Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-22
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Mrs. A. B. Fall, of Las Cruces, expects
to spend the summer in Kentucky.
The Las Vegas Mining company still
has very encouraging word from its Lake
Valley mines.
There will be a fair fruit crop in Col
fax county this year unless some future
misfortune overtakes the present splendid
outlook Ration Range.
The Silver City Water company, under
the direction of Superintendent Nichol, is
vigorously pushing its prospecting for
more water with apparent good success.
James L. Bell and Miss Rose Kemerle
were married Wednesday evening by Rev.
F. 7. Bennett at the residence of 3. E.
White, Arno street and Gold avenue, Al
buquerqus. '
Thaddeus A. Hodges, store.keeper for
the Santa Fe company at Las Vegas, has
been granted a divorce from his wife, Ida
Fl. Hodges, on the grounds of crHel ard
inhuman treatment and abandonment.
The time fixed for holding the New
Mexico M. L. conference, which Is to be at
Roswell, is October l, with Jos. s. Key as
the bishop. This will be the fourth time
in five years that Bishop Key has pre-
sided over the New Mexico conference.
W. H. Jack, of Silver City, president
of the territorial sanitary board and
large cattle owner in this and Grant
counties, arrived here Sunday morning
with train load of cattle to be placed
on the Dry Cimarrou range. - Ration
| Range.
Bishop Kendrlck has notified the con-
gregation of the Episcopal church that he
has appointed the Rev. Geo. Selby, now
| at the head Of the normal school at Silver
| City, as missionary over st. Paul's mis-
sion in East Las Vegas, says the Optic.
Mr.. Selby will spend his summer vacation
in Europe.
Fred. Helwig, who is working the God
Help mine in Peralta canon, Cochiti dis
trict writes that he Will have fifteen tons
of ore for shipment to the Pueblo smelter
next week. His last shipment, amount
| ing to a mill run of 500 pounds, netted
him $135. The God Help has been de-
velop ped to a depth of only twenty-five
feet.
| A telegram was received from DR.. j. M.
Cunnlnghom to-day, who is now in Wash
ington, d. c., stating that orders had
| Just been issued from the interior de-
partlnent putting stop to the survey in
the city of East Las Vegas that is now
being made by United States Surveyor
r. B. Rice, until further orders from the
secretary of the interior are given. This
is the survey concerning which consider
able has been said both pro and con in
this paper recently.--Las Vegas Optic.
/ 0. II. Nelson, big raiser of thorough
bred cattle, who passed through the city
two weeks ago with 1926 thoroughbred
bulls, which he sold to cattlemen in south
ern New Mexico, came in from Deming
last night, being met at the depot by
Capt. E. E. Abell. Mr.. Nelson reported
the ranges south Of the territorial metro.
polls in fair condition, and states that he
found the stock generally in good market
ing condition. The gentleman continued
on to Kansas City.-Albuquerque Citizen
The shaft being sunk by the North
Canon Mining company on the Little
Pittshurg claim is down fifty feet aud ia
10 an eighteen-inoh vein Of quartz di-
vided into narrow seams by tale and slate
The quartz carries gold that can be seen
with glass, and piece as big as wal
nut, when pounded up and panued yester
day afternoon by Simon Stern, showed Il
string OF colors that was very satisfac-
tory. The ore is undoubtedly rich, and
apparently the stringers are coming to-
gether IN the vein.-Albuquerque Demo
crat.