :
four hours, with regard to the status in
Santa Fe, but as these reports come
mainly through unreliable channels, little
credence is accorded them. They seem
to have been the creations of brains up
set by an abnormal anxiety that anarchy
shall reign in New Mexico.
One GLADDEN., charged with having OBJ
tanned money by false .pretenses, and the
commitment of other offenses, was ar
rested at Ration and brought here Mon
day, and is held for district court.
A burglar, arrested in Grant county,
was delivered yesterday to officials,
who had requisition papers from the
governor of Texas.
Prof. G. T. Hagerty, instructor of
mathematics at the Agricultural college,
was married to-day to Miss Engler, of
Colorado.
The mask ball at Cuniffe's hall New
Years eve was largely attended, where
numerous handsome costumes we're dis
played. Characters were cleverly per-
sonated, and disguises were so nearly per-
feet as to defy the scrutiny of intimate
acquaintances. But damp, hot weather
was so appraSs1va as 70 ro1usrc man y
participants to unmask at an early
hour.
Numerous ranchmen, of whom Messrs.
O. M. Lee, of Jarillas, W. W. Cox and
brother, of San Augustine, and H. Kim
berlin, the Republican bell-wether of
Fresnal canon, we're in town this week.
The turquoise prospects in the Jicaril
las have furnished some beautiful speci-
mems Of this now popular gem, and bid
fair to take the front rank.
The ores from the Ben Nevis, now be-
ing concentrated at the Sunol mill, are
proving highly satisfactory, as they carry
considerable values in gold, silver and
galena.
Many persons express the hope that an
organization of the house of representa-
tives may be effected at an early DAY. If
Republicans had the endorsement of a
Kellog and federal judge, backed by
federal bayonets, the days of obstruction
and reconstruction in Louisiana" might
be re-enacted in New Mexico. But the
rump legislature, conceived in sin and
born of colonies, is destined to an early
grave on the tomb of which we read:
Pause gentle reader, lightly tread,
For Gods sake let them lie;
For we're at peace while they are dead,
But He'll is in fry!
So mote it bel Lux