Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-27
Another step was taken in the matter

Another step was taken in the matter
of the settlement of the Deming park
question Monday when there was filed in
the district court of this district at Silver
City, by the attorneys of the A., Z, &c s.
F. company, ten suits in chancery against
the settlers on the twenty acres north of
the depot claimed by the railroad.
George Roberts, of Deming, who was
sent up for an assault with intent to kill
upon Night Waterman Jim Hughes, es-
capped from jail at Silver City Sunday
evening and was recaptured early the
next morning by Sheriff Shannon about
ten miles below the city, heading for the
Mexican line.
If Grant county has ever been favored
with abundant rains it is this year.
Grass on the plains IS over six inches
high and cattle never looked better in
this country. Mines and mills are start
ing up in every camp and every industry
8 receiving stimulus unknown for the
past five years. Grant county is strictly
SIN it" this year, gentlemen, says the
Headlight.
Geo. F. Patrick, of Pueblo, Colorado,
formerly one of the leading lawyers at
the Grant county bar, was in the city this
week buying cattle. He contracted for
about $500 head, 1000 of which will be
shipped from this point about the 1st of
September and the balance later. The
cattle will be shipped to Colorado, where
Mr.. Patrick it largely interested in the
cattle misunderstanding Headlight.
The Springer Water company turned
the water from the new reservoir into the
mains Monday. Good water will now he
assured for our town. and great i'm
provement is already noticeable. For
fire purposes there is not the pressure as
before, but, as we are not blessed with
five-story buildings, it is sufficient to an
swer all purposes.-Springer Stockman.
At Greenfield, on the other side OF the
Feliz, and three miles from Hagerman, is
the homestead of G.. A. Richardson, which
is in its second year of development. The
crops look we'll. There are fifteen acres
of corn, twelve of alfalfa, four of beans
and two-acre garden; also 1000 shade
trees and 1000 fruit trees. Out of 1900
apple trees set out this year, only eight
have died so far.-Eddy Argus.
The Southwestern Construction COM
pany with headquarters at Beaumon
Texas, is agitating abe construction of a
road from that town to Roswell. Beau
mont is at the head of Sabine bay, on
the Gulf of Mexico, and line from there
to this place would traverse some of the
very best country in Texas, besides Civ
ing an outlet to the Pecos valley as d.
rect as could be given. If the road
should be built on direct line, it would
cross the Texas & Pacific railroad some
where near Colorado City.
A great number of mountain lions,
fierce and ravenous, infest the north end
of the Black Range. They have killed
and eaten about twenty colts belonging
to Oscar Kinseley and others, among them
yearling and 2-year old. Omer Franks
has gone with his pack of hounds to help
hunt the mountain lions. One of the
mares, defending her colt from the lions,
was horribly mutilated by the ferocious
beasts, they tore off the skin from her
fac and injured her nostrils. The whole
sale slaughter of the game in this part of
the country by the Indians last fall is
supposed to account for the unusual de-
predations of the mountain lions. They are
deprived of their natural prey and so
attack bands of horses and colts in prox-
unity to the ranches.-Chloride Range.