Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-11-23
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

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leap year dance.
The Lordsburg Liberal has just COM
pleted it's ninth volume.
Rumor has it that all the berths on the
"hyer," going west, have been engaged as
far as SIX weeks ahead.
Mr.. l.. V. Root, an experienced news
paper man, has assumed the editorial
management of the Gallup Cleaner.
The San Antonio public schools are
crowded with pupils and the directors
will be ompelled to order dozen new
seats at once.
The San Marcial -four mills are in OPP
Grafton at present from "a. m. to 8 p. M,
and yet many orders have to be granted
an extension of time.
G. l.. Brooks, of the Blanchard Meat &
Supply company, Albuquerque, estimates
the loss of their slaughter-house fire at
about $3.50, with an insurance of $500.
Jim Bentley was in from the Cola
during the week. He reports game plen-
tiful in that vicinity and has lots of veni-
son hung up for the winter.-Bland Her
aid.
Several applicants for the Roswell
postoffice, under the incoming admins
tration, have been circulating petitions
among the patrons of the Office this
week.
The Catholic bazar will occur at Ros-
enthal hall in Las Vegas tonight. Ad-
dresses will be made by Chief Justice
Thomas Smith and Attorney O. A. LARA
zolo.
The grand jury returned four indict-
ments to-day, two for adultery, one for
perjury and one for the violation Of the
postal laws. The jury was then dis
charged.-Las Vegas Optic.
1t is rumored that the commanding Of
ficer at Fort Wingate has asked for the
discharge of the two soldiers who sue.
ceeded IN getting married last week to
two of our eating house girls.-Gallup
Cleaner.
Mrs. Carmelita Devine, mother of Jas.
and Robert Devine, the we'll known mu-
sicians, died at midnight last night at her
residence in old town at Albuquerque,
from pneumonia, aged IS years, says the
Citizen.
The Santa Fe New MEXICAN says that it
is not at all unlikely that Judge Edward
p. Seeds will return to New Mexico as
governor or chief justice. Mr.. Seeds Is
an able man and would suit northern
New Mexico people xactly.-Springer
Stockman.
Since loathsoma disease has been dis
covered among the Celestials that inhabit
Las Vegas, 1t does not seem advisable for
the public to chance their health for the
sake of saving few cents per week in
their laundry bills, remarks the Optic.
Scipio Martinez, of Iona Parda, who
was arrested for stealing cattle of A. E.
Bourne, turns out to be the same man
who is already under $500 bond for a
similar offense. He will likely reside for
some time in the future where they don't
eat tenderloin steak.
The available school fund being made
quate to liquidate the teachers salaries,
@. G. Cruickshank, one of the board of
trustees, passed a subscription paper
around during the week, and sufficient
funds we're secured to keep the salaries
paid up until the renewal of licenses re-
moves the existing difficulty.-San Mar
cial Bee.
An event about which has centered
much interest for some weeks past
was the marriage of Miss Maria
Otto, Of Williamsport, Pa, and
Mr.. Irving Phelps Sanford, of Rochester,
N. Y, which took place at Mesilla Park,
Wednesday, November IS, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Brown.-Las Cruces
Republican.
Three of the Black Jack gang of band
its went into the town of Pearce, A. T., on
the evening of the 18th and purchased
supplies at Norton & Cos. store, but did
not offer to modest anybody in town.
They were allowed to depart without hind
rance as the people were not fixed to
capture the robbers.-Silver City Enter
prise.
The office Of auditor of the Santa Fe
in Topeka is to be abolished, and the
heads of the three accounting depart
ments will then report direct to General
Auditor Whitehead, in Chicago. The
change will take effect December l. The
general books of the company will proba.
bly, be transferred to Chicago, and three
of the clerks now in Topeka, will be sent
to Mr.. Whitehead's Office in Chicago.
By the removal of District Attorney
George Mccormick from the territory,
the district composing the counties Of
Colfax and Taos is now to be supplied.
There being only two Democratic attor.
neys in the district, A. j. Mitchell and
John Morrow, it is expected by the citi-
zens of the district that the governor will
make choice between them. Both are
capable of filing the important position
and one of them should receive the gov.
ernor's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES stock.
man.