Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-10-09
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Summers Burkhart has been appointe,
United States court commissioner at AL
buquerque.
Robert W. Sizer, one of the popular on
gineers of the A., T. & 8. F. out of Ration
and Miss Maggie Bracket, a most attrac
tive young lady, we're united in marriage
Monday morning by Rev. @. I. Mills.
| A letter from Col. ]. W. Dwyer informs
the Ration Range that Mrs. Dwyer has
not yet improved any in health, but they
have great hopes in the efficacy of the
waters at Excelsior Springs, Mo-, where
they are now located.
The Commercial club extended an in.
vitation to Major-G General Miles to visit
Albuquerque while in New Mexico, and
recently received reply in which be
stated that numerous other engagements
would prevent his doing so.
The glad tidings came from Denver
that the Las Vegas band won the second
prize in the great contest on tie with
the bands from Ellis, Kas., and Trinidad,
Colo., and that the tie would be played
of this afternoon. The prize is $780,
Las Vegas Optic.
Epifanio Archibeque, who, with Fritz
Brinck, was bound over to await the ac.
tion of the grand jury as to the shooting
and killing of Ignacio Silva, was brought
into court yesterday morning and grant
ed bail for disappearance when needed
Albuquerque Democrat.
Don Francisco Trujillo, of Las Placitas.
eight miles northeast of Bernalillo, in the
Sandia mountains, called at the Citizen
Office this morning and stated that about
twenty men were working In the placer
gold mines there, and we're realizing from
80 cents to 30 per day. Nuggets of gold
worth from so cents TO IS are frequently
acknowledgements Citizen.
Monday mornings train carried quite
a number of Ration people to Denver to
spend the week attending the Mountain
and Plain celebration. Among the num-
Der were: Mrs. j. van Houten, Mrs. 7. A.
Schomburg, W. F. Degner and wife, Mrs.
A. H. Officer, @. P. Moore and wife, j. H.
Baker and wife, Miss Laura Stockton,
Miss Maggie Jones, Mrs. John Hixen.
baugh, Miss Maggie Thomas, Clarence
Stockton and Joe Howells. Ration
Range.
On last Friday, Ben Pace, ranchman
residing near Clayton, this territory, while
riding over the country in company with |
a young man named Cavender, a resident
of Texas, who was visiting that locality
buying cattle, handled his revolver care
lessly, when it wac accidentally discharged,
killing him almost instantly. Cavender
was arrested on the finding of the jury,
who charged him with the killing of Pace,
but the general impression seems to be
that the story as told by Lavender is true
and that the killing was the result of an
accident. Cavendsr belongs to wealthy
Texas family, but was com paratively un-
known in the vicinity where the tragedy
occurred.
Gen. E. A. Carr, retired United States
army officer, has interested himself in the
territorial fair at Albuquerqoe oe, and wrote
q letter to Brigadier- General Wheaton at
Denver, asking that he allow two troops
Of soldiers and the band of the I'd cavalry
at Fort Wingate to attend the "Carnival
Of Sports" and participate in the festiv-
tiles. The brigsdier-geners has replied
10 the effect that the troops could not at
tend for certain reasons, but that he would
communicate to the commanding oficer
It Fort Wingate and request him to let
he band attend, provided satisfactory ar
angements can be made and that no ex- ,,
,ense will be incurred by the United
states. The Citizen has assurance that
arrangements will be made, and that the
amous I'd cavalry band will be here in
ime to take part in all events of the
Carnival Of Sports. Citizen.