Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-26
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

S. r. Boardman, engineer on Las Vega
Hot Springs branch, died very suddenl.
yesterday morning. He was 70 years OLE
and leaves a widow and seven children.
Every man at work in the district a
the present time Is either working in 6
vein or tuuneling to catch one which Ii
known to exist. The idea Of "chanciug
it" is played out.--La Belle Cresset.
| Mr.. Lapsley has returned from Trini
| dad and started work on his tunnel or
Comanche creek; his prospects are very
encouraging; fine lead lies across the
course of the tunnel only a short distance
ahead.-La Belle Cresset.
James D. May, who is working the Lit
tie Pittsburg for the North Canyon Min
ing company, east of the city, is here to.
day, and he states that the ore from tht
mine is showing up better on further de
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Citizen.
M. W. Mills, the Springer attorney, re-
ports the fruit in his Colfax county or.
chard all right thus far, with the excep-
tion of apricots, of which he will have but
half crop. The only thing now to be
dreaded are the hail storms.
The La Belle committee, consisting of
Fl. K. Holloway, Sol H. Jaffa and W, M.
Jameson, leave this morning for Denver
for conference with Mr.. Winchell, of the
Gulf, IN regard to the plans for advertls
ing La Belle and Trinidad, the money for
which purpose has all been raised. Webb
Brown will also go in behalf of the Cat
skill La Belle stage line.-Trinidad Ad-
vertiser.
A few days ago DR.. Pearce was called to
Tailaue, a small town about sixty miles
east of the city, to see Mrs. E. A. Dow,
wife of the Tajique general merchant,
who was dangerously ill from pneumonia.
The necessary medicines we're prescribed
after which the doctor returned to the
city. Yesterday he received information,
although indirect, which leads him to be-
lieve that Mrs. Dow had died. No par
ticulars, however, at hand.-Albuquerque
Citizen.
The Optic was in error Saturday in say
ing that George Ross was the second col
ored public school graduate in the
territory. He is the third, his brother,
Albert, and sister, Ella, preceding him
in this commendable attainment. There
is no praise too high for the widowed
mother of these three children, who
has struggled with obstacles greater than
any one, but she sees the advantage to
her children of an education such as few
Of her race attain.
A frame building owned by Mrs. B.
Danziger was burned, and the one next to
| it, owned by the Browne d Manzanares
com pany, was Quilted, at Las Vegas Hot
Springs, yesterday. The Browne d Man
zapares company lost about $4,000 in
their building. on which there WAS no in
surance. Mrs. Danzlger l1st about $500
On which she will receive 5000 insurance.
w. j. Nichols, the chicken raiser up there,
lost about $50 on material in one of the
buildings. Mary Lenzer was arrested
and bound over to the grand jury In the
sum of 81 900, charged with starting tie
fire.
| On Saturday near Watrous on the road
to Cherry valley an unfortunate killing
occurred. It seems that Rafael Rael was
q sheep herder out some distance from
| Watrous, whose home was at Taos, became
insane. He was being taken to his home BY
a friend, both on horseback. When neal
Watrous they we're met in the highway by
| Mat Hearne, an old resident there and abou
go years of age. Rael asked Hearne fol
some tobacco and he reported he hat
none. Thereupon Rael became enraged
used violent and abusive language TOWARD
Hearne and began striking at him with ,
quirt very violently. Hearne tried tt
protect himself and then fed on horse
back. In few minutes he was pursued
by Rael and overtaken. The latter agair
began striking him with the quirt wher
Hearne dismounted only to be followed
by the insane man who Continued his as
saults, when Hearne stabbed him. Thi
is substantially the statement made b!
the friend of the insane man.-Las Vega
Optic.