Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-10-10

Miss Wier, the popular and successful
teacher in the 1st ward school, has been
forced, owing to ill health, to retire from
active duties in the school room for a
time. Her substitute is Miss Copper
thwaite, very excellent lady from Pueb-
10, Colo, linguist and trained teacher.
There are in round numbers 1900 per-
sons in the city of Santa Fe who are sub.
ject to pay the school poll tax of 81 per
head. So far only 225 have paid. The
board of education has resolved to en-
ploy drastic measures to collect this just
tax.
Jack O'Donnell, who has been almost
constantly at work in the Washington
mine at Bland for two years and is recog-
nized as one of the best miners in the
Cochiti district, has been njoylng brief
lay in Santa Fe. He left for BLAND
with Freighter Ortiz this afternoon.
Matt Breeder, who has put in solid
year at drill polishing in the gold pros
pect that he, DR.. Sloan and others are in
terested in at Monument rock, came down
from the mine yesterday to rest and re-
cuperate for few days. He reports that
he is working in rich ore and lie confident
that success will finally reward his years
of hard work.
Ex.Gov. E. G.. Ross is here to secure
data for his irrigation pamphlet. He will
go from here to the Pecos valley. In the
pamphlet will be map with nearly every
irrigation ditch in the territory on it.
The governor has not forgotten his old
trade, as he called for "copy" and set up
"stick" and half of type in the Demo-
crat office.-Las Cruces Independent.
Dem ocrat.
Mr.. A. Mennet, of Las Vegas, the active
and intelligent representative of the
Brown-Manzanares Co, came in from
northern Colfax and Taos counties yes
terday and left this morning for Cerrillos
and vicinity. There are few more sue
cessful business men on the road than
this excellent gentleman. He states that
marked improvement characterizes the
mining camps of Taos and Colfax coun-
ties.
Mr.. Catron is expected to arrive from
Washington tomorrow bringing the Off
cial order from the supreme court in the
Borrego case which will be filed with the
clerk of the supreme court on Monday.
Until that time its real purport can not
be given. The NEW MEXICAN has sought
to secure the facts by wire, but the re-
spouse simply states that "an appeal has
been granted"
j. W. Thompson, an old newspaper
man, who has a weakness for red liquor,
was brought up from Dona Ana county
to-day and placed in the pen for seven
months. He was convicted of forging
two checks amounting to about 81. He
says he has no recollection of having
broken the laws, but, since his conviction,
he "guesses it must be So" and says he is
perfectly willing to stake his medicine"
There was lively political discussion
at the Arcade this noon. An out of town
Republican leader got to vociferating
and gesticulating in the presence of a
serene Populist who stood quietly whit
ling tooth-pick. Before any one knew
the aforesaid Republican was bleeding
like stuck pig. In one of his gestures
he had reached out and caught the tip
end of the Populist's knife in his wrist
and away the blood flew! Both gentlemen
apologized, gave the wrist bath, and
called in DIR. Harry Potter to fix it up.