Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-29
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Roswell Is hgurlng on Dig sugar iao-
tory.
The Catholic fair at Gallup last week
was gratifying success.
The Cresset reports deer plentiful in
the vicinity of La Belle.
Pennington, San Juan county, is sup
piled with coal at IS cents ton. How's
that!
J.H. Carpenter, the irrigation farmer
at Black river, Eddy county, has named
his baby boy "Bryan."
II may as we'll be frankly admitted
first as last that the Gallup Cleaner is
first-class local paper.
Two houses, owned by Capt. d. H.
Clark at Roswell, were burned on Sunday.
The loss is fully $1,000 with small insur-
ance.
The Christmas exercises at the govern.
ment Indian school in Albuquerque on
Saturday evening were exceptionally in
teresting,
The Red Bandana made rich cleanup,
at Elizabethtown. Over gallon and
half Of amaleem way n-2raWs /, which re-
torted nearly $4,000.
New country note in the Eddy Current:
Thirty-five Of the relatives of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. P. Kerr gathered around their
Christmas table yesterday.
Sister Mary Anthony and Sister Mary
Theresa Quinn, of Denver, Colo, were in
Elizabethtown, soliciting aid for the
working girls home, in this city.
1t is said that Mrs. Frank Seibold,
formerly of Deming, became slightly de-
mented while on a visit to her father,
Hon. Murat Masterson, at Yuma, A. t.
Optic.
A force of ten teams and fifteen men
are busy in repairing the old break in the
southern canal at Dark Canon. The
wasteway will be 300 instead of 200 feet
Eddy Ourreut.
The snow in the mountains at Eliza
bethtown has driven the deer to the lower
feeding grounds. Old-tlmers there say
the deer are more plentiful this winter
than for many years.
San Juan county is settled in greater
part by thrifty, intelligent and honest
people from the eastern states and from
Colorado. In character of population as
we'll as in resources that county is unex-
celled.
Mr.. Mike Clark and Miss Jeanette
Brown, Mr.. William Meadows and Miss
Anna Myers, and Mr.. Hy. Schroeder and
Miss Josephine Hogg celebrated Christ
mas at Gallup by getting married.
Miss Eta Ashenfelter, daughter OF
Judge s. M. Ashenfelter and niece OF ex-
| O Hov
united in marriage at Colorado Springs,
Colo, on December II. The young lady
resided at Las Cruces and Deming years
ago with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Dunning expect to
leave in few days for an extended
pleasure trip. Mr.. Dunning will first
visit Santa Fe on business and then bask
in the sunshine of some tropical. climate
for few weeks while Mrs. Dunning Will
visit relatives in Denver.-San Juan
Index.
A. T. Harrison was in the city this week
from his San Andress mining camp. Mr..
Harrison has some very fine copper, and
also speaks very highly of the new gold
discovery made by parties from Tularosa'
Further information will be given to rea-
ders concerning the gold discoveries in
the very near future.-Socorro Advertiser.
| At the meeting of Animas Lodge No
| 15, A. F. & A. NJ, at Pennington the
following officers we're elected for the
ensuing year; 8. D. Webster, W. NJ; j. O.
Carson, s. W.; J. E. McCarty, ]. W.; Geo
l.. Cooper, Seo'y.; f. M. Pierce, Treas; O
j. Moss, q. D.; Ohas. Mccoy, J. D.; A. =
Dustin and Percy Collyer, stewards; H
R. Skinner, tiler.
G. 8. Bahuey has filed contest for the
Office Of collector, and, it is said, cites
many illegal votes and illegal methods
i In this connection it may be said that the
l,answer OF Edward Fortune to the contest
I filed by Estevan Baca has taken both
wind and hope out of the fellow whe
wants the Office. He pointed out some
thing over 200 votes illegally cast FOL
Estevan. -Socorro Advertiser.
M. F. Clark, Il. L. Short, L. A. Pelkey
J. A. Lee and others have combined
forces for the purpose of extending ths
Chaves Martinez ditch from near Large
and covering the Bloomfield mesa. Thit
is big enterprise, the success of whict
means much to San Juan county ant
, especially to that portion through whict
the proposed ditch will extend. Tn,
survey has been completed and the worl
will shortly be under way. San Juar
county at no distant day will become th'
most prosperous portion of Nev Mexico
-Index.