Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-06
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Splendid rains have fallen in every part
of New Mexico during the past week.
William H. Kremls and family have
left Springer to locate IN San Marcial.
This promises to be an ideal year for
Grant county misunderstanding Head
light.
An Episcopal church mission has been
established at Las Cruces with Rev. S. H.
s. Gallendet in charge.
A dust storm tore up Lordsburg one
week ago yesterday, carrying the iron
roof off of Fuller's saloon.
Fruit will be even better in northern
New Mexico than last year, when we
boasted of a large crop. The wool crop
is somewhat short, but even that is better
than predicted some weeks ago.
Elizabethtown note: Big fires have
been destroying acres of forests. The
rains of the past few days have put
stop to it, but not before large portion
of the Lynch hoom on the Red river side
had fallen victim.
The Democratic bi-metallo league of
Deming has been organized. N. E.
Bailey was elected president, J. A. Ma
honey first vice president, Lou H. Brown
second vice. president and John j. Burn
side secretary treasurer.
A number of leading Republicans of
New Mexico have expressed themselves as
bitterly opposed to the actions of the ma
tional Republican convention, and will
join the silver ranks of the Democratic
party in territorial matters this fall.
Springer Stockman.
Mr.. Holabird, late Of Chino, Cal, has
been appointed manager of the Pecos r.
rigation & improvement company. Mr..
Holabird is an old time western man,
having come west in 1866. He mas for
the past few years been engaged in
Chino, CAL, in the best sugar and land
business. He predicts great future for
Pecos valley.
A Republican meeting was held Satur-
day evening at the court house, which
was addressed by Judge Freeman. The
address was an earnest effort to bolster
up the position of the Republican party
on tariff and the single gold standard.
The judge is we'll posted and it would be
difficult to find person who could COM
mand as close attention for 80 weak a
cause. The meeting was largely attended.
Eddy Current.
M. w. Mills, of Springer, owner of the
largest orchard in New Mexico and one
of the largest in the west, intends to erect
canning factory at the orchard, thirty
miles southeast of Springer. In this
orchard there are hundreds of bushels of
fruit wasted every season, caused by in
ability to get 1t to market, and a canning
factory will save all of that and put much
cheaper canned fruits on the markets of
New Mexico and southern Colorado.
Anent the alleged murder of Frank
Williams in the Datil mountains the San
Marcial Bee says: "Sheriff Bursom was
SUNNI oned to the scene of trouble, and in
company with the chief actors in the sum-
mary justice movement visited the spot
where the animal had met death. Inves-
tigation encouraged the belief that Will
Jams, to save his bondsmen, had killed
the animal and shot up his saddle in the
hope that the impression would prevail
that he had been murdered. The trick
will do the business, provided he remains
dead to the world for all time to come"
The first of the week, out at Red Rock,
Tom Tracy and Herman Wright got into
a dispute. Tracy got winchester and
chased Wright around the settlement, but
did not catch him. Wright made COM
plant before Justice McGrath. Consta-
BILE Hardin arrested Tracy, who was ex-
amined and sent to Jail to await the ac-
tion of the grand Jury. While under ar
rest Tracy confessed that his true name
was Hiram Washington Haley and that
he had killed q man in. the Indian terri
tory sixteen years ago.-Lordsburg Lib
eral.
Since Monday of last week the weather
has been cool and rainy, it apparently
being no surprise If rain fell every few
hours with very little sunshine. Satur-
day night rain fell in Eddy nearly all
night. In consequence of the fine grow
ing weather, beets are getting special
move. Many fields have been thinned
and many more will yet be planted. The
rains have filled many water holes on the
prairies and cattle are now safe for this
season and sheepmen are breathing great
gulps of satisfaction too. A country
which can succeed without rain for seven
months is certainly a pretty good one to
tie to.-Eddy Current.