Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-22
NEWtMEXICO NEWS.

1t is reported that an old Silver City
citizen, Jake Raithel, has made $4,000 al
Cripple Creek.
Judge Smith has reduced the bail of
Cosme Villarnel, confined in the Mora
Jail, for the larceny of cattle, from $4,000
to 5000,
Felipe Lopez has returned to Las We.
gas from trip to the Red river country
fetching in twelve wolf soalps, on which
there is a bounty of $3.50 each, and about
fifty squirrels.
D. P. Carr has severed his connection
with the Silver City Eagle, and has beer
succeeded by Rev. A. A. Hyde, who will
now combine newspaper reporting with
church work, says the Sentinel.
Mr.. Moses Gibson and Miss Effiie
Cook we're married last Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Reilly, in
Chloride. The nuptial knot was artistic.
ally tied by Judge William D. Reilly.
p. White will ship ten cars of cattle
to Kansas City to-day, and another train
on Sunday. These cattle have been fed
on alfalfa aud cotton seed meal and are
the heaviest bovines that ever left Chayee
county.--Roswell Record.
On Wednesday evening, February H.
Miss Elnora Alexander and Mr.. jackson
Agee were united in marriage at the home
of the BRIDES parents, in Silver City, Rev
A. A. Hyde, pastor Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, officiating.
Catskill has had mad dog scare the
past week and as consequence mum.
Der of CANNES have been killed. It seems
that early in the week mad dog ap-
peared in the town and bit a number OF
other dogs and several COWS. The latter
have also been killed.
Before U. 8. Commissioner Otero, this
morning, the case against Rev. s. L.
Barker, of Rociada, for cutting timber on
government land, was carried over till
Tuesday when it is expected that DR.. VIM
Sparks will be present and produce in
evidence special permit issued from. the
office Of the land commissioner in Wash
ingtcn City.-Las Vegas Optic.
Fl. F. Smith, of Brighton, Iowa, ar.
rived last Saturday on prospecting
tour, and on Tuesday of this week pur'
chased the j. NJ. Biggs properties on
Main sereet and Pecos avenue, paying
g., 800 for same. It is evident that Mr.
Smith knows bargain when he sees one,
and it is equally evident some other peo-
pie "never miss the water till the well
runs dry"
Mayor D. L. Taylor, Of Trinidad, one
of the most conservative business men in
that community, has just made per.
sonal inspection of the La Belle mining
district, in Taos county, and he unhesitat-
ingly says that it is substantial and with
prospects of rivaling Cripple Creek. He
predicts that there will be some wonder
full developments before many month.
j.. L. Lockwood, of Birmingham, Ala
bama, president and financial man of the
company that proposes to build an cleo
trio railroad through the Taos and Mora
valleys, has just returned from a hurried
trip over some of the route and was seen
by an Optic reporter, hurriediy this
morning. The inquiry was addressed to
him: "Mr. Lockwood, the people here
are very anxious TO know if the proposed
electric road will positively be built; can
you give them definite answer?" "You
may say, positively" he replied, shat it
will be built, but the exact terminals and
points reached can not be stated, just
now."-Las Vegas Optic.