Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-24
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

The stockmen of Grant county are
complaining of wholesale illegal brand
ing.
Mr.. T. F. Conway, of Silver City, who
has been seriously i'll, is improving
rapidly.
There will be special term of the dis
triet court in Union county, commencing
September 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Chavez, of Socorro'
rejoice over the arrival of brand new
son in their family.
The trains over the Magdalena branch
began running yesterday morning for the
first time since the big flood.
w. A. Skinner drove out to his sheep
ranch, east of the city, this morning. He
is feeding 10000 wethers, which he ex-
poets to ship to Kansas in short time
Albuquerque Citizen.
There are thousands of head of cattle
west of Magdalena awaiting shipment rs
soon as the Magdalena branch of the
Santa Fe railrord is repaired and again
in operation.-Socorro Chleftain.
H. H. Blake and Frank Zumach, of
and they are showing up fine. Their
early potatoes excel the Colorado "Gree-
leys" by far for flavor and mealiness.-
Las Vegas Examiner.
The A. O. U. W. last evening appointed
a committee to select temporary quarters
for the invalids of that order who are
already knocking at the door for admis-
sion, and can not wait for the erection of
sanitarlum buildlngs.-Las Vegas Optic.
rapid talker can utter about 200
words minute. At ordinary speed one
can speak at least 500 words in five min
utes at the telephone. That costs So
cents. To telegraph the same message
to Ell Paso would cost more than So
Las Cruces Independent Democrat.
Tuesday afternoon quite party of
sportsmen went out to test the new gun
that A. L. Hobbs is introducing. 1t shot
accurately point blank 200 yards. The
ball went through fifteen inches of timber
at distance of 100 yards. There is no
recoiland no smoke and in every particular
it is marvel-Raton Range.
The cattle sanitary board adjourned
yesterday until the 25th of October.
While in session here its time was mainly
given to the formulating a plan to cor
rect the record of brands as sent in by
the various counties, it being evident that
great many errors have crept into these
records.-Las Vegas Optic.
The Van smelter will be blown in again
Thursday. after shut down since the
food of July 81, caused by damage to the
works by water. The mining prospects
of Grant county were never better and
the company in charge will undoubtedly
be able to make a success in operating
the smelter.-Silver City Eagle.
The Four Greeks Mining & Milling COM
pany, Colfax county, has been sold to a
company consisting of Mr.. Gorham,
Southport, Conn, j. P. Colpa and J. M.
Dikeman, of Denver, who will operate
the mine and mill to their full capacity.
The consideration was about $4,000.
Mr.. Dikeman will manage the property
personally, for about three months, when
they expect to have everything in first
class running shape.
G. A. Moore, the late train dispatcher
here, who is wanted as the author Of the
chain letter fraud, for which W. T. Find
Icy was arrested, is no doubt in durance
vile, at this time. Inspector Flemming
was on his track yesterday afternoon,
and wired Inspector Waterbury that he
expected to have him before night. In
spector Flemming is one of the best de-
tectives in the postal service. In about
a week, or as soon as Mr.. Waterbury can
go to Ohio and return, Moore will be
brought back to Las Vegas.-Las Vegas
Optic.
A peculiar coincidence happened in
connection with the placing of H. H.
Hansberg, the defaulting Mimbres post