Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-06-24
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Unless rain comes soon, the fish in
Green's lake at the edge of Las Vegas
will ell die.
A good rain lasting an hour and half
fell in the vicinity of Watrous on Tues
day evening.
Six men are now at work on the Sur
prise mine, near Las Vegas, and the in
dications are growing better as the work
progresses.
TT. Holmes and Jas. Sherwood left
Las Vegas overland Tuesday morning for
months trip to the Hopewell mining
camp and surroundings.
J. L. Miller, of Las Vegas, has returned
to Lake Valley to resume work on the
silver mine down there for the Las Vegas
Mining & Prospecting company.
Joe Lopez, who has been sick for
couple of weeks, expects to return to An
| ton Chico tomorrow to continue the
search for the treasure trove, says the
Optic.
| The infant child of Chas. Rosenthal
died on last Saturday evening and the re-
mains were taken to Vicksburg with
those of its mother on Sunday morning.
Las Vegas Optic.
Mrs. Wm. Mcclellan, of Albuquerque,
was schoomate of Gov. Mckinley, and
when he was nominated wrote letter to
his aged mother, congratulating her on
the honor conferred on her distinguished
son.
The Las Vegas Examiner announces
that Charles G. Leicham has retired from
the Allen & Lelcham company, publishers
of the Las Vegas Daily Examiner and
Stock Grower and Farmer, and that l..
R. Allen assumes sole proprietorship.
Mrs. Max Luna joined her husband,
Sheriff Luna, at Albuquerque on Tuesday
night and Yesterday morning both re-
turned to Los Lunas, the sheriff having
in charge Jack Wilson, who was arrested
for stealing several hundred sheep be-
longing to T. A. Hubbell.
Territorial firemen who will attend the
approaching convention and tournament
of the New Mexico association of volun.
teer firemen, which convenes in Albuquer.
que on July 2, and continues for three
: days, should write to Secretary Cundiff
, at that point, regarding accommodations
etc.
o The fire committee received this morn
i ing liberal donation from Joshua Ray
!. nolds, president of the First nationa
j. bank. The committee informs the Citi
zen that about $4O0 are yet needed to in
sure the success Of the approaching fire
n mems tournament, which meets here OF
July and continues for three days.-Al
buquerque Citizen.
Prof. Z. O. Wooton and wife, for 81:
years connected with the agricultural col
J lege, Mesilla Park, came in from the sout
last night, being met at the depot b.
Prof. Hadley and wife. They continue
''t on north to jamestown, Ohio, to whic
- city they we're taking the remains of thei
II two children, and where they will resid
- in the Acknowledgements Citizen.
2: Las Vegas Populists have elected tn
T.. following delegates to the territorie
8. Pop. meeting at Albuquerque: Loui
= Lutz, M. M. Milligan, ] ohm R. Still, Z.
10 Mills, Jose Herrera, M. X. Morris. Alter
g. mates: John G. Wagner, John Shank,
rs A. Jameson, j. B. Allen and B. F. Giltne
p- the delegates to 60 uninstructed, and I
favor the plan of not jnstructipg the dele
o. gates to the national convention in s
e. Louis, July %.
Manager McCue, of the Albuquerqu
Browns base ball club, called at the Albr
querque Citizen office yesterday an
le stated that he expected to be able, in
few days, to oannounce big games for A
Ee buquerque during the fremen's tournt
u ment, but that he must have some asss
81 ance from our citizens. He is negotia
l, ing with the Los Angeles, CAL, base ba
d. team, the champions of southern Califol
mia, and expects to make satisfactor
v. terms with them.
Mrs. T. A. Mccormick, whose sensatio
in Juarez, Mexico, over the kidnapin
f. of her 3-year old daughter by her runawa
70 husband, was published yesterday, arrive
S; here from Ell Paso last night in search {
es her husband and child; but the police al
absolutely certain that no man answerin
the description Of Mccormick has as "
reached the city. However, Mrs. McCo
az mick, who was Miss Bertha Smith, an
whose married life has not been one {
the sweetest, will pursue the chase aft
her husband and expects soon to recovt
her child, which is a bright little one, an
.o those who are familiar with the father an
;; ~ m other, their past and present histor
;, claim that the mother is more able to tai
~ care of the child than the father.-Alb
querque Citizen.