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

The Ration Range has reached lis lbtn
birthday. 1t is one of the best weekly
newspapers in the territory.
Miss Lucy Stone, for several years a
faithful and popular teacher at Las Vegas,
is in return from a visit to Los Angeles,
Gal.
Perry B. Lady announces in the Silver
City Independent that he desires the
Democratic nomination for county asses
sor at the Grant county convention soon
to be held.
Three Pullman sleeping cars passed
through Las Vegas on Wednesday even
ing's No. l for Fort Wingate, to convey
the cavalry troops from that fort to Fort
Riley in Kansas.
Guadalupe Caballero ard Anastacio
Lobato, accused of stealing cattle from
Margarito Romero and other parties,
have been released from custody, Juan u.
Martinez Y. Carlota and U. de Lopez
having signed bonds for Caballero and
Manuel Segura and Pablo Jaramillo for
Lobato.-Las Vegas Optic.
Socorru note: When Col. W. II. Rodgers
arrived at his ranch last week, after an
absence of few weeks, he found that
some thief or thieves had called in the
meantime and appropriated everything
in and about the place except the build
ings. It is hoped the villains will be ven
tilated before the next grand jury.
At Las Vegas resolution was adopted
by the school board, requiring the teach
ers to sign a contract to serve the entire
school year, unless prevented by sickness
from teaching. The forfeiture of a
months salary is added, as a penalty, for
the violation of this contract. In other
words teachers can't get married and
quit!
Hon. Eugenio Moreno, born at Car
men, Mexico, in 1878, and one of the
earliest settlers of Dona Ana county, is
dead. He was one of the most public
spirited men in the county, having served
the people two different times in the leg
islative assembly, first in 1851 and again
in 1875. He also served as county COM
missioner for several terms and always
gave general satisfaction. He was an
enter rprising and upright citizen.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Presby yterian church are arranging an at
tractive popular meeting for Sunday
evening next. Mrs. Mary R. Riggle, of
Socorro, will give an address descriptive
of the great Endeavor convention work
at Washington. Miss Lulu H. Hamilton,
one of New Mexico's brightest young
women, will contribute letter present.
ing personal impressions of the Wash
ington gathering. New and stirring
music will be used throughoutthes service,
and fine orchestra will complete the at
tractiveness of the arrangements.-Las
Vegas Optic.
Harry Lang was arrested on Tuesday
for tempting to deliver note through
two other parties to his partner Trout,
now in the county Jail charged with hav-
ing murdered the Japanese woman, Kihu
Honda. Lang arranged with colored
prisoner, who was a trusty at the Jail, to
deliver note to Trout. He left, and
shortly afterward sent the following note
through another party, which was inter
cepted by the jailor. 1t read: "I'll try
to do something to get into Jail for fifteen
days, then we can fix it." just what he
meant by "fix it" is only surmised, never.
theless Lang will probably have the pleas.
ure of languishing 10 Jail without going
to the trouble of committing any further
misdeed.-Albuquerque Democrat.
Ut. Claybrooke, of Cienega, deputy
collector for Socorro county, is the first
man who has ever successfully collected
taxes from the rowing bands of Arizona
sheep that psrsistently harrass the set.
tiers in northern New Mexico. rowing
band Of 1900 head of sheep belonging
in Arizona, have been specially destruc'
tive of ranges in the vicinity Of Cienega,
and had befouled the water in nearly
every place in that region before the late
rains came. Every effort to stop the
nuisance or to secure their removal from
the Cienega ranges proved futile. Col
lsctor Cooney was appealed to and know.
ing his man, appointed Mr.. ]. T. Clay
brooke, Of Cisnega, and owner Of the
s'ayfng X" brand as his deputy, to whom
he gave instructions TO corral the sheep
and assess them and collect then and
there.-Albuquerque Democrat.