Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-13
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

The town of Cerrillos cast l03 votes at
the late election.
The attendance at the White Oaks pub
lie school is 1872.
Thirty-fye cars Of cattle, en- route east,
we're fed at the yards in Las Vegas on
Saturday.
Miss Rose aynerson and MIR. Oscar Z.
Bell were married al Las Cruces few
days ago.
Capt. j. L. Bulls, Pueblo Indian agent,
reports that the population of the Zuni
Indian village is little over 1900.
The Enterprise reports 271 votes cast
for j. W. Fleming for mayor OF Silver
City at the recent election and scatter.
ing, for fun, 4"
DR.. Chas. +. Blackington is building a
road over the San Andres mountains to
his copper mine. When this road is
finished he will be in direct communica-
tion with the railroad at Lava.
The case of the United States against
Valdez for robbing the postoftice at Los
Alamos, occupied the attention of the
court this morning. The defendant with
drew his plea of not guilty and entered a
plea of guilty instead. The jury returned
amlner.
The orchardists and fruit growers of
the Pecos valley are feeling very blue
over the sudden cold spell last week
Some of them say they have lost all of
their apples and n good part of their
peaches. The opinion Of the majority,
however, ia that some OF the peaches were
destroyed, bnt none of the apples.
Prof. W. Fl. Seamou, director of the
school of mines, returned last Monday
morning from a trip to Washington,
where he had been on business connected
with the securing OF just legislation by
congress III favor of the mining schools
of the country. The professor is satisfied
that much good has been accom- plished
and has great faith that there will be
legislation that will tie of great benefit to
the New Mexico school of mines.--So-
zorro Chieftain.
On Monday morning Mr.. Frank Nichol,
superintendent of the Silver City water
ing new we'll to tap the great subter-
ranean water channel which has been
found in the Parker and Heather wells.
This channel seems to be an entirely dis
tinct water course from the one which has
heretofore supplied the water works, and
80 far as tested seems to carry vastly
greater amount of water, in fact seems to
be practically inexhaustible. Silver City
Enterprise.
Work on the excavations for the new
shaft at Old Abe was commenced Tues.
day morning, aud a contract for the first
800 feet of shaft will be let in a day or
two unless the company finds it advisa-
BILE to do the work under its own direc-
tion. The mill run last week on the old
dump proves satisfactory and will be
continued indefinitely. The shaft and
hoist house is being taken down for re-
moval to the new location White Oaks
Eagle.
Edward Dodd, Don j. Rankin and W.
A. Skinner have returned to Albuquerque
| from the Ladrone mining country. Mr..
Dodd said to reporter: II think that be-
| fore six mouths the second Cripple Greek
will be located in the Ladrone district.
Everything is looking tine, and have
more faith in the Ladrones than any min
| ing camp have ever visited" Messrs.
Dodd and Rankin are interested in ak
teen claims surrounding the Lncky Jim
mines on all sides.
Reports come from the Jicarillas of a
new strike of very rich gold ore on Sol
| dier Gulch by 'Scotty." II ia said that
near an iron ledge which had been pros
| pected and tested many times, there ap-