Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-24
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

The Silver City Enterprise printed Mr.
Bryan's Madison Square Garden speech
of acceptance entire.
The postoffice department has ordered
the name of the postoffice at Carlisle
changed to Steeple Rock. The change
takes place on the first of October.
Drs. Castor and Pierce have thoroughly
examined the waters at the Hot Sulphur
springs, in Bsrnalillo county, and pro.
nounce them the best of the kind in the
country.
Miss Hattie A. Stevens, of Pinos Altos,
will open a kindergarten here at an early
date. Miss Stevens is quite proficient as
a teacher, and, as Kindergarten is much
needed in this city, the effort to establish
one should be success.--Sllver City Eu-
terprise.
Vincent May, while OFT at the gold
camp last week, helpeatg sat aSfifty- five
pound watermelon that was raised at the
Alamo Springs ranch, east of the noun
tains. He says that the peaches from
that ranch have the finest flavor of any
he has ever eaten.--Rio Grande Republi-
can.
Since the abandonment of the Union
Pacific branch from Trinidad to Catskill,
there is beyond dispute bnt one route to
the Elizabethtown, Hematite and La Belle
mining districts, and that is to take the
Santa Fe to Springer, where daily stages
leave for these districts. Springer Stock
man.
All over New Mexico the copious rains
which have fallen during the past two
months have caused luxuriant growth
of grass, on which cattle and sheep are
fattening. The mines now have an
abundance of water for all mining and
milling purposes, and these industries
are being actively pursued.-Deming
Headlight.
j. H. Overhuls. who is in the city from
Bland for few days, stated to an Optic
reporter this morning that arrangements
had about been perfected for treating the
Cochit, ore by chlorination process, upon
a guarantee by the miners to supply the
plant with 100 tons of ore daily. The
cost of treatment will range from $3.50
to IS per ton, and it is estimated that
the dumps in the Bland camp.-Las We.
gas Optic.
Portirio Diaz, young man about 81
years of age, attracted some little atten-
tion at the depot last night. He was on
the No. 2 passenger train, coming up
from the City of Mexico, and continued
on to New York, from which CITY he will
GROSS the Atlantic for London. He was
introduced to the Citizen representative
by Capt. Orn, OF the Pullman coach, and
the young man stated that he is captain
in the Mexican army. but was going to
London for the purpose Of pursuing Ger
tain studies. He is a son of President
DiaZ.
As result of the bright outlook in fa
vsr of New Mexico securing statehood al
the next regular session of congress, many
are immigrating to New Mexico with 3
view of getting in on The .-nund floor
securing farms, business locations ano
other means of livelihood, and to share II
the prosperity that will undoubtedly fol
low soon after the admission of the terri
tory. Our resources are wonderful, oul
land is rich, our mining districts are oper
manufactures. Coal and timber in abun-
dance for conducting manufacturing
plants and building are found in all sec
tions of the territory, and with statehood
all classes of improvements will at once
take on lively air.-Springer Stockman
Pursuant to instruction from the
comptroller of the currency at Washing
ton, d. c., Edwin L. Foster, receiver oi
the First National bank, of Silver City
and Deming, which failed on the 3rd day
of February, A. D. 1898, has made appli-
cation 20 the United States district court
of this district for an order to settle or
compromise all dues and demands and to
sell all remaining assets of the banks and
an order has been entered in accordance
Herewith. This means the speedy termi-
nation of the trusts and final settlement
of the affairs of the two banks. In an
interview with the Headlight this morn
ing Receiver Foster could not furnish the
slightest information as to the possible
amount of the next dividend. The divi-
dends declared to date amount to 40 per
cent to the depositors of both banks
Deming Headlight.
from the town of Mogollon has been
almost entirely destroyed by the flood. A
new road from Whitewater will shorten
the distance about nine miles between
Silver City and Mogollon and provide a
much better and easier route than the
former road. The friends of the Socorro
road are now agitating the new road in
that direction, which would cut off the
trade from Silver City and divert it to
Socorro and other towns. The merchants
and business men of Silver City should
call meeting and raise subscription
to aid in the immediate construction oi
the new road. Now is the time when the
Mogollon trade will either be saved OIL
lost to Silver City. Our business mer
should act promptly.-Silver City Enter
prise.
Esiquio Baca, wife and children, Dicl
Stephens and wife went over to tn,
Medic Dia on Monday to fish ant
picnic. After reaching the canor
all the party went fishing except
ing Mr.. Baca, who remained behind will
his youngest child, asleep on the ground
The father was on the point Of lyin(
down by the child when hs saw approach
ing q big black bear which he drove of
by lustily shouting. Had Mr.. Baca fol
lowed the others, leaving the child alon
to sleep, which was his Arst intention,
IL probable that bruin would have de
voured the little one before the parent
could have prevented it.-Bland Herald
FESTIVAL OF MOUNTAIN AMI
PLAIN.
The annual festival of Mountain
and Plain will take place ct Denver
Colo, October 8, z, and 8, 1895. Fo
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