Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-31
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

United States court convenes at Silver
City on September 7.
Deming was visited by the finest rain of
the season on Thnrsdey night.
The recent rains insure plenty of grass
for winter feed in Colfax county.
The public schools in the principal
cities of New Mexico will open on next
Monday.
Forty men are at work on the extension
of the Silver City and Mogollon road
from the Confidence mine to Mogollon.
1t will soon be open for travel.
Las Vegas tried to induce Teresa Urea
to come up that way, but she declined
with thanks. Maybe she thinks Las
vegans beyond divine help.-Rio Grande
Republican.
A big strike of rich copper gold ore was
made in the Butler mine by Collard d
Waylsnd, lessees, early this week. The
Butler is one of the Garfield group of
mines, and is owned by W. H. Bucher and
Silas Hillsboro Advocate.
The Las Vegas Examiner says: Miss
Louie Dick has secured a position in a
mission school in the vicinity of Albu-
querque. The school is under the super
vision of the board of home missions of
the Congregational church and the posi-
ton is responsible one.
Mayor Fleming, of Silver City, was in
the city Friday. While the genial mayor
did not declare himself it is suspected he
was feeling the pulse of the people to see
if there is unanimous demand that he
should accept the Democratic nomina-
ton for sheriff. He has been waiting for
this demand 10, these many years, and
thinks it was about time it was made
Lordsburg Liberal.
The Eddy sugar factory is fast nearing
com pletion; the finishing touches only
remain to be done. The lime kiln is still
to be constructed, but will be ready in
ample time for the grand opening. Thirty
six huge molasses tanks are ready to hold
the sweetness Of the "sugar bowl of the
southwest" All the foundations for the
engines are finished and waiting for the
engines.
Mariana Ruis, grandfather of Mrs. Car
los Gabaldon, died at his home at Rowe
at 8 O'Clock Friday evening. He was 95
years of age, and had lived at Rowe for
the past seventy-five years on piece of
land three miles square, part of the San
Miguel grant, which the Pueblo Indians
decided him years ago. The funeral took
place at his home yesterday.
B. 8. Rodey, attorney for Fritz Brink
and Epifanio Archibeque, connected with
the killing of Ignacio Selva, this morning
notified Attorney Heacock, for the other
side, that he would be ready for the pre-
liminarv hearing before Justice Crawford
at 10 O'Clock Monday morning. Judge
Heacock accepted. DR.. Hope states that
his patient, Archibeque, who was wound
ed in the shooting, is improving rapidly
and will be ready for the preliminary
trial Monday acknowledgements
| Citizen of Saturday.
The Badly mountain mining district
will at last have newspaper. The name
of the journal will be the Northern New
Mexico Miner, published by Hutchison l.
Burnett, the present publishers of the
Stockman and the former publishers of
the Otero County Democrat, Of La Junta,
Colo. The first issue will be given the
public not later than September II, and
probably q week earlier than that date.
! The Miner will be devoted almost exclu-
sively to mining in northern New Mex
leo, and will be q good advertising me.
dium.-Springer Stockman.
Steps will soon be taken towards fixing
the date and other matters pertaining to
the Union fair at Springer this fall.
Owing to the success last year the mana
gers expect much larger crowd and
more elaborate display for the season of
1896. This will be the second annual
meeting of the Union Fair association,
and We expect by our next issue to be able
to give dates and other particulars regard
ing the fair. Everyone present last fall
knows of the success Of the first at
tempt, and will lend aid toward making
this years meeting much grander suo-