Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-24
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

W. Il. McCrelRht and Vile nave re-
turned to Albuquerque from the City of
Mexico.
DR.. j. V. Cowan has been appointed
local surgeon on the A., T. & s. F. at Las
Cruces.
Lieut.. s. P. Fullenwider, U. s. navy,
left Tuesday for San Francisco, to join
his vessel, the Philadelphia. His wife
will remain here for some time.-Raton
Range.
The sale of the Atlantic & Pacific rail
road under foreclosure proceedings,
which was scheduled to take place on the
3rd, has been postponed until July 28th
and will very likely again be put of.
The fire clay works at Socorro are run
ming full blast. About twenty five men
are employed in and around the plant
and the two huge kilns are kept hot night
and day to supply the trade with their
product.
Prof. Hiram Hadey, of the New Mex
leo university, returned to Albuquerq ne
day before yesterday from an extended
eastern tour. He attended the national
convention OF school teachers at Buffalo,
N. Y, while away.
Prof. M. R. Gaines, formerly of the New
Mexico university, has accepted the pres
idency of Tillitson college at Austin,
Texas. He will enter upon his duties
September 30. This college has IT'S pu-
pills enrolled.
just as soon as the extensive coke
ovens to be built at Ration are com pleted,
work at the Blossburg mines will be
largely increased. In the meantime a
large number of men will be employed
here to build the ovens and necessary
buildings.
An application was made to Judge
Thomas Smith to-day for writ Of habeas
corpus in the case of Agapito Abeyta, jr.,
in the endeavor to have the accused
young man of Mora county admitted to
bail.-Las Vegas Optic.
Herman Stemmer went to Starkville
yesterday morning intending to return
here in the afternoon. In getting on the
train while it was moving he slipped and
fell and had one foot cut off and was
badly bruised.-Raton Range.
Last Saturday evening DR.. Williams
Major Fleming, A. J. Long and A. N
White went to Pinos A ltos to organize q
Bryan club. They made speeches in the
school house and had rousing time, or.
ganizing with sixty members Silver
City Eagle.
H. Risch, an old time residest and bust
ness man of Ration, passed through that
place Oh Saturday from Trinidad to Las
| Vegas. Mr.. Risch has been in California
for several years, but owing to the health
of Mrs. Risch they left there and prob
ably will again locate in Ration where
they have hosts Of friends.
Judge CHM, who has been identified
with the Republican party of Grant
county for years, has Joined the local
Bryan club and last week made rousing
speech in favor of the election of Bryan
to the presidency. Judge CHM is close
observer and when such man changes
political front, 1t may be relied upon that
there lie good reason for changing.-Sil-
YER City Eagle.
A criminal complaint has been made in
the district court at Las Vegas against
Serafin Baca, who is charged BY Teodoro
Tenorio with the murder of Inocencio
Borrego, long an employe of the Browne
& Manzanares 90. Baca is now in Jail
charged with another offense, and Tenorio
has been released from Jail, where he was
serving out a sentence of six months for
bigamy.
Some local bicycle riders have been in
vited to enter into contest at Las Vegas
with some of the crack riders of that
place. The challenge has been taken un-
do nd uSo mt hxso ~
nent riders and it may be they will decide
to give the Las Vegas boys whirl.-Al-
buquerque Democrat.
John Becker has closed down his -four
ing mill at Belen for repairs, after six
months run Of unprecedented success.
The old wheat is practically all in and
new wheat is coming on the market.
Last years wheat was very fine, butt this
seasons crop 10 the best for years, a. a
whole, very superior in localities. The
yield per acre will prove greater than at
first anticipated, II seems, while the grain
is heavier than for years, taking the val
ley's product a. whole. The acreage
was also greater.
Quite an excitement was caused last
Wednesday afternoon by the news that q
Mexican had killed his wife at Frank
Silver's place about six miles above
town. Sheriff Shannon and several 9th
ers left Immediately for the scene. The
woman was only injured, not fatally. Her
husband, an Indian, named Ynooente
Tribiso, became angry at some family
matter and seized heavy piece Of iron
and hit his wife over the head. He fed
to the hills and the sheriff was unable to
capture him.--Silver City Eagle.