Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-24
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

The Lincoln News says the range in
Lincoln county is in excellent condition
and cattle in fine order.
There are at present thirty-eight male
and twenty three female patients at the
asylum for the insane at Las Vegas.
Geo. Z. Hosmer, at one time editor of
the Springer, N. M, BAr.er, now merged
into the Stockman, haes returned to
Trinidad from Cedarvale, Kas., and will
make that place his future home.
VT. Oliver returned from Las Cruces
last night. He said the Rio Grande Dam
& Irrigation company has surveyors at
work and the dam project will be pushed
to completion as rapidly as possible
Albuquerque Democrat.
There are now thirty prisoners confined
in the county Jail. Five are United
States prisoners, nine are serving sent
ences aud the others are awaiting the &C.
tion of the district court grand jury
Silver City Independent.
Mr.. s. Williams, who had entered a
homestead on the Fort Selden abandoned
military reservation, has sold to the Rio
Grande Dam & Irrigation company, for
81 900 cash; liberal price. Mr.. Will
Jams thus evinces his readiness to aid in
promoting the prosperity of the Mesilla
valley. The Fort Selden divertipg dam
will be erected on this tract of land.-Las
Cruces Independent Democrat.
The protest of Chas. NJ. Geach against
the Territorial Fair association, the re-
suit of dispute over three races at the
late fair, has been decided by the board
of appeals of the American Trotting as
ISOLATION in favor of the Territorial FAIR
association. Mr.. Geach protested against
the fair officials paying money to j. O.
Wallace, claiming that he (Wallace) was
not resident of either New Mexico or
Arizona but of Denver.-Albuquerque
Citizen.
Christmas note in Eddy Current: ebay
harvest on the prairies east and north
east of town is in full blast. Messrs
Virgins, Kayser ard Woods are cutting
twelve miles from town and Shirley and
Holden eighteen miles out, to the north
east. Stock eat the hay with relish and
do we'll on it. This hay sells at 81 pei
ton and is taken by many in preference
to alfalfa. A country in which hay and
beets may be harvested all winter must
necessarily be considered mild"
The Associated Press reporter who sen,
out the account of last Tuesdays fire
ought to be more guarded in his state
ments. The territorial dailies and E
Paso Times contained highly colored
reports of the same on Wednesday, plac
ing the loss at $4,000. Such reports, il
true, are harmful to community, but
when they are so grossly untrue they worA
positive injury. The actual loss to the
business men concerned will not exceed
! $3,O00.--Silver City Independent.
The following Albuquerque teachers
will attend the annual meeting of the Ter.
ritorial Educational association at So
corro on December % and 20: Prof. G
E. Hodgin, Prof. Hiram Hadley, Prof. j
E. Smith, Prof. G. W. Ward, Prof. Tenny
Miss Milligan, Miss Winslow, Miss Oath
crime Field. Miss Ada Philbrick, Miss
Cameron, Miss Wiley, Miss Coltrain
Miss Anderson, Miss Cora Armstrong
Miss Taylor and Prof. MCGOWAN, from
the Indian school. The names Of Profs
Hodgin, Hadley, Smith, Tenny and Misses
Field, Cameron and Philbrick, appear on
the program of exercises.