Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-23
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Judge Bantz will hold term of court
10 HilIsboro, in and for Sierra county,
beginning Monday, April ~.
The official statement by the outgoing
city treasurer shows Albuquerque TO be
in excellent financial condition, aud shows
that the ex penses Of the city during the
past year have been kept well within the
income.
At last accounts Israel King was still in
jail in Juarez, Mexico. The authorities
have agreed to ADMIT him bail for the
sum Of $4,000 in Mexican money, and it
is expected he has been released by this
time.-Silver City Eagle.
The cattle sanitary board to day moved
into new quarters over the Wells, Fargo
nearer the depot, giving cattiemen pass
ing through the city an opportunity to
aee the secretary while the train stops
Las Vegas Examiner.
The data r garding the lack of water
for irrigation in the Rio Grande valley
below FL Paso was last night forwarded
to Copgressma CockIell, who will make
it available IN obtaining early and favor
able action on the international dam pro-
ject soon to receive the ate ntion of the
house and senate Ell Paso Times.
At Gray, Lincoln county, last week,
Jack Thorp, while drunk, shot into min
er's tent and in return had his horse
killed. Thorp was drunk, but managed
to escape. The men in the tent were
William Valentine and j. @. Mcintosh,
formerly of Gallup. Thorp is COW
puncher with reputation of being quar-
rel some while drunk.
The 8 year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Lee, of Maxwell City, was burned
| to death Saturday night. 1t seems that
Mrs. Lee was about her house work iu an
other room when she was attracted BY
the screams of her child, rushing into the
room she found him developed in flames
Quickly throwing some clothing about
him they we're extingoished, but it was
too late, he had breath-d the flames and
exp ired IN a few minutes. It was ascer-
taiued that the little fellow had been
sticking pieces of wood In the stove
CRATE and wstching them burn ana in this
way the Are was communicated to his
clothes. 1t will BIZ remem bered, that
only few months ago Mr. and Mrs.. Lee lost
little boy by being Injured on the cars.
This last "no was their only child. Mr..
Lee is postmaster and A., 7. & 3. f. agent
at Maxwell Clty.--Raton Reporter.
The storm of Sunday week was very
destructive one to sheep throughout this
section of tho county, and while some
cattle were lost, yet the value is not near
as great as the value ofsheep. But sheep
and cattle we're not all that suffered 10 the
storm. Several lives we're Lost. One of
Martinez's herders of Folsom Was frozen
to death and several other herders were
reported missing and no news to their
being found has yet reached here. One of
Hon G. Barela's h-riers Of Barela, Colo,
WAS frozen TO death at his post Of duty. The
sheep we're drifting with the storm and
he remained with them, saving a aock Of
$500 at the cost Of his own life. Mr..
BArela has had him buried In his own
private cemetery and will have suitable
monument erected over his grave. Friday,
Charles Wiler, ofSpringer, while looking
for cattle near the head of the Alamo,
found dead Mexican who is apparently
about go years Of age. He is unknown,
Clayton Republican.