Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-18
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Eddy will celebrate the glorious 4th of
July.
Roswell claims to have more shade
trees than any other town of its size In
| the territory.
| The Terry Bros. are shipping ore from
their gold mine ir the Water canon dis
trict to the Graphic smelter at Kelly.
Israel King is reported to be slightly
improving, although still avery sick man.
Mrs. King is at San Marcial attending
him.
Mr.. Campbe attorney of the Pecos
Valley railroad, was in Socorro last
Wednesday. On that day the court ls-
sued an order for the above named rail-
road to issue 100000 in certificates topay
the floating indebtedness of the road.
Judge Bantz opened term Of the dis
trict court at Silver City this morning
Both the civil and criminal dockets are
quite long. The Davenport murder case
is set for trial tomorrow.
The Pueblo Chieftain Of the 9TH in
slant writes the Hematite mining dis
trict up in very commendable way,
giving facts and figures that are indls-
nutable with reference to the great camp,
Rev. Bovard baptized the following
children last Sunday morning at Union
church: Paul j. Given, Hazel McLaugh-
lin. Belle and Horace Porter, Homer and
Oscar Hirsch, Jesse E. Fitzpatrick, Tom
and Minnie Scott Hillsboro Advocate.
Several Thousand head of stock has
been brought down from Silver City.dur.
inc the weak en- route for eastern points.
The stock shipments from the northern
end of Grant county this year are the
largest ever known.
The people of Deming will soon have
the pleasure of witnessing the graduation
exercises of the class of 1896. The Dem
inc public schools are exceptionally we'll
managed, financially and otherwise, and
arc an institution in which much local
pride is naturally taken.-Headllght.
Sheriff Marion Littrell, of Colfax coun-
tv. will make application to the governor
for a reouisition for Roll Stevens, whose
sixty-day sentence in the Pueblo oolo',
Jail has about expired. The is unoet
Indictment in Colfax county for assault
with intent to kill.
Under the law, upon the presentation
of satisfactory proof of having killed wild
or ferocious animals, and the scalps OF
the same have been disposed of as pre-
scribed by the territorial statutes' per-
sons are entitled to the following bounty:
LYNX, 81; coyote, so cents; Wild cat' oo
cents; wolf, S.; panther, S5; mountain
lion, $3.
Monday night seventy-six feet of the
big f,ume across the Pecos, three miles
northwest of town, gave away. The break
occurred at the place where the new and
old structures were Joined the fall OF 1913.
| force of men under the direction OF L..
iAnderson we're put to work at once to
repair the damage, which will probably
req uire week.-Eddy Current.
The new animal industry bill provides
that all live stock imported into the
United States be properly inspected and
certified to by the proper officers This
provision was made to apply especially
to cattle from Old Mexico. The New
Mexico sanitary board has been enforcing
the str1ctest kind of inspection, however,
so that the new bill will not make any
change in the territorial methods.
James B. Lazear, the United States
hank examiner, who closed the First Ma
t,opal banks of Silver City and Deming
on February 3, 1892, has been indicted II
Denver for receiving moneys on deposit
in defunct bank there of which he wa'
cashier after the same was insolvent-
exactly similar charges upon which th'
officers of the Deming bank were eindlcted
and in whose prosecution Mr.. Lazear wal
very active.-Deming Headlight.
A convention of the Democrats OF thu
county of Grant Is called to be held ii
Silver City on Saturday, June 6, 1896, a
O'Clock p. M, for the purpose OF select
,, ing delegates to represent Grant count.
: in the Dem ocratic territorial convention
, to be held at Las Vegas June 10. next
. whlch convention will elect six delegate
to the national convention in Chicago
The call is signed by John w. Fleming
chairman, and G. G. Bell, secretary.
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