Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-20
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

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leo is brighter than ever before.
The road from Socorro to the Mogollo1s
will be built during the present year.
Judge Bantz will hold a term of court
in Hiilsboro, in and for Sierra county, be-
ginning Monday, April 81.
/ Major Miguel SaIazar, of Las Vegas,
has some fine samples of free-milling ore
that run from $50 to $50 in gold, taken
| from a twenty foot vein, over in Rio Ar
riba county.
| A kid was born in the Angora goat herd
of Daniel Campbell last week with two
heads, two noses and four eyes. 1t died
shortly after. Ray Grayson, the taxi
derm1st, is preserving the skin.--Hills-
boro advocate.
| W. R. Owen, of Eddy, has been appoint
ed as member of the Democratic com
mlttee for this district. The appoint
ment ia a good one and the selection
meets the hearty approval of all CON-
oerned.- Roswell Register.
The body of an old Mexican, probably
about sc years old, was found near Chico
Springs on Tuesday morning, who is sup.
posed to have perished in the storm of
the previous Sunday. So far the body
has not been Identified.
A fstic encounter, a la Fitz-immons
| Maher style, took place in the suburbs of
town last Saturday between two local
female pugiIists. According to previous
arrangements, they met, formed Il ring
and fought to a fnish.--Las Cruces ke-
publican. Doubtless Marquis of Goose
berry rules prevailed.
Territory VS. William H. Rogers, here
tofore convicted Of assault with deadly
weapon on Miit Cunningham at Bland,
about three months ago, was sentenced at
AlbuG utrque to pay fine of 5000 and
COSTS amounting to $3l4, which the de-
fendaut paid and thereupon was dis
charged from custody.
Traffic has increased to such an extent
on the New Mexico and southern divi-
sions Of the A., T. rs. F. that engines and
train crews are iu demand, says the Optic.
Five eastern division crews have left To-
peka, three being tenn porarily assigned to
service on the southern division out of
Kansas City, and two on the New Mexico
division out OF Ratou.
John W. Stout, a we'll known freighter
on the Mogollon route, says he was cured
of rheumatism by the healer. He says
that he met the healer on the road about
| two weeks ago, when that celebrated ia.
| dvidual was making his quick trip along
the Mogollon route. The healer held Mr..
Stout's hands few minutes and effected
a cure. Mr.. Stout has been a sufferer
from rheumatism for several years past,
hA
| be a demonstration of Schiatter's won
derful powers.--Siiver City Enterprise.
| r. G. Nisbet, who spent couple Of
days In and around Roswell, returned to
Eddy Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Nisbet
was here to contract with farmers for the
growing Of sugar beets for the Eddy
factory. The tSest sugar company has
agreed to take ehery pound OF beets pro-
duced and contracted for at $4 per ton.
The ompany has also agreed to furnish
farmers with seed, taking pay in beets
this fall. While here Mr.. Nisbet cor
tracted with farmers for about 300 acres
OF sugar beets and he expects to contract
for more. In this way the farmer does
not have to bother himself to find sale
for his beets; he plants as many acres as
contracted for and the beet sugar COM
pany takes every pound of beets raised
at stated prices. Roswell Register.
M. W. Mills returned Mouday from his
Red River fruit ranch after an absence of
three weeks. He informs US that his fruit
yield this season will be threefold larger
than in any previous year. The early
fruit which was reported badly damaged
by the freeze in March was not so much
injured rs at first supposed, and the heavy
frost Monday morning here was very
light Mt his Red River orchard. Mr.. Mills
has been overseeing the grating and
pruning OF several thousand fruit and
forest trees, the big work OH his irrigatlng
bitches now nearly finished and the turn
ing in of the water. He talks very en-
Enthusiastically over the present prospects
of his fruit farm, on which he has spent
agood many Thousand dollars.-Springer
Stockman.