Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-01-29
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Col. Kent has force of 200 men at
to Silver City. The new road will pass
through the old target ground and inter-
sect the old road at Fleury's ranch.
There are about twenty men EN-.
ployed at the Ortiz mine and mill. Sup
erintendent Strickland is iE Albuquerque
after new casting for the Huntington
mill lately put IN operation there.-Cer-
r1llos Rustler.
At Springer last week, Edward A. Boy
Ian was found guilty of the murder of
Manuel Salazar, at Ration, August 26,
1894, in the third degree. The penalty is
not less than one year nor more than ten
in the penitentiary.
The attraction at the court house last
night was the case of the Territory vs.. U /.
Ozanne for assault and battery on the
person of his wife. Judging from the
evidence in the case, marriage in this in
stance was worse than failure.-Lincoln
News.
Yesterday afternoon. W. A. Skinner, in
charge of the wool and sheep interests of
H. M. Hosick, turned over to Long Bros,
Chicago sheep buyers, between 1000 and
5000 sheep. The focks were contracted
for last fall, and the transfer took place
at the stock yards Just south of the city
Albuquerque Citizen.
This Albuquerque Citizen: The Repab-
lican editors of New Mexico are req uested
to meet at the Palace hotel, Santa Fe, at
10 O'Clock a. M, February 20. The meet
ing is for the purpose OF consultation on
political matters of Importance, and
every Republican in the territory is earn
estly requested to be present.
Judgment has been rendered at Spring
or in favor of Louis Sulzbacher, admins
TRAITOR of the Longwill estate. against
Jesus g.. Abrsu, for $S,000. Thsapron-
issory note upon which suit was brought
having been misploced, Judge Smith has
required the administrator to file an in
bond in the sum Of $4,000,
before execution shall issue.
Checks for the Albuquerque National
bank, the last dividend-and 1t ia dollar
for dollar-were received this morning
by Receiver Schofield, and he and his as
sistant, Charles Newhall, will be kept
busy the next few days attending the calls
from the delighted depositors, who, when
the bank closed, felt almost certain that
they would not realize more than so per
acknowledgements Citizen.
John Chamberlain, who was tried in
Lincoln this week for murder, the victim
being sheep herder named Labato, and
the crime being perpetrated in this coun.
ty, was found guilty Of murder in the
second degree. Parties returning from
there report that District Attorney H. M.
has made reputation for
himself in that county and is looked up
on as the most thorough and able prose-
cutor ever appearing before that court.
The many friends Of Mr.. Dougherty in
this city are pleased to hear of the sue
cess of the young attorney.-Socorro
Advertiser.
Sheriff George Sena ia in "peck of
trouble" and unless hls moneyed friends
come to his relief on or before the 9th day
of March next, his official career will have
been over forever, the court having or
dered that forty-five days is time sufficient
in which he shall have made good and
bond, which alone can prolong
his official life. The cause Of Mr.. Sena's
trouble is the pressing desire of some of
his former bondsmen to withdraw from
his present bond. The alleged cause is
that other sureties now on the original
bond are insolvent.-Lincoln News.
The depositors in the defunct banks of
Grant county, which are supposed to be
solely for the benefit of the
will be glad to know that there
are prospects of another dividend being
declared in their favor. Some time since
q depositor who had a comfortable bal
ance there wanted to realize little ready
money on it. He opened negotiations
with Receiver Foster and succeeded in
selling him his claim for little less than
5 cents on the dollar. Receiver Foster is
in position to know just what claim is
worth and of course he would not buy
one unless he was going to make some
thing by the transaction. II he profits
the rest of the depositors will have to be
Persons acquainted with
the way Receiver Foster has managed the
affairs Of the bank we're not surprised at
hearing he had been discounting the
claims although they knew that receiver
is forbidden to make such purchasea.-
Liberal.