Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-29
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Trinidad has raised about 800 for the
purpose of building a telegraph line tt
La Belle, and the fund is growing.
Steve Harper, miner in the Gibson
mine, at Gallup, was killed by prema
ture explosion of giant powder on Mon.
day.
The Springer Stockman is authority
for the statement that $50,OO0,OO0 is back
of the Sulphur Healing Springs & SAM
tarium company, which it says will erect
large and comfortable buildings on Ute
Greek.
Remarks Ration Reporter: Up to mid
night of Sunday, LII cars of cattle we're
handled ont Of Ration by the A., I. & s. f.
for the month of May Last year the
number of cars handled for the same
period was 1885.
The funeral of the late $. R. Boardman
took place from the family residence at
Las Vegas yesterday afternoon, Rev. A. A.
Layton conducting the sad services and a
large concourse of sympathizing friends
being present.
A.C. Schmidt, the east side carriage and
wagon manufacturer, will tonight wed
Miss Hyle, of Kansas City, sister of
Mrs. W. H. Shupp, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. G. A. Neeff, at the resi-
dence of W. H. Shupp, across the river;
George Moye and Miss Minna Wettick will
also set sail on the sea of matrimony this
evening.-Las Vegas Optic.
The Trout Springs Coal & Mining COM
pany was organized at Las Vegas on Fri
day, the 22d inst, with John j. Pace,
president and treasurer; VIM. M. Green,
secretary, and M. M. McSchooler, G. W.
Bell and f. G. Rodgers, directors. The
object is to fully develop the coal veins
out near Trout Springs, which give every
promise of making paying property.
As the past week has been unusually
hot for the end of May in Las Vegas,
some mparisons are given from the
weather bureau records for several years
past: In 1893, the maximum on two days,
in the period May % to 27, inclusive, was
7S degrees; other days, 60 to rs; 1894, on
9th, 81; other days, SO to 70; 1895, 9th
49, other days, 4S to II; 1896, 81, S3, "a,
81, SO and to-day "wednesday SO at 2:3C
O'Clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Barbarita Dow, the beloved wife
of K. A. Dow, died at Tajique, on Wednes.
day, May 20. Her death was the direct
result of childbirth. She was 38 years
old, and leaves, to mourn her death, hel
husband, seven daughters and four boys
her mother, three sisters and one brother
and large circle of relatives and friends
Mr.. Dow, being the president of the
total abstinance society of Tajique, 9
meeting of that organization was hel6
and resolutions of sympathy were adopt
ed.
We have it on reliable authority thai
the Mechanical Hydraulic company
which has put in extensive machinery ii
the Moreno valley, just south of Eliza
bethtowp, to work the placer ground il
that vicinity, made a test trial last weel
(their first trial) and that the results wer'
highly satisfactory. Mr.. Argue, who has
charge of the plant, has demonstrated
that mechanical appliances in the work
ing of the Moreno valley placers are
success. This means that great boon
is in store for the valley, such as has no
been witnessed since the early days o
California.-Raton Range.
On account of the great rush of bust
ness over the New Mexico division of tn
Santa Fe, the train dspatchers' force a
Las Vegas has been increased from thre
to six men and two additional operator
have been put on. Telegraph station
have also been established at Upton
Anaya and Symons. At the Ration dis
patchers' Office no increase in the fore
has been made but Dispatchers Ball ant
Grey ara doing lots of extra work.