Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-09
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Peach trees have been in blossom for
over a week at San Marcial.
The output of the Hillsboro gold mines
since January amount to 1875 tons.
A number of Las Cruces young men
are talking of establishing gymnasium.
Hillsboro public school closes March
81 on account of lack of funds to conduct
longer.
subscriptions toward the Peeos
'et sugar factory .arees.y aggre-
70.
of Jaramillo Arrijo. ex-
lge of Bernaliio county, died
ftst week.
wards offered for the apprehen-
. the murtlerers of Col. A. j. Foun.
n and his little son now amount to
over $4,000.
James l. Burr and Miss Flora Derby
shire were married at the home of the
brides parents at Pinos Altos on Satur-
day, February 80.
One of the largest funerals ever seen at
Las Cruces was that of H. j. Cunitfe last
Friday, number of out-of-town people
being in attendance.
Assay reports from the ore of the Col
den Bell mine in the San Mateos, received
last week from Assayer G. L. DeForrest,
of Denver, give a return in gold of
S14O.9S.
II is being quietly whispered in Repub-
lican circles that d. G. Winters, of Las
Vegas, might be prevailed upon to go as
r delegate to the St. Louls nominating
convention.
party of eight New York capitalists
have rented the Grayson residence and
employed Mrs. Strong as cook and con-
template spending the summer in Hills
horo in pursuit of mining.
Hon. James p. Mallette, Of Chicago,
one Of the owners of the big Wicks mne,
who asserts that Hillsboro will have
population of 1000 at the end of five
years hence, ia in town inspecting his
bonanza. He is accompanied by another
Chicago capltalist.--Hillsboro Advocate.
What Baldy mining district wants is a
railroad to connect with the Santa Fe at
Springer and a smelter here. If the dis
trict keeps moving on as rapidly as in
the past few months, she will get this
Mark our prediction Spring
er Stockman.
Frank Andrews was in from his mines
in Water Canon for day or two this
week. He reports great deal of work
going on in the canon and that there are
better prospects than ever for that cam
during the present season. - Socorro
Chieftain.
Jas. Connors, Fred Weckerle and Chas.
Watlington closed the hunting season for !
quail with trip to Rincon. They re-
turned Saturday with ESQ quail ard a
goodly number of duck and distributed
them among their friends.--San Marciel
Bee.
jose Chavez Chavez and Antonio |
Valdez, confined in the county jail ON
charges of grave nature, have
been photographed by permission of
Judge Smith, and their portraits will ap-
pear in the forthcoming pamphlet on
Vicente Silva and HIS gang, the manu-.
script for which has been nearly com
pleted by Manuel G. de Baca--Las Vegas
Optic.
The railway surveying corps left Eddy |
Sunday for Roswell. Arriving there, camp
was at once established and work is now
being done on the first portion of the line.
The members of the party are Chief En-
oiueer Ballard, Messrs. Moore, Phillips,
Lewis, Kinney, Roscoe from Eddy, and |
Stevens and Roberts from Roswell. Two |
teamsters and a cook are also include d. -
Eddy Argus.
From dispatches it is learned that sew
eral men who are in position to receive |
authentic information give credepce to
the reported gold discovery near Golden.
If such be the case, the Optic is happy to
those who will profit by the
discovery. The Cripple Greek district
has large overflow and the Golden min
ing district should get large proportion
of it. That which directly benefits the
Golden district, fnvorably influences the
whole territory Las Vegas Optic.
Word has been received here from a
reliable source that the names of two
prominent English capitalists have been
added to the directorate of the Boyd ir-
rigation scheme, and that nearly the full
amount necessary for the building of the
big dam aud canals has been subscribed.
All the stock has been listed, and it is ex-
pected that DR.. Boyd will be here in a
short time aud that active work will then
begin. Grande Republicans:
The dead body of Mexican woman
was found ono day last week near Mad
den's Spring, about one mile below Pres
colt Aliens ranch on Walnut creek. The
body was found by a herder in charge of
Mr.. Aliens goat hers. The remains are
to be those of n Mexican woman
who, while demented, left her home at
Pinos Altos several months ago and wan
6ered about the mountains till hunger and |
exposure rendered her too weak to travel,
when she laid down to die. Her husband,
who resides at Pinos Altos, made every
effort to find his missing wife, bnt no It'd.
ings came till her body was found last
week. Silver City Enterprise.
All last winter Mr.. Geo. A. Mills, of
Lebanon, Conn, was badly afflicted with
At times it was 30 severe
that he could not stand up straight, but
was drawn over on one side. ~ tried diff |
ferent remedies without receiving relief"
he says, 'until about six months ago