Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-20
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Don A. Sweet is now general passenge
agent of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad.
Mrs. Auna R. MCGOWAN, wife of J. R
McCowan, died at Albuquerque on Fri
day afternoon.
L. @. Spaulding has resigned the posi-
tioL of book-keeper for the Helen Mining
company at Graham.
The old Girard house on Gold avenue
Albuquerque, was nearly destroyed BY
fire on Saturday night.
The city council of Silver City has lev
led five mills on the dollar for genera
purposes and six mills for hydrant rental
The coroner's jury at Albuquerque ne
found man named Trout guilty of the
murder of the Japanese girl named Kihu
Honda.
W. M. Sanders Il Co., of Tularosa, made
an assignment last week to Z. E. Banner
Their liabilities are $4,000; assets, un-
known.
The diamond drill is still at work eight
miles west of White Oaks and it is under
stood that several good veins of coal have
been struck.
Bishop Kendrick has appointed Mr.. H
H. Belts warden of the church of the Good
Shepherd, Silver City, in place of Rev.
George Selby.
The widow of the late Atsnacio San
chez, of Las Vegas, has received from the
government an allowance of $500 on her
Indian depreciation claim.
The water tank at the Las Cruces depot
collapsed last Sunday, and the $4,000 gal
Ions of water contained therein deluged
the surrounding area of ground.
The commissioners of Socorro county
have made an appropriation Of $500 to
construct the Mogollon-Magdalena So
corro-San Antonio-Sar Marcial wagon
road.
Mr.. J. L. White and Miss Maud Knucky
we're married on Wednesday at the home
of the brides parents at Georgetown, N.
M. The happy couple will reside in Sill
yer City.
B. F. Forsythe, of Las Vegas, has re.
ceived an assay of $3.50 gold per ton,
from ore taken from mine in the Hema-
tite camp, owned by himself and Frank
mp the country.
The Catskill and La Belle stage now ia
running to Elizabethtown and with the
improved roads and the railroad termi-
nus at Vasquez instead of Uatskill they
are furnishing the most excellent service
M. Balue was in the city part of this
week on business. He states that his new
smelter at Cerrillos will be ready to blow
in in very short time. He is now on
his way east to secure machinery. So
zorro Chieftain.
The Southeastern New Mexico Stock
Growers association met at Lincoln last
week. The members generally reported
stock in fine shape at this season. No
losses have occurred.
J.P. Kelly and his son, George, of Water
Canon, were arrested last week charged
with assault with deadly weapons on John
J. A. Dobbin. They waived examination
and were bound over to appear before
the grand jury.
There ia recorded lease made by
the county of BernaIillo to the United
States of America, for the use of court
rooms, judges chambers, grand and petit
jury rooms and Office and safety vault for
clerk of the court.-Albuquerque Demo
crat.
Assessor Chiders or the county COM
missioners should see to it that the tax
payers are properly represented before
the territorial board of equalization.
There are several cases appealed from
Grant county before that board and there
are also many rumors as to probable re-
suits. The tax. payers of Grant county
sx pect every territorial as we'll as county
official to do his duty.-Silvsr City Enter
prise.
John B. Legg, the deputy sheriff at
Fort Sumner, who trailed the man, Samuel